Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-02-20

and in the North, and this letter was used
to accomplish underhsndedly what they
thought would not be policy to do openly.
Ii BRIaHT had declared in public that he
hoped the Mexicans would welcome our
soldiers with bloody hands to hospitable
graves. he would have received the ap-
proving smiles Of those who expelled him.
If he had said that he was ready. in GER
tain contingency. to let the Union slide,
he would doubtless have received an i'm
portant foreign appointment, and been
unanimously confirmed by the Senate. If
he had said The Constitution is a cove
nant with death. and league with hell. >
he would have received :he hearty endorse
ment Of the same Senate that expelled him.
and been left undisturbed in the full enjoy
ment of any official position in which his
fellow citizens might place him. If he had
sung peans OF praise to Giddings. Garri-
son, Lincoln. Sumner. Hale, Seward, and
the whole catalogue of abolition worthless.
and Landed John Brown, he would to-day
have been in high favor with the Republi-
can party; and the thought Of expeling
him would never have entered their virtu.
Gus minds.
The expulsion Of BRIGHT is an outrage
on the people of Indiana, who are general
ly supposed to be competent to attend to
their business. so far as deciding on the
loyalty of their representatives is concern
ed. Until tse people had given some off,
cial intimaiion that they desired their rep
reseEtatives expelled, it was certainly in
bad taste for the representatives Of foreign
States to take the matter in their own
hands. The same arguments which were
used against BRIGHr. can, with equal pro-
priety. be used against those who refused
to vote for his expulsion. 1t is not char
ged that he committed any overt act of
treason. and it is just as proper for other
men to be punished for their symrathies,
which he is only charged with entertaining.
We have not been an admirer of the
political course Of Mr.. RRIGHr for the past
few years. but would not. il in our power,
vote to expel him from the Senate for no
other reason than that alleged.
Is not this doleful wall? 1t reminds
one Of the signing winds of autumn through
the branches of leafess trees. chanting the
requiem Of the falling leaves. We are not
at all astonished to hear it. Bright is a
true representative Of at least two thirds
of the Democracy Of Marshall county, and
perhaps of the State. Then, is it not nat.
ural that his sympathisers should wall
over his expulsion. and denounce all, both
Democrats and Republicans. who voted
for his expulsion, as abolilionists?
The Democrat seems to look upon
Bright's letter to "His ExcelIency jeff
Davis, President of the Confederate
Stales." as trivial affair, amounting to
nothing any way. Perhaps. no one should
be astonished to hear such talk on the part
OF our neighbor. 1t is perfectly consistent
with his past course. The Pharos differs
with him essentially in this respect, and
Senator johnson. of Tennessee. charged,
if no one else did. that Bright did commit
an overt act Of treason in writing that let.
ter to Davis; that it was full of aid and CON-
fort to the rebels. and the fact that it had
not been shown that it had ever been de-
livered to Davis, was not essential. The
treason was complete on Bright's part the
moment he delivered the letter to his rebel !
friend. Thomas B. Lincoln. FL
Bright intimated his intention to appeal
to the Democracy of Indiana to vindicatc
him by returning him to the Senate, but
the Pharos thinks il "the sheerest bun
combe. and its utterance q feeble false
hood" We do not. Do not a large ma
joriiy OF the party in Indiana entertain pre-
cisely the same sentiments sbout the war
that Bright expressed in the Senate?--
There is no doubt about it and it is folly
to attempt to deny or conceal the fact
Then. is it not natural for them to desire
his return TO the Senate as q crushing re-
buke to those who voted to expel him?-
He may not announce himself candidate
for reelection to the Senate. but he viii
work the wires secretly. and if there is a
Democratic majority in the next Legisla-
ture. he will, no doubt, be elected. The
article above from the Democrat, is in
tended as feeler, and will. undoubtedly
be heartily responded to. All who do not
defend and uphold Bright will be pronoun-
ced sick Democrats. and committees, com.
posed Of those who are sound in the faith.
to set up with them until they
become convalesceut. or, If fincurable, kick
ID ont of the fold. |.
InANsFKnnED.--The Valparaiso Repu6.
&c says Lieutcnant-C G olonel Cameron has I.
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