The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-18
The Ese:s:sss Spirit Of EanaiicEssN.

lie Hldlignd'lC UclHOi Oh RATE. WHOSt
bloody footmarks may be traced from bat
tle-lield to battlefield of this fanatical war
still bears omnipotent sway over the col
umns and hearts oi' most of the Abolition
papers aud preachers throughout the ex-
ultant North; and in nothing is it more
clearly exhibited than in the manner OF
treating the as sassiuation of the President
A most solemn and humiiiating occasion.
when all feel bowed down and depressed
by common sorrow, is seized upon and
made use of to crafty the base passions OF
partizanship by indu!ging in bitter slam
ders and ungcnerous inuendoes against
the political opponents OF the deceased
! President. Many, we think we are jus
tilted in saying most, of the organs Of the
Abolition party, preachers and presses,
have net hesitatcd to attribute the assas-
sinaton OF President Lincoln to the teach
ings Of the Democratic party, and some
have gone so far as to say shat the 'cop-
perhead' press were as guilty of the muir
der as the unfortunate wretch who fired
the pistol, i more uni ust accusation the
brain of even a half crazed fanatic could
not hatch and bring forth Democrats
have opposed the administration and its
policies Of war. abolition and consolda-
lion They have earnestly and h"ldl"
denounced its violations of the Constitu-
ton in its high handed interference with
the freedom OF speech and Of the press
and the denial of trial by jury, and its
disregard of law in the summary arrest
and Imprisonment of innocent citizens
without accusation or an opportunity to
Re heard They have maniully, il the
! light Of day and in the face Of all the con
sequences which an arbitrary policy held
over their heads to tcrrify and intimidate
them, contcnded for those great rights of
trcemcn which their fathers wrung from a
British King; but they are no assassins.-
Obedience 70 law, respect for the Consti-
tuition and constitutional rights, recOgni>
;ion OF the obligation Of citizens to regard
AID tolerate The opinions of their fellows,
above all 4 sincere devotion to The good
ot' the country AID the rational liberty OF
mankind. have been. not less during the
last four terrible years than throughout
its entire history. the cardinal points Of
! the Democratic creed. We defy any man
! 20 point to 4 single instance where the
/ Democratic party has ;ncuicated disobedi>
ance 70 the lag, or couutenanccl murder,
or reyiled the Constitution under which
they lived This has all been left to their
political opponents, while they have pur-
sued the even tenor OF their way" nei-
thcr turning to the right band TO shun
danger, nor to the left to win the smiles
of power And get Democrats are charg>
ed with teaching doctrines that incitc to
lawlessnc.s and murder and that, too, by
party, one Of whose leading organs in
tho v est but a few weeks since, contain
ed the following infamous language:
81 like the spirit oflhe Major in command OF
the GOlh Ohio. When in his presence the ques-
ton presumptuously asked, Shall we event
ually haze 10 compromise y he turned with a
withering lock and said, Il entered this campaign
with over 500 meh; to day can muster J?2, and
tell YOU that il the President hints ever at a COM
promise THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED
! AND NINETY TWO ASSASSiNS IN MY
/ COMMAND, READY TO MARCH, solitary
and alone, TO TIE WHITE HOUSE, WE
WISH OUR FRIENDS AT HOME HAD THIS sriRIT.
| Correspondence of Ohio State Journal.
\ more devili,h spirit than this, and i;ar
less manly, only taking different direc-
ten, but which would not hesitate to as
sassina ion if i, had courage equal to is
malienancy, brcathcs from the political
pulpit in the following extract from one OF
Parson Brownlow's sermons:
.JfI had the chief power would arm
.nl clothe in the Federal uniform the
wolves and panthers, the Wild cats, the
tigers and the bears OF the American
mountains; the aligators Of the Florid;,
swamps and of South Carilona, and the
negroes Of the Southern Confcdcracy, and
the devils of the hcllish pandcmonium.-
This war, | tell you, ought to be pursued
with fury and vengeance uut;l the rebell-
ion is beaten down, and men, women and
children Of the South, Mason and Dixon
partizans, arc cxterminatcd from the face
of God Almightys earth"
Not the teachings of Democrats, but
such as we have quoted above, breathing
the bitterest contempt for law, religion
humanity and decency, have been til,
cause of crime and lawless violence, a
which the nation stands appalled,. A
public sentiment founded upon such ideas
and moulded by such men, could not fai
to produce the most dreadful and humilia
ting effect upon the country. Alienation
bitterness, dsunion, civil war, iraterna
u bloodshcd, outrage, ruin and assassination
were as lcgitimately the fruits Of sucl
. teachings as Tie guillotinc was the frui
of the excuses Of the French Revolution
. The barbarous and diabolical spirit o
such fanatics rs Brownlow finds fittin:
; and natural expression in the proposition
of the Ohio Major to assassinate the Pres
ident i'm certain contingency, and show
d not whit more respect for law, or rever
ence for religion, or regard for the rule
established by society fo' its security
than the act by which Booth deprived tn
President of life and rendered himself
detestablc murderer
No CcuAMpAGNE.-ADother econom