Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-12-26
Won't Stand II.

The Radical plot to defeat The popula
will of the North and West in the mex
Presidential election by the fraud of voting
AT the point of the bayonct, ten Southern
States, against the wishes of the people
the North and West are already consider
ing how to deal with The New Yorl
Ncics says they won't stand any such non
sense, and Mr.. Jacobin mNsf fgid bcfor,
he can put that fraud npon the people
Here Is what the New oTk Mrs says
This then Is slsr gsans that TO Re pt,ySd. an,
Ne Ell upon the prupic 20 say IL is not deliher
stely plansel Evolutionary sehoIne 10 aehat tia, il
VIII Eat tse game D. bf,ct-si. Tn " bite mcr
q the Northwest ID Rot intsnd q ~ TIE New Engan,
s:emagOzuss retain possession oi tie government 81
another years by amy such swinIing process a.
that. We DO NOT sezf O. let tho negro Il fBSs ussd
.orsTn -. The Black Republican leaders aud tn,
hump Congress may az well understand that at tn,
stsrt.
II may be that Providence has ordained il, thai
We E-ust pass through author IL violence. unit
the TFnfe have restore o. them the liberties II whl
is - But, If must that give due
tee TO the wretches that this lime no John Brown
ilalielujahs win save them The people riH NAL.
cisss arork IF tksas'
The foregoing, which We clip from
Copperhead exchange printed in
the southern part of this State, we
understand as a threat from that par
" that they will rebel against an al
verse decision of the Presidential
election. and, as ifto further confirm
us in this belief, we observe that
Democratic papers are urging their
Young men to enroll themselves in
societies which doubtless have this
same end in view The pretext for
another Democratic rebellion could
be easily found if the negro were not
i'll the way. Similar threats were
made in 1864. and the country was
asked to prepare for q deluge of blood
should the soldiers vote be allowed
to decide the election that year. We
might afford to despise this little
game Of bluff in view OF the fact that
Copperhead courage has been often
tested and. found to be-a very evanes-
cent article, were it not that thousands
of well-meaning but tinsid men are
annually scared into voting the Dem
ocratic ticket by these very threats
Thousands more are deferred from
going to the polls at all, under the
impression that Democrats are a ter
rible set of fellows, and that it is q
cheap bargain to secure their good
behavior by giving them the offices.
ZAisis especially true Of this locality,
and accounts for the change Of this,
at the outset of the war, from mod
crate Republican to strong Demo-
cratic County. This statement, new
to many. will be found on examina-
ton to be strictly true:
Marshall County, previous to the
war was always closely contested,
but during the years 1857, 1858,
1859, 1860 and 1851. it was carried
for the Republicans by small major
tiles Since the latter year. however.
it has gone heavily against us, and
though our friends have worked hard
they have never been able to wrest
victory from the foe All are agreed
that we have deserved success, and
many are the theories brought for
ward to account for our failure to
achieve it. Our ranks have remained
unbroken, and our numbers have in
creased with the growth Of the coun-
", but the Dem ocrats received in
1862 heavy reinforcement which
has enabled them to gain and to hold
political supremacy here. From
whence came this addition to their
strength is something that may be
desirable to know, and the solution
we give the problem is that our oppo-
nents have been able TO WELD against
IA almost the entire strength of
those denominations of Christians
who believe war to be wholly unjus-
tifiable, and whose consciences will
not allow them to take up arms in
any cause. These men arc opposed
TO slavery, but have been most art
fully dealt with. They take few news
papers, and care mas been taken to
prevent information reaching them
except through the most distorted
channels. They are taught that Re-
publicans mean to strip them of the
peculiar privileges of their class, and,
strange, as it may appear, in the he
lief that by so doing they will pre-.
serve the peace, actually vote for tx
only party that ever did involve tho
country in war.
1t is the duty Of Republicans to
lisabuse the minds Of their conscien
tious neighbors of the false impress
sions they have received. Let them
understand that ours is not a Wal
party in the Objectionable meaning
of the term. We do not promote
war, by rebellion or otherwise, and
only 60 out to meet the issue when il
is. forced upon Us. Upon the other
hand, the Democratic party has al
ways been the disturbing element in
Our politics. 1t fostered, aided and
encouraged the rebellion. 1t manned
the -1,aalrflerous hat o,-sau. urhixh -fil,oc