Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-04-16
From the New Albany Ledger (Dcmocrat.)
Hal l'L'iss The Draft. sdi

Many persons are allowing the expected
CONSUMPTION to give them great deal OF
trouble and uneasiness This is the ex-
treme Of foolishness. If Governor Nor
ton does his duty toward Indiana, and we
cannot doubt that he will, there will be no
draf, in this State until ell the other States
Of the North have raised as many men for
the army. in proportion 10 their popula-
ton, al Indiana has done. If this is done.
and We believe Il will be. Indiana's ratio
of cohscripts,, in d call for coo, 900 men.
would be less on an average than one hun
dred men to the comfy. In this 1.-THE
Second @ Congressional District. the draft
would not take. on an average, over seven
~ men from a county, and these could be
easily supplied. under liberal system Of
bounties, by volunteers, and such sys-
tenn would doubtless be organized
1t is not. therefore, either manly or pa
triotic for citizens Of Indiana to allow
their dread of CONSUMPTION to array them
in position either apparently or really
hostile to the Government The act of
resistance TO law is revolutionary; and in
the instance Of the CONSUMPTION law wo'd
doubtless be decided reasonable. Let
every citizen set his face like flint against
any such resistance. The man who wo'd
counsel such resistanc4 and lead men off
into it, is acting violently wrong. and his
counsels should be discarded. We must
have the Union-the whole Union--with-
out 9 star dimmed upon our glorious BAN
ner. To have this we must fight. To
fight we must have men. A dissolution
Of the Union once established, our troub-
les, on. privations, our fighting would be
Just commenced.
There is promise ahead. The skies are
daily growing brighter. The end of the
rebellion draweth rapidly apace. Treason
is now making its last formidable stand,
and on all sides is environed with the ar
mics of the Union. made up of men foil of
faith. full of valor-determine and anx-
ious for the great day Of battle which will
wreath our banners with triumphant gar
lands. Never since the war commenced
has there been so much cause for encour-
agement for loyal men as to day. And let
us now. when the star is ascending the sky
to come and stand by the victorious ar
mics Of the Republic and point the world
to q reunited country, not become discour-
aged or refuse to put our shoulders to the
wheel which is to roll over and crush out
treason from the land. And if the con-
scription does come, and we are called up
on to respond with our quota of men. let
tit never be said that the glorious fame Of
Indiana, won upon every battlefield OF the
rebellion. was furnished either by resist
ance to law by her citizens. or the lack of
bravery on their part to respond to the
call OF Liberty upon them in the hour Of
her peril. We believe that when called
upon for her sacrifice she will carry it to
tho altar Of her county, aud, like Abra-
ham Of old. there offer it up, thought it be
the last remaining one Of her gallant sons.
The Union can and must be preserved
And no considerations should be allowed
to influence citizens in taking positions of
equivocsl patriotism toward the govern
ment in reference to the CONSUMPTION or
other laws.