The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-17

of portion of our candidates, and par.
ticularly, persistently and increasingly
SO of our candidate for senator From
the time OF his nomination, which was
unsought by him, until the day of cleo
ton, and even for some time after, the
basest insinuations, the meanest lies,
and the most senseless abuse of him
have been INDUCED in by that sheet.
He and his friends paid bat little atten-
ton to the falsehoods which were being
circulated about him; but these SIAN
derers having continued their contempt-
IDLE work long after the campaign was
ended. and when the animosties engcn-
dered in the canvass should have been
permitted to slumber with the dead is
sues of the past, it would appear that
the time had already fully come to do
justice to the party which placed him
in nomination, and voted for him, by
refuting and exposing some of the false
accusations against him. His place of
business has been likened unto ''hell-
gate" when there is not more orderly
kept room in town. Would the Repub-
Hcan have us believe that all who are
engaged in similar occupation, many
of whom are Republicans and patronize
that sheet, are keepers of shell holes 2"
If so, no doubt the four or five appli-
cants for license whose notices are now
publishing in that paper would like to
know it.
Another charge against him was that
he is lacking in ability; in other words,
is endowed with but limited quantity
of brain power. This charge is only
noticeable for want of secse in those
who make it. His political enemies,
except few blatherskites who run the
Republican, have uniformly given him
credit for having too much good sense
to enable them TO cope with them; in
fact, he has heretofore been charged
by the opposition with the greater part
Of the supposed deyiltry of which the
Democratic party of this county was
said to have been guilty. But how does
such charge sound, coming from such
a source? Take the ostensible editor of
that paper, or the men who directed the
course it should pursue in its treatment
Of the Democratic candidates, and what
an exhibition of brains do we behold. If
brain is to be the test for official qualifi
cations, would not the Republican and
the leaders of its party in this county
cut beautiful figure? They point to
Col. Sumner as man of ability, and he
is no doubt the ablest of their active
leaders; and suppose we measure his
ability with that of our candidate for
senator, who, they say, has no ability.
At one time during the recent unpleas-
antness, Col. Sumner desired military
appointment, and after exhausting all
the mental energies of himself and near
est political friends, applied to the man
they say has no brains, to work with his
(Sumner's) own political friends to Sc
cure the appointment.
As to the race which Mr.. Van Val
kenburgh ran, it is not discreditable to
him, considering the efforts that were
made to defeat him, nn1 Tho f.es chat
he was sick and unable to visit but a
very few localities in the district previ-
Gus to the election. IF his defeat is a
condemnation of the man, what shall be
said of the defeat of Col Sumner, which
was more than ten to one greater, after
he had labored ha,d in all parts of his
district?
If our opponents can gain anything
from continuance of this personal war
fare, they will be welcome to it.