Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-07-19

No earnest Union man in Marshall county sho'd
allow any ordinary matter to interfere with his at
tendance at the County Convention next Saturday.
To say nothing Of tho national interests 10 be de-
eided upon next October, We owe to ourselves and
the country to rid county Of the foul asperson
of being one of the worst nests Of Copperheadism
and treason in the State of Indiana, and we can
only hope to do this BY proper organization and
effort.
From the hour when traitors first fred upon the
flag ut Sumptcr until the last rebel had surrender
ed. the leaders of Marshall county Democracy we're
a. completely hostile to the Government as JEFF
discourage every effort made BY loyal men for the
suppression Of the rebellion. They made il their
business to instill into the OF every young
whom they thought was sufficiently courageous to
seek glory on the tented field, shat the war was
abolition crusade against the rights Of the South,
and in private conversations and public addresses
they likened the Southern people to the struggling
freemen Of l776. They sought by undetermined
means to traduce the character of every soldier
whose honored name mlds him an object of their
envy, and while pretending 10 be their friends.
they wrote letters to gallant boys in the field,
urging them 10 desert their eolors. and to leave
their comrades to the remoreless bayonets Of the
cohorts Of slavery. They were most assiduous in
circulating reports prejudicia to the families Of
soldiers. and every old strumpet who piled her avo
cation on our streets was denominated BY them q
SOLDIERS WIFE," They persistently refused to
give of their substance for the support Of the Wild
ows and orphans of those Who had fallen in defense
Of their country, and when 4 loyal Legislature i'm
posed tax upon all alike for the support OF SOL
der's families. they refused to pay their portion
thereof until fully satisfied that the law with
out a Constitutional objection, and. to add insult
70 the injuries which they had already inflicted up
on defenceless women and children, they endorsed
the county orders which the5 were compelled to
draw for their benefit with, I'D war expense"
They made no secret Of their sympathy with rebel
Zion, and their countenances assumed the appear
-ance ofjoy when defeat overlook the Union armies
and of despair when traitors fed before our ad
vancing hosts. One Of their most prominent men
declared that he "had not wept id bit." when
the news Of the appalling disaster at Bull Run cast
gloom over every loyal mans heart, but his sin
furowed eountenance exposed his inward grief when
the glorious tidngs of Richmond's fall were sound
ed through the land. They disparaged every off
Ger in the Union army who believed in whipping
rebels. but their tongues never grew weary Of re
citing their praises of the military genius, knight
ly chivary and Christian virtues Of Lee and Stone
wall Jackson. Some or them were positively
known to be members of, and all were more or lest
u -, n-.1o vvhf "a
abolish scheme to assassinate the Governors oil
loyal States, seize the State arsenals and release
the rebel prisoners confined in the North, and by
such means to effect the establishment Of North
western Confederacy, which was to have been the
ally OF Southern rebels. In short, their conduc
throughout the war was marked BY every act tina
may define traitors.
=. Union men of Marshall county. this is the fo'
whom you will be called upon to meet at the poll
next October. Yos have successfully protected
Jour country from the assaults of traitors in arms
but, in campaign less arduous but Of no less impor
fance than that in which victory finally perched up
on your battle stained banne rs, you must fight
less heroic but a more insiduous foe. What w
have said of the conduct Of the Copperhead leader
of Marshall county throughout the war can be at
tested by the experience of every loyal man who
hired here during the rebellion Those OF us whom
age CT other disabilities prevented from sharing
with you the honors of vanquishing Southern trea
son have waited With patience for the time when
ss.nonsipg to yous aid the same Gery ardor which
led your impetuou. battalioas up tho hills OF Re
SAGA and even over the brow of Ksnnesaw. you
will drive Northern traitors. as yoa drove theil
Southern brethren, bowling to tie ssas.