The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-07-19
"ThG EFUits,O

Governor Morton and the Republican
press are concerned about "the fruits Of
the victories won in subduing the rebell-
ion. They seem to be alarmed lest these
victories will prove barren, and "the
fruits will, like dead sea apples, turn to
ashes on the lip" In his address on the
Fourth at the State House, the Governor
said:
The great question now confronts you,
and must be answered, whether these
precious flags are to be the emblems only
of barren victories? Whether the heroes
in war shall become mere children in
peace? And whether they shall tamely
and blindly surrender at the ballot box
the great prize, the rcry prize, which they
conquered upon the field.
The Democratic and Conservative peo>
pie of the country are equally solicitous
with the Governor in the matter of secur>
ing all the advantages and good results
that may be obtained to the country by
the subduing of the rebellion, but there is
q very radical difference between them as
to what constitutes these "fruits"
The fruits" that Governor Morton
would present are Negro suffrage, ex-
cmption of bonds from taxation, negro
equality, amendments to the constitution
reyolutionizing our present form of Gov
ernment, opposition to the admission of
the Southern States, high protective
tariff that enervates western industry and
panperS eastern manufacturers, class leg.
slation, a government of consolidated
powers, etc. These are 'the very prizes
Governor Norton would have secured to
the people, and which he asks may not be
"blindly surrendered at the ballot box"
The Democratic party is opposed to
these measures. 1t views the results OF
the war in different light 1t is in favor
of restoration of all the States to their
just powers and relations with the federal
Government; it is opposed to universal
suffrage, and all Legislation making the
negro the political equal of the white; it
believes the government was created by
white men for the benefit and enjoyment
of white men it is in favor of equal taxa
tion and equal distribution of the burdens
of government; it is opposed to any legis-
lation that affects the interests ofany cons
munity to the advantage of an other; it is
opposed to any tampering with the organic
law Of the land, until an universal express
ion can be had from all sections of the
country; it is opposed to the pestilential
theory of consolidated powers of the
genera! government, and believes in treats
ing each and every section of the country
with the same consideration and distinc>
ton; it is in favor of laws that will per-
petuate peace, prosperity and cordial feel
ing between all sections, and opposed to
all radical, fanatical schemes that tend to
create discord, pickering, and open
resentment.
The issues between the two parties are
plain, so plain that even the "wayfarlng
man, though a fool, need not err" in his
understanding of them. The people must
choose between them. The Democratic
party is for preserving our system of
government as it was created, while the
radical faction seek an entire revolution
by introducing innovations that complete
ly change the powers and condition of the
people, and destroy the spirit and genius
Of our institutions.-Indiana Herald.