Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-09-29
For the Republican.
Important Consideration.


In the summer of 1861, Northern Re-
publicans and Democrats alike called up
on Tennesseans to stand by the old flag
and made the most solemn reservations Of
their undying determination to protect us
and save the Union. Responsive to our
own judgments and impulses. tens Of
thousands of Tennessceans did "rally
round the flag" have defended it ever
since. and now call upon the loyal North
to redeem those pledges. Are the names
of the thirty thousond soldiers from Ten
ncssee wearing the uniform Of the United
States service to be handed down to histo-
ry as tories to successful revolution?
Mus. the children OF the Southern Union
men be pointed at with the finger Of scorn.
and taunted with the insulting reflection
that their fathers were traitors TO the
Southern Confederacy! Are the names Of
the Southern loyali,ts to be hereafter as
Infamous the tories Of the revolution?
All this will happen if the North turns its
back on all its professions Of freedom and
makes the cowardly acknowledgment that
eight millions have shamefuly beaten
twenty millions. backed by teeming homes.
nndisturbed by the deep set coulter of war.
We hold that no Union man, no matter
what his opinions may be on the negro
question, or any other of the distinctive
features OF Mr. Lincoln's administration,
can vote for Gen. Mcclellan, for the rca-
son that the latter was nominated by q
class of men who are open and avowed al
voca'es Of peace at any price. even il that
price should be an abject submission to
JEFF Davis's terms. Indeed. McClellan's
nomination was made unanimous on the
motion Of G. l.. Vallandigham, whose al
lance with the rebels is as notorious a. it
is Infamous. Admit, for the sake of the
argument. that Mcclellan. left to himself
is good enough man. it is sufficient to
know that he suits Vallandigham and his
friends. Ii Mac is elected somebody will
be cheated. When our lives and proper
ty. and the good name Of our children are
at stake. loyal Tennesseeans cannot afford
to be cheated. Granting that Mcclellan
may. fool Vallandigham & Co., all must
admit that there is not much probability
OF it; it is much mora probable that he
will fool rs. Ii they support him as a
peacc man. and We support him as war
man one or the other party is bound to be
swinaIed. Which ID it most likely to be?
Will he not. if elected. feel himself under
obligations for the honor, to the peace
men? And will they not bring pressure
to bear on him to carry out their views
which it will be impossible for timid
and hesitating man like him to resist?
Can there be Union man any where so
blind as not to see that, to say the least,
he risks his country's existence in support
ing Mcclellan? Now, there arc no such
difficulties and risks in supporting Lin. {
coin and johnson. Lincoln has pledged
himself in every conceivable way to con-
duct the war to successful conclusion, in /
a triumphant restoration Of the Union.
Even any merely personal ambition he
may cherish. compels him to strain every
nerve to accomplish this end. His name
will be acknowledged above all other Pres.
ident's il he succeeds. On the other hand, +
Il he fails, be will be the reProach Of all