The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-09-01
For the Democ rat,


class of men which is known to include
the leaders aud ruling spirits cf that dark
lantern organization known as the Union
League. Especially since it is authorita-
lively known that the hsaI Governors OF
the Northern States will not issue any call
for cnlistments OF troops to fill the quotas
under the late demand by the President
for 800, geo mere men, and that the draft
alone will be used to fiji the quotas. Have
these men been busy at some KIND Ct secret
work that seems to promise good and great
results to the order, whatever may be the
result to the people or the country? Men
are riding hither and thither, on the cars.
on horseback through the dust. during
nis int as well as tie day. Little knots OF
abolitionists, generally with government
assessor, collector, deputy provost or 4
pair Of shoulder straps, are often seen con
gregatcd on the street corners, conversing
in whispers, wearing earnest faces, and
always silent when 4 democrat or stran-
GER passes by. Crowds of men are silent
ly collected in town halls, in lowly farm
houses. and In the open groves. No
notices Of the meeting are posted up but
at certain times, always after dark, the
crowd gathers, and then the exercises
be~in. Atsueh times, the words OF COM
nand ans. the even tramp Of men in drill
can easily he heard After the business
OF The meeting IS over, tie crowd silently
melts into the darkne S.; there IS no noise
no hurrah;ng, bnt al is quiet syste matte
work. IN every town, village or city, the
same stir is observable; tie same secret
activity prevails, AM iroln almost every
quarter the li,hcrto vague and undeGGcd
ramcrs that he league was being armed
are aS rning tangible shape, and what w..s
only conjecture Is becoming certainty
Numbers arc seen to openly congratulate
each ether. and words such as '.they'so
cosae.' we've 60. them" and lie Ike.
arc l.aarl pass from mouth to mouih,
10 ,iicn t, le a:'icut Significance
Heavy Ds,.e too heavy to contain dry
gcoa4-aro being slipped from Po,n. to
paint; tbey ale aways loaded anI un'oaGed
alter dark sal stored in private cellars
.Aea, known members, who sell no aiin.l-
milton. arc receiving by express, magazines
Of powder. and ,hat also is hid carefully
troln the public eye.
In this district, that arch schemer and
,ieinatosue, Schuyler Co.iax. is incessantly
riding, driving or walking visiting each
place Of ANY Importance, ,ldng private
meetings, and closely behind hiln comes
ihe heavy box. He makes few ru5l:c
speeches ihis campaign. IIe IS depending
on what seems 20 him sircr means OF sue
cess.
Do We, rs democrats. need any ether ev-
idcnce from which 10 form { conclusion !!
Are We - blind that We c; lnot see SO
! ignorant ;hat We cannot read The signs so
plainly apparent? No. We do see; we
DO read. aal We thoroughly understand
that th, Union I.caguers through, ut the
North are being quietly aud secretly, bat
completely armed Now, the pertinent
question IS: What arc they arming fer?
DO they propose TO form organizations and
volunteer hy conranies TO help fill the
present caii for $4,000 mea. Most Ger
;ainly no.. Our patriotic % Governors
have forbidden that. They say there are
loyal men enough in the army; that the
coppcrlea,.s wont volunteer. and they
must. by somc means. bc made 10 Gil the
ranks of the army. Ask :.eaguer why
they are arming themselves. He wo nt
answer il he can help it, hu. if fairly PIN
ned to It, he viii tell you, te hrip eatorc,
Ito drett. That is just the answer made
BY a licaguer toa democrat On y last week
Mt Warsaw. an;l that is the truth as Ear rs
it goes. |. is one half of the truth: ths
whole truth, tho whole reascn thcy dare
not tell. Yes, to help ouiorco the draft
+ Are democrats, corIcrhcads, only to bC
drafted? Has the quota of Marshal
County, i66 men, to be made up out ot
these who do not subscribe and swoar tc
The wicked and unconstitutional measure.
of this corrupt administration. Is this cal
for SOC, ,0O0 men plan to drag half NIL
lion of democrats from the polls instead
of IA plan to raise men tor the army? Il
membership in n League exemption frou
draft? 1t certainly looks that way. Tw,
: years ago there was draft in Marshal
County and out of the whole numbe
drawn not one member Of that order wa
among them. 1t is high time we began
to look these things squareiy in the face
How Is it that these Leaguers seem to car,
so little for the coming draft? How anC
why is it that none Of them are maxim.
any arrangements for tho settlement o
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