Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-10-17


and power that it brought. that he coul,
: not reconcile himself to the decision of tn
popular will which TRANSFERRED the Execu
tive power to other hands. In other words
he substitutes, Inst ead of the ball box
which has been heretofore considered no
only sacred and inviolable. bnt conelusiv
The substitutes for the rule of the ballot
box the Mexican rude, which is the rule o
the bayonet and the cartridge box. Bn
! against the viii ard majority Of the people
freely and constitutionaIly expressed. as i
Was, and announced emphatically, by ONT
who, on account of his private characte
: and his high intellectual attachments,
, wish to speak with all due respect--an
t nouneed by John G. Breckenridge (who i
, now the boldest and most dauntlcss apol
ogist for the revolution) to be the fair and
conclusive expressiongef the popular will
the Southerner rises up and declares that
rather than submit to this decision. he viii
| rend the Commonwealth in twain; and al
though the result may be to doom hmfo
, political inferioritv. still his ambition IL
such that he is almost ready 20 exclaim
with Lncifer, that he would rather reign
in hell than serve in heaven" Cloud ap
lplause .sfs3r % ,ser.1 ice ei'.raof ,aa1
"But." say they. ga man by the name
of Abraham Lincoln was elected. Well
was not Abraham Lincoln qualified? Was
I've not of the proper age?a Was not be
perfectly white? daughter and cheess y
Was his blood attainted? Was there a
curl in his hair? (rcnewed mcrriment =
Physically. was there the slightest Incl.
dent which would have impaired or i'm
peached the validity Of his election
"Well, no; but he was elected on an OBJ
noNious platform!'' What was that plat
form? I really forget what the platform
was. No matter what it was; no matter
upon what platform the President may
have been elected; no matter by which pro-
cessiens Of illuminated men his campain
may have been made to what some gentle
men may have considered an axcess OF hu-
manitariansm,-the moment be took the
oath from Chief Justice fancy to support
the Constitution and laws of the United
States, that moment the platform disap-
peared from view. and we beheld nothing
) but the Constitution (prolonged applause)
But whether this was the case or not, with
an impetuosity characteristic of the region
in which they live. the Southerners gave
the President no opportunity either to
make good his oath. or to prove that. II
!, his estimation. the Chicago platform was
I superior to the Constitution of the United
States, They advanced still further; and,
granting what have said, that the Con
stitution OF the United States Is superior
to any platform, however elaborated oil
stringent. which party ever constructed
they point iutligna'ly and with some iras-
cibility. to the doings and sayings ofsome
political writer's aud speakers in this lati-
tude, and they sayA"Our favoriie insti.
tutions have been villifed. There has
been Horace Greeley in New York writing
agasnstu us with all the g al Which lis pen car
distill. and there has been Wendell Phil
lips, still further north, venting his Vi
eious eloquence upon those institutions
and upon our system of society and labor. y
j. Well are Southern sensibilties-so exqnis
lite that they cannot stand the villificatior
OF their institutions? Does abuse. howev.
er virulent and vicious it may be. justify
in any case, revolution? What good
, might ask with some humor and a good
| deal of sense, what good are democratic
institutions. il, under those institutions
> PhLlipics, are, not tolerated? Besides
might rot we reciprocate I will not say
reesiminate) these accusations? But vii
onb remind the South that their speaker
haze been iust as abusive OF the Nortl
as the Nothern speakers have been abusive
of the South (cheefs.) g. ~
h In word. we find that there is no
n one substantial cause or pretext for TIN
j revolution. Ii Wisconsin, in some o
: her State laws has been unfaithful or hos
n tile to the Soutli-if Massachusetts, Il sa,
v with all rcspect) has been unfaithful o
# hostile, in. any of. her State laws, to tn
South-if Indiana or Illinois has been 81
: the Union at all events cannot DC accused o
:. such hostility: the Union has BEEF
!, faithful to the South. So said the En-
: peror of Russia the other day; so say W
e here tonight; and so will impartial histo
i ry inexorably decide (chcers) f.t
n But here Is war-war amongst citizen
q war amongst brothers-war that bring
: destruction into families that have been in
, terwoven. and into States that hav
' been almost identified by commerce an
= by social relations with each other. Ho,
i unnatural this warl. How infamous
: Horriblel But who began it? Does no
South Carolina stand this day in the pres
!. encc ofah that blood which Is rising u
n from the fields and woods of Virginia
from the mountain gorges of the Allegha
= MES, from the praries OF Missouri--eoe
q not South Carolina stand to- day. as thcs
It red mists rise. to Heaven, and feel con
!. scien &c -smitten that IL was she who com
d menced this deadly fray?
e 1t is unnecessary for me historically I
,, recapitulate the incidents which step b.
If step@each step quicker than the other
/ have brought the country to the terribl
pass in which now IFS honor is at stalk
Of and its dearest interest are imperilled.-
t. But the apologist Of the Sontherner. ad
|. hitting all this. granting that the violer
d South has been the first to strike the in
20 ternecine blow, in paroxysm of sanctt
s1 sxclainx - But fet rs have peace!'
p PeseeE peace! when the ships bearin
!. that flag which no foreign enemy ever in
St suited withou. redress being demande
ID and obtained--have been taken into II
It rebel ports as prizes. or burned and SUM
is Peacei-when forts which would hay