The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-11
ANDREW JOHNSON.
3 spcecfs by hsiRal isa 1851.

In tEc senate OF thc United States. Feb
ruary ), 1861 referring to charge OF
Senator Lane that Nr johnson was in f.
yor Of :. wax en- the south, Mr.. johnson
said
l march down upon South Carolina
Did | propose any such thing! No
War is not the natural element Of nay
mind; and, as | stated il that speech, my
thoughts were turned on peace. and not
on war [ want no strife. / want no war.
In the language OF a denomination that is
Terv numerous IN the country. | may say
! | hate war and love peace. | belong to
he peace party | thought, when was
making that speech, that was holding
ou, the olive branch Of peace. =! wanted
tractcd and excited country. That was
the object had in view. War, repeat,
IS not tie natural element Of my mind
would rather wear upon my garment
lie tiase Of the shop and the dust of the
felJ, as badges of the pursuits Of peace,
han the eaudy oF@Ulct upon my shoulder,
II 4 sword dangling By my side. viii It's
s'ittering #cabis.rd. ;he inSi2ai;. Of strife,
cf var oi blood, u carnaec: sometimes of
Honorable and glorious war. Bus. sir. !
would rather see The recp,c OF the United
States at war with every other pvnvl up-
On the whole = obc than be at war with
each other. II blood must be she'd, let it
not he the people Of these state., the one
cyn,cuding against the other.
,.+ tho t...,, ~ ooo-a., -
state, Is used IN IN al ccpiaae'um mans
ner It is a sovereignty that is 10 bc
crushed. E. How IS 4 state in the union
What i her connection with it i ,hc
connection she has with the other states
5 that which is agreed upon in the
connection between the states. do not
know whether you may consider ii in the
union or out OF tie union, or whether YOU
simply consider it a connection or :, dis
connection with the other states; but to
;hc extent that Il state null:fes or sets
aside any law or any provision Of the con-
s.itutun, 10 that extent it has dissolved
Its connection, and no more. think the
states that have passed their personal lib
cry bills, n violation II i!ic constitution n
OF Tie United States, coming in conflict
with The fugitive slave law, to that extent
hive dissolved their connection, and tc
that extent It is revolution. But because
.e"'ne of the free states have passed law,
yiolat;fc &C Tie constitutions; because they
have. to some cs..cat, dissolved their con
nection with ;a,s goycrnmen;. docs that
justify Us ofthe scu:h in following tia
cad eZamp ple! Because they have passed
personal liberty bills, and have to that cx
cent, violated tlc compact which is re
e;prccal. shall we turn around on he eth
Ct hand, and violate the constitution b,
coorcing them II compliance with i.
VIII we u so?
Then ! come back to the starting point
lei us stand in The union and upcn tn,
constitution, nd if anybody is to lcav,
this union, CT violate - guarantees; i
shall be those who have taken the inita
tive, and passed their personal libert,
bills. an il the union. an,
intend to stay in it. intend to hold OF
to the Union. and the guarantees unde
which this union has grown; and do no
intend to be driven from it, nor out Of i.
by their unconstitutional cnactmcnts.
But, Nr. President, recurring to what
said yesterday; there are two parties in thi
country that want to break up the govern
ment. Who arc they? The uulliier
. proper of the south, the sccessionists c
disunionists-fo | use them all as syn
onylnous terms. There is Il po.tion o
them who, per s., desire the destruction o
the government for purposes Of their owl
i aggrandizcmcnt 1 do not charge upol
them that they want to break up the gov
ernmcnt for the purpose oi affecting slave
ry; yet | charge that the breaking up o
the government would have that effect
} the result would lie the same Who els
is for breaking up this government
refer to some bad men in the north -
There is set of men who are called abol
tionists, and they want to break ~ tn
, government They arc disunionsts; the.
, are nulliiers.
Bad men north say provoking things il
reference to the institutions Of the south
and bad men and bad tempered men of tn
south say provoking and insulting thing
in return; and so goes on a war OF crimi
nation and recrimination in reference t.
t the two sections of the country, aud tn
institutions peculiar to each. They be
come cnraged and insulted, and then the,
are denunciatory of each other: and wha
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