Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-10-01
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Democracy shall exert themselves to It's

Democracy shall exert themselves TO It's
fnll and complete restoration. But let
Mr. Blair speak for himself upon this sub
ject:
lie says in his letter: "Thero is no pos /.
, sibility of changing the political character
of the Senate, even if the Democrats sho'd
elect their President and majority OF the
popular branch of Congress. We cannot
therefore undo this radical plan Of recOn>
Druction by Congressional action" We
see by tl.is that the Radical plan OF recon-
structiOn must be overturned. How can Il
be overturned? There are only two ways
The first by legislation, the second by force
of the army-civil war. Mr.. Bilar does
not intend to accomplish the result by leg
islation, for he says in terms unmistakable
that it cannot be done by Congressional
action. There is but one other way Of do
ing it, and that is by civil war, which is his
method, for he says, Compel the army to
undo its usurpations at the South, disperse
the carpet-bag State governments, etc"
Thus is the party committed to civil war
by the positive declaration of their candi>
date for the Vice Presidency, which decla>
ration they endorse by his unanimous nom>
ination Immediately after this declaration
was made.
Again ia waging a war against the loyal
governments Of the reconstructed States.
the Democratic parry wages = war against
the constitution, that instrument which has
been more dear to them during the rebels
ion than the preservation Of the Union it,
self against the attacks Of Southern rebels.
The 18th article OF the constitution has
been ratified by the required number Of
States 1t has become part OF the con>
s,ituticn and is as binding as the lst arti-
Gle. This amendment is the basis upon
which these measures were built. The
principle contained in the one Is found in
the other. These reconstruction measures
are but the branches growing out Of that
immortal instrument, as natural as the
branches grow from the tree. Strip the
tree of its branches and you kill it. 60 if
you take away these State governments,
the natural protection Of the constitution,
you destroy the instrument itself. Are the
masses of the Democratic party ready for
this? In October and November next they
win answer in unmisiakable language that
they are not, and will repudiate their leade
ers who would endcavor to lead them
astray by such atrocious doctrine.
The last clause of my subject is prom>
isc that the Democracy will exert them>
selves TO the full aud complete restoration
of the government.
The Republican party arc indeed indebt>
ed to them for the proffered aid in this res
toraiion, but allow us to suggest that they
are one day too late; ''the summer is past
and the harvest is ended There scds q
time when such an offer would have been
very acceptable. There pds time when
the government called for men and means
for its restoration, and the hearty response
of the Democracy will long be remembered
mot another man nor another dollar -
This will ring in the ears Of the Opposer
of the war for the Union through all future
generations.
Restoration. The Southern States have
been restored from the hands of the rebels
to the full possession ofloyal men. Shall
il be restored again? There are only two
parties in the Southern States, patriots and
traitors. If it must be restOled from The
Ia n Is of patriots: 1t must SO into the hands
Of traitors. And this is the question to-day
in this campaign. Shall these governments
be overturned and placed under rebel rule
or remain in the hands OF loyal men. This
is the question at issue, as Mr.. Blair says
and we accept the issue. Shall We have
peace war?