Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-11

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wlch Free-Trade opposishun to Nashina
; Banks and States Rites shood be the prin
cipel planks. 1t wood be a severe trial t,
him to vote for man who wuzn't a Dim
ocrat, but on these condishuns he WI,
willing to make the sacrifse.
lsaker Gavit then jumped to his fee
and remarkt that he had /. word to add
We he'd been in the valley and shadder sc
long that he wuz willin to make sacri
Use Nv his feelins. He wood vote for 6
man who wN not a Dimocrat, but-or
this pint he wuz infiexible-the Post Offs
must be in the hands of Dimocrats. and
not only the Post Offises but the Other
otfises. C'Heari hear.n from every man
IN the room who he'd lent me money,
bascom S voice bein heard above the 9TH
ers.) This wuz his ultimatum. IF the
nominee of the allied forces will accent
the constitushen laid down TONIGHT and
pledge himself fully and unreservedlv on
this pint, he wuz his man, but not other
wise He wuz not too proud to sav that
he wanted his COllecteyship back, ez Nc
Pelter wants his Assessership, and our
| beloved Parson his Postoff1se. Without
them wat avail IL triumphs? Paul NAV
plant and Apollos may water, but NV wat
avail IL the plantin and waterin unless we
wet the increase?
l lay back in my seat, gaspin with rage
when Joe Bigler, the especial pest of the
Corners, ariz. He remarkt that he he'd
never III the whole course NV hiz life. seen
such self-sacrifcin body Nv men. The
spectacle Nv a Kentucky Dimocrat who
could voluntarily perpose to vote for a
man who was not Dimocrat, was one
calculated to make saints weep with ioy
and angels shout "glory." He knowed
Dlinocracy OF the country would accept
this ackshen, for if they didn't happen to
IKE the nemlnee, the resolooShen passed
which the said nominee wood hey to ac-
cept, would kiver him like cloak. The
Dlmocrats could vote for the platform,
and the others for the man, and 50 ALI
would be satisfied. But he wasn't going
10 allow the Dimocresy to be so severely
tried There wuz but one man in the
foonited States fit to stand on sich a Mat
form, and he insisted THAI that man shood
be declared ez the choice Nv this meeting
Tor the nominashen. That man he w1z
proud to say wuz JEFFERSON DAVIS.
| sprang to my feet to stop this. but Il
wuz too late. The Cross-R Roads hev bin
so long in the habit Nv hurrahin at the
bare menshun uv that name, that the
widest shouts rang throo the meetin
house, and then Bigler moved that his
resolooshen be added to the Others and
they be adopted ez whole. That vote
was emphatic and yoonanimous, and the
immejitly adjourned.
Il was no use to abuse any body, and |
didn't What does Bascom, Gavitt. Dee
KIN Pogram, and McPelter know NV the
country outside the Corners? Wat do
they know NV politille strategy did in
innate to Joe Bigler wat buziness he he'd
IN Dimocratic meetin, to wich he re-
Piled, BLESS you, Parson, | thought it
was meetin Nv dissatisfied Republicans |
ez well ez Dimocrats."
The resolooshens, Davis and all, will 1
suppose, be publisht all over the North.
Wlch Nv course, ends my hopes of a indie
pendent party movement.
VIII it be any better in the Nashnel
independent Convenshung Kin we nom
nate sich man ez Chase, for instance.
so kiverin him with Dimocrisy
Y to make him smell jest ez fragrant ez
no he he'd alluz bin with us? Amt our
'arty run by Pogram's S, and Bascom's and
davitt's? | fear so.
PEsRoLEUM Y. Massey,
(wlch wuz Postmaster)