Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-09-08
A Disgusted Democratic Official.


A Disguised Democratic Official.
Our amiable Democratic Clerk, JOIN
G. Cushnan. Esq. S. L.. seems almos
as much disgusted with us for publishin.
his private" letters, week before last, a
he was with the Democratic nominees. o
his friend Turpie, and we fear we will re
quire as much sugar coa'i1g" to restor,
us to the position we held in bis esteem
previous to that time as the Democrati,
nominees did to enable him to swallow
them. But it seems that he is not alto
gether reconciled to the nominations yet
as he declares in communication pub.
! lished in the last Democrat, that There
is nothing in the letters themselves that
he would obliteratc." Bully for you
John. We glory in your spunk. In
your second letter you id:
"As to the late State convention, there
is general dissatisfaction and bitter feel
ing among our Democrats as regards the
! course pursued in applying the gag and
riding rough shod' over all movements
inaugurated by the peace Democrats, treat
ing them as fraction too insignificant for
respectful notice, and possessed of no
rights commanding any respect; and
knowing, as they do, that in reality, q
majority of the convention was composed
of what is termed radical peace men, the
nomination of such man as Perkins is
self-evi !ent proof that peace men we're
sold out by their heretofore trusted lead
ers. The presence of some of these lead
ors Spon the platform. and more especial
ly. hc who who has long been recognized
as chief among them in Indiana. apparent
y acquiescins in the wire pulling perform
ances of the adroit managers"
And yon would not oblterate this in.
lictment against the leaders of your par
y? Bully for you. we say again. But
how can You act with party whose lead
ers are so treacherous and corrupt as you
say yours are? If they betray their party
friends, what security have you that they
will no, betray the country. if placed in
power, or sell ont the party to the Aboli-
tionists? Such men care nothing for prin-
ciple, and they would as soon be Abo-
li,ionists as Democrats. If they could
make more money by turning their coats
This is what we always thought OF the
Democratic leaders. and we are glad you
coincide with us. We rejoice that you
have the spunk to adhere TO your arraign-
ment, and whatever may be your feelings
towards us. whether disgnsu or contempt
fills your mind, whenever you think OF our
humble sell. we shall always respect you
a brave man. ready to meet the frowns
Of your party friends rather than retract
a word of what you have written in your
letters 10 Grand Commander Dodd.
You object seriously to Perkins, on ac-
count, we suppose, of little war docu-
Tent he wrote long time ago. now.
what do you think of Mcclellan? If you
could not swallow Perkins without sugar
coating him, how can Won swallow Nc
Clelan? Is he not more Of a war man
than Perkins ever was? Has he not slain
thousands of as good Democrats as the
sun ever shone upon? Did he not say in
his letter of July Z, 1862, to the President,
that our cause must never be abandoned,
that it was the canse of free institutions
and self-government? Did he not re-ite-
rate the same sentiment in bis recent
speech at West Point. n. Y? Did he not
tell the President in his Harrison Landing
letter that he had the constitutional right
to manumit all the slaves in particular
State, upon the ground of military neces.
sity? And did he not in the same letter
say that in Missouri. Western Virginia
and Maryland the adoption of such poll
cy was only question Of time? If he hat
not been an abolitionist at heart would
such ideas have entered his mind?
You. sir. complain of the tyranny ant
usurpations of Lincoln? Is Mcclellan
not as great tyrant as Lincoln? Did b,
not order the arrest Of every Democratic
member of the Maryland Legislature, be
fore they had comr1.tted single uDlaw fn
or reasonable act? And were they no
arrested and imprisoned for long month
in pursuance Of that order? What NOR
tyrannical act was Lincoln ever guilty OF
Can you support Mcclellan without pro
wing to the world that all your howlinI
about arbitrary arrests are hollow and hyp
ocrtical, and made only for political ef
feet? You may. if you choose. adopt {
III. Reeves argument, in justification @
McClellan's arrest of the Democratic mem
bers of the Maryland legislature. that the
were going to pass an ordinance OF seces
sion. but how will that help the matter
They had not committed the overt act, an
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