Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-11-14

HE OtW0cf0t IN speaking oil COl. Ed
dy's address in Corbin's Hall, on last FRI
day week. says: w~0s
The Colonel made one statement which
completely knocked the wind out of the
calls, Of some of the abolition workers a.
bout town, Of the stamp of Mattingly.-
: He said he had been acquainted with the
citizens of this county for many years, and
particularly with the Democratic portion;
that he had corrssponded with many who
are now. or have been. denounced as Sc
cessionists, and had heard them express
themselves freely. and he gaveit as his can
did. honest opinion. that there was not a
disloyal man among them-not one to
whom the appellation of secessionist or
traitor would be applicable. He believed
there was not Democrat in the county,
bot sincerely desired that the Union might
b preserved that our government might
remain as It was forme.l--by peace and
compromise, if possible. and war il una
voidable. 1t would appear from this that
the Colonel is not very appreciativs OF the
labors of Mattingly to convince the people
that Marshall county is about half full Of
secessionists. ssas 81 as sd
g; II Col. Eddy had been aware Of the po-
litical composition Of his audience he
would hardly. We think. considered it ne
q cessary to have made the remarks above
: referredto. The Republicans present tho't
he was merely trying TO get on the good
side Of his Democratic friends and by q lit
tie fattsry enIeavor to coax them into 10y
: al pastures. Bait. for any demonstrations
& At the time or since. we Judge his labor
was in vain When we got hoinc. after
hearing the ColoSel. IN rejecting on this
: part of his speech we put the following
queries to oarself, which, as we could not
answer satisfactorily upon the hypothesis
that there was not disloyal man among
thea 1.-THE Democrats of Marshall. we
request Plstt-itu1e or any Of his asi nine
coadjutors to do 50, if they cam
81, Can it be possible that loyal man
would say that he chopped to God chat the
rebels would capture Washington" or.
that ''the South is fighting for her
rights. the same as our Revolutionary ia
theirs dill. and the North can never conquer
herr" Can it be possible that loyal
editor would publish such speeches as Val
lsndigham's. Breckiuridge's and John w.
Davis. and refuse to publish even one by
such loysl Democrats as Holt, Dickinson
and en- Gov. Wright? Would loyal ed
tor be continually finding fault with,
growing at. and disappearing and lie
ing shout every measure the administra
tion adopted to suppress the rebellion. but
never publish or utter word about the
wickeduess and unjastifableness Of the re-
bellien2 Would an editor. who did not
sympsthisc with the rebels, charge Demo-
eratss for accepting commissions from a
Republican Governor or President to fight
In the armies of the Union with being trail
tors to the party? Would loyal citizen
after hearing of the defeat of our army at
Bull Run say: "Well. Mr.. R.. didn't cry
q d-n bit when I heard the news today"
Would the gentleman thus addressed, if a
loyal citizen. replied: "Nor either. hur-
orah for the rebels. say IL" Would the
Democrats Of Marshall. stand aloof and re-
fuse 20 fight for their country as they do,
If loyal? Would loyal party have made
tho damning record it has in regard to sup
porting the war. in every instance in which
it has been called onto act? Didthe par
~ By the way they turned ont to hear
Col Eddy "a man Of talent and the last
Democrat that represented the Ninth Dis
trict in Congress. make war speech. fur
nish proof Of their loyalty? Would 10y
q n men have patronised such an outspoken
-disIoyal sheet IS the New York Day Book
was! Would loyal editor knowing its
character and object have published its
prospectus and praised il as an able and
patriotic paper? And. lastly. would o par
~. In whose ranks there @was not dis.
loyal man. have tolerated sheet which
has,accord;nE to the admission of one of the
sblest Democratic papers Published in the
5sn&c, "for months past been giving aid
and comfort to the re6eEss"
We have the best of evidence of Col
Eddy's loyalty. and # be thinks there il
mot . disloyal man among the Democrat
OF Marshall We should like for him to fur
nish us With the testimony upon which BIZ
faith rests. He may consider their bar
professions sufficient. of which. we admit
they Are exceedingly lavish. but We hav
judged them By their general talk. by thei
acts. and by the way they have stood aloo
from every movement intended to suppress
the rebellion. if not positively objec,ing
BY their almost universally refusing to con
tribute = cent toward supporting the fami
lies of volunteers during their absence, AM
BY the frequent sttempts Of leading Dem
ocrsts to dissuade those Of their politica