The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-10-05

ncid at hicnlncDu 1T which resolution
was introduced declaring that 1.-THE Nor
thcrn press have attempted to brand the
peop'c of the South with pertidy and in
sincerity in the honest attempts they have
made, aud are making, to resume their
former relations to the Union, by question
ing their e iclity and truth in the oath Of
allegiance which they have taken, ana BY
vague charges that they desire. if they do
not contemplate, further resistance to it's
authority The Chicago TriJu.e, of the
9Th iust., with its usual great modesty,
says:
Now as we probably are as open to this
charge as any portion of the Northern
press, it becomes us TO state The facts.
There is not belief on the part of North
crn men OF any party. and there ha, been
no REPRESENTATION made by any prominent
Northern press, that resistance to the ma
tional authority by open rebellion is either
desired or at present contemplated by any
party at the South, We fully believe
Southern men when they declare that they
have had enough Of hyhtng and will re-
bel no more. 80 far as the Richmond
nnccting complains that they have been
charged with contemplating any further
effort at rebellion. the facts are otherwise
They have never been so charged.
But when the Northern people speak Of
Uuionism, they refer not merely to the
idea that the Union shall be preserved
but also to the collateral doctrines that the
Union policy which has led Us through the
war shall he maintained, that the honor
oi' Tie Union which has used the services
OF negro troops to maintain its own su-
prcmacy. shall be vindicatcd in Its deal
ings with the negro race that the na
tional dcit shall lie paid, that the rebel
debt shall not be paid that the national
army and is officers shall he rewarded
and the rebel army aud lis officers shall
MT be rewarded that Emancipation shall
be perfected in good faith and the negro
g,iaraute eli every necessary right of ct>
izen. We ..can by Unionism. not merely
the bare fact that the Federal flag shall
float from Canada to the Cuff while the reb-
cl iiag shall mOulder in dSusc, but that our
hag shall continue to represent liberty for
all men, ana true dem }crafic equaity OF
rights. and not oppression, nor privilege |
classes. We mean in short. tn; the ideas
of the Union shall supe,c the ideas Of
the ConieIeracy in Ill the South. And
this Is 10 surcrlu0us requirement, nour
view, but one vitality essential TO make the
Union either capable of being preserved or
worth preserving. 1t needs no argument
to prove that people, all OF whose ideas
are at war, will find means Of being lhcm-
selves at war
Now, fol ali practical purposes. the rad
ical party as these new fcdged Union>ts
style. US, is the Union and the Union is
the radical party. When they rebelled
against tie Union, they were niet and
whipped by the radical party-the Cop
perhcads lending to the rebellion all the
aid IN their power,-soInc Of them like
Mcclellan, Buell. and Fitz John Porter
merely losing our battles, while others
/ Ike Nallandieha aud Fen. Wood fought
the Union cause III Congress and through
the press, and still others ike G ".
Smith and Mansfield Lowell accepted rebel
commissions, and still others like Wilkes
l}oothc and the Chicago ccnsprators
/ fought as .Confedcrates on their own
hook, while the whole party voted against
the war at every opportunity. Bat the
Radical party carried on the war, be-
ievcd i'll the war, and made it successful.
! They alone en,erta ned those views of the
right OF the Union to subdue the REBEL
ion to emancipae the slaves. to draft
troops, to incur debt, etc. which could
have justified the war Deny tie polite
al principles Of ihc Union party, and ac-
ccpt these Of The Copperheads, and the
var for the inion is changed from a glori-
Gus sacrifice into an infamous crime
Now we have plainly set forth :hc prin-
cillc which actua,cs the fanatical traitor
who prcsidcs over the journal which at
tempts to lead the Aboliioni.ts Of the
Northwest. With ap ciTrontery that would
have reflected credit on the devil when he
announced his claim to rule in heaven.
this condensed essence of treason. malic-
nifty, wickedncss and disunion, boldly de-
clarcs the right not only to administer the
government Of Southern people, but also
the right to do their thinking for them :;
to mark out their course of political con-
duct. and to draw the lines outside of
which they may not dare to step. We
cannot more fully express what this jour
nj claims than hy adding the following
extract from its issue of the same date
"Thc Missouri RpuIiican, in pitch
ing into IN article from the Chicago TsL,
une, styles us 'one of the leading organs of
the party whcl: regulates the ethics. NOR
ais politics, and social and political econo
my cf the whole country-cspecially the
Southern portion of it That is about
true. We have no higher ambition than
to deserve that style of abuse Exchanges
will please copy
60 shame where is thy blush ~ This
editor rejolces in being styled leader of
the party which regulates the etchics,
morals, politics and social and political