The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-11-16
Fruits Of an ECsitsGH War.
From the San francisco Exam ~ r.

just closed are TO be IL he'd. in all their
ma ynitude, by the III .~ScS of the people
The feeling of relief. or indeed of joy. that
the bloody drama has been brought to a
close, absorbs too much of the public mind
to enable them to grasp them at once. The
summing up aud reckoning of acc cunts
the striking of balance sheets. nave yet to
lie done When this work is accom.l .lish
ed. what record will it present Of Baci
Republican ycrtidy madn - and folly -
Then and not till then will the people un
derstand how much OF mischief can bc ac.
conn lished in four short years.
From the inauguration of Thomas JEFF
icrsun to that Of Abraham Lincoln. sixty
years have been recorded in cur history
They were years of wonderful development
tranquility and progress. Under the vi: c
policy oi' conservative administrations, anG
the quckenng Influence OF democratic
principles, We had reached u port in cur
progress leiorc which o. ened an unbroken
vista Of rational prosperity. Our terrific
rial lim;tS had been more than trebled;
me twenty States had been added to the
eGeral sistcrhood; our material wealth
lad outstrippcd in growth the experience
OF any nation; great cities and narts OF
trade bad sprung up in the wilderness;
mighty forests had been subduei. and
waste places made to blossom as the rose:
railroads, i vast system. bound together
with iron bands remOtcst sections; the
white WINS OF our commerce tlutiered in
every breeze aud upon every sea, where
traue and enterprise invited. IN peace
abroad We had everything to stimulate
US in peaceful pursuits. Just here. how
ever, party opposed TO the principles
and policy which had produced thee grand
rcsults--purely sectional in birth and
character. and aggressive in all its pro-
po>als-with an insane love for the negro
and an absurd idea higher law than
the Constitution Inscribed on It's banner
having by falsehood. and misreprescnta-
ton. and iana'ical appeals 70 the baser
passions OF human nature. poisoned the
minds of the masses in the non savehold-
ing Siates-se:fei hold OF the reins Of
government. " hat was the result =
What Washington and Jackson and CLAY
! IN oFher ilu>trious patriots and slatsmen
foretoll in the event Of the triumph OF a
;, c;,onai party. We have mad four years
of abolition rule or rather ruin, and the
results are before us
We will not stop to reckon What thcv
have cost II, IN blood and agony wr,:ug
from the hearts OF the pcop'c. These
cannot he estimated Let us look at one
item Of n different character. \ colius.al
national debt Of four thousand millions of
dollars. And what does This forcicli 2
Taxes, taxes. Taxes on all we crt and
drink aud wear and do Five hundred
millions OF dollars annually wruny from
the productive energies aud labor of the
country.
But let Sydney Smith tc i the tale lie
gives you Enyland's experience. He Is
warning (this was years ago. brother Jon
athan Cf the in,v. v.table consequences OF
war. What are these in that country p
Taxes upon ev.rv article that enters the
mouth or covers the back. or is placed
under the foot; taxes upon every thing tha;
is pleasant to sce, hear, feel, smell o. taste,
taxes upon warmth, light and locomotion;
taxes on every thing on earth. aud :!;c
waters under the earth; On every tain.
that comes from abroad, or is grown at
home: taxes on the raw material: taxes on
every fresh value that is added to it bv
the industry of man; taxes on the sauce
whicn pampers mans appetite. and the
drug that restores him To- health; on the
ermlue which decora'es the Judge, and the
rope which hangs the criminal; on the
poor mrn's salt and the rich mans sn;ce.
III the brass nails Of the coffin, snd tho
ribbons Of the bride; at bed or board
couchant or lcvant. we must pay
In addition to this the habit of dealing
with large sun :, will make the government
ivar.ciUus ano protuse; and the system it.
self will in!aliblv generate the base yermir
If SPIES and informers, and Il stil, NOR,
pestlcnt rice of political tools and retain
ers at the meanest aud most odious des'
cription; while the prcd"ious patronag,
which the collecting Of this splendid rev.
.:nue will throw into the hands of ;h,
government, will invest It with 50 vast IN
nfueEce and hold out such means anu
emDlations to corruption, as all the virtue
md public spirit even Of republicans viii
oe unable to resist Every wise iona
han should remember this
Warning vanly said. Little aid ever
sydney Smith think that thus soon hi
ru'hul picture would te more than real
zed by his brothers across the watcrs-
But even this does not come up to the re
slly. The people have yet to undcrst m
What taxation is. The ",ermin OF pimp
and iniormcrs' they have in abundanc
the political tools and reta ncrs" aboun
in appalling numbers, but this is nothin
t. what is t. he when our supcnduous deb
registered aud in an interest bcarin
shape. Aud yet in view of this startlin
picture, the negro-loving fanatics an
howlnrs of Calvary would plunge us int
still farther trouble. They would keep
standing army in each State to put dow
peaceful ''rebels" and give Sambo chanc
to vote and play. Verify. are we rcalil
ING, whom the gods would destroy the
.irst make mad" This huge aud bcasti
mage. Abolitionsm. which has crazcd tn
minds of SO many men-which has brougl
3 ruin uDon the land devastation to on