Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-06-04

our corntry's hag-we come to yindicats
the honor OF our nation--we come to pre-
serve the holy memories that cluster a.
round the banner for which our fathers
fought; you have lent hope and encourage
ment to tho rebellion; pause" in your
course. Yes. say. q alse." When you
sit down at o ir table "psase" va
cant chair thers---a skeleton willbe at yenr
side. When you proceed to your cham.
ber pause death will be there. At tie
hour Of nj might pause Il pale face and
skeleton finger will point 10 the record OF
aid you have given the rebels in arms a.
aot punished at Judgment, if not here. I
shall be mistaken. For men who assist in
this rebellion, if not executed and damned
eternally hereafter, hemp will lose its val
ue. and hell will forfeit its character fer
m;suser. Great Cheering.
Men are mistaken in suposing that they
can form parties on the issues of oar eoun-
try's fate. The great popular mind sways
to and fro; it may be diver ted from the pur-
pose. but it will be ever constant and true
in uphelding the Government. Who be.
leves that this rebellion can be disposed
of in any other way than by the power Of
the sword? took the position in tho be-
ginning, and | take it at the end. All
rebeldom can have peace when they lay
down their arms. But there are men here
who continually pirate of their Democracy
great Democrats-they know all about
Democracy, and. to judge by their actions,
they care very little about anything else
You recollect the boys said to his father.
Suppose we call our old horses tail leg,
how many legs would he havef" Five
said the father. "Oh. no. said ths boy.
"calling the tail leg would not make it
leg" Roars of laughter.
Men may call themselves Democrats.
but it does not make them Democrats.-
The first great principle of Democracy is,
according to Jackson. ''the Union must
and shall be preserved" [applause] and
there is where l stand to-night--it must
and shall he preserved. no matter from
what quarter the assaults may come It
must be preserved from all its enemies
Renewed applause Why. sir. pretend =
ed leaders of Democracy as we now have
would have swamped even Andrew Jack.
son in his first quarter. Roars of laugh
ter.) BY their fruit ye shall know them.
Now is the time for every Democrat. for
every Republican, for every man who is an
honest man, TO assist in mainiaing the
Government. and putting down the rebel
lion. Voice: "How'r you going to pu.
it down?") Put it down as Saul put
down Agag. hew it light down through.
But. fellow citizens, the thing will all
come right by and by. The returned SOL
diers-and they are in all parts of this
mass of people--will bring home their sto-
ries. and will tell Copperheadism how
much advantage there is to be gained by
shaping their course for political purposes.
and giving the country the go by. What
we want is to concentrate public opinion
I'VE want to bring the whole force and
po yer of the Government where it can res
on this rebellion: anil it must be done
The masks must be torn from the face of
all Copperheads. One side or tho other of
this question must be taken. One is ths
side Of truth. fair dealing, honesty in the
support of the Government; the other is
the side OF falsehood aud quibblinS; and
denunciation of tho Government. The
path OF falsehood leads to the rebel ranks.
and in expressions of sympathy and con-
lolance with and for fra;foro