Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-06-14
The President's Proclamation.

We commend to our neighblr, who is so good an
Andy Johnson min that he feels called upon TO cat
echise Federal Office holders "a TO whether they SUD-
port the President or Congress, the anti Feniln
proclamation Of the President. We think that he
should be required to answer question occasion
ally; we therefore ask him, do you endorse the in
reference OF the President with the plans of the
Fenian leaiers7 Roberts and Sweeny, and host
OF lesser lights Of the Fenian Brotherhood have
been arrested, AMI yet hear no Democratic howls
ofindgnaiion about the unconstitutona!ity of such
proceedings. and very little ia said these DAYS
about military satraps" and "base hrclings' whc
Interfere with the right Of the people to keep and
bear arms, and to emgrlte to other countries when
they see proper so to do. No Democratic Judge
has offered his cour. as place in which to sue out
writ of hrboas corpus for the relief OF his Fenian
friends. Have only men who are cndeayorng
TO raise armies and levy war agains, our own
government right to complain if their plans
are frustrated and their leaders brought to JUS.
tice! Is it perfectly proper for the Government. to
prevent the forwarding of m initious Of war, sup
plies and re-inforcements for the Fenan army,
while II was m act of tyranny to seize arms intend
cd for the hands OF men who had sworn to make use
of them for the purpose Of resisting the draf, and
to commit other unlawful acts? Perhaps the diff
ference between the principles advoc, tied by the Fe
mans and those for which tho Sons Of Liberty p,o
posed to sack and burn the cities and desolate the
harnlets OF the North, will account for the differ
ence IN the manner of their treatment by the Con.
perhead party. The former fought for liberty
Tor tho freedom Of their native land; the latter
plotted for the Interests of slavery AMI in aid of
treason and rebellion.
The party which has ever arrayed itself against
the spread Of free principles in this country cannot
be expected to sympathize with efforts for the lib
Grafton OF the masses elsewhere. The same arcu-
ments it advances to Justify the enslavement
of black man would, if admitted, soon sha,e
themselves SO rs to demonstrate the absolute ne
cessity Off master for every poor white man,
party which only lacks the power to re. enslaye
four millions Of people, and which develops its bru
tai instincts in the burning Of churches and school
houses and b,rbarously treating and fouly c,ur-
dering noffensive men and women, ia a willing in
strument TO be made use of some day by an ambi-
hOuS uctpo iOE the SuOVerSlOn OF HOcrty this
country. The Democratic party has ever refused
to acquiesce in the great idea that un1erlies free
government. Its States Rights doctrines express.
ly denies the right Of the majority to mike laws for
the minority, and it most natural for that par
ty when beaten at the polls. to resort to secession
and war. To aid rebellion, its leaders encouraged
the French Emperor, while our government had
its hands full in suppressing traitors at home, to
pouncc upon Mexico, hoping thereby to involve
the United States in war with Franco. ard thus
to secure the triumph OF the Southern Confederacy
In England, men, who have since been honored bv
the support Of Democratic constituencies, were
found urging the sending out Of blockade runners
and rebel cruisers. and endeavoring to excite SYM
pathy for revolt based upon the most damnable of
despotc ideas-the institution OF slavery. 1t IL
the party OF depotism and It's members, who have
fled before the march OF free principles a. from
coming plague, betrav their despotic training BY
enlisting under the banners OF the Austrian noun
teoank who is cndeavoring TO f,sten a CALLING
yoke upon the neck Of Republican Mexico How,
then, the Fenians, in their battle for liberty
expect sympathy from the advocates Of slavery and
oppression1