The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-01-14
PLYMOUTH, INDIANA THURSDAY, JANUARY a. 1861

anI resumed Their original independence
7th-This act of (avowed) self-preser
sation was met by revolution at Wash
ington usurpation, transformation, or what
ever We may call it, radical change il
the central government from Federation
of States tc a simple autocracy or imper
alism, and calling for troops TO coerc.
what was assumed to DC rebeliious pr win
ccs, four more severe; gn States were forced
into resistance
Such are the series of facts that ushered
in this horrible war, which. after an awful
waste Of life and property, for nearly
three years. places the country in the fol
lowing situation: a government, pur-
porting to be a government of tn.t d
81 les, is at Washington. with the name
flag, archives. traditions and prestige of
the American Union. but instead Of gov
crnment Of limtc1 and delegated powers,
it claims to be a national ofimperiA! pow
ers, IN short. In substance il not in form 4
deSpOtism like that of France or Austria
while ignoring The distinctions of race and
forcing negroes into the ST tNs of the white
people, it transforms the white Republic
OF " Washinston and Buchanan into mulat
TO concern.
On the contrary, the seeding States
coEfedcrated together for mut ual sa.etT
have a government at Richmond which
includes only white peerlc, and like the
Federal or Confederate Government form
cd III 1888. this government is based sole
ly on certain powers delegated by the sew
eral states composing The Federation, or
the so-called Southern Conicderacy. Mr.
Lincoln, without 3 single supporter in the
South. and with barely majority in
the North, is in possession of the Capital
the iiag the archives, the prest; re, in
short, the Government Of the United
States. but has transformed that govern
ment intoa supreme. imperial or autocratic
government, and including negroes in the
political system, is stirring to accomplish
the most astounding revolution the world
has ever seen. Mr. Davis, elected by the
entire South" but without any supporters
in the NOr,h, however Irregular in form, is.
in the light ofprincirlc, at the head of ex-
actly the government under which We have
hved for eighty years, nd through, which
such boundless prosperity has been secur-
ell to the 4 nerIcan people.
Thus stands the ease Mr.. Lincoln at
the head OF the most astounding re, o ution
ever attempted in human history. demands
submission to outward forms. while Mr..
Davis, embodying the vital principles of
the American system, strives, It is assumed
to divide the country aud to set up new
nation. Neither can succeed, or if they
could. would only hasten their own des-
;ruction. Half of The northern people are
as sound ON the slavery question as MIR.
Davis. that is, they wish TO respect the dis
tinctions Of nature and preserve a white
re ,ubl.c, aud, moreover. three fouirths o.
the Confederate Territory is the perma
pent home of the white men, and penned
up, as the South is now, Ly seven millions
of free negroes on their southern border
the tools and allies of European monarch
lsts-tkey would be like men without at
mospherc air, and crushed between the
upper and neither milestone. successful
secession would needs he successful Jes-
truction. Again, even if not thus pcnned
M, If they We're recognized power to-
morrow then the Abolitionists would rule
the North and keep up the war on theln.
or Democrats would rule and there woul
be no ''irrepre'sible conflict" or anything
whatever 20 divide the country On the
contrary, Abolition successful--the South
beaten down--its adult male population
destroyed, and half of this great country,
like Jamaica, San Domingo, &c turned
over to free negroism, aud the Republic of
Washington degraded into mongrcl con
cern, or system, our Democratic institu
tons and American civilization itself
must needs be lost for centuries to come.
No Death is on her hand and nothing
but return to the Constitution rs it is
and the Union a. It was, can save either
n nth or South from destruction The
constitutional Union must be restored at
the North where il was first suspended
We must put down the revolution of 1860
and restore the government at Washing
ton to the white basis on which 1t was
made in 1888, and always administered
until revolutionized, transformed and dc
formed by Abrara IN Lincoln, and then, If
necessary. it will be time enough to talk
about demanding submission from the
South -Doy Book.