Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-02-07

Il EbhOA<>f lcQls
h. Jounsu-1D-day. ker hs Hon.
Nj Packard Id & shed his spsech ID the
IISnse of Reptesen1a Il went ID him
and propounded the following question:
|"If war viii and must come. between the
Nsrth and the South, on (which side. will
you DC found" After soaae hesitation Ne
answered: 'On the side Of the South
This answer was given in the presence of
several gentlemen.
above statement, says the Indi-
annapolis Jonrnal comes to us authorized
By the name ola good, and true man, and
a member of the House 1T is nnqasstion-
abb true, anil shows that we saia'no more
than facts viii prove when we declared
that "all the traitors were not in the Gulf
States.'' Such man has no business in
the Legislature of a State he avoms his
readiness to oppose by force" ~ o. 49,
We are not at all Surprised to hear that
the hon. gentleman, male the DECLARE
tim s.borc att ributed 10 him. 1t is char
acteristic ofthe man, His patriotism is
incapable Of rising above the mere partizan.
! The bulk of his party. North. sympathise
with che, Southern traitors, and Inc feels
himself impeeloi to go with them, rightoor
wrong. knowing him as wcll as we do
we expected nothing better Of him, and
.thereigre, arc net surprised toIhear him de-
clare that in case of war between, the
North and the outh he will be found q On
the SIDE Of he s0atag'.7a In his estimation
the South can do nothing wrong-thc
North is entirely to blame for not yielding
implicit obedience to the commands ofthc
Slave OIigarchy. % Being base mental
himself he cannot see why others should
have more humanity, manhood and indie
.pendence than lsimselfob sno - i'eni vol
p But. so far as being "eornersd" is con-
ccrned, the "hon."" gentleman has been
cornerea SO often that he has got used to it.
The worst corner heever- got into, or at
least that affected him most. was when the
EConsiuctorson rail road train took his
pass. from him anil made him pay his
fare. This. circumstance occurred some
time after he had been discharged by the
proprietors Of the Democrat as editor of
that sheet While acting as editor he ap-
piled; for and obtained free '.pass" over
the P. Fl. w. & c. r. r., which he con-
.tinrlsd to avail Eimself-of the : 'vanssges
of even after he ceased TO be an editor. al-
though told By one or more Of his party
friends that it was unjusti6able. and advi-
sell him to either hand it oycr to his sue
cessors or return il to the President of the
road. But he would do neither, and one
LAY started to go to Pittsburg. either on
business or pleasure. Soon after the train
got under way the Conductor came ronnd
when the ''hon." gentleman handed him
| his "spass" which the Conductor put in Iii.
pocket. at the same time informing the
"hon."" gentleman that he had received in
structions from the President to cliff" said
pass and require him to pay the usual
fare. How far the 'hon." gentleman rode
on that occasion is not certainly known,
! but he returned on the next train few
hours after. and received the ,congratula-
tons Of his friends on the quickness of his
"trip. with sardonic grin on his counte-
nance and looking like sheep mid tam
ltief on his back" -
We wish the chivalry much Joy in hav-
ling such high minded and honorable
ally in the North. We wish we could
congratulate them on his fighting qualities
but we imagine they will find him on tria
slightly deficient in that respect. Sec let
ter of the indianapolis correspondent o
the Cincinnati Gazette. in another column
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