Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-11-15
eertant Change Of Base.
III. Democratic Party Destroyed
by The "Nigger.'
4f.rs 14icngO Times In favor Of
Negro Suffrage.
- .toKATANDREv JOHNSON.

5--z., Times. (.,iitoriaD Nov. l., 1sf5.
80. pt.N0cEATIc PARTY DIE or LIVE?
at iS a crisis in The Democratic
"a Is u has nc precedent IN its history,
eel. isis in the progress O. the coun-
also without precedent
e--sf5sL.4ere has the Democratic party en-
ss.eitYcntS 80 seriously affecting It's
-Eat + ATTY rs now Not that it beholds
FINISHED in the magnitude of its
ss-s1f ii is numerically stronger
ms ger been before, but that. hay
I,ea.en on a great national issue.
n-c'I il believed itself 10 be wholly
s r.. the opposition wholly wrong. and
-.i.1i eyes. it must nevertheless ahan-
tla. isSlc-sOr the decision of it is final
t.er sit down in helpless and de
nsetivitv or strike boldly ont upon
ae elected with peculiar reference,
sse -'iines as we would have them. but
they really are. and in pursuing
.t sac Il shall cease to be a hold-back
n-ervative" party, and become what
sl- IN lis palmy days progressive and
-..-sive party. These are the alterna-
0Hl rot sit down in helpless and de-
inactivity.
Il. then. shall the new line b.: In the
ace. mus. we not cHt Loose from the
'-gf'on Of iEdretr Johnson, aud leGre
~ concern 10 float on the sea Of public
.r-s mo l-iich If sornefine since entered,
iich no DO,rer can rescue II! Is not
t defeat attributable more largely to
iir is.ration than to al other causes
~. What is there in its compost
eGmmand popular confidence
longing IN it. is entitled. by reason
.tecedents or of his craftsmanship,
coaidence or respect OF the Demo
usriy: Certainly IS not Andrew John
William H. Seward. nor Edwin
a.an True. this administration had
uslicv. and the Democratic party,
a1Sing the chief men comprising
,f linking only of the rightfulness of
~. displayed a patriotism whose
v1s never excclled: but the policy
.re ..ileJI-and having failed. too. thro'
u..ness and fnlly and offences against
s qroprietv of the administration
Hn1'l not the Democratic party ahan-
cad bOiy. longer adherence 10 rhici
also 10 ITSELF
next? Can the Democratic party
I until the negro question shall be
o.. of the way? II cannot. Why not?
50; a-ero suffrage ,norfable. and is not the
Ss' way TO get the negro question out
way to- at Once conccd- the suffrage.
issue only on the degree to which
ALL i,e conceded? We know that many
rails have not reached this advanced
Of tie case. and that such still feel
isciined to revolt at the proposition
40 Suffrage in any degree: but let us
o.a that Il is Gllrays irise 10 accept the IN
t-,ls = zen the inerifabls comes. Negro suf-
sSc saw. is iaerfable, and whether it
be qualified or universal depends up
rromptncss or otherwise with which
iteraocratic party shall move with ref
t3 il. The South wiH speedily yield
e.. aeqro suffrage upon The motion Of The
-rst;c party; because, if for no other
s,sshe viii soon see. that ii'she do not
she will ultimately be compelled ia
Universal suffrage.
'if d negro suffrage yielded b. the
,...tl-and by this we mean IMPARTIAL
Ia.iz. or suffrage dependent upon the
nee of the man, irrespective OF Co
no,c the case in Massochasens-TIE
Z. -ESTION WILL HAVE BEEN DISPOSED
$50 TIE OCCUPATION OF TIE NORTHERN
..r.cAN RADICAL PARTT WILL RE GONE
-sxsEa Not one inch of ground will il
r0 stand on: and the country can once
ura to those material questions oil
policy the right disposition ofwhicl
,s2gSial to the public prosperity. II
upon these questions that the Dem
.t-t pssrty will triumph. and it will be
!. triumph that constitutional govern
q I'll our federal system will be pre-
a SOItl be wise it will SOt wait. on
.fgage question, even for the motion
~ Democratic party. Ii it be wise, il
csa TO time in putting in motion the
- machinery by which it will a
-sns time save itself from humiliation
IKE its own self-respect, rid the coun
ne most veXatiOus question that ev
.caotcd any country, Kill the worst
.ica' party that ever existed on the
sta AMI put the Union in the way of &
90. restordtion. This machinery con
zT -. course. in conventions to revise tho
s'c oGstitutiOnS.
nc President has almost ceased grant
at psrdOnS to residents Ofthe Southern
.a-1s no participated I'm the late rebel
and it is insinuated by those who
qualified to speak on this matter. tina
-r'ions viii be given, for an indefinite
81 - those who led into the late in
s.fsct ION, or those who accepted Office il
J1i-e1 Safes, either in civil or mil.
sacity, previous TO the rebellion
ne authority states the reason:
Ff riVe influenced the President IL
letting the issue of pardons are o
-,ai character, originating from The
ions.
49,
s-osed in New York Saturday a