Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1856-10-30
The Presidential Elect ton.
The Work Before Us.

On next Tuesday. the great question,
sVbo shall be President" is to be de-
cide6. We have few words to say in
reference thereto, and we ask The patient
attention Of all cur readers for briei
space, in order that the duties oil iiee-
men in the approaching contest may be
fully understood and performed.
The result Of our State election affords
matter for serious reflection in. the m'nd
Of every citizen, no matter to what party
he moy belong. The causes which led
10 tina. result are plain and easily under
stood. Let US look at them.
/. The illegal votes polled on the Sc
cond Tuesday Of October for the Demo
cratic ticket. have been variousiy esii
mated at not less than ten thousand, and
by some at twenty thousand: At the
lesser of these estimates il will De seen
that the Democratic party, of itself. is ID
minority in the State. Hero IN Mar
shall county. the Democrats admit that
there were at least one hundred non res
ilent Irishmen who voted their ticket
and Republicans say there were at least
twice tina, number. In LaPorte, Meth
er party estimates the fraudulent vote at
less than five hundred. hile some place
IL at a thousand. In ST. Joseph there
were about three hundred illegal votes
cast and taking moderate estimate in
the three counties we have named. the
pipe-!aying vote may be accurately sta teo
atabout one thousand. And this is bout
q fair average Of the entire State. We
know the Democratic leaders s!outly de-
nv the charge of pipe laying; but who
ever yet heard of an impennent thief
confessing his villauy while there was
the ghost Of chance Of lying out Of ii?
The men who have been inscriptions
enough to virtually rob their fellow citi.
zcns of the elective franchise, will
have no conscientious scrup'es in deny
ing the rerpe,ra,ion Of tho crime they
have been guilty OF.
9, or the estimated twenty five thou
SAND Fillmore men in this State, at leas
fifteen thousand voted for Willard and
the Locoioco State ticket. Any one who
has examined the returns from the coun
ties where there is any Know Nothing
strength, ond compared them with the
vote Of 1851. will see this at glance.-
Counties which gave largo anti Nebrasha
moi rites in the latter year, now give
equally large Locofoco msjoti'i"s' We
are Of the opinion that Of tho 1000
Know No,hings who supported Willard,
about one third will supper, Buchanan
while two thirds OF the remainder Will
throw away their votes on Fillmore;
while nearly all Of those who supported
tho Peoples ticket, Disguised with the
,roachery Of their bse,hrcn elsewhere,
mil in the absence Of any reasonable hope
of the State going for Fillmore. will vote
for Fremont and Dayton.
2 The incorporation of temperance
plank in our State platform, los, us ma.
nv votes. II vas unwise md impoli,ic
TO saddle upon the Republicans the obi
I'm attached to the prohibi,ory liquor law
of this State. The Republican movement.
founded upon the single idea OF hostility
90 slavery extension. continued within 1t
self enough features odious to The con
setva,iye sentiments Of the old parties
withou, adding this one. In the election
nest woek, this local question will have
boen sublrseled from tho general issue,
and many will vote for Ftsmon. who
were deferred from supporting the Re
publiean State tieke. by reason Of thei'
hostility to the prohib'o'y liquor law.
A, The gtea, cause OF our defeat, how
ever. overtiding and surprising all 9th
RI causes, IL to DO found IN the ly'ns
misrepresentation Of LoeoIoeo newspa
cs,s and orators. regarding the position
of the Republican party. We have bee'
denounced es AbolI,Ionisls md p'Suni
onIs,s-denuncia,ions which have no
thu slightest foundation In Truth. From
the Indiana State Sentinel down to IT.
lesses sehoes. throughout the State, 'h'
Republican patty aud i,s candidates have
besn attacked In a manner dlsgraeeful t.
w,,usss. Men have been found In Mar
.h,l, county ba.s enough to declare thai
the sole oblsc, Of the Republican move
,usu, was to elevate the negro TO soc'a