The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-04-05
wIthdrn wing Candidates, dc.

The celebrated historian of Squire Bobbins s.
political "reminiscences, Mr.. True Grit" who IS
now the associate ditor of the Bry adaxe, in his
zeal for the election of George w. Julian, per-
nits his Wis on to see dang r lurking b. hind
every stump bush AMI tree in the County to
the prospects Of lis favorite being defea ed for
the nomination oittout opposition! lie an
nounccs in lengthy constitutional argument
that candidates for County nominations have no
right to withdraw his champion from the ring
have no authority to throw up The "sponge.'-
lie asks with pedagogical authority that will
not bear contrad ct.on, What ri hit have cam
dtdafes TO arrogate such a responsi biIity p
What business have they with tie cunning or
withdrawal OF cand date for Congress? par
ticularly Of his favorite-his dem god in whom
there is no guile What unheard Of audacity,
to accuse him Of being opposed TO the Admins
trations policy of conducting the war "subor
dinatinS tie Union to slavery - What
impudence. to charge his paragon Of political
virtue, with an acano Il dgment, by voting to
remand the Seeded states TO Territorial con-
dition; that secession was right that State
could secedc coull, by its act Of secession com
init suicide. What the immaculate George did
declare in his letter to the impr lctcables at the
Cooper Institute meeting, that because the
President violated the Constitution in calling out
5000 volunteers, before Congress gave him
authority, he is in favor Of violating his oath to
support the Co lsituton, in order to make
military necessity by act of Congress, to ex
tirpate slavery from every State in the Union
where it exists. His cause and cure speech.
and his letter to the New York impractcables,
cannot lie brought up against Lin as testimony,
for doth not the autho, OF "True Grit positively
assert, hat he looked ove7 the entire catalogue
OF complaints and charges made against him
Julian end not one has FOR its foundation truth
or reason?"
Now. we will not contend that it would be
right for candida es thus to act, as tie Broadaxe
charges they were going TO do under the direc-
ton Of "the Palladium clique ol last Monday
a. Ceatervile but we believe, had they done SO,
their sction wou'd have been as legitimate and
binding rs that of The two-year-old
County pc potual- motion Committee, that or
der, d the nominal NJ election on Monday next
sure If the former are to lie denounced for
surely the latter should be condemned for doing
the thing
We have never heard of The existence of q
"Palladiu clique only through the colun Ms
of the two Julian penny whist'es-the Repub-
licaa and Broadaxe; but there is one thing GER
tain, if all the citizens Of this county are TO be
classed by these papers as belonging to the
pal adium clique because they are opposed TO
the ultra radical course Of George WVSlIng ton
Julian, it is certainly the largest and most
formidable clique we ever heard o., and embra
ces an overwhelming majority Of the voters of
Old Wayne.
But the candidates, at their meeting last
Monday at Cel terville, did net even think of do
ing wha. the fearful imaginings f The associate
ed tor of the BrosdaNe conjur, cut for them
to d.; bul one thing they did do that was sup
posed to be a master stroke of policy. Acting
as :hsy were under the auspices of the 'Repub
Hcan County Central Committee" a-d carrying
out lis comma DIS, they nevertheless refused TO
ch.isten the ticket. as usual Republican Nom
mating Ticket but, for the purpose of forestal-
i'm any action towards Union movemeat here
after Gas The mo=er al eyed, they r1sorted to the
dodge OF styling it "UNIoN Nominating Ticket"
The option seemed 20 prevail that "a rose by
almost any other name (than "RepubIica1")
would smell as SWEET.