The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-03
Coercion or secession.

Coercion on secession.
In the year 1861 the VI. c. Republican
Il. Mlttingly EDITOR speaking with refer
cnce to the adjustment Of the difficulties
between the North and the South, used
the following Language
IF 40 compromise can be agreed upon
that will be satisfactory to the South, we
would prefer peacablc secession to Il bloody
and dcsolating war.
We do not counsel concessions that
weuld be degrading to the North, hut
still. We Cannot but regard q war with our
southern brethren with horror; not but
that we think the North would be y%ietorl-
Gus in tha end, but while we are conquer
ing them many valuable lives would be
lost, and the business and prosperity of
the country destroyed. Are We willing to
endure these evils for the sake OF conPcli-
inc the Slave States against THEN Will 10
REMAIN in the Union? Would they be
any better satisfied after they are conquer
eli? We think the South has no sufficient
cluse for desiring Il dissolution of the Tn
lou. but if all the Slave States think they
nave and resolve in their conventions 10
secede. we are f0r letting them 70 pcaca-
blv. : = We are, in short,
IN favor OF Congress calling a convention
to settle the difficulties in some way. either
by amending the constitution, or providing
for 4 Ieacablc separation
Mr.. Mattinely never gave utterancc to
n more humane or patriotic sentiment in
his life than those contained in the above
extracts from his paper in January, lSGl'
HID the Republican leaders then been in
fuence | by similar sentiments. We should
to-day be in the full tide of National pros
perity instead of being as We now are, On
tie verge % National bankruptcy and ruin;
but alas. for the prosperity OF the coun-
tr other c0unScls prevailed. and the con
sequences are a loss Of half a million of
brave men in the fratricidal conflict, which
could aad should have been avoided. This
is not all. the land of one half our people
has been laid waste. and the whole country
is filed with lancntation ami sorrow. The
Good Book assures Us that whom the wick
Ell rule The people mourn. and We sec its
tuth fully demonstrated every day. The
present incumbent OF the White House
sid IN the Sprins oflS6I that when fight
il2 and conf ct had lasted for Il time,
still The difficulties must be settled by ICON
ces,ion and compromise. Yet the radical
wing Of his party, by the use Of apt aPpli-
anccs: brought such a pressure to bear Up
OH HIM that he ignored all his former pro
testa;ions and launched tie bark Of State
upon the tumultvus sea Of civil war. where
she Is now ~foundering amidst the breakers
With little prospect OF relief until the pilot
and crew are displaced, and men loyal tc
the Constitution are pat in charge Of the
gallant craft.
We bale solDe curiosity to know what
our "loyal' neighbor thinks now, after
three years of bloody and desolating war
about "Congress calling Il convention to
settle the difficulties" which still continue
10 exist between the North and the South.
We should also like to know whether he
still regards a war with our Southern
brethren with horror" and whether lie
thinks They will be any better satisfied
to remain in the Union now, since the hui
mane g leaders Of the present admin
tration have well nigh destroyed their
country, Kidd tAeis lathe:s, AID trampled
upon avery vcstigc Of tiierrights as States,
10 say nothing Of their rights as citizens
Of the United States under the Constits-
tioR.
Quite a number Of our exchanges speak
in very iatlering terms of the Hon. Geo.
s. Brown of Wells County as candidate
for Lieutenant Governor at the ensuing
election.
We haze but little personal acquain-
t,oee with him but his reputation as an