Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-07-24

Tue Soutn every man mas gone. IL ne CON
scriptiOnl takes everybody. and yet it takes
nobody at all. In theleye 81 the Almigh--
ty. nobody isworth as much as ared.head-
ed woodpeeker unless he works &c No re-
cruits who enter the Southern army. go
there, with sun,embrowned forehead and
hands hardened by honest Industry, The
demand for troops takes away<a set of
pampered menlLsery good men for the
pupsse-men who are a sort of. walking
arsenal, not devoid Of courage nor talent;
but it takes away nobody from the pro-
ducing elasses-in other words It takes
away nobody at al. ifa fii"i 'SHsiini
The country around Nashville is as fine a
conntry as the sun of Heaven ever shone
npon.. II is no ,pent mp Utica, lean assure
you. 1t is a country Of broad and fruit
full fields, we'll cultivated by wealthy and
intelligent population. Take the three
Congressional districts lying Immediately
aroud Nashville Go among the people
there and you viii find that at nearly every
house you come the lady is q widow, and
she seeks protection for herself and prop
erty, by repeated declarations that she is
lone widow left with o large number Of ne
groes to look after. But when you come
to investigate the matter a little more
closely, you will find almost without cx-
ception. that the negroes belong to men
who are in the field with the gun upon
their backs; men who forgetful Of their
most sacred duty to their country have ta-
ken up arms against the best Government
the sun ever shone upon. ''
Well. why can these men go to war
while you cannOtl Simply because they
have the negroes at home to work for them,
and you have nothing to depend upon but
your own honestindu try Besides. when.
as is most generally the case. the wife her
self is the better man OF the two. the prop
erty is as well taken care Of in the absence
of the husband as when he is at home, and
thus these men can go into the army md
stay there until the last star falls from
Heaven, and their wives and children be
none the worse off by it,, Within the ter
ritory have mentioned there are 100. 600
slaves. toiling day after day cheerfully and
uncomplainingly for. the support Of their
masters who are in the rebel army. Now.
suppose you give notice to all mankind,
and the human family in particular. that
every man who shall fail to return TO his
allegiance within given time. bring forth
fruits meet for repentance and give suit
able guarantees for his good behavior in
the future--his negroes shall be con6scat-
ed Don't you suppose there would be a
terrible skedaddling among these men
about that time? They would soon come
focking home by hundreds and thousands
They would soon learn by a my sterious in
tima,ion of Divine Providence that they
had got their. rights already. and that the
best thing they could do would be to go
home 10 enjoy them. happened to meet
one day in the read near Nashville a
yonng man whose apPearanco was wretch.
clothing that he had been in the army, and
said to him. "Ary friend. where are
you going to?" Said he: Il am going to
old kcntuck." 'Where have you been
and what have you been doing?" His re-
ply was. Il was a soldier in the secest
army" "Well." said /. elbow long did
it take you to get your rights after yon got
there%' "O." said he, "I had them be
fore started, but did Mt know it," Oh
yes! 1t would be but very little while
after such proclamation as that shonld
be made public, until all these men would
go home. And wish to God that they
would 60 home for one reason. particular
ly If no other; The ladies who are al
home are Just as jealous and bitter as their
husbands were when they left for the war
They imagine their husbands arc just wha,
they were when they left home; they do
not know what terrible falling off there
has been in their devotion to the cause
and when their husbands do come home
they will hardly know them. Laughter.
| have had hundreds Of them ccme to mt
after being in the rebel rTmy, and beg to
taks the oath of allegiance, saying that
they had been. deceived. and "Oh." they
would say, "what a terrible wild goose
chase il is that we have been led since we
were induced to Join in this rebellionr' y
Well. say iyous would you take thsst
negroes into the army? Would not thai
be like winning the elephant? In regard
to what would do personally, I would
inst say that 'chanced To- capture eleven
good looking negroes in,the little fight al
Lebanoni and l have just beea, standing
still to see the salvation Of the Lord in the
premises. Il. want to see them in tht
army. want to hit tho enemy as hard
a lick as possible. and do nosknow' how
better to do il tbsr the way i have already
INDICATED to you. -, rs,J ssd 1ssisrn
am no alarmst. am BY no means
discouraged. I assure you. I recolIect
standing beside stilea gfaee of my grand
father snd reading up0n bis tombstone This
brief and sensible inscription: ."feters Du-
mont-a Soldiss Oh lhs- Revolution. -
There it wssx plabSd 6sSota II was born.
and there, for. fifty years, the moss has
gathered around Il q He'fougM then for
tho saBiccAdse thatI sm now contendi1g
FORE l. beliese that . war ito snssain this
Goyernmspt s,l is "a, xw that has Divine
Providence. on its side. It is. q struggle
waged not for conqdest,s but for the Go4v4-
eminent itseh, bequeAtbed to as by otsr
pathetic sires osnd1itsis onetiist Gosl. .hiwI-
self looks ppan FithaHprehation, u.
No one would return home, more gladly
than I if .thls government was Jas restored
without tho loss ofsa foofp of territory or
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the6slaxy'io oButthat,
-upfor,unaselys otyot accomplished. nor
can il be Immediately, TsYhpm the Gods
wish to destroy they first make mad. >"