The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-29

rupt or how base he Laay be, if he only
votes the radical ticket, that settles the
question of his loyalty. The army Of
thieves and robbers, who manage to steal
and appropriate fifty per cent. of the en-
tire amount the country is assessed for in
ternal revenues. are all loyal, because they
vote the radical ticket. [Applauss.] The
McNells and Quantrels, of Missouri, who
used to smite hip and thigh, with the
sword of vengeance, all who stood in the
way of their unciviIized depredatious, one
under the acknowledged rebel flag of Ster-
ling Price, and the other under the bandit
eoIors of governor Fletcher, are both
equally loyal to-day, because they both
vote the radical ticket. [Great cheering ]
The Buffers, the Paynes, the STATIONS,
the Hollis, and the balance Of the unnatu-
raj monsters. who, like them. were spawn
ed in the troubled waters of our recent
civil commotion. are loyal, because they
vote the radical ticket. Tremendous
eheering,1 The redhanded Longstreet
whose fiery spirit led on the destroying
columns which whltened every hill, and
stained the waters of every river Of Vir-
GINA with the bones and blood of our slain
neighbors and friends, is loyal now, be-
cause he votes the radical ticket. Loud
applause. The names of ten thousand
victims come forth from the Doggy graves
of Andersonville, and hiss their curses In
shrinking ear of their cruel destroyer, aud
yet this man Brown is perfectly and truly
loyal today, because he votes the radical
ticket. Prolonged cheering] No mat
ter what the height of excellence, or what
the depth of infamy; whether as high as
heaven or as deep ss hell, there is no inc
quality except the inequality created BY
this standard of loyalty, for, with it, every.
thing bad becomes good, and without it,
everything good becomes bad. The broad
brimmed quaker, and the outlawed moral
leper the sanctimcnious Puritan, and the
returned convict, hand in hand descend
into the waters of the radical Sloan, dug
by Butler and Sumner. and come forth
with equal publication. [Great cheering. ]
There murder and iuiamy in all their ap-
palling degrees. may wash out their bale
ful status together. Applause.] In all
the regions of hell there could not, per-
haps, be found devil so much worse than
ordinary devils, though his head were
wreathed with vipers though his breath
were constant vapor Of poison, and his
forked tongue charged with perpetual
death, that he might sting and destroy all
that itmight reach, but that would become
truly loyal If he could only come back to
earth and vote the radical ticket. Ire
mendous cheers.] That is latter day loyal
ty. AID God help us if it reigus. Loud
cheers.
My fellow-citizens, let US return to rea-
son. We have had enough of war-let us
new have peace. Not the pence proposed
BY the radical party, but rational peace ;
peace based upon justice. We can never
acquire it in any other way. The radical
party says: let US have peace but what
kind of peace do they propose. Look to
the south The baleful shadows of despo-
tism already cover her she bows her head
mournfully, and her song has become the
paintive strain OF the mourning captive.
Those shadows lengthen nuaily-they
point northward already and as the sun
of constitutional liberty sinks lower, as it
does every day that we live. those dark
shadows which even now rest upon the
graves of Washington. Madison, Jefferson
and Henry, will cover US at last, and We
too, then, will feel for ourselves the pangs
we now have it in our power to remove
from others. The rod Of slavery is ex-
tended over the entire south, my fellow
citizens Four millions of negroes rest
their feet upon the necks of twelve mil
lions of white meu in the southern states
Let US take them off, Terrific applause
The radical party says, let US have peace
Let me tell them they cannot have peace
until they do right. [Great cheering
Justice is the groundwork upon which
peace must be established. 1t can exist nc
where else. The radical party says, ur
with the loyal black man, and down with
the disloyal white man Of the south, and
that will be peace. But nothing could bt
shorter sighted. The democratic party
says, up with the constitution. [ Long
continued cheering.] Raise it above all
the states higher than presidents higher
than the congress; above all the seditiou