Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-21

some additional remarks and statements
concerning the Bourbon Affair." which
abouaded as usual, as every article does
il publishes about Republicans. with defa-
nation and Misrepresentation, not 20 use
a harsher term. 1t knows as well as any
one thu John Neidig and his brother, the
only two persons who were concerned in
the recent mob law demonstration at
Bourbon. are dyed in the wool Democrats,
and voted that ticket even at the last spring
election. aud ye. it labors to produce the
false impression that none but Republicans
were engaged in it. No Republican in the
vicinity OF Bourbon. we undertake to say.
ever said that those who were engaged in
the destruction of the liquor "were OH Re-
pnblieans," because the statement is noto-
riously false, anil therefore, it Is ;mproLa-
bic, highly SO, that such lying statement
was made by any Republican.
That sheet seems to think these mob
law demonstrations are 'tha legitimate Off
spring of the teachings Of certain Rppub-
lican leaders, but, dii dey ever utter more
iacendiary language than that proclaimed
by the Dsmocrof itself in It's notice of the
"Alhambra Saloon? What did il say?
Read:
"a GOOD NOYE-71e 'AHansJra
Saloon has been n4orca from torn. If a
bout FIFTEEN OR TWENTY OTH
ER S tro,sld take up tier Ine-of march. al
no ULD BE NO DLSAD GE
TO TIE PLACE"
Mark well Inc deep significance of this
language Does it not pronounce in the
most emphatic terms that al such In
stitutions are "disodrantsgs to Tie placen'
In other words Blight and Curse, both
in a moral AMI business point Of view
injnring the growth and prosperity of the
place as well as destroying the morals OF
Its inhabiiantsl What more infammato-
~ language better calculated to arouse
Moderate spirit could have been used?-
Here are TWENTY institutions in our
midst which. the Demoeraf says. are an in
jury to the place IIow9 Do they muir
der our neighbors? Make drunkarls OF
our sons? Destroy the peace and hsppi
ness Of families? Or prevent the growth
and prosperity Of the place? Ii not. then
tell us how and in what respects they arc
a disadvantage to the place? Explain
l. ID not more than likely that the Bour-
bon riot, seeing that Democrats alone par
ticipated in the destruction OF the liqaor,
was, ''she legitimate offspring" Of the above
highly inHammatery and intesnpera'c Lam
guage Published by the Democrat What
IS better calculated to arouse the. passions
of men than to assure them there are GER
tain institutions among them which are a
serious disadvantage to them, expressing
them. takins their harding earnings from
them, and making them poor? s~ 8
That the" Democrats '.should now try
to throw the blame of this affair of their
own shoulders, is not at all strange. But
we hope. that in their anxiety to escape
the ceusnre which their conduct justly mer-
It's. TIA they will not deser: their dupcs in
this tbsir hour Of greatest need. but will
come manfally to the scratch aud see them
safs through ~ /.
Shines his acquittal by Justice Case Sni-
der Isss caused criminal proceedings TO be
institutsd against all those whom he hail
arrestssl u the irst Instance AL OF them,
except The two Neidigs. conscious of their
innoesnes. stood their ground and allowed
the o0eer 10 serve The process. but he Nei
digs were no where to be found sud no one
knew their whereabouts ~
The boast Of the Demoerof that 1--WE
have no disposition 10 back on any ching
we have said astonishes no one Having
said that the horse was sixteen feet high
it means to stick to il, no matter il the
assertion has been Psoses false. sat
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The Clerk Of our Circuit and Common