Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-02-04
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can see the animal anywhere in full per-
fection, and in greater abundance than we
want TO. Still there are features in his
character which make it an interesting
study, even to those who know most of it.
For instance, there are certain movements
in some of the States held by the Union
forces, which must, if successful COM
mand peace, and maintain it. and yet
"peace Democrats neither encourage nor
recognize them. Look at Arkansas, Lou
isiana. North Cayolina. Florida, anywhera
where the rebellion has not crushed all
sense as we'll as sensibility, and you will
see that "peace'' is making its own way.
and wants he lp from nobody who makes
it condition that peace shall restore all
that the rebellion has lost. But these
peace men only want peace on such terms
as will restore the rebellion. Look at a
few facts. and see If our charge is either
hasty or unfair; The movement in Arkan-
sas for the organization of that State as
loyal. liberty loving member of the good
old Union, is most important. Its leader,
| Edward w. CAN'T, was chosen to Con-
gress as an independent Democrat in Au-
gust, 1850, beating Mitchell. the regular
Democratic candidate in the 81 (South-
ern) District. by 1862 majority. The
secession of his State prevented him taking
his seat. and he became a rebel General
Sick of the rebellion, he is now in Wash
ington, at tn. head of strong delegation.
to arrange for the resurrection of Arkan-
sas as loyal Free State. And it is plain
that very large majority of the people Of
that State are with him in heart and aim.
So Louisiana is preparing to resume her
place in the Union as free and therefore
immovable loyal State. No one imagines
that, being free, she can evermore be other
than loyal. A very large proportion of
her white freemen are actively enlisted in
the movement, and they expect to poll
majority vote Of the resident electors
when their first election takes place. Ex-
tensive planters are ardently engaged In
the work-satisfed that slavery, whatev
er it may or might have been, has ceased
to bo useful, or even possible, in their
State. Ono of the planters most active In
the movement was worth three millions of
dollars when the State seeded, and was
III TIC IcOci a. OuifOus tO tnihhS Afo
is worth one million still. il we can bavs
an early peace on the basis Of free labor.
for which he is working. He is sstontsh-
ed by the fact that he can actually make
cotton and sugar cheaper bv free labor
than he ever could by slave labor. iiAs
Tennessee is likewise preparing to reor-
ganize under the Presidents Proclamation.
She will be fully represented in Congress
as free State, we trust, before the end'of
the present session. s -att ss.icsob
AS to old North Carolina, we presume
no one doubts that she would TO day vote
herself back into the Union under the
Presidents Proclamation of Amnesty IL
she only had chance. She never really
seeded; vet her Unionists have been con-
scripted by tens of thousands to fghtfor
the rebellion and been placed in the hot
test forefront of the battle! More Nortlf-
Carolinians have died for the rebel cause
than ever were heartily in favor ofait.--
And now her people are calling for peace
| in tones that must make the fickety
usurpation at Richmond totter to its fcth-
dations. raig.r.ea 7as)
THESE are but samples of The universal
ldrit. Thousands of tho biitere t Secs
sionists of '62 frankly admit in "a that
the rebellion is 'gone up" The vssy men
who were crying in our streets one little
year ago that the rebel array could never
be put down by force" now assert that it
is down. and should be let up. They de-
elaFed that tho Proclamation Of Freedom
had ruined the Union cause; and now they
assert the President has but to say SO and
the rsvolted States will all come back and
resume their old places in the Union!--
Did they pretend anything like this before
that Proclam1tion was issued? Ind. Jour