The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-03-12
THE Esibic and Bullets"
A EsiOt al Calumet, Indiana.
TO the Editor of thcChicago Times:

in these ''times that try mems souls, +"
any thing pertaining to politics and public
speeches is sought after and read with
more avidily by the people; and presu-
ming that the readers of THE TIMES are
anxious to keep posted on all that is
transPiring in your own and adjoining
States. propose to give YOU an inkling OF
the way in which ministers Of the Gospel
do things in Indiana. As scAning and re
voting, as diaboiical and NAL clous as
they may appear, what propose to relate
is strictly true.
At Calumet, town of some 500 inhab: t
tan,s, situated on the Michigan Southern
Railroad, near the crossing Of the Michi
gan Central Railroad, in Porter county.
Reverend Captail William Copp was an
nounced to speak on Monday evening. the
ID inst. The evening came, and with it
the speaker. Tie aai:ence GATHERED. The
speaker took TIE stand; openened the BIZ
bic before him; anbottsAej his coat; took
from his side pocket navy revolver,
which he deliberately placed By Tie side
Of the Sacred Book, and announced lat
his subj ct woa.d he The Bible and Bal
lets. The auIi,nce wa a large one fJr hat
place, a4I coaposed Il democrats a..l re-
lubiicans. expecting, "h-n .hsy came to
g-ther, 10 hear the h'uth irom divine
who had been ia he service. They *
pectsd thai IL, AZ lea I. w2a.d deal IS IL
TO al! men- nothing cx5snna;e or augnt
set down in malice; bat what was their
astonishmcnt ahel, ai.ei br.;f ln;soIuc-
,ofy, 10 hear him propose to take vote
Of the meeting t. see how many OF those
presen. would "assi,t in hanging The cop
porhcals Vi that county At this June
ture the democrats present Withdrew 10 the
street, whore tie abolitionis.s followed
them, assauling them nithe pistols knives,
bluigeons, and. II short, with everything
available, Instantly killing Robert Lake
and seriously wound.n5 -Mu,hil aud
Thomas Mooney. In that Immediate vi
emily the mo-; Intense excitement prevails,
AMI IN re blood-Ael is anticipated before
the affair is ended.
The democracy Of that vicinity are no,
the attacking party; they stand on the de-
fensiye; and the consequences Of Inaugural
ting civil war at home rests upon the repub
lican or abolition party, Kissed on by one
who has professcd to be a teacher of the
precepts of 'the meek and lowly Jesus
The responsibility of what follows is with
them, and the blood Of Robert Lake is up
on the skirts of this clerical hypocrite.
But this is not all. A few days previ-
Gus to this atfray, this same demon
Copp spoke at Valparaiso, in the same
county, announcing the same subjeet and
bluntly asking how many of those presen,
were ready and willing to assist in hang
ing Buell. Starr Samu i j. Anthony, +. Y.
j. ilerriIield, Judge Woodruff, and David
Oaks, FIVE Of the most prominent and
wealthy citizens .: VALPARAISO, whose only
crime Is that Of sustaining the Constitution
Upon the vote being pnt, about tvo-thirds
of the audience arose to their feet, when
the eslimable lady of enc of the men as
sailed withdrew; and ii is only the love OF
law and order entertained by the people oil
VALPARAISO that saved this white-cravatted
mlscreant from dangling from limb OF
one of the trees that alorn that beautiful
Court House Square.
How long must these things b. to.era-
ted? How long will the people be com
PEELED to tolerate the canting of such base
hyp"cr'es aud demagogues! Upon what
evil times have we fallsn. when men, un-
der the GARD cf religion. walk 10 and fro
through the earth. stirring up strif a, in
citing b.oodshed, instead Of coun ,elinp
love and mercy? Are oar right, as free
men guaranteed by the Constitution, to b.
baseIy trampled beneath the feet of aboll.
ton crusaders. the laws of our country
decorated. and the pulpit and the Bible
, made subserycnt 10 ends and ms Of des
pots aud tyrants! Is there no more pro
lection to the rights of freemen in lhi-
Icouutry? And must we tameIv submit &c