The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-13

/. I you can make anything for the part.
! by questioning my Integrity or judg
, ment, 60 in and do it rouudly, TO
[ that's your view; but if not, its best t
r pause before you attack old, hard work
7 ing, sterling democrats, for action which
does not seem to meet your approva
, although it does theirs. When YOU
, get older your judgement may coincide
with theirs, an d you might regret tina
your heated imagination was mistaken
for judgment. c. H. REEVE.
In order that there may be no mis-
understanding as to the grievance suf
fered by Mr.. Reeve al our hands, We
republish so much of our article of las
week as referred to him in any manner
MIR. Reeve asserts in strong terms
that he did not favor the movement
|, which has resulted in a radical success
and had nothing whatever to do with
it, and voted the straight democratic
ticket. 1t is true, however, that he
took no part in the election except to
vote late in the afternoon that political
friends who conversed with him after
his nomination did not feel authorized
to say that he would not serve if elect.
ed, and that Mr.. Packard found means,
after his nomination, to remove his
name from the radical ticket, and avoid
giving them the support which they
would have derived from its appearance
Mr.. Reeve, we are Informed, declines
to serve, and therefore his place will be
supplied by appointment"
1t really does strike US that Mr..
Reeve has made himself a great deal
of unnecessary trouble, and finally pro-
duces defense but little preferable to
that made by us for him.
We have no intention Of answering
the communication published above,
from the fact that if the explanation it
gives is satisfactory to its author it
certainly is to US. But few ill-natur-
ed and uncalIed for remarks relating to
US personally demand our attention.
Mr.. Reeve remarks that he has "not
asked any favors of the Plymouth
Democrat, nor ever received much
from it," and that our " intlmation that
he voluntarily permitted himself to be
used to disintegrate the party, and
that We will not spare him hereafter,
will not rufile his peace of mind" He
also adds that the abuse heaped up,
on him was unparalleled, and our arti
Gle satisfies him that his information
was not far wrong" That il eve
think we can make anything for the
the party by questioning his integrity
or judgment, 60 10 and do it roundly,
for that's our view" But at the same
time he rather intimates that we had
better go slow, because perhaps what
we mistake for Judgment" may be
only the heated Imagination" Of
youth.
Now, in con sideration of the fact
that the above sharp things" in Mr.
Reeves communication are entirely
unprovoked and uncalled for, we shall
take the liberty of commenting or
them, even at the risk of incurrirg hi:
further displeasure.
! If Mr.. Reeve has not asked or re-
ceived any favors from the Plymouth
Democrat, We know of no reason for it
except that he has not desired them.
We have never refused him the use o.
scription books, AID his advertisements
appear when he desires them to. Il
the paper is under any further obliga.
tious to him it will endeavor to dis
charge them. We have made no init
nation that we evil not spare hin
hereafter" unless the remark we made
last week that
owe have no desire to do any of the
parties concerned injustice, but thi:
attempt to disorganize and weaken the
demo cracy of our town and county de
mands of us attention, and we propose
to give it attention, now and hereafter
as the occasion may demand, regard
!, less Of fear or favor"
may have direct reference to him
He deems himself the best Judge of oul
expression, and if he insists on the
construction he makes we are not il
: fault.
When he finds in our article an evi
deace that the abuse heaped upon hin
was unparalleled, we certainly thin K
he must be the victim of a cheated
imagination" Not one word of abuse
! of Mr.. Reeve ever appeared in the
columns of the Democrat under oul
management. When Mr.. Reeve, o.