Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-07-16
The Marshall County OFF,
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/ Under this caption the Democrat O
last week contained aR article whicI
proved one fact we have often state,
as true, though the fact needed II,
such proof Our Bourbon CORE
spondent, writing of the county off
eials, said: They are men who, du
ring the war, discouraged enlistmen
and encouraged desertion.' Th,
Democrat replies that "The Demo
cratic party OF Marshall county new
er discouraged enlistment and en-
couraged dcsertion." The denia
is not that the officials but that til,
party did not discourage enlistmehts
and encourage assertions. Neither
of these charges against the officials
may be true of the entire party, but
one of them mnst be true of the Off
Gals from this admission in The Dem
ocrat.
"They believed the men who made
the quarrel were the ones 10 fight il
out, and encouraged them to enlist
Here is ala admission that they en-
couraged Republicans but not Dem
ocrats to enlist. BY encouraging
none but Republicans to enlist, they
discouraged all others.
Then the article in that paper tries
to show that its party was and is the
soldiers friend, by saying: "When
the soldiers Of the sd Ind, compos
ed principally of men from Marshall
county, returned on short Through
after having been captured and parol
ell, while on their famous march thro'
Georgia, in July, 1868, the Democ-
racy gave them public reception at
Corbin's Hall, in Plymouth. +s*
Many truly loil Republicans even,
went so far-as to urge the boys to
stay away, as the thing was gotten
up to poison them" 'a<' '.rT
Then follows a song written by
that particular friend of all the boys
in blue, c. III. Reeve,-oh. such a
statement that if the
Republicans ''can produce anything
half as good as this, we shall be
glad to give it publicity" The song
coming from a "wordy blunderbuss'
is characteristic one and not worth
reproducing when the country is vo-
cal with better. 80 ,isaIri vetasssf a
The truth is, the ''loil'' friends OF
the '73d boys, without regard to par
ty, had announced that or Monday,
the day of their departure to duty in
the field, dinner would be giyen'to.
them, and the Democrats to atone in
part for their meanness, but morees-
pecially for political capital, tender
ed the soldiers Democratic welcome
on the Saturday before. Saturday
is a big'day with them.) 1.-The sol
diers knew what political welcome
meant and let them eat their own
copperhsad supper. = '' .e.'..' s. :.
To say that any OF the soldiers
we're afraid of being poisoned is; an,
insult to their good sense and bra
very. They were not and are not
afraid of a Cepperhead in any shape.
They had not forgotten that some
Of these Officials" had slandered the
soldiers by endorsing on orders a
jnstlaw compelled the officials to IS
sue, the words "damned war.pauper
or words TO that effect
They had not forgotten that some Of
..
the officials were members of soci;
ety. one, of whose objects was to aid
In releasing the rebel prisoners at In 4
dianapolis, that sloil" soldiers had
by fighting bloody battles.
These and hundreds of other like
facts were fresh in their memories
when they almost unanimously re-
fused to accept political welcome
from such men. On tho. day of their
the soldiers and their
friends did accepta dinner given at
Seminary Grove and a right good
time they had. II. .s,f.. "a ,;,s.
) 'sLoil" soldiers are not aafraid of
official copperhead epizen.''s ot; s1asI
-. :;
! Democratic Notifications. :.
Thursday; came thse :. news
ofoI the nomination. ofrsSexmour
and Blair Republicanswere every
where abifant and happy, as if they
haS received glad fidings Of great
Joy, ,Nowiand then could AT s seen q
Democrat, who had rventured, upon
the stfeetsyw ontlefingwllat the
so sjubilant. 70 Any init
nation that the Dem ocrats we're not
highly pleased with their candidates
would make them swearing mad. In
the evening they concluded to ratify,
and prove by their words and works