The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-07

impending destruction. Unfortunately,
and for the reasons mentioned above, such
harmony as is necessary to success is not
just now apparent in the party. The
leaders, too many of them, especially in
this state, are cowardly in spirit, and if
not unsound in principle, are, it is painful
ly manifest under bondholding influences.
But, in the face of all that unsound policy
leaders renders dishearteuing in the situa-
ton, to the question, "Do you consider it
impossible to elect a democratic presi-
dent?" The Old Guard promptly and
courageously replies
| BY no means; Ga the contrary, we con-
slider the democratic party certain to elect
if it has the sagacity to let alone all the
dead issues, and the representatives of
dead issues, and present, with fiery zeal,
those only which are living and burning
in the public mind. On the most living
and burning of all issues in the brains of
the masses, viz negro equality, or negro
voting, the democratic party alone can win.
This would be sufficient, if there were no
ether. And this is the greatest question
of al. Itinyo.ves all there is of our fu-
ture. 1t underlies, not only the purity Of
Caucasian blood, but also the perfection
of Caucasian civilization in America
And there is no question on which such
intense hatred and wild enthusiasm can be
aroused. But, then, there is another ques-
ton of great power before the masses, and
that is, this one about the taxes. 1t is in
vain to cheat the people with postpone
ments and palliatives en- this subject
This horrible load Of taxation must be re-
lieved from this great wrong Of bearing
all the burdens, as they do under the pres
ent system, and the rich must be taxed
precisely according to their wealth of ev-
cry description. The system that taxes
the poor mans COW and sheep, and lets off
free Of all taxes the rich mans bonds,
must be thrown down. The whole sys-
tenn must be thrown down. The debt
must be lifted from the necks of the peo-
pie. If not one way, it surely will by an
other. Any attempt to postpone this
question will only bring i. down at last
With terrible crash upon those whose
avarice blinds their judgment. 1t is not
impossible that the bondholders may bride
a number Of the democratic convention.
but they cannot bride the hunger and
want that are sure to come out Of the bow
els Of this debt. The five hungry senses
cannot be bribed The wrath which springs
out Of restitution and burning sense OF
wrong cannot be bribed. The issue must
be met. Dodging and deception will be
in vain. Does some one say, We must
not raise the question of finance 2" But
it is raised-it is tremendously up, and it
will be impossible to lay it By party con-
juring.
The issues above named, embrace, in
one way and another, the whole Of the re-
construction despotism Of the rump. They
embrace all there is Of wise and thorough
campaign at the present time. With
these we would be sure to win, if all 10y
atty lodges are left in silence, and the
whole OF the late war forgotten. It is
passed and now the thing for us to do is
to save our country from its conseq uences
if we can. The war has passed but its
consequences are terrible here. We must
grapple with them, and must conquer
them, or go down in despotism and ruin.
But, at any rate, We may be sure that the
democratic party will never be brought
into power on platform of black republi-
can principles. Let the past go, but the
future must show a revival Of democratic
liberty, or that is gone too. Another
thing is indispensible-those who were so
unfortunate as to get their fingers caught
in the Lincoln trap must stop abusing
those who did not To think of uniting
The democratic party otherwise is an idle
dream. On these conditions the democrat
ic party is united. Those who have new
er strayed from democracy neither need
uniting nor reconstruction they are there
and they will be there forever. Let those
who have strayed only unite themselves
and the union of the party is complete.
Let them give up this foolish business o.
trying to defend their connection with
Lincoln, by abusing those who were less
unfortunate-that is, let them keep the
peace, and it will not be broken.
THE municipal elections in our neigh
boring towns show large democratic gains