Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-09-27
COEFAN>-AND TURTLE IN
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county. They expected~to overawe the ,
Union men, overwhelm them with their
Fuhbers and the splendor of their displays.
The first demonstration of the day, the re-
'ception of the rival candidates AT the cars,
looked ipansicious for. them. Both Mr..
ColfaX and Mr.. TurpIe came in on the Ia
porte train. Committees; ycrc on hand to
receive both, but it was expected that the
Turpi,iies would he able to outcheer niSl =
Not So. A vote had been taken ON the
train which stood, Colfax, no; Turpie, -.
This was made know TO the crowd at the
Depot when the train arrived. and three
tremendous cheers for COlfaX were the con
sequerre. Ttirpie's friends and their can
d date stuck their tails between their LEGS
and got out of sight as soon as possible
But soon their fainting spirits began to re
Hyiye. Several delegationscame in, and ey-
cry last one of them was Democratic. Not
one of them hut had more flags tllsn we re
member of seeing at any Democratic meet
ing ,lurinc the wars fact that we are glad
to chronicle, for it shows that they are be-
coming ashamed of their lack of patriot
ism. Democratic horsemen paraded. the
streets. eScOrting very similar looking del
cgations to the Parker House, and trying
to make their numbers seem truly formid-
able. The crowd in town was pretty equal
ly divided, but up to one O'Clock not sim
gle Union delegation had arrived. : The
COpperheads had male all the display, had
done most OF the cheering. and seemed 10
greatly outnumber their opponents: they
were jubilant and were growing turbulent.
At the above mentioned hour, the LIST Cam
ada cavalry, headed by the Bremen Brass
Band, had made its last trip over the bridge.
and was returning to the hotel, escor,ing
fOur or frye wagons arrayed in all the pomp
and paraphcrnali;t| of hickory brush and
! Democrats. 1t was scaly-looking time
for 1AbolitiOnists and we could detect them
by their solemn countenances. And here
comes some more Canadians said one Of
I them; "why don't our men turn out better:''
! We looked toward the bridge. Somehow
1--WE thought we recognized boys in blue on
horseback. and then cheer, swelling as it
came up the sidewalk like the battles ap-
pro aching roar. convinced us our friends
had come. We at once forsave the Copper
lhcatls for their noise which had so distract
ed us in the forenoon: we took off our hat.
topened our mouth, and welcomed the
BOURBON DELEGATION.
As it. re enforced 10y the true-hearted Wal
nut, Tippecanoe, and Green township boys.
came up the street. And, indeed. it was
one of the most magnificent and imposing
tprocessions that ever parsded in Plymouth.
1t was headed by squadron of cavalry,
most of the men composing which had seen
service in the tentedfield; II was command
ed by officers who understood how 10 han
dle bodies of men. and the wagons were de-
corated appropriately and neatly, the ban
ners were pertinent but not insulting. One
wagon in particular attracted great attcn-
ton. 1t was drawn by six horses. driven
by Mathew Erwin, Esq, and contained -
ladies-36 of whom represented the States
of the Union, one represented Andy's We
ftoed State, Colorado, and another repre-
! sented the Goddess of Liberty. The ladies
were dressed in pure white, and they bore
upon bannerthe Inscriptions, 'sColfax and
Congress Right makes Might" \ con-
versation with some of these patriotic Ia
dies developed the fact that they. like the
! Democratic girls, had determined on ''white
husbands or none," but they did not con-
slider it necessary to advertise the fact AS
the procession filed through Michigan
street, the enthusiasm of the Union men
was unbounded. The Cops at once ac-
knowledged that they were badly beaten,
and assumed the solemn looks and feelings
which the Union men had cast aside. II
being so near time for speaking to com
mence, not much time was consumed
in parading. The procession moved up
Michigan street to jackson, crossed over
to Center street, and repaired to the Semi
nary grove. Had time permitted to have
joined with the Northern delegation which
was just entering town, the effect of the
demonstration would have been much
heightened.
THE sPEAKING--TIIE CROWD.
An immense crowd assembled In the
Seminary grove to hear the questions of the
day discussed by the chosen champions OF
the two parties. We always try TO keep
our estimates within bounds, and we thinl,
5000 people were in town on Friday. OF
course, not all came 10 hear the speaking,
and great many came late or went away
early. The sidewalk on the south side OF
Jefferson street was continually thronged
with those coming away or just arriving.
During residence of ten years in Marshall
county we have never seen either party
turn out so well, or any meeting so well
/ attended.
\ The meeting was called to order by G.
II. Reeve, Esq, who made known the ar
engagements of the Central Committees to
preserve perfect order during the speaking
and we are pleased to say that we never
knew better feeling to prevail in any po-
litical assembly. The speakers were left
to answer each other, and no attempts were
made to prevent the people from hearing
both sides. Mr.. Reeve concluded his re-
marks by introducing to the audience the
Democratic candidate for Congressional
honors,
HoN. DAVID TURPIE.
Mr.. Turpic came forward without any
manifestations of applause ON the part OF