Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-09-17
Laying Out the Work.

rhe Richmond Wing. convinced by the
figures Of the New York Herald that the
disloyal faction of the North will have q
majority in the next Congress, and assum-
ing. as it has right to do, that such a
majority will do whatever it can to assist
the rebellion, proceeds to lay out the
work for it as follows:
They will have it in their power so to
embarrass the Buckeye Secretary of the
Treasury as vim riually to arrest the further
progress Of the war. They can reduce the
rate of interest already borrowed; repeal
the appropriation law of last session so
far as relates TO loans not yet negotiated.
or treasury notes not yet issued: enforce
the prompt collection Of the war tax; de-
clare reputation inevitable, as their pa.
pers already admit; reduce or abolish the
secret service fund. which is nothing more
than q reserve fund for Lincoln and Seward
to meet the requirements of life in exile
repeal the conscript law; restore the State
banking system, and thus bring bank
notes into competition with '.greenbacks; !;
impeach Abe; call for copies Of the shod.
dy contracts entered into with the North
ern 'blae noses;' these and hundred 9TH
or resources, which due inquiry canno,
fail to develop, will furnish ample basi,
for the enforcement of their peace poll.
cy."
The course here indicated is precisely
that which Vallandigham followed while
he was in Congress. and its effectiveness in
breaking down the Government, and as.
suring the rebels the full measure of theil
hopes, can be seen at glance. Rcpudia
ting our debt. estroying the value eff the
National currency, preventing the negotia-
tion Of new loans. repeating appropris-
tions, and leaving the army and navy un-
paid. are certainly very long steps towards
the complete destruction of the Govern
ment. And this rebel organ confidently
expects it's allies in the North to take
them. 1t encourages them to it by the
assurance that it will furnish all that is
needed to make their "peace policy" effec-
tive. How can any sane man read such
suggestions from an armed foe of his
country to party struggling for the mas
terry Of it; without the conviction that the
foe and the party are in full accord? Do
rebel papers ever suggest measures TO the
party which is pledged to prosecute the
war, and enforce the authority of the Gov
ernment?. No. Why? Because to- sug-
gest measures in the interest of the. rebell-
ion wouh.bs wasting wind. and. to sug.
gest any others would be to declare war
against the rebellion. There is friendship,
alliance, hope of help. in the very fact
Of the utterance of this counsel. Howev-
er the rebels have come by the belief that
the Copperhesds are their friends. labor
ing to place the Government in their pow
or, they have got it. And no man is fool
enough to believe that they have taken il
without cause. No man Of ordinary sense
can believe it. The actions Of men in
such times as these are too keenly scruti-
nized. and their motives must show on, too
plainly. to allow them to be misunder-
stood.. Whether tho Copperheads intend
sssistsuee to the rebellion or not, their
policy can have no other effect. It has
had no other from the honr it was inaug-
urated. Their hostility has been ell along
but little less formidable than that Of the