Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-09-06
IOTRRON. Sent. 3. lSii.

I'ot hboN. Stlit. .. iNotA
EDS> REr.:-Our communication of last
week was handel i'm too early to give a
report of the grand Union Meeting at this
place on the 18th ult., and we will there
fore allude to some particulars in our pres
ent article. The oldest residents pronounce
il the largcS; aSscmblagc that ever cOnven-
ell at Bourbon, and the good order that
prevailed spoke crediiablv of the character
Of our loyal citizens. the close attention
given kcr Gultax, whose speech occu-
pied nearly three hours. was a mark of the
superior intelligence OF those who attend
Union meetings. A. IS usual i'm loyal as
scmblagcs not an ntcbriated man was seen
ON the ground. The best feeling prevailed
and the address III he eloquent statesman
sank deeply into nc 'Icarts OF his attentive
listeners We have not time To give ii de
tailed report Of the speech, but nothing
short of this would 10 the speaker Justice
He arose above the use of personal. viiu-
perative language, and confined himself tn
the main points Al ISSUE, which he discus
Scd in an honest. lucid and forciblc man
mr.. He did not pollutc his lips by even
mcntianing the paine of his unworthy OPP
poncnt. who. wc arc informed. occupies his
time IN low. personal abuse. and the well
known Corpcrsesii cry of Negro equal
~. and w lIifc Mans Government But
wl,af effect did the honest and truthful
statements nj ColE,x have upon the public
mind: The effect upon the minds of all
| Mon loving men is well known. but we
will speak of the opposition. The low or
der at C.s'I,erb=adS. IA few of whom were
present, hare since induStriously occupied
their time in the circulation of lies and mis-
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dis~Hstcd cVcy tho more intelligent of their
owR party ia he following morning
SEINE CoppcThcad ladies were seen runnin.
from house to house with the report that
Schuyler C4siE;lx had said that Democratic
girls would yet be glad To marry negroes:
tsut such silly lies deserve no notice and
wc allude to il simply to show the current
Of si>;r skeaGIss and the effects produced
even in the minds of the softer sex by this
absurd. ridiculous cry of ''nigser, niggcr.,
The able discussion of the momcntous
question of reconstruction, which the ora
tor esirid;act and explained 10 the under
s;andin. of tho most ordinary. unprejudic-
ed mind. showing that the success of the
Copieshcad pau : was but 10 replace in
power the vcry-Den who sought to destroy
tlr. life of the NalI1n and whom we had
'r-cu Sighting Ear III last five years con
viactsl the honest, self-thinkin" Democrat
| of the rccc>>;ty of investigation before
again voFi.r- with a party that was evident
~ working feT tire interests of those whose
pawerS were GilS.cied To the destruction of
the sc3sulAir Our worthy townsman.
Milton W. Is Atc1iiEe. an intelligent Dem
ocrat. became C"s1vinccd of the error of his
ways -diSsolVed his allegiance to the Cop
perlead pav1y-and loudly proclaimed him
/ scsf supporter of The gallant representa-
tive OF tifc :Sh District. Ii is laugliablc ia
| witness the actions of his former political
associates in their efforts To induce HIM Ia
| rcinrn To thcm- bat they find him as i'm
| movable as the rock OF a.cs" i'm which he
has found a cleft for him in this the most
important day of our National existence
| Every candid Democrat with whom we
have converscd expresses himself highly
pleased with Colfax and his speech. and
we think the work OF the 18th of August
will rebound To the good of the Nation
II was a day i'm which true american prin-
ciples were cspoused, and one that will be
long remembered by the Union-loving peo-
pie of Marshall County.
Dave Tupie(tude) speaks here on til,
9TH Next week we will give you brio
report of the day. but. rs CoppcrheaG
speeches are 'stereotyped edition, we an
ticipate nothing new.
Andrew johnson is now engaged in
general slaughter of Union Postmasters-;
positive evidence of his Anti Unionism.-
We are informed that efforts have beer
made to remove the p. vi. of this place
Mr.. James F. IIOughton, but thus far thel
have been unsuccessful. Mr.. HOughtOn i
a cOmDetpnt and accommodating vOun,
man, and there is no cause for his remova
except his LOYALTY.
a couple of Bourbon Copperhcads. mis-
taking their disgusting seIf-conceit for 20
litical ability, have taken the stump 10
Turple, much TO the establishment OF on
citizens. One of them. in conversation
with Union man last winter. proveo
himself so well posted in the affairs of tn
Government as to be ignorant of the fac
that the Legislature of Indiana had ratified
the Constitutional Amendment abolishin:
Slavery. The other is dead match TO
him and although we were aware that onl,
a small capital was required to run tn
COpperhead machine. vet we were astO9
ished at this unlooked-for accession to tn
OratOrical ranks of the Democracy. Veri
" the world moves Should Dave Turpi
send few more such formidable debater
into the field he may succeed in reducing
Colfax's majority TO .fre or sir housr nd
with the aid of his 81, 800. 600 of which In
has spoken to some of his cOnfitlentia
friends. Poor Dave. do not refuse to b
comforted, though in desperate situation
There is a calm, a sure retreat
Yours, &c, MERCURY.