Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
Knox correspondence.


EDS. REPUBLICAS:-'Dinna Ye hear the
of Stark county, by great and mastery
effort, have achieved brilliant victory
over the new-fangled Democracy, and Civ
en- the old fogy followers of my policy
such a shock as has caused them to trem-
BILE in their boots in apprehension of their
future doom, and set up their mournful
wall in chorus with the dying Democracy
ANDY johnson, save us or we perish.
When we recall to mind the great Dem
cratic majorities by which this county has
been carried, we have great reason to re-
joice over our great gain at this election,
and the cheering prospect of redeeming
this county at another election, from the
hands of the party which is SO plainly
stamped with the brand of treason.
-Four years ago the Democratic candi-
date for Congress carried this county 10y a
majority of one hundred and thirty. Two
years ago Turpie,s majority was fifty-nine;
while at this election Turpic has carried
the county Ivy the Insignificant majority of
twcnty-One. And although the Cops poll
ed illegal votes in three townships. we have
elected our Union candidate for Sheriff, by
a handsome majority, for the first time in
this county. How suggestive the thought,
The old Is passing away, and all things
are becoming new"
During the last conflict, while the Union
men Of this county were ut the front, the
Coppcrhcads ruled every thing in their own
way. They boosted their intention to or
ganizc. and no Union man would dare To
walk the streets at night; and at one of
their pop-wows they paraded the streets
offering twenty five dollars to any man who
would hurrah for Lincoln. There was no
course left the Union men then but To bide
their time and bear their obloquy. Now,
those days are past. If you had been here
two weeks ago, when COlfax spoke, and
seen the Union demonstration, you would
not have believed that this is the place
where but a short time ago. COpperhead
ism and forty rod whiskey held undispu-
ted sway.
The Democratic dog has had its day 1t
is dying very hard. and its groans are heard
throughout the Union. No spasms are
like those its commissions extort. Andy
johnson took pity on il. and applied to its
back his favorItc plaster called my policy
but the spine OF the poor thing was too far
gone to receive much strength from the
application: and every effort it makes to
rcsuscitatc life. sinks it deeper into the pit.
Away up IN Maine, few weeks ago, lis
death requiem was chanted to the tune of
10000 majority for the Union State ticket.
Moses heard the howl while on his pill
grimagc, and he concluded his plaster was
not strong enough. and as soon as he
reached Washington commenced anew 10y
kicking crippled soldiers out of the Post
Offices and substituting fire-in-the-rear-
traitors in order that his plaster, Il, ''me
y Il. a.. q.
But scarcely had the last notes died
away in Maine and Vermont, when anoth
er and more Ominous howl was heard in
Ohio-Obio 10000 Republican, followed
i'm quick succession by terrific hOwls of eX-
piring agony in Indiana. Pennsylvania and
Iowa. Iowa 10000 Union majority and
elects an entire delegation of Union Con
greSsmen. Moses Andrew Julius Cesar, !
where's my policy:
In ancient times, Babylon. Ninevali and
Thebes were the most populouS and veal
thy cities of the world, within whose !
walls were gathered the wealth and great |
ness of an empire. and their existence was |,
thought To be perpetual; but they have |
slept for centuries in the cemetery of ma |
tions; and their temples and palaces, where |
once dwelt the elite of the earth, is not /
now marked by single object To tell of
It's former greatness. so let II be with the |
Coppcrhcad party. For while il flour
ished; but treason and murder are stamped /
upon its record. Let it he buried in the |
cemetery of political parties. and its burial
place become obsolete: and let this inscrip- |
ton be engraved upon It's slab-"Mene.
Meme
The Union men of this county have hope |
of the future. The star of hope in our |
horizon beams with brighter lustre than
ever before. The contest has not been an \
easy one Al times the waves have beat !
upon us with violence, but have returned |
the shock with heavier waves of deeper |
flow. and we WILL LIVE and come off tri- /
umphant.
God is with Us. who will falter,
Justice. who withstand;
Onward then for God and Country,
Right and native land.
Truly YOURS,