Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-10-08
Just Where We DiTcr.


Just Where We Differ.
The World thus arraigns the Repub,
licaus for prosecuting the Presidential
campaign as they see fit:
''Irhe Republicans are making the lat,
war the hinge ef the Presidential cam
paign. They invoke all the bitter animos
tiles and sectional hatred which prevailed
when we were drafting soldiers to fight
against the South. To accuse the Demo-
cratic party of slackness in the war is re-
g;.rded as their best electioncering weapon
To dcnOuncc the Southern people as rel b.
els is thought TO be the best justification oi
the Republican policy. The subjuga;ion
and humiliation of the South is as much
the aim now as il was six years ago. Ii is
not II policy ofpcace, but Of passion. re-
ycnge and domination. The symbol of the
canvass on the Republican side is the sa>
bre Its lcade. is man who knows no
trade but war, selected because the old
feeling of hostility would more naturally
rally around HIM than a statesman or IA ci-
william. II Virginia should send General
Lee 10 The Senate, or If the SOutherners
i'm the Democratic convention had asked
for his nomination for the Vice Prcsidcn>
cy, such a selection would he denounced
hy the Republicans, as an affront to Nor
thcrn solfrcspcct. And yet they put for
ward our most distinguished soldier. and
brandish his sword in the face of the
South as if the Southern people had no
pride or scnsibilities which Northern inso>
lcncc is bound Ia consider
Comments Oy the Tribune.
The eternal assumption that the late
rebels are The South the Southern peo-
pie, is at the bottom of all our remaining
troubles. Ii is at war With truth, with
peace and with the results of our great
struggle. So long as The rebels insist on
being considered and are considering them
selves, 1.-THE Southern people, the spirit
of the rebellion still animatcs its late SYM
paihizcrs and allies.
There are some twelve millions of pes>
pie residing in the States lately dominated
by The shareholders rebellion. OF these
twelve millions, less than three millions
melted and voluntarily united In that re-
bellion. Of The residue, part were bullied,
cocrced, tcrrorized into giving a passive
constrained. fearful support of the war So
unrighieously wagcd for the overthrow of
the Union. General Lee is conspicuous
example of this class. He deprecated Sc
cession--saw no adequate excuse for it
but event with his Stale. though his
State was wrenched from the Union by 4
convention chosen TO resist secession by
an immense majority. So was it every>
where. In no State were ''ihc real
southern people" allowed to inquire, con-
fer. deliberate, and then vote as they saw
iii on the question of union or disunion.-
The bullet, the bowie knife, and the rope
Drcsta.lcd discussion and prccluded an un-
bisscu decision. Said Gen. Clingman of
y. {. in L. 5. Senate in December, $50:
"Thcy Republicans want TO get mp a
free debate. rs the Senator tIom y. York
expressed it i'm one of his speeches But a
senator from Texas told me the other day
that great many of these free debaiers
were hanging from the trees in that
country
The Rev. John Aughey, a Presbyterian
clergyman preaching in .itsla county Miss.
heard a secession speech in that region af>
ter Mr.. Lincoln election, which ran as
follows:
THE halter is ihc only argument that
should be Used against the submissionisis;
anG l.predict that will very soon, bc in
force.
I'VE have glorious news from Tallahat
chic. Seven tory sIbmissionists were
hanged there in one day: and the so-called
Union candidates. having the wholesome
dread OF hemp before their eyes, are not
canvassing the county"
Such were the means,-as thousands of
living Witnesses can testiIy--whcreby Sc
cession was carried at the South, in def
ancc of the judgment and wishes of large
majority of her real people. abolition
isis:" ''Submissionist." were howled at
every one who dared ayow his Unionism.
The violent. the headstrong, the bloody
minded, were intent on war. And they
had their way. Having forced the Unions
lists To play their game, and having lost the
stake, they now propose to clutch it, and a
Copperhead press is helping them TO the
best of its ability
Every manifesto of Hampton, How
ell Cobb, George S. Houston, and their
bctrays thcir perfect con>
sciousnoss that a majority of the ''South-
ern people" are against them. Majorities
do not threaten voters with expulsion from
their homes, with denial of employment,
and with starvation If they vote as they
see fit. That is the resort of an. aristocrat>
ic, proscriptivc minority, who thus ouly
can hope for success.
1.-The Southern people are, by large
majority for Grant, union and peace. The
rebel minority are for Seymour, subver
sion and civil war. The loyal masses will