Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-11-10
THE REPUBLICAN
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ,0g 1864.
o ltraseous Misstatements.


Ehe last Democrat contained al article
under the heal of Outrageous Conduct"
which. ne arc assured, by reliable parties
untrue in almost every particular. The
Democrat charges.
lst. That half dozen or so Of poht :
lcal.UnlOn League row,lies in Green town.
ship in this Comfy, are in the habit of
visiting the houses Of democrats in the
night time, threatening their lives, de-
manning access to their private papers,
&c" 4 44a
The only ground there is for this state
men. is that Messrs. Craver AMI Alleman.
who were detailed to arrest drafted meu
who had failel to report, with two or three
assistants. visited the houses Of some dem /.
ocrats'in the night. in the discharge of
their duty. They tieportel themselves as
gentlemcn, and made no threats in any in
stance, except when threatened or opposed.
The only papers they demanded to see
were letters, il they had any. from the per-
sens whom they were huating. Perhaps
this was not altogether proper. but they
thought if they couid find out by this
means where the individual they were
hunting had sloped to it was legitimate.
IL Is great outrage, it seems, in the esti-
nation of the Democrat. for any one TO
try to arrest a deserter or drafted skulker,
but loyal men can't see it it in that light.
The Democrat charges,
81. This same gang of roughs arrested
m>n by the name Of Waldo, recently ss
deserter, pnt him in irons and took him
to camp at Michigan city. where they
were informed that he was not a deserter
and not liable to perform military duty"
The facts in this case are simply these:
Waldo was drafted and notified to report:
hs refused to do so; Mcssrs. Craver and
A'Ieman arrested him; put linn in irons,
and took him to Michigan City, where he
was examined like other drafted men and
released because he was unfit for service.
Can any one bat the Democrat and those
who sympathisc withthe rebels see where.
in Messrs. Craver aud Alieman are to
blame in what they did in this case?
81. They also arrested another man in
the same vicinity on some frivolous chaIg e.
and took him TO Michigan city where he
was promptly released by the Prov ost
Marshal"
The frivolous charge" upon which this
nan was arrested was for assisting Wal
do off IN the first instance, but he was not
taken near Michigan City. nor was he
released by the Provost Marshal at all. As
soon rs he gun lei them to where Waldo
was and they had secured W. they prompt
ly released him. themselves. Can any
loyal man see wherein their conduct was
8, outrageous in. the above cases? We
think their conduct deserves commenda-
ton rather than censure, bu. the editor of
the Democrat calls them scoundrels and
Williams. and says they "should in some
way be male 20 feel that they are engaged
In dangerous business, and IL the. law
fails to afford redress, the citizens should
make an example or two Of the art OF
buttonhole working in their worthless car
casses."
What kind Of talk is this? Ought a
man who advises others to make it dan
grous business TO arrest deserters. and
cDunsels them to murder those who only
obey the orders of their superiors. be suf-
fere | to run at large2 We think it should
rather be made dangerous business to
give such counsel. We have had too
much Of such talk.
18th. Ladies have been outrageously in
sulted by them, and every species of indig-
nifty heapel upon defenceless old men that
that the devil himself could invent, under
the guise of patriotism. 1t is time these
things should cease and unless they do.
aud that right soon, these villains will
find that they are not only known but will
be held personally responsible for their
outrageous conduct"
Don't tear your shirt, neighbor. Amt
you afraid you'll Tighten somebody? 1t
seems to us we have heard such threats
before on divers occasions. If ladies have
been iasulsed and iDlignities hesped upon
defeneeless old men. it is because they
have become offended at men simply for
discharging their duty in as mild and gen.
tie manner as the nature of the case
r would admit of. We are accustomed to
: hear such complaints from rebel sympa-
thisers and know how to estimate them.