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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
What will the President DO!

Since the result of the elections in Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa have
evinccd the determination of the people to
stand by Congress and its policy of recon
struction. the question is often asked, what
will the President do now? The inquiry
springs from wide spread belief that the
desperate man who owes his elevation to
the first office in the nation to an assassin's
bullet, is ready for anything, and would
not hesitate to plunge the nation in civil
war rather than acknowledge himself
wrong. Like Saul of Tarsus, for the last
six months. he has been breathing threat
enings and slaughter against the Radicals,
and predicting that their triumph at the
polls would be followed by a war whose
battle-ficlds would be in the North The
cry was taken up by Copperhead newspa-
pers and orators and repeated at every
schOol-hOuse and crossroads in the land.
Notwithstanding these threats, and the in.-
mense patronage of the executive, which
he has used with no unsparing hand to in
fiuence the elections, in spite of an univcr-
sal desire for speedy restoration of the
Southern States to all their former rights
and privileges in the Union. the people
have decided to exact guarantees of trsit-
ors, and to prevent, ifpossible, recurrence
of the rebellion
\ glance at the situation will show that
the President is really powerless, and, how
ever much he may desire it, it is IN impos-
sibility for him to force his policy upon the
country. His strength will be less in the
next Congress than in the present, and his
first act of revolution will be followed by
impeachment and dungeon. The South
will not be a unit in his favor, and the ex-
hausted rebels and their devastated country
are not capable of sustaining protracted
campaign. The white and black Unionists
in that section would give the Johnnies all
they could attend to. The Northern State
governments are entirely in the hands of
the Presidents opponents. and another
Democratic rebellion would be summarilv
Suppressed.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18

The immense frauds which have be ~
practiced upon the ballot-box, and the i'm
practicability of adequately Furnishing ile-
gal voting and ballot-box stuffing, have
caused an almost universal demand for a
law that will prevent the commission OF
these crimes. The present loose election
laws were enacted undera Democratic reg
inc, and whatever their design, they seem
especially adapted to fraud, and under
them it is almost impossible to prevent Chi
canery. The law ought to require actual
residence of some length of time in the
township or ward where the vote is offered.
it should require the registration of voters
at least ten days previous to the election,
and it should throw every possible safe
guard around the ballot-box consistent with
the character of our institutions
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
Senator Hendricks.

Thomas A. Hendricks was elected to the
United States Senate in 1852 for the term
of six years, and has vet two years to serve.
The Legislature which elected him was
chosen by meagre popular vote, at time
when The efforts of patriots were being put
forth to fill the calls of the President for
troops and little attention was paid to cleo
ton matters, when large number of Indi-
ana's voters were prevented from partici-
pating in the election by the fact OF their
absence in the service of their country
That Legislature, whose reasonable major
ity did all in its power TO array Indiana in
hostility to the general government, and to
attach our fortunes to those of the South
ern Confederacy, has twice been repudiat-
ell, upon the largest'popular vote ever cast
in this State, and its despised leaders
Cobb, Brown and Packard, have withered
under the condemnation merited by theiI
crimes In their Reputation was involved
all their acts, among which was the election
OF Senator Hendricks. The first outburst
Unpopular Indignation he might have mis-
taken for passing ground-swell, but fnis
last indication of the will of his constitu-
ents he cannot misapprehend- VIII he re-
sign. or 80 alter his course as toconform to
The people OF Indiana:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
Increased Vote.

A comparison of the official vote of Mar
shall county this year with that of 1864
shows an increase of over 1000, or an adj
dition TO our population of 5000 persons
At the State election in SCI Marshall coun-
", previous to this year. cast her highest
vote. and it amounted to 3.025- This year.
halfway. between two Presidential contests,
a PERIOD when there is usually but little ex-
element and elections commonly go by
default, she polls 4,O57 votes OF the in
crease 63I went with the Republicans. and
400 thereof with the Democrats. We can
satisfactorily account for the augmentation
of the Union vote; our soldiers have been
swinging around the circle, and, finding
traitors at this end of the line have open
ell upon them series of volleys that will
never cease a. long as Copperhead dare
present his name for office But the Dem
ocratic increase cannot be so easily ex-
planned unless we include the large number
of stockholders who, since 1864. have found
their way back from Canada There may
have been fraud practiced in this township,
and the township trustee, who displayed so
little desire to act fairly. and who did not
hesitate to violate his pledge that he might
organize practically exclusive Democrat
ic board. cannot blame US if his conduct
has provoked criticism and suspicion.
There was no doubt much Illegal voting
at the late election. and all of it on the
Democratic side. Young Democrats, not
vet twenty One, changed their residences
to where they were little known in order
to vote. Ayoung scapegrace from Wal
nut voted Illegally in Polk township. An
other scamp, charged with voting Illegally,
was arrested, we learn, but. on account OF
some informality. the affidavit was Quash-
ell. But he need not fiatter himself that he
will go UNPUBLISHED, for If justice be slow, in
his case it will be sure. \ bounty jumper
of this place voted here and also in West.
We trust that this simple hint will induce
him to reflect upon the inducements pre-
sented by this section for him to leave it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
N:sS1y Speak eth.

Nasty says in his late letter OF October,
1866
TO the DlmoCriSy | address myself
more part;Ckcrlarly.
Do YoU WANT TO Marry NIGGEIe-
This iShoo is again before yoo. Are 700
in lavur uv elevatin the .\frillin 10 po-
sishcn whar he kin be yoor eSal or per
haps yO0r SOoperiOr? That ishoO is agin
before VOC fur yoor dccishun, only the dan
ger to VOC is increased. The matter has
become thrcatcning-fur disgize il cz we
NAV. thousands NV en- kin read, and they
are akkumulatin property and wearin good
clothes 10 "a extent tro0ly alarmin to the
Dimocratic mind. We her allus consoled
ourselves with the soothin reilccksllun that
there wuZ raSc lower DOM in the scale
nv humanity than us uns-shall we contin-
ne 10 enjoy that cunfort. That's the
question fur every Dimikrat TO consider
when he votes this fall Remove the
weight of legal disability, and ten to one
they don't outstrip us even, and then whar
are We acnin TO 6nd a race TO lock down
upon. Its 4 close thing atwccn MS now,
and cZ We Nv this generation can't elevate
ourselves. why for cur own pcccc ny mind
we must, I rcpcct must pun them
down.
Asin then do 7 rcpcet. Do Yor WANT
TO Marcy \ Niger? YoOr daughters
onct carried banners onto which WIZ in
skribcd that trooly Dimikratic motto,-
White husbands or none. cd in conse-
quence, they've bin mostly Twin in the eli
ioymen' NV none-nrc they to go back on
that holy determination to preserve the
Anglo Sackson race on this continent in all
lis purity? Do 700 want the niggcr-the
big tslck nigger-the flat-footed niger
the woody headed nigger-the lOng-heelcd
nigger-thc bow-leggcd niggcr-the MIG
GEI-:o step up aside NV 700 and exercise
the perogativcS NV freemen in this country?
DO 700 want the niggerS aforesaid to be
mayors NV yoor towns with all the hatred
they hev towards us? Wat chance, oh,
Dimokratic dwellers in cities. think 700,
yoo'd hev If hauled mp afore a niger may
or on charge Nv disorderly conduct? Wat
chance wood vOor children hev i'm skool
nv wich aul the tcechers wuz niggers?-
Wat chance wood You hev when arrested
fur small misdemeenors afore Niger judg-
esq"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
VESTS. BRADLEY & CARY,
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
Tue October Lesson.

The New York Herald, the most saga
cious Democratic journal in the Union, adj
mits that the recent elections have demon
strated the impossibiltiy fresuscitating the
old Copperhead peace-at-auy- price party
1t compares the energy it has displayed in
the hate campaign to the last Pickering of a
candle. to be followed by darkness, smoke
and a bad odor. 1t is truth evidenced by
history that no party in this country has
ever survived opposition TO a war. The fate
ofthe Federal and Wing parties show this,
and the Democratic party viii not prove
an exception. Its doom is already scaled.
The process of dissolution may be stayed
by stimulating dread and butter the mis-
takes of its opponents may somewhat pro-
long its existence, but loaded with crime
and clothed with corruption, it must soon
sink into dishonorable grave.
1t is certain that the people have deter
mined never again to trust their destiny in
the hands of the Democratic party. 1t is
Justly regarded as the author of all our
woes. and no calamity that could befall Us is
so greatly dreaded as its accession to power
at this time. Its desperate leaders are be-
lieved to be ready for any treason to liber-
~, and it is felt that all our sacrifices to
preserve the national life would be disre-
garCletl and the triumph of the Southern
COniederacy virtually achieved.
With the overwhelming verdict of the
people before them, we submit to fair mind
cd Democrats il it is not the proper time
for them to sever all connection with par
ty that is at best in IFS dotage, that can new
or hope for success, and that is regarded
with suspicion and distrust by all patriots.
1t has been well said that the Democratic
party has committed crime for which the
historian can frame no excuses, for which
the memories of men can have no forgetful-
ness, and whose colors will grow blacker
and blacker under the eye of succeeding
generations.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
e.. III. Reeve.

This gentleman, who as Chairman of the
Democratic Central Committee, signed the
agreement to divide the election boards
throughout the county, Is very DESTROYS to
have folks believe that it was violated in
spite of all he could say or do. We hope
he has a clear conscience in this matter, for
it was mean. dirty piece of business, and
does not rebound to the credit of any one
engaged in it. Trustee Cummings bump
of jackassitiveness must be hugely devcl-
oped if Reeves eloquence was insufficient
to induce him to keep his pledges. The fact
is. it never was the intention of our Oppo-
nents to act honorably in this matter. and
there is evidence enough that the whole
farce of signing an agreement was but to
deceive and disarm the suspicious of the
Union men. The right course and the one
to adopt if we would hope for success, is
for our friends TO be present in such NUM-
bcrs when the polls are opened as to insure
n fair division of the board.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18

President Johnson has been most cgre-
griously fooled By his office holding and
office hunting toadies in this State. They
promised him on the occasion of his late
visit that Indiana would elect at least seven
My Policy" Congressman. and give ma
lority of many Thousands to the Copper
lead State ticket His disappointment and
wra1i. must be in proportion to the decep-
ton practiccG unon him and he would
serve the scamps just right by turning them
out of the snug berths he has given them,
and appointing men who have more ca
pacitv for reading the political portents OF
The day. lie ought to make an example oil
Dave Gooding, but if he should conclude
to remove that illustrious ornament OF his
administration, we beg him to send him as
consul to New Zealand. We don't want
David in Indiana Jour.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
NOW YOlmnaR.

On the lst OF next month the REPrBLI-
CAN viii enter upon its eleventh volume
This number and another will complete a
decade in which We have been employed i'm
furnishing news to the people of Marshall
county. We came here in 1876, and issued
the first number of the RErUBLIcAN about
the LIST of October Its publication was in
terrupted by the great fire of 1867, in which
it was involved, and once we suspended it
for a week at the end.of a volume. With
these exceptions it has appeared regularly
every Thursday morning. and at the end of
ten years it has only sustained a loss of
one month. We might grow sentimental
in relating the changes which this period
of our labors have marked. We have seen
the old pass away and the Young follow
them to the grave We have stood
still while our own and our neighbors chill
dren have grown up around us and have
taken their places on the stage of life We
have witnessed the death struggle OF
slavery and the vinlication of the nation :
right 10 exist We have cheered on the
young hero who went out to battle in free
doms holy cause, and we have welcomed
back our eonquering legions. Who will
write the history of the tunes in which we
live: What eloquent pen will tell of the
deeds of valor, the sublime patriotism and
heroic sacrifices of our friends and neigh
bOrss
We deem it unnecessary to- mark out our
future course. The past is sufficient guar
anty that we will ever make our country 5
cause our own. We intend to make the
REPUBLICAN, as heretofore. reflex of the
energy and enterprise of Marshall county
Located in the midst of a hostile political
sentiment, we cannot expect to feed at the
public crib, but hope to be rewarded by the
sturdy Republicans of Marshall who can
appreciate good paper and vino will not
allow us to lack for support. There is still
room on our subscription list for names
and in our pockets for grcenbacks-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18

The Republicans of Tippecanoe town
ship who fought side by side with Bourbon
during the campaign, roll up laundering
Union majority and with Bourbon town
ship administer a whitening rebuke to the
Republicans of Center and other townships
under control of the leaders of the party in
the county. While they with many adj
yantages over Bourbon and Tippecanoe
have fallen behind, we have fought the bat
tie unaided and won a glorious victory
Bourbon Press.
The Republicans Of Center and other
townships" we are sure, will be glad to
learn that the proper tactics have been dis
covered, and leader raised up among
them who will certainly conduct them to
success. II can only be lsmented that the
genius who penncd the above did not make
himself known sooner, that they might have
availed themselves of his abilities. We as
sure him that the laurel wreath is ready
now to place upon his loyal brow, and-tllat
we will cheerfully listen to his wisdom
laden words. We are sorry that we have
disappointed his expectations, and think
that he has been altogether too reserved
and modest during the late campaign. lie
should have taken command fthe Repub-
lican battslions by virtue of his superior
abilities. The Republicans of Center, who
have added l53 to their vote in 1864, and
materially reduced the Democratic major
ity, will be surprised to learn that they have
fallen behind, and so it will be with the
gallant Union men of North, Polk, German
Green and Union, all of whom report con
siderable Republican gains since the previ-
Gus general election.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
TERRIBLE FIRE AT QUE
BEL.

TWENTY-FIVE Hundred buildings
Burned Eighteen Thousand Peo-
pie Rendered Homeless-Loss OF Life
1S3,OOO,OOO worth OF Property De-
rOyed.
QUEBEC. C. f.. October l5.-At o'clock
yesterday morning fire began in the house
of Mr.. Trudel. grocer, st Joseph street,
near Jacques Cartier market Owing to
the early hour ofthe morning. there were
but few people about. The wind, which
had blown half gale from the eastward
all night. had slightly abated; still il ragged
with such fury rs to cause serious appre-
tensions. BY the time the fire brigade
rea ched the scene Trudel s.houSc was en-
veloped in flames. The sappers were al
ready there. but there WAS some delay in
laying the hose and getting force of water
which was not remediesl for nearly an hour,
enabling the fire to make rapid progress
No less than ten or twelve houses were on
fire and lumber and wooden sheds on all
sides ignited.
BY half past five, eighty houses. ali
wooden, were in a blaze. the flames. driven
by the wind, spreading in all directions.
At ESQ over 100 houses were consumed.
The fire by this time ran along St. Josephs
and Notre Dame DIES Angcs to Junction
street and VALERIE street. carving every
thing before il. The church La Congre-
CATION stood in great danger, but sudden
clearing of the wind sived it.
Crossing St Waller street the fire soon
spread into st. Sauvier street. House after
house fell prey to the flames 1t was
thought the houses eastward would be
saved, but the fire crept back, doing its
work off destruction.
AT eleven O'Clock the whole centre OF
the district lying between st. Sauvier and
Lower streets running parallel with the
river, WAS barren waste. Having nothing
to feed on it distributed itself in opposite
directions. the wind Increasing again,
blowing gusts from every direction. Three
separate conflagrations were observable at
once. st. Sauvier Church. Dunns soap
and candle factory, Ries, rope-walk and
other large buildings were in flames
Along st. Waller street, toward the toll
gate and streets surrounding the general
hospital and convent, another terrible fire
was raging with even greater fury. AT
Back Crown street and along Prince Ed
ward, Jesuit and Ryland streets, the flames
were creeping back. cnveloping street at
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
Rev Henry Ward Beeclcr. whose ca

/ Rev. Henry Ward Beeclcr, whose con-
version TO my policy was hailed with de
light in every grog shop and hell in the
land. and by every rufiian, desertcr. boun-
ty-jumper, draft-sneak, rebel, negro mater
and negro killer in the country. finding
himself in such company, and after giving
the subject more serious thought, renounces
Democracy and shakes the dust off his
feet as testimony against them. He says
the safety of the country demands the per-
manent exclusion of the Democratic party
from power.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
Our VictOry--VOOrhees Laid
ON the Shelf

The Union victory in this State is as de-
cisive for all practical purposes as that OF
1864, although the aggregate majority is
not SO large. Then the declared result
gave us eight members of Congress and
the Democracy three members Subse-
quently, however. the House of Represen-
tatives decided that Washburn. instead Of
Voorhees, had been legally elected in the
Seventh District, which made our delega-
ton i'm the present Congress stand nine to
two. We, therefore, lose one member in
the next Congress in consequence of the
success of Holman, Copperhead, in the
Fourth District, now represented by Far
quhar, Union.
In the Legislature we shall he stronger
than in 1864. Then the Senate was tie
and no bill could be passed without it re-
ceived one Democratic vote. Now. we
shall have ten or twelve majority in the
Senate, and from twenty to thirty in the
House, the largest majority on joint ballot
that any party has had within the last
twenty-five years.
The Union party will therefore, be re-
sponsible for the legislation of the State
during the next two years, responsibility
that will he Cheerfully assumed, and we dc
not permit ourselves to doubt that its legis-
lation Will be approved by the people as
empilatically as was that of the Legislature
elected in 1864.
Our minority in that body has doubtless
been swellcd by tie presentation of DAME
W. VOORHEES, as candidate for the Uni
| tel States Senate There was not a rcas-
enable doubt in the pubic mind that he
was to be the Senator in case the Legisla
ture could be carried Nv the Democratic
party (socalled), and the unexampled ma
jOrity of Union members returned is a mani
fcstaiOn of the reSOlute determination oftht
people of Indiana that no man who was
conspicuous in his opposition to the wal
against the Southern rebellion, shall re-
ceive honors or Office at their hands. Ii is
an admOnition to the conspirators of IS6f
their SympathiZers and abcttors, that they
are henceforth to remain private citizen;
Their party may try to uphold them, and
may continue the folly of nom mating
them for official positions, but the people
in the future as in past, will repudiate them
and the party that Sustains them.
We predict that Mr.. VOORHEES, has made
his last political contest in Indiana. He is
a man of decided ability, of unusual attain
ment as popular orator, and had he fol
lowed the impulses of patriotism instead oil
yielding to partisan preiudices at time
when the nation demanded The unseltish de
votion of all fits citizens, his future might
have been brillian; and honorable; but Inc
chose to beStow his sympathy upon rebel,
and conspirators. and must expect TO suffer
with them the disgrace that attaches tO
men who fOrsake their country in the sea
sons of peril-Iad Jour.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18

During the late political campaign Cop
perheads insisted that the Constitutional
Amendment conferred suffrage upon the
colored man. Reeve, Packard end Van
valkenburg toted Websters Dictionary al
over the county and demonstrated 10 their
own satisfaction. at least, that the thick
Tipped nigger-the fiat-nosed nigger-the
wooly-headed nigger--thc Niger, was
about to he admitted to the jury-box and
the ballot-box, and would soon he crowd
ing Democrats ont of office. The adoption
of the Constitutional Amendment is now a
foregone conclusion, and it would be inter
eSting to know if these gentlemen still hold
that it confers suffrage upon the negro.