Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-15
Bourbon correspondence.
BOURBON, Ind. March IL, l3e7.
To THE =.

How wonder what you are;
Railroader, writer, telegraphcr,
The minds of all a photographer,
Surely you've perfect model,
OF what's contained in every noddlc
You know the views of parties both,
And to express them are not 10th;
You speak for many, speak for few,
Zen represent the 80"
The word AMI the law is in your ipse
Dirt,
can fix it.
We notice by the last number of the
Democrat that the i'm )lacable correspon-
dent resumes his consideration of the go
majority" question, in which he makes
many unfriendly illusions to us. He says
however. that he dome want To get into
any political or personal controversy with
u.s. he has accomplished his mr. plus uara;
his riiclc, though occupying little space
is maliam ia marco, he has said his say and,
wants To stop. We are not so easily
''skeered." yet VIC are aware Of The fact that
we will gain nothing by further notice of
him We will briefly allude to his re-
II arkablc production oflast week and see
whether there is any truth in il. He OBJ
serves tina! he has cOnversed with an in
te!ligelt Republican" who .eierrcd to us as
being the biggest toad in the paddle" at
the meetings of the Union League, !"
'cluJ meetings &C.; that we always had
more To say than any body else that
when the hat was passed round we never
came down with the stamps. therefore
we were" not authorized 10 speak for the
- majority" He fears that the readers
of the Democrat viii not place much conf
dencc in his own word. SD he dTags before
them an intelligent Republican" in the
hope of rendering the story credible. This
is peculiar knack Dan. has oil rcilcc;ing
his own words, bnt the people are fast
iindin. him out. But let us look for Il
moment at the charges he prefers against
us. In the first place we nerer visited 4
meeting of the Union League" in Bour-
bon. as every intelligent Republican,
member of that society will inform him
il he Will extend his inquiries in tha,
direction. We attended one Club meet
iar last spring to assist in nominating
corporation officers; and we have not been
present since, as every Intelligent Repub-
lican' member of the ''Club can also in
form him. On the occasion of our attend
ancc we offered no remarks at all. but,
having an cnga cement elsewhere. LEFT as
soon as the nominations were made. No
demand WIS made upon Us for money.
none being ncclcl. We didn't propose
to carry the cooperation election by
bribery AMI corruption as is generally
done by the Coppcrhead party, of which
the is very flint illumination.
ZIP above foreground high
Like a~-bcln- polc-'in the sky"
IIlving ihuS far examined tn story of
the beautiful star we arrive at the IN
cyiiabla conclusion that no intelligent
Republican ever told him any such stuff.
We have noticed for some time that all the
reports of this ambitious correspondent
are i n the main scli-consiituted,' and we
arc at loss to know why the fellow isn't
wiling To father at least part of them. Ii
YOU can't daddy them hereafter. Mr..
Illdminator. Gin L,rn) please give names
and references. Your readers, Mr.. Editor
will undoubtedly understand by his com
munication (ifthey read I'D that he indirect
IL claims to possess authority to speak
for the 30 majority" Wonderful trump
et
4 We must also notice another s:r1u- :,
item which the fellow refers TO in tho
same article. He says-"By the way tho
- minority are becoming nervous in
view of the anticipated result of the
coming spring election. They are quite
anxious that some good Democrat should
consent to run for Trustee or Justice o
the Peace They will run man for Oh,
of the offices and both parties unite on on,
ticket" &c Stop. hush, what. Die
some Intelligent Republican so inform
YOU? You must have been dreaming. m,
dear fellow, for we have not been able t.
find single Intelligent Republican" who
ever heard of such an arrangement
Dreams go by contraries," so please don
give yourself any uncasiness over tn
matter We shall nominate men-g
Intelligent Republicans both offices
and elect them too. A mixture would b
incompatible and we propose to elect
''Simon-purc" set of officers this spring
You can't be constable, so YOU had bette
give your entire attention TO the interest
of the r. TT. w. & c. r.. r. Co. I'm tn
meal time if you desire title you ma
have the one you conferred upon us wit
slight modification, say sc. B. J: y.
Don't let your spirits flag, there is deal q
strefel-om to you. Again we pass unit
the deals us a new 'hanC."
The meetings which have been in pre-
gress here for about two months hav
been brought to close. The eXcitcmeu
now runs in the direction of ''donario
: parties" and we expect the amount G
, ''duds" and edibles received by the preach
ers and their families will lie astonishingl
great. Reach in your dimes.
The ground is thawing out very rapidl
and we are having plenty of that which
known in common parlance as mud
Farmers are busily engaged manufat
turing sugar and we are informed that til
season is remarkably good one so fa
Wilkins and Bro. have made already
1000 lbs.
Bceman & Knappenberger are abor
opening new Grocery Store in the ROOF
formerly occupied by. Baker, Grouse ,
Runyan- They are accommodating gentl,
5 men and will receive q good portion of th