Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1856-10-09
MORTON AND WILLARD.

MORTON AND WILLARD.
On Tuesday last. the candidates Of
both parties for Governor of Indiana.
me, a. This place, and jointly addressed
large assent lsge of the people. In the
morning, and until the hour Of speaking
had arrived, the people from the country
came in, in great numbers. We presume
there were at least two thousand people
in town during the day. The sham De.
mocracy had been making extraordinary
exeriions for the previous two weeks. or
more. to gather large crowd; and there
was only one thing standing in the way
TO prevent this result-a scarcity Of tim.
berthe crop of De democrats in this quar-
ter having been very short the pas. sea-
son. The Republicans wero on hand in
their strength. They had made no gen.
eral preparations TO DO here. Yet there
was splendid turnout. Upon the
ground. there was large preponderance
Of the voters in favor of the Republicans
as there will be OF the polls on mex,
Tuesday.
Between one aud two o'clock, the peo.
pie assembled in the Court house ward,
and the speaking commenced. Mr.. Viii.
Lard opened. His speech was of the usu.
al demagogue stamp. SO popular among
orators of his kidney. lie raved about
The sublime beauties Of Democracy; in.
dulged in the allotted quantity of Union
saving; called the Republicans "Aboli
tionists." "damnable black tyrantS.'
"rOolly-headS," and other choice epi,he:s
and, III short, in all things. manifested
himseliOs worthy TO be the standard bear.
er of tho Border RufIian party. We 90
not wish to do this man one particle Of
injustice; but no candid person who ct
tenlisely listened to his speech. can de-
signaio him as any thing bu..a brawling
demagogue; and moreover, be does not
belong TO any temperance society that
we are aware Of. His appearance would
certainly indicate this. But his day, and
the day Of politicians of his school-the
Wrights, the Petts, and that ilk-has
passed away forever; and next Tuesday,
instead of preaching the funeral sermon
of defunc; Repubicansm at Indanapo.
lis" as ne boa sted he would. he will be
pulling his canoe " Salt River. saluted
by the triumphant cheers OF a majority
of Twenty Thousand Hoosicr .Eeemen FOR
our gallant Morton.
Judge Morton followed. lie is every
inch man. and the contrast between
him and his competitor mus, have been
humliating TO the friends of the latter.
His speech was grand one. lie showed.
thoroughly and completely. the former
position OF the Democracy; how they had
universally. up till 1884, occupied the
identical ground now held by the Ere.
mont men; aad detailed the causes which
had led him, q Democrat of the Jackson
school, TO abandon the corrup. Pierce
party, and enlist in The ranks Of Repub
licanism. lIs nobly sustained himself
throughout; and every Republican upon
the ground lelt proud of our candidate.
as their repeated cheers testified.
M. Willard closed in a speech Of 20
minu,es--(by the way he exceeded his
time ten minutes. speaking half all honr)
during which he took occasion 10 make
personal attack upon Judge Morton. But
the assault failed of its purpose entirely.
\ few words Of explanation from Judge
M. set the matter right. to the satisfac-
ton of every unparalleled mind.
No disturbance Of consequence ensued
during the delivery OF the speeches; AMI
every thing passed of tremendously.