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


by decided mjo~ity.
1t NAV be sad hat this is inconsistent.
I grant it, and regret it, under the cir
cumstances tha The fact IS so; out still |
think .hat no nference can be drawn
against the polly Of congress either in re-
.ard to this district or in regard to the
south, from tlr recent ections. 1t l5
we'll known that they turned entirely up
on other questisns.
Mr.. Hendritl,s-Mr. President, my
colleague has reerred to the canvass OF
1864. in which lie says one Of the ques-
tions mainly disguised and on which the
pcoplc did vote xas vigorous prosecu-
ttion Of the war. 10 not know what he
means by that reference. He refers to no
vote Of mine il the senate on that sub
iect. IF he means to say that supported
General Mcclellan upon the Chicago
platform, and his letter Of acceptance, he
is right. I did support him That was
in the canvass at h)me. l did it with
what ofencrgy possessed; bat Why my
coleage should refer to that in connection
with The observation that | made that tie
senator from Kansas had been unable 10
point out any case IA which my action 10
the senate was in conflict with the ex-
pressed will, opinion Or desire Of the peo-
pie Of indiana, an unable to perceive.
I took my ground openly in the contest
The views that | expressed arc in some IT,
stances preserved.
lie also says thai n 1866 in the state
J
then proposed we're approved by the pco-
pie. | voted against those constitutional
amendments here in the senate, but any
expression OF the people of Indiana ia re-
gard to them had then not been givea:
In the canvass Of 1866 while | admit that
the proposed constitutional amendments
were largely discussed, [ think may refer
to the senator's speech, which WAS the
opening spcech OF the compaign, and by
all odds the ablest speech, in which, while
he did discuss that question and the pro-
posed constitutional amendments, thlnk
he will admit that more than three tourths
Of the address which ne made then to the
people was upon avery different subject
an appeal to the people against the de
mocricy Of the state as unworthy or their
confidence, aud largely illustrated by that
STYLE Of literature which was then very
powerful which seemed to justify the de
scrption of democrats as copperheads
and " traitors" bat thank God and the
| Judgment of the country that the time has
passed when that sort cf appeal Guds 9
power wi;!i the people, and l think ironi
this on as 1t was in the canvass Of 1861
the question will be who is in the right
and not Nho can use the most opprcbrlol!
epiihets toward the other.
Ny colleague thinks :hat tho people Of
Indiana are willing hat the people Of the
District oi Co.um6ia shouid BE forced |,
submit to negro Suffrage when they ar'
not willing to submit to it themselves, anC
he says that in that the people 9! Indians
are not consistent. am not prepared t
say that the Teop.e Of indiana, npon Sc
grave question as that, would deliberate
! II place themselves in an inconsistent Pc
si,ion. | think il The question could b'
submitted 10 the people Of Indiana wheth
er the negros of the south under p9llc,
which clothes all the negroes with tA'
right Of suffrage anl strips = portion Q
The white population OF that right, SO a
70 give the supremacy 70 the negroes
.hinl. If ihat question could be sabm:t;e'
to the people Of Indiana. such q Po!ic.
would be defeated by a majority Unanow'
10 the politics Of the state.
I knew that my colleague considered i
IN act cf Inconsistency to force this pole
uDon the south and nvt to assume it :.
home, for had observed his y.ry abb
speech at Columbus in the recent canvas
: in which he declared to the people 0
Oh;o-T can not give his exact words, no
can I express the idea nearly as we'll as h
expressed it-but he substantially declal
ed to the people of Ohio that supportiu
this policy Of enfranchising the negro as j
the south. If they refused to 10 it In OH
they would be naked to the scorn an
condemnation of the world Well, sil
they saw fit to stand in this immodest a
titude, which my colleague described by,
think about fifty thousand majority
Now how can he say that a people. fan
honest and generous, who would gepudiat
; a policy when applied to themselves as bC
, iag nwor;hy Of then, unjust to then
: unsafe to their institutions, would fore
that same policy upon another people
upon the District Of Columbia Thi
District was 20 part ofthe rebellion. TIL
District was always. during the war, will
a In the lines and within the power Of til
E general government. Then Why can m
, colleague say that the voters OF Indian
would repudla!a negro suffrage at hon
, and vet vote for it in the District Of Ct
lumbia ? | can not believe that ..ie
woald be thus inconsistent; and as | b'
{ l;eye that at home the people are oppose
to this, ann opposed to it for the Distri'
= of Columbia If my colleague and | wel
, in the legislature of Indiana, how woul
: we vote upon this subject? He was ii
Governor of the state for yeals, and /
= delivered bis message, and he never cailc
I upon the people of Indiana to amend the
constitution SO as to eniranchise the n
5 groes. His party was largely IN the m
a, iorty in the legislature, and yet they toe
!, no substantial steps to amend the consilt
? ton Of the state so as to allow this that
4 claimed as right to the negroes. The
p would never venture upon 1t as polite
! test at home. were seeking all the while