Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-03-12

Packard the day before, that the Military
Bill and its kindred measures preparing
the way fer the secession Of the State from
the Union, would not be Abandoned, anc
the minority need not fatter themselve.
with any such hope. We see no reason L
doubt that they SPOKE with all sincerity
and after full party consultation abou
the matter. The revolutionary scheme
for which, chiefly. they were elected, is {,
be prosecuted i the minority gives then
the least chance to do it, They announc,
this purpose day after day. aud aecomps
ny it with every form of insult and con
tumely that they think viii irritate the mi
nority who are resisting their hcadlon,
madness. They mean to put Indiana ou
of the Union, or prepare the way to do SC
at their pleasure, and are frank enough tc
admit that they WON'T give up the scheme
if it causes the failure of oil other legisla
ton. They propose: sslif aa
First. to elect delegates next April tc
meet delegates from the rebel States, il
June. at Nashville. and agree upon term,
of peace and alliance. Independently of TIL
GenerDi Governmem This legislates La
diana out of the State. for if Indiana car
make peace independently of the Genera
Government. she is no longer part of it
she acknowledges no fealty to, nor author
ity in, the Constitution. To accomplish
this it is necessary to get certain obstacles
out Of the way. foremost among which il
Governor Morton. Hence they are en-
deavoring, asa
Second, to legislate him out OF all pow
er which can be used to defeat their pro-
ject. The Military Bill, fsgrant. defiant
violation of the Constitution, takes from
him every particle of military power and
puts it in the hands of a Military Board ol
their own partisans. s. 81.
Another obstacle in the way is the ex-
istence Of the Legion, loyal and well or.
ganized force of citizens, whose courage
and discipline have already more than once
saved the State from invasion, and the
horrors Of war at our own doors. While
it stands in tae way the X. G. C.'s can
not move in any reasonable direction
without more danger than they care to
meet. Arms in loyal hands are things
they have little stomach for, as was proved
by the way they ran from the soldiers in
Morgan county. after firing upon them.-
Hence the Legion must be legislated out OF
existence. and to this end they propose,
Third. to construct new militia sys-
tenn. which disbands the Legion. and puts
the creation of ali officers for the new force
into the hands of their partisans. By this
means the X. g. C.'s can be Installed the
duly organized and armed militia of the
State. and that once done We need not
guess twice to hit the purpose it will be
put to. What the *. G.. C.'s are. and
what they will do. when their representa-
tive men make them. as this measure aims
to do. the military power of the State, let
the Morgan County War" tell. With
the Governor rendered powerless, and the
loyal, disciplined Legion disbanded, the
way to the secession of the State lies
widely open.
But there is still another important pre-
liminary step. The possession of the
Capital. or the means to command it,
when the moment comes to execute the
conspiracy at which they are aiming. is a
matter Of no little Importance. The citi-
zens are loyal. and could. if not crippled
by cautious legislation in advance, make a
good deal of trouble for these reyolutiona-
ry schemes. Hence the city must be put
under the control of men who sympathize
in the secession project. To this end.
Fourth. they have introduced and stead
lily adhere TO. bill to legislate the city
government out Of existence, in all its
most important features, and put over it a
government which its neither elects, con-
trolls, or removes. which is not resposiblc
to it, and which for two years. while the
Legislature is absent, is as utterly irrsspon-
sible as the Emperor of Russia. They
propose to force the government on the
Capital. force the citizens to pay for it,
and use it. and the police force created by
it, for their own purposes when they see
the time come.
Two other measures. revolutionary, un-
called for, and mischievous, but with no
particular relation to the main idea of ta-
king Indiana out Of the Union into a
Northwestern Confederacy. are:
1st. The subversion Of the existing sys-
tenn Of government Of the Benevolent Insti-
.utions, which they .Mepsseives. passed in
1859: and "a. the overthrow Of the govern
ment Of the State University. Anything
moro utterly unjustifiable than these revo-
lutionary proceedings cannot be imagined.
All the institutions concerned are better
managed. With more good to the public.
and less expense to, the State, than they
have been for years. and the demand of
pnblic interest and common decency is that
they should be let alone. But the public
interest is the last thing these rarchitects
Of ruin" look to. They are all to be re-
constructed. as Mr.. Niblack said the. State
Constitution might have to be in a few
months. to adapt them to o''ne,c Federal re-
Idfions.''i r.4fl s4af ~ tsi imsifs s5iAweE 4
Is Look ct these revolutionary measuresl
The most of them are parts and parcels of
the gigantic conspiracy to .wrest Indiana
ous Of the Union. which was first broached
in the Convention ofthe 8th OF January,
1862, by Thomas A. Hendricks, and has
since been made The corner stsne Of the in
famous K. G. CPS and allits limitations
They. aim at that and nothing else. No
man can honestly say that be can SEQ any
other purpose in them. For what else can
it be necessary to disbsnd the Legion, to
snnihilate the Governors authority. to
take the control Of the Capital ous Of che
hands Of its own citizsns. and to provide
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