The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-06-04
The tame and spiritlcss ratification nj

of that party and have determined to give
1T no further countenance. The Express
and the leaders may urge the masses to
'rah for Grant aud Colfax, but the re-
spouse will be very feeble and indistlnct.
fore Haute Journal. ..
last Saturday night the RAIDS of Rich
mond in this county, tried to get up a
ratification meeting about the time it was
supposed the feeling was at its "pitch."
William Bennett appeared in front with a
flag, and proposed three cheers for Grant
and Colfax, but nary response nary cheer,
and poor Billy returned into the hall look
ing as If he had heard something drap.
Well, as the old lady says, ''now-a-days
some pork will bile that way Cam
bridge City -Mrro.
The radical ratification meeting in
Anderson last Saturday evening was a
contemplate failure There was only
about fifty mourners present Says the
Anderson Plaindcaler:
1--WE have never in our political life
seen as much evidence of fear and sadness
upon the countenances of the radicals as
we witnessed on Saturday night. Not a
particle OF enthusiasm, not a single exhi-
bltiOn Of confidence, not even a cheer for
Grant and Cofax rent the air. They re-
minded US more of attendants upon a fu-
neral occasion than anything else Their
looks were as sad and wo-begone as though
they had received news of the death Of
their best and only friend. Defeat was
plainly written on every brow, snd every
mind was persiye in thought over their
culture state" when the great voice of
the American people records its verdict of
dead and ID, in November next
A Chicago paper denies that Wade is
the war-horse of the party, but says =
" Washburne is much better called our
war-horse." Well, if Washburne is the
war-horse of the mongrel party Grant
must be its ass. 1t is an i'll sight, but we
have before seen the horse and ass work
ing together in double hairless
"A New York paper calls the at
tempts to ratify the Chicago negro nomi.
nation, nothing but tin pan enthusiasm"
But j. will end worse than that, for it will
be a. frying pan concern before it is through
with. Such a kettle Of Salt river fish was
never before cooked on this continent. 1t
will be, iudeed,a great salamagundi of fish.
chowder and =" puppy" pot-pie. the smell
of which will be SO offensive that the pco-
pie will scream with one acclaim. Get
out. J"
An unsuccessful effort was made to
blow open the safe of the To.ed) and
Wabash Railway, at Wabash, Friday last.
Pieces of the paper fuse used were found,
partly burnt, on the floor next morning.
and the iron above and below the key hole
was discolored by the burnt powder. The
key hole is one into which it is difiult to
get powder enough to blow open the safe.
The Negro Grant convention at Chi.
cago after they had completed the work
of nominating the eminent Judge of pups,
sang song of which the following is the
chorus:
Then rally again. then rally again.
Win the soldier, and sailor and hummer
And well'l fight it out here, on the old union line
NO odds II IL takes us all summer
We take the liberty to add the follow
ing Lies to this appropriate chorus:
No odd. il it takes us all summer"
To vote for the sulky old rt0,atT.
" y. Day Book.
Gen. GLEN has issued his order pro-
viding that, in accordance with the pro.
visions of the new constitution he held in
Mississippi, beginning ON the 22d of June
and continuing until completed Gen
GLEN says that should violence or fraud
be perpetrated, he will exercise to the
fullest extent the powers vested in him to
secure fair election, and he declares any
poovision in any contract tending to
abridge the right to vote utterly null and
void. Army officers and agents of the
negro bureau are directed to abstain from
public speaking, electioneering or endeav-
oring to influence voters, but this order is
not intended to restrict them in the per-
formancc of their duty of instructing ne
groes as to their rights as electors.
A CURIosITY.--Several days ago
gentleman from the country left at this Of
flee one of the curious productions Of IA
ture. We do not know what name to give
it. 1t has the appearance of white leather
or Chamois skin, very soft and delicate to
the touch. perfectly white on one side, and
a light yellow on the other. The strip is
about fifteen inches long and three wide.
1t was taken from the heart of sweet
gum, being kind of leathery lining
in a wind shake or crack in the heart of
the tree.-EUansvWe Journal.
TIE CHICAGO CONVENTION AND TIE
BoNDHoLDERs.-It appears that all was
not exactly smooth in the radical commit
tee on resolutions in the Chicago conven-
ton. The Indiana member of that CON-
mittee was anxious it should adopt the In
diana republican platform on the financial
question, which endorses substantially the
greenback payment of the fivc-twenty
bonds. But the bondholders and the ma.
tional bankers were memorable, and would
not have the peoples resolution. But f.
nally In order to pacify the Indanians,
they gave them the nomination OF vice.
president. SO, to get Schuyler Colfax,
the Indiana greenback republicans sold
out. The people will not ratify the bar