Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-11-28
The Spirit Of COpperlieadism.

Anc Spiflt Oh OOppefheau1SMs
The Lacrosse Democrat is not pleased
with the nomination of General Sherman,
by the Louisville Courier, as the Demo-
cratic candidate for the Presidency in 1868.
The Democrat says:
"And such a candidate Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman-Vand
Sherman--Sherman OF the torch and axe
Sherman, prince of band of bummers,
thieves, vagabonds and ruffians-Sherman
whose march to the sea- would have
damned to all eternity legion of pirates
and Observation-Disclosures the lackey, tool,
leftenant Of the Sangamon brother Of the
devil, the obscene, brutal, and boorish Lin
coln--Sherman, whose hands are red with
| the blood of American freemen-Sberman
whose most glorious acts can be written in
two words-'Atlanta' and 'Columbia'
"This mushroom of civil war, blood
watered, rank with the corruptian and
wickedness engendered in the hellish cru
SADIE for the enslavement and degradation
of " hite men, and triumph of niggers-this
thing Democratic candidate for the hon.
ors which, AZ a party, we have conferred
upon Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jack
son, VanBuren. Pierce and Buchanan
! Proposed by Kentuckian, from a sover-
! eighty thousands of whose sons rest in un-
hallowed graves, slain for the love Of lib
erty by Sherman's miniols? /? Great God
that Democrat should so disgrace himself
and humiliate that grand old party"
Acommittee of Methodists recently wait
ed on the editor of that sheet and lemon
strated with him upon the obscenity of his
paper. Here is his reply
"The Lacrosse Democrat is not a whi-
ming, canting. .puritanical. long faced church
organ, having for its mission the cloaking
over of the sin, iniquity, RIGHTEOUSNESS,
immortality, beastly actions, gross indie
cerces. unchristian performances and lust
full qualifications of clerical bloodhoundS of
Zion vino are leaders of the church, ex-
FOUNDERS of religion, dabblers in politics,
and ravishers of weak minded sisters.
"On the contrary it is a Mirror OF Fash
ion, in which we give pictures of men and
sentiments as they exist, not caring one
whit tor the good or i'll opinion of all the
minbug relgionists, canting hypocrites,
paipit prostituters, clerical indiscretiOnists
or their advisers or endorses this or the
olher side of-the home of the Late La
mented. We print Facts. 1t IS our duty
to unmask villainy, tos expose corruption,
to uncover moral deformiiy. to rip open
the cotton batting, sawduSt nlling, which
gives such plumpness co the sneaaing,
quaint. rotten s..e,tOn, which oh abs, and
ives abs and oh I.ord-ahs' anu spends
the hours of setting day in talking nigger
instead of Christ, and in leading sisters up
dark alleys rather than leading souls TO
salvation"
1t will not do 10 say that this is not Il
Democratic paper. It enjoys the largest
circulation of any Democratic paper in
America, and its editor is employed TO
stump some one of the various Western
States in every political canvass. lie Is
one of their bright and shining lights.
The following, from the Plymouth Dem
ocrot of last week, is merely diluted, or
skinned milk, paraphrase Of the extract
first quoted above:
''PEREMPToRILY DECLINES"
at is rumorsd in Washington telegram
to ons Of Tie Chicago dailes, that General
Gram r,eremptcIiiy declines running as
the Democratic nominee for President I.
In the name OF all that's GOOD. what DeHs-
Ocrdt ever wished him to be the "Demo-
cratic nominee fol President? No member
OF that party, with the least particle Of self
respect for the man, who, occupying q
higher position. acted in the capacity OF a
supe to Pusillanimous Sheridan IN his
late appearance as one of the chief actors
in the famous farce of Reconstruction in
the South y; no respect for the General who
sacrificed thousands aid thousands Of lives
that lie might fight il out on that line =
and no confidence In him, who, high In
place, has had nothing To say" IN .n 81. inese
past days of trial. Noihl.::a.g To say Why,
let him rant sHd spout, and blow by the
hour, let him use the personal prouonn 81
until even Andrew johnson shall be forced
TO cry enough" and well respect him
more than we do now. But the silent Sec
retsry sits in the War Office, day after day
"a dull and muddy -msttlcd rascal, peak.
Like John-a-drerms, unpregHant " his cause,
And can say nothing
Democrats want no such man rs this
to lead them in the coming campaign. Let
him stay with the mongrcls where he be
longs well have none of him.