Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-08-09


The New Party.
At the county convention of Marion
county, held at Indianapolis on the 18th
ult. GOV Morton delivered to the multi
tude of people assembled on that occasion
another of those mastery speeches ON the
issues of the present day. We reproduce
that portion referring to the new party that
is to bc born at the
PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
The Democratic members of Congress
have published a call for Il National Con
vention. to he held in the city of Philadel-
pllia. ON the l4th of August, and TO be
known aS the National niOn Convention.
This call is formal disarmament of the
Democratic party. and remuneration of the
name Democracy. and an invitation for its
members To- meet in Convention with such
dissatisfied persons of the Union party az
can be induced To unite with them in form
ing new orr; ;nizalion. 1t is a direct con
feSsiOn that the Democratic party, indcli-
bly, staincd with treason as it Is, is a name
too gricvOuS 10 be borne. and the cunning
signcrs of this call, who are staggering un-
der It's weight. are striving TO relieve them
serves tl llll> buIUtH.
This proposition to change lis name is
an !iumiliating acknowledgment of defeat,
of dishOnOr and of national condemnation,
which could have been wrung from these
men only 10y the direst suffering and neces-
sity. And yet il will not avail. The new
/ party. whatever name or shape il may as
sumo will be the same old Coppcrhead con
Germ. Composed Of the same men. clothed
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same dishCnors and disasters TO the coun-
Try.
The cali establishes the fact. however.
;lat ihc recent revelation 10 the Dcmocra-
cy OF this District, THAT the war was just
and necessary" was local in its character.
and did not extend Ia Washington. for il
makes no mention of the war at all. and for
auwht that appears in it. the authors never
heard of a rebellion. They discuss the dan
gerous situation of the country, utterly ig-
nOring the fact that there has lccn re-
bclliOn, and incorrectly seem To expect
that the people will be equally dumb; APP
parcntlv entertaining the iGea of the Os-
trich. who believes that when his head is
thrust into the dirt his body is out of sight.
But allow me To quote passage from IL:
AT present eleven States are excluded from the
National Council. For seven long months the pres
lent Congress has Icrsiseu;ly drn any rcir, senta-
iiun g. tie PEOPLE Of these States. Laws affecting
their hiyhst and d,ar,st Interests have been ls,ssed
without ;Ler and in disr' gard of the fund.-
mental principle of free government"
Here it complains in piteous terms that
for seven months eleven States have not
been represented in Ccngrcss,-but makes
no reference whatever TO the manner in
which the Senators and Representatives
from those States went out OF Congress, or
the condition of those States for the five
years proceeding these seven months.
1t affects To treat the subject as ifthe Sen
a;ors and Representatives from those States
had been rudely expelled from Congress,
without cause or fault on their part, and
wickedly kept out of their seats for the long
period of seven months, and very ioolshly
tries to ignore the fact that these Senators
and Representatives five years before that
tlme and in violation of their oaihs, had
voluntarily abandoned their seats and in
augurated cruel war; in which, after a
costly and bloody struggle of four years,
they were Overwhelmingly defeated.
The attempt TO suppress the great facts
of history, and keep out of sight the mighty
events which mark the annals of the rebel
lion, is an admission clearly fatal TO the
pretended honesty and soundness of their
doctrines.
Again they say:
"As essential 10 national union must maintain
unimaired the rights the dignity and the equality
Of the States including the right of representation
in Congress, and the exclusive right ofeach State to
control it, own domestic concerns. subject only TO
the Constitution Of the United Staies.'
Now, all this is mere trick of words. in
tended to obscure the truth. There is no
issue involved concerning the rights or the
lliur,itx- ap1 aou u..lit1- pf tho St0fas I,nf tho
real question is. what shall be the status
and condition Of the re6eliious inhabitants OF
the rebel States; upon what terms shall they
be admitted back to the enjoyment of pO-
litical rights. and what security shall be ta-
ken, what guarantees exacted by the loyal
people of the nation to prevent the horrors
and atrocities of another rebellion.
In conclusion the authors of this call use
the following language:
ave therefore respectfully but earnestly urge upon
our fellow citizens in each state, Territory and Con-
gressonal District in the United States in the inter
Of the Union, and in spirit of harmony and with
direct reference to the principles contained in said
cal to act promptly ia the selection of moderate and
conservative to represent them in said ronyen-
ton. the end that all the States Il all he
stored to their practical relations to the Union the
Constitution be maintained and peate bless the whole
country"
Here we have the whole Der locratic pol
icy developed, which is that all the States
shall at once be restored to their practical
relations TO the Union by the immediate adj
mission of their Senators and Representa-
tives into Congress. Every Senator and
Representative elected in nine out of eleven
rebel States is, L am informed, rebel, and
wholly unable to take the test oath. Many
of them were leading rebels. and bore a
large part in precipitating the South into
rebellion. And Democratic Congressman
demand their immediate and unconditional
restoration to power and proclaim that the
failure to admit them for seven months is a
gross infraction Oftheir rights, and wanton
violation of the Constitution, although these
rebel Representatives had for the proceed
ing five years staid out ON their own ac-
: count. and during four years of the time
waged most bloody war for the destruc-
tiOn of the Government. And here | must
be allowed to suggest, that the Democratic
members of Congress have in one respect
OveTreached themselves. They have pre-
scribed in advance the terms upon which this
Convention must meet and these constitute
the exact basis and platform of the present
'Cepperhead" Democracy. So that every
man who goes into that convention is adj
vised in advance, that whatever change oi
name he may undergo he must subscribe