Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-05-01
THE FERMENTATION BEGUN.
First Response to the Pres
dent's Ansi-Slsvery Message.
Trrom the N. Y. Evening Post.1

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The benevolent and jndicious PROPOSE
ton of the President for the removal of
Slavery from the border States. by joint
action Of their people and Of Congress is
beginning to have its effect. We find in
lie Baltimore american. one of the ablest
and most influential journals in Maryland.
which has always been noted for its con-
servatism and moderation. an elaborate
argument in favor Of this policy. The oc-
casion Of it is a private letter from ''gen-
tlcman at Washington, high in the conf
ience of the government we
suppose to be, Mr.. Reverdy johnson, though
we do not KNOWN which he urges the
necessity of instant action on the part OF
the State. After justifying the course
adopted by Mr. Lincoln, the writer says:
There is not thoughtful man in our
country who now thinks that slavery will
endure Much has been said. and. per-
haps. some will continue to dispute. re-
specting the class Of people whose conduct
in regard to the institution has caused the
present calamities; others both these par
ties. But the time for this disputation is
past. Whether either or all these parties
aud Others, have done wrong. and un-
doubte,ily they have. il is not now materi
+, al 90 inquire. All practicable men are
now sensible that slavery so affects the peo-
pie. whether it ought to do SO or not. as
to make it terrible institution to our race
They see that it imbrues a brothers hand
in brothers blood. and invites foreign
despots to plant monarchies on our CONT
nent. With this result before Us. the only
inquiry should be how to got ii of an in
stitution which produces such miseries.-
Some urge instant and universal abolition
as the effective and proper course; but the
President adopts the recommendation o.
! our great southern Statesmen. msde before
slavery become a political hobby, viz
gradual emancipation. with compensation
and the separation of the races. Many o
our people. and especially the secession
lists and those who-without having AM
property interests in it-have found thei
account in slavery as political hobby
will oppose Mr.. Lincoln's policy. and 81
do their best to bring upon US the mor
violent alternative. But the people Of
the State will sustain him. They vii
now listen to the sages and patriots who
founded the Government and warned as L
/ eliminate slavery. and viii close their ear
to that selfish tribe OF partisans who woul,
risk its destruction merely to carry al
election
| The 1Anaerican adopts this passage as
text, and breaches fcrvent and impress
i've sermon to the same effect. Whateve
may have been the views Of the people ir
regard to slavery before the war, il say
that now the question hss been precipita
ted upon them in new shape by the ma.
action Of the cotton States. 1t confrontl
Maryland with directness AMI force that il
has never before assumed. The politician
Of those States were warned of the prob
able results of their action; they were tol,
that the effect of it would be to underm M
slavery; but they persisted in their mad
ness; and now they are only rsaping tn
reward Of their madness. A day of reck
oning has come. "They nave aroused
thousand enemies to slavery where it hae
but one before; aud their rash course ha
been especially fatal to the States tha
were to serve as their 'bulwask.' They
dared to make the issue--they eaeerl,
threw down the gauntlet. and the loya
portion Of the nation, called upon to rope
the aggressoss. has taken II up. And
now. after the monstrous crimes of which
the cotton States have been guilty, afte
shsouding the whole nation in mourning
and almost burying it ander load o