The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-08-18
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accomplishing their designs before their
victims awoke. One after another the pill
ars of the Union and the Constitution
have been pulled dowu by these bad men;
and at every expostulation from those who
saw the danger, and were awake to the
ends designed-thc tyrants We claimed
that it was all done in behaI # the Union
When the acrd Of haJeas corpas was sus-
pended, il was defended on the ground of
necessity to save the union when slavery
was interiered WITH the excuse was, that it
was necessity to safe the union; when
the mails were violated; it was claimed 20
be justified by necessity; when innocent
men were seized and dragged away from
home-put npon trial before tribunal
unknown to law-it was urged that the
public safety required it. When Minis
ters Of The Gospel were deposed who re-
fused to bend the knee to the bchests Of
the ryrant-it was justified on the ground
of purifying the church and making it con-
form to loyalty as interpreted by tyrants.
When the soycreignties of the States were
invadcd-it was claimed that they should
yield for the purpose OF saving the union.
When the currency was tampered with
and the true standartl-gold and sil-
yer-wero legislated 10 an equality with
'grecnLaclls, 1t wss justified on the
score of saving the union. When elec
tions were ntertercd with-and the right Of
suffrage completely put at the option Of
military usurpors-thc union was to be
saved thereby When negroes were raised
to the dignity, or rather, when white men
were degraded to Il footing with negro
sollicrs-it was to save the union. Year
after year the North has responded to the
calls Of The President to save the union as
he declared, and yet none OF these things
have saved it. None of these things have
tended to satisfy the people that the en- IS
desired : union. Aud now s.ncc tn
peace u ths North las been destroyed,
Bankruptcy just aboui closing ourbusiness;
Our currency rros:rated: Pubic security
endangered: Tie public hear; ;!robbing
With fear: Oar homes desolatel ith war:
Cur crave yar.- Whitonod wi,h monuments
e war: Our asyums filed with indigent:
Our population ',ceimatcd and the South,
4 t:ell on s.hpse surface have rottcd near
/ " amillion of Cuy braves; and since offer,
of peace have been scorned by the prcsi-
| dent-wh.lc the North and South cry for
Peace; anl since I call for 50e, 900 more
victims Of this !Iaynau Of America. la,
been madc-the people have ended their
sleep. They are awake; and the Peace
sentiment is increasing every hour, with
such rapility as only al outraged nation
can rightly estimate. We do not counsel
resistance to any LEGAL authority; but it is
for the people to say, and with them the
responsibility of the decision rcsts-whcth-
or they will set themselves at rest against
the cncroachmcnts Of the despot who now
rules with the power Of the sword, cs
hoping f)r better things, be more deceived
: and more deludcd, until the hour If recla
nation shall ha' passed. To avoid the
collision we conjure the men in authority
to still the hand Of oppression; to stay tn,
sword; and to ground their arms; to heed
the voice Of reason; to listen to the tllun
e dering tongues OF millions inspired Will
love and good will-with peace and unity
with hope for the present and security
for the future; and to measure with th'
greatest accuracy, the power at'million
Of stalwart arms carry, when neryed Will
passions which unbearable outrages hav,
superinduced-and inspired with the hop
y of rescuing the heritage Of liberty from
y the hands Of the usurpcrs. The call 70
: 50O, goo more, can not be answered; an,
inst as sure rs the engine is set at work t
draft from the people this quota of vic
tims--just that sure will the contest fo
. rishtful supremacy begin. The pcopl
VIII likely then decide that Abraham Lin
coin and his minions are, the real traitor
: to the constitution; and the powci and il
fluence Of whom must be arrested, if In
least vcstage of constitutional liberty woul
be left You men of authority, mu
= avoid the collision. You must not pre-.
d. that cup longer to the lips of the peo2l
Will nothing suffice to satiatc your thir
: for power, and your appetite for bloc
but 500 GOO more victims to be torn fro
their homes, to wage war for blood, al
power, and the negro. Take heed of IL
hour. The people are considering whct
er it is the bold lion in the South. or Il
sneaking wolf at the North that is to
slain. Remember you It is the fir
blow that costs. The step once taken c;
nn,,r Le rc-traced any more than tho |;