Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-03-12

try FOR his eonntry's good. Then they
must hsrs been yelfsh. if'not unfrisndly
and mercensry. Persons who live in glass
houses should not throw stones.
We will now answer the Democrats or
rather Mr.. Bsiley's intsrrogatories. LIST.
No sir, we were not aetustcd either by
selfish. unf,iendly or mercenary motives
in asking the question you refer to. but by
q sense Of duty to our county. The Cop.
perheads denounced ourself and other
Onion men for your act. and said in Ian.
gusge which admitted of no other inter.
probation. .'that you had no conscientious
scrupIes about selling the Times. but con.
Guided not to do SO longer for fear Of loo
sing your Office; We did not hear Of
your flying in rage a, the editor. sending
the paper back to him and ordering il
stopped. or telling him he could not ''makc
add niger Of mo- [you. and. upon
mature reflection. our suspicion. We admit,
being aroused. from the fact of your ma
king no objection to the position in which
the Democrat placed you. that you were
not true- hearted and genuine Republi-
can or Union man. and we determined To
smoke you out. We are satisfied with
our experiment. It made you show your
colors and that is all we desired. If the
Union men Of this vicinity are satisfied
with such a Post Master we have nothing
more to say ID. We did not seek TO
make it appear that ron were "not sound
on the African question" We rather
hoped the contrary. but your subsequent
course. in connection with what your COP
psrhead organ says for you. discloses your
true sentments-that you enter; ain very
nearly the same views in regard to the
sacre'lness of slavery. that the copperheads
do; otherwise they would not beslsuber
you ms they do. nor would you use their
lingo-"d-.n niger" 81. We do not
want TO be post master. nor would we
cept the office il it were rendered to us.
Il is trnc. when Mr. Bailey was appointed
Lieut.. Colonel. we remarked to some OF
our political friends that B. onght to re-
,ign tue post mastershiP.-that no man
ought to hold two fat offices at once. We
|stilithink so. and still think that he ough,
to resign. for the reas on that he does no,
now, if tho Democrat tells tine truth. agree
in sentiment with the Administration hat
appointed him. II is siso.truc. that while
lh. B. still held the office Of Lieut.. Col.
we urged a poor. but competent young
man. who had been severely wounded on
the bloody field of Shiloh to apply FOR tue
office. but he declined doing So Perhaps
III was presumption in us to think that a
man who held two lucrative Offices ought
To he made to give one Of them to a poor.
but meritorious wounded soldier. who had
served his country longer in the ranks. and
consequently with small pay. than the 9th.
or hail a. an officer. with big wages. but
If we were We cannot help it. II
Tie latter part Of Mr. BIS 81 interrog-
atory we deem it unneces.ary to notice.
only to say that We have not attempted to
.'pervert the republican county organ from
its legitimate use to the accomplishment
Of pnrely personal ends?" We know he
would Ike to .inculcate- this flea among
Union men, so as to arouse their sympa-
:hies in his behalf. but he will hardly
succeed so long as he connscls with cop
perheai editor. man who thinks every
Republican. { Abolitionists he calls them. J
except Post Master Bailey, is as bad as a
Southern rebel. ial We entertain no person
al hostility toward Post Master Bailey. but
if we did we would not allow il to infu
ence us in the discharge Of our editorial
duties sees zaitAa Gees vflcsei - HAD
We regret the necessity Of having to oc
cupy SO much room with this matter. bu'
we could not in justice to ourself dispose
Of it more briefly We hope II will be un
necessary for Us to refer to the subjcc1
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