Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-11-13


which they would stay in the Union, they
would not accept it. because they wanted
to go out. have an independent government
and break ap the rotten and. corrupt old
government.i SO said Pryor. the man who
demolished your man Potter ont here
You sremenAbef he challenged Potter to
tight duels supposing that Potter was of
course. q cold blooded Yankee who would
crawfish out of it. Il But to his utter aston
ishment Potter said: with all my heart
accept your, challenge, but being the chal-
lenged party have the right to dictate
weapons, and we must take bowie knives
in a close room."ii t"But," said Pryor,
| '.thatiis contrary to the laws of duelling,
and it. is contrary 10 the code Of honor.
can + fight, that way, He didn't fight.
| Almost the last thing that happened TO
me before they crushed out my paper was
q challenge to fight duel from scces-
sionists- editor in the. South. Lewis ii.
Pope, aspecimen of humanity who weighed
ninety five pounds, a worse looking man
than Aleck Stephens. He supposed that
being preacher and an editor wouldn'i
| fight, but he walked up the wrong passen-
ger. ] accepted his challenge. and wrote
in the letter, that being the challenged par.
ty had the right to dictate the weapons,
time and place. 1t was summer time and
hot weather. said: II elect that we
fight immediately after the first hard rain
that comes. in hog pen. The weapons
shall be two. large, four -pronged,. iron
dung forks. and whoever shall shovel the
other out, should be regarded as having
killed him in mortal combat He replied
that the terms were cruel, inhuman and
contrary to the laws Of duelling, and he
backed out; and well he might. for he
knows that could have shoyeled him out
in less than no time. ,orr vraiGrss rr
Let me call to your minds Judge Doug
las. the, late lamented Senator from thi.
State. regret his death as much as any
Of you. forif he were living tonight.
know enough of the man, TO know he woe
be in this war with cooked hat on hi,
head, epanlettes on his shoulders. hi:
sword by his side, and commission il
his pocket. signed by his old opponent il
the law and in politics. Abraham Lincoln
He would be fighting the battles Of thi
Union against this internal rebellion, foJ
Douglas lived and died a true Union man
and it he could be resurrected here 10 night
| with what infuriste scorn and contemp
would lie look upon these Democrats who
are sympathizing with this infame%s rebel
lion!
MoEo than twelve months before Mr.
Lincoln was elected aud six or eigh
months before he was nominated or cvei
Thought of for the Presidency. was il
Alabama when the Legislature of tha
State was in session in Montgomery. y
was a Southern man. They knew il. q
was pro-slavery man. They knew it.
had defended and advocated the fpeculia
institution all my lifetime, and they knew
it. They passed joint resolution by tn,
two houses inviting DR.. Brownlow o
East Tennessee, who is in orr city, to all
dress the two branches Of the Legislatur.
OF Alabama. in our legislative hall. will
such of our citizens. ladies and gentlemen
as may be inclined to turn ont" That
you know, was quite an honor, to have
both branches of the Legislature. by o
joint vote. invite one to address THEMES
We were all good fellows, Southern men.
we'll met. They knew was a true man
They turned out in such crowd as hard
ly ever looked upon in my life I spoke
to them two dreadful hours. / defended
the institutions Of the South, but in tn,
winding up Of the speech. said |: Gen
tlemen. you have done me the honor to IN
vie me bys joint resolution to make thi'
speech. and you have turned out in solit
column. But l do not desire to dismis,
this subject and leave the stand wi,hou
defining my position. in unmistakeabl,
terms. / have witnessed your delibera
tions here to-day. A law has passed you
General Assembly with great unanimit,
appropriating $3.50. 600 to arm and equil
the militia of Alabama, and to prosecut,
the war against the North 10 the event th,
: North shall dare to elect a President. nj
matter who. whether Douglas, Lincoln, o
any body else, we are going to put thi
thing down and $3.50, coo is appropriate,
for this purpose. If you are determined
gentlemen. to make the issue before thi
great nation. Of slavery and no Union. O
Union and no slavery, am on the side o
tthe Union. so help me God, though it pu
down and crush slavery. and every othe
institution on the face of the earth.--
Now" said /. you have my hand; Nv,
played my last card. You understand me.
They never have had any use for. me from
that day to this Mississippi at the ssm'
time enacted . Law, sppropiating $3.50.
600 for a similar purpose. Georgia ap
propriated money. but Georgia. and Flori
ds. and Arksnsas, enacted laws reorganiz
ing the militia. and requiring them to drill
! and get ready for this war. And thes,
Congressmen and Senators Of yours knew
well that. without disclosing the purpose
on the part Of the South. our Southern
politicians. who had pretty much the con
troll in military matters. have been accus.
toned in the House and Senate to intro
duce measures to condemn certain largt
tlots of guns. Springfield muskets, Halls
tearbines. and similar articles. having then
pronounced unserviceable. olThey wes,
then ordered to be sold at public outcry te
the highest bidder, They would send
word in the meantime to tneir own Cover
nors that on such day there would be 9
{ sale of . large lot of inuskets. which woult
go for asong. > At those places our Cover
orsovould have agents who thus sbough
thousands, upon thousands Of muskets ths
bad never been loaded orared. They tool
them TO prepare for this work, while yor