Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-05-02

sppreach tho confess not as politicians.
nor Is ambitjeus partisans, bat as patriots
who csss aside every selfish consideration
when danger threatens their country. The
voice of party should be hushed. and the
bitterness thse may have sprung out OF
political contests be at once forgiven and
forgotten. Let us rise above these paltry
considerations. and inaugurate the era when
there shall be but one party. and that for
our country. The struggle is one into
which We .snter with the deepest reluc-
tance. We are bound to the people Of the
seeding States by the dearest ties of blood
and institutions. They are our brothers
and our fellow-countrymen, but if they
regard not these tender relations. how can
WEI If they wage war upon us. and put
themselves IN the attitude Of public ene-
mics. they must assume all the response
bilities incident 10 that position. But
while | deplore deeply the character of the
contest in which we are engaged. never
theleSs we should meet it as men.
To our sister State Of Kentucky we turn
with hope and affection. She has grown
rich and prosperous in the Republic; could
she do more if she was utofit? 1t would
be sad day that would sever the bond
which bincs these States together. and
l nppeal to her by the ties Of our common
kindred and history. by our community
OF interest; by the sacred obligations to
maintain the Constitution inviolate. to ad
here to the Union. and stand by that flag
in defense of which she has so often shed
her best blood. pray her to examine her
past history and perceive how the tide Of
her prosperity has flowed on unbroken,
and ever increasing. until hor limits are
fillel with material wealth. AMI her people
are respected. elevated and happy, and then
inquire if all this is not the result Of that
Union she is called upon to break. and Of
that Government she is invited to dishonor
and overthrow. To ask Kentucky to Sc
cedo. is to ask her to commit foul dishon-
or and suicide. trust that the good sense
and patriotism Of her people will not suffer
her to be dragged by the current of evils.
which has been cunningly invented for that
purpose. into the vortex of disunion; nor
permit her to be artfully inyeigled into an
armed neutrality between the rebellious
States and the Federal Government. Such
q position would be anomalous and fatal
to the peace and perpetuity Of the Union.
There is no ground in the Constitution
midway between a rebellions State and the
Federal Government. upon which she can
stand, holding both in check and restrain
ihg the Federal Government from the
enforcement of the laws and the exercise
of its constitutional authority
Sch an attitude is at once unconstitu-
tional and hostile AT time like this, il
she is not for the Government. and for
maintaining it by the observance of all her
constituiio al obligations. she is against
it. If the voice of her people can he heard
l fear not the result. Secession can only
triumph as it has triumphed in other States
by sitting the voice of the people. and by
the bold usurpation by demagogues and
traitors of the powers which rightfully be-
long to them alone. And. | might here
remark. it is quite manifest that the schemes
ofthe authors and managers of the REBEL
ion. extend far beyond the dissolution Of
the Union, and embrace the destruction oil
the Democratic principlc Of government
and the substitution of an aristocracy In
its steal. In the scceding States the con-
troll Of public affairs has been withdrawn,
substantially. from tho people. and every
proposition TO submit to their considera-
ton measures Of vital importance has been
CONTEMPORARY over-rulcd; andwe are in
truth calle,l upon to fight not only for the
Union, but fcr the principle upon which
our State and National Governments arr
founded.
Ifthe rebellious States hoped to profit by
the lissensions in the North they have err
ell egregioasly. and have wholly failed to
comprehend orr people. Uur divisions
were merely political and not fundamental
and party lines faded instantly from sight
when tire intelligence went abroad that wal
was being waSei against the Nation
When the sound Of the first gun revcrber
ated through the land. the people Of the
North arose as one man, and declared thai
the Government must be sustained and The
honor Of our flag preserved inviclatc Al
whatever cost. The events of the last ter
days are pregnant with instruction AM
moral grandeur. They present the actor
Of people who have suffered much AM
waited long; who were slow to take offence
and were incrcdulous of treason and danger
but who. when the dread appeal to arms
was made. and the issue could n longer
be avoided with honor or safety. prompt
ly abandoned the peaceful pursuits If if'
and devoted themselves to the service o
their country. l trust that the force ofthi
lesson may not be lost upon our errinf
brethren oi the South, and that they. viii
at once perceive they have inausS'sied |
contest from which they cannot emery
with honor or profit. "''sf
On the 10th day Of the present montl
the President Of the United States issue'
his Proclamation calling upon the loya
States to furnish $4,000 men for the pro
lection Of the Government. the suppression
Of rebellion and the enforcement OF tn
laws-snbscquop,ly. the qnots. to 3 3
furnished by Indiana was fixed at 81
regiments Of even hind Ell and sevent,
men each. In obedience to- this cal
III issued my PROCLAMATION calling 10
volunteers, and in less than. eight day
more than ,13 900 men have rendered ths'
services. and the contest among the com
panies has been earnest and exciting rs
which should secure q place within IN
I~s - ILL., has hoou most graz