The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-02-27

a northern congress. All the protection
which the south has had has been through !
the armies of the north. The negro GOV
ernments of the south have afforded pro-
lection to nobody, not even themselves, If
they had needed protection. Their role
has been so full Of cutlawrY, anarchy and
barbarity, that the white people of the
south lave, in several instances, petition
ed congress to continue the military des-
potism under which they have been living
since the close of the war, in preference
to being turned over to the rule of the ne
gro. And this is the kind Of protection
which tho voting negroes of the south eli
ford to the loyal people Of that section.
The latter clause Of the resolution quo
ted above, treats OF the question of suffrage
in the loyal states, and diseloses that it
belongs to the people of those states, under
the constitution of the United States. If
congress is not bound by the constitution,
why should the people of the loyal states
be prevented from going beyond the limits
prescribed by it? 1.-THE people ofa loyal
state are capable of deciding this question,
why should not the people of loyal terri
tory be permitted to decide it? Yet, in all
the territorial bills lately passed by con-
gress, the word white is omitted when
treating of the qualifications of voters, and
in some Of them it is especially provided
that in the exercise Of the privilege Of the
elective franchise there shall be no dis
| tinction on account of color. So, while
voter in Ohio can vote for or against ne
gro suffrage, the same man, should he be-
cone citizen Of territory, is prevented
by congress from voting on that sub
ject, and is compelled to accept negro suf-
frase as fixed fact But Jaco5ins gen.
orally base their arguments in favor of ne
gro suffrage on the inalenable right Of the
negro, and not as result Of the actions of
rebels, loyal men, or anybody else, as the
two-faced Jacobins who passed the above
resolu tions do. If the right of suffrage
belongs to the negro, no state should be al
lowed to deprive him of it. According to
the Indiana Jacobins, loyal states have the
right to deprive "loyal men" of their
rights, while loyal territories, and states
made loyal by reconstruction, have not
the right to deprive loyal men (negroes)
Of their right of voting and holding office
Jacobinism is compelled to make many
short turns, and there are none shorter
than the turns made on the suffrage
, question.
1t will be seen from the reading of the
third resolution, that it is principally fti
buncomb
3. The government Of the United
States should be administered with the
strictest economy consistent with the pub.
lie safety and interest. Revenue should
be so laid as to give the greatest possible
t exemption to the articles of primary ne
/ cessity, and fall most heavily upon luxu
, ries and wealth of the country, and al
property should bear just proportion OF
1 the burden of taxation.
If the Jacob;ns can deceive themselve.
into the belief that they are in favor o
economy in the administration of the gov
erument Of the United States, they will d.
well-they will deceive nobody else. This
resolution affords good illustration of the
impudence of the Jacobn party. Econo
, my in the public expenditures sounds vel
from a party which spends more money
annually in the administration of the gov
eminent than the democratic party spen
E during the four years Of Mr.. Buchanan
E administration, including all the stealing:
which the Jacobins charged on the dem
ocratic officials. How refreshing is the
concluding portion of this resolution
which says all property should bear ;
just proportion of the burden of taxation.
What party was it that passed law OK
empting United States bonds (owned by
! men of wealthy from taxation Will tn
{; Jacobins who assembled at 1udianapoli
$ on the 10th deny the action Of that part,
on this question The people know yer,
= we'll by whom the bonds, on which tn
J. government pays s120,000,000 interes
r annually, were exempted from taxation
to accommodate the wealthy naboos VIII
h invested their money, which was taxable
in bonds, which were not taxable, thu
6 throwing the burden of taxation on the in
. dustrial and laboring interests of tn
T. country. All things considered, the abov
resolution is the most superior specimen Q
v bald-faced impudence with which the JAG
$ obin convention has favored the public.
But the fourth resolution is more surpri
f. sing, if possible, than any preceding it:
4. The public debt made necessary b
>. the rebellion should be honestly paid, an