Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-11-03

slavery that they are contending, (which
we know is lie uttered hy jeff for the
the purpose Of raising the Confederacy in
the esteem of foreign powers, but for inle-
pendence and eli-gove'nmeEt: a1d that
they will have that or determination
And after you have exhausted every means
OF negotiation known to human wisdom
and ingenuity, and all your offers of peace
upon the condition of the Union have been
spuined by jeff & Co, you will come to
the conclusion that yonr little Mae and his
terms of negotiation are rather little affairs
after all. Then after You have exhausted
all those means (Which You speak, and
have failed to bring JEFF to terms. what
will Won do? Lule Mae in his letter oi
acceptance says that be cans bear. the idea
of separation--then YOU will have to fghi
it out after all. But will you be more able
TO do it then than now. after YOU have
wasled three, six or nine months in use,
less attemp. at negotiation? Will eace
be as near then as ii is to-day? will give
it simply as my opinion that it will not,
for it will only>give tie rebels a favorable
opportunity to reorganiZe their shattered
armies and bring every man against us
that ruthless CONSUMPTION will force into
the ranks, and will atfurd them ample time
and opportunity to rcpleni,h their exhaust
ed supplies. VIII we then be any better
prepared to fight them than we are move
Certainly not. Then why should we al
ford them the opportunity to recover their
exhausted strength. or support the man
for President that favors such poiicv?-
1t can only result in prolongiug the war
and causing unnecessary blood to flow; and
the peace that we mos, earnestly desire
will be more distant than 1t is to-day -
We all want peace: the:e is not man, wo-
man or child in the universe but would
glally hail the return OF peace. a firm,
lasting and honorable peace. and this is
The kind Of peace we must have or IL ne.
Ii Is but lille nensenrel 10 talk of anything
e.se, and the surest and sholtest road 10
peace is to convince jeff Davis and hi
followers that the expected all that was
to come To them through division OF the
Mort EeIn people Is failure-not that the
war is "A failure upon our1 part, but that
their expected all Is a failure, for JEFF
IL Co. are well aware of the fact as any
one else, that with a un;tes people at tie
north. that his dream of independence AMI
di>uni n l. an idle delu>ion. and il the war
is ever a failure npon orr part il mnst be
through division OF the People
They are fully aware Of this fact and upon
this they now place their last AMI oalv
hope. And now while their armies aIe
crippled. their ports closed. their resonces
well nigh exhausted. and while the grip of
an indignan; people is upon the throat of
the giant monster. and lille The means OF
success is at hand and the prize for which
we have contenled il within our reach. af-
ter costing the N ition sIich IAN Nccsan of
blood and suffering. why should we relax
our etf"rts at this stage of the game and
give to our enemies the Opportunity to
probing the bloody strife of which Won so
seriously complain? Bat yon say the war
is not carriedo acrorliag taipouis i,lea, of
policy under L'ncoln's administration. that
ii has teen failure. 50 might the patti.
o,s OF tie Revolution have said at he end
OF six years. That SIX years of war had
failed. even under the ieader>h hip of Nash
ington. to free them from British power.
and 50 it had But one more year was suf-
ticient to prove that their efforts were not
failure, but success, AMI so it will be
with IL, il we are only true to ourselves
aud show to jeff d. Co united people and
a film front. Havs we not conquered hall
of the territory held by the rebels at the
commencement of the war? Are not ,l.eir
best aud most produc' i've states firmly in
our possession. as well as their most popu-
l"us cities? Have they not been driven
from nearly every point at which they
have made stand? Are th.v not at pres
ent powerless To- act only on the defensive?
Do you call this failure? | can't see it in
that light. You cannot call it failure
until the last man and the last dollar is
exhausted. and until this is done it is idle
totalk of ialue. Iffaiiute mes it,must
come through your refusing yonr assist
ance, and with you will rest the RESPONSE
bllity. You cannot consistently talk of
failure willie You threaten armed resistance
to the legitimate authority Of the govern
ment. neither will vour threats of fight.
fire anil destruction intitniaate any poiv,
but viii only serve asa brand npon you
hereafter. Yours tiuiy. w H.
~ ~ Co. d. 73d Ind.
p s. Since writing tie above have
received copy of the Chicago Tribune of
the lit'i which places the Union maiotity
in Indiana at % 600 Three chreers aud
a tiger for Indiana. Hip. hip. hnzzah.
hnzzaii huzzalf hu.xabu " III