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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

On Wednesday last, the New Jersey
Democratic State Convention assembled
at Trenton, and nominated Major General
Runvan candidate Tor Governor. New
Jersey has never yet deserted the demo
cratic standard, and, we ieel firmly con
vipced, will not do so now.
The Committee on Resolutions, appoint
ell by the Convention reported series
charging the consequences OF the war on
the election of sectional party; iavoring
the return of the government to ITS origi-
nal purposes and objects; declaring and
insisting on the rights of states, opposing
negro suffrage; emphatically agreeing with
President johnson that this subject must
be left with the states; tavorinS the use OF
gold and silver currency; opposing the
exemption of government bonds from
taxation as unjust; expressing sympathy
with and gratitude to soldiers; insisting
that the government shallpay soldiers the
full bounty promised them; opposing mil
itary arrests; favoring the freedom OF
hobeos corpus; and coming down ON the
national debt as oncrous and improperly
managed .-LGPojte Democrat
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07
The Tables Turned.

4 highly respected Fenian catholic
named Mccarthy recently died, and the
Archbishop of st. Louis refused the
Brotherhood the privilege of burying the
deceased in the ccmetry at that place. lie
alledgcs as q reason for the refusal that the
Fenan organization is immoral, and that
it is unlawful and illegal in It's means, a
quasi military organization in this cOun-
try while at peace with England, to be
made effective in the event of Il war with
that power" The Chica 90 Tribune COM
menting on this action Of the Archbishop
says:
"To this we answer that as the Archbishop
knows no more about law than any otthe Fenians
his opinion on such point OF law is worth no more
than theirs, and as he is not charged with enfOrc-
ing our neutrality laws, duty which dcyolvc=
wholly on Mr.. Secretary Seward, it is none OF
the Archbishop'S business whether Fcnlanism =
lawful or not; and that If 1t unlawful and II
1t were the Archbishop's business to enforce the
law i'll this matter, the proper and only way to dc
so il to have the Fenans indicted and tried 10y tho
courts and not to deny Catholic burial to tenan
Catholics. The neglect of the Archbishop C
complain against the Fenians before the lega
courts is legal admission by the Archbishop that
either the Fena1s have committed no crime oil
that the Archbishop has neglected his duty as al
American citizen in not bringing them to punish
meut."
We commend this reasoning to the cdi
tor of the Republican and all others who
have been for the last four years bowling
at democratic citizens for being as they
allcdgc traitors and disloyalists, engaged
in conspiracics to subvert and overthrow
the government; establish Northwestern
Contederacy, &C., &c Instead of content
ing themselves with reiterating these
charges at every full and change of the
Moon. they should have the supposed con
spirators indicted and tried by The
courts" Their neglect to complain against
the conspirators "beiore the legal courts
is legal admission, that either nc
crime has been committed, or that they
have neglected their duties as American
citizens in not bringing the conspirator.
to punishment" They can take which
ever horn of the dilemma they prefer
but so long as they fail to institute
legal proceedings against the al,
lodged criminals the presumption is
strong that they have lied, willfuIIy anC
maliciously lied for no other purpose thar
that of-mere partizan political effect
Take hold gentleman, let us see whicl
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

1t is repo, ted that IIoushton the democratic
nominee fo- Recorder, in order TO retain the post
office at Borrbon, voted in lo62 for COltax ana
Parks Will the Democrat tell us whether II Is
true or false l-Republicaa.
Certainly we will, we could not refuse
so reasonable a request Of our neishbor
The report is partly true and partly false
taken as our neighbor puts it, 1t Is
wholly false Houghton says he voted for
the parties named and while he acknowl-
edges his error is heartily ashamed Of hay
ing been so far missed as to indorse by his
vote in the slightest degree, the wrong
doings of the administration. That he
voted for Cclfax ''ig order to retain the
post Office at Bourbon" Is false When
he was first urged to accept the oihce, he
consented to do so on y as democrat, and
so informed Mr.. Colfax at tho time. The
appointment was not solicited by him, aud
he never directly nor indirectly did any
thing to retain the office. On the contrary
it was burden to him, which he only
assumed for the accommodation of the cit
izcGs in and about Bourbon, and which he
willingly threw off when another was found
who was likely to give public satisfaction.
The reasons why Mr.. III. voted for Col
fax and Parks were Of q personal nature
entirely, aud although We think he showed
less than his usual sasacity, in voting as
he did, we by no means fesl like casting
him off because he committed a single pO-
iitical blunder, more especially as he now
vows himself sound OH the cardinal prin-
ciples of democracy, and willing to stand
Ivy them, and be governed in his political
action henceforth by our time-honored
rules and usages.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07
4 Lesson uf EXpcrEcncs-MiIi-
faTy commissions I'm England

In 1918 a so-called Military Commits
sion usuryed the power oil a Court of Jus.
ticc, and pretended to try the King
Charles l., of high crime aud misdemean.
ors. The accused was deprived Of the
privileges ofan En2iishman---tr:alb by jury
and the benefit of habccs corpUs. 1t was
a tribunal like tlat which recently sat at
Washington, organized to convict BY
it, Of course, the king was found guilt
and executed. Many years passed away,
and the men who had sat on the Commits,
sion, hoped that it had been forgotten
But the English law does not SO readily
forget such usurpations upon universal
liberty. After fifteen years had elapsed,
the men of this Commission and their in
stigators, were sent for to the uttcrmost
parts of the earth They were taken and
brought back to England and tried foI
murder. They were convicted and hanged
in chains. Indeed, 50 far were they pur-
sued by popular vengeance, that those
who were deceased had their bodies dug
up, and their Wondering bones were ex-
posed on the gibbct There was an am
nesty for almost every oflense but that OF
taking an Englishman's life without pro
cess Of law, and deriving him Of all tho
guarantees Of former liberty. 1t has beer
said that history is philosophy, teaching
by example.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07
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NEGRO CoURAGE.-Thc only instances
that We know of where negro soldiers ey-
er exhibited any disposition to fight, were
in cases where women and children were
to be made the victims. All negro soldier
wants to exhibit his dauntess courage is
the right sort of an enemy. The following
may be regarded as a sample of negro
valor. We copy from the New Orleans
TINES:
yesterday a street car, loaded with
men, women and children, was hailed on
Ramport street by four negro soldiers
The ear being crowded, the driver refused
to stop, when the brave loyalists drew
rcvolvcrs, compelled the car to stop, and
all inside to get out instantly. \ major
happened to be a passenger in the car
and he had the black scoundrcls arrcstc
and placed in the guard-housc.
The presence Of Major, and the
promptncss with which he acted in
having them arrested, are all that pre-.
vented the black Gcnds from firing on
their victims.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

NEW YORK. Sep. 4.-Ketchum the
Gorgcr, was brought before Justice Hogan
this morning, according to adjournment
last week. When he appeared in court he
bore the same careless manner noticed
when he was arrested, aud he appeared to
look with contempt on the court and all in
the room. Upon being asked if he was
ready to proceed with the examination,
replied that he was not, his counsel was
absent from the city, and he would ask an
adjournment for two days. The case was
then postponed until next Monday. 1t
was intended 10 have the ease presented TO
the grand jury to day, but this adj ournmcnt
has made a postponement necessary.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07


y TERRIBLE TRAGLDY-AN OFFICER
MURDERED BY \ NEGRO We are called
upon this morning to narratc the partcu-
lars of one of the most hcart-rending tray
cdics that has ever thrilled the heart OF
the people of this section of the country
Or. VI. &. MullinniX. SURGEON of the One
Hundred and Forty ninth Indiana Nolun-
tecrs, arrived at home last evening, bring
ing with him the lifclcss body of Captain
David NJ. Dodson, Of this village, who was
brutally murdered by negro on Saturday
last. The particulars given lis by Surgeon
NJ are as follows:
Capt Dodson was Provost Marshal Of
Somerville, Ala. stationed there for the
purpose of administering the oath to the
late rebels, and Of transactng such other
business as came within his province. lie
was very popular, both among his own men
and the citizens GIN Saturday last Capt
Dobson was standing on the street in front
Of a hotel, conycrsing with a man named
Rathor, late a rebel General. when a me-
gro servant Of Sir. Steward with whom
the Captain was boarding. approached
him from behind and stuck him on the
head with an ak, the blade splitting hi.
skull and sinking to the base of the brain
Capt. Dodson fell and expired imme-
diltely. The negro started to run, but
was caught by man who had been stand
ing near, and was only saved from being
hung ON the spot BY the hope of getting
some clue to his motive for committing the
deed. These are all the particulars WI
have OF the affair DR. NJ is of the opin
ION that the negro committed the murder
on bis own responsibility, and that the
citizens of Somcrville are blamcless in the
affair The negroes are becoming worse
every day, andif per nitted to enjoy THEN
much talked Of freedom" nothing short
Of exterminating them will ensure the
safety Of the whites Such is the opinion
of both soldiers and citizens Of Ala
bama-O,cen Coanty Journal
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07
ten. Lee writing IL History Of
the WAR

The IIerald's Richmond correspondent
says Gen. Lee has, within few days prac-
tically set about the task of writing his
tory Of the war. The forthcoming work
will be written from the rebel standpoint,
and in this view will constitute an exceed
ingly valuable contribution to the historic
al literature Of the country.
Gen. Lee is living in great quiet and
humility, on an obscure and well-nigh IN
accessible farm, the property of friend
in Cumberland county, Va. His sons and
nephew, with slight aid, comparatively
have raised magnificent crop of corn on
the White House farm.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

EXTRA SEsSION-The State .yeniipel
says it is rumored in Republican circles,
and among those who are in position to
know, that an extra session of the Lcgis,
lature will be convened in October next.
The financial Iaflars Of the State, and
especially the necessity of providing for
the payment of the bonds of the State,
falling due in January, 1865, require add
ditional legislation, and justify the assem-
bling of an extra or called session Of the
General Assembly.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07
.NTRIET NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
county surveyor of Marshall county Indians
will at the request of John Baxter proceed OF
Thursday Sept. 18th 1865, to survey and
subdividc the following described lands. ia. wit
The North West Section 81 T. 35 N. r. 9
+ in Marshall County and also stablish the cor
ners of the lands belonging to said Baxter in said
section said survey will be continued from day to
ay if necessary till completed
Non resident owners of land in said section who
fail to meet me at the time above mentioned Mt the
residence of Sohn Baxeter, and defray or pro
vide for defraying their portion of the expenses
of said survey will be returned to the county
Auditor as delinquent, and such delinqucncies
placed on til tax duplicate for collection accor-
ding to law. n5I
J. VI kLINGER Co. Sur. or Nc
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

The state convention of Mississippi,
and Governor Perry, of South Carolina,
have recently given the abolition party a
tilt that will greatly assist in its ultimate
overthrow. The convention, in passing
an ordinance recognizing the abolition OF
slavery, and forbidIng its re establishment,
and directing the legislature to provide
for the protection Of freedmen, has done
much towards silencing the clamor that the
south intends, when admitted to the union,
to return the blacks to slavery. Cover
nor Perry, in his late speech in Grccnyille,
save such a cheering account of the will
lingness of the people of the state to ac-
cept the union and faithfully obey its au-
thority, that the pretcnce that the states
cannot be trusted with local governments
yet cannot longer be maintained with any
degree of FEASIBILITY. The temper shown
by the south is botter than could have
been reasonably Hoped for, and very near
y all that could be desired By the union
lists. As it becomes more plainly apparent
every day that she is acting in entire good
faith, the hopes of abolitionism sink. 1t
wishes for no earthly thing as heartily as
the prevalence OF factious, scditious
spirit in the southern states Fortunately
for them and the country, it is doomed to
disappointment III this wish.-[ Chicago
Times
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

Parson BrOwnlow delivered Il lecture on
Slavery, in New Orleans. about eight years
ago, from which the following 10 an cX-
tract:
"The Southern portion ofthc Methodist
Church was doing more for the temporal
and eternal welfare of the negro, than all
the shrickcrs out Of hell. The piouS ADO
litionist would enter the church on Sun
day, face as long as the moral law
dcscant upon and bewail the miscries and
wrongs heaped upon the downtrodden
son Of Africa, and on the following day,
in his picayone grocery, or candy store
would, il he could, swindle Louisiana
negro out of the pewter ornament on the
head of his cane, and do it in the name Of
the Lord. "Whcn | get to heaven,
continued the reverend gentleman, where
| expect to go aftcrmy death, i'll fud reg
ular built Abolitionist there, I shall con-
clude he rracticcd fraud upon the door
keeper, for in my opinion, II Kansas agita>
tor and freedom shrieker has no more
business in our fathers kingdom than
Commodore Paulding had in Nicaragua
when he captured the fllibustcrs.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

The Bridal Chamber an Essay of Warning
and Instructions to Young Men published by
the How ard Association, and sent free of charge
in sealed envelopes. Address DIR J. SKlI.LlN
phia, Ia. ylpE2S- ~
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

DEMOCRATS. Look to your children
The ready pens of thousand writers are
busy infusng falsehood into their minds,
concerning late cy cnts and their causes-
All the chana>ls of our literature are fill .
ed with their preyersons, prejudice and
malignity. five expect to preserve 4
free government, we must watch The infu-
ences that are brought to bear in forming
the minds of the young. Danish from
your houses everything that sayors of the
doctrines Of federalism, or Il fondncss for
deSpotism. Drive out the partisan histo-
ries of the war, by Tory and Abolition
writer's, if you canuot take the better
course of putting the truth by the side of
them. The school, the press and the pull
pit, are at present doing the work of in
doctrinating the youth of the country with
the love of strong governments. admira-
ton of military and contempt of civil
power; and the propriety Of blending
! church and state in general crusades of re
form. Take heed that our children, and
through them the country, is not politi-
cally druggcd to death.-lpsHo~ti Sent
Hc{.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

The Wirz trial was resumed on Tnes-
day The evidence offered was of the
same nature as that already published.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

Trouble IN MIssIssIPPI--The tele,
graph dispatches say: Quite an excitement
prevails at Jackson Miss. concerning the
action of Gen. Osterhaus in taking forci,
BILE possession Of Mr.. Cooper, while he was
being tried before the civil authorities for
shooting a negro caught in the act of rob-
berry. The daily news, in astrong article,
demands to know who is Governor OF
Mississippi, Sharkey, Slocum or Osterhaus.
1t protests against the repeated and
outrageous assumption of power by the
latter, and calls upon Gov Sharkey to
resign if not sustained 1t says the
people are indignant that he should be
made puppet Of by the United States
military authorities The News is conf
dent the president will sustain Gov. Shar-
key.
The dispatch says further: "Gen. Slo-
cum HIS just issued an order to offset the
recent order of Gov. Sharkey, calling for
volunteer militia" The order says: at
is ordered that district commanders give
notice at once to all persons in their dis
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07


The Commissioners advertised some
time since for applicants who wish to loan
the county money to pay the families of
soldiers, the amount allowed them under
The relief law passed by the last Legisla-
ture; but as they are only permitted to pay
six per cent interest there has as yet been
no offer to furnish the money. Here is a
capital opportunity to show sympathy to
soldiers families in a way that will benefit
them. Will our republican friends come
up to the scratch with the needful The
county officers are ready to appropriate the
money as soon as it is received. 1t may
be asked whether we think republicans
alone should furnish the money. We an
swcr certainly not, unless it is true as
claimed by the Republican, that they alone
are the friends Of the soldiers aud their
families; in that case they of course would
not expect democrats to aid N furnishing
the money.
We have ia TINS county bi9Otcd fanat-
ical set of men, of whom the editor of the
Republican is chief, who arrogate to them
selves all the loyalty and generosity in
the community, but none of whom have so
far as we know advanced dollar to enable
the officers to give relief to such as are
entitled to it under the provisions of the
soldiers relief law A little less gas and
a little more substantial effort on the part
of these pharisaic loyalists, would be much
more satisfactory and beneficial to the
soldiers and their suffering families
Words are cheap with these hypocritical
devotecs, but it is mighty hard work to
squeeze dollar out of their pockets
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07
Tactics Of the Republican,.

For some weeks past the editor of the
Republican has INDUCED in the unwarran
table business of making all sorts Of silly
and slandcrous charges against Tie dcmo>
cratic party in this county, and because
we do rot week after week deny these
miserable falsehoods, he gravcly informs
his readers that VIC admit them to be true.
We have time and again denied every
material allegation in the bills Of indict~
ment trumped up by the Republican, and
once more repeat that there Is not ey en-
the semblancc Of truth in the charges
made by that party. We are not verdant
enough to fill the columns of the Demo
crat week after week with denials in de-
tail Of the stale falschoods and unlounded
ISLANDERS of our republican neighbor Our
readers, and the public generally arcin no
danger Of being mislcd by them, hence
we shall continue to pursue the even ter
or Of our way regardless Of the attacks OF
the Republican, mailing It's false coin to
the counter, or trusting to the intelligence
of the public to discriminate between the
true and the false, as we may from time to
time deem best. 1t would be an easy
matter to show the falsity of every charge
made by The Republican against the demo
cratic party, but to DO 50 would be time
and labor wasted in as much as neither
the edi;or OF that paper, his party friends
nor any one else believes the rigniarole Of
that nsgro loving concern.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-09-07

WHITE SOLDIERS, READ!-Lct tho
white soldiers Of the country read this
opinion of one of the Radicals. Does any
man of sense believe the enormous Islander
this fellow perpetrates upon the reputation
of our brave volunteers? Columbus De
lano, of Mt, Vernon, Ohio, member elect
to the next Congress, and leading Re
publican manager, said, a few weeks ago
1.-The heroism of negro troops has addc
luster to our history, and, without the ne
groe's aid, our armies would not have sue
ceeded The negro has fought and con
qucrcd for US, and deserves his reward. He
has right to set on juries, to hold Office
aud to vote as y freeman at the ballot
box" This is the way to do it, dcpre
cIatc the services of the white soldier.
and exat those of the negro, and thel
asking them to vote their ticket Circle
oWc Democrat.
Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1865-09-27
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