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

perhaps our NationsI existence
Thus the word which so atilicts and right
ems the Democratic party. and which they
employ as scare-crow To brighten the ignor.
ant and unwary from sound political doe
trines and action. was employed by the
great convention ITSELF. and has the sanction,
to-day. OF the signature of the Father of his
Country. The consolidation of the Union"
sounds well since ii was fra SPOKEN by the
founders ot the government and declared to
ieNrress the principal object OF all their
! lahors and solicitule in framing
the constitution OF their country l.
Was only when ms they conceived that OBJ
Jeet was accomplished, that the great Frank
I'M pointing to the picture of the sun half
ABOVE the horizon. which hung behind the
president of the convention, and reniarking
10 those near him that painters had found it
difficult TO distinguish in their art "a rising
from Tue setting sun, went on to say: Il
nave often and ten. In the course of the
session, and the vIcissitudes of nv hopes and
tears as To its issue. looked at that behind the
president without being able to tell whether
/ 1t Was rising or a setting sun; but now
! at length have the happiness To know that
IT Is rising and not d setting sun" TO the
great philosopher 1t Was the sun of the Ma
tional Constitution OF America
FURTHER PROOFS OF NATIONALITY.
4 II it were desirab to add ANYTHING To the ar
gument derived from the practice OF toe rovern-
ment IN all ITS iepsrtne1is. from its soundatson
10 the close @: Mr. I limores adm nistrat on tho
ayowed purposes of Madison aud Jefferson to
e. tao.is beforehand a stionai government, and
the OF the ton in res pert to the re-
snit OF the,r labors wien they closed ample
means exist IN the debates of the several conyeu-
tons Of the people Of the dif, r States That
audit'on- Every objection which has atany
tlne since been urged aga INST our view o the ma
ture OF the government. aud AGAINST thnt OF the
pemocra,e party. was there presented. debated.
anu Upheld by those who. the part OF th. peo-
pie. adopted the constitution. The objections
made to it by ITS enemies embraced witan their
, scope the very question WINCH forms the
mental difference between Democrats and Re
puoilcans. They declared tina. il was tho
const tuition OF National government: { nj AZ
would subordinate the states and deprive them
: OF their independence and sovereignty. The o0-
Jeetion was not denied to be. IN measure. well
founded. indeed. " was adm tied to be true.
with certain moaificat ons. Nevertheless with
I the objection made and standing. the con>titu-
under the lrcu mstsisees. must Therefore. be re-
garced as n popular aneton OF the doetr ne that
our government - tina, OF nation, and that our
country as nation and not con edcracy
Still. an additional argument. absolutely con-
cius We. OF the supremacy OF the Governments of
the United States. might be drawn ro ito
powers granted to il by the people, I'd from the
express terns OF tts cons tuition. To make tits
argument. however, would imply cur dis.rqst OF
the authoritative settlement IF character by
every department OF the government. Neither
time nor inclination will permit me to night to
Of the departments Of the National Govern
Eent: oy attempting to review their
uccfstCns OF Improve s1e1r arguments.
i They stand we'll in reason. still better IN au-
thorty. and best of all in the pr Willing fore of
the nat onai arms. whose triumph ut Appoaat-
tox led General Lee to declare to a re ter Of
! the New York Herald that the tasi tribunal on
earth to which man can appeal had decided the
question against State rights and in favor of tae
National authority. As we have already shoTn
that an appeal was always exciu led by | &c prln-
ere g. our IN, msr,sn cens,,satSns which sad
can possibly arise between ind ,viduas or COM
mrnities. cy the methods of peace and law. we
FORM some Of the stroey of the rs Of
those who introduced the old and barbarous
methods ioree and war. The crime has no par
lies at the door OF the Democratic party. To tlose
OF them who did not unto in its actual commits
sp'' ,bos or c eGnnv sis the sm,I esnd1st
not apply. To those of them who disreg-rded
tue ties Of pirty and nobly rushed to tho
that something of honor was due. more than
should tall to Others who had never trained with
lAI praise TO those. whether leaders or followers.
wno preIefrct their country. and offered life and
from ignorance whether that ignorance re ~ tel.
as NIL over the South IL did. from enforced re-
Iasal g hear the other side or rom passions aud
reason and shut the ye to the light OF truth
have never felt IN indy. nor INDUCED any other
sm glad to believe. coust tute the gre II m ajor-
lty in all sections OF the country Who, either ac-
lively or passlve,y. s,aed IN tue attempt o. The
country and the fairest hopes ofmankini.
PES-PoRTRAIr OF GOVERNOR HENDRICKS.
What Ihave thus said Of those classes of DEM
oerats whom honor or forgive. do not intend
toapply to that other ass that. knowing their
duty u their couatry. olated it by engaging
in actual war against it, o. eonniyinc at
and egsing on those who were attempting to de-
stIoy Il. LIDO .ot intend to b. charitable to that
form OF patriotism. which on the st of January
1861. At meet ng of Democrats held in ths uari-
tai o. our own State. tn honor the anniversary Of
tie bau oi New ,ir cans. closed speech that
contained no manly word in favor of the [ nion
then IN itntn nent peril and osed with taeit
consent u its DISSOLUTION. and an express declar-
at on thai when IL was gone the orator wnud
tna intaa his aiiege fence to the State OF Indiana.
louater men had set him better example. but
he bad not the virtue or patriotism 10 follow &.
lie had other and a verse CONVICTIONS which led
him TO declare IN almost direct terms DE ore great
convection OF the Democratic party. heid in thts
city m ~, hat the party acc pting the dtssolu-
on OF the Ca,on As fixed tact. should look to
the FORMATION OF "a North western Confedcracs for
the conservation oi the Interests oi the aeollc Of
tae great Northwest. These same convict ons
led ham to deternine not to volunteer himself
IN tbs army OF hs colutry: ant.
there ore co operatng with mis- natural modesty'
TO resolve and sttud by tie rcsolut not 10 adj
wise any other man To volunteer. And. although
his exs,npie and tae absence o: his advice not %
follow AZ. would have added Jew to the alber Of
bls country's defenders. be felt called upon,
nevertheless. to denounc. the adm inistratiop OF
Mr.. Lincoln in no measured phrass. nj to con-
sIgn II and ali those who acted with MIN. Tor or
nanizing aud armine enc hundred and ity regi-
Democratic rebellion. Long before. jefferson
Davis had orsanised and armed eoiored men 10
ala in destroying the Union. but ne found no
woris Of Pronunciation for Tim. white the samo
act on the part % Mr.. Lincoln declared to DO
the eros n inf,my OF an admin isrltion worthy
OF damnation for thousand deeds o. shame. Il
is not difficult 10 divine the motives which
prompted this coarse o. atiop on the part of tais
Democratie statesman all the time from tho sth
day OF January. 1861. to the meeting of
toe CHICAGO Convention in 1854, which do
clared that the War was q failure, and.
mar one fba fv,s<. Al and ls,s 49,
political act on. IRON the commencement of the
war bad lent support to the Southera Confcde-
racs. oy denying AID To the government and do
nouneing means which It saw proper 10 adopt In
li-dsiense. as infamous. and decla ing tina. the
country would never forgive those who adopted
them. Yet. while uatorgyins all ant a,~s Us TO
the adfuinistratIon o, has country's pover inent,
for employing eolored men to assist In saving it,
he stands W Oh bis party To day asking the Nation
to orgve Jefferson Davis and his con celebrates.
although they first Employed colored men to a sist
in destroying IL. 10 say the iesst OF it. the frut
Democratic statesman of our state he's been
shametally consistent l. this outline of tho
lorin and seatur1s of Northern Democratic VA