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Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30
The Election of a President and Vice
President.

The following is summary of The laws
and constitutional requirements in the cleo
ton of a President and Vice President:
/. Electors elected on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November.
9. Electors meet on the first Wednesday
in December and cast their votes. They
then sign three certificates, send a messen-
ger with one copy to the President of the
Senate at Washington before the first Wed
nesday in January. another by mail to the
same person, and the third deliver to the
United States District Judge where electors
met.
3. Each State provides by law for filling
any vacancy in the Board of Electors oc-
casioned by absence, death or resignation
Such OF the electors as are present and gen
orally au horized to fill any vacancy.
a. The Governor gives notice to electors
of their election before the first Wednesday
in December.
5. On the second Wednesday in Feb
ruary Congress shall be in session and open
the returns. The President of the Senate
shall, III the presence of he House IF Re
P'N'0''''No' opcH titc OcttiH'd"S Vi Tc'
turns. and count the votes The person
having the greatest number of votes fo,
President, if such number be MAORI V u
the whole number of electors, shall b. tht
President
6. If no person has mtjoriy as above
the choice is TO be made from The three
highest returned. The members of The
House, by States. fern themselves in elcc-
toral committees, and the majority deier-
mine which is to be The choice OF the State,
each State having only one vote
7. If neither Of he candidates get a ma
jority of the States before the 4th ofMarch,
then the Vice President shall act as Presi-
dent.
o. If the people do not elect through the
electors Vice President, then the Senate
of the United States shall make the cleo
ton from The two highest candidates re-
turned to them bv the electors.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30
The DUTY of the Democracy.

The Sia;e election being over and the
Democracy having achieved one of the
most complete and memorable triamphs on
record, their only danger of losing the
Safe in November is that hey will consi-
der thai there is no necessity Of coming out
in their full strength ana casting every
voc. If such a feeling pervades the De-
mocracy in any county, township, or
neighborhOod, We hope they will at once
dismiss ii from their bosoms and make pre-
paratons TO bring out their full strength on
the 4th of November. An effort will
doubtless be made to consolidate the FIRE.
mont and Fillmore vote on a single electo-
raj ticket, and if ten or dozen Democrats
in each township in the State, thinking
there is no danger of defeat. shall remain
away from the polls, the effort of our oppo-
nents may be successful, and the State los;
to Buchanan and Breckenridge. l. Is i'm
poItant, therefore, that the work of organi-
cation should not only be kept up, but per-
fected, and every exertion be made TO bring
out the full Democratic vote If this Is
done glorious victory awaits us; if it is
not done, disaster and defeat may ovcrtake
us when least expected.
1t is important that Black Republican
Abolit.onism should not only be prostrate,l
but be utterly crushed out aud anhilated.
Indiana should never become an abiding
place for that abominable heresy which
would SOW the seeds Of discord between the
North and the South, and which would
humble in the dust the people Of fifteen
sovereign States. Crush it, anihilate it,
destroy it nOy, by an immense majority.
and it will never again show its hydra head
in Indiana.
Let every Democrat, then, be up and
doing. The time between the present and
the Presidential election is short, and it
should be employed in urging upon every
Democrat the necessity Of coming to the
polls and seeing that his neighbor does The
same.-N. Il. Ledger.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30

One more number will complete the first
volume of the marshall County Demo-
GRAFT" We commenced its publication
under very unfavorable circumstances. In
the first place, we had no experience in
newspaper publishing, and many were OF
the opinion that our paper would not last
more than one year, at farlhest, and would
die for want Of patronage, in consequence
of the Plymouth Banner being permanent
ly established, and the county not being
able to support two papers.
We will say to our readers that the Dem
ocrat is permanently established Our
subscription list has steadily increased,
which is the best evidence that the public
are in some good degree satisfied with our
efforts to furnish them with reliable pa
per. We shall commence the second vol
ume under much more favorable circum-
stances than the first. We have good
subscription list, and good job and al
vertising patronage; hence. we conclude,
that with the little experience we have had
in the business, we shall be able to furnish
our patrons With paper that will be well
come visitor. If our friends will exert
themselves little, our list could be greatly
increased. Now is good time to sub
scribe; the evenings are getting long, and
no head cf family should be without a
newspaper 1t is not necessary for us to
say what one we would recommend. AS
soon rs the Presidential election is over,
and the result is made known, we shall be
able to give better variety Of reading
matter
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30
Correspondence ofthe Toledo Commercial.
Why the Fusionists Lost Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. II, %
Don't be too Sanguine Of carrying This
State, in November The result last Tues
day ,cas ,clot IRE al (unionists-Pm one
of EN- J expected So don't crow about the
result Of this little election There are in
this Sta,e 6JO,000 Shakers AMI 1872, Geo
Quakers who didn't vote last tuesday but
all of whom will vote for Fremont. iJohn
C. or Sewell LTD Commercial free
dom and all that SOFT of thing, you know,
in November. Another thing acted most
disastrously for us here last Tuesday: the
measles are raging frightfully in Berks
county. Of course people can't subscribe
for freedom when they are stricken with
the measles That's why we lost Berks.-
Then Reeder did bad thing in his coun-
try. He attempted the lobster dodge; but
say it with regret--with, in short, tears in
my eyes-the lobster dodge failed signally
He { Reeder) purchased a vast qranlily O
lobs:crs, and, with q view Of making votes
distributed them among the people literally
so literally indeed, that the people got
sick, and could't come out to vote. SoReed-
er's Holsters didn'l succeed as we'll as could
be expected. But the people made sick by
"too much lobster" will all be well in No
vember, and will vote for Fremont, [Sewell
L. or John C.?-Ed, CON-.
Then this city--the clam pedlars, gin
ger-bread and molasses- candy men were
otherwise engaged on the 18th, and couldn't
vote; they will be with US, sure in Novem
ber So don't crow. We are confident Of
carrying the State for freedom, Fremont
and "them things" by at least 1863, 900
Mark that!
Though differing with you politically.
am yours, perpendicularly,
S. PERrArERS.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30

HOME MANNERs--We sometimes meet
with men who seem to think that any indul-
gence in atiec,ionate feeling is weakness
They will return from journey, and greet
their family with distant dignity, and
move among their children, with the cold
and lofty splendor of an iceberg, surround
ed by its fragments. There is hardly a
more unnatural sight on earth than one OF
those families without heart
Who that has experienced the joys OF
friendship. and values sympathy and aztec
ton. would rather lose all that is beautiful
in natures scenery, than to be robbed oil
the hidden treasures of the heart? Teach
your children to love The lose, the r0bbia,
10 love their paenis. aud to love theil
God.
1t i littie ti;ngs that make and unmakc
us all. There are thousands OF young men
# genious aud enterprise, al dis moment
WHO dream of fame and distinction, and who
If 1t only required some act of daring or sac
riGce within the scope Of human possibility
to become distinguished, would be heroes;
bus. because true eminence is only to be
attained by perSevering application in a
number of daily virtues are constantly at
war with tie whole scheme of things, and
esteem it "A very badly governed world in
which they find no higher place.
Mutual Forebcaeance--The house will
be kept in turmoil where there is no tole,a-
ton of each others errors. no leniy shown
to failings, no meek submission to injuries,
no soft answer TO turn away wrath. If YOU
lay single stick If wood in the CRATE and
apply fire to i, il will go out; put on an
other stick, and they will burn; and half a
dozen, and you will have blaze. There
are other fires subject to the same condi-
ton. If one member Of a family gets into
a passion and is let alone, he will cool
down. and possibly be ashamed and re-
pent. But oppose temper to tempest; pile
on the fuel; draw in others ofthe group. and
let one harsh answer be followed by anotb-
er, and there will soon be a blaze which
will enwrap them all in its burning heat
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30

our friends in the Republican party that
voted for us, knowing at the same time that
we were Democrats running independent of
nomination oil the Democratic party. 1t
is true Mr.. Editor, that there was a kind of
a one-horse convention got up here by a
few individuals, that would like to be
called the blood and bones of Democracy,
who, In fact, are no better Democrats than
the rest of us. They went on and made
nominations for county Offices, acting some
what partial in some of the proceedings,
which was not tolerated by the people Of
this county.
The result is, that the nominees of that
convention for county officers, are all beat
but two, which they set down as Demo
Gratis elected; and we that run as independ-
ent candidates, and were elected, they sci
down as Republicans. We run as Demo
cra.s--were elected as Democrats, and are
Democrats yet. Mr.. Editor, you may see
from the circumstances the chance | stood
with the Republican party to be elected
and also my chance withthe Democratic
party. In the first place, there was the
nominee Of the aforesaid convention, who
run on the Democratic ticket; there were
two of us as independent candidates that
run on the Democratic ticket, and one can.
didate that run on the Republican ticket
for the office of Sheriff, which made four
in ALL The result was, that the Republic.
an candidate was beaten 80 votes, and the
nominee of the convention SO, by an indie.
pendent candidate, who run as such, was
elected as such, and is Democrat vet, and
challenges the man who reported that he
was not, to vote open tickets with him fol
Buck ~ Brock, in November. If he is a
sane man, he Is mistaken in his statement
or has willfully misrepresented facts; if he
is insane, shall be under the necessity the
Paddy was when he jack Kicked him, that
is, Of computing it to his ignorance.
w. PRETTYMAN.
KNOX, Oct. 25th, 1856.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30
An Exciting Race for Life in California
fHhn Slnrtn Il L

q. The Shasta Republican states that a short
time since one ofthe stages which run up
on the Yreka Road left the Pitt river Sta
ton on its way from Yreka to the valley
The coach had no passengers, and was
driven by Jared Robbins, familiarity known
among the drivers as Curly jerry
After leaving the Pitt River Station, the
road passes over a stretch of thirty miles
through wilderness in which no water
can be obtained, and without white in
habitant. A Great portion of this distance
is through timber or chaparral. After pro-
ceeding several miles over this lonely and
deserted road, shower of arrows was sud
denly poured in upon Jerry from the thick
bushes which lined each side of the road
Wounded in several places. and with ma
ny arrows sticking in his clothes and flesh.
Curly" put The whip 20 his horses, and
commenced race for lifa through IN am
buscaIe the extent Of which he was unable
to determine. The atiIightsd horses, HIT
with several ARROWS. bounded over the
ground-fying with such rapidly that the
vehicle threatened every momeutto capsize
or smash Ia pieces against the s;rmps and
rocks From every bush and hiding place
capable Of concea:ne foe, Jerry received
fight Of arrows. A. lengtl . small prai-
RE was reached, clear and open. aitolding
no lurking place for the terrible sayages.
Fortune favors the brave and fortune fl
vored Jerry. In the middle of this pral-
RE the coach, which had received many
severe shocks, suddenly broke down.
Jerry, bleeding from many wounds, hasti-
" jumped from the box and commenced
unhitching his horses from the vehicle
This action was observed by the Indians
behind, who with thousand yels sprang
from thei- ambuscade and charged upon
him. But Jerry was in time. He sprang
upon one of the horses, and, leading the
others, again commenced running the
gauntlet for life. The prairie was passed
AMI the team again plunged into the dan
yerous chaparral. The ambuscade sill
con inued. and Jerry's clothes became fair
ly rildled with arrows, even TO his gloves
But although covered with blood, he con-
tinued to urge on his horses, encouraged
at the thought that every bound brou yht
him nearer Hat Creek Station. AS he
drew near this post, the shooting gradual
ly slackened, and Jerry finally arrived at
the door m, re dead than alive, having rid
den through an ambuscade ten miles in
length.
A messenger was Immediately dispatch
ed to Shasta for surgeon. DR.. Raymond
left the next day to the relief of the wound
ed man. Although the driver had sixteen
wounds, none of them, we are gratited to
learn, is mortal. and he is now considered
i'll a fair way to recover.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30
Congress- mai Gains.

Ia Ohiothe Democracy haze cioc;t cis..l
members OF Congress il ;.e recent COMES,
al ii whicH ar o. c.e.g s,aina. ire n,.-o
Ing q slasic Dempcfa.ic pieisO,r nom l.e
State in the present i.oasc iio.;sc ai j,eprc-
sem:aiIyes.
La Pennsylvania our gaia Is nine mem
bers, and in Indiana four, certain maxim
In these three States alone Iweniy-one men,
bers; these count rs forty TWO. TnIs cnan-e
almost ensures us the control OF he hex
Congress, and guarantees proper suppor.
to James Buchanan administration. We
shall hear but little in the mex Con.res,
about tie Topeka constitution" h
Kansas lumbu5 will be worn "a .liE
Lanes occupa lon viii b. gone; "A i.c ioas
AMI reasonable majority Will be he'd ia
check; proper suppiios 10 carry on oaci.
and every depar,men. Of ihe 2ovcfine. t
will be voted withou; delay. and ail VII %
on merry a. "A marriage bei.. Union 81
ders, fana les, shoulder strikers. ana des
perate political gamblers ami Spectators ia
humbug claims on the general government
will retire 10 their kennels TO avoid pub lie
gaze. But the condemnation of the people
will ring in their ears though they hide ia
the most secret laces. Hope bids US lo' k
forward 10 long and happy inrervalofquiel.
as one of the results sale 10 follow the elec-
ton of Buchanan and Breckinrilge la
the nature of things, when the crisis is
once passed under excitement mus cease
and give place &c a healthy action. Al good
citizens should AID ia bringing about SD
desirable result. We have faith TO be
lleve that the great head as well as the heat
OF this nation Is right and that our candi
dates will be elected by an overwhelming
majority. The moral force of such YER
dict will settle the restless and the iurbu-
lent, and the country will again have
peace.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30
Pennsylvania.

The Democracy of Pennsylvania, like
those of Indiana, have achieved most glo-
rious victory. a complete fusion of the
Fremont and Fillmore elements was affect
ed against them, and the Union tickle;
undoubtedly polled every vote that can be
secured for either Fillmore or Fremont in
November. The majority for the Demo
cratic ticket over the combined opposition
is from six to ten thousand, and Mr.. Blu
chanan will unquestlonably carry the Sta;c
over either Of the opposing candidates by
at least forty or Fifty thousand The fol
lowing is list of the members Of Congress
elected:
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30

On last Friday evening, our Republican
friends enjoyed 'feast of fat things" in
the shape of a political speech from Mrs
FONDA, of some place in Illinois, Although
the evening was very inclement, goodly
number were in attendance, most of whom
came. not for the purpose of being enlight-
enod, land they were not disappointed in
that particular, but for tie novelty Of
hearing female politician. The lady de-
livered a pretty good lecture on the evils
OF slavery, and charged the Democratic
party with being in favor of its extension,
which, Of course, she did not attempt to
prove;--also, that Governor Willard, being
drunkard, was suitable person to rep
resent a drunken constituency; and made
many other assertions which, to take the
most liberal view, proved that she was not
well enough posted to make political speech
es. She advocated the claims of Jessie"
for The Presidency, with more ability, than
the claims Of John" he being seconda
~ consideration, in her view Of the sub
Jet. But she made one observation. the
truth of which few will doubt, and that
was: % We need more Republicans" The
result Of the late election clearly proves TIE
truth OF the statement
We think that if buchanan would have
been elected, provided she had remained
at home, he will stand osme chance if
she does make speeches against him.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30

The Republicans are making great
noise because one Congressional district
(Wilmots) in Pennsylvania, gave 1000
Republican majority, and defy the world to
beat it. We would respectfully recommend
to their consideration the fact that Berks
county, in the same State, gave Demo
cratic majority of 6 6J9-only 59l less than
their banner District. If they can name
any one county in Tie State that will beat
Berks, we should be happy to hear it.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30
One more Rally,

he friends OF the Constitution and the
Union achieved most signal victory over
sec ionaiism and flnatcism, in this county
at TIC late election Before ave have the
opportunity again Of addressing our Dem
ocratic friends. /. viii be their duty to cast
their votes for man ior tie highest Office
ii the world On Tuesday next a man is
70 be chosen 10 preside over the destinies
ii this nation for the four years succeeding
The lJurh # March next We have watch
q the itps If the times " th 10 little so
li-itule. and rs the battle IS near at hand,
/ becomes every friend Of The Consti,u-
ton to be at lis post on the d. Of election.
and see That legal voters ere act prevented
from di-eharging the dni;es hey owe to
their country, and that no Illegal votes be
permi,te1 to b. east We regard The cleo
ion # JAMES BUcnASAN as settled beyond
a reasonable doubt; the only Question IS,
how large will lis majority be?
Il acknoa ledge that he will receive the
I'D electoral votes of the South, which on
ly lacks g CT being sufficient to elect
Does any man, who IS not totally ignorant
of passing events, believe that Buchanan
viii not receive 20 electoral votes in the
North? No sensible Republican pretends
to argue, IN candor. that there IS remote
probability Of Fremont CARRYING Pelnsyl-
vdnia and Indiana. The former gives 81
electoral votes, and the latter IS, which will
be / more than is necessary TO elect. In
ldition to these, Is New Jersey. Illinois
and California, which Will most unqucs-
tionably cast their electoral votes for Bueh
anan. Our chances for carrying Connect.
lieut., Delaware and Michigan, are at least
equal; therefore, we have no hesitancy in
saying that there is not a remaining doubt
but James Buchanan, of Wheatland, viii
be our Eext President
To our Democratic friends in Marshall
county. We would say, be at the polls ear.
ly on next Tuesday; DO not permit ten OF
dozen Democrats to remain at home, n:
was the case in several townships at tho
late election; rally them all out; any that
are not able tn 70, take your teams and
haul them. The Republicans are goaded
to desperation by their lac defeat in this
county. They are busly engaged at thi.
time in trying to create the impression tina
their late disaster was affected by illega
votes being imported; this is merely ruso
to keep up the spirits of the rank file unit
af,er next TUESDAY. They know that there
were no voters brought TO this county by
the Democrats, to carry the election. They
know Tor might know that whoever says
that two hundred railroad Irishmen votet
IN this county at the late election, tells
falsehool, either wfuly or ignorantly.-
They riH know, about next Thursday
that final quietus has been put on fusion
ism in old Democratic Marshall.
- a
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30
Professor Mills.

We had the pleasure, last Monday. of lis
tening to as sensible a lecture on our Com
mon School system and education gener-
ally, delivered by Prof Mills, as we have
heard for years. Although the turn out
was not good and but one of the Trustees
present, he handled his subjec; in mas
terly style. He spoke at some length of
the various improvements Of the day which
had for their object the abridgement of Ia
Dor, and showed concusively that they
were the result Of Education, and of minds
being awakened. Many of his compari-
sons between the manner of doing various
kinds Of business now, and twenty-five
years ago, were decidedly interesting, and
proved conclusively that we, as people,
had made great progress 10 the arts and
sciences, in the last quarter of century.
His remarks in reference to creating a taste
in boys, FOR reading, in order to keep them
cut Of the streets at Ii ight, were decidedly
rich. lie argued that boys, living in town,
cost their parents less money and trouble
TO keep them at school. than to have them
running about town. into all the bad com
pany they could lind. Create" said he,
"a taste for reading, by furnishing children
with interesting books, and when the habit
is once formed, there will be no trouble 10
keep them out of the streets"
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30

The ArPRENrrcE.-The apprentice fore
shadows the workman, JUS as surely as he
bend of The tree foreteils the inclina,,an Of
tree. The upright, obedient. industrious
lad will graduate a steady. skiilful, and ca
pable man. as Enthusiastically as the perverse,
idIlug. careless boy will npen into law.
dissoluIe aud worthless fellow. The faci il.
boy is messu ably the maker of his own
destiny; and ifhe fails to acquire master
knowledge of the trade to which he is put,
it will mainly be because he dill not at his
outset determine TO be master workman.
Good morals and steady industry are in.
dispensablc.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-30

When the election is passed, we hope
that the divisions that politics has made in
the social circle, may be remembered no
more; but those who differ as to matters of
policy in regard to the administration of
governmental affairs, may associate together
as in times gone by. The great excite
ment of the present campaign, and the zeal
with which the two parties have advocated
the claims Of their respective candidates,
has estranged many persons who formerly
took delight i'll each others company. In
many instances, it has created discord and
enmity between father and son--husband
and wife, and has shook the very founda
tons of society. II will require great for
bearance from all parties but The motto OF
all should be to forgive as they hope to b.
forgiven.