Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-01-28
Blazing the Road.

1he Copperheads are beginning TO mark
here and there tlee to show the direction
of the road they mean to take during the
coming campaign. 1t is not "blazed"
through, of course, but it is not harl to
get the lines from what has been done.
and follow it to the end. A very broad
"blaze" was cut over in the Seventh Dis
trict on the 9Th. and we propose to look
at it little and show the people the way
it points. a District Convention met that
day in Terre Haute, which contained no
inconsiGerable number of the most active
Democrats in the State. Probably no
other District meeting could claim to be
SO faithful en- epitome of the party as that.
1t contained more men whose names an
nounce to every ybody their plan and pur-
pose than any other. 1t was held in a re-
gion' where Democratic professions have
been less adulteraied with time. serving ex-
pedisnts than any other. 1t was sur
rounded by influences less flexible to loyal
pressure than any other; and it elected
Dan. w. VOORHEES, to Congress. In a
word, it contained the material to declare
more authoritatively than any other body.
the genuine Democratic sentiment. No
Democrat will'dispute that where John G..
Davis. Bayless w. Hanna.t Judge Clay
pool, Judge JAS NJ Hanna of the Su-
preme Bench, Grafton +. Cookery, and
more of the same grade and color, are
gathered together, there is pure Democra-
cy in their midst. Now this typical as
smbly of Democla's was not harmonious.
A portion insisted that while they wele
willing to offer terms of peace to the rebels,
they were resolved, If the terms were not
accepted, to keep on fighting till there were
no rebels, and in q feeble way indicated
the existence of perceptible sentiment OF
regard for the American name and nation.
Another portion maintained that peace
should be made on any terms, and that it
was the duty of the Democratic party to OBJ
tain the power, SO that whatever the rebels
offered might be accepted. Judge Clay
pool led the first, and Judge Mclean
H1nnah the other division. The debate
arose on the report Of the COMMITTEES on
Resolutions, which declared, the very first
thing. that peace oughtto be made with
the rebels. A minority report proposed
to offer terms of peace, while carrying On
the war. We stop here moment to note
the difference between the original and the
amendment. Ifno amendment had been
suggested, we might easily have under
stood the original resolution to mean what
the amendment says; that it accepted the
war as aa existing fact, and put the
, peace proposal upon it as upon q fonda
tion. But the amendment tells us
: that IL means something else, A member
of the committee in which the whole mat
ter had been discussed offers the amend
ment. and il the original resolution had
not failed to express his idea, there woulc
have been no OCCASION for the alteration
1 Thus we see that the majority resolution
was intended BY the COMMITTEES. and un
! derstoodsby the convention, to declare fol
peace By abandoning the uar. Upon th'
7 amendment. which declared it the duty o
! the party to proecute the war, while hold
. ing out indocsments for peace, q debate. a
I, we have said, sFose, devslopeing two dis
I tinct sets of opinions. Now need We So,
;; which set .prsvsiled? 81 Tho reader vii
! easily predict. The amendmsnt was votes
down by isiarge majority, and tie orig
= inal propositions to make peace &C the sac
. riice Of alt the war has accomplished, wa
1 adopted. I'VE say this ''blssss'' one ipo
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