The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-11-23
Designs 0fsslc Republicans.
From the Indianapolis Herald.

aims with cantor: and as the hcpUbiicaI
party is now in power it becomes us to as
certaiL and pass judgment upon the pur
poses which it seeks to accomplish by tho
exercise 81 the powers 1T possesses.
1t cannot be disguised that one OF it,
leading purposes is to ama!gamate the
white, black. red and yellow races of peo
ple-indccd, the peoples of all the nations
/ OF the earth into one associated mass OF
equals. of partners in the Government ol
the United States, and Of the several
/ States OF this Union. This is to be done
or attempted, in the name Of philanthropy
and justice, is deemed practicable upon
the theory OF the susceptibility of all hu-
mauity to progress. with rallread velocity
onward and upward to the perfection OF
the gods. In the hopeful enthusiasm OF
youth We were wont to look forward in the
expectation of witnessing III our day, ua-
der the Joint humanizing influences cf the
non combattant ministers OF the meek and
lOwly JESUS and the moral philosophers,
followers Of the divine Plato Cicero. and
others, to the ushering in of that day
when wars shall be no more, when crime
should disappear before universal virtue,
and the lion and the lamb, JEFF. Davis and
johnson, should lie down together, amid
the gentle and divine glories of the ml>
! lenium. But, now, when beginning to d G.
sccnd the slope that reaches to the Dark
Valley. as we cast our eye over the moral
and religious prospect we must leave be-
hind, we are flied with sadness, almost to
despair, rs we still behold new oayoncts
cleaning far and wide, new gallows rising,
and new pri,ons-are stunned by the
thunder Of unnumbered cannon, and ap-
palled by the vision Of countless dead upon
thousand fields Of carnage. The notes
Of The triumphant Glory liallelnjah. John
Brown soul is marching" etc, that fall on
our ear. do not disDcl the gloom
But are we right as to the fact that the
Republicans design to make this Govern
mcnt Il partnership of whites. negroes
Chinese, etc? Let us see. Before they
got into power their leading purpose, as
expressed. was to abolish nero siay erv.--
When they cot into power, the disregard
Of the Constitution and good faith toward
the South they had practiccd. having pro-
vokcd war, they withdrew part Of their
colors, and went into the var simply to
put down the rebelliow and saTc the Tn
nion, abolish;ng slavery being rcpudated
as a purpose We refer The reader to the
resolutions of their conventions Of those
days, by which, through fraud, they drew
the Democracy TO war alliance with
them. But, alter they had got this ALI
aucc into working order, and the country
into that condition that the alliance could
not be broken without being followed by
a dissolution of the Union, t. which it was
known the Democracy would not con.ent,
they again brought cut and re-erected the
temporarily withdrawn abolition colors hav-
inc concluded to unite the two purp scs of
pAtting down the rebellion and aboishing
slavery. The two purposes have been ac-
compllshcd by tie united cflor OF the
Republicans and the Democrats, under
the circumstances stated.
And do the republicans now rest salts
fed! The democracy accept the result Of
the war They would, at all times, have
rejoiced in the abolition of slavery, but
their policy was that it should be done by
those who have a constitutional right to do
it, in the proper mode; their respect for
faith forbade that, in viola
ton of our written compact Of union with
the Southern States, it should be accom-
plshed by sectional wir. But DO the
Republicans rest satisfied? Not at all.
They have now raised another set Of col /
ors. on which is Inscribed negro suffrage
in the United States eve have no oblcc,
tions to it in Airicn) and propose to use
the power they possess 20 force 1t upon, as
10 this Independent. unwilling people, and (
will pr Jbably, before many years, involve
he nation in another civil war to accom-.
plish this result. And what will be the
next step! Social equality, indlscrimnato
general confusion of races
indeed, equal suffrage partnership, neces-
;arily involve all this. And the question
:, ought this 70 be done? Is humanity
.qual to it? We believe it ought not to
&c. We believe it will lead to hose riots
1t the polls, at every election; to that
nineine Of officers hostile to each other.
o that constantly in aiming OF race antip
lthics, that will bring on constantly recUr>
ing civil wars. rs III the nations south of
Is, till. at length, some Macmillan will
nave to be placed over all. with an army
1t his command sufficient to keep peace
,ctween the races, and order at elections,
f elections shall be permitted.
We have got to take man as he is, not {
IS we could wish him to be; not as spccu- 5
atyc philosophers tell us he will be; and
sc may rest assured that we cannot make ,
i'm what we may desire by constitution :
nd laws. He should posses the BEST pos ,
iblc opportunities for improving himself. I
levatng himself by moral, religious, and |
+ we may so call it. secular cultivation t
,ut governments should be adapted to {
,coplcs as they are, or they will have little .
liability; and when we can be pointed to I
,rcater intellects than were possessed by
socrates Plato, Aristotle, Alexander, i
'acsar. Demosthcnese, Cicero, etc, We
viii admit that men are now born bigger
nd better than they used To be.
1t having been proposed to east the
emocratic vote of the Ohio Legislature ;
mr. Mr. Valandigham for Senator. in q