Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-02-23

IL Our ncghbor of the Plymouth Weekly
Democrat for whom personally We entertain great
respect, IN his last issue, gives lengthy account
of the Republican County Convention held in this
place on the lth inst, which contains some state
,nrnts We feel disposed not to let pass without a
damaging character, but because VIC wish TO treat
our Young contemporary With respect, and to let
him know that we regard him as foeman worthy
of our steel. lie says: "Having nothing very es
pecial to attend to elsewhere, we dropped in for
short time to sec what was going ON, knowing that
We would be most welcome" Certainly. you were
entirely welcome. Unlike your party, in this res
poet, we never exclude our opponents from our
County Conventions, or ask them 70 retire when
they do come. We arc sorry, however, you were
so ''skccrcl''. bewildered, excited or prejudiced
that You could not more than 'sxty five or Sc
yeaty five persons in the ROOM" We think there
were at least twice that number present, though we
did not take the trouble to count hem at any rate
the room was pretty well filed 1t was remarked
that it was much the largest political Convention
that ever assembled in the County merely to ap-
point delegates to State Convention, and the en-
thusiasm, union and harmony cxliibi cd through
out WIS equally encouraging.
We pass over the comments of oar respected
young ncighbor upon the speeches of Messrs.
Johnson and Coleman, as the latter gentleman
has himself handed i'm a communication replying
to the editor which wsswill endeavor to find room
for in this number. If not it will appear in next
Mr.. Thompson, after q ing somewhat mper
feet sketch of some suggestion We made to the Con
ven,icH in regard to the importance OF thorough
organization, at the close of which we remarked
for his especial information, that did not care if
our opponents knew all about our arrangements,
that we intended to give them fair and open
fight and beat them besides. "Whcrcupon," says
our neigibor, 1--WE felt like cheering and did, and
was joined by the house generally" 1t is net Of
ten one il honorcd by the cheers Of an opponent -
We presume it was a spontaneous outburst Of his
better nature triumphing over the shackles Of a
degenerate and demoralized party, the principles
of which he secretly loats in his Utmost soul, but
in the support Of which he has been led on step BY
step, constantly hoping that the leaders would re
turn to the old cherished landmarks, until he has
20 far committed himself that he sees no mole BY
which he can break hs bonds. except by acknowl-
cdsing that he has been SHINING against light and
knowledge. A similar circumstance is recorded in
holy writ. a certain king sent a prophet to pro-
nounce curse upon the children of Israel, but
when he attempted to obey the king, blessings in
stead of curses were pronounced upon them So
il was with our neg hbor-hc intended to curse but
he nvoluntarily blessed the hosts Of freedom,
which so chagrincd and mortified him that he soon
after picked up his ehapeau and dccampcd. He
adds:
competitor tesk hs thinking. louitlc~-. that
easier make his last remark than ii would I've
prove this coming Fall ~ thought and still think
We do not wish to discourage our neighbor, but
what ground he bases his hopes upon is more than
VIC can imagine. If Republican Office holders had
squandcrcd the public money, paid double price for
books and stationery, the county in debt, made
false reports to up their extravaganza, taken
thousands Of dollars out Of the treasury contrary
to law in the shape of extras and double fees. mis-
managed the school funds, ard to cap the climax
one If them had proved defauter for more than
$1,000, We confess, we would not have any hope of
success mex. fall or during the next decade. Per
haps, our respected friend thinks he can succeed
in throwing dust in the peoples eyes, and induce
them forget how dearly they have raid for putting
their trust in Democrats. and how they have been
deceived, betrayed and oppressed by them. but, We
rather guess e will find he has been laboring un-
der an infatuation about the idcs of October next
Towards the close of his article talented and
courteous contemporary remarks:
our nrighior. Of the Reybcua. in the coirse 81 his
far concerned he would have a
truth to contend fur. We forvri think thai hr
spike from exy~riencewe couldn't help IT, We have
been mistaken, however
Our ncighbor does US injustice in the above re-
port of remarks, whether Intentionally, or not,
we shall not say. We said that so far sue
cess was concerned, lie often potent rs the
truth. AlIdepcnded upon the zeal, activity and
energy Of their respective advocates. We spoke
of the rapid spread of the Mormon religion to elu
eidate this proposition. We might with much
more propricty have referred to the success that
has heretofore attended the Democracy. IL is the
most stupendous lie that was ever propbgatcd.
u Horace Greedy, on the 9th inst, addressed
the Republican Club, and large lumber of citi-