Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-10-13
BOURBON CORRESPONDENCE.
BOURBON, Oct. 9TH, 1870.

we gave IL toieraDiy thorough looking
over; thing we have not always patience
enough to do. First, on account of its
character for loyalty during the war.
And second, on account OF its general
character for veracity and honesty.
Though we admit that 10 all these points,
it is only fair specimen Of IFS kith and
kin. The Bourbon Itemss," of course
attracted our attention, in which. as
usual, the friends OF Temperance came in
| for. a large share of its attention. There
is certain Kind of tongue which "hateth
those that are afflicted by it, which we
suppose accounts for the hatred certain
persons, or a certain class Of persons
have to the friends of temperance. They
so uniformly lie about them, that they
therefore hate them. To give this expla-
nation of their hate, and lend off few of
their shafts. is the object of this COM
municalion.
First. then, we say Good Templars
never purjure themselves. for they take
no oath; they simply pledge themselves
upon their honor, which we admit is often
a small thing 10 pledge on, as in their
reformatory process they often take them
from saloops-which are never supposed
10 be temples Of honor. And when they
return, cas- dog TO his vomir,' they re-
turn 10 just what they were before. only
| sometimes seven devils worse. But that
the real Temperance men backsIide is
another thing. And the last thing that
our enemies ought TO boast OF, is their
success ia winning back 10 vice, those
who have been somewhat reclaimed
1t shows them in bad company, and in a
bad business. With regard TO what they
have said and done, we would say, they
never have been forced 10 measures, only
as truth aud duty have forced them. And
as to doing what they ought n OF to have
done, they did not say or do all which
they might. and perhaps should have
done. And it ''I'oor Tray" got few
ticks Of their cudgels, we would say TO
him that he got much less than he would
have got, had he rot been looked upon as
good natured cur" only unfortunately
in bad company. As to getting the hatred
of some who have been our friends. we
can only say that If that is so we are
sorry and should feel very bad If we did
not fad it written, Therefore the world
hateth me, because l testify of it, that
the works thereof are evil. OF course
the world is not changed, and we expect
like results at the present day. AS to
having selfish ends TO serve, we do not
see how that can be, as leaders in moral
reIorms-and especially temperance re-
formers-always suffer loss in pecuniary
and often in popular sense As the
whisk ey- king will do them all the BARN
iDey can, ADD toey and hose they have
decoyed back into their meshes again.
will always haze them.
Now few words on political subjects.
Our Democratic .ricrds charge Us with
changes OF views IA political economy !;
ADD, also, with differences of opiuion
amongst our leading men, Both Of these
we count among our honors. We claim
10 he progressive party; il we make
mistakes. We amend them we avoid
our own errors when we see them inst as
much as We avoid lheiis; we do not
| regard it good policy. o. a wise course. 10
sick to wrong because our parry did it.
Ii all our great men do not think alike,
grows out of The fact, that they ali
think tor themselves. They caIl no man
their naster, however il,usi ious he NAV
be. Out of differences of opinion. all
Improvements spring. They also com
pain that Congress has made dopaiions
of la'ee portions Of land 10 railroad COM
panies, forgetting that those donations
have base5cd ibe completion OF these
roads many years. And that by them
DOLLY, the setting up of the public tlcmain
is made possible, and lis vslre more than
doubled They OF sht 10 Know hat pri-
vate owners OF large domains sometimes
gave away tracts 10 enierprising men, and
thereby greatly increase the value OF The
rest by the improvements which these
men make. Ii does seem strange that
they should charge The. staggerngs Of
Andy Johnson on the Republican parv.
True, they elected him, but they did it
hrcauae they thought he was loyal. and
not because he was Republican, for he
never really was.
The Republican party, with magnan-
nifty truly piaiseworthy in Our great
struggle foe national life, selected largely
I rom among their Democratic fellow
citizens, wherever they found ability and
loyalty combined. or course they were
sometimes disappointed. This was our
misfortune, but not our fault. Jesus
selected his disciples not from and party,
though they were true at the time-but
for their integrity and virtue. But that Of
Judas was not proof against the tempta-
tons OF the purse, and be went over to
the devil, just as Andy did, and the Apos-
ties did with him just as we did with
Andy. They let him go to bis own place,
aud filled the Office with a better man.
and nobody ever thought of charging his
errors upon the church or the rest of the
apostles. 1t seems almost a pity that
Andy had not been as patriotic as Judas,
and LEFT the co1ntiy for his couniry's
good. They also charge us with great
expenditures of money during eight years
of Republican administration. ignoring
the fact that these included the closing
years of the war, and that the money
thus expended was the price of The ma
tons life. And they ought to be very
still on that subject. when they reckoned
bow much they added to The expenses
BY blocking up the wheels OF our govern
ment, and in many ways contributing TO
lepgthen out the war. If we have made