The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-24

THE LaPorte papers publish cal
for reunion of the 29th regime mt Of
Indiana volunteers, TO take place at Ia
Porte, next August, that being the al
niversary Of the regiments organiEa-
ton. Camp Jackson is to be re-eStab.
lished The LaPorte Argus grows
eloquent in its Iaudations of the Goth
and promises all Kinds of good things
in behalf of the citizens of LaPorte.
The first yict.-y OK this celebrated
regiment. wa II an Old farmer OF
this county, whom they violently ar
rested and ma treated In the streets of
Plymouth, bound him, abused and
insulted him in every conceivable man
ner; carried him to Camp Jackson, !"
where. fer several days and nights, he
was subjected TO almost every indigni-
ty which his tormentors could devi Sc,
even going so far az to place rope
around his neck, with threats that if he
did not divulge certain matters relative
to the democracy of this county, (Which
he knew nothing of they would hang
him. After naltreating him bodily, and
applying to him all the opprobious in
suits which unrcstrained deviitry could
devise, he was released and permitted
to return to his family. And then
amid the expostulation of those enga-
ed in the terrible battle with the old
man, was inscribed on its banners the
first grand victory of the goth Regi-
inert of Indiana Volunteers.
After some months campaigning at
the front, and feeling, doubtless that
there were no more foes there which
they desired to encounter, q detach-
ment was sent home to DO such deeds
of violence as few leading, dirty abol-
ition scabs of LaPorte might direct.
The principal feats of valor which it
was desired they should accomplish was
the destruction of the LaPorte Demo.
erat printing office, which was accom-
plishcd on the evening Of February Is
1864. This was the secord glorious
and complete home victory achieved
By this noble regiment Of course
there were many brilliant skirmiskes
in which detachments Of the regiment
won renown, Such as brardishins
swords and pistols over the heads of
peaceable and law-aolding citizens COM
polling them TO keep watch over their
premises day and night to ensure their
salty; but these minor victories will be
chronicled more fully by the historian
whose loyal duty it shall be to hand
down to posterity the gloriovs achieve
ments of this noble regiment.
Many Of this regiment fell with
their faces to the foe manfully battling
for the cause which they had eSpoused
while others, manned aud crippled, are
permitted by the loyal scalawags who
remained from danger and ursed them
to the front, to hobble through life as
best they can, except when they can
be made available politically, when
their profcssed love and admiration of
them becomes intensely disgusting.
None but those who planned or executed
the brilliant campaigns we have noted
will claim any of the honors to which
the victors are justly entitled.
By all means, let us have the re-un.
ion. There may be found plenty of
victims, old men and cripples who can
make bu. feeble resistance to the
combined strategy and military power
of the regiment, while our neighbor o.
the Argus would not likely object to
having the regiment win bait lie Nc
10 his establishment