Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-06-04

residence.
The eagerness with which the Democra-
cy accept of new converts and nominate or
appoint them to Office, to the exclusion of
old champions, shows the desperate strait
they are in. 1t won't all do, however,
The people are becoming too intelligent to
be hoodwinked much longer by rag-money
aristocrats in disguise. Democrats, indeedl
Democratic Opinions of Mr.. Bright.
. Since the achievement, says the Indiana
Journal, which is about the shrewdest and
meanest thing ever accomplished by Mr..
Bright, of crowding Gov. Wright out of
the way for Senator, by making bargain
to allow him Cabinet office, and after
wards keeping him out of the Cabinet by
breaking the bargain, we have felt good
deal Of interest in seeing how the Democra-
racy relish such treatment OF their ablest
leader by their most selfish and unscrupu-
lous Office lcech. The people generally y may
not care much, aud we care very little
which Of thct may be finally Smashed, {"
but as recorders of passing political events
we can't very well avoid a notice of the
singularly emphatic and straightforward
manner in which some ofthe leading DEM
ocratic papers speak of Mr.. Bright. We
copy from several of those which have
come latest to hand
The Sullivan Democrat copies the rcso-
lutions of the County Convention at this
place, a couple of weeks ago, and gives them
cordial endorsement, and to that adds the
following significant remark:
Hon. jesse ID. Bright, the bold and gal
liant leader of the Indiana Democracy, ar
rived from Washington at his home in JEFF
fersonville, yester.lay-LomsrWe Courier,
Sth inst.
Don't be so fast. We fear '.the bold
and gallant Jesse" has had his day.
The Columbus Democrat we think the
most Independent Democratic paper we ever
saw, and quite as able as any in the ranks,
says:
There is no concealing the fact, however
painful it may be to enunciate it, that the
Democratic leaders ofIndiana, are becoming
exceedingly corrupt, and if We mistake not
the signs of the times, the people, the hon
est portion of them, at least, are getting
tired of the political jugglery which has
been SO prominently apparent for the last
year or two. We do not, by any means,
limit our charge of trickery and dishonesty
to the Democratic party-other parties are
equally, if not more guilty, and the only
remedy, we can see at present for the evil
is, for the honest men ofall parties to unite,
throw aside office-brokers. who sell them
selves and their constituency for place, and
absolutely trade in the offices of the coun-
try, to secure political influence and power,
and elect other and better men to fill their
places. This must be done, or the Demo-
cratic party will become so corrupt, that it
were better that ii be defeated. laa5
What honest-hearted Indianian but has
felt his cheek tingle with shame at the con-
duct of some of our prominent Democrats
during the Senatorial struggle in the last
Legislature? Government patronage was
made an article of commerce! Promises
| and pledges were freely made, and as shame
lessly broken. This mans vote and influ-
ence was purchased with one office, or the
| promise of it, at least, and that mans,
with the hope of another. Some promi-
nent men were lurcd into the support of a
hitherto bitter foe, and the betrayal of a
friend no less warm, bv the remote hope of
being called to fill the vacancy in the SEN
atorship which might possibly yoccur through
the appointing power OF Mr. Buchanan.-
More tangible Influences, we regret to learn,
than all these were brought to bear upon
Democrats in that memorable struggle
The almighty dollar" in the shape of
Certificates of stock" was mustered into
the service of our trading politicians, .
and made most potent instrument in
crushing one of the ablest and purest men
in the State. err.7,59 ra, 50
The Political history of our country, we
venture to say, cannot furnish an instance
of more corrupt bribery and base treachery,
than was, practiced in the election of Jesse
ID. Bright, to the Senate, last winter, and
the subsequent and consequent temporary
overthrow of Joseph A. Wright. This
system of bribery and o6f.e brokerage, is
| growing into huge evil, and unless the
people rise in their might and repudiate
those corrupt leaders. who use them, fol
the sole purpose of advancing their own
private ends, and securing the nomination
TO some important office, the Democratic
party will SO ''to the dogs as all othel
, parties have. and ought, when corrupted