The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-01-26
Mr. E4iHcoiRa's Opportunity.

! lie tone OF the southern press and OF
southern utter"nces in congress and in
other locations. just now, are Of unusual
significance. il Is not long since the edi-
torials of conf cr2tc Journals seemed In
spired y siugle spirit.--that Of dcfan &c
and hatred OF the north, aud exuitaton
over the seemingly sure success Of the
rebcl.icus states III Their attempt to Gain
INDEPENDENCE All this is changed. The
norih man i still Yankee, bat 70 more Il
dastardiv vand..; at the present rate of
progress he vii. become. ina &C while.
a federal, and possibly, little later, IN
ionisF.
II proportion * re Of the north ceae
70 be greasy machines and cowardiy Hes
slams. the prospects Of the Latin race"
for q separate government founded upon
the aristocratic cor lcr-stone Of slavery
come less brilliant. Wen we progress
TO the dcnuy Oh iederals, anu from that
point 10 uniouist.. i may beexpectcl ta:.t
the probabiltic. ofsouthcrn iulcpendcnea
have prorortionally changed un:.l they
have become extinct. Il must MOI. how
ever. be suppose! TINT cur southern cli-
tors. haviug cea-c,i j'ieir denunciation e
the north. are no. denouacinc an, body
Such a condi.pa would lie Impossible.
and t'.cralore. We Fad tina; those yials Of
wrath which not long since were rncork-
Cd soiely Cor our punishment, are now
being used by t!.cse gcriemcn for TIE
bencfi Of each c .hcr.
The south is now as noisy with ciamor
as ever was G,l market. The Richmond
Dispatch is pitchnr into the submission
lists; the Richmond Examiner. with arms
akimbo, is herating JEFF. Davis; and the
Richmond Sentinel Ia, taken down lis
we'll thummed classics. and is franticaly
hunting up examples and denunciations
10 hurl against Gc rebel congress in
short, there is a trelnen .ous hubtub al
over the south. Que clalaors for submis-
sion, another fer Protcctorate, third
for a convention. Q fourth for negotiation,
and fifth for further resistance, while
each is y0clierously reyiling the others,
in addition to urging us own project up
on public ctteItion.
There never was better time than the
present fer the exhibition Of statesman
ship IN the management OF orr affairs in
connection with the rebellion. If Mr..
Lincoln would open the DOOR CT the
We House, and, after kicking out tne
abolition Iolititions who are around HIM
with their watering pots. should cons, I
common sense, lie could end the contest
by the restoration Of the union without
shedding another drop of blood. lie can
learn from his iavoritc Terrence. or some
osher Of his pocket classics, the value If
the truth, d'viae ct .mperc The south
is just now divided into innumerablc frao.
mcnts, anu 10y the use of a little. consider
alton, Cancellation, aad conservatism he
can close up the war. II he use these at
once, he will save rivers Of blood and in
;erminable taxation; ii he allow the oppor
tunlty to pass, it will be long before
similarity favorable condition of the south
will present Itself. The original confedcr-
acy is broken into pieces, but all this com
motion now visible is simply the prepare
tory conditions Of new fusion Left TO
our generals, and their own tendencies.
these fragments will fuse into a new body.
but one hostile TO the federal government
1t may be dictatorship, a monarchy. a
protectorate, but in any case it will be a
foe to the union. Ii these particles be
managed by Mr.. Lincoln in spirit above
the demands of narrow partisansh;p, they
will as readily fu-e ;rto the old union rs
without this spirit they will into, some
form of antagonism.
The suspicious moment has arrived IN
which Statesman and patriot can end
the war Let Mr. Lincoln take this 20
sition; let him dismiss Phillips with
his watering pot, and Greeley with his
impracticable notions, and all the other
politicians, and seize the present oppor-
unity to rounitc the country.