Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-10-30
WHOLE NO. 312.
The Recent Campaign.

That the recent Election in this, Con-
gressional District resulted as it did in
close race, is what all intelligent political
observers foresaw from the outset. With
ii 200 volunteers from the District. OF
which 5000 are voters, snd over three
quarters Of them friends of the Union tick
ct (the proportion in the 9th, 33d and SI'h
Regiments being even far greater than
this, the old majority Of 1860, which
was then, owing to the division Of the
Democracy considerably above the party
vote, was all out of the District. confront
ing the enemies of their country on the
battle field At the outset. therefore. Mr..
Colfax told all of his friends that the re-
suit Of the campaign was doubtful; and the
volunteering since last July. especially du-
ring the three weeks he was speaking over
the District to induce prompt response
to the Presidents appeal for troops, was
very largely against us. politically.
But, besides this, it was campaign on
the part of our opponents, full Of maliSni-
ty and SANDER Fired with the hope Of
carrying the District. they filled it with
every concei vsble kind Of falsehOod aimed
at the Union candidate. The Tax bill was
most grossly misrepresented; AMI every de-
feet in it attributed to Mr.. Coliax. The
draft, which, made at the time it was, lost
US hundreds of votes in this CouEty alone.
and m any hundreds in other Counties, he
was held responsible for, despite bis labors
for weeks endeavorine to procure Nolun-
teers, and thus to avoid The necessity of
any draft. The most absurd stories were
put in circulation about hundreds Of ne
groes coming into the District from the
South, OIL his recommendation and advice,
and that they were laying around South
Bend, Offering to work for their DO lrd. A
small party of negroes going oat Of Aaai-
ana to Michigan, to live on farm they
had bought there, passed through the Dis
trict from South to North few days be-
fore the election. This was heralled in
every township as the advance guard of the
masses of negroes coming from the South
to Africanize the North and bring wages
OF labor down to ten cents per day. Their
number was exaggerated to eOO-it was
falsely charged that Mr.. Colfax superin-
tended their emigration and that great
numbers were to follow. This lost the
Union ticket hundreds more of votes.
We need not add further particulars nor
need we allude to the utter untruths delib-
erately manufactured at Madison town
ship meeting in this county by speakers
from South Bend who profess to be truth
ful men. II was all Of piece.
So sanguine were they too of success
that they announced publicly how they in
tended to commemorate the victory they
supposed within their grasp. a bonfire
of boxes would not answer. They intend
ed to use black walnu. lumber. They
were to have coffin and a burial, burn
ing in effigy. and other yentlemaaLy demon
strations. But the people squeiched their
plans; and concluded they might keep
their coffins for their own use. or bury
them on their own account as they might
prefer. And thus ended campaign, in
which more malignity was exhibited by
the opponents of the successful candidate
than had ever before been known in the
history of the District South Bead Reg
ister.