The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-08-30

Schuyler Colfax is on his prilgima ee
through the 9th district, and has spoken
twice in Marshall county. We have nei
Their heard one Of his speeches, nor heard
? report of one of them, and would like
TO inquire of some person who has, how
the honorable gentleman disposes of the
negro suffrage question When in Cons
sreSs he by his voice and vote favored
universal suffrage, never losing any OPP
portunity TO promote the interests of the
negro. and especially devoting himself to
the task Of securing to him the right to
vote. He even zealously supported an
act which utilities a clause in the Consti-
tuition of the State OF Indiana. and which
the people of the State endorsed by ma
jority of 10000 votes, which declares all
negroes citizens, and cOnicrs on them all
the rights of citizenship, and permits them
to come into the State of Indiana from
any portion of the globe, though our Con-
stitution says they shall not
We would like to inquire of some per-
son who was there and knows. if our rep
resentative made himself clearly under
stood on the subject of taxing government
bonds. Does he say to the poor man who
is not able to buy ever so small bond that
because of his poverty he should pay his
rich neighbor' taxes? Schuyler SAID this
in congress, and will do so again if an OPP
portunity is ever presented. Mr. Coltax
being the soul of honor, ard knowing no
political tricks, but desiring to be fairly
understood by his constituents, we have
no doubt frankly stated his reasons for
protecting eastern manufactures and New
England capitalists from taxation. and m>
posing the burdens of the government up
en- the people OF the west OF its own ac-
cord the west did the fighting of the war,
and Schuyler no doubt considers 1T
but just to his eastern friends that the
west should pay the expenses of the war
On the subject of reconstruction of vurse
he explains himself fully In Congress
he declares that the States of the south
had right to seccde, and that by passing
ordinances declaring themselves out of
the Union they broke up the government,
and that it cannot be reconstructed until
his favorites, the negroes, are declare d
equal with white people, by the new con-
stitution he proposes to make. He stands
by this doctrine Oh the stump we presume.
We hope, for the purpose IF gratifying the
curiosity of the peorle Of this district, he
tells how he conceived his newborn love
for the Irish people. The last public rec
ord VIC had Of him on the subject Of for
eigners, he was Know n othing, and adj
vocated the prescription of all save "Amer-
leans born
In days gone by, when foreigners were
hunted down and shot like dogs when
houses torn down over their heads, and
their wives and little ones turned homeless
into the streets in Philadelphia, New York,
Baltimore, Louisville, Cincinnati, and
almost every city in the land, he was not
the friend Of Irishmen, but his enemy,
and Lis voice now eloquent in the fattery
of the Irish people, was then more elo .
.quent in urging the determination of all
foreigners, but more especially the Irish.
We have no doubt Schuyler explains
every thing sll right, and gives good rea>
sons FOX all his acts, but those who have
doubts on the subject should go and hear
him for themselves, few more opportu-
mites viii yet tc presented.