Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-06-28
The Democratic .cecOrd,

II the general policy Of party is in given di-
rcction it NAV be held to 4 strict accountability
for il, although some OF it's members should advO-
cate never so earnestly different course ofacton.
IL we ind that here and there only man was
found in the Democratic party who denounced the
war and the methods of carrying it on; who classed
the amontcd and noble Lincoln with George III
and other dcspotS, stgmatizing the soldiers OF the
Union as Lincoln hirelings' and murderers; but
that the majority of its leaders and presses sustain
ed the war and its measures, and have been sup
ported for office in its conventions, and that these
resolved to sustain the Government in putting
down the rebellion, the decision must be that the
party such WAS or the side of the Union and ex-
erting itself for the suppression of the rebellion
In that case the party would stand exOneratcd OF
any share in the shame of such men Vallandig-
ham, voorhees,, Bright Humphreys, and Hen
bricks But unfortunately for the country and to
the eternal disgrace of that party, the acs OF the
case are just the reverse from those supposed. Not
n crazy fanatic here and there; but the acknowl-
edged leaders of the party every where dcnounc-
cd the war and every measure necessary for its
successful prosecution. If l. State Convention
sembled under the direction of the leading mag
mates Of the party, the soldier fighting for the
Union and the guerrilla bushwhacking against il
were carefully balanced and held to be equally
guilty OF disturbing the peace; the Abolitonist
and the fire eater were cOntrasted to the great dis
advantage OF the former; the North was declared
to have been first and almost entirely to blame
for the war; the soldiers denounced en-
mssarcs of the tyrani Lincoln, and their right to
the duties and privileges of citizenship denied;
their victories snecred at as useless and the tempo
rary successes Of the foe mtgni fed and held M
proof thlt the Government, and not the rebellion
would be put down.
The greatest pains were taken to convince the
pcope OF Indiana that their interests lay without
the Union, and that if they could not would not
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it advantageous to form a Northwestern COnfed-
erAcv, which would be the natural all Y of the
South; and such men rs Wallace, Km)ill. Milroy
and Hathaway were denounced :ene5 5ades from
the patty because they had taken up arms in de-
fcnsc OF the Union.
Responding to this. cross road politicians de-
nounced the soldiers indscriminatcy, pronounced
tho South unqualifedly right, counsecd resistance
to the measures taken to fill up the army. and en-
tered into combinations to resist the legal officers
of the Government III the performance of their du
ties. With more zeal and less caution :han the
calculating demagogues 'yhO controlled the State
conv entons, the gct,ers up OF local meetings pro
claimed at an early day that if the Democratic
party could help il, ''not another man another
dollar should be lad for the suppression of the re
bclIiOn." This sentiment became universal in
the party from Maine 10 Missouri. and was made
the basis OF the platform Of the National Conven-
tios which nominated General Mcclellan at Chi
cagO, IN the cunnnSly devised statement that as
four years Of war had demonstrated the impossi
bility of conquerng peace, there should be
an immediate cessation OF hosfilites.
Thus in every portion of the State-indecd, in
tho whole coun.ry-the Democratic party
rayed agains: the Government, clamoring for an
arnstice and the virtual recognition Of the Con-
federacy, and harboring, defending and justifying
an organiz lton in its midst which armng 10
resist the Government, and conspring TO rclease
the prisoners of war WHO confined at Indian
apolis, Chicago and Rock Island. And il ia
matter which concerns the loyal voters of Indiana
to bear even in mind that although few of the
leaders OF this conspiracy fled tho country and two
or three others have been relieved from the pun
ishment of their crimes through legal TECHNICAL
ties, the majority of them still in full fellow
ship in the party, preside over its meetings, rule
its conventions. and receive its support for promi
ncnt Offices. Who more prominent in the
convention which nominated the present Demo
cratic ticket, than the officers and members OF
that Order and the friends aid advisers of Dodd
and John c. Walker? Jesse ID. Bright, Voorhees,,
Bingham, Andy Humphreys, a Major General of
the conspiracy, Lafe Develin, Jason Brown, and
every man in the party who has been obnoxious to
loyal men, and exerted all his influence for the re-
beIIion at the time when the Government needed
the supper. of every citizen, were the men who
mainly composed ard completely controlled that
conv ention.--Ind. Jour.