Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-12-24
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: The Pitts lurg Post. a Coppe'head ia
per of considerable. ability and respects
bility. has been learning something istely
and in a recent article on the future o
slavery" tells ms what it is. The conclu
sion contains the cream OF the revelation
Iand here It is:
We feel satisfied that the future peac,
Of this now hleeling country. requires th'
total extinction Of siorery among as. W.
10 not allude to its eradication this yea'
or next. or whether it shall disappear il
this generation or the next; our idea j,
that it's iual abolition at some fixed period
is necessary for the future peace of this
FRepublic.- Of the results of the pres
eat rebellion will be the weakening. or
perhaps, destruction of one of its causes
slavery in the South. With that will
follow the death Of Abolitioaism among
ourselves Then. after the terrible expe-
riencc OF the present times. our country
will be recreated. and increased civiiza-
tion. on les luminous wings. will spread
It's blessing upon a !. regenerated Republic.
I destined too be- the greatest nation upon
which the sun has yet shone..
That son nds very like "Aboli.iopism"
to our ears. But. let it be Labelled or IL
bclled as it NAV. it is the truth. plainly
anil forcibly spoken. This nation can not
live in peace while slavery lives az cher
ished institution. That it lived through
one generation without embroiling one
section with another was due simply to
the fact that inthat generation its death
if not universally desired was universally
expected, and no influence growing out of
a decaying institution was strong enough
| to divide freshly framed nation. with
memories OF common sufferings and COM
mon victories shooting out tendrils all
Lover the land anl reaching from one to
another through all forms of society
The moment that its growth began. that
moment the struggles of its friends for
room, TO let it grow began. And with the
beginning of that struggle appeared to the
far-sighted the certainty that it would new
er end till slavery or the nation died.
The antagonism once fully established
and recognized. peace became impossible.
Prudence and "eompromise" might and
did avert fatal collision for many years.
but every year the result was seen by more
eyes, and more feeling became fixed in
tho determination upon one side or the
other to meet it, Now il is upon us. II
we could end il by restoring slavery she
power it has lost, should we do it? Why
give back to the exploded powder the pow
er to explode again. if its first blast was
so nearly fatal? Why restore the expend-
ed venom from whose effects we are yet
suffering. and only Just regaining sense
enough to inquire what it was burt us?-
These questions are occurring to many
more than the 'abolitionists" who used
to ask them in days when the powder was
only being hcapel mp for the kindling
spark Rational men Of the Democratic
party, clear sighted shareholders. are ask
ing then, and no man ever asks them can
didly, but answers that there is no reason
for such course. Setting aside all ques-
tons of the divine establishment OF slave
ry, Of its moral Influences. its economical
value. it IS enough that it is the enemy Of
+ the nation. Ii has made itself powerless
in attempting our destruction. now let it
lie while we live. After this war is past,
who believes it possible, even if we were
willing. to restore slavery to its old posi-
ton? With its hands dripping, and its
body spotted with the blood of our best
and bravest. how long would it stand in
its former place before il would be stabbed,
aud cut. and bruised by thousand re-
sengful memories? If the nation again
took the monster under it's protection,
those whom il has robbed Of sons and
fathers would fight it in spite of the nation
as John Brown DID. The country would
swarm with John Browns. fighting in a
better cause, wish better impulses. and
with keener weapons. There wouli be nc
peace. All the '.vendettas" and 'feuds
OF the past would be nothing to the mon
strous "vendetta" which the victims Of
this slave-born war would commence
against slavery. We should have to fight
those who are now fighting for ns. to pro
tect slavery. or let them kill it at their
own will. The alternative suggests very
forcibly that the best policy is to get il
ont of the way. or in the way, to finally
get IL out of the nation, before this war
is oyer.-Ind. Jour