The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-21
The Republican National Con
veDtjOn-The Threatened Bolt.

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The following is from The Ncw Nation,
the new Fremont paper in New York:
In answer to the inccssently repeated
question, VIII YOU submit to the decision
of the Baltimore convention ? and to the
a4monition, 'If you dc not submit to it you
will endanger the great Union party and
the republican party we would say that
this is confusion of words and IDEAS
Which of the two do we cndanger by de-
nying the infallibility of the Baltimore
convention and disbclicving It's sincerity
the republican party, or the Union party !?
These are two distinct things. The repub-
lican party as we have said, has its course;
it is as old as its founders and nothing can
save it from dissolution. The Union par
! ty is another material together. We be
! long to this; but who compose it-who
have right to speak in its name? Is it
the National Republican Committee who
convokcd the Baltimore convention? We
answer, No. The Baltimore convention
belongs essentially to the republican party
which convened it; but the new Union
party, the party of the future, which is
now in couse Of formation in every Sta'e
will doubtless comprise as many democrats
as republicans. Why should it then sub
nit to the latter? Why should it receive
Life under the auspices of death? Why
should the future be inaugurated By the
past?
! 'Thc new nation. whose existence we
hope to see manifested bcfol the tenth Of
June, can have no connection with the old
parties, the abuses, incapacity and want of
patriotism of which have rendered its ere
alton necessary. How could it agree to
their decision? We wish to get rid of all
this party machinery, ofpolitical dynasties
such as the Blair. Seward and Weed clq-
ues, and of packed conventions plotted
along in advance and held within reach of
White House patronage, such as this Ba,-
! timore convention
''lt is confusion of words and of ideas
to hinge the salvation of the Union and of
the principles of absolute liberty upon the
triumph Of the republican party. Repub-
lican politicians and all others are equally
corrupt and worn out. The new nation
must have new men, new devotion, new
energy, new intelligence, and We shall
seek these elements where they are to be
found-amid the mass of the people. We
must consult them, probably, about the
twenty fourth of May, in a central conven-
ton at Cleveland, free from baleful Wash
ington influences; and, after the people
have spoken We shall carry out their de-
cisions at all risks and hazards
"In no event shall we submit their de-
cisions to the politicians, and we shall in
cessantly repeat to the people that they
have no more cruel enemies than these
same politicians, claiming as they do the
exclusive privilege of thinking and acting
in their name, while they have in reality
no other object than to fattcn at their ex-
pcnse.
"Thc Baltimore convention is nothing
but market-place, where the people are
to be sold by the politicians to the highest
bidder; therefore we can have nothing to
do with the Balti more convention.
'If it proposes to oppose the will of the
people i'm case the same should not indorsc
It's projects regarding its Presidential can
didate let the convention but attempt to
play factious (sedicious) part; but if, on
the contrary, it should receive a better in
spiration, pcrcciving the usclessness of
struggling, and understanding that in re-
publican country, the voice of the people
is sovereign and should be obeycd, then
let it join the great movement and it will
he welcome.
"What we wish is, in the words of the
Syracuse State League: That the claims
of all NAV be considered, and the people
enabled to act intellgently, and not be car
rled by cop detot."
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