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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14
The Lacrosse DemGcrat-Rrick
POmerOy's Reply TO tfae CIncin-
natl COmmercia!-The Assass-
inatiOn of Lincoln.
From the Lacrosse Wis Dcmocr;

We did thank God for calling Lincoln
home If Lincoln is in Heaven, as Aboli
tionists say, he is better off than he was in
Washington, beset by thieves, Abolition
lists, army contractors, Office seekers and
gaping listners to mis- smutty jokes. As &
friend Of Lincoln we thanked God fol
calling so great and good man home be
fore he should become disgusted with the
Annas, the James, the Thaddeuses, the
Benjamins. the Charlcses, the Freds, and
others Of the leaders of the God and Nor
ality party.
We thanked God for calling Lincoln in
to the presence and company of Demo-
Gratis, as lie is if in Heaven. The poor
President suffered enough from being with
Aboltionists on earth. and we thanked
God for calling him beyond their reach or
influence here or hereafter
Whatever is right God, who rules us
all, wanted Lincoln rcmoved-IIe made
Booth His agent ; no one but God IS to
blame for Lip coins death. God is never
to blame; we. who are Christians, should
thank Him for every thing We so thank
Him. who does not thank God, is no
Christian; those who assail Us are no
Christians.
We b.lieye the country is better of
now than when Lincoln was alive.
We believe more in craftsmanship than
in nigger songs, or in humorous yarns in
time ofwar.
We beliye Lincoln vas mere man of
putty in the hands of traitors and thieves,
known latterly as AbolitionIsts.
We believe Ged saw that lie was not
useful, even if ornamental, and removed
him to make room for a better man.
We believe Johnson is better man
than Lincoln-if he had not been, surely
the great Republican party would not have
gone ont cfthc Union for candidate for
the lice-prcsidency, achcn thy had so
many goat, pure, honorable statesmen IN
tie NORTH
We believe the country would be better
off to-day, if every Republican and Aboli-
ton traitor, meddler, sycophant, apologist,
thief, traitor, or tool of traitors, were in
the bosom of Abraham.
We believe, further, that the Abolition
party is going to the devil, literally, and
We don't care how quick.
And we still further believe that Brick"
Pomeroy has more true trends in the coun-
try than Liucoln ever habitat we do
not care the snap of finger for the good
or i'll opinion of all the abolition editors in
the land-that We shall edit this paper
jusf as we see fit, and do what not one of
our assaiIants dare do-tell the truth with>
out fear or favor.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14
A new Sunday Law I'm Maryland

The new Sunday law passed by the last
Maryland Legislature took effect on the
3D. instant. The Baltimore Board of Po.
lice Commissioners had previously issued
an order for the strict enforcement of the
law against the sale Of cigars, tobacco. can.
dy, soda or mineral-water, spirituous OF
iermented liquors, cordials, lager-beer,
wine, cider, or ''any other goods wares or
merchandise whatever" They add that
sit will be remembered that the sale of
newspapers is prohibited under the head
of merchandise" Public amusements of
all kinds are propibited.
The Puritans are working their way
South. They sent their peddlers first as
pioneers then their school-marms then
their bayonets now their coercive meas
ures to compel the people to be temperate
and moral. Next they will coerce people
to attend cnurch-thc Congregational, we
suppose. Piety, morals, and education
must come under Puritan direction, and as
4 concomitant Of which, sumtuary and by,
gienic coerciye regulations can not be
omitted. The great idea, is, that people
must be compelled, by severe laws, to be
pious. moral, temperate and economical.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14
TEEE FEEEAES.
Proclamation by tile President
WASUIEGTON. juno {

NASHI%GTON, June 6.
The President, to-day, issued the follows
ing proclamation
Whereas, 1t has become known 10 me
that certain cvil>disposed persons have.
within the jurisdiction Of tie United
States, begun and set on foot, and have
provided and prepared. and are still en-
gagged in providing and preparing means
for such military expedition and enters
prise, which expedition and enterprise is
to he carried on from the territory and iu-
risdiction of the United States against the
colonies, districts and people of British
North America, within the dominions Of the
united kingdom Of Great Britain and Ire>
land, with which said colonies, districts
and people and kingdom, the Uuitcd
States are at peace; and.
He. reas, The proceedings aforesaid con
stitute high misdemeanor, forbidden by
the laws of the United States as we'll as by
the laws Of nations now, therefore, for the
purpose of preventing the carrying on Of
the unlawful expedition and enterprise
aforesaid, from the territory and juriSaIiic-
ton of the Uaited States, and 20 maintain
the public peace as VIII as the national
honor, and enfe.ce obedience and respect
to the la'51s Of the United States. [. Andrew
johnson, President of the United States.
do admonish and warn al good citizens Of
the United States against taking part, or
in anywise aiding, countenancing or atet-
sing said unlawful proceedings, and I DO
cxhort all judges; magistrates, marshals,
and officers in the service of the United
States, to employ all their lawful authority
and power to prevent and defeat the atore-
said unlawful proceedings, and to arrest
and bring TO justice all persons who may
be engaged there; and, in pursuance TO
the act Of Congress in suchcases made and
provided, do furthermore authorize and
empower Maj Gen. George Meade, COM
mander Of the military division of the At>
lantic, to employ the land ard naval forces
OF the United States, and the militia there.
Of, to arrest and prevent the setting on
!Got and carrying on the expedition and
enterprise atorsaid.
In testimony whereof have hereunto
set NY hand, and caused the seal Of the
United States to be affixed. Done at the
city cf Washington this 9th day of June,
in the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six and of the Indcpen-
,ience Of the United States the ninerieth.
(Signcd) ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President:
WV. II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14
TO be Amended.

The "ciyil rights" or negro equality
bill, which has lately been passed over the
Presidents veto, is, it is said, to be amend
ed shortly, imposing the following penal
ties on those who refuse to recognize Cuff
fee as abolitioaism thinks he should be
recognized.
For neglecting to step off the pavement
as Sambo or Dinah passes, a fine Of FIVE
dollars.
For neglecting to bow and take off your
hat to them, a fine of three dollars and q
half
For refusing to shake hands, eight dol
lars
For refusing to kiss wench when you
meet her, seyenty-six dollars and thirty
days imprisonment
lor neglecting to nurse their babies in
street cars or churches, thirty>six dollars
and ten days Imprisonment
For refusing to see one home from church
twelve dollars.
For passing them on the street without
smiling, two dollars.
For asking them to work, ten dollars.
For refusing to ask them to your table
with You, forty dollars
For believing that you are as 90 cd as a
negro, five hundred dollars and three years
imprisonment.
For saying that you are better than
negro, ten thousand dollars and fifty years
Imprisonment.
For refusing to marry one, Imprisonment
Tor life and the con6scatlon of your props
| erty.
For saying that the government was
made by white men, for white men, six
thousand dollars fine and fifteen years i'm.
prisonment.
For saying that white soldiers fought
as brayey as did the colored troops, two
thousand dollars and three years imprison>
ment.
For refusing our daughter to any buck
that wishes her, to be hung by the thumbs
until dead, and have your wife and chill
dren turned out into the highway t0
starve
The fines in all cases to be handed over
to the executive committee of the abolition
party, and when the money is not to be
had, Benjaml Butler is to be sent in or
der to collect it in spoons, or whatever else
he may be able to find
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14

PLEASING EvERYBoDY.-Do not de-
lude yourself with the idea that you can
please everybody. Who ever saw any
body that was worth anything that had
nobody to find fault with him? You
would have to do evil in many cases to
please the evil; some, to crafty them; in
dulge the selfish; submit to the tyrannical;
be a tool for the ambitious, and be careful
not to have anything as good as those who
desire to have everything superior to their
neighbor. If you are public man, sho'd
you be diligent, you must expect to have
many secretly dislike you and talk against
you, for your success; and if you accom>
plish little, though many show themselves
friendly, it often leaks out that some who
appear pleasant to you do thus because
they do not fear your rivalry; they may
smile upon you outwardly, and yet inward
ly entertain contempt for your incficiency.
Always do that which is right, be diligent,
do the most you can. paying no regard to
fault finders, and you will find as many
friends as any sensible man may desire.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14

SALT LAKE CITY.-It is impossible to
conceive ofany sight more beautiful and
refreshing than when the traveller, having
trudged his weary way for more than q
thousand miles, with only sage-brush to
relieve the scene from stark savage desola
ton, emerges from the deep gorge in the
mountains, and for the first time looks
down upon the Great Salt Lake City
To the right, twenty miles distant. the
Lake itself stretches far away to the north.
Twenty y-Gve miles across the valley of the
Jordan, is high range Of mountains; for
miles, north and south, the valley is cov>
cred with splendid farms; while at your
feet, with its broad streets and houses en-
powered in trees, is the far-famed city of
''the saints" As you enter it, you observe
pure stream of water, sparkling along
each side ofthe streets, from which each
thrifty Mormon, as it babbles along leads
a little thread into his garden, and around
among his fruits and flowers. forming
perfect paradise OF beauty. Seen in June
as we SAW it, Salt Lake is certainly one Of
tt, most beautiful cities upon the CONT
nent.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14

An Epidemic AMONG HoRsps.-Ws
learn that the epidemic among horses il
Not less than FIVE hundred or six hundred
cases have occurred in this county, and
from one hundred and fifty to two hundred
have died The loss to the people Of the
county is not less than $50 600, aside from
the trouble and time lost by sick horses
and in attendance upon them. The dis.
ease breaks out something like founder,
causing lameness in one or more feet, then
stiffness of the joints, then weakness Of
loins, and the horse settles down behind
and is unable to get up.--Madisom Wis
consin) Jnton. Nay %.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14
The Emecs OF q Ezig.a Tariff.

A New York correspondent u the LOUIS
vile Dcmocrat calls attention to the fol
lowing fact:
decline Or Our SrEAu MARrvF-
THE REASON WHY-The most profitable
part Of the foreign commerce OF this port
is now in the hands OF our foreign rela-
tions, and there, from present appearan-
ces-thanks to our New England high
tariff masters-it is likely to remain By
way of Illustrations, let me observe. that Of
the Serea ocean steamers iearthg or
,ctarres M,s aOeeh for Licerpool .Southamp>
ton. Hacre and BremeR, Jut one only one
-elispigys tho 4 sg1cricon .Fog! While the
war was ia progress this disparity occa-
stoned no surprise 1t was natural to a
certain extent. Con federate cruisers were
securing the seas, rates ofinscurance were
high, and seamen wero sarce. When
peace was restored. however, we were told
Uncle Sam would be ter Of the seas
again, but the probation Va not fulfilled
A high tariff on iron and coal, for the
benefit of Pennsylvania and Thad. Stevens,
navigation laws tor the benfit OF New Eng
land ship.owners, extrayagant wages for
saamen under our paper money imitation,
together with . pig-headed Withholding of
Government encouragement to lines Of
steamships, on routes which challenge
foreign competition, have as completely
used up our once famous ocean steam
marine as if the waves had swallowe d it.
"There is an enormous passen ger traffic
with the Old World at present, and freights
for most descriptions of merchandise are
up to 4 higher mark than has been kn own
for long while; but, as have said, Eu-
ropeans, and not Americans, are reaping
the rich harvest. 1t a New England poll
cy prevails at Washington for another
five years, the foreign commerce Of the
Empire City, as things are going now will
be scarcely worth speaking Of
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14

Deacon A. while passing through
his lot the other day, stopped down to tie
his shoe. A pet ram, which the boys had
tanned, among other things, was taught to
regard the posture as highly offensive
He instantly pitched into the old gentls-
mans undefended rear, and laid him full
length in a mud-h Picking himself
up, the deacon discovered the cause Of his
overthrow standing in all the calmness and
dignity of conscious victor. His rage
was boundless, and he saluted him with
the energetic language
"You id old rascal !"
At that moment he caught glimpse OF
the benign face of the minister, peering
through the fence, and he instantly adj
ded-
"If l may be allowded the expression"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14

We learn from the Quincy Herald that
one of the radicals of that town invited
Fred. Douglass to tea with him, but when
tea-time came the daughter of the radical
could not be found A search revealed
her in the kitchen, and there she said she
would stay, because when the niggers took
the parlor then the kitchen was her place
and she would not go to the dinner-room
and eat with the great orator" Nice
girl, that, and we'll bet she is good look
inc. and don't wear waterfall or "tilt'
ing skirt"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14

DECORATING THE GRAVES or THE
SOUTHERN DEAD.-The Richmond Wing,
in commenting on some denunciat:ons by
the Chicago Tribune of the ladies Of Rich
mond, for strewing flowers on the graves
Of the Confederate dead, says
"It is tho misfortune ofthe Tribune and
kindred sheets to see nothing good in any
thing that Southern people can do, and it
is, therefore, 4 matter of Indifference to us
what they think No matter what we do
We are censured. If silent, they call us
sullen if cheerful, they call us insolent ;
and when the women of the South, with
...s.: .hs.: regard fcc their dead kindred while II
savages even manifest, innocently and
mournfully choose an approximate 9ay IN
the month OF flowers to decorate the graves
of their dead kindred, it is charged that
they are engaged in an effort to keep alive
the political feeling of hostility to the Un>
ion. These men, if men they can be calls
ed, are like thieves who fear an officer III
every bush. What would they have us
do? Neglect the graves of our kindred,
and let their memories perish Were we
to do so, they would immediately say that
we were worse than savages If they ex-
Dect the Southern people to be ashamed OF
their dead and to treat them as the bodies
of disgraced felons are treated, they will
be disappointed If those whose bodies
now lie ia their last resting places died
fighting ito maintain slavery, they died
fighting to main tain an institution built up
by New England, and in defense of prop
erty then held under the Constitution and
laws-sold to their fathers by the slave
dealers of New England, who stole them
in Africa or purchased them there with
rum
"Politicolsigayfconce is not attached 10
these funeral ceremonies an the 'So@th
They are conducted by the ladies, and it is
not the habit of the Southern ladies to
form political conspiracies. lfthe men OF
the South contemplated treason and civil
war they would resort to other methods
than these-nor would they put forward
their wives and daughters to do the danger
GUS work ~
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14
M!sccgnated-'Ts Spirits and
vFsSsfCi.,

On the train from Nenla to Dayton, this
morning, there were several passeng ers
but only two of them were worthy of note;
and they were newly welded pair-a
young "opch s:,,yycr, Diack as ;iades, and
a young "white>trash" lass of rosy and
pinky finish, with lily groundwork
They had gone over to that celebrated
town and got misccgeaated. Middletown
Butler County, Ohio, has the honor OF
ownirg the turtle doves-or, rather the
crow and the white pigeon. Beverly
Cearns is the name OF the groom, and Pol
ly Cearns is now the bluShing bride
Beverly was lately from the South; Polly
was at her Middletown home, when the
gay American of African per scent threw
his dark shadow into the rose>intwined
window of her pa!atial domicile, and GGss''
enthused her virgin soul with the deli
cious, the enhancing, the ecstatic bliss Of
"Love's young dream
How they loved! 1t was sight worthy
of the gods. And they were happy
They said they were, and suitedl