Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-07-02
Political Bribery.

Political Bribery.
In all ages Of tue World die offer
ING or receiving bride has been con
sidered dishonorable, and in modern
times several species of bribery has
by statute been declared criminal.
In England, bribery at elections Cor
members of Parliament, has always
been a crime at common, law. To
constitute the offence, it is not nee.
essary that the- party Dribed vote as
solicited. The constitution of this
State provides that, Every person
shall be disqualified from holding of
fee during the term for which he may
have been elected, who shall have
given or offered a bride, threat, or
reward to procure his election" In
the election laws there is a penalty
for certain kinds of bribery. The
character of the bribery of which we
now propose to write is not more de.
testable than that by law declared
criminal.
1t was once the boast Of Demo
Gratis that theirs was party with
principles, and that with their argu-
ments they could convince reasonable
persons OF the soundness of Demo
cratic doctrines; that they had no
need to resort to subterfuge, fraud or
other corrupt means to make con-
verts. This boast, never too true,
cannot now be made. The party that
during the perilous struggle of the
nation for existence, contained all
the traitors in the land, and whose
recognized leaders bitterly de-
nounced Sheridan, Sherman and
Grant, and all the "boys in blue" for
their defence of their country, long
since ceased to argue questions. De-
nunciation, vituperation, SANDER, and
bribery, and the like they use Instead.
Nc are led to make these remarks,
in part from the fact that it has come
to cur knowledge that the, clique,
headed by the so-called Tycoon, has
been attempting to bride prominent
Republicans of the county by offer
ing them place and power if they
would renounce Republicanism and
cspouse Democracy. ,s..e
We arehproad TO say, however,
that no trre Republican has accepted
the BRIDE, or bowed the knee to this
Baal. The Post Office at Plymouth
was, by those who claim to own, and
do operate and control the Demo
cratic party of this county, offered
to more than one Republican on con-
dition that they would desert their
party and go over to the enemy.
Fortunately for the fame ofthe Re-
publicans thus approached, they
were notbase enough to- accept the
offer. s.,s- f-ira fs .65.f
Recently, so our informant says,
popular and rising young Republi-
can, who made good war, record,
was by the clique, rendered the NOM
nation on the Democratic ticket for
Joint Representative, and was prom
ised funds and success, on condition
that he, too, would desert. The gen.
tleman thus sought to, be BRIBED,
was too old soldier and too honest
a Republican to be caught by such
chat. He had fought their brave
friends in the sunny South. and cod
not be cajoled by such sycophantic
''.fire in the rear gentry s.ou bcs =
3 Again trey make on offer. and this
time nothing more nor less than an
important county office, to pron,in-
ent and respectable Republican,, on
the only terms they ever make an Of
fer=-that -, that he would become a
traito to his party And again we
have tic pleasure OF saying the BBrBE
was not accepted-the gentleman
having too high sense of honor to
even patiently hear the offer made
We know not how many other Re
+publicans the aforesaid clique has
cndeavored to seduce by the means
named, but suppose they are not few
in number. Thank Heaven, no Re-
publican has yet been found poor
enough TO- sell,7o aDemocrat with
money enough to buy. A' +;
a. Our vocabulary contains no epi-
tibet appropriate and vile enough to
apply to the men who seek to
strengthen their party by tpfs species
os bribery, and we are constrained to
let item exist without being christen-
cd. Tiis kind of bribery is-no ibet'
ter than that defined and punished by
law No honest Democrat ever tried
to convince Republican OF his err
ror by offering him an Office, and no