Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-09-27
Tyner City correspondence.

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tentative, ID. Il. Armstrong, our next Sher-
i'll, AMI several others from Plymouth. At
early amp lighting the town school house
having been opened and lighted. the sol
dier boys of this place and vicinity, with
drums beating and flies playing, escorted
the Colonel and his friends to the house
A large number of ladies had preceded
the procession to the house and decorated
the stand WITH beautiful flowers The
house was deiisely packed, and nearly as
many remained outside, for want of room
to sit or stand inside, most of whom stood
at the windows and listened attentively to
the speaker from the beginning to the end
The Colonel, in the commencement of
his speech, reviewed the past history ofthe
country from the war of the Revolution
down to the late Rebellion. and the part
the Republican party took i'm the latter, and
| likewise the part the Democratic party
took, and then asked the Democrats WHY
they opposed the war and the Administra-
ton in'its efforts TO put down the Rebellion?
Don't you think he will have TO wait some
time for an answer?
will not attempt to review the ColOnel's
speech throughout, for fear you have not
space for it. Suffice it to say that it was
sensible and logical effort, and cannot fail
to rebound TO the benefit of the UnlOn
cause in this township He spoke some
three hours, and, seemingly, could have
spoken three hours longer without exhaust
ing his themes. The Colonel is thorough
| IL alive to the importance of the result of
the campaign. and is determined to do his
part of the work necessary to be done to
\ insure success
! At the conclusion of the meeting three
/ sousing cheers were given for Colfax and
three more for IIurlbut. the County ticket
and the cause generally, after which the
people repaired To their abodes, feeling that
| 4 was good to be there
is observe in last weeks Democrat that
Eddy Van. the martyr or some one else.
Feels sore over what your humble servant
said about him in his communication pub
fished in the Republican of the week pre-
vious, and uses some naughty language to
give vent to his feelings. His bark. like
that of every phiste, is worse than his bite.
He charges that w. III. was not at Tyner
on the night he electrified the people of
that place with his cloquence. But Eddy
/ lies w. III. was there. and present on
that memorable occasion and saw and
heard all that was said by Eddy and his
/ fcy friends who were there. Eddy will
Tyner good part of his time, that being
his head quarters. and not at Plymouth as
he seems to think. When he next condo
sccnds to visit Tyncr to instruct the faith
/ FIJI he will have a chance TO see w. III. for
himselfif he looks sharp. and aftcrward he
may hear from w. III. again if he says any
thing worth reporting.
The threatened exposition in the last
Democrat of the private characters of two
of the prominent citizens of Polk township.
has naturally created some feeling among
the friends of the parties referred TO. The
charge that one of them threatens to turn
his white haired father-in-law out of doors
if he does not vote the Union ticket, un-
derstand is entirely false. In regard to the
charge against the other person, that he
swlndled some soldiers out of large pOr-
tiOn OF their bounties is equally false. But
| il the Democrat thinks there is ANYTHING To
be made by attacking private individuals it
had better go ahead. If some of its own
party friends get their characters ventilated
in retaliation they will have that sheet to
thank for the notoriety that may attach to
them.
The Democratic Club of this township
met again this evening NJ. a. o. Packard
was present and held forth three mortal
hours. In the outset he said he did not in
tend to make Democratic or party speech.
but simply speak to the conservative Re
publicans. i will not attempt to give you
even the substance of his remarks, but will
notice few of his bold assertions. He
asserted that the loyal men, so called. du-
ring the war held that no State had cOns;i-
tutiOnal right to secede. They hold so
still, but he did not tell his hearers that his
party held that there was no power confer
red on the Federal Government in the Con-
stitution to 'coercc secccding State Nei
ther did he tell them that according to Fill
more and Johnson, the Aaron and Moses of
the Democratic party, that the rebellious
States had swung from their moOrings. This
is all the Union men hold and assert. The
territory, the soil, the rivers and mountains
OF the rebcllious States did not 20 out of
the Union or secedc, but the governments
of those States severed their relations with
the Federal Union, and the mass of the
people, members of the Legislatures, Gov
ernors and Judges became rebels, and. shot
down, murdered and imprisoned Union
citizens and soldiers. Are such men TO be
received back and treated as though they
had committed no crime? Never. This is
not the way, according to the reasoning of
! lONtl lllcfl. tD lndkc ITcdSDn OulOuS. vi tO
reward fidelity to the flag.
Mr. p. next took up the Frcedmens Bu-
reau bill, and used about the same argu-
ments in opposition to it that Eddy did
two weeks before: but. | must do Mr.. p.
the justice to say that he did not hesitate
and blunder and cough as did Eddy.
Mr.. p. thought it highly necessary that
the Johnson policy should be sustained and
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if we would preserve the country from a
reign of tyrants. Formerly the fear of one
man power haunted the dreams of the
honorable gentleman, and our fore fathers
of revolutionary times were such ninneys
in intellect as to think there was more dan
ger that the President would usurp power
and oppress the people than Congress, but,
4 our COpperhead SOlOns think that the dan
ger now is that Congress will be the tyrant.
He also argued that if the amendment was
adopted negro could vote at once while
foreigners would have to wait for years.
Can he be honest or is he ignorant?
In regard to the Civil Rights bill he said
he was opposed to it because it would lead
, to intermarriages between whites and
blacks,-that black Niger might marry a
white girl, and if any County Clerk should
refuse TO grant Niger license to marry q
white woman, he would be subject to fine
} and imprisonment under the Civil Right:
law. The gentleman may think there is
danger of Democratic girls marrying buck
negroes, but do not. am sure no Cnior
girl of any taste would, and / think Con
: gress ought to pass law that no negro
woman should marry Copperhead-
2 The last portion of the gentleman
speech was TRADE of abuse and villifica
t. ton Of the party that saved the Union--o
e men who gave their sons and money ant
went themselves to save the nation, ano
| beat back the gentleman's party friends
2 He was highly indignant at the treatmen
{ of Moses A. Johnson at Indianapolis, ant