Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-03-22
THE GREAT UNHUNG IN COUN.
GIL.
The Democratic Convention.

The Copperheads met in State Convention at
indianapolis on Thursday last, March 18th, and
organized by appointing Cyrus t. Durham, of
Floyd, Chairman, and J. J. Bingham, principal
secretary. al the Copperhead editors present
were appointed assistant Secretaries.
The Journal thus speaks of the assembly:
THE APPEARANCE OF THE CROWD.
The delegates were rather more respectable
looking than expected to see them. Many OF
them were fixed up in new "store Clothes" which
may be taken as an evidence of the self sacrificing
spirit OF the Democratic storekeepers at their
homes.
The importance of puttingIh best foot foremos.
bad evidently been urged upol the "great unwash.
ed" and il evident that the question of good
clothes or else good credit had been q desideratun
in the choice of delegates.
THE ARRANGEMENTS.
The chairman OF the State Central Committee
had kindly furnished ample writing facilities for
the Bohe.sians, Who were strongly represented
No more striking exemrlification of Bingham's
acute sense of the Fitness oil things" could be
presented than the fact that he had placed upon
the Speakers table small quart pitcher OF water
and small thick -boitomed whisky glass. =. was
suggested that the ass alone would have held all
the water necessary for the entire Convention
provided their customary beverage was comeat.
able.
THE AvIsus.
The first demonstration, which consisted in
"three cheers for Dan. Voorhees," is an index TO
the political snmus of the convention. TIE "tall
sycamore" had ever been ready to shed its "bals''
| (and muskets too,) for the benefit OF their rebel
companions in tribulation, and so had they. Cop
perheadism runs after martyrdom amazingly, and
now that Dan is a martyr, they will try to make
him a saint. The platform will not only be accepta-
BILE to Voorhees,, but also to all his Southern allies
1t will have strong run in Alabama, but in Indi-
ana it stands no chance at all.
The moral tone of the Convention may be in
ferred from the unanimitv with which C.. l.. Dun
ham was selected for Chairman. Men like Nc
Donald, Holman, and Others who with all their po-
itical imperfections, reputed to be sober men,
stood no shadow Of chance. Durham, Bingham
Greene. these were the leading spirits.
The manner in which the abusive remarks oil
Apologize of Carroll, concerning Governor Nor.
ton, we're received by the Convention, shows the
same malignant hatred toward those who have
been the best friends Of the State, and her sodie
ry, that existed during the war
We hoped that some one might arise to rcbuke
this shallow coxcomb in the name Of decency, bu,
We hoped in vain. The rebuke must come from
those who learned to appreciate the devotion of @
F. Morton, while standing between the nation and
The old "anfi New England" spirit cropped
out in the speeches of both Voorhees, and Durham
1t is worthy of remark that these patriots who
seek to bury all former animosites toward the
South "for the sake of National harmony" strive
in the same breath to inhame aBinosities between
the Northwest and New England infinitely more
to be deprecated But hatred to New England is
a cardinal virtue with their Southern masters, and
they must do their bidding.
The spirit in which the anti New England and
pro Southern remarks were received, taken in con
necton with the fact that the only resolution his
sed" in the Convention, was that regulating the
payment of the rebel debt, affords a topic for re-
Election even by those who have sworn to follow
the lead OF Democracy though it takes them
straight to the Internal regions.
No resolution, met with such strong opposition
however, as that favoring the eight hour system Of
labor. vigorous application Of the "gag law
was the only thing that saved it. II, among po
litical tricksters, pulling every wire that could
possibly help them to succeed, the cause of the la
boring man meets with such i'll disguised opposi
ton, it may well awaken his apprehcnsions.
But enough. The period of Democratic incu
baton has passed-the bantling is born and its
name is Jeff. Born Of parentage rotten and fes
tering with infection, the offspring is doomed to
early grave. The October winds shall wait il:
f9tid odors from the. nostrs of mankind, and the
wall of disappointed "confederates" shall be its
requium.
The following is the ticket nominated:
Secretary Of State, General Mahlon D. Manson
OF montgomery; Auditor of State, Christian G.
Badger OF Clark; Treasurer Of State. James b
i Ryan. of Marion; Attorney General, John R COT
Foth. Of Huntington; Superintendent Of Puo.ic
instruction, X. N. Chapman Of Knox.