Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-09-05


lasted sixty days longer, the work oil sc
ccssion would have been sofully completed
that the Union would have been lost for
ever.
But the echo of the first gun against For
Sumpier awak ened the sllmbering patriot
ism of the people. The nation sprang IL
its feet as if suddenly aroused from a dceI
sleep. The ranks of the people were clOscc
up, party lines were obliierated, and thu
Democratic leaders disappeared like drift
wood in turbulent sea, submerged for {
season, but To reappear at future time
They cautiously remained out OF sight until
| the fall of 1861, when the disasters of Bul
Run and Balls Bluff, and the SLOW pro
gress of the war gave them courage TO pu'
their heads above the surface and survey
the situation. They Immediately began
the work of reOrganizing the Democratic
party upon the basis of opposition TO the
war and rightfulnesS of the rebellion. The
subsequent terrible defeat and sacrifice:
suffered by Mcclellan on the Peninsula
inspired them with high hope and courage
and they SO fax succeeded in discouraging
the nation as 10 carry the fall elections IN
1862 Then began those terrible erie:
which were kept up with ever increasing
violence until the final surrender of Lee
before Richmond.
They declared that we could never con
qucr the South; that every act Of Congress
for the suppression OF the rebellion was
unconstitutional and void. That our Ma
tional Bonds were worthless: that Treasury
Notes were a fraud; that the act OF Con
gress making them legal tender was 9
nullty: that the northern people were tired
of ;hc war. and would speedily abandon il;
that the people OF the North would resist
draft laws, taxation. and every attempt Ia
interfere with slavery: that the Nation was
on the verge of bankruptcy, and that If the
war was prOtracled, a revolution in the
North was inevitable.
The rebels believed these enormous lies
aud p:o;ractcd the war for more than TIVE
years after they had become convinced
that thcv could not succeed by force o
arms. FOr more than two years they con
linucd the struggle, expecting every day
that something would turn up in thI
North by which their triumph would bc
secured
When hope long deferred made thsii
hearts sick and despair was coming upOr
them, the Democratic leaders of the NOrll
renewed their cXhortations, redOubled
their assurances of assistance, and pro
claimed that the hour of deliverance was
at hand And. on the 29th day of July
1854, in the midst of the hist great cam
psign, when Grant was struggling through
bloody fields To Richmond. and sherman
fighting his way step by step tu Atlanta
more than ten thousand Democratic pUliti
clans assembled in the city OF Chicago, ant
Il
overcome all opposition, declared the wal
unconstitutional, wicked. and a failure
and impcriously demanded that ii siiouis
be at once abandoned. VIII any man
whose front ia not brass tell me that thi
did not encourage the rebellion? tell yo'
that il did that il cost uS thousands O
lives, and proirar;ed the war for months
| The news sunk like lead into the hearts o
our soldiers. hu; sent p thrill OF hope an'
joy throughout the rebel camps
WHAT DEMOCRATIC MISREPRESENTATION
COST.
Every one 0fih sc enormous iics-tha
| | have euumerateA--cost tn. nation np
less ihEa twenty ih)asaud lives and ,eG
l09G,e00 They fo:tli j. necessary To rails
new armies, TO create new loans, To inpos
further taxes, and TO lay new and heav.
burdens upon the people, already taxe'
, and tried as no other nation had ever been
! II you fully comprehend the work of tn
! Democratic politicians Of the North, yoI
must read the costly and bloody record o
| SOB, 1864 and 1865. Now that we arc il
possession of the archives of the rebel gov
ernment, and now that the rebel leader
are free TO tell the story Of the rebellion
we know ihat the war could not have tx
tended beyond the year 1852 but for the
co operation OF the Northern Democracy
and 50 threatening and formidable Wa
| their treason that from the beginning q
| 1868 10 The end of the war, the Govern
ment was compelled TO retain in the Nortl
ern States from 10000 10 100000 men {
prevent them from from breaking out int
open rebellion. From the beginning {
$50 until the final surrender OF the rebel
lion it lived entirely upon the hopes an
dclusions Of the Democratic leaders of I'll
| North.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS DID T
MAKE THEIR Prophecies COME True.
II must be said, however. in vindicaiio
of these men that they labored assiduousl
to make good their promises aud to achiey
eel TO overturn State governments the
discouraged recruiting and orssnizcd re
sistancc to the laws. They did all in the
power to destroy the credit Of the govern
mcnt by enhancing the price of gold an
thus making our currency and stocks con
parativcly worthless. But notwilhstandir
they di al this. vet they failed at ever
point, and the Southern people by the
credulity and misplaced confidence wei
brought Ia dishonOr and ruin. Ever
promise made To them was broken; ever
hope blighted and every prospect turn,
into darkness John Morgan, in full fai
that thousands would rally 10 his standar
crossed the Ohio river into Indiapa, b
the emmissaries who invited him upon OF
soil proved but delusiv. guides to the pri
|. on door, and the secret hordes of the So
OF Liberty who were to swell the ranks
his armies--to save thcmselves-were col
PEELED 10 join the ranks of his adversarie
Truly the Democratic leaders of the Nor
have been the worst enemies of the Sout
, They frat seduced them into rebellion
: they then induced them TO continue it u
= til their blood and substance we're waste
! and when they could hold out no long
, and the war ended, their fatal iniluen
: and interference did not cease. for VIII
the Southern people submitted themselv
: to the government and were disposed
accept the situation, these evil counselc
!, again appeared and advised them TO su
: init to no terms Of reconstruction 10 a
: cept no conditions; that they had lost
!, rights by rebellion, and were entitled
. immediate representation in Congress j.
as if there had been no war; They furtl
:. urged them into llagrant disregard of t
. authority of Congress, and to threaten 4
North with another rebellion if these
:, mands were not acceded TO. And VIII
, the moderate and conservative propositi
: Of the Constitutional amendment was off
> ed as basis of settlement and reconstru
= ton, they urged them contemptuously
! reject it, which they did And what W
+" the results They brought upon themsel,
universal suffrage, and have compell
' them to go upon their knees and beg
votes of men whom they were wont
l. drive to labor with the whip And no
If while the men of the South are PROPOSE
l. to accept the last act of reconstructit
y and yield obedience to the legislation