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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-03-13
A Nut for the Brightites

The Louisville Democrat has about as
contemplate an opinion of the late Bright
convention. and its reasonable purposes.
as Gov Wright has:
A parcel Of broken down politicians in
Indiana. under the leadership Of jesse d.
Bright. got together on the 9Th Of January
last. held aconvention. passed resolutions.
and placed before the people Of that State
party ticket. asking for their support.
There is at this lime but two parties in In
diana One is for the Government, and
the other is against it. One is ready and
willing to help in the suppression of the
rebellion; the other is giving aid and COM
fort to the enemy. Who ever heard of a
member of the Bright party in Indiana vol
untcering 10 defense Of the country? On
the contrary they are all at home. carping
at the Administration. and organizing Q
political party whose object seems to be
the spoils of Office only. Tho people
would rather sink every question OF mere
party policy until the Union is restored
and the laws enforced. 1t remains for
these political dabblers to pass resolutions
and huckster around for votes, while the
loyal people of their State are barring their
breasts to the enemy and participating on
every battle field.
Taking the name Of Democracy. they
think thereby to control its organization
They will claim for the action OF the Con-
vention that the Democratic party is res
ponsiblc. Whatl convention Of Demo-
Gratis in Indian refuse to endorse the memory
OF their cham pion leader. Douglas! As
well might any jackanape try to convince
US that. upon his command. the waters Of
the Ohio should return in their channels
to the ten thousand sources from which
they spring and fow-
So far as the Republican party of Indi-
ana is concerned. we are against it. and
have always opposed its policy. 1t is
sectional, narrow. and proscriptive. We
hsvs no liking for it. We prefe; patriots,
however. in such troublssome times, to
traitors. We do not stop to ask their
antscedents-we only know that IN this
unnatural war they mainly are for the
Union. ss.
If Bright wants to distinguish himself
and atone for bis past sins, let him 60 IN
the ranks and shoulder musket IN de-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-03-13
THE REPUBLICAN.
PLYMOUTH, IND.
Thursday, March ID, 1862
L. MATTINGLY. Editor.
Army Correspondence.

Pilot KNOB. Mo-. March Sd. 1862.
DEAR REPUBLICAN, When / last wrote
we expected to go to Fort Leavenworth
under Gen. Lane. but General Lane and
our anticipa,ions went up together. We
left Camp Douglas on the 18th Of Febru-
airy. and embarked on the Alton and Chi
cago r. r. for Benton Barracks, where we
arrived on the 10Th Here we received our
arms, consisting of sabei and a good
Navy Revolver for each man: also our
train wagons, "a in number, 204 mules to
draw the same. and IL spring wagons for
the accommodation of the sick, and as ma
ny horses. We remained at Benton Bar
racks, getting all things ready, until the
1st inst. when we pulled up stakes again,
got aboard the cars on the Iron Mountain
Rail Road, at ST. Louis, and arrived here
yesterday morning. / formed very bad
opinion Of the country we travelled over
between here and St. Louis. The Iron
Works. which are very extensive, are clo-
sed, and the proprietor prisoner. There
are also three stores closed and held by
Union troops. the proprietors having fled
to parts unknown.
This is very muddy place. notwith-
standing its elevation. We could not find
enough dry ground for q Camp. but going
to work with will we soon had the sat
isfaction. of seeing 260 tents set up in city
style; our mules and horses picketed and
fed. and ourselves ready for supper. which
our cooks had in the meantime prepared.
and to which we did ample jnstice. This
pleasant duty discharged. we soon retired
to our tents 10 mediate npon the mutabil-
ity of human affairs, the anomalous condi-
tion OF our. country. the result of the ma
chinations of wicked and ambitious men,
and when sleep closed onr eyelids. to dream
of the dear ones at home. whom we have
left to struggle alone. while many who
selishly remain behind enjoying the COM
forts of their firesiiles. never think Of the
privations and suffcrings the poor soldier
is enduring for their benefit. or trouble
themselves even to enquire about the COM
fort OF his poor wife and children. Is not
this the blackest ingraGtude? But it will
not do for the soldier to indulge in renec-
tions calculated to produce humidity OF
/ the eyes, lest he be considered too tende,
hearted anil unfit for his position. God
has promised to temper the wind TO the
shorn lamb. and with abiding faith in His
promise. we 60 forth with strong arms
and stout hearts to fight the enemies OF
our beloved country. 1.-The Union must
be preserved. or the last man perish in its
!, defense" r ff8a
With a number of others / have been
ont scouting To-day. and rode my horse to
the top of mountain 100 feet higher than
where we are cncsmped. The day has beer
cold and blustery. but hear no complain
ing or shrinking from duty. All are ca
ger for brush with JEFF Thompson's men
as it is understood that the work assigned
us is either to capture the whole gang OF
chase them ont Of the State. As soon 9.
any thing of interest occurs / will write te
you again. E. r. G..
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-03-13

A Fort Donelson correspondent. in ..
late letter, states that the bodies Of several
Union men, on which could be discovered
no wounds were found In Dover Jail. II
was supposed that they weTo either starved
or poisoned. but all the rebels said they
knew nothing about them. The Terres
Haute Express. without apparently hav--
ing heard the above particulars, states that
one Of the prisoners who passed Though
that place on Saturday said that lest sum
mer eight Union men had been taken snd
confined 1t Dover. Tenn. and literally
starved to death. This atrocity deserves .
thorough investigation BY tho authorities.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-03-13
COLUMBUS--H0W LEFT AND
TAKEN.

Departure of the Heet- Occupation By our
Eorces-Desfruction Of Property 6y the
Rebels-Appearance of the Town-Cka,-
acfer Of the FofJfeations-Larye n
mount Of Orananre Cdptured-Gen.
PiHow's RiVer CAain--Extracts from.
Rebel Popers. .s5pt
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-03-13

An aiIS6s ofs~eatave per cent viii be made ON the
.bs~- rrk~s fsr Ss<cisi Notiu-ss =
Avens in oth~r towns and cities win he allowed twenty
s~o per cent coumn, bat OF any kind
viii be Inserted, at less than regular rates s.. s
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-03-13
COLUMBUS AS 1T NOW STANDS.

left Columbus in the midst of cold
and furious snow storm at o'clock this
afternoon. All of the gunboats returned
to Cairo. except the st. Louis. which. at
conference of the commanders. was decided
upon as the one to remain. The troops
also remain. and Colonel Buford will prob
ably have command of the place. have
given Jon in the foregoing an outline of the
facts OF the evacuation and occupation of
Columbus, and reserve until anather time,
any discussion upon the merits Of the
case. sw tr5 1855
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-03-13
BUSINESS CARDS.

N T. PHILLIPS,
Atl,y and Counselor at Law.
,is PLyM0rTH, hl9SHaLL COUNTY, IND.
Ir0ficc in Westervelt Block
eITPracticcs in Marshall. Fulton, Pulaski
Ssarke. Lake. Porter, St. Joseph. Laporte and ad
Joining counties -sa Jan 23-tf
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17

Grafton of slaves, thus admitting another
State, with two Senators. for a whole
generation. He (Sumner) could not con.
sent to the admission of State into the
Union with a Constitution recognizing
slavery for a whole generation. He quoted
from speeches Of Webster against the ad-
mission of slave States.
Mr.. Hale said that Webster in his Ia.
ter and perhaps wiser years repudia,ed ev.
cry word of those speeches. He (ials)
should not vote for the bill because Web.
ster said one thing or The other. 1t would
he a singular thing if, after having admit:
ted all along States with slavery, we shnuld
now refuse 20 admit the first State asking
diate establishment OF system of posi-
tive emancipation. AS he Iale) did not
make this world. he was willing to take
1t as he found it, and meet The question
particularly. 1t is no, for US to set our
selves up in dogmatic wisdom against the
convictions of other men who may be pos.
IDLY ss wise as we. If he wanted to heal
with this thing as practical fact, he
would hail the advent of a slave State into
the Union with clause for gradual eman-
cipation. more gladly and with greater sat-
isfac ion than the admission Of a free State.
Why: Because tEere is more Joy among
the angels over one sinner that repente.h
than over ninety nine that need no re.
/ pentance.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17
The Revolutionary Movements i'm
Russia

The latest advices from Europe tend
still further TO show that the late great fires
in the Russian capitol were the result Of
incendiarism. The details ofthe disasters
and their geography. SO to speak, exhibit
fixed plan and cunning organization.
At the same time fires broke out in Mcs-
COW and Odessa. az d revolutionary hand
bills were circulated among the PEOPLE.
One of these. printed and circulated by
thousands of copies, contains an energet-
ic appeal to insurrection against despo,ism
A second, call National Chamber, is a
pr"ject Of constitution. A third. RUS
sian Truth" demands the independence
Of Poland, and consolidates the Russian
movement with the cause Of Poland. A
fourth is devoted to the memory of an Of
icer who dared to mitigate certain senten-
ces of punishment ordered by the Car,
and was. therefore, sent TO Siberia. These
papers are distributed even in the Winter
Palace. Some Of these documents fix the
day appointed for a general rising as Aug
ust Cd. the anniversary Of the foundation
of the Russian empire at Novgorod. and in
consequence of these threats the govern
ment has deemed it pruden, 10 postpone
the celebration of that day until tie 9th of
September.
An unsuccessful attempt on the life of
tie Gar is reported TO have been made in
the Church of Saint Vladimir
| Every house in ST. Petersburg has now
its watchmen stationed at the door, who
follows every one who goes in.
A thousand soldiers have been selected
| from the guard to act as extra policemen.
According TO one of the latest accounts
six hundred arrests have been made, and
the number daily increases.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17
NUMBER 25-WHOLE No. 129.

President must give them new men and
new measures. They demand that the
very best brains to be found in the nation
shall be had for the advisers--that those
who have been tried and found wanting
shall make way for those whose nerves are
strong and whose hands are steady and
skllful TO help him pilot the ship of state
through the He'll Gate which environs her.
The peoples demand, and the press can
only re echo their thunder tones, a more
energetic conduct of the war. They will
bear all cost and loss with willing, even
with thankful hearts. But they demand
imperiously that not one dollar. not one
'f- "h"rl M wasted that what is snent
and who are slain shall PurcDsss uS 10 os" sPS"'
dering delays. TO wretched exodus from
valleys fought over and conquered. no
costly defeats. They demand cnergy-everywhere
energy; they demand economy and wisdom III our
finances; an advance over the te:ritoay which re-
mains unconquered-e erywhere energy and eve
rvwhere the victories which we know ourselves
able and determined to win.
The shifting of general here and there will
not satisfy the people. Nor the displacement of
n mere war minister. The msmanagement oil
our finances has cost the nation more than wal
expenses; the incompetency and slowness Of the
head of the Naval Department lost us Norfolk
end has inconceivably delayed the energetic paos
ecution of the war. The alternate faulty and
frenzy of the war minister has cost US many
thousand lives and months more hard fighting.
WHAT strength from the nation, what wisdom ir
council, does the President get from the two oil
three who shonld be his tower of strength? "TrieG
and found wanting" is the damning verdict which
the nation pronounces against most of the men t
whom the President has intrusted for them tht
administration of the war-through whose arm
they expected their own vi gor and unfalterng vii
to flow and strke-to the destruction Of traitor
and the crEseing out Of their monstrous rebellion
Better men-the best in the nation more Wig
orous measures, the most vigorous which they cal
plan and twenty millions can execute.-this is to
day the nations voice. 1t is for the President t.
hear and obey.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17
Constitutional Liberty.

Judge Thompson. Republican member
of congress, in speech in the House on
the Gath of last month, in opposition to the
proposed confscation and emancipation
bills, made the following eloquent remarks
upon the duty of obedience to tie Com
s,ituton. Coming from such source.
we commend them to the attention of those
who agree with him in political senti-
ment:
That the bills before the House are IN
violation Of the law Of nations and of the
Constitution, can not-I say it with all
Difference to others--I can not entertain a
doubt My path Of duty is plain. The
duty Of obedience to that Constitution was
never more imperative than now. | am
not disposed to deny that have for it a
supersti;ious reverence l have worship
ped it from my forefathers. In tie school
of rigid dicipline by which we were pre-
pared for it, in the struggles out of which
it was born. the seven years Of bitter con
iiict seemed to be fruilless of good, in
the wisdom with which it was constructed
and first administered and set in motion,
in the beaefcent Government that it has
secured for more than two generations. in
the blessed influences 1t has exc ted upon
the cause Of freedom and humanity Il e
world over, | can not fail TO recognize
the hand Of guiding and loving Provi-
dence. But not for the blessed memories
of the past only do | cling TO 1t. He
must be blinded with excess Of light, or
with the want Of it, who does not see that
to this nation, trembling on the verge OF
dissolution, it is only possible bond Of uni
ty. With this conviction wrought into the
very texture of my being, | believe | can
appreciate this conflict. can understand the
necessity of using all the powers given by
the Constitution for the suppression OF
this rebellion. They are. as | believe, and
as the progress of our arms attests. ample
for the purpose. do not, therefore, see
the wisdom of violating or impalring the
Constitution in the effort to save, or oi
passing from the pestilent heresy of State
secession TO the equally fatal one OF State
suicide The fruits of the first are an
archy and perpetual border war; of The sec
ond the growth of military power, the loss
of the centrifugal force of the States. the
merging Of the States in the central Gov.
ernmenl a republic in name and form, in
substance and effect despotism.
Mr.. Speaker. at time like this the in.
divi'u ual is nothing. the country every
thing. He can not truly love his country
who is anxious about himself He car
not have a single eve to the welfare of the
Republic If both eyes are turned home
ward He can not keen step TO the music
of the Union who is grinding fantasies for
the village OF Buncombe.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17
An Extraordinary Confession.

The Albany Ecening Journal. whose
chief editor, Thnrlow Weed, has recently
returned from Europe, where he has been
for several months on confidential business
entrusted to bim by Secretary Seward,
contains the following remarkable admis-
sion:
The chief architects of re bellioa, before
it broke out. avowed that they were aided
in their internal designs by the ultra abol-
itionists Of the North. This was too true,
for without such aid the South could never
have been united against the Union. But
for the incendiary recommendations which
rendered the otherwise useful Helper Book
a tirebrand, North Carolina could not have
been forced out Of the Union. And.
even now. the ultra abolition press and
speech makers are aggravating the horrors
they helped to create, and thus by playing
into the hands Of the leaders of the rebel
lion. are Keeping doacn tie Union men of
the South, and rendering reunion difficult.
If not impossible.
This is certainly An extraordinary con :
fession, coming as it does from one Of the
leading organs of the Republican party.
1t is declaration which must strike every
candid man as being eminently true. and
is terrible rebube TO those members of
Congress who. by their incessant agitation
of the slavery question. are doing so much
to prevent reconstruction of the Union.
And it confirms the charges we have re-
peatedly made that the agitation by the
Republicans vas the chief cause Of the
war.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17

greeted us with their ivory smiles, one
hand full of onions, the other a corn
dodger, price for either, 80 cents. or both
800. Tie few white people who trust
themselves to our mercy look upon US
with marked contempt ard are as far
from being frightened int our Union pro-
clivities as they are of favoring the despi-
cabs system of negro equality. Three
miles from Tuscumbia the road leads
down to the Tennessee. over which lies
Florence. but to get there with our armv
we first constructed Ioad one mile, and
81 boats for ferrying purposes, then the
crossing begins precise-g on the place
where Gen. Jackson crossed his army,
over and back, when he cleaned out the
British at New Orleans IN 1915.
The town of Florence is old. decayed,
neglected. like mos. OF the others. 1t
contains some 1000 inhsbitants in time Of
peace: now. nothing but our woody headed
friends W ID their onions and corn dodgers
(of most suspicious composition and ex-
orbitant value) is seen. The eastern bank
of the river is high and rocky. the other
low, gradually ascending from the river
and then becomes an undulating mass of
well titled fields and luxuriant forests.
The distant city, the broad acres Of green
corn, and the golden yellow shocks of
wheat. with the bright green waving tree
tops Of the woodland, as each attracts in
its turn my view, recalls the mind to the
dear friends who pine for US at home.
The thun Ter toned cannon is hushed. the
rattling muskefry and clash OF sabres and
bayonets resound no more upon orr quiv-
ering senses; forty eight years ago, upon
this moss grown rock on which | now sit,
and which overhangs the ferry landing,
where the victorious armv Of Jackson
crossed. many languid but eager gaze
was stretched toward the dear friends who
waited to greet them in peace at home
and why might not we be now returning
Alas, it may not be. The snake is skotch
ed. not killed. This once happy and
prosperous country can never, never, be
restored 10 its pristine splendor. whose
dazzling brightness made dizzy the crown,
ed heads Of Europe. Negro equality moi
Negro emancipation will suffice to unite
in bonds of love and amity these des,ract
ed and discordant clements which now
atflict our country.
| Yours, B. H.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17

From the New York World.
The nation is in the most eventful crisis
of its history. On the prompt patriotism
Of the loyal North, on the moral courage
and foresight Of It's rulers, hang all our
destinles. s.-hangs the very existence Of the
republic. The Union is TO day not worth
farthing's insurance. unless within the
next fifty days the three hundred thousand
men called for by the President rush TO
arms. unless the President himself appre-
ciates in all its instant peril. in all its mo-
mentous consequences the xigency Of the
hour.
The best army which the world has ever
seen. splendidly equipped, thoroughly
trained. well oflicered. and ably led, has
been, at Richmond, outnumbered. checked
and driven back. Another year of des-
perate fighting is all but inevitable. All
the energy of the united South has been
put forth. The army which surrounded
and defended their capitol has been doub-
led by renforcements from Georgia 10
Texas, while we have dribbled out to our
General but a few beggarly thousands,
hardly enough to make up his loss of Kill
led. wounded, and sick since he landed at
Yorktown. At least one hundred and
seventy Gvn thousand men have been led
against us In the six days terrible onslaugh,
OF :he last and present week.
Read the letters Of our correspondents
eye witnesses Of those awful encounters
who saw day after day, from Wednesday
morning till Tuesday night. whole divis
ions Of the rebel army hurled with utter
recklessness Of human life against our dec
imated and feebler columns.-who saw
those hourly reinforced with fresh troops
while our own weary ba,talions. hal
famished. bore the brunt Of each success
sive charge. slept on their arms. and worn
out with. fatigue. still; stood fell dead a
their posts. with no help. for there was
none to be sent Read how Porter, will
twenty seven thousand men. bore the long
ons-ts of seventy FIVE thousand.
Not seventy five thousand have we hat
to oppose against their one hundred and
seventy. FIVE thousand: and vet we are tn,
attack ing army. Not seventy FIVE thous
and electives. land yet their young Gen
eral begging daily and hourly for reinforce
ments, which never came. 1t is piIiful
and We, one little month ago the Secre
tsry Of War wanted no moro men,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17
:" The Constitution as il Is, and the
Union as IL Was.''

MASS CONVENTION OF THE UNION
DEMOCRACY AND CONSERVA A
TIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA. TO
CONSIDER THE CRISIS OF THE
COUNTRY
In compliance with the generally ex-
pressed wish of the Democracy of India
ma, the true friends of Constitutional
Liberty, the Democratic State Central
Committee invite the people of the State,
without regard to past party afIiiaIion,
who desire to preserve the Constitution
as it Is, and the Union as it Was" to
meet III
MASS CONNEN
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17
Sumner Getting Sensible,

Among the Senate proceedings yester-
day we find the following remarks made
by Mr.. Hale on the bill TO admit Western
Virginia into the Union.
Mr.. Snmner said that the bill proposed
that all children born after April, 1868
shall be free; but allowed the present gen.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17
Agency
MCDONALD,

Real estate agent and notary public, Office in
ek.os's hardware store, Plymouth, Ind.
Draws deeds, mortgages, bonds, and agree
rents sells lands, examines titles and furnishes
abstracts Of the same, pays taxes and redeems
land sold for taxes
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17

OUR Loss ESTIMATED AT sc, O,OOO.--Gen-
eral Marcy, Chief of McClellan's staff.
estimates the entire losa Of Nc Clellan's
army, in the recent engagements before
Richmond, at $4,000.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17

BOMRSHELL FROM A LEADING
CONSERV ATIVE REPUBLICAN,
PAPER THE PRESIDENT TOLD
THAT HE HAS BLUNDERED-A
WISER USE OF THE MEANS OF
VICTORY DEMANDED" TRIED
AND FOUND WANTING."
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17
j. j. VIVA l.,

Homeapathic Observation-Disclosures paid
to obstetrc rractic, and chronic diseases ~ -
women, and diseases OF children once over
Palm.r's store. corner Michigan and laport'
t.reets whe ne mavhe consulted at all hours.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17
I0lN G RENDE2

JOHN y. OGHC- :,
A,,oruev At Law and Real Estate Agent, Knox,
Knox. Ind.
Collections. Tax paving and examination OF
Titles, promptly attended to- My
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-17
Physicians.
M T. a. BORTON

phxs;c;a, and Surgeon. ceover Pershings &Co.'s
Drr,, Stor,. in Dr. A. o. Borton's Dent''
Rooms, Michigan street, east side corner "'
Gano, whereh he may he consulted during oihc'
hopra