Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-11-21
THE REPUBLICAN.


<sSsoi vas = c~uAti q 9osoa 10 Ills Souh-
try has been. by all these who have shared
ths benefits wherein IL has exceeded all
others. <Whence this domestic war. sud-
den. unexpected. which has convulsed it
hko an earthquake? Why. when the for
les Of the loyal are so Immensely superior
to those OF the dislcyal. does the war con-
tinus aud threaten to continue for many
years? Is there no way ofbringing it to q
speedy and desirable end? These ale
questions that crowd ont almos. all others
in tie breasts OF al. Ars we any more to
have the conntry Of which xe havo been
80 proul. or has the vison faded and gone
with yestsrnight's dreamsf ~ rr
Though the great rebellion is guided BY
few prominent leaders, II By no means
grew on. of the ambition Of those men,
That ambition takes aavsasage of a popu-
Tar hatrel which has grown out of GER
tain state of facts. It is provsroial that
whom one Injuries he hates. Whether or
not the proverb tells the exact truth Of hu-
hum nature, this certainly is true. If any
one Injuries another. no hates all those who
sympstaise with his victim. Il is proba-
bly, trnc that strong man may use weak
one with great injustice. and not be con-
sc;ous of hating him. On the contrary. he
may fondle him as . pet, and think he
loses him. But let some one else call at
tsntion to the injustice and take the part Of
the injured. and then the hatred will blaze
ont. The strong man will DO bitter as
death towards the sympathiser with his
pet victim. and bitter. jsst in proportion
as he is convinced of his own injustice
This hatred viii swallow up all saintship
that does not rise to tina point ofrspenting
efthe injustice. OF all the odiunl that ever
infamsi and poisoned poor human nature.
this is the most virulent.
In the infancy Of the world-Out of
which IL has hardly emerged--strong men
usel weak ones very much as they would
other animals. The wealthier made slaves
of the poor. even of the same race. This
fault of internal polity, in spite Of great
advance in arts. carried nations to.their
tombs. OF more modern civilization.
founded on law that does not permit the
strong to snslave the weak of the same
race. the pest has been that men have still
been allowed to use, as domestic animals.
men of unciviiized races. Surprising
these unciyilized men not to differ materi-
ally from animals. either in character or
capacity. it would not DO easy to show the
injustice of treating them as such. But
from frst to last. however much they may
6ifScr from more civilized men. they differ
ininitsly more from the beasts of the field.
Hsnss slavery is unjust at frss. and grows
pess 50 = it grows older.
= The great quarrel between great Britain
and her American colonies. found all Of
the latter more or Tess involved with Afri-
can slavery. The first act. as the basis Of
their Independence. was . solemn resolu-
tion to have done with it. as unjust and
inconsistsnt With the free government
which they desired. This popular resolu-
ton Was IS strong in one part Of the coun-
try as anothsr. or il spy. thing, strongest
where the proportion Of slaves was great
81. Boa where The slaves were fewest.
private interest more easily gave way to
the publie good. and hence the Northern
part of the Union grew mp free from slave
~. while the Southern retsias,i it. in spite
Of all resolutions. declarations. bills Of
right, &C.. which ought to have made an
end Of it, Nobody hates the Southern
shareholders. for the mere fact Of holding
slsSes. Few fail to make oil duo allow
sucss for the circumstances which bsve led
them into such injustice. Many have adj
sIissd thsm fsr thst Easy sen@osisy Of dis
position which naturally proceeds from
wealth acquitted without personal labor
Never IN the whole history Of the world
was any thing criminal treated with such
sorbspr,nes end 'leaieacy. Is Southern
slavery and its adjuncts have been treated
by the people Of the North. those most op-
posed 90 IL having always. with almost no
exception, restricted themselves to the
mildsst of moral suasion. and the very few
who'hase 1ssortel toopprobrious epithets.
have met with popular rebukes from their
ueighbors. such ss slave holders have sell
dom or never suffered. The South has
ben loved by the North as well as il slave
ssY had not sxismt thsrs }Ths North has
always conceded to the STAKEHOLDER more
than their fair share Of political power
: w. svss since the rsvolution. every white
man It the South. whether slave-holdes
or non-slave-holder. has been conscious Of
injustice to The enslaved Africo- American
--the Black man. with usually more 81
! Les ss4ite. blood in his VEINS And foI
slevsnty i've ysars. It least. the white