The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-20
PLYMOUTH, May Is, 1869.
EDITOR OF DEMOCRAT:


In your article to which my lette
replied, in addition to your quotation
of last week you made the following
remarks: After giving the names o
the persons nominated on the citizens
ticket, including my own, you sa.
making the ticket consist, as the rad
icals claim ed, of five democrats so
called } and three radicals"
In giving the causes of the defeat
of the democratic ticket, you use the
following language as one reason:
We attribute the result j
to the countenance and assistance
giuen the radical ticket BY the men
chose names appeared on hot tichet as
democrats.
Again you say:
/" We have no desire to do any of
the parties concerned injustice, but this
attempt to disor9anize and ueaken the
democracy Of o,tr toaOa and county, de-
mdnds of'us attention, aud we propose
to give it attention." &C., &c. On
these quotations the italics are mine
When you made these statements
you knew from me that | had nothing
to do with the nomination Of the tick
ct. That | was not out on election
day except long enough to svote. was
not at home when one convention was
held. and was not present at either,
and knew nothing of its proceedings at
the time. Then, in your comments
you left out the above quotations, in
quoting what you said about me, while
claiming to quote all you said. Please
mark it. Speaking of me as demo-
crat " so-caUed" Charging in terms
that my c0antenunce and assist
once" elected radical ticket
and defeated democratic one. Charg-
ing that it was san atten,pt,' on my
part to "disoryaniss and eeeahen tie
democracy Of the torn and comfy"
A man who has been politically hon
est, is sensitive when his political hon
or is questioned. No man is so poor
but that lie has friends. ] have some
as well as other men. Some Of them
are democrats. They will not believe
you when you make these charges
against me. Your making the same
charges against the others inclusive
will not cover it up, either. They will
feel indignant. Some of their friends
will sympathize with them; and the
very result you condemn will be aided
by your own act. If the design Of the
opposition was to create discord among
us, they can but laugh to see how
ready you are to aid them. IF you ex-
pect to make the democracy believe l
am an apostatc or disorganizer, you will
fail. IfyOu wanted to drive a man
ever to the opposition, and his friends
with him, you could not start cat on a
more certain course than to do as you
have towards me, if he was weak
enough to be affected by it.
If radicals had nominted me for of.
fee, my democratic friends had no right
to ask me If [ was their candidate
They owed it to themselves to get right
up and repel such charge if made, NO
matter who made it, without saying
one word to me on the subject; and
my course for the last twenty years en-
titled me to that defence.
The fact that my political friend S
("so called preferred to question my
political integrity, as you have done
an q ne'espaper, because they found my
name being used without my authority
or sanction, is only another evidence OF
the correctness of my position when |
declared so often that wanted "no Office
in the gift of the people," for life time
of political consistency is not enough
to protect man from being "slain in
the house of his friends"
Now Mr. EditOr,ssthis letter is not
intended to be "sharp" or censorious.
1t is intended simply to correct any
erroneous impression that may exist
from your quotations and comments
last week, and!to show that the course
pursued by you is not making the i'm
preston you (perhaps) intended, and
is not tending to produce good harmo-
ny among bur active democrats. No
matter Who,or what an editor is--as ed
itoref our paper, he can do us. good or
harmt as he acts disoreetly or other
wise. But you are only one democrat
among Us all and have no more rights
than the rest of US. A wrong in. the
party"denands" no more "attention
from you than from the rest OF us and
you arc no more authorized to censure
than, any one or all 0fus. You occupy
a position to be heard, which we do