Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-02-06

tions on that subject, he simply lies dou-
BILE. First. in saying what he does be-
cause it is wholly false; secondly, in as
serting something he knows nothing about.
for never saw him. at indianapolis except
in his seat at the Convention, and spoke
no word with him except "how are you."
/ neither saw him or spoke to him in the
street. in caucus. or elsewhere except as
stated; and hc never heard me utter word
on the subject any where. AS to his de-
mocracy. he has straddled every hobby ev-
er trotted out by political tricksters of the
democratic profession for exhibition. and
has never been very highly rewarded with
government pap. and he feels little gall
ed and winces when he cannot make his
overbearing spirit the ruling element. In
the Convention. the delegates from this
county were altogether. A resolution was
offered that, on the return of the commit
tee on resolutions the Convention proceed
to nominate. candidates. The .Pharos
man" wanted to adjourn without nomina-
ting. and demanded vote by counties
When Marshall county was called, arose
and said: Mr. President. the democrats of
Marshall tcant it understood that hey sciU
not rote for platform on rhich they are
afraid 10 pat candidates. nor nominate can
didates rho are afraid TO stand on the plat
form that srW be adopted. She rotes in
.tavor Of tie resolution"
When the committee on resolutions re-
turned, the resolutions were read by the
chairman, but owing to the room, his
voice and the general hum common in such
meetings, l heard them imperfectly. and
especially the one in relation to the war.
a motion was made to adopt them.
moved an amendment that they be adopt
ed separately. On this. the previous ques-
tion was demanded and the amendment
lost. Judge Petit then moved shat the
resolutions be adopted altogether and de-
manded the previous question which was
ordered. The "Pharos Man" again de-
manded vote by counties. When Mar
shall county was called l arose and said:
Mr.. President. the delegation from Marshall
votes aye; 5m for myself personally. /
uish TO say that heard the resolutions i'm
perfectly; and I irish TO protest against any
thing expressed or implied that may be in
the resolutions. that By any possibility can
be construed into sanction Of the manner
in trhieh this A5olifion, Secession. cat
Throat, picket shooting. niager.freeing. gov-
ernnaent- destroying, constitution annihila-
ting ,car has been conducted
Sometime afterwards, the chairman OF
the committee took the resolutions from
tue table and said, "If the convention
would listen to them again they would
probably understand them differently and
he would try ard read them so as to be un-
derstood." He then read over the resolu-
tions relating to the war carefully, and SO
1 distinctly understood them Iarose and
said THAT tcU do. Ihare no objections
TO that"
And this was all that was said in con
ventioH by the delegation from Marshall.
as can be proven by every one who heard
what was said.
did not hear one delegate say that he
wanted resolutions denouncing the war;
but l was told that one delegate from the
Indianapolis district. said he would not
vote for resolutions sanctioning the war.
and left the convention. / neither saw
nor heard it. 1t was as orderly. harmoni-
Gus and united body of men as ever
saw in convention. and for the great num-
Der. probably as much or more SO than ev-
er met in the state before.
! Now sir, these are the facts. all the facts
and nothing but the facts; and auy man
telling or publishing any thing to the con-
trary. falsifies wilfully, or wholly misun-
derstands wha. was said or done.
My opinions are the same they have
been on the question of the war. and
heartily endorse the resolutions. and did
from the first moment / fully understood
them. Yours, Respectfully.
G. II. REEVE.
We have no desire to interfere in the
quarrel between Mr.. Reeve and the editor
of the Logansport Pharos.-It is family
broil. about nothing really, as both ap-
prove the semi-traitorous resolutions oil
the Convention. and both support its nom
inees heartily. and, SO far as we are con.
cerned. we shall not cry if they do like the
Kilkenny cats when they fight. eat one an.
other up all but their tails. But. we must
say, that we do not think Mr. Reeve has
improved his position in our estimation q
particle by his explanation above. The
language he admits using really amounts
to about the same as that he was charged
with uttering. in our opinion. and without
intending any personal offence to the gen.
tleman, we do not think any true-hearted
patriot. or one that did not warmly sym
Pathise with he rebels would have given
utterance to such "odious and uwusfifa5lt
language" We admit his consistency,
with such unpatriotic sentiments as he con-
fesses he gave utterance to. seething in his
heart, in endorsing the resolutions of the
Convention. And does not his endorse
ment Of them prove their true intent and
meaning beyond question? We under-
stand them to be intended to give aid and
comfort to the enemy. and we ask Mr..
Reeve. as he is no Office seeker and does
not care whit for popular favor. to say
candidly if such is not his understanding
of them IL NOT what IN THAR ;xfo.t .cd