Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-01-21

What they Claim--What They Did

The Sentinel, in fit of glory over tho
completion OF our quota nader the last call
for volunteers. says the feeling that ac-
complishsd this gratifying result "has
been generally manifested regardless OF
party affiliations, anl tue Democratic
counties have been the most liberal in of.
fering bounties'' 1t Is emiueatly charac-
teristic of our agile neighbor to insist that
the feeling which has filled the States
quota Was manifested without regard TO
party afiliation," and in the very same
sentence asserts the ono party did more
than the other, to make capital for that
party. "There was 10 party feeling in it."
says one end of the sentence; ''the Demo-
cratic party did more than the Union par
ty," says the other end. We let the two
ends devour each other, promising that if
neither can get any other food, both will
speedily die of starvation or poison, and
we can't well say which would kill quick
est, and proceed to say a word about the
Democratic action which "was manifested
without regard to party affiliations" Some
Democratic Counties did offer large and
liberal bounties. and we, anxions to sup
press all party feeling, recorded the fact as
prominently and in as fattering terms as
we could. But when it came to drawing
the bounties. as we'll as paying them. the
Democrats that is, Democrats of the SEN
tinel and Vallandigham breed-were not
on hand. They offered big bounties and
urged Union men to enlist This was their
game. They killel two birds with one
Thav HllaI ha II
the draft, which might have proved no re-
specter of their timid persons. and at the
same time got UniUn votes ont OF the way,
to the strengthening of the Peace Democ-
racy by just that much. This is the game
they have played from the beginning
They never have enlisted or encouraged
their own partizans to enlist. On the
contrary. they have time and again signali-
zed their hostility to any depletion of Dem
ocratic strength by such proce IS, by the
most vehement and even seditious resist
ance. They have denounced the war,
mobbed recruiting officers, killed troops
sent after desetsrS, and organized bands
to protect deserters at home, and encour-
age others to come home. The same men
who voted bountles so promptly last fall
quietly prevented Democrats from taking
them. The muster rolls will show that
there is not one Democrat IN eueyy ten re-
crHits from any county "a tie State. In
this county there is not one in twenty
In Shelby county there is not one in ff-
teen. So it is all over the State. Demo-
cratic counties paid liberal bounties in
a few cases. but Democrats let Union men
take the bountes and stayed at home them
selves. We regret to have to allude to
this subject in this way. but when a sheet
that has made itself notorious as sympa-
thiser with the rebellion and a supporter
Of every measure that could cripple the
war or render it hopeless, boats Of
what its party has done, we can do no less
than show what it has not done. We
should have been the last to manifest par
ty affiliations" as the Sentinel, with that
admirable lucidty which distinguishes its
style. says. but when an attempt is made
to manufacture party capital of what in
the same sentence is declared to be not
party action, we are indisposed to view the
attempt with Indifference, especially when
it is made by paper that has fed and fat
tened to the slze of new three story
brick house on its hatred of the war and
its ISLANDERS of all who have heartily and
consistently supported it.