The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-01-24
The Onward March OftEic ReyO-
lItiOnary Party.


lutiOnary Party. -
From the Cincinnati Enquirer
The march of the radical and revolu-
tionary party in our country has heen from
the beginning steadily onward. Every
position they have taken has been but
preparatory to new step ahead. Meas
ures Which they once repudiated aud dis
claimed, they have, in short time, ad-
vanced up to with unfaltering step. Ia
each of their aggrcssions and usurpations
there have been conservative men in their
ranks who have hesitated or refused to
adopt this fresh demand upon their fealty.
But throwing them of, as Stake is said,
at stated periods, to discard its Old skin,
and coming forth in a new skin of radi-
calism, it has moved forward to the goal
of its desires 1t is always SO in revolu
tionary parties that the mere violent and
reckless, the more extravagant and auda-
cious, constant; keep tie lead. and that
all efforts to control them in their own
ranks uniformly fail, and result in the dis
conjecture of those who attempt It, When
a revolutionary party ceases to march Oh
it is untrue to the law Of its being, and
must speedily cease to exist. The truth
OF this has been illustrated in all history
from the earliest down to the latest times
Consequently, nothing ever stands in lis
way that it respects. Constitution. sacred
charters. reserved rights and privileges.
individual liberty, all have to yield to its
imperious demands when they, in the least,
impede its progress. No sucEf considcra-
items as these are going to stop, III the
least. the radical revolutionary party in
the United States Neither, We repeat
will it be checked by any conservative In
fuence in its midst.
There is striking and wonderful par
allcl between the American Jacobins OF
1865. and those Of France in 1893. Each
used the SANE siercoiyrod phrases abo1t
the natural and inalcnablc rights Of man.
In each case the first result Of ,lc UsarPa-
ton of power was the emancipation Of the
negro race Each derived It's main sup
port from secret political clubs and party
organizations. If the one had the Jaco-
BINS, the ether had its "Union Leagues, .
and its Boys in Blue and soldiers
of the Republic" The French Jacobins
were in the habit Of carrying their meas
ures and obtaining a majority in the As,
sembly when they were in the minority, by
making raid upon it, selzing and dcs
roying enough Of their opponents to ac
colnplish their purposes. Our Jacobns
effect the same result by the exclusion Of
large portion of the representative body
from their seats, and by the expulsion
from the benches Of others of their most
active and formidable enemies. The
French Jacob;ns were in favor of and did
establish a centralized imperial despotism
under the mock semblancc of republic.
This is precisely what our Jacobins are
doing, and will accomplish, if there is not
brought against them the superior force
of counter revolution. The only consti>
tuition and law which the French Jacobins
obeyed We're their supposed party necessi-
ties for the moment, and this IS the great
distinguishing feature of our radicals -
Both the American and French parties
which we have been comparing were ac>
customed to rule by employing the rigors
and terrors Of martial law The French
Jacobns deposed and would have no ex-
ecutive that was not their tool, ard this is
what our reyolutionists are determined
also to accomplish Their plan Is to make
Of Andrew johnson. so far rs his fate IS
CO. cerncd, Louis NII With the dc
position Of the President comes a series
Of measures Ear more revolutionary than
any we have yet seen. They are the re
organization of the Supreme Court and its
reduction to mere party tribunal, that
will register all the DEGREES that may be
required Of it. Thsse are the reduction
of the southern States to territories, the
disfranch;sement of the white people living
in them, and the handing over Of their
political power to the great mass ofnegroes
who were lately slaves. Then will come
the confscation Of the southern pro )cr.v.
and the execution Or banishRent CT all
persons who may have been. from their
past antecedents or present position, OBJ
jectionable to the revolutionists. As
necessary to effect their purposes. large
standing army will be employed, under the
direction only of those in whom the most
radical OF the jacobins have full confidence.
The negroes will demand, or will be put
up to demand, restitution for their centu>
ries Of slavery and the northern revolt
tionists, admitting its justice, viii allow il
to be taken The south will be converted
to St Domingo, and over the north will
exist a perfect reign Of terror. Thee
measures and determinations Of our reyo-
ptions appear in the sayings Of the most
ultra, and flow quite naturally from the
past history and present attitude Of the
party.
But what can be done to arrest them ?
is the earnest and practical query, since
the Constitution and laws that we now
have for our protection are to be rendered
null and void. Shall We. seeing the rapids
not far below us, and the awful cataract
beneath, sit IDLY or quietly by, and submit
to the impending doom or shall we combat
the revolutiouist party that is resolved on
our destruction with the only weapons
that history teaches is ollicaoious or of aay
account, to procure . favorable result
The Revolution at Washington.
At the jackson hanulet on thc Sth of