Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-09-07
MARMONT.
MARMoNT, Sept. 4th. 1876.

Our physicians are kept quite
busy.
The weather is quite uufavorable
to good health.
= Miss Emma Melbourne has gone
to Argos to school. We shall miss
her much as secretary in the Sabbath
School.
Remember the township conyen-
ton next Saturday, the 9th, at two
o'clock P. NJ, J. S. Bernhisel will
have a public sale the same dny at 10
o'clock, A. NJ, at which WILDE offered
one span of mules, one span Of horses,
harness, bob-sled &c. Come then
and skill two birds with one stone."
Saturday night last we had the
pleasure of listening to a modern
democratic sermon delivered at the
Marmont school house by the pupil
of C. II. Reeve of Plymouth. BY ac-
tual count there were present % dem
OCIdlS anu 40 lCpuoiiOduS. lhC
speaker, after having been introduced
by David Redin, said he did not ex-
pect to be able to favorably entertain
his hearers, knowing, perhaps, that in
Marmont no political haranguer would
be favorably received who had moth
ing to say in favor of freedom, truth
and loyalty. He said he intended to
speak the truth, while the republicans
told nothing but lies. He continued
to exaggerate, to show the parties in
their true light Gas he thought, and
drew broad line of demarkation be-
tween them. "Now," said he, "if you
prefer the one that has always been
opposed to monopoly and corruption,
and always been true to the laboring
class and on the side of right and
justice, then support the democracy"
He referred to the republican plat
form without reading any OF it) Of
1872, to show that the party was false
to its teachings; said the civil service
was fraud; that the government Of
ficers in collecting taxes put one
fourth OF it into their pockets; the
Confederate Congress had saved to
the government s15O,OOO,O0O in the
matter Of general appropriations; re-
duced expenses in the sum OF $780,
600, 900; that the same loyal house OF
Representatives had not turned out OF
employment all the Union soldiers, as
charged by the republicans, but had
retained % OF them together with IL
negroes, Of which latter the republic
cans, with all their boasted love for
the negro, had not one. He said the
democrats were the true friends of
the soldier, which was shown by the
manner in which they passed the SOL
diers equalization bounty law, which
went to the Senate, where it was
stopped-the Senate said it did not
propose to give the soldiers any more
bounty. The republican party was,
he said, responsible for the present
panic and depression in business, and
that General Grant was the cause Of
the thousands upon thousands OF me-
chanics and laboring men being
thrown out OF employment; and that
Grants whisky friends were now Ian
gushing in prison, and that he had
discharged Bristow, Jewell, Wilson
and others, because they had become
too honest for him. Without reading
a single resolution or clause OF the
democratic platform, or the letters Of
Tilden and Hendricks, he had much
to say of them. He also Landed to
the skies the presidential candidates,
but he forgot to tell us Of Tilden's
perjury or his connection with the
Credit Mobilier. He did not appear
to know any thing of Hendricks hav-
ing sold the use OF his name for $685.
600, or that he, Hendricks, had en-
gineered through Congress fraudu-
lent mule claim of S4,445 for one c.
Fl. Hall, Of Indianapolis, Tilden was,
in. his estimation. the. grandest re-
former this country has ever known;
and to prove that every body was 60
ing to vote for him, he read long
letter addressed to General Grant
from Negro down in Georgia, in
which the Negro told the General that
ne had become democrat. He now
went heavy" for Hayes; said that he
vas a man of no distinction, and was
famous for nothing; that while in
Congress he made no speeches and
voted once liz opposition to a resolu-
ton looking to the framing OF some
pictures which Congress wished to
hang up and once for the prompt
payment OF the pension claims. To
prove that Hayes was corrupt the
speaker said that he had letter that
was written by leading politician of
Cincinnati, (whose name he did not
give) to Governor Hayes, In which
the Governor was informed that to
make the election sure in Indiana
campaign documents and money
were necessary. Lest that we weary
your patience we close by stating
that in conclusion the stentorian
speaker requested all who intended
to support Elden and Hendricks, the
State ticket, and believed in reform,
and good govern ment,
to rise TO their feet and give three
hearty cheers. The "hip-hip" went
up from the speaker and out of the
50 present IL arose and attempted TO
yell, but on seeing so few arise the |
cheers ended i'm grand fizzle. sai
ORA PRO NoBIs.
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