Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-01-23
Eulo gistic and Patriotic.

The spirit of the recent Bright Conven
tion is to be gathered from the speeches
and their reception. more directly than
from resolutions. though the latter no
where approve the war. no where condemn
the rebels. and every where censure the
Government upon which is devolved the
duty of combating the rebellion. We
have already fully exposed the character
of the resolutions, and stripped off the thin
disguise Of loyalty which the managers had
to put over them to prevent the Doug
las men from repudiating the whole affair
out of hand, and we now propose to look
moment at the speeches The determin-
ed war spirit of many of the delegates
forced the resolutions into a sort OF dec
orous acquiesence in loyal expression
of feeling. but the speeches were freed from
this compulsion. and spoke out fully and
boldly what the speakers thought, and the
managers of the Convention approved
Mr.. nj. A. O. Packard. of Marshall
county made very brief speech. as fol-
lows: ai}
This ,rar is an abolition. throat cutting,
pieke-sfooting, negro-stealing, eoantry-ds-
sfroying, aar. rs sdE .snoisnaa
He didn't get time to finish. as the ap-
plause of the Breckenridge men completely
drowned the rest Of his remark. Wonder
if the &C, 600 Hoosiers in the field. believe
| that they are carrying on any such opera
tion as Mr.. Packard described with such
! vehement applause on the part of the Con-
yention. Wonder ifthe parents, brothers,
sisters and friends Of these 60, 600 men be-
lieve il? Who does believe it? Nobody
but the msn who would gladly see the
rebels triumph aud the Government de-
stroyed. If any war since the foundation
of the earth was waged fora holy cause.
and with holy purpose, it is the war for
1.-THE preservation Of our Government against
rebellion which would substitute "Jef.
Davis and "MoptgomerY" for "Wash-
ington' and "Philadelphia." Mr.. Pack
ard spokethe feeling of the Convention.
and Of all whom they could control. The
!. loyal men. who found themselves cheated.
sIubbed, and put on the back seats from
the very start, had no chance to retort up
on; the contemplate creature. They
were not allowed much show in the meet
(. ing. - -.
In full concurrence with the infamous
sentiments SO loudly applauled by the
Breclxeridge men. is tho following extract
! from the speech Of Mr.. John G. Davis, as
reported in his organ. the Sentinel: COZ
lie would rofe jor. no platform u'sissa
acould pledge the people to,an unconditional
prosecution of this mar, s
So. too. the REMARK of Jonathan A. Lis
ton: Fl nqssoc -nCI q .9fr-sa s1G ~
si..He would not approve che war In any
shape or form and If the platform approved
III the people would fepddiate it.',ssv s'i
p r. "A. Hendricks IN his, speech on taking
the chair studious;y and with carefully Sc
Elected phrases disparged the war. kindled
dislike Of It As far as he could. and excited
Ill viii against the Administration not foI
I conductine the wa< so ineffectivaly.. but for
conducting It at all. - He denounced It all
through IL connection With the war. but
never once denounced IL FOR NOT frsecstting
he ,car Nth score energy and purpose, If
he had we should join him heartily. But
his 'dislila ofIothel heloiAministration came
from q different source, He disliked any
war. We dislikea feeble and aimlsss war.
which prostrates the country without
crushing rebellion. .szil '''''oW onv i'aAs
r. The extracts we have quoted are slight
things. but they are strsws IN the wind.
which show its directions We command
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