Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-03-19
The Richmond Enquirer and the De.
,mocracy of the Morthwest.
From the Richmond Enn trer Feb 10 4 .
cRfAr NoarHwEsr AGAIN.

Inc Richmond Enquirer and the De,
,mocracy of the Northwest,
From the Richmond Eng iirer, Feb. 10.
- GREAT NORTHWEST AGAIN. s'Ho'
Amongst the foreign relations to the
lConfederacy. none is at Ills moihent more
than our relstions) withtthe
States of Indiana apd Illinois. 4 1t is re-
ported to us every day-and we know it
to be a fact-that the people of those States
are heartily tired Of the war as wagel by
the abolitionists strictly calle,l. ami are
in fact devising and contrying methods
and excuses to get out Of it, OandNto e2ade
the Yankee war debt, "Democratic"
Yankee Senator's in those States bring in
strings OF resolutions denouncing Lincoln s
Government and proclamation. and de-
claring that they are not going to fight any
more for the negro This IL all very well, ,
and highly encouraging tons. as proving
distraction and encouragement in the enc
my's camp. But it is also well forms to
understand, once for all, that the whole af-
fair means simply--exciasiceiy-that they.
the Democrats. ought TO have the couauct
and profits OF the "war for the Union
that is Democratic finance minister who
ought to have he striking off of the green
backs--Demoeratic contractors who ought
to supply army and navy--Democratic
Generals who ought to lead--Dem ocratic
Printers who ought to !print--and' Demo
cratic thieves who ought to steal. ; ei
To prove that this is all that is meant.
we might be content to cite Vallandigham
that mighty friend Of the. lSouth--who
cries out, as stupidity as Lincoln himself
that there can be no secession. because the
Mississippi runs from North to .Sonth.--
But take the joint resolutions introduced
the other day into the Indiana Senate by
MIR. Wolfe. which we find spread abroad
upon tho columns of the Southern papers
as if they were OF some interest to Ms In
ore of these resolutions Mr.. Wolfe lie
caress "that arms alone, under tie recent
and present policy Of The cabinet at Wash
inyfon will never aceoit piish that ,esi. a
BILE object" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
Union; it is under another policy. of,an
other cabinet a, Washington Mr.. Wolfe
would 90 to work. The second resolution
of Wolfe says: Experience has Taught the
costly and bloody lesson, that wIr alone
is the remedy for disunirn;' but war,
mind. for the Union and not for the ne
gro. The sixth resolution declares that
the State Of Indiana. on occoupt OF her de
vutiont 10 the Union and her gecgraI, hical
position and commercial interest, never
will consent TO any settlement upon ba-
SIS of di~union, or a policy winch shall
separate her from the States bordering on
the Mississippi liver. Her highest inter
est demands the perpctuaIisn OF the Union;
and especially that the great valley OF the
Mississippi. from its source to its mouth.
shall remain under one government and
one flag" which is precisely what Nj :
yallaudigham says. -
What comfort is al tlii>? Those pco-
sic Of the Northwest are not only max Ing
war upon us with all their might. but an
nouncing TO Us that they will continue to
make war until we submit, nay, thar Mcy,
with Meir policy. are the only party which
can make that war decisive, crushing. and
triumphant Inilasas interest, INDEED.
demands that Mississippi shall be un-
der the same government and flag with
keri And to compel that contamination.
she will scourge Mississippi with fire and
sword. And these are our friends. "A
plague Of such backing. .,.t.
Or course we are pleased that the North
west sickens Of the war; but let us not de-
ceive ourselves. 1t is not the Washing
ton Abolition policy which has brought
them to this 1t is their continued ill-snc
cess, and the dismal prospects before them.
We do not deny that it is wholesome
frame Of mind, but the coniederates. by
their desperate resistance to that strocious
invasion. have produced. the excellent
symptoms. If our energy were to slark-
ell, or the tile OF victory should turn
against u.s.. their. rage against Lincoln
would subside, their tenderness for us dis
appear. Is there aay human being at
the South who does. not feel that those
people of Indiana and Illinois VIII, are
now swarming around Vicksbnrg and
Nashville, intend. if possible, to be reward
ed with Southern plantations, and to pay
their war debt out Of Sonthern confisca-
tions? II they Beginto bethink them now
that the enterprise viii not i'ay, to whom
do we owe il? Toiiour army, alone. To
our army, alone. then. we would leave the
whole task of dealing withthe great North
west. for the present; an. at point blank
range. So long as, they keep their troops
upon our soil, the terms on which we
stand with those States are terms of utter
and mortal defiance. s,,,. ;sss.. ..aW
We do arJen.ly wish that we could
=. leak down and 6ually explode this idea
of looking to the Northwest. it. is not
uncommon amongst as; it hasits adyo-
Gates amongst good and devoted citizens
Of the Confesteracy. Yet it IS a blundcr
akin to that other blnnder which weak.
ened and baffled us for twelve months-re-
lance upon European friendship and in.
tervention. ' ''- 80
-sa...lr a.sJs.,a' BED ~. oi lad; .sr.fis ,oi
1t Is; victory over onr, enemies whfh
alone viii make us friends in Europes and
which is already giving rise tn sympa-
thetic fesiings in the breasts of s6she Of
our enemies themselves. rot sstasspmoa
~ Let as not check obese nascent sympa-
thies BY relaxing IN eur military efforts,
or By pressing overturss OF friendship; they
will take shoss soyertnres as a sign of
weakness and despair; and they will be
right. They will say, how dare the rreb-
els approached cwithsthriE vile proposals.?
For sjxhom'do they take us?l And I'm.