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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

II is surprising to the unsophistic Gated
mind the extent Of the efforts made, and
the variety of the means brought to bear,
to train the public mind into readiness to
receive the last great final doctrine Of Alb
olitionism-.he perfect equalization and
blending Of the races. Indeei, the entire
ADMINISTRATORS press aud party seem to
be working Is one harmonious wheel, with
hardly a jar in the vast machinery, to bring
about this devoutly wished for cousrma-
ton. Grsely, Tilton, Beecher, Phillips,
and that class strike out boldly for the
,rcctr;ne. Believing the public stomach
nrenared. ley administer The dose i'll It's
full ,renytb and m..7n,tade, while the les
ser ones administer composing drauSh''
and sedatives to quiet the patlsHH'' anu
keep the medicine down"
We see. in several Of The latter class Of
papers. the doctrine OF ~homogenity sprung
upon the people. Under the max Of
homogeniiy, mi,chgeaeration is being eau
tiously slipped forward, that the people
may become familiar,zei to It's hideous
proportions before they are compelled to
embrace the monster. They urge homo
gently of the people-homogenity of State
in~stitutions-and some go so far as homo
gently of the elective franchise, AMI they
insist that all these are esse;ialto the peace
and unity of the country. They urge
that our fathers ~blundereI In emitting to
engraft shis principle in the Constitution
when it was framed-''no. that they doubt
ed it's necessity, but from motives Of poll
cy," believing that it would expire from
natural causes, aud now they say behold
the effects of their blunder in the terrible
civil war in which the country is plaDgel."
Behold this doctrine, when carried 10 its
logical consequences. Ali these things
once accomplished, what is the next step
in this Abolition LADDER Once apply the
doctrine to the people, the States, and the
elective franchise, and next will come up
regular sequence, homogenity of races; and
those outsiders, who are thus beating up
the laggards, will at once bring up their
forces side by sido with Phillips g. Co.,
and embraces the whole doctrine Of misce-
gsna.ion. Miami Co. Seatirsi.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

Lees cavalry is harassing his TANKS; but
1t is asserted that he will not be allowed
to take Mobile without a desperate battle.
Admiral Farragut feet hes IN P~ascagoula
Sound, the weather being too bad for &C
ton. The Governor Of Alabama has issued
a proclamation announcing that Mobile is
about to be attacked, and calling upon non
combattants to withdraw.
1t is reported that Lee will attempt to
drive Meade back upon Washington by s
demonstration along the Blue Ridge, AMI
force a battle, if possible in the vicinity of
Bull Run.
The Republican National Committee
met at Washington yesterday. and agreed
upon a call for q national convention at
Baltimore on the eth Of June. Only those
States which are represented in Congress
will be allowed to send delegates, the OBJ
Ject being to prevent the packing of the
convection with Lincoln delegates from
seeded States.
OF the one hundred and nine Federal
officers VINO escaped from Richmond. forty
three have arrived within the Federal
lines, and ifty-eight have been recaptured,
leaving but eiggIat whose fate is undecided.
1he 'Freadom Convention" nlet at
Louisville, yesterday, ana selected Wm.
T. Thonlassoa, of KY, as Presid ,nt. The
anti-Lincolnites have a majority Of the
aassmblage. Resolutions will be adopted
OF the most extreme radical character.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
Then II Now.

81 have no purpose directly nor indi-
rectly, TO interfere with the institution of
slavery in the States where it exists. /
believe have 70 lawful right 10 90 SO,
and | have no inclination to do so
X
"You have no oath registered in heaven
to destroy the Government, While l shall
have the mos. solemn enc 10 preserve,
to protect and defend r.
The above extracts are from the zen Of
the President, given forth in his Messages
20 the people who elevated him to power.
They are TO ligh. words spoken upon
trivial occasions, and withou. thought or
consideration, bu: solemn pledges made
under the sanction of ian oath registered
IN heaven" after mature deliberation, and
counsel With his constitutional advisers
They are presumed to express his matured
convictions upon grave constitutional ques-
lions. Convictions that accord With the
opinions Of all the sages Of our country
from its birth until the day upon which
the words were pennei. Under such SOL
emn responsibilities, whilst a nation stood
breathless to catch the words as they fell
from his FPS, could incredulity itself doubt
his sincerity, or doubt that he would fulfil
his pledges to the letter? To gre force
and significance to bis expressions, ne call
ed the attention Of the world (for the
whole world was watching and waiting to
the fact that he was speaking under the
sanction Of IAN oath registered in heaven"
and Immediately proceeded to assure them
that he had mo purpose directly or inii-
rectly, to Interfere witA the institution of
slavery IN the states where i: existed"
and assigning, as a reason, that he had no
lawful right to do 80, and had no incli-
nation to. do 80. Were ever assurances
more soIemnly made? Were ever pledges
couched in stronger expressions?
Yet hardly We're these pledges cold upon
MS lips until he proceeded to abolish sla-
very in the District # Columbia, Hardly
had the shock OF that u~surpation ceased to
thrill upon the nations nerves, when he
proceeded again and again to violate his
solemn pledge, until Row it is wholly ig-
norcd and scoffed az, and it is ooastingly
proclaimed that blood shall never cease to
flow, nor treasure to be squanderei, until
the last vestige of slavery should be swept
from the land. Such is the fl ielity-such
the n2ror of him who is now moving heav-
en aud earth IT, make himself our ruler for
the next four years. Mi:;ami Go. Sentinel.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
STATE OF INDIANA,
ApJUrANT GENERALS OFFICE,
Indisnspolis. Feb. 18th, 1864.

Il is annoancel that the visit OF the
undersigned to Washington u ascertain
the quota to De raised in fnliana under
the Presidents recent order proved ut
successful, owing TO the grelt press ot
business before the War De apartment. The
States quota, therefore, can on.y De aprox-
mated at present. Sufficient data is known
however, TO w1rran. the announcement
that after crediting az the eniistments for
pew and old re zinen;s, aud all re-enlist-
meets Of veterans. a number equal 10 one
half ths quota of the several counties as
ANNOUNCED last October will he required
to s,se a draft on the 10Th Of March. Tn
less he quotas of the sSvera States are
Sl.ed bv that date a draft viii be made
f,r all delinquenc.es without any postpone
ment or delay.
C~ommandants Of Districts, and County
end township committees are particularly
enjored to adopt vigorous measures i'm
n.ediately to raise the additional men call
ed Tor.
Officers recruiting for new organizations
must Tdse the number required to COM
p!ete them, or take the chances of con-
eolidation.
All will remember that bounties cease
on the FIRST Of March, which gives very
few days more for recruiting.
By order Of the Governor.
LIZ. NOBLE Adj. Gen. Ind.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
We see en- article going the rounds of
exohanUoa in rhiob II ia efafad that

We see an article going the rounds of
our exchanges, in which it is stated that
in II Of the counties in the southern pat
of the State, one man sued another FOX
calling him a traitor, and recovered a judg-
ment for some s275.
We suppose he sleeps easy now, and
feels that his good name for loyalty" is
fully vindicated. We wonder what he
will do with the money thus recovered for
the SANDER? Wouldn't it be we'll to in
vest it in a marble monument to be erected
in honor of his injured, torn and lacerated
good name, that his children's children,
even to the fourth generation. may not for
get that he was truly loyal" Or, If
this does not strike his mind favoyably, we
suggest that he buy a piece ofland in some
conspicuous locality, to be handed down
from generation to generation in his fari-
IL rs an heirloom. to be called The Field
of Honor" and ask the Legislature to en-
act 3 special law ezempting it from taxes
for sil time TO come. Seriously a man
who could find it in his heart to smother
the outrage to his feelings. occasioned by
such a SANDER, is a pitiful wretch. just
such a man as we should suppose would
compromiss tie honor Of h:s vile or sister
for a few miserable pictures styled green
backs" We wish h.mjoy Of the s275.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
The New COnscriptiOn Law.
Congress has finally agreed upon a con

Congress has finally agreed upon a con-
s~criptlon law. the chief feature Of which il
the clause relating to Communication. This
provides that, upon payment of $500, any
person may secure exemption from a
pending draft, but leaves him liable to the
draft under the next call, and even holds
him liable under the draft for which he
paid communication. providing the call be
not filed at the first drawing. Thus a
person may possibly be obliged to pay TIE
$500 twice, or even three separate times,
under a single call for troops. This, in
effect, excludes all poor men from the BEN
efts Of the communication clause. as no man
of moderate means will pay more than
$500 for exemption from i single draft
Only men who have contracts in shoddy
csn afford these %ruinous sums; these and
millionares are about the only ones who
can afford to stay al home.
Another new feature of the computation
element is the provision that al c!ergymcn
and other people whoare "conscienso;ously
opposed to bearing arms can, by paying
5000, secure exemption from all other
drafts during the present war.
OF course this provision vas introduced
fer the special benefit Of the loyal
those engaged III the Interests of God
aud humanity" attas That class Of whom
Tilton says that it is their prime duty to
grasp God with one hand and the negro
with the other" judging from the fact
that New England, and other portions of
the North. where aboiitionism is rampant.
the quotas under the various calls are yet
untitled, and that in all communities where
democratic mGjor;ties prerall there is an
excess OF volunteers, we reach the logical
confusion that abolit;ouists everywhere
are ''conscientiously opposed to bearin.
arms" This is the first requisite to ex-
emption, and" az We see, is calculated ex-
pressly for the benef: Of the loyal" If
"conscientiousiy opposed to bearing arms, "
it is further necessary that their course
of life should nave been sincerc"-tbas is
We suppose that they have, all Their life,
been sincere in Their conscientious scru-
Piles against bearing arms"
This exactly covers the case Of our pious
abolitionists, for not only vii they Gna it
easy to show that their conscience will not
permit them to bear arms, Except posi-
bly, to r1ob democrats aud destroy conse--
~vative printing Offices here and there but
they can bring up, as evidence If their
sincerity, the consistency Of their whole
lives in this res,ec..
What better argunentwin the abolition
izts Of New England need to prove their
cOnsc, %entious opposition 10 arms-bearing
than to point to their history, and show
the world that their warfare has never
been more dangerous than butchering H.
dams, hanging Quakers and burning witch
es? What clse than conscientious
s%cruples has prevented them from bearing
arms in the present war, one that they
themselves inauguratcd, and, more than all
others, are interested in carrying on in its
present character? Nothing else will ex-
plain it, and hence they are exsmpt.-Chi-
csgo Times.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

The conference coIdmittee on the whissv
bill had a meeting yesterday, aud, it is un-
derstood, adopted the sliding scale with
sumo notifications. The report of the
committee viii probably be acted upon
finally in Congress. to day.
Several days ago, apar.y Of soldiers, in
stigated by sboiitionists, partially demolish-
Ell the office OF the EAGLE. = democratic
newspaper at Lancaster, Ohio; ani the
democrats retaliated upon the property OF
abolition leaders. en- Saturday last the
came sold .ers, instigatei by the same par
ties, undertook to complete the work ofdem-
clifton, when a terrible fight enSued, in
which it IS reporte |, FIVE men we're killed on
each side, and a number wounded Nothing
Is known as to the destruction Of property.
Soliiershave been sent from Columbus 70
quell the disturbance.
Gen. Davidson has been relieved Of his
command in the Army Of Arkansas, and
ordered to report to the Cavalry Bureau at
Washington. Gen Carr has been selected
to I'LL the vacant position.
The Iowa republican State convention
met at Des Moines yesterday. and elected
delegates to the national convention. Lin
coin was declared the first choice Of the
assembla9e for President, and it was rec
commended hat the name Of the party
should be changed to republican Union
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
THE NEWS.
From the Chicago Times Feb. +.

An official rebel dispatch, dated the 18th
inst. states that Gen. Sherman had arrived
at Quitman, OH the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road. This place is the capital Of Clark
county, Miss, and is or the east side OF
Chickasawha River, %ninety-fwo miles east
by south from Jackson. Sherman's force
is estimated by the rebels at from $4,000
to $4,000 men. He is destroying The rail-
road and bridges as he advances. So far
he has met with but little opposition, tho
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
Democratic state Convention.

The Democratic State Central Commit
tee me, on Tuesday last. The time for
holding The State Convention was fixed
60, July 9Th. Delegates to the National
Convention fo. the State at large were
appointed
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

The wal costs about a hundred thousand
dollars an hour Boston Post.
This is what it costs the government in
money. How much Ices it cost The peo-
Pile. besides in the various ways In which
they contribute to it and are affected by it!
We should not ask this question II it
were in fact a war for the restoration of the
Union. The war in that case would be
cheap at any price. We ask it because it
has been converted into another sort of
war. --
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
The War Flame f.. Europe.

The long ~smoulder;ng difficulties be-
tween Denmark and the German Powers
have at length burst into fame, and are
nov bl-z;ng With all the h~erceness which
charac.crizss the coufiagrati0ns OF actual
war. As We learn, on the 3lst of January
the AustrO-Prussisl commander ordered
Danish force 10 ovseuate %ch.eswig. which
they refused to Do. The German ar,uy
Immediately crossed The frontier, and on the
"a Of the present month, attacked the Da
ncs at q place called M.ssunde, and were
repulsei.
Notwithstanding that the population OF
Denmark. including Schleswig and IIol-
stein, and her West Inliln aud other de
penlenc:es, reaches aGynre Of ouly two AMI
r ha'f m%:lliona, She is Gar from beng cen
temptibie foe, IS has been demonstrate
frequently since her tettlement Ly ;he fol-
lovers Of the mythical Odin. Often since
that time has the proves of her warriors
been felt on both sea ana land, ana TIE
whole civilized world been c)moeiIel to
admit her claims 10 pre- -eInincuce ia ii.
that constitutes 4 nation OF soldiers.
Once Denmark conquered AL rae;
both Norway AMI Swcleu. an at all ear
Ter period that power wh ch Sings 'B ttsn-
MA rules the waves" was oyacfgi, suhjlSl-
tel and rulel by Csnute, B osnish chiet-
tain. Twice since that time hiss Delmlrk
been engaged in actual hostilities with Ea-
gland,-both these wars having occurred in
the present century, ani are yet within
the memory OF men Of tbs generation. Il
is = fact which affords data for comment
upon the Variability of human aflirs ,thst
to-day England is pledged by treaty, and
obligated by the relations arising from an
interrnarriaSe, to assist by arms the very
nation with whom she has twice been IN
conflict, AMI b. whom she has once been
completely subjugttel. This is strange.
but not more So than the fact that the next
century will probably witness, with but lit
tie difference, what has seen ten centuries
ago: the Danish element ruling he Eng
lish u.tiOn-.hen liz the person u CAnnte,
and hereafter in the person of CD. son of
the Prince Of Wales.
The past Of Denmark is q sufl, ;ent guar
autee that the people who undertake to
conquer her nave no light task before them.
and hence, that although Austria and
Prussia have an immense numerical D
riority, they will none the less find the la
Dor ofsu5ju5ating the hardy north men not
the easiest of their many efforts at overrun-
ming less powerful neighbors.
In this country, the sympathy Of the
masses ofthe native population runs strong
ly in favor of Denmark. The whole affair
IS not unlike our " quarrel. Schlcswig
and Holstein are provinces belonging to
Denmark precisely a. much "a Iceland, or
SCOTLAND and Ireland, to Great Britain
Like our own southern States. these Du-
chies have attempte.' secession. Which Den
has resisted l.. Austria anl PRUSSIA
have about as much to do with the mA;tcr
as would Span Turkey with the civil war
in the United States. They want Keil,
through which they can gain a maritime
department, and with this view really, bat
obnoxious patent from Schle'wi i they
have inauguratei hostilities Times.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
To the Farmers OF MARSHALL Co,

Every Farmer 10 allowed by law TO slaughter
Blk head oil Cattle, md SIX head OF Hogs for his
owe consumption, and any humber above SIX,
slanght cred during the year 1853. OF in the month
OF January, 1864, must be reported 10 M, forth
win. for assessment, and payment Of Tayss msde
so Cous ctor.
c. WHtTMOkE, Asst Assessor,
6sh Iivisiou, 9th District,
uE.ssd Ss.I Excise TaI.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

Squabbles, an old bachelor, shows his
stockings, which he has just darned, to a
maiden lady, who contemptuOusly remarks,
"pretty we'll for a man durner. Where
upon S~quabbles %rejoiDs, "good enough for
. wonsn. darn hey."
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

n ~ A. va
n other Stove, with astViRE o. - per ceat.
ia fuel, AID : ,eiY large percentage ia c>ar,a-
hence.
They have Ito fyliowinS advantages:
ls.. They are constructed with / view OF great
durability: all the plates e. posed 10 the srs are
III ,de cfan extra thickness
81. Tbs hues are lined with ron cnad4ctirs
cement, thereby applying thu heat directly To the
oven, and the oven can be heated and kept ~
baking order with less fuel than any ether etose
81. They have = hot cir craft. nii'h net eh'v
makes tho fuel barn freely ssi lat longer, bat
siis 20 the heasi1g and baking faculties.
An. They conSrssc all the gases from TIE
fuel. thereby adding largely 10 the amour. 81 heat
obtained from the qu ilitv 0t fuel used.
9Th. The stove IL II Idc. .sountcd snd finishes
ia the "a ost superior Ea.nner- The oven il large
anil well ventilated. The Stove is contenientin
form, ard made for use; to adsrt the language Of
I some Who have sscd thi. ii ove."i will 20 nor
York With less fael than .py ether Sore" In
soof we adj the following testimony:
Frcr, IL, dub1rn Ads.snser.
AMERICAN HOT AIR COOKING STOVE
Our readers hare noticed an advertisements in
oar columns Of the American hot Air Cooking
Stove, manufactured by Shear, Packard 4 Co...
Albany, ". Y. This Stove took - Frat Pre-
MUM at the last State FAIR. an 3 our last
County Fair. 4, is worthy OF the iii compli-
mcnt tln, paid il. We have used the Stove tor
three months past. ani have no hesitation in pro
~nouncing il the best Cook StoIe we have sry
knowledge +. 1t sceu, to be perfect n eVeiy
respect. W. guarantee that it VII give good
satisfaction 10 any family wao purchase Il. Bad
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Mr.. STOcKW ELL-MT OEAR Sra: In re-
ply to Your iIpyuirs "a to the practical working OF
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~ Cor us, Nh. " authorizes me To s,,. that IN
the mittcr ct baking. which - the great d~esil"rI-
mm M - Cook Stove, he American Ia prTfcof.
baking event. III whItever at 49, the oven the
article il placed and requiring no turning OF h"
ptu, 70 insure Al equ,l neal on ali sides. she
nronoances il the most economical III iuei' ana
the most easily regulated oi any >ae has ever
seen. Very truly yours,
bridgeport, April 2lst. 1863 WILLIE
FyIrTrELr. Conn.,, April l7th. 1853.
MR.. go p. STOCKWELL-Dear Sir: Last
December We purcha-ed from YOU the 'Americ n
Uot Air Cooking Stove" We have seen moth
ins ot TIE kind which is constructed on s'icll sci
ent,6c D. inclp'es-lnsurins the thorough consump-
ton of the fuel-ob,aining the greatest amount OF
heat possible at a small expense, and 40 distribut-
inr il ~ TO secure all the results Tor which a
Cooking STOW is required. We can safely say
hat it fully realizes all the expectations winch We
had formed from the accommodations we had
seen. and We can therefore honestly recommend
it to any person in search of such an article, as
combining ecopomy and utility.
Yours. &c, ALEX. Mclean, JR.
Poster Of he let Gang. Church. Fsi.f.is. Cs.s
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

We received the following order after
going 70 press last week, With areqaest to
notice the same in the DEMOCRAT. The
substance of the order was contained in
cur news column, but as all are interested
IN its contents we insert it in full:
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
We clip from the Republican of the 4th

We c!lp rom Tie NepuDhcah OF ths TN
inst, the following notice by G. Whitmore,
the Assistant Assessor for this county
We suppose that Sir. ". was not DESTROYS
Of notifying democrats of the provisions of
the Excise Law in thIs regard or he would
have furnished a copy fjr u Taper. But
here Is the oIder, 81 notice, or 'proclama-
alton" whichever it may tc called:
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25
North and SOufh-slOw the Armies
Are Recruited.

The New York Tribune. of the 10th in
slant, had two leading editorials. one emit
tied: The modern Mokauna." the other.
The recruiting business in our city
The opening paragraphs of these two arti-
cles, if true. show that the people of Meth
or section have no heart in the war. The
first article opens by saying:
"Jeferson Davis has now some two or
three hundred thousand American citizens
in his various armies. A very large ma
jority of them being there because they
were conscripted, and had no choice but to
serve or be shot"
The other article commences:
"The system of recruiting which has re-
Gently been followed in this city is one of
the greatest scandals Of the war. Il has
been one of organized pillage, resort being
had to focusing with narcotic poisons.
threats, violence, false representations and
kidnapping. in order to furnish victims te
the bounty-brokers, and 6ll up :he army
with Disconnected and unfit men"
If that is the way the war is to be car
ried on by both sidca, is it not high time
the people in each section rose in their
sovereignty and said: Thus far shall
thou so, and here shall thy pro- waves
efavai1p R1th 4Ic,;n -
the Federal and hat of the Confederate
Goyernsaent--are carrying on the war
according to the Tribunc-against the
feelings and wishes of their respectiy We
constituencies. In other words, the peo-
pie Of 10th sections are mere puppets,
moved at the pleasure of their rulers and
unable to inter2ose any opposition. That
is a rather sad spectacle for the contempla-
ton OF American ci.izens.--LCin. Enq'r.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

Marriage" said an unfortunate hus-
band, sis the church-yard of love-"
"And you men," replied his wife, "arc
the grave diggers."
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-25

To live quietly one must be blind, deaf
and dumb, and cay nothing.