The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
TIE REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM

TIE REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.
Tie great agony is at length over, and
tn adical mountain has brought forth an
xeeedingly i'll favored and dimir-
ut;ge mouse. Radical priests of
high and low degree, ranging in ability
all the way from ex-Gov. Hawley, of Con-
necticut, down to Dirty-work Logan, of
illinois, met in grand pow-wow at Chica-
go, for the ostensible purpose of adopting
a platform of principles, and selecting men
for standard-bearers who could adopt the
platform without reservation. The plat
form (Which will be found on the outside
of to-day's paper) expresses less, for its
length, than any document ever put be-
fore the public All were led to expect
succinct and definite declaration of prin-
ciples, so plain that "wayfaring man,
though fool, might not err therein" in
lieu of which is presented series of reso-
lutions of the most uncommittal character.
In no vital particular do they take firm
and decided stand they are all things to
all men, and can be construed to mean
something or nothing, to suit the individ-
ual
The second resolution, which should
contain the sentiment of the radicals on
niger suffrage, evades direct issue on
the subject in the following contemplate
manner:
2. That guarantee by congress of equal
suffrage to all loyal men in the south was
demanded by every consideration of pub
lie safety, Of gratitude ard justice, and
must be maintained, while the question of
suffrage in all the loyal states properly be-
longs to the people of those states.
The philosophy of the whole matter is
this: The radicals have been defeat ed on
the negro suffrage question in Ohio, ard
other northern states, and we'll know their
fate if it were imposed on them indiscrim-
inately but the southern states are to be
ground down and made to bow the knee to
the almighty negro, simply because they
have the power, and by so doing they can
control the southern vote for years to
come. Negro suffrage, negro equality.
negro supremacy, are to be inflicted with
out stint on the south, but when it comes
home it is very different thing; and they
wish to be "counted out"
The third and fifth resolutions treat of
the national debt, and sum up the whole
matter in the following vigorous style:
3. That we denounce al the forms of
reputation Of the national debt as a ma
tional crime, and the national honor re-
quires the payment of the public indebt.
edness in the utmost good faith to all the
creditors at home and abroad, not only ac-
cording to the latter but the spirit of the
laws under which 1t was contracted.
5. That the national debt, contracted
as it has been for the preservation of the
union for all time TO come, should be ex-
tended for fair period for its redemption,
and it is the duty of congress to reduce
the rate of interest thereon whenever it
can honestly be done.
If any newspaper of radical proclivities
can inform us the meaning of the third
resolution, we shall be pleased to have
them do so.
Negro suffrage and the national finances
are the two great questions before the
country, and the three resolutions quoted
are what the radicals propose to swear by
during the coming campaign. Any party
that cannot meet the issues squarely is
beaten in advance, and if the democratic
party adopts a platform with something
tangible for the people to take hold of,
the defeat of radicalism in this country is
foregone conclusion.
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