Marshall County Republican., 1864-09-22


secession .w4uld have been hanged long
ago a' ti'- 3e AH' sa Zlo.-ati1 '
I We say, then. that'to accuse Govern
! ment thus lenieut. forbearing, thus sensf-
lively scrupulous in regard to liberty of
speech and action, of q deliberate intention
to use armed interference at our polls,
is an outrage on the common sense oil
those to whom the poisonous suggestion is
addressed; for it is 10 declare that the
Government is bent on committing sui.
eide
And this slander, too absurd for refu.
tation. for what purpose is it used? To
arouse the suspicious and the passions OF
the ignorant andthe thoughtess, and to
hurry them on TO THE FIRST STEP IN ARMED
INsURREcTIoN. Its effect, if any effect it
have, would be to produce here in the
North civil war in aid Of Jefferson
! Davis.
For it says, in effect: "Your liberties
are threatened; get mp an organization for
their defense. The Government is Your
enemy, and intends to crush the right of
suffi age. Got the polls armed to pre-
vent it.
If such recommendation does not pre-
duce civil war, with all the desolaton and
ruin of property hat follow in its train, it
will not be the fault of the plotters who
/ put it forth. 1; will be due to the good
sense, and good temper, and patriotism oil
the people. To that good sense and good
temper, with entire confidence, we appeal
from the shallow schemes of those who
would deceive and abuse it.
No rejecting man can fail to percievc
that this pretended zeal for freedom of
suffrage is but an insidious conspiracy to
overawe and destroy it. The very
recommendation which these men hypo
critically put forth as necessary to secure
the right Of voting, is fragrant attempt,
OF revolutionary character, to substitute
the ballet for the ballot. Bat it will be
as powerless as it is nefaiious To every
patriotic citizen we say, "Despisc all such
idle threats as are implied in the recon :
mendations of the so-called Democratic
Committee, backed by the Chicago
anarchists, to prostitute the election pre-
cincts by carrying weapons Of war. Vote
fearlessly! They dare not molest vou.'
If. at any point in this or any other
Northern State, the madness of the enc.
mics Of our Union should cuminate in
armed violence. be sure that to the traitors
will be meeted ont on the spot their re-
ward. The Government is we'll prepared,
and irrevocably determined, to put down
the very first overt act, in such a manner
as will prove warning to domestic trca-
son forever more. President Lincoln has
adopted the spirit and language Of Gener-
a! Jackson's Proclamation, issued to warn
the Sonth, in 1882. of the consequences
of secession. in which the Old. Hero toll
the notification traitors: The laws of
the United States must be executed. NV
duty is amphatically pronounced in the
Constitution. Those who told you that yon
might peaceably prevent their execution de-
ed thems Ives. They know that forciJle
opposition could alone prevent the execu-
tion of the laws; and they know that such
opposition must he repelled"
To all friends Of law and order: to ell
men VINO love their country, and would
insure TO her domestic tranquility, we say
that never before since Indiana entered the
Union. has an election presented itself at
which issues of such overshado wing
Importance were to be decided; issues
involving everything that is near and
dear to us, whether as citizens ofa Repub-
lie or as private men. Let no business,
no matter how important nt-nothing but
sickness that ties you down on your bed
detain you from The polls. Go. armed
with the sacred power of law. Go. pro-
tected by your glorious Constitution.
And the result. silent and paceful. if it be,
will be triumphant beyond that of the loud
est and most desperate battle; bloodess
victory over all the elements of violence,
anarchy and armed insurrection, whether
whispered in secret societies OF proclaimed
from the housetop. -.-
JAcoBT. WRIGHT.
September II, 1864. Chairman.