The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-11-22

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gro suffrage-of making thu. mixed black
and white Government; but it will evel
maintain that as this is the white man,
country, it should be ruled by white men
pure and exclusive 1t wants no mongre
breed, ike those in Mexico and South
America, to sit in its councils and shape
Its policy. Against this dictum it 10 com
mltted by all its past, by all the force oi
history, by all the precept, of philosophy
and the lessons of experience. Not fol
enc moment will it entertain the PROPOSE.
tion. and our cotemr orary of the Times
beneath the universal blasts of Indignation
will be glad to withdraw it,
The Democracy will st, nd by their faith
and by the Ark of the Covenant. and
standing by it, they will again be led over
the Red Sea ~fperl into the haven of peae.
and rest.
The indianapolis Herald is equally dis
gusted with the cowardly surrender of the
Tines, as the following from its editorial
columns Of the 14th inst will show:
INSANITY OF THE CHICAGO TINES
We have been in the habit Of attaching
considerable weight to the utterances of
the Chicago Times As the most infuen>
tlal Democratic journal in the northw est,
the Democratic party ana the lesser lights
OF the Democrat press have been accu.-
toned to defer to its judgment, to certain
extent, on yexatious questions Of rarty pei
icy. he Times has, in fact, been a sort
OF oracle, moulding in some degree, the
pclicy of the party in the west, and exer>
cising powerful influence in shaping its
destinies. Entertaining these views Of the
Timse, and accustomed to read with pleas
ure and profit its well written editorials on
the great questions which have arisen out
of TIE ashes Of the rebellion. what was our
surprise and modification on taking up its
Monday mornings issue to find double
loaded leader, advocating the abandonment
Of the most vital principles held by the
party during the late canvass. and a base
surrender to the enemy of all we have
gained in past years by an unfinching adj
hcrencc, through victory and defeat, to
principle. The policy laid down by the
Tins is indcieasible and abhoreut 1t
qualification, disgrace and disintegration,
robs the party Of its very soul and makes
of it mere aggregation of individual
place hunters, banded torether with a sole
view to securing the spois, and animated
by lust of power rather than venera
ton of right and justice 1t is to ac>
knowledge all and more than has ever
been charged upon it by its eDemies-to
forfei, the self respect OF itself and the re-
spect Of its opponents. The Times, itself
one Of the first paIers in the country to
urge upon the party a-cOlds. support of
President johnson. and even now admit
ting that the President was right in every
position taken and maintained, counsels
the party TO cut loose from the adminis>
tra.Ion. and strike out new and impossi-
Let us stick to and sustain President John
son SO long as he is in the right
tru ting to the justice Of our cause, and
the latent good sense of the American
peop G, for pal triumph.
Bat the worst Of the Times vagarics is
yet to come. IL any evidence were want
ing to tasten upon it the character of ln>
sanity. its cool aud deliberate advocacy of
negro suffrage would be sufficient, Re-
garding negro suffrage rs high crime
against free govcrnment-as a Pandora
box from which would flow nnumerable
and irreneGiablc evils-we look upon the
suggestions Of the Times, in this respect,
with unmtigstcd horror Qualified sul-
frage-,hc saisrace which rests on the
basis Of superficial knowle ge Of letters
would prove merely the entering wedge to
universal suffrage. The government rests
upon the intelligence of its voters, and
whatever tends to Jebase the suffrage by
adding such an enormous amount OF ig.
norance, superstition aud degradation to
the mass of the voting population, is n
cr ne against free government-a sapping
and undermining of every foundation of
.he temple Of liberty This is not all 1t
cads to an admixtnrc of blood>; and the
Physical and moral death Of the race
We do not doubt that the radicals will
,onsu innate tie niquity they are work
ng for, and finally force negro suffrage
upon the people of the south. But let the
Democracy come out of the contest with
lean hands and easy consciences. Let
heir skirts be kept undefled from the
t,in of this foul sin AMI then when in
Ifter years, the fearful consequences of
adical inquty are manifest, no shade Of
murdered Banquo can shake its CORY locks
Il us aud say that re did it.