The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-12-19

tue people Of the District Of Columbia, Dor
do | believe if they had the power to ex-
press their views upon the subject that
they would force it upon the southern
states
Mr.. T3rton-Mr. President, | have
not taken part in this debate for the pur
pose Of making any criticism on my col
league; nor do | now desire to enter into
such an argument But, sir, when the
senator SAYS that tie time has come, and
he thanks God for it, when the oppro5rious
epithets to which lie referred toward the
men who have been in this rebellion
Mr.. Hendricks-No, sir, did not say
that.
Dir. Norton-The senator di1 not hear
ne out, quite I understood him to say
that the time had come when opprobrious
epilhets toward the men who have been
in this rebellion and those who have sym
pathzed with ihem in the north as We
understand them to have symTathized- -
Mr. Hendrcks-I did not say that eth
er.
Sir. Morton That, understood to be
tho idea OF the senator.
Fir. Henlricks-No, sir.
Sir. Norton-The senator said that the
time had passed when the eptha's which
had been apple, toward lie democracy e
the north--if the senator will accept that
statement Of it-could not lie any longer
used. | think the senator will fna him
self mistaken. | think the popular ha-
tired Of this rebellion, and the hatred Of
those who aided and abetted It in the
north, is just as strong as it ever was
and the idea that this feeling has passed
away and subsidel viii be found TO be 4
mistake. 1t may sometimes sleep; while
the people have their minds devoted to
some other questions they may turn aside
incidentally, and for time even act y tn
the other party; but sir. in ten years
from this time that feeling will be stronger
than it is to-day. and twenty years hence
in nv opinion, il will be overwhelming,
and the next generation will entertain II
far more strongly than the present.
But, Mr President, this is pnimpor,ant
to the present purpose. The senator.
position may he stated briefly thus: The
senator acted with the democratic party oi
Indiana and the north he was and is ;
prominent and distinguished leader. i
that party wa in favor OF TIE prosecution
of the war aud Of putting down the re
bellion, and il favor Of the measures nee
cssary to that end, then Tie senator vas il
favor Of that: if that party was not. then
the senator was not, because lie was and i
lin harmony with his partv.
i!r. President, n regard to the lncon
sistency Of enforcing ueero suffrage at tn
south and not doing Il At the north,
said-and | said That is fact, and th'
senator's intelligence will accord 70 th'
truth Of it II & mement-that there aT
men everywhere in the nerth who are op
posed 10 enirauchieing tiie negroes in -
northern states On account Of their pTc
iudices against them On the ground Of col
or, AMI who say there IS % necessity f.
} it in Indiana, there Is no necessity for
in New York, there IS 10 necessity for
in Ohio. because there the negroes ar
protected auyho,s in thcir rights, az
they saY there Is 10 necessity tor it ther
on account OF the public safety.
Tha, is tie aTgumen: they uae. 4
, net accord with itsnyse.f; but the sam
men are ipst as earnestly II favor now c
negro suffrage il The south as any othe
class Of neu, because events have prove
thatit Is necessary IN order to the establish
,ncnt OF legal ali loyal state government
down there, not because they love the co
ored men down there better than they lov
him in Indiana or Ohio. but because pal
he evcnts have shown that loyal state goy
crnments can not be established. and main
tain@A Il lie ia'e rebel states without hi
5 vote; and perhaps the same feeling prs
walls in regard to the government OF tn
: District-the domestic government ere;
ted here by charter. lis believed that
: very large minority of white voters her
: are disloyal-Iiave either participated az
u tually or sympathizel earnestly wit
. the rebellion and for that reason -
1 deriake to say that the majority Of fiji
. thousand who voted against negro sufFrae
: in Ohio would vote for It in the Distr',
| OF Columbia, because they believe tn.
:. here it is necessity to the esiabil5hmei
:, Of loyal domestic city government.
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