Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-03-05
A Mad Post Mister.

-so,,, A Mad Post Mister. 20
The following paragraph. which appear
led in ronr issns of last week. gave mo,ta
odsnss. it seems, to our gallant militar,
Post Master: ~ vat .d .asas ~
"a DoupfrcL CoxrIIaEsr. The Demo
erdt Of this place intimatss that Postma,,.
el Bailey. wonld not have refused longer
to sell the tory Times newspaper al his de-
pot. hal it not been for the pressure Of pub
ilic sentiment among the loyal men OF thi,
lyicinity.-in other words. that Mr.. b. had
no conscientious scruples about ceiling the
1imss. but concluded not to do 70 Longer
Tor fear OF the consequence? Is thu 81
Mr.. B.! We hope the Democrat does no,
speak by authority"
AS soon o. the p. NJ. real the ab ovs h.
flaw intos violent rage. and sail some
nsughty things about us. Soon after one
Of our employees happening in the ofic,
he gave the paper to him. telling him to
Itch us not TO send our paper there any
more. aud that we could not make id
niger out Of him. ~
We are awful sorry we have offended
| tho hero of - battles and two resigna,
itions. but. for the life of us we cannot per
c,ise anything in the above extract tina,
oaght to have male him angry at us. un-
less the Deductions we made were unjusii
| able. W hicha we do not think any man
will say after realizing what the Demoera,
sail. Th., sheet. after copying same re-
muks We made in our paper Of the 18th
ult.. in regard to 4. new.-.iealera in Wiz
consin refusing longer to sell the tIry Z
csgo Times. ssii:
Our news dealer. postmaster Bailey.
! yielding TO the pressure .: .uch men a, the
author, oi she above article-m n who are
a. intolerant a. tn, dsvll is wIcksi. wh (.
hate all who Ilff.r with than in opinion.
aud would grini into dust all that opposes
them; men who form TN .ir social relations
from their little. Il sifi ,u,s>. wip-e " ..o.e
lives are . conlin 20 ani bitter warfare.
against m-n VINO .ilifsr with their IN poll
tics an religion; wac ss.riIsgi'usly hill
up their h.nls Tor liberty ani wml lie
prive their opponents of the freedom oi
thought. cssn-yieliiny to the pressure Ut
such men. our post master discontinued
the ChicAgo Tunes. an thus informed the
democrats VINO nave h.rstoiors patronizel
him. without IN Iuiriny hi, politics. that
ne could n Il retain their custom except ON
condition of their purchasing aboliti"u
publications. This Mr.. Bailey had per
feet right 10 10. .
Were our deductions unjusti6able. read
er? If not. doe. il not follow tina, on
Pos, Master got angry ut the wrong passon'
lie most certainly did. unless. what W.
sail previously about the Wisconsin deal
er. made him ssths Democrat says yield
to the pressure OF loyal men against hi,
will anil against his interest. We have
always hal to bear the responsibility Of
our words and deeds, but il seems our pos,
M>ster is mora sfostunats. The Copper
heads do not Blame him At ell for refusing
to sell the tory Times paper longer. bn'
reserve all their denunciations for onrself
! We do not understand this, unless Bailey
told these men privately he wouh coutin
ne to sell the Tines were il not for fear o.
losing his Office. Even such Copperhcsd'
q Charley Reeve. who went believing
A
ronnd she streets . couple of months since
l..Thers is going to be battle soonl--Col
tBsi.ey has resigned!' hal no harsh word,
TO say about him that night in hrs speech
Tor refusing % sell shs Times longer. hu
iire.sryel all HE dennnciaiions for others
! Who canIafcnusE Cor this sudden tender
ness Of the. Copperhesis toward our Pos
Master? We have our theory about it
'IGko is this: He TOLL them probsbl,
that although he gas forced TO sts,
selling the Times the Abolhionists ''conl.
mot make DID niger Of him." Thi,
expression is Copperheai lingo. and to I
Cppperbeadis unmistakabls evidence o.
being ssonni on the vital question. ami
hence their tenderness and forbesrance. q
1--WE have done our P3st Master injus'
ttice in the above remsrks we off.r him the
nse OF our columns to defend himself
Had he in.tsaalof getting angry at ms las'
week. and ordering hispaper stepped. told
! q. We had done him injustice We would
llchssFfullys have given him the benefit %
Isny iexplsastion az statement be might
wish 80 make This would have been
'tmsnly. bus instead of.hat no had to sc
like spoile,fshild. which 70 say the isa.,
a shows q, want Of sense IL nothing more. q
r.. 40 Loss q the Indianola. Q
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