Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-11-13

for men and money, and that troops be got
in readiness, the men drilled and prepared.
to omeet the emergency ii John G. FIRE.
mont should be elscted--no matter how
elected. 1t might be by an. overwhelming
vote Of the people. 1t might be constitu
tional and rightly done under the forms Of
law. "No matter says Henry A. Wise.
Il will march upon Washington, seize the
archieves Of the nation. prevent the inau-
euration Of Fremont, take the capital and
break up this government in pieces %
Our Southern leaders al the time never in
tended stoping.short Of the dissolution Of
the Union and the destruction of the gov
ernment
We had as many as four candidates in
the field, two years ago to- day, and were
all canyassing and talking about the presia
Dental; election. Four regular tickets
were in the field. ! confess TO you candid
,, ly flat If Breckidridge and Lane had been
elected, as fortunately for the country they
were not, we shonlil mot have had this war.
Why DO i say SO? They bosst at the
South. in their speeches. since the last
presidential election. in the leading papers
and in private conversations, that IL Breck-
inridge had been elected, they intended to
go On and take charge of and administer
the government as peaceably to all appear
ances a it had been administered in form
er days; they intended to put the armory at
Springfield and Troy, and all the military
andlnaral establishments everywhere thro'-
out the United States to make pistols,
sabres. swords. cannon, cartridges, iron
clad steamers, war vessels and transports
Of oil kinds. Notifications on the Southern
coast, SO that at the close Of the four years
in 1864, or before that time, they could
seize on whatever money there might be in
the government no longer in existence, and
the South independent That was their
plan, and they now boast of it. You may
thank God. as do. that their ticket was
not successfnl-that better man, more
honest, upright, patriotic man was elected
than ever John g. Breckenridge was ever
capable OF making, unless he was made
over again. and know enough about God
Almighty to know that he would not un-
uertake lnat SORT Oh q lOD. ...
But we are now in the midst OF rebel
lion, and our business now is to fight oui
way out oft to peace 1 am an advo.
cate eto-night--not because 1 am awsy from
Southern danger, for what L was there
am here to night, and what / am here ]
will be there if ever live to get back a.
gain--I am an advocate of coercion in thi,
war, am the advocate of subjugation, il
you please go beyond that; l am the ad.
yocate OF extermination. ray prosecute
the war until we exterminste the whole
race. and then call upon God in prayer Ia
people that country with q better brselloi
people ifa Cd lsd ss1 $50. af.
J. 1t is sheer nonsense. to, be raising all
this bne and cry through the land against
the Administration and President Lincoln
about this Emancipation Proclamation =
He proposes TO give rebels now in rebel
Lion against this Government one hundred
days of grace to reflect and do their works
over again, and return TO the fold from
which they have strayed away. If they dc
not choose to do that, he proposes to e.
mancipate their negroes, and he proposes
to pay loyal men for their property, all
any Union man. North or South, ought to
expect. The rebels make their negroes
an element Of strength in this rebellion. =
They have them by hundreds Of thousand.
at home raising bread and meat while al
the white men are conscripted aud ou,
fighting against this government. Ii Lin
CON did not take from them every thing
Which lay in his power, which strength.
ems them and enables them to carry on the
war. he woSia be swiity before God of1 Per
Ijury., ! therefore endorse the proclama
ton.
"Oh! but its unconstitutional" Where
docs that cry come from? Is it from 10y
oil men? No! it comes from these sympa-
thisers with .he rebellion. The constitu.
tion troubles their consciences now. La
dies and gentlemen, the rebels by tLeil
course Of conduct have made that expedi.
emf, proper and constitutional, which, 4,
they had behaved them selves would have
been wholly iuexpedient, improper and
unconstitutional-the issuing Of that proc
lamstion, 1t is q war measure, II IS nee.
essary. ,fis constitutional. and right.
~ SouhSSotC CeOig eNhS thog We gut
Emancipate their negroes and drive the
last scoundrcl of the rebels down into the
Gulf Of Mexico. as the devil didthe hogs
into the sea. But find class of men in
all the Northern States where have been
i in sympathy with this rebellion and they
might be. SO and behave themselves, bu:
they go farther-they meddle and throw
1 obstacles in the way Of recruiting. and in
every possible or conceivable way they at-
tempt to retard the operations of the army
and the government. :tt-tr.
But. says one. ''the war taxi'' Where
-tdocs that cry come from? From loyal
tlmens aaNo. 'You arc invoicing Us b in
debt by hundreds of millions which we can
never ray off, and war tax will break
me down and ruin me-" Examine
these men who make SO much noise over
the war tax. and Jon will find thems class
of hide-bounds siingy. niggardly. no-souled
picayune sort Of men. h could take The
soul of man Of that sort aud make it rat
tie in the hull of tobacco seed. Do they
ever contribute anything to their pastor to
pay hin. Tor laboring for their miserable
sonls? You never get dime out of them
to be expended in the distribution. OF
tracts. or Bibles. They nevsr give these
ladies dime for the Soldiers Aid Socie-