Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-08-02

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The following is taken from the Demo
crat of last week:
"IIoN. HORACE CoHBIS-At the senator
/ ial Convention last SATURDAY. on motion of
/ Col. Eddy, the followin. resolution of
thanks was unanimously rendered to Hon
| Horace Corhin.
'sResolred, That the thanks 1T this Convention TO-
and hereby tcnlerr, to the lion. " race Corbin
for the and faithful manner IN " hcI hc has dis
charged the duties IS State senator durius his term
/ of ofice.'
| In 1862 the Union men of Indiana. intent
upon filling the calls OF the President for
troops. and deprecating political excite
mcnt AT time when the presence of every
patriot was needed at the front, allowed
the State and county elections to 70 hy d.
fault. The Copperhead party, taking adj
vantage of this want of political interest on
the part of their political opponents. Hhilc
masking loud pubisc professions Of loyalty.
Sowed broadcast over the State the most
astounding anil inccndiarly falsehoods in
reference to the intentions of the admins
,ration concerning the draft and the emil
grafton OF Southern colored people to the
North. and succeeded in rousing Il scnti
ment of opposition to the war. upon which
they rode into power Among the politi-
cal shysters who profitcd by these base APP
peals to the lowest preiudiccS and the most
grovcling and cowartlly passions of the hui
man heart, was Hon. Horace Corbin since
celebrated for his splendid tinanciering in
the matter of State Bonds, the Whisky
League and Railroads. and now known as
COrbn of Corbins Haul. lie was elected.
to the surprise Of every one. State Senator
from St. Joseph AMI Marshall counties. but
he wisely declines Il second race. knowing
that his infamous record would eifectualv
bury him and the party which nominated
him. \ portion OF that record we append
below, that our readers may judge of the
liable and faithful manner" in which he
performed the duties of State Senator.
which Col. Eddy and the Copperhcad SEN
atorial Convention thought worthy of
special endorsement While our soldiers
were at the front manfuliy beating back
the armed cohorts of slavery and treason.
CoFbin and his fellow conspirators were en-
dcayorins. in an cable and faithful man
ner, TO prevent orr army being reinforced
and to compel the nation to sue FOR pea"
with armed and imperious traitors For
the accomplishment of this purpose they
attempted to take the rcins of the State gov
eminent out of the hands of Gov. Morton
and place them in the hands of n Board, a
majority of whose members has since been
proven 10 have belonged to the Sons of
Liberty. In an able and faithful manner"
the majority oftlfe f,ffam0ls and treason
able Legislature of 1923. of which Cor
bin was leader in the Senate and Pack
ard in the House, endcayorcd to compel
the general government to fprego further
prosecution of the war, demanding, in in
sulting language. IN the name of a people
whom il grossly miSrepresented, AMI who
spewed it out of their mouths at the sue
ceeding election, an armisticc and a CON
vention of States to settle the questions in
volyed in the war, thus acknowledging the
justice OF the very groundwork of the re-
bellion. Every voter should read the fol-
lowing resolutions, Which received the sup
port, not only Of the Senator and Repre-
sentative from the districts comprising
Marshall county, but were introduced and
advocated as a party measure and were
concurred in and approved of by every
Comprehend member of the Legislature of
1923:
January 29.--llr. Brown, of Wells, offer
ed Joint resolution No s:
a Joint resolution proposing a general
convention of all the States in the Federal
Union. including the so-caiicd Confederate
States. with q view to the restoration OF the
Union. with all the dignity, equality and
rights of the several States unimpaired:
.sWHEREAs, We believe the following Ian
guage: Suppose you 60 to war, you can
not fight always, and when, after much loss
on both sides, and no gain on either, you
cease fighting, the OLD identical questions
as to terms of intercourse are again upon
you.' embodies great truths and wisdom;
therefore;
.Resolved by the General Assembly of
the State of Indiana, /. That ii is the inn
perative duty of the Chief Executive of the
nation to proclaim, and we, therefore, for
and in the name of the people of the State
of Indiana, demand the establishment, as
soon as practicable, of IN armistice, to the
end that convention of all the States may
be held for the adjustment of our national
difficulties.
80. That we hereby instruct our Sena-