Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-03-06
[WHOLE NO. 276.

OF tins republic shall be saitsd together IN
the bonds Of common nationality. then
1 have proved the future union Of the
States.
just after my return from Prussia. ! wss
struck with the change that q few yesrs
made. In this country every ten yesrs
brings a new race of voters to- the ballot
box. What is il that this new gen eratioa
Of men will follow? Unquestionsb ly their
own interests. Hence this question Of inter-
est becomes very important one in deter.
mining the question of whether the people
Of this nation Will ever again be one people.
Did you ever think how vain the st.
tempt always is to lead men away from
their own interests? You have had evi.
dences of that right here in Indiana Ths
effort TO build up cities to create . great
commercial emporium as is sometimes the
case-how inpotcnt it i! Men go whsrs
tber interest is. and they will SO nowhere
else. We cannot always live in this ststs
Of excitement. The war viii be over
There will be time when men will thiak
coolly, and it is then that they will begin
to consult their own interests.
A gentleman holding an important Of
fee in Eurcpe--s consul at one Of the i'm
portant commercial cities--communicstsd
to me some facts that throw light upon
this question. He became an agent for
several large mercantile houses in Charles
ton and Savannah, and was employed By
them in making purchases Of boots and
clothing for the negroes. He was adver-
tised in the papers of Charleston. ! havo
seen letters received by him from Charles
ton firms in which the contracts which he
had made are pronounced intolerable. on
account Of the expense. Said one man
81 can buy clothing for my slaves cheaper
in Massachusetts than / could from Europe.
even if there was no duty to pay on for
eign importations Look at our COM
mercial and manufacturing interests
Every day new inventions and discoveries
are springing up, and new modes Of indus
try are coming into use amongst us. Look
at the single article of coal oil. On sin-
gle railroad three hundred thousand bar-
rels of coal oil are shipped where there
were but thirty thousand q few months
not lie more than two years until the trade
in coal oil alone will be equal to the entire
value of the cotton crop. The great for
ward moments Of this country will ret
make us one people if we will only do our
duty in breaking down this rebellion
Our interests, our geographical position.
and our trade, all speak for our remaining
forever one people.
was much interested not long since in
reading speech OF British politician 20
his constituents. in which he asserts that
whatever changes may come over the face
of the nation this great Mississippi VALLEY
never can be separated. would that my
fellow citizens would take the map Of the
United States and just look at Indiana
her central position. right IN the
midst Of this great republic, with the trade
of the east and the west flowing over hes.
and then tell me whether Indiana can sv-
er see this Union dissolved under any cir
cumstances? Dissolve this Union and our
farming interests are totally destroyed---
II we are to be cut off from the outlet Of
the Mississippi river. If we are not to have
the free navigation of that stream without
duty or impost or anything of the kiad.
there is not an acre Of ground In Indiana
that will be worth FIVE dollars to any man.
The Union of the States Of this nation is
therefore necessity. and repeat Il. thst
in nine months from this time the people
of this country will have Ear more imp or
tant question 10 consider than this MAR.
and that question will be. "how shall we
be re-united and be one people as hereto
fore? ,s
In the next place. one word IN regard to
foreign interference. The late effort to
place a member Of the House Of Hapsbuf8
on the throne Of Mexico is one that The Pc
triotic statesman cannot but contemplate
with deep interest. II it shall prove to b
true that che Southern States have offesea
to give Great Britain a monopoly Of their
trade for fifty years. and abolish slavery,
on condition that they shall have her sssas-
tance in this struggle. then you and ! arc
} living in times in which the most mon-
entous questions are to arise for solution
/ pass by without giving any opinion up-
on this subject, although / have my views.
One word, however. in regard to Napoleon
Here is one man that believes Nspoleoa
will never engage in a contest against us'
, It would be directly adverse TO his inter
ests. If learned anything from my N
tercourse with foreign ministers st the
Prussian Court it was this: that Napoleon
can use his alliance with England. de
used it in the war with Austria. He broke
the treaty of 1912 all to atoms. and john
Bull stood by all the time and saw It DO ne
without saying word. He took 5fteen
millions ofpcople from the Austrian Gov
eminent and gave them to Victor Emsn.e!.
That's the way he can use his alliance with
England. Will he not use It again?
! This man Napoleon is q man Of his own
mind. and has sense enough to keep his
own thoughts to himself He has more
intellect. too. than any of the ruling noa-
archs Of Europe. These royal familiss.
you know generally have very long geneal-
ogics. and most Of the crowned heads d
Europe inherit their royalty through 30
many generations that sll the intellect -
exhausted before il reaches them. kaPo-
leon is the first of his line. and consequeoe-
ly he has more blood and brains than any
of them.
How. then. does Louis Napoleon nov
stand? The rival and enemy Of Eagl.ad.
Well. yon say all this difficulty Ia Anses