Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-05-05

! pelleJ to take this oath in nv heart he
would expect me 10 hate and despise the
authority which re1uire il. lsthat advice
..trne allegiance to the Government. and
'maintaining AMI supporting il against all
observation-disclosures anil domestic9"
But To 40 an. tie say: F
.Dus, Mr.. Chairm,n, hov do we stand In the
eyes of the civilized world 10 day in rssiug rsr
o. sub agaron tai 90 lqsesf .aissf The Confederate
Sfaies ,rs,ct farr scisi mi set an a oorernfnsnf
sffbeir oes? Are not inc',nsis ent With all
our former sct~1 Ilsv We iIes been carly TO adj
nit Oh proper villa regard To hsasl Tssre Meier
ras people 0Hfhs lacs offis rgrih that demIn3ed an
independent ccreranent thsf did not hacc The SYM
pakhy 81 the N ricaa penpl~, and oayaf 10
ssriak from Tie d0ciriae haze been Milling tsap
,lytp esaersf'' eta
Sir. il that means. as Il saws. TO give
.'sympathv" To traitors in arms. L Ietn>e
:or one to senl them sympathy from this
Hall Bot through and through. the
speech il fillad with these incucaiions--
LIT us go srill further down in the column.
There is much more which there is not
time to resd. Let me ak your attention.
however. 10 this significant confession Of
how long he has entertained these views:
"What our people desired in 1861. AMI which
honorcd hoa7t relarisd as mistaken, was the
preser ration the orsrnfneaf and The refeHfizn Of
our Jurisdiction offte ,rhole territory"
From 1861 till now he has regarded
I "ibe preservation of the Government and
the rc.entinn Of our Jurisdiction o. the
whole territory" as a mistake. WHY did
not the gentleman say so when, in the
monthot December, he came here AMI took
an oath that he " ,uli bear true faith ami
alleg :ance 10 the United States against all
lenenies. foreign AMI domestic? II hs re
sar,i...i the pre~s,vation If the Government
AMI the Union. and IL retention of jurs.
LECTION over the whole country as an error.
!; then be coull not. it seems to me honorsbly
taxi. thar 18th which requires trne faith
anil n iiegiance to tine whole Union an hos
tility 20 all its enemies. We must pas
rapi lily over these things. lie goes To
: >as: .a
The sreit object of Cur ca yernncn, should be
Develop tlsi cultivate tli, Internal q
tho<e friendly to it, jurisdiction rstscr than to criend
aorrr HOSTILE ami foreign peoples"
No. sir; the grea, object "f our Govern
ment is to maintain to the latest syllable
at recorded time our government over eve
. ~ loot uf land which belongs TO ihis I'M
|, ion. .e,ery rocd anil iota of it. 1t is doubly
sacred now; sacrel by the suifcrings and
, death Of those who established this Union;
sacIel by the blood that has flowed upon
: every battle field. and by the graves OF on;
settlers scattered all over the sunny South.
jackson did not say in 1882 that we must
Weld the Union at the demand of "hostile
!, people, but that 1.-THE Union must and
shall he preserved. 81 ae ''sf
T. He SAYS further: i.,e ies
II 1.-The words Shiloh, Antietsm. Gettysburg
, Murlrcesboro'. Richmond. Vicksburg. and Fort
II Doncsoii are words Of division and disunion-"
= Oh. no. sir; they are bonis of union
Y They are hattie fields we can never surren,
= der For sgain. sir. orr noble banner. not
/. a star dinmed. not stripe erased, shall
= wave over every hattie field and court
hou>e and spire throughout the entire
i South. with none to dare do it despite OF
: di>hnn ,r. 4as
5 The gentleman from Ohio gives Us his
u counsel as he, draws toward a close. as
follows: - s. - ~
y sMr CHARM m, these lessons OF history arc ia
II Of warning AMI example. Much better would i
Ihaye been for US in the beginning, much bei.e
would II be for Us now, to consent ID division
uar m magnificent empire and cultivate amicable re
= laiions with essranged brethren. tln TO seel
to hold theri to us BY the power of the sword.
re What summing up is this! WI
- should consent to division of our mag
= nifieent empire, and cultivate amicabl
lie relations with our estrsnged brethren
x Not a word OF conformation rthe ficnd
n who have covered the land with slaughter
!" No syllable Of sympathy for bleeiinj
d country. The dead and wounded. fallel
lie on a hundred 'ba,tle-felds. graphing witt
D the banded murdcfeFs of liberty. arous
!, no sensibility. But these ingrates 'an'
!, PARTICLES ara our "estraDgei brethren.
= toward whom We should feel ''amicable.
:, We have all heard before of.these ties
y trangsl brethren" ofonrs. On the bood,
" fiei OF Bull Run our heroic soldiers, wht
= had laid down their lives Tor the countr,
y founded by Washington. were dug N
:. from their graves by these our brethren.
their skulls converted into drinking cups
= aad their bones into ornaments to be para
= died. throughout the South. Nay. more
" Often this winter have met at my ow
- residence here and elsewhere in Washing
~ ton gallant young officer, whose heroisn
- - though costing him limb. had won "a
n him homo able fame. How he was believe
- :, by those who knew him you All do know
:. Manly, warm hearted. brave in battle, an
" generous in victory. with patriotism an
:. devotion worthy OF himself. he left her
: with heart full of sympathy for his gal
- = liant comrades pining ia the prisons {
!; Richmond. AMI forgot that he was cripple
;, in the trying day and night rides Of XII
- patrick raid On the retel capital. a
: lulle to Colonel Uric Dahlgren. young
=. years, but one OF .na,ure's noblemen i
J, !" iced. He was ambushed anil slain. On
!. .'es tranged brethren" with whom we al
20 20 to cultivate. "smicable relations. who a,
= :" all in the right, while we are all in ii
=. wrong, left bis dead body in the road (
- be eaten by hogs; anil when at last il. ha
:; - been buried in the field near which he fol
:, they dpg It up and carried it to R'ehmons
- and after exhibiting it like barbarians. b
remains. which death, might have save
m from insult. were tumbled into some NJ
a.e known pit, and the Richmond, papers 5 d,
ne olara,l 90 nh fondiSh and m, li,;uc