Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-08-29

From the Rochectcr Mcscusy, Aug. 10.
Convention Of she bogus Democracy.
The conventions for the nomination Of
County officers was held at this place last
Saturday. n. G.. Shaffer was Chairman
and A. f.. Smith and /. Walter Secre-
tarIes. ~ rsts.s
The other business being concluded. the
people assembled in the Court House yard
and listened for about two hours to q
speech from Charles Reeves. Esq. of Ply
mouth. The speech was chiefly remark
able for its coarse and disgusting proiani-
ty, its reckless Misrepresentation and
abuse Of those who differed with the speak
er. and its evident sympathy with South-
ern traitors In the present rebellion.
In the commencement the speaker sta
ted that the caasc of all our troubles was
the agitation Of slavery; and then he spent
considerable time in attempting to prove
the inferiori,y of the negro race. stating
meanwhile that the Republican party
claimed that there existed an intellectual.
moral and physical equality between the
white and black races. and therefore there
ought to be socioi equality.
Every man who knows anything knows
perfectly well that the Republican party
have never asserted the intellectual equality
of the races. or advocated social equality
But does intellectual superiority justify
the enslaving of the inferior? If so Frei
Douglas. who is in every respect the sure-
rior of Mr.. Reeves, has moral right to
make this rantins demagouge his slave
How does he like the logic?
We as party have claimed and claim
now. that there exists among mankind an
equality Of rights; that the strong has no
right to Cypress the weak; that liberty Is
the natural condition of every human be-
ing: that the intellecia! powers ola Gabriel,
in the oppressor. would not justify the
enslsving of the silliest, gibbering. imbc-
Gle sot that cheered with drunken glee the
ISLANDERS uttered by the speaker, last Sat
iiurlay.
Mr. Reeves kne,c this to be our position;
then why did he misrepresent it? lie
knew that in the strongest Republican
States Of this Union the laws make the
marriage of white with black absolutely
void. He knew that there is not planta
ton in the South. where the blanched fea-
lures of some slave does not testify of the
aimixture of Saxon blood. He knew that
the mongrel class that he spoke OF was al
most wholly the result of the familiarity
produced by state of slavery. and that
one fourth of the slaves in Virginia were
three fourths white. We pass over many
of his reckless statements, we are well
aware he made them solely for the benefit
Of men who never read; among them was
the statement that the Morrill, tariff bill
was passed under Lincoln's alministra
ton, when every one knew as well as ht
did. that it became q law before Lincoln,
inaugu: ation.
But the pens mp tbunders of his wratl
were reserved until ne came to speak o
the war for the Union. Then. vainly at
tempting to pump up crockodile tears
from his cavernous eyes. he rantcd and
fumed and swore; he sent the Cabinet L
hell he tried to conjure up the spirits o
dead heroes an mythic gods. and wildly
gazed around. while answering yell
arose from throats hot with fiery spirits
of the still: he assailed the government
and all its friends: he called them fool
. and knav S, and cursed till the Dir seemed
? blue.
, Anon he grew calm again anu real
large number of improbable falsehood'
from such papers as the New York Day
Book, and at last stated that che woul'
carry slavery anywhere rather than have
the contest b ctwcen the North and Sout
60 on
He said t'e So IN male the Louisian
D purchase. conquered Mexico and fought tn
battles Of the Revolution. and concluded
that therefore, the North oaght TO allo'
: Slavery to 60 wherever the South nigh
see fit. He spoke Of storv;ng thousands y
: New England and New York. and revamp
4 ed the ancient falsehood abont the genera
destitution of Northern lsborers. Wha
: a pity s,sc should waste his wonlrous power
in land wne:c wheat is plenty at q
I cents per bushel! Why cont his gasi,:nass
0 philanthropy send him to New Enslan
| to tell the down trodden factory hand
how much they might be benefited by be
: ing sold into slavery? What field for hi
IchVisS Ia eecoost"y INV INV topV'cse VI W.
!. North to the condition of CHI ,ttcl slavery
e ..Oh! shame. where is thy blush I"
We have not room to mention 1.-THE G
the MEASUREMENTS and Misrepresentation
of this scurrilous speech. The object q
I the speaker seemed to be to mislead thos
II who were too ignorant to detect his sophis
n tries. and to kindle in their hearts burn
ing hatred against the government unde
. which they live. He compared our Pres
dent. in his noble and patriotic efforts I
iprcscrre.hc Government and execute tn
laws. to q horse thief. One moment b
abused and ridicnled him for not doin
/ more. and then cursed him for doing any
h thing. e..s - 81.
,eI At last tired nature gave it mp. AID, II
j. speech was done. The audience thanke
:. heaven it was no longer and the sober one
. went home. 49,.
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