Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-06-02

speech the Democrat dis approves. If is not in
favor Of the triumph Of the rebellion and the hide
pcndencc Of the Confedcracy. coupled with the
hope ola speedy annexation OF at least all the
North Western States to the new nation. the cor
n. stone OF which is slavery, then loyal men mis-
understand it entirely Longs offence consisted
in saying that he preferred that the independence
of the rebels should be Acknowledged rather than
see them sutuSated. Will not the Democrat Gu
dorse this sentimentf'
To this. in it's Issue of the 18th. the
Democrat replied at some length, closing
as follows:
I eve haveno fears Of being misunderstood by
truly loyal r,en.-is is only the abolition mscegc-
nat'onsts who persist in misunderstanding us, for
The purpose OF having IN excuse to ,lllify and
abuse Us. We will answer the question of the
Republican when it answ ers the following: Would
you prefer the com3lcfe subu3afion and sxtermina-
ton of the Southern people, to the Acknowledge
ment OF the South rs an independent Nation7
Como square up to the muk neighbor.-no dodg-
ing. else loyal men may misunderstood you en-
Eiircly.'"
| In the Republican OF the 10Th we re-.
piled as follows to the above query:
"We are in favor Of subugating them (the reb-
els at all hazards As to cxtcrmipsting them, no
one but friend of the rebels would suppose il
would be necessary, in order to subjugate them.
When We overthrow their armies and scatter them.
depend upon it, good sir, the Southern people will
be subjugated without the trouble of cxtermina-
tion aud If you do dot believe il it is because you
are blind to facts, and advocate Of their
cause"
! Is not this plain and direct ans yer to
the Democrats question: Every candid
man will say il is. but the Democrat af.
fects to believe that we refused to come
up sqnare to the mark" Listen at him
prevaricate. misstate and dodge:
GAS VIC expected our patriotic fellow citizen the
e'tor ofthc Republic IN, refused last week conc
square to the max and answer the questions pro
pounded by US. He GRADES the real matter in is.
sue and very felictously intimatcs that f we don't
believe the rebels can be su6jugatcd VIC are dis
loyal" a3 -
Did we say what the writer OF the above
says VIC did? Very far from it. Why
Gid be misrepresent us? Simply because
he did not like to come square mp to the
mark and answer the question we pro.
pounded to him nearly month since, and
concluded to evade the question by quib-
bling. hoping by that means to Lefog his
realers and make them believe he was q
paragon OF can1or while lodging an an
swer to a question which he had promised
to respond to. But it does not matter
whether be answers it or not. 1t is well
understood that there is not line or sen.
tencc in traitor Longs speech which he
does not fully and unequivocally endorse
The very question he propounded to us in
his issue Of the 18th ult proves beyond
question that he believes with Long "tha,
there are but two alternatives, and these
are, either an acknowledgment of the in
pendence Of the South as an independent
nation. or their complete subjugation and
determination as a people; and of these
J alternatives" he prefers the former"
The difference between rs on this point
is, we believe the rebels can and will be
subjugatel without the necessity Of ami
hilating even sll their soldiers, much less
the entire populstion:-he thinks the en-
tire Southern population. women, chill
dren and sucking babies, must be annihi-
lated before they can be suhjngssed, and
not even then.-that tho ghosts Of the
murdered lordly slave drivers will rise
from their graves every night and grin
horribly at those who occrpy their land.
The reason our neighbor thinks we have
lodged the real matter in issue. he expect
ed US to say we were or were not in favor
of anuihilating the Southern people. il ne
cessary 10 order to subjugate them, and
he did not care much which horn Of the
dilemma we took Had we answered
that we preferred their complete subjuga-
ton and humiliation to the acknowledge.
ment of the South as an Independent Ma
ton. he intended to roll up his eyes like q
dying calf. look horror stricken, she'd a
few crockodile tears aud denounce us IA
matte and monster of cruelty. Had we an
swered that we preferred to acknowledge
their independence. if they could not be
conquered without annihiIating them, lie
intended to assume that they could not,
and that we ought, in order to stop the
useless flow of blood and waste of treas
ure, to advocate the acknowledgement Of
the independence Of the Southern people.
Not answering his question in the way he
expected rather disconnected him, and to
keep up appearances was driven to tho me-
cessity of quibbling and Misrepresentation.
Now neighbor, answer us two questions
and We will answer any question you may
choose 60 ask in regard to our views upon
any public question: Do you not believe
that the rebels. men, women and children,
will have to be totally snnihilated before
they can be. subjugated? And are you not
in favor Of acknowledging their indepen-
dence at once? "Come square up to the
mark. seighbor.-no dojging." ,sar
Il The National Union Convention meets
next Tuesday at Baltimore. Old Abe