The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-16

''It is as if one-sixth of the blood were
taken from mans body, and he were re-
quired to perform as much labor as before"
In reference to the taxing of public Sc
curities he remarks:
Il believe congress ought to assent to
reasonable taxation Of the public securi-
ties. They are no longer held. to any
considerable extent, by the parties who
purchasd from the government, but have
become an element Of ttade, AID are
sought as investments. 1t is but reason
able that the mass of the people now ex-
pect them to share in the public burdens 3"
Mr. Hendricks concluded his remarks
as follows:
"There is much in the condition of our
affairs to excite apprehension. Many of
the important interests of the country are
seriously threatened; but L believe that
if we defeat the leaders who now misgov-
ern the country, and ell their places with
prudent men Of conservative views, who
can win the confidence of the people-if
we can reverse the present system Of leg
islation for classes, and secure equal laws
and their just administration if we can
introduce integrity, retrenchment and re.
form into all the branches of the public
service If we can preserve public order
and private right without those in
diyidual restraints which bigo:rJ de-
lights to impose if we can restore the
union of the states introduce harmony
onI Lind IL
and respect to public authority, we may
again see cur people prosperous and happy,
and our government SO loved at home that
every man will be its sentinel, and every
home a citadel, aud so respected alb .oad
that our poorest and humblest citizen,
whether native born or adopted, will be
secure in all bis rights under every fag in
the world"
at the conclusion OF his remarks Mr..
Hendricks was enthusiastically cheered
and in obedience to loud and repeated
calls, Hon. D. ". Vorhees addressed the
convention in his usual eloquent and felic-
itous style. We have only room for his
remarks in relation to 'the day."
This day, too, gentlemen, shall we not
make mention of its hallowed associations
Is it not filed with blessed harbingers?
When before, in American history, were
the lessons of the Sth of January so impor-
tant TO the people, or SO appropriate to
the issues of the country? On this
day, ifty-threc years ago. a military chief
tam, at a single step, strobe to the front
Of the worlds thcatcr. where all nations
gazed, in startled wonder, upon his tower
ins and splcnded form. He vas crowned
a hero of giant proportions with the unit
vcrsa acclaim Of the civilized world.
Every quarter beneath the sun paid tribute
to hls fame. But, standing on this daz-
zling and dangerous eminence, witt, his
head lifted to the very stars, Andrew Jack
son found something still mightier yet than
the sword with which he had achieved SO
much renown. Ii was the civil law Of his
country. He bowed that more than
princely head before it. and with unsan-
daled foot, as Moses, of OLD, at the burning
bush, Treated its precincts as holy. In
that hour his triumph was far prouder and
grander than when the British forces fled
before him in dismay. In that hour he
wrote his name amongst the highest bene-
factors Of the human race, on the scroll
which contains ''the few immortal names,
rot born to die" And now, in the midst
of lawless, usurping military despotisms,
which cucumber and crush ten states of
this union, let the name aud fame of An
drew Jackson be kindled anew in the hearts
of the people, ald his axample of obedience
to law at New Orleans, be once more en-
blazoned all over the land. The suprema-
cy Of the civil over the military is max
i'm Of the fathers and an Indispensable
maxim of free government. 1t is ours to-
day. We proclaim it, and invoke the
memory of the great dead in its behalf
On motion the following resolution Was
adopted.
Resolced, That the central committee be
directed to publish in pamphlet form the
proceedings of this convention, including
the resolution, and addresses of McDou-
aid, Hendricks and Voorhees,.