Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-05-18

eording to the wishes OF every citizen OF the
country.
HISTORY OF TUE TWO GREAT PARTIES.
Having thus presented the manner in
when partips are formed in free country
like ours. and the legitimate scope OF their
actin. am now prepared to consider
briefly lew pages OF the history o. the
two great political parties into which the
people OF the United States have long been
and still arc. al yided. The que-tions which
these pages record. aud the relation which
these parties have assumed to these CUES
tiDns would require for their complete DIS
c,!ssion volumes and can, there ore, only be
glanced at IN "A single speech
The first great question upon which the
Democratic party differs from the Repu5ii-
can PARTY is fundamental, involving the ma
ture aud perpetuity oi the gOveTnmrr; OF
the United States itself We nIaintain. ont
the government OF the United STATS isa Ma
ton; they deny IL. and assert that II is bur a
con federation of States, each independent
and sovereign in itself We asss- that
the government Of the United States IS the
creature of the people OF the United
States, that It derives its powers IRON and ex-
erclses them for the people who creIted it.
They declare that the government OF the
United States is the creature OF the States
which have delegated to il all the towers it
possesses; and may obstruct, Unfair. or
ton az their pleasure. We deny the light OF
q Safe TO Impe..e the execution of the Ma
tiOnal laws DC impair any right conferred
by them. And we utterly deny and re-
pudlate the right of any State TO secede from
the Union. They assert the right to impair
rights conferred by the constitution of the
United States; and IN their very theory of
the origin and nature OF the constitution
still assert. though now covertly. the right
o: secession.
At the time when Abraham Lincoln was
elected President the great body % The Dean
ocratic party either openly avowed or
silently cOnnived at the avo wal OF the doc
tine OF secession. Its approval was almost
unlversss The President, James Buchanan
called To otfee by that parry aud charged
with the high duty of faithfully executing
the Office oil President, and TO the best of his
ability. preserving. protecting and defending
the constitution %. the United States, quietly
permitted the work at destroying il, aud all
the interests which IL embraced. to 90 ON:
and as IL 70 find Justification for his treas
enable abandonment OF duty, soemnly de-
clared IN message to Congress that. "aiter
much serious reflection, he had arrived at
the conclusion thai the constitution had del
esated to Congress no power to coerce
State which was attempting To withdraw or
had already withdrawn from the Coined
erscy. This conclusion was but the out
growth of the platform Of the party, retera-
ted every four years by its National
Convention Tor twenty years before 1t
never had been recognized as n part OF
the party creed until General jackson had
passed of the stage Of public action; but
came soon after his retirement from the
hands of the South. and took its place IN the
creed o. the party in the shape ~ the Vir-
ginia and X entucky Resolutions of 1893 and
1873, together with the alse and reasonable
construction and Interpretation placed upon
them b. John G. Calhoun and his coadjutors
in the year 1882. Mr. Buchanan had taken
his stand upon this platform. aud fol-
lowed II until he now saw the constitution
periShng. and the Uninn itself gong
To pieces, in strict conformity to the
principles OF his party. For him and bis
cabinet the party bad destroyed the country
The scepter OF National power fell from
their CRASH. The government in full view
OF the great mass OF Democratic politicians
of the country was ready TO i..ri-h =. Their
hands. Its credit was gone. It's treasury
was empty. Its armories were despoiled IA
order that its foes might be armed for its
destruction. Its forts. postoffices, mints,
cUston-nouses seized. and employed rs
means for its own destruction 1t had no
place in the District OF Columbia where its
friends could speak. even in whispers 10
each other, of n purpose TO save il. or the
means Of ITS accomplishment, with
out being overheard and betrayed By
the spies at its enemies. Never wns
any government m more ruined and hope
less condition than il, when it passed into
the hands O; the Republicans from those of
the Democrats. Bu, even this implies more
than Is due 10 the Democracy Tor we are
indebted to few men who never afterwnrd
trained with their old comrades 81 that party
for the mere senblance OF country and
government that passed into the hands OF
Abraham Lincoln on the fourth day of
March. 1861. Among these should never b.
forgotten. Joseph Holt. Edwin NJ. Stanton
and John A. Dix. They acted in tine last dark
DAYS OF Mr. Buchanan administration most
nobly. and fairly won the eternal gratitude
OF all good citizens long as our country
shall remain one and Tree We should teach
our children and our chiidrens children to
the end oi time TO honor and revere their
names Let them learn at their tumbs hOw
they tattled with ruin iisei aud conquered
il. aud upon its grave built anew the solid
foundations oi their cuurtrys unity. ireednIn
and glOry--sae now and eternal, because re-
deemed from the curse OF caste and tie
BONDAGE OF corrulltio. Let brass and
marble bear their forms and features to the
latest ages, while history and Song shall
transmit their deeds and renown 10 all gem
eratlons. Let them live in the great true.
loving heart OF the people. side BY side with
Georgs Washington and Abraham Lincoln;
for without them the life OF Washington
would have been great in vain. ana the
beautiful and simple lite OF Lincoln would
nave dropped like blossom that falls un-
timely u The earth.
The Democratic leaders all over the coun-
try must. with rare exceptions. share in The
Shame that atiachcs TO the administration of
Mr.. Buchanan They generally, like IL, ac
quosced IN the action OF the South. and suf
Tered the work o! ruin TO 20 on. They raised
no manly protest against the government Tor
IL imbeeility, or against the secesslonlsis for
their energy in deslroying the country.
have been ut much piins TO ind any such
protests from any leading Democrats who
have since trained with the party Andrew
johnson and Daniel Dickinson, OF New
York, are honorable exceptions; but even
they never got fairly back Into the ranks OF !
their old associates. Al of lesser note who
followed their example have lost their PARTY
standing. and ID they have gone back at all
have been forced tn take back scat in the
assemblies and a very subordinate rank in
tue processlons; they have sinnel and
Come short OF the glory of Democracy, a"d
win Democrats Ibi. sin hath never torpiye-