Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-09-26

worship around and those who administer
at the altar may eontribate their blood and
treasure. fully assured that in doing, so
they only act mp to the requirements of a
Christian and patriot life. Applause. =
1t is war of duty, because In the light of
our Christian civilization no nation can
commit snicide without, the perpetrstion of
a cowardIy and atrocious crime;, and That
nation does commit suicide which stirren-
,lers its life mp tofthe enemy. 'frbnisfwhicll
manhood and courage reoull, save, it
Loud applause. It is arOf duty. be-
cause we have no right 20 bear. our fathers
names and insult and degrade their memo
ries bylgiving up the institutions NON by
their blood. to be trodden under the. feet
of traitors. Applause 1t is war Of
duty, because we have no right to ,bestow
our children stripped of that grand inheri-
tance which rightly beiongsotoithems and
by the transmission of which, we are but
the appointed agents Of those ,illustrious
men, who. won it by the syofd anu with
their lives. Applause. 1t IS d war of
duty, because. devoted as one Processes to
be to law and-order, and to the highest
interests of civilization. they are pressing
upon us the urgent obligation to rebuke
and chastise this enormous crime, which
has been committed through this rebellion.
not only against us, but against the very
race to which we belong. IApplauses i
1T is, finally, war of duty. because we
have assumed to ourselves as a people the
special championship not, only of right.
but Of the capacity Of the race for self
government. Appiause. And that as
sumption has been accepted by the lovers
Of freedom everywhere; and now, with the
nations of the world looking down upon
us from the seats of some vast amphithea-
ter. we have no right to suffer this sacred
and sublime cause to be stricken down and
crushed upon the battle field of the South.
and left to perish there amid the SCOTS and
jeers Of kings and desEots. Applause.
How anxionsly and how confidently havo
they predicted this day. and how have
they lonSed for its coming. In the essen
tial antagonism oftheir institutions to ours.
and in the intense abhorance which they
feel for that system Of government which
gives the honors and fortunes of the earth
to the toiling millions who are the great
architects of both. how gladly would each
of them this day build a monument If it
eould only be inscribed: ''In memory of
the Great Republic Of the United States
founded by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by
Toombs. Twigss. and Floyd" Ap-
planse I Whist a record for Humanity
would thatb Fellow-citizens,9 II do but
utter truth which ispainfuliy present to
all minds that tho rdisloysityl which is
found in our midst. especially at, Wash
ington and in the loyal States, has been
dreadful source Of discourageneht from the
very beginning Of this unfortunate contest.
This evil has assumed proportions Of such
magnitude that its correction now has be-
come the paramount duty on the part of
those charged with the administration Of
the government. Applause. fs
Its prevalence has been marked by all
those treacherics and excesses which have
been its unfailing characteristics in other
lands and other times. Next to the wor-
ship OF the Father ofiour spirits, the grand
est and the strongest sentiment of which
our nature is susceptible is the love Of
country. [Applanss. When that senti-
ment has been corrupted. like an arch from
which the key stone has been displaced.
the whole moral character seems to tumble
intoruins The public and private prof
ligacy of traitors and spies. both male and
female. has been vouchel for by all histo-
ry, and indeed has well nigh grown into
proverb, that the man who will betray his
country will betray his God. Great ap-
plause. Hfo win betrsy his friends-~his
kindred -and. If need be-. the very wife of
his bosom. and the children of his loins.-
/ Applause citizens. suppose
you lived in one Of those cities where there
is steam fire engine, aud also paid com
pany to operate it. and suppose that your
house was on fire. and thai-this company
and this engine having been summoned to
the spot. is vigorously engaged in .extin-
gushing it, end sapposs you observe from
time to time men creep ont from the crowd.
and Sitting their knivos into tho hose,
through which the water is seen TO spout
! out upon the pavement and streets: bow
long lie you suppose the presence Of such
miscreants would be endured? E"Not
long."l But suppose that looking
more closely INTO the faces OF these
men, you discover that quite a number Of
them are members Of this fire company.
and receive a salary from the treasury to
which You yourselves had coatribskcds p
And yet this has been precisely the cor
dition Of the government Of tho United
States 'e- -
fol Fellow citizens; 1 know there arS those
who look with more etoierationaupont those
offences which prevail amongst US than l
can possibly DO. Perhaps. am 4 too
harsh, but ! must say this. that, the man
who IN or midst gives aid and comfort to
the enemy. either by furnishing thsafssosect
iinfeymation,. Or by sdYecatins their rsase.
or by striving to sow discussions among
ourselves, or by .dissuading loyal men
/ from entering the military service. are
moro fatally the foes Of our couatryy than
though they wsrgo IN othe apmiesn cf tho
Confederate iStstess9s Notices. .sThat's
true" The power Of hagoyernmsnt. can
do much to. correct this; But much more
can be done by the crushing power Of psb-
lie opinion bfsnfin9 as infamous. both So
FciallJ and politically. sdisioyaltyj whsncv-
.er exhibitsd.s a(ARplause,1 les These men
are morally. at least, guilty Of the lsath
| Of those who fall In In the defense of the gov
crn,herit,a justsas much Is If ths5 hsd met
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