Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-05-01
What shall we do with
Them 2o

tant subject of the day-Nhat shall we
do with the rebel States? The following
extract will be perused with interest:
The simple question for us is. What is
il best for us to do? The South may
save us the trouble Of deciding for the pres
ent part Of the many questions that oc-
chr. We may put down the Confederate
Government and take military occupation.
We cannot compel the Southerners to hold
election and resume their share in the Gov
ernment. 1t can go on without them
The same force which reopens the Mississ-
ippi can collect taxes or exact forfeitures
along its banks. Ii Charleston is sullen.
the National Government. having restored
its flag to Moultrie and Sumter, can take
its own time in The matter of clearing out
the channel and rebuilding the light houses
If secluded neighborhood does net re-
ceive Government postmaster, but isdis-
posed to welcome him with tarey hands to
feathcry bed, it can be left without the
mails The rebel we can compel TO return
to his duties; if necessary, we can leave
him to get back his rights as best he may.
political discovery. The American Union
is founded on fact unknown in the Old
World. That fact is the di,ect ratio
of the prosperity of the parts to the
prosperity of the whole. 1t is the princi
pie upon which in every community our
life is built. We cannot, therefore. have
any part of the land languishipg aud suffer
ing. We are fighting. not for conquest.
for we mean to abjure our power the mo-
ment we safely can.--not for vengeance,
for those whom we fight are our brethren.
We are compelled by necessity. partly
geographical and partly sociIl. into restor-
ing Union politically which never for
day has actually ceased. i a e
Let us advert to one fact very patent and
significant. We have heard of nearly all
our successes through rebel sources. Even
where it made against them. they could
not help telling us the news. Never did
two nations at war know one tenth as
much of each others affairs. Like hus-
band and wife, the two parts OF the conn
try cannot keep secrets from one another,
let them try ever so hard. And the end
of all would be that we shall be known
and respected all the better for our sharp
encounter. .sr
But this necessity Of union demands OF
the Government. imperatively demands,
that it take whatever step is necessary to
its own preservation. 1t is as with a ship
at sea.--all must pull together or some
body must go overheard. There can be
no snch order of things as an agreed state
of pautiny.--forccastle seeding from cab.
in. anil steerage Independent. Of both.
Not only is rebellion to be put down.
therefore. but it is to be kept from coming
mp again. 1t is obvious to every one not
thoroughly blinded by party. how it did
come up. The Gulf States were coaxed
out. the border States were bullied or con-
jurel ont. A few leading men. who had
made the science Of political managem ent
their own. got the control of the popular
mind. One great secret Of their success
was their constant assumption that what
was to be done had been done already
Ii is the Yery art Of tue veteran seiucer,
who ever persua,les his victim that return
is impossible. in order that he may actual
ly make it so. North Carolina. as one ex-
pressively said. 'founl herself out of the
Union she hardly knew how" Virginia
was dragged out, Tennessee was forced
ont. Missouri was declared out. Ken
tucky was all but ont. Maryland hung
in the crisis between life aad death under
the guns OF Fort McHenry. In South
Carolina alone can il be sail that any fair
expression of the popular will was on the
secession side. The Rebellion was the
4 work of a governing class. all whose ideas
and hopes were the aggrandizement OF
their own order. Terrorism opened the
way. reckless lying made the game sure
/ Ii any one is inclined to doubt this let him
look at the way which Robespierre and bis
few associates exercised in Paris. Some
seventy executions delivered that great city
from is nightmare agony of months. A
dozen resoluse united men with arms and
without scruples. could seize almost any
New England village for time. provided
they knew just exactly what they wanted
to do. Decision and energy are master
keys to almos. all doors not fortified by
4 Hobbies patent locks. Now one issue OF
the Rebellion must be to put down. not
only this governing class. but also the sys-
tenn from which it springs. We have no
such class at the North We can have no
such class. The very collision of interests.
the rivalries of ira le. thu thousand and :
one social relations. all neutralize each
other. are check and counterchecks. which.
like the particles of water in vessel Of
wates. always tend toward the level of an
equilibrium. But with the Southerner OF