The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-30
THNcIaiEG OF the NN1c.
From the Franklin IN. y Gaze

of the people, we were scoiled at, persccu-
ted and denounced as Il traitor to our
country. When We warned the People
that war for the subiugaton Of Il brave
race like that Of the South would last
years. cost thousands of lives. and impov-
er>h the country, we were met by assur-
anccs from high official sources that it
would be all over in sixty days, and that
SO little would it cost either in blood or
treasure the people would hardly bc able
TO realize that anything unusual had hap
pcned. Nobody was to be hurt, and there
was nothing in the revolt Of few cowarlily
Southemers which ought TO be allowed to
excite the slightest uneasine>s in the pub
lie nI;nd Still VIC saw debt. taxation, and
final failure and national Bankruptcy and
rain In the course our infatuated rulers
were entering upon. and We continued to
utter our convictions, and to p0Int out the
! inevitable consequences whicl the policy
of coercion would produce. The mass OF
the people, however, excited by ar.ful and
deceptive appeals to their love OF the old
flag" but especially to their passions and
prejudice, did not believe us, and we Were
accordingly almost an outca>t among for-
mer friends and adjudccd worthy OF death
by ninc-tenils of our political opponents.
Now what had we done? What crime
had we committed Our offence had THIS
extent, no morc-that we had c:spres ed
our honest. sincere. conscientious opinions
upon question Of public policy. and
pointed out what in our judgment would
be the result and consequences of It's ;iop-
ton. If We '.nothin" eXtcnuatcd and
We confess that We did not intcnd to nei-
thcr did We set down aught in malice. but
frankly and IN honest phrase spoke What
we believe to he thc truth. We are now
at the end OF three years Of the war aud
what do It's lessons teach How stands
the case between those who Irorhesicd
smooth things and an easy. cheap and
bloodless victory. and the contcmnod few
who uttered words Of warning in the cars
Of the people? Let the dc,olatc rome,
the means Of the bereaved Z crushing debt
iupovcris hing taxation. and divided. dis
tracJcd, ruined country answer. We are
content to abide the decision Oae thing
s cer;i;n-Wc haze not conquered the
South; another ching viii be equally ccr-
tain some time in the futurc-'rc rer
ShaH
Napo,oons last great campaign taught
him lesson Which oar people seem as yet
not to hive fully learned That great cap
tain-quitc equal, propably to any who
rs led the Northern army in any of the
campaigns OF this war-invadcl Russia
with an army Of SEQ 900 men. To oppose
this enormous force the hussians did not
have to exceed 250. 0.o00 in all. For Il
while Napoleon was victorious, bat he ut
length learned that a people fighting for
their hcarihs and domestic altar, can never
| c conquered, and he retnrncd to France
a wiser man. with only $4,000 men oi' the
100000 with which he set ont In an
instructive article upon this Russian cam
paien. which broke the power Of the
French Emperor forever, the editor OF the
Old Guard says:
Alter the return of Ger Mcclellan from
his campaign OH the peninsul :. leading
Republican journalist ieeringly advised
him to study Napoleon : campaign III Eus-
sia, if lie would learn how To iight. We
ROW cali upon Mr. Lincoln and h.s dclu,led
followers to 60 The same and let us see
what comfort they can CLEAN from i to
support them in their business to subju-
gate the Southern people
After detailing ;hc leading incidents of
the campaign, which show the desperate
resistance of The Eussans to the advance
of the invader, one battle having left So
GOO killed and wounded on Tie field, the
editor proceeds
This Is. in brief. the history which the
study, that it might prick him on IN
the heart of the enemy's country After
his return from his Russ.an campaign. he
declared that ticye IS no mt on s, Smoh
t,ct 1 co3, be conqpercd JAte le,pie are
uRted n }cee ~ ttcu' ccunt,y, dad IN oGs-
fe. minoton ..ere,' t. submit That is the
lesson which .Naroleon's cmpaign in the
interior of Russia taught hlm. Three
years of war Of pushing on into he intcri
or II the South. have taught all who are
not raving mad with the negro mania the
same great lesson in This country. We
know ;hat a majority OF the iiitary Gen
erals ofour army are deeply and profound
w impressed wi h the truth that so long rs
the S .uthcrn people cling with their pres
eIt united and universal pcriinacity to the
determination OF resisting to the death the
Abolition dcspotism, there is no hope for
the Union. 1t is plain that the sword
which is used only for the subjugation of
the Southern people. and fox the destruc-
/. tion OF their institutions, is destined t" an
ienominous failure How has it failed
for three years? Mr.. Lincoln has called
a million and half of men to arms to en-
force the dccrecs of the abolitionists; the
way he is going on, more than two mill
ions will have been called by the end Of
the present year, and still the sut uyntnJ
business will have made no real progress
We have subjugatel, temporarily, few
spcS. We have stolen, say, 100, 900 ne
groes; we have burned some wheat fields
: we have smashed up a few hundred pianos
and stolen few thousand SPOONS; we have
= slaughtered or MANNED for life at least hal
:. million of our people, while We have per
c haps inflicted nearly half that amount o
injury upon the South, and we have rollc'
I'm debt over our heads that amounts (,