Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-12-20

Hf"' HVSHceu, tntuk<OecauSo tnc Demo
Gratis were not as badly beaten In thi
eountyzat the State election as in SOM
other counties that he is "pum sumpkins''
IN az article in his last issue referring +,
the etitor1of this raper he says. III.
Through the campaign he did his bes
for his sectional cause but up to the tim,
OF the State election he lost ground Will,
every where else throughout the State tn,
Repubfican majorirics were greatly fncreas
led .s~-f ~ra ss4sf- WIS., ~ : go.'s u
What pity IL is for the Democrats
party that they had not more such editor,
as Thompson. In,that case the "Republi
can rnajorities everywhere else Throughout
the State woald not have so greatly in
creased" Smart young. man. Very
Ought To- Represented with a----- stick o.
candy. Had he been in Iiapor,e county
or ST. Joseph or Miami. instead Of tho
nincompoops they had. doubtless the polls
in those counties would have told differ.
ent stoyy. In 1856 this county gave tho
.. Z. L. ll2 maj, but the very next year
gave Republican majority. and has done
the same thing every year since; but had
Thompson been the Democratic organ
grinder in 1857, instead of the nincom-
Fpoops that occupied that position, no
doubt, he result would have been different
and the county offices would now be filed
by good Democrats. That he did net
turn the tide at the last election in favor
OF the Democracy, was owing entirely to
the want of energy and tact of the organ
grinders during the three former canrasses,
thus giving the Republicans an advantage
which he could not overcome in one year.
What a pity the Democrats were SO long
in finding ont the young gentleman $
rare abilities and peculiar fitness for the
post of organ grinderl - 4
II we "did not feel very well" on ac-
count Of the gronnd we "iost mp to the
time of the State election" how did the
talented "young gentleman feel about the
ground che lost" between the State and
the Presidential election? How does he
account fer the large Republican gain du-
ring that time? If he is the able tactician
be would make us believe he is why did he
not preserve the organization of his forces
and bring them up to the scratch in the
same gallant style he dill in the first in
stance? The fac. that he did not proves
chat both the wind and thunder were knock
ed ont of him so completely that he did
not recover in time to rally his broken and
flying squadrons, and consequently, tie Sc.
coni battle proved much more disastrous
than the first. f
The idea OF the courteous anil astute
"young gentleman" that the success of our
cause and candidate at the recent election
has knocked both the wind and thunder
ont OF" us, is certainly a brilliant one
No one but the cnterprising editor of a
dead -1avertiser" could ever have con-
ceived il. He must have Masked it up in
some saloon while engaged in playing a
game of billiards or rolling nine pins,
--amusenents which he is said 10 be much
fonder Of than sticking type. If he has
persuaded himself that the Republicans re-
greet the election of Old Abe in consc-
sequence of the traitorous conduct Of the
Southern Democratic niger drivers, he is
egregiously mistaken. The slave Oligar-
chy may aerack their whips at their niggers.
bu, when they undertake that game for the
purpose Of intimidatinS Northern freemcn
they will find a slight variation in the pro-
gramme. I The Republicans ''know their
rights. and knowing dare maintain them"