Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-10-03
Party-Country.

Inc following patriotic article, which
we copy from the New Albany, Ledger,
the leading Democratic organ in Southern
Indiana. we commend to the attention oil
our neighbor and men Of his ilk:
Is there not danger that portion of on
Democratic friends. in remembering that
they have a party to save may forget that
they have country to lose2 We have
been led to fear so from the persistent ef-
forts ola few men and newspapers in the
North, protesting to speak in the name oil
the Democratic party, to make this war
odious anil unpopular in the eyes of the
people. We hal hoped that after the Ru
bicon was passed.; when the flag of the Un-
ION hal suffered insults and outrages from
the hands Of the Southern traitors sueh as
no foreign nation had ever dared offer it.
the people Of the North would have been
entirely united in making an eff rt to avenge
these wrongs. at least till the banner TINS
trailed in the dust was replaced on those
strongholds Of the nation from which it had
been stricken down. The people of the
North. we firmly believe. are sufficiently
united to accomplish this Just sni noble
object. But. in the midst Of the general
acclaim with which the people avow their
intentions. we discover. here and there. the
voice Of the croaker. who is quick to detect
and expose every probable or possible mis-
take or error Of Judgement on the part Of
the administration. bus who is never able
20 discover any nse<itosious action OF theirs
till The whole country has found it ont
through other sources. For such grumb-
lers and fault finders we have no sympa-
thy. nor shall they receive any aid from us.
They profess to speak in the name of De-
mocrscy. but the pretense is lie. The
masses Of that party will never give their
countensnce to . set Of men who are endeav-
osing in every possible manner to embsr-
ssss the actions Of their government. in its
endesvors to defeat the Vaccinations of
the traitors who now have their cannon
pointed at the nations capital. and who
threaten to invade the States loyal to the
Union, burn their towns ond villages and
lay waste their farms.
The Democracy of the North have pro-
fsssed 70 be Union party. They have
ever been Union party. Their actions
have proved them to be such. To say that
they have only been Union men on the
contingency of Democrats being in power
Is . bsse insult to thsir integrity and their
patriotism. In his efforts to preserve the
Union. and to punish the traitors who are
attempting its destruction. Mr. Lincoln is
Is much entitled to the sympathy Of DEM
ocrats as Mr.. Douglas would have been
he'd he been elected to the Presidency and
treason had reared its head. And we are
rejoiced TO see that the masses of the Dem
ocrscy are determined to yield him that
support-not in slavish or sycophantic
spirit, but a. freemen. willing to give the
nations Chief Magistrate fair support in
che uuexampled difficulties which beset his
path. This is their duty. Every consid-
Grafton Of patriotism demands it at their
hands. Any other course. when the exis-
tence Of the nation is imperiled-whcn its
slisintegrstion is threatened-wheni its cap
ital is beleaguered-would be to brand
those who lend themselves to the unhoi7
work as the aiders and abettors Of treason.
II is orr fortune to live in the Democrat
ic region Of Indiana. We are surrounded
by the counties which elect Democratic
CouQressnsen. and which are expected t.
give the majorities to elect Democratic G ov-
ernors, Judges and Legislatures. if elected
at ell. There intercourse has been almost
exclusively with the South. They wer,
for peace and compromise. They labored
long and assiduously to preserve the bless
ing Of peace. TheJ petitioned Congress
Ia mass III.
Crittendon Compromise. They failed. j
is true. in these efforts. but they never be
lieved that this failure gave the South AM
Just esuse to rebel against the government
which had eser been their shield and pro
lection. when the war cloud lowered ou
people still held back. They even yet hat
. hope that something might be done t.
avert the catastrophe. They held peac'
meetings. but their resolutions for peace
for compromise and Union were flung bacl
in their faces from the South.
They are now in for the war for tn
Union. The people of Southern Indiana
the Demo sacy-have sent into the fielt
company after company. and regimen
otter regiment; and they are going to rails
more to send over the river to aid the gal
liant Union men Of Old Kentucky-thei
friends and brethren. And let rs tell th
newspaper editors and the politician
who live IN the abolitionized portions o
the State, and whose time Is now principal
~ occupied IN inventing excuses for tn
sssaitoss: who have . thousand faults 20 fin
With Lincoln. but not one with JEFF. Da
vie. that they cannot place our Democrat