The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1863-09-24

hat quite ~ good an oppor, unity of know
lng what Mr. Dodd said as this long.faced
scoun'lrel, who no doubt was present for
the express purpose manufacturing false
hood and making mischief We know Of
no class of men who have done more 10
produce the present state of affairs in this
country than jus; such men as this Huff:
man-men who have ''stolen the livery of
heaven to serve the devil in" and the
quicker they consigned to the inf,my
they so richly merit. the better it will be
for Christianity and the peace of the COM
munity. There need be no fear of mista-
king their real character-by their fruits
you may know them. They are "busy-
bodies" "hypocrites, bearing a marked
resemblance to the Pharisee of old, who
''for pretencc made long prayers" and
thanked God she was not as other men"
&c.
Tho word went forth that our speaker
had been arrested and that the town was
guarded and none permitted to pass the
guard coming or going The particulars,
OF course, could not be ascertained. and the
worst was conjectnred TO the rescue !"
was the word, and feet messengers went
forth, and, when the day began to dawn,
the roads in every direction were literally
swarming with the hard-fsted yeomanry
Of the country, who came with alacrity.
not waiting for the morning meal, and
with such weapons as they could hastily
procure, some with shot-guns. some with
rifles, and others with corn-cutters, pitch
forks, and even hickory clubs By or
10 o'clock in the morning these men had
selected their camp ground,a "a spot surround
ed by a cluster of beautiful groves Here
their guns were hastily overhauled and put
in order, ammunition examined and dis
tributcd. A large quantity of lead pipe
was procured at neighborng saw-mill
and hastily moulded into bullets As the
force, which was rapidly increasing, grew
large, and excit emcnt increased, it was
with great difficulty that they could be re-
strained from rushing forward to the anti
cipated conflict The apprehension was
that Mr.. Dodd might be disposed of before
they could reach him 1t was we'll tie diff
NcuIty terminated as it did Many of them
had listened to Mr.. Dodd the day previous
and knew that the sentiments he expressed
were truthful and patriotic, and they were
determined to right his wrong, or sacrifice
their lives in the attempt Some were al
most frantic with rage, and God only knows
what the result would have been had they
got within the limits of the town
Mr.. Wesley Splitter determined to visit
Rensselaer, for the purpose of obtaining re-
liable information, and effecting. if possible.
some arrangement that would obviate the
fearful consequences that were apprehend
ed. This purpose, however, was not effect
ed without opposition on the part of his
friends, as the impression prevailed that
the town was guarded-that if he should
effect an entrance he would not be permitted
to return. After he had been absent a rea-
sonable length of time, the men became
restless, and it seemed impossible to hold
them back. Others proposed a similar
mission, but before it could be carried in
to operation Mr. Splitter arrived, and in
formed the men, who were drawn up in
line to receive him, that a satisfactory ar
rangcment had been made, and that Mr..
DOdd was at liberty to 90 when and where
he pleased; that the citizens were much
alarmed (and they certainly had reason to
be- for the safety Of their town; that they
had begged Mr. Dodd to go out where
his friends were and use his influence to
restore peace and harmony; but as he was
desirous of returning home, and had bare
ly time TO make connection with the ears,
he desired Mr.. Sp.tler to act in his stead,
and assure his friends that the arrangement
was entirely satisfactory, so far as he was
concerned This had the desired effect.
They had accomplished bloodlcss victory,
and were satisfied with the result
We hope that like occurrence may
never take place again. Bitterly Il. we
are opposed to the views and measures OF
our political opponents, God knows we do
not wish to see them injured in their per-
sons property. Many of them we respect
and esteem As our personal friends, but we
tsll them plainly they must re spect the
rights OF their nctel rs, If they Ssh to
/ i've in peace and -ccur'ty.-T'te Se"tnei.
GENERAL WucUN and staff, we under
stand have been ordered by Gen Burn
side to report Ncpartmcnt Headquarters
Its supposed that scvcral of the regiments
quartered for some tilna past IN ihls State.
will accompany the General. Gen. VII