The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1868-07-23
3" GRANTAND COLFAX Us. JEWS
AND FOREIGNERS"


CART. H,-wHlCH Is THE PARTY OF RA-
TIONAL LIBERTY AND PROGRESS ?"
In the time of the American revolution
that class Of individuals who favored indie.
pendence from England, were called the
liberty party, but in more recent usuage
it is the party favoring the emancipation
of slaves, and has been used in this sense
only by the highest grade of political wri-
ters,anG so We must regard it in the article
under consideration. The rational and
progressive liberty party grew out of three
factions and terminated with the emanci-
patton Of the negro. These factions were,
abolition. the American or know. nothing,
and the republican. The abolition faction
gave rise to the great question of ' slavery
agitation" headed by such men as Wen
dell Phillips, Helper, and others, it soon
became a dangerous element to southern
institutions. In 1850, petition signed
by many abolition members was presented
to the legislature of Ohio praying that it
should pass an ordinance Of secession be-
cause "by voting fof men to represent
them in congress they were Indirectly en-
couraging slavery instead of making it
odious, as those men generally vote in ia
vor Of southern institutions instead ofusin
their influence against it; therefore the
only way in which We can free ourselves
from the objectionable sin of slavery is to
secede from the union" This was aboli-
specimen ofthe object of their organization.
The know nothing faction consisted of
such msn as believed the German and
other foreigners the most odious and filthy
beings of creation, and that the negro
was an exalted being in comparison to the
German. Hence the object Of this faction
was to prevent all foreigners from holding
any office Of trust within the gift of the
people Of the United States No person
could become a member Of this fac
tion until he would take an oath that hr
would never give his "vo:e or inhueuc ce
for any man for any Office in the gift Of
the peole. unless he be an American born
citizen, nor if he be Roman Catholic" !"
that if placed in any official position en-
powerinG him to do SO, he would " remove
all foreigners, aliens, or Roman Catholic" !"
within his official reach, and would iu "no
case appoint such to any office or place
"w.hin his gift" Colfax was member
ofths organization, therefore he swore to
do all against the foreigner in his power,
and to-day the manner in which the radi-
Gals idolize him is sufficient to prove that
they endorse all his actions, and all his
caths, and inasmuch as no foreigner has
ever received an Office through his
influence there is no evidence Of the
reputation Of his former position
but that he still adheres firmly
to the native American doctrine must be
believed by every one. Next came the
the republican faction, which had for the
object of its organization the prevention
of slavery in the territories belonging to
the United States, to which they pledged
themselves in their platform Of 1856 and
1860.
War was finally brought on by these
factions, ana just SO soon did they unite
into one body that they might be crowned
with success in the destruction of that
objectionable sin of slavery" z hen
was the party, truly " liberty party "
within the meaning Of the term, and con-
tinued so until the slaves of the soIth were
fully emancipated that end accomplished d
the liberty party died out for want
of more slaves to emancipate. This COM
bination Of factions is known as the So
called republican or radical party, the
object of which has been previously set
forth. Now that this radical party is
looked upon by some fanatics as moral one
1t behooves us to ascertain the material of
which it is composed, and to this end |
viii! cou6ne myself to their own witnesses.
There is weekly republican journal pub
lshcd in New York city, and 1 60 not
think my radical friend will deny its au-
thority when l tell him that Colfax, Gov.
Baker, Of Indiana, Ex-Gov. Cox, of Ohio,
Gov. Ogleshy. of Illinois, Senator Mort on
Of Indiana, John A. Bingham, of Ohio,
aud host of other republicans have GER
titled that for correct and logical generali-
cations this journal is "second to none in
the United States" We quote from its
columns: "Since the outbreak of the war
the republican party has been joined by
large number of recruits who have no
mental or moral afiaity with the party,
who are not men Of conscience or ideas,
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