The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-07-25

dred thousand men to place him on TIL
throne. Men called Spain weak. I
lacked unity. lis parts were loosely con
federated through the crown. Cataloni
and Andalusia and Aragon and old Cas-
tile retained their separate organization
and manifested jealousy even hostility t.
each ether. Yet when Napoleon reache,
the Capital and sent his forces to overrul
the country, these provinces called thei
troops together, and acting each for itself
drove back those veterans who had neye
passed IN their victorious march from tn,
Mlncio to the Nistula, and by the captur,
OF Dupont, shattered that prestige of sue
cess which had made France invincible.
They tell US we Democrats will cling tC
dead issues. The integrity of the repub-
llcan government, the preservation of lib
crty, the maintenance of our Constitution
and Government, the happiest Of mankind.
Are t Sc dead issues Our love for
them n 3 be dead our fidelity may be
dead, our worthineSs for them and our en-
Joyme MT may be dead. but the issues will
live till they are settled in their full frui-
ton and the principles which underlie
'tAC NUAN dS lhC CtCIHdl tulOuc
They tell us that like the Boul bons we
will forget nothing and learn nothing; we
VIII not submit to accomplished facts. 1t is
mistake. 1t were wicked folly to resist
the inevitable. We would bow reverent-
~ IN Its presence. But who shall open
the book of fate, and say Of any course of
events of any condition of things, it is
fixed forever Who shall with prophetic
power read the secrets of the Almighty,
and repeat in another connection the
words which once uttered throughout all
the ages reverberate along the course of
eighteen centuries II IS fnished." The
human mind has no power to discern the
interchangeable. The lccrees of destiny are
hidden from It's view, that its aspirations
may not be checked, its efforts may not be
palsied
When William Pitt came back to the
ministry, he formed with incredible ener
~ and exertion the Continental alliance
1t required the labor of two years. Ma
poleon broke up his camp at Bologne.
marched his heroic legions to the Danube.
and in one hundred days ca 'ured an army
OF Ulm, and shattered the CO lition on the
bloody field Of Austerlitz. The great
statesman was bowed to the earth-his
hope was gone-hIs courage broken-his
efforts at an end. Broken-hearted he ex-
claimed, 'Roll up the map of Europe for
halfa century" and died, believing that
Napoleon had attained to universal lomin-
iOn
Austria was despoiled of her fairest pos
sessions; Jena followed and Prussia was
humbled to the dust Friedland followed.
and the monarch of the North bowed his
naughty head before the imperial eagles.
Napoleon was mighty. His fiat vacated
the throne of Naples. He pronounced the
sentence "The House of Braganza has
ceased to reign" and that family went fu-
gltiyes from Portugal to Brazil Louis |
was King of Holland, Joseph was King of
Spain, Murat was King of Naples. The
confederation. of the Rhine guarded his
frontier The Dukedom of Warsaw and
the Kingdom of Westphalia were the
props of his throne Here seemed to be
an accomplished fact. But England re-
fused to 'accelt the situation" and in less
than three years Austria was in arms. |
Prussia was recuperated, Russia had be-
come hostile, and IN less than six years the
empire of Napoleon had passed away; the
fabric of his power had been dissolved
Europe was re-established within its orig
inal limits, and he himself languished
prisoner on the island Of St. Helena.
In 1880 the compromise measures were
passed They consisted of the admission
OF California, the amendment OF the fuei-
tive slave law, the establishment of govern
ment in the Territories They command
ed the support of the leading statesmen of
both great political parties They were
declared to be an honest, honorable, final
settlement of the issues of slavery as con-
nected with the Federal Government
The National Conventions Of 1852 both
approved them. The people thoroughly
Endorsed them. But Chase. and Sumner,
and Hale, and Giddings refused to sac
cept the situation and on the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise they recon-
menced the agitation, which ended in war.
aud has obliterated from the statute book
not only those laws, but the very principle
on which those laws were based
Who shall dare to say what facts are
accomplished? Who shall predict the
ways which are past finding QUIZ" To
accept the situation" if it be wrong. is
the cowardice of timld spirit, or the
weakness of wearied one.
Error is never fixed wrong is never es-
tablished; the courses of evil are never
accomplished. Truth wages against them
perpetual war. 1t never wearies. Its
strength never fails. Its spirit never FLAGS
and it is immortal. "The eternal wears of
God are hers"
Let us be her soldiers and emulate her
virtue. Let US accept nothing as accom-
plished unless our judgment and conscience
approve the result as right
Let us stand by our Constitution, which
we believe to be right, and maintain our
form Of government which we have found
to be beDefcent. Let us accept no result
as final which accomplishes their overthrow
Let us be unwearied in this contest, and |
believe we will yet save our institutions to
bless our children even as they have bless
ed our fathers. If we fail, we shall at
least have deserved well of our country
men, and shall have done that, which, like
the seed after being hidden in the frosts,
and SHOWS, and darkness of winter, shall
bear fruit and If this land and govern
ment must follow the footsteps Of the past,
We shall be able then to comfort ourselves
with the reflection that if nations, like in
dividuals, are not destined to Immortality.
and IF in their yirtues eoualI1 I'm Nc tbo;r