The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-03-18
HE RADICAL PRESS ON
THE RESIGNATION OF
THE DEMOCRATIC
MEMBERS.


lishsd at Laporte, South Bend, Valpa-
raiso, Crown Point, Rochester, Colum-
bia City, and Warsaw; also the State
Journal and Cincinnati Commercial.
These journals each contain an edito.
ria! article on the breaking up Of the
legi stature" and after perusirg them
all one cannot fail to be impressed with
their remarkable similarity of thought
and expression. We quote as to the
points of difference. The democratic
members, in all the articles are assailed
for the expense occasioned the state by
their action ; for drawing the pay due
them up to the time Of their resigna-
tlon because they left several of their
number at the capital to protect their
rights and the rights of the people !;
because they took their copies of the
statutes Of the state, voted to them by
the radical majority, and for several
other grave ofenses. But not one sim
gle journal produces, or even attempts
to produce an article denying the cor.
rectness of the principle on which they
acted. Something must be said in de-
nunciation of the action of the demo
cratic members, and as 40 plausible ar
gumnet can be invented by the most
ingenious of them they all BY common
consent fall to Safeguarding and pet
tifogging. One commences thus:
In the year of grace, 1869, no
man is ct to be a democrat unless he
stands ready to do the meanest and
most mischievous thing that anybody
can think Of"
Another, aztec the usual routine of
bosn, says:
"They dare not go before the peo-
pie, except where they were backed by
strong party majority"
Another, with most remarkable per-
ipieuity, says:
The unte-riied can be called so
no longer, for forthwith, without any
kind of test vote committing the re-
publicans to the amendment, thirty.
seven from the house and seventeen
from the senate rendered their resigna.
tons and went home"
Tue editor of the Valparaiso vi
dette, who was leading radical men,
Der, and knows whereof he afirms,
says:
They said negro suffrage was dis
tasteful to majority of the people.
we answered how do you know when
the question has not been submitted to
them? We came here as the repre- :
sentatives of the people, and, We be-
lieve, rejecting their sentiments. We
propose to dispose of this matter, ratify-
ing the amendment if we can, but at
any rate acting upon it fearlessIy and
Immediately. and make way for further
legislation
The great thunderer of the state, the
Journal, thus explains the ause of the
trouble:
Five dollars for every twenty miles
of travel, on free pass, proved too
great temptation for these raven Gus
harpies to resist, and to make sure OF
that, those Of them who represented
strong democratic majorities
resigned just in time to prevent the
passage Of the bill to provide means to
support the insane, the blind, the deaf
nnd dumb, and the soldiers and sailors
orphans whose care and support hal
been assumed by the state"
And Colfax's home organ" refer
ing to the above article, with the wis
dom of Solomon, says:
a consideration of the attending
circumstances shows that this was un.
doubtedly the true secret of their plo,
to break up the Legislature.
And one more gem is presented
"Thc boilers are vainly endeavor.
ing to screen their villainy behind the
plea that the disorganization of the
Legislature was to prevent the ratifca-
ton of the 18th amendment, yet tn,
miserable subterfuge is too fimsy Il
bear investigation. II is known to ev
cry one conver.ant with the status O
the legislature that the ratification OF
the suffrage amendment was very
doubtful when brought to vote. anC
and it is also well known that although
the time for the proposed action on thu
amendment was fixed for Thursday,
considerable number of republicans, il
both houses. were decidedly in favor o
rostponing action until Saturday, an,
thus give sufficient time to finish al
nesdful Legislation before the excitirl
question of the amendment should b
acted on"
And the Commercial, Of Cincinnati
feels called upon to mix in our affairs
thusly:
"Had the members waited till tn
question of ratification had been take
up, and no other way of defeating i