The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-05-16
VOL. 2.]
LETTER FROM C. II. REEVE.


May 9th you publish n editorial headed "Explan-
atory,' in hich yo- profess to set out inter
view between you and myself. VIII you permit
me to give your readers my side of the case? 1st,
did not call upon you ''for the purpose of talk
ing TO youin regard to the position you had taken
in ravor of the Union ticket | met you in the
street and took you aside to have private talk
with you about an article which appeared in your
issue of May 3D. when was absent, and which my
friends advised me was meant for me, and so
told you and the talk acas private. You say in
your last article that you reserved your reply for
your paper. We have been good friends. know.
Do you think it fair to make mental reservation
to give reply Ito private queries by me to a
matter personal TO myself) in your own newspa-
per, and then talk to the public and not to me?
Had YOU told me so at the time | would have ad-
dressed you publicly. Had attached you public
l., your reply would have been well enough; but
an editorial to your readers in reply tc pricate
talk with you by me- is at least quite unusual If it
is fair.
You did not deny but that your article of2d May
referred to me, and Inferred therefrom that Twas
rightly informed.
l did not ask you to take back any insinua-
tons of any kind.
told on wished to know if was he person
aimed at; | explained where you was in error and
said if you had got wrong you ought to get right.
did not threaten to use my influence against
the DEMOCRAT Ii you so understood me you
misunderstood ne.
| SIMPLY told YOU when YOU failed to deny that
was the person aimed att that if you intended to
be personal | would withdraw my paper and m ny
other democrats would do the same. Inever even
thought OF attempting to injure the paper, unless
my refusato support it while misrepresenting me
wouid 10 50.
did not admit 70 you, il. my speech at the
Court House that, | had intended and promised to
vote sor Nr. BL,IN and then didn't 10 it. l never
made any such promise.
did rot get ND ticket ia opposition to the
Union ticket, but was one OF over one huuired
democrats that did do it.
So much for your assertions and mine. What
said at the Court 'ouse you no,s know is not what
you have said it was.
The whole matter is in nut shell. No one
doubted your honesty Under an impulse
of TIE moment you went in for an Union
movement and helped to nominate and elect repub-
lcans - office. a large portion of the democrats
refused TO follow the lead, and was We
we're as honest "a you were, and YOU al no right
70 censure any Of u.s. and although we thought you
wrong we did not censure you. | 50 told you.
You were the editor of the only denocrl tic paper
in the county and consequently the exponent of the
party. The party in Plymouth refused to be COM
mitted to the supper; of republicans. This put
both YOU and the party in false position. They
refused to 20 with you and thus got ri fht You
still adhere to your motion and thus keep wrong
in their opinion.
The shrewd republicans set trap 20 catch dem
ocrats, and caught some. You of them.
The balance who refused to have the ..fresA sllr
thrown on their tails should not be personaly
attacked by the victims OF republican shrewtiness
and let it be as il may. the immortal huadred
and ten who refused the bait are certainly as hap
py as those who took it and were s,iely landed by
the republican fishermen. Better not ABUSE your
democratic and personal friends, PLATr, for you
know very well that in Liis county, at least, the
democratic family have got no members to spare
for political gIadiators. You have entirely mis-
underSt ood AMI misconstrued me. / have always
had a high regard for you / think you have Ger
tany got wrong, and il is no disgrace, when Ola.
does it nn,cently. When you iLd i; out, get right,
and don't let your passions take the place of cool
Judgment and friendly feelings. | have sou. hit no
quarrel with you. You do wrong tn TX 50.
If you wW quarrel with me | will tfy and do you
Justice. You Can,ot impeach my democracy-i
have not tried to impeach YOURS. There Is little
question of veracitv between us. | am willing 10
attribute it to your misunderstanding me, for am
10th to think you would knowingly falsify. If you
still insist upon it you have stated it, the readers
of our articles must choose which TO believe, and
we must abide by it. The public in reality care
but little for our differences. 1t Will please the
republicans and our personal enemies; but it is not
in your pow er or mine to lead democrats into the
republican camp, 10 matter how much we might
think it advisable; and it is hardly sensible for us
to abuse each other because we cannot both 60 one
way our ways being different and unable to
agree about it. c. Ii. REEVE.
Our reply to the above will be found on the
next pa.e.-ED.l