Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-08-28

last N Z. REPuALroAN. aud the suthoe ua-
doubleday seeks to create To Impression
thsrsby that Mr. Packard sad tho Domo-
cratic party Of this State are really d1loy-
al Hthe Sentinel sntsrtsinedS srro6ious
views as to the policy of the government
towards the rebellious States. it was not
alone. and no candid man will now say
that those who advocated similar views are
or were on that account. disloyal." -~
The Democrat then proceeds to qncte
several short paragraphs from the State
Journal. pa6lished before the breaking ont
Of the srar. and before the Government had
commenced e6orts for ITS suppression,
which go to show that that paper was not
opposed to the separation of the ,lavehold-
ing states. il the step was taken in Con-
stitutional and honorable manner. There
is no similarity Whatever in the two posi-
tions. The Sentinel. after the Govern
ment had commenced struggling for ex-
istence, denounced 10. efforts as an attempt
on tie part of disunion administration to
e1erce tie confederate states; that the war W as
inaugurated by the Lincoln government.
land that it mus. not be forgotten that the
confederate states have made no hostile
demonstrations upon the North" These
expressions of sentiment constantly found
publicity in the columns Of the Sentinel
until its editor ~as forced against his in
el;nation to take an oath to support the Con-
stfution and the Government. and cease has
REASONABLE publications. Since then the
Sentinel has been more mild in its disloy-
al expressions Of sentiment, but up to this
time it has never let an opportunity pass
to make the efforts Of the Government ap.
pear ridiculous and disgraceful in the eyes
Of the public.
The Journal has not been incorporated
into the platform Of the Union party of this
State. and therefore its opinions are enti-
tied to no defence; but the opinions it ex-
pressed in regard to the separation Of the
same as those held by many others Of the
Republicans in the free states.
1t has always been believed by many Of
our best constitutional lawyers that the
Constitution furnishes g legal course by
which dissolution of the Union can be ef-
fected in Q peacable manner. Previous to
the fall of Fort Sumpter. there was q
strong party in the North greatly in favor
of allowing the southern states to with
draw quietly rather than involve both see
tons in bloody civil war. but when it
was discovered that they would proceed
to acc omplish their object neither in q
Constitutional nor honorable manner, and
gave Us . foretaste of their loyalregards in
the dastardly attack on Fl. Sumter. then
all thoughts of peacea5le separation van
ished. and the only real peace party which
has ever existed became united body in
favor of a vigorous prosecution Of the war
and the enforcement of the laws fos the
crushing out OF treason and rebellion
The Journal has pursued the latter course.
and should not at this time be classed with
a paper which has never ceased eulogizing
such atrocious politicians as Bright and
Vallandigham. and donouncin; the efforts
of the Government in lite self defence as
abolition raids upon the rights and liber-
ties of tho slave states.