Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-08-23
Letter from Argos.

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Ems. Recommendations q few Incl
dents from this part OF The County would
not be totally without interest to your nu-
merous readers. You may have heard
from a meeting we had here few DAYS. or
nights since. but | will notice il briefly.
Mr.. Downcy-(now. for fear some of
your readers never heard of Nr. d.. | will
say that he is the Democratic candidate for
County Treasurer. There are not very
many people who know him. bu; we Ar
gositeS dO.) Well, this Mr.. DOwney chal-
lenged j. W. Payne To discuss the poliii-
cal issues with him at this place On the
appointed evening there was considerable
stir in the rebel camp They were all
elatcd with whisky, over the ilo.rsing i'm
store for Mr.. Pawn. Mr.. Downey had
the opening and closing: the opening TO oc-
cupy hut few minutes. Nj. Downey
managed to- get through with his first el-
fort and would you like to know what h.
said. 1t was -.AbolitioniSm.' ..Nigycr.~
Niger" 'Aboliiionism." varied on an
other string, ''Sout hern rights"
think he must have spent considerable
time preparing his speech, for | do not
think il possible for man TO cmbody as
many-l had almost said lics.-but | will
call them misrepresentation in so short
time, unless he hal. Possibly the faithful
held a council just previous and assisted
him in the arduOuS task. Among other
nice things, he said that the men who en-
listed before the Emancipation Proclama-
ton were all that were worthy of any
praisc--and he did not say they werc-as
all who went since that went to free the
Niger" How do you like that soldier.
whoever you may bc. Democrat or Repuh-
lican? For my part | think he LIED ma
liciously and unblushingly. If his heart
had contained hut one hundredth part as
much patriotism as prompted the most of
the soldiers to enlist he would not sympa-
thize so heartily with jeff Davis and his
cohorts. He also said there was a time
when he was not allowed to speak i'm that
school house for fear of being arrested. |
don't blame him for being afraid Iwould
have been afraid too if my heart had been
stained as black with treason as his was A
guilty conscience makes towards of us all
Mr.. Payne's speech was but sample of
what it always is. He analysed Mr.. ID. :
remarks and scattered them TO the wind;
he filled his hour and also filed Mr. u. so
full that when it came his turn got on Fso
fast that he only occupied twelve minutes
OF his hour, when he swamped, went clean
under: supposed there was somebody else
wanted TO say something: cast an implor-
ing look on the esquire and fell back into
the arms of his record The Squire did
not appear to be in tune so he did not sing
1t was enough to make stone shed tears
to see them retire from the house. With
solemn faces and measured tread they
moved along, chanting the solemn requiem
of their fallen brave. Thus they moved
along till they got up to the saloon where
they would, no doubt, take a good deal of
that never-lailing fluid that drives all sor-
row and care away, aud renew their cove
nant with the living and the dead 1t was
a solemn sight and made me feel bad away
down in the bottom of mv-bread- basket
1t almost makes me shed tears when re-
call to mind what inexpressible anguish
was depicted on their CONTINGENCIES. That
was not my only trouble, but there were
so many got on the platform that was
afraid it would break down and hurt some
of their faces PoNTIUs-