The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-25
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY CONVENTION

Th.. convention OF the i~rcprcssibes last Satur-
lily. vas cne long to DC remnebercd. not that
an, ding OF Importance dcae. bat that il was
The visible remnansof the late Republican,
PATTY.
The ringing OF the Court House bell called the
f.ithfui together As tLer7 had been sl r in
town :" thi. SUMMER We resolved to so-and we
lid. Arriving a, ine Court House found the
scsls nearly iull, although many more might have
ie.n accumulated.
Nencver saw less enthusiasm in any eonven
ton. great OF small. Those in attendance looked
- though thcy were nomentariy expecting gall
iu,; ire from masNed battery, AM we've prepar-
ing themselves ssY. when the fire did come,--
I'VE Iiill't commence it, The convention was
organized by the appointment of s X. Ccons,
President, am II. @. Thayer, Secretary. The
comr.i.lcc on rcso tions, after proiractcd sess-
ioa reported 4 series " hich preceded by the
readirg of those passed by The Democratic con-
vcrsion When pub ishei, my have some
,hrg TO say about them.
ID was Z noticeable feature Of this mOmencus
occasion, tia. there competition for the
different norsina.ons-a very good evidence that
iiIey believed the. will DC beaten, there Is al
WAYS great scramble among them when there Is
chance for ollie There 80 little interest
manifested in the proceedings, that one gentleman
suggested IT,, propriety Of appointing committee
for the purpose of finding out if there was anybody
who wanted the nomination for the office Of Com
sioner. Nr. Houchtnn the candidate for Record
er, il Gentleman 81 good character, and proba
blk ucp enoR..I: qualified. There are hundreds
-, other men in the county just we'll qualified,
and more deserving, and among the number the
Denscfatic canli. late.
+. H. Hall. the eanlldate for Surveyor. we have
heretofore spoken OF IN connection with surveying
AMI have no: changed our opinion OF his quailiica
rions. If elected, he Will have opportunity OF
learning something, although it will be 1T the ex
pense and Inconvenience of tie people. The gen.
.r,l complaint which mas been m ,de by Repuhic
ans and Democrats relltive 10 the manner in which
she srve, ins has been done since the last eectiou.
mould have a;Tnonished the convention TO select
4. autIified candidate If there any probability
,,ast be would be elected
Tie eanl.,ilte for Commissioner. SIR. TyHer,
i almos. IN cn.ic str:ager 20 tie people OK the
,..tv avi.. reei.ij here less than two years, in
prir.te HE Iis abili les 10 serve the people well
are not superior to those Of many older citizens,
who arr more thoroughly identified with the inter
asfs Of tie COUNTY.
Bat In. cream Of t..e ioAe w1s The speeches
il uro!u-lii,.g i,npadrnce, and btrofared asser-
lions, constitute cool s1eeches, then We never
heard better.
Au,litor Fuller said tl.at The Republicans had
b7ougll: the county out o: debt, with money in the
treasury He failed to state that the expenses
wera greater than unIer Democratic adfninists',-
lions, an that tie surplus vas the result of high
tsxes On tie people. lie thought the Democrats
we're nearly al iraters, aud should be dealt with
accordingly.
ilom. J.lnes O. Parks, made speech, ;ac bur.
,n.l ol which was thar Is portion of the Democrats
had -eccssel at the Charleston Convention; tha:
tie Aforesaid acts OF the aforementioned secesh
ar cause,l the defeat OF that purity at the Presi
DENTAL election and that il the party had been
-uccessful tie South wou not probably I'VE re
I,ce,I. Il this j. true, it contains ani ssioi.
which few Republicans arc honest enough to make,
ar.Inely ti.at had the Democratic party been
cessiul, our couti Ty would not be in its present
-cli-fa'lSst --ste- IL - QUE o.''hoh inc
members Of that convention c0n!d secede, Or pun
mel each other, without any special permit from
re Republicans. Finally, he thought some o:
INC Southern people had acted wise. and others
Gi-sise.
Amasa Johnson followed next IL. said that all
the Uaion men in the comfy were going to sup
port tie ticket nominated Mt that convention thai
those vino supported the Democratic ticket were
traitors a. 10 better than traitors that II the
Democrats of this county were any of the sar
rounding counties, and we're 10 talk they way the,
DO here they would be strung up but that " W
are going to let them live, just to see how meal
they will get" Our Democratic friends can nov
pulsae their usual business avocations, withou
fear q: the halter for short time. The Democ
rscy Eiil doubtless be duly thankful for this ct 0
magnamity on the part Of the Republicans. IT
d great bore to be hung almos: equal to bein
cospelledsto listen TO s speech from Fuller, John
-on, Parks, or Desor.
Tie entire proceedings we're very dry aid nsiT
id. But one attempt made at cheering, All
that a signal failure, "a half-dozen boys coul
have done bctter) and the thing not gai
attempted When we left. there we're fit
persons in or near the room, although Of til
nominations had not We, been made.
PIE GREAT RATTLE