Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-11-19

tion Is absurd, and your demand prepos-
ferrous. inadmissible. To grant il would
prove your ruin. and If generally admitted
by parents woull destroy society ftsclf.--
Even admitting the charge false the DEM
ocrat's demand for exemption is absurd.
Equally fallacions and untenable is the
following from the same source:
"If tho administration presses, will
take back the charge Of disloyalty made by
them against democrats, and make the ne
cessary reparation for the wrong thus done
them, aud in addition compel the admins
tration to carry on the war alone to sup
press the rebellion. then democrats will
again as heretofore cheerfully enlist to
serve during the war; and we tell republi-
cans that every time they call us copper
heads and traitors, they are discouraging
enlistments. and keeping men out Of the
army"
Is that not pitiful. disgusting stuff to
EN- anate from a mn of mature years.
Why not constrain us, by talking and
acting like patriots. to take back the charge
Of distoyalty? 1t would afford US as much
pleasure to take it back, il we could con-
sistently. as it would him. But. if il were
untrue he could prove its falsity by in:on-
trovertibe testimony.-undeniable facts,
and would not ask MS take il back. In
deed, in that case, he would not want us
to take it back. knowing that it would do
US moe harm than good. As to making
reparation for tho wrong. we hardly know,
even were we admit ,ve had wronged the
Democrats. how we could do i in any
other way than "tsking back the charge
Please specify. neighbor. We suspicion
the only rcparation that would satisfy you
would be that oil the Union Office holders
should resign. from President down. and
give the government back into the hands
of Buchanan. Floyd. Thompsoa, Toucey,
Breckenridge, Mason, vsllandigham, JEFF
Davis. etc., etc. Are we correct? But
before you will do your duty as patriots
you insist that the administration shall b
compelled to carry on the war alone t
suppress the rebellion.--in other WORDS
the war must be prosecuted according Il
your notions. and il it is not the c0untr y
may 90 to pot. Is not that little AFRO
CANT? What would You say to us if W.
were to make sucha demand Of . Denp
cratic administration in time like this'
Would yoa not a. least say we were IN
reasonable. II not tories? Now, we con
tend that the administration does carry OF
the war alone to suppress the rebellion
and that every war measure tbs Presiden
! or Congress has adopted since the rebsll
ion was inaugurated. including the Eman
cipsiion Proclamation and Conscriptior
act. has been intended to hasten that re
suit: not only so. but that tbese were wis,
and necessary measures You. perhaps
honestly differ with us. land you have thai
right without becoming obnoxious to th'
charge OF disloyalty. provided you dis
charge your duty as q citizen Of the Re
public. but whose duty Is it to yicld?-
We contend that you have not only made
factious opposition to every war meas
ure of the administrative. but have failed
to discharge your duty as citizen, and
therefore we conclude you are disloyal.
i Will you undertake to prove by dispas
sionate argument and recital Of facts tha
we do you injustice? We are anxious te
be convinced that we have charged yo,
wrongfully.