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

ocfffou c0nttO puoftc Scntiment~ by f0rct
threats and ovcrswing the quiet and thos
who desire peace and unityDEHO
This may seem strange. Have you nc
seen few bad 1mn q Vie same thing !
many portions Of The North. Yes?-
; Quiet and good men will not always ris
70 put down mob. You have seen me
publicly whipped. Jails torn down an
men hung by a moi, in sight of judges an
sheriffs. Men with whom / talk ssy ca
we succeed in breaking down this REBEL
ion? l say yes. 1t was to be expects
from the long time the rebellion has bee
brewing. and the extensive preparation
made by its leaders. that we would NEE
; with some defeat Mt first Such has beer
r the result in all such contests with govern
ments. where portion of the people con
spired against them. l do not expect t,
see any Southern people conquer thi,
Northern race. One thing is most evi
dent. that you cannot point to,the page o
history where twenty millions Of people
possessing the moral power, wealth and
integrity of the North, have failed in sucl
a contest. You have more benevolent in
stitutions,, more moral integrity and power
than haifof the people Of the Ola w rld
boring hundreds of millions. Our
strength is not alone in money and proper
ty. il consists in those principles underly
ing the Government of our fathers. and
we deserve to be slaves If we do not sus-
tain them in this dark hour of adversely.
as well as in prosperity. Iwas not among
you. fellow citizens, when our arsenals.
revenue cutters and custom houses were
seized under false pretences Of protection
by armed mobs. AMI when Sumter was be-
leaugerett and seventy brave men with
stood thousands, and at last our flag. the
flag Of our Fathers and the Union. was
pulled down to traitors: but where was,
in foreign country. heard but one senti-
uent of patriotic devotion TO the Union
from one end VI the North to the other,
and the great uprising Of the people in de-
tense of the county. the Union. the flag,
was greeted by the people Of the Old
World with one burst Of astonishment.
admiration and pleasure. Then il was
right to speak. write and fight against
this armed treason. Shall defeat alter the
sentiment? Shall men under cover Of de-
feat say now what they did not them
Nay, If it was right then. it is now. and an
hundred defeats cannot alter the question.
Yes,vny friends, The. 6rstss spade soffeath
thrown up agairst Sumter was treason,
ard should have been dealt with as such.
And If we had a Jackson at the White
House when Joseph l.. Orr entered il to
treat with the President how South
(t,roltpo oh I.eeol..~
the Union. he would have said, "Mr. Orr.
there is the door, and a MAJ shall to take
you in custody. ONO
There is more danger this day from a
divided North than from any thing else
n firm, decided, united North, will settle
the question. and that speedily. But we
must not listen to these violent, miserable
Abolitionists of the North who are assert
lag that the object Of this war is to inter
fere with the institutions Of the South
This is what the Secessionists OF the South
love to hear. because it unites the South
just in proportion as it is believed.
Fear and distrust are our greatest, enc
mics. Firmness and confidence Will leal
us to victory. will give us an united and
happy people. L have never believed in
the doctrine that we can be two people and
have peace. = We are one people or we are
nothing in the eyes Of all christendom.-
Here is one man who will never consent.
let others do as they may. to, separation
Of this republic. Shall we commit to our
children border wars and feuds for all COM
ing time? This we do the moment we
become two people. Look at the German
nations. divided into little 6ukedoms and
principalities. some OF them about the size
of my friend James Johnson's corn field.
1t is reported when Lefkenstein had raised
her portion of the army for the defense of
the German nation. and had selected all
her officers from General to Corporal,
there was one man left to fight the battles
of Lefkenstein. and one Of them, it is said,
is SO small that after purchasing the cele.
brated Armstrong gun for her defense,
could not find ground sufficient to make
an experiment with it.
have here paper weight on which are
represented the coat Of arms of each Of the
small Swiss cantons. The inhabitants Of
the cantons differ IN language and. religion;
some speak French. some Italian, Others
German. and others still have a mixed
tongue. Some are of Roman Catholic
and others Protestant religious persua-
sions. The President of this Swiss repub-
lie, on little salary Of some 81 500, when
one canton rebels. calls on the other to put
it down. ALI fly to the rescue of the CON-
mon Government. the center or national
republic. There have been two attempts
at secession there. which the united force
of the loyal cantons put down with a
strong hand. And this Republic Of Switz-
erland is respected by the powers of Eu-
rope and sets us an example of a united,
free and happy people. where the rights
Of each little State are secure under the
protection and strong arm of the united
reyublic. let n have b head, . Fedssxl
Government sovereign in the exercise of
national powers. preserving the rights Of
the States in their proper place. and not
have a compact between strangers to be
recinded at pleasure without ned sess. u, Let
us not divide into innunersble iittleo Gov
ernmeats tossnall toopreserve self-respect,
too contemplate to be recognized abroad.
toe weak to help ourselves when danger
threatens. We aEe-one people. Who
shall say to the great Northwest that the
fountains Of the Mississippi, shall be the