Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-08
he gepnbliean.
The Democracy vs.. Brick
POmerOy.

slightly IN printing letteT WIN Uen. ben
F. Buffers name signed TO it, which turnc'
out TO be a vile forgery. We say it woulc
appear from Copperhead papers that h
had overshot the mark and shocked In,
morality Of even COpperhead editors, bu
in reality Bricks" sin, in the estimation O
these rebel-lovers and calumniators of pa
triots and every man who fought for tb'
Union, does not consist in the commission
of the forgery but in being detected ant
vious of Bricks" popularity among Cop
perheads, and appear, merely for effect, i'
be disguised with his villainy: hut in thi
they will utterly fail either To iniurC
''Brick" or benefit themselves. So far al
/ Union men are concerned Brick" is re-
! garded as good and as honest as Copper
head editors and leaders generally. In
some respects Brick is the superior o
most of them. intellectually he tower!
head and shoulders above those who arc
swapping and barking at him. merely L, :
cause they envy him, and morally they all
stand on the same platform. If Brick
goes down to the hot place when he dies
he will not only find large majority OF
CoppcrAcads already there. but viii have
tho satisfaction soon of welcoming home
all the political friends and associates lie
left behind.
The Plymouth Democrat comments Is
follows upon Bricks" forgcry:
! BRICK poNEEoY, of ihc Ia Crosse
Democrat. is receiving some hard hits from
the Democratic papers, and justly too, for
the publication of the so-callcd Ben Butt Il
letter. Brick manufactured letter
which he Uavc publicity fo. and tried to
palm il off as an original production Of the
Beast, in reference TO libel Suit said "a
have been commenced by the latter against
Brick Tor the sum of SloO.OC0 for defama-
iion of character The attempt to palm
of swindlc OF that character on his reaG-
erS. is. to say the least, getting pretty low
down in the scale OF being 10 gain nOto-
ricty. Ii is difficult to tell which has
shown the least SENSE the editor of the La
Crosse Democrat in publishing the forgery
or he -Bc:,s,' in publicly denying It's aI,-
,hcnticity.'
Our main object in copying the above
extract is for future reference. Our read
cr: should Cul it out and paste it in thcil
.liarys for future use. Brick, il alive
VIII no doubt be sent for l,y the Copper
head State Central Committee TO s,umI
Indiana during the next Presidential can
vaSS. and then will be the time for Repub
.ic.ns 10 read it To their Democratic ncisl.
bors
The Democrat il will he seen calls Gen
BIi!er the "BcaS,~ This name was given
Gen. B. by the rebel press because lac is
sued an order while in command at New
Orleans that women who should spit il
Union soldiers faces. or who should empty
the contents of their night vessels on said
,ldiers heads as they passed along Tho
streets, should bc regarded and treated a:
women of the town plying their vocation
This order greatly eXaspera,ed the rebel.
and their Northern allies. The former il
revenge called General Butler q Beast;
anal the latter Immediately sounded the re-
frain and have Kept il up ever since there
by demonstrating their hatred of ever,
man who hurt the rebels or Tough, To pre-
serve the Union. The Order had the dc
sired effect upon the secesh matronS auC
dansels of New Orleans, and endcaret
Gen. B. To every Union soldier in the city
and was heartily approved by every Unior
man in in the country. Ii was just tn
remedy rcquired,-the damscls conclude,
10 behave themselves and act like decen
women. and all who did so were protecte,
and respected accordingly: but the NAL
rebels thought the Order was brutal one
and of course their Northern allies, as the
felt themselves in duty bound. rc-echoe
the sentiment. and have kept it up eve
since. Let them continue it,-ihcy onl
proclaim their own infamy.
The Democrat SAYS 1T is difficult to tc
which has shown the least sense, the edito
of the La Crosse Democrat in publishn
the forgery, or the Beast in publicly d,
nying lis auihenticy." We hardly kno,
how to interpret this sentence If tn
E Plymouth Democrat had not itself repul
lished Bricks forgery, and chuckled ov,
it, we should understand The sentence thu
Brick Pomeroy is such notorious c;
iumniatOr and liar that Gen. Butler shoul
have had more sense than TO publicly d,
ny the authenticity of the letter: it was {,
tally unnecessary; no one believes an
thing Brick says" If this is what Il
Plymouth Democrat meant, it criminatc
: itself, admits, as il published Bricks 70
gerry, that it is as notoriously untruthfu
and as incapable of injuring any mans rel
utatioD as the La Crosse Democrat.
Had not the forged letter been copied il
to other papers from the La Crosse Dem,
: crat. Il is probable that Gen. Butler woul
: have considered any notice of it unnece
! sary, and had he known that all Cope
= head papers belonged to the same class, l
= = would doubtless have disrcgarded it. Pc
haps he will adopt this course in future
regard to Copperhead slanders.
The Democrat says lit is singular C.
incidence" that it seldom duns its subscr
bers Was not the editors brain slight
muddled when he Dcnned this5 VI