Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-07-30

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as "one who ticks the 81 title of his
master, or ruler, to express devotion
to his interests"
Thanks for the definition as ii
saves us and our readers the trouble
of consulting Webster.
Our neighbor then adds;
Gas no foreigner or jew can un-
standingly vote for Grant and Col
fax without being a lickspittle in the
rue sense Of the word, We merely ad
verted to an existing fact when we
denominated the correspondent OF
the Republican, resp. an" a lick
spittle."
The epithet "lickspittle' was APP
piled to our correspondent, because,
being foreigner, an intelligent, gen
tlcmanly one, too, he dared advocate
the principles of the party Of liberty,
ofprogress and of humanity. Now
the Democsa; applies it to all foreign
ers who "understandingly votes for
Grant and Colfax"
There ere large numbers Of for
eigners in tits county and elsewhere,
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who are as intelligent as our neigh
bors across the way, (and this we
say without intending them any dis
rcspect) who "can understandingly
vote for Grant and Colfax' and We
add they are as virtuous, as honest
and upright as any Democrat in the
land.
Because the intelligent foreigner
! is not Democrat, must lac therefore
be lickspittle? Calling their oppo-
nents hard names was very much in
vogue am ony Democrats, before and
during the rebellion, but that sort of
argument, to use vulgarism, has
about "play' Jed out" Many Of the
Democrats German supporters arc
Of the opinion that their ship is in 4
sinking condition, and contemplate
taking service on the new and
staunch Republican craft, and to pre-
vent such calamity the Democrat
endeavors to brow beat and intimid-
ate by threatening to 'call 'em names
To call a foreigner or Jew a lick
spittle, just because he is Grant and
Colfax man, is direct insult to all
foreigners and Jews.
The truth is, the leading Demo
Gratis of this county care nothing for
the interest Of the jew or foreigner
l-oftentimes behind their backs
they curse them-and if they happen
to be Republicans they are designa-
1 leO sto ifChcpibtlcS.
We know Of several prominent
Democrats residing I'm and near Ply
meath, who are reported to have pub
licly cursed the whole "Jew tribe"
rs they called them. If we mistake
not, there is Democratic official in
Plymouth who loves to hate the Jews.
The manner in which the MARSHALL
county Democracy advance the inter
ests of our foreign born populations
shows exactly their love for foreign
ers.
The Democrat has no word Of con
demnation for Henry Clay Dean, a
| prominent western member Of the
Democratic national convention who
made bitter and unprovokcd attack
upon the Jews during the session of
the convention. Neither docs it
complain of the disrespect shown by
one Of the leading organs of the
West, the Cincinnati enquirer, to Bel.
mont, the greatest foreigner and Jcw
in the Democratic party.
Wedon't know whether Colfax ever
said aught against the foreigner. Bet
ter men say nay than yea on tllfs SUBJ
ject. If We mistake not, the evidence
the Democracy have comes from one
| of their OWE candidates for county
Office, who states that he was know
nothing himself, and therefore knows
Colfax to have been one. We do
know that Colfax has done more in
Congress for the true interest of the
foreigners than almost any other
man. He introduced and caused the
passage Of a resolution to place and
keep in close confinement Ma son or
Slidell until the rebels should release
Col Corcoran from such confine-
ment. 1t is a well known fact that
he is the warm friend of opposed
Irishmen as well as foreigners gener::
ally.
i "Call 'em names, jeff" seems To
be the policy of our neighbor. Do
you still insist that no foreigner can
Understandings vote for Grant and
] Colfax without being lickspittlea