Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-11-12
ValedictOry.


With the publication Of this number O
the Democrat, will close our editorial con.
nection with 1t. We have edited it for two
years. When we began, it was an expert.
ment; and the Banner, under Mr.. Burns,
was in successful operation. The county
had been SO long without paper that il
seemed hard to support one, and to com
mence Il second, Was looked upon as a
thing to meet with certain downfall. Soon
after we began, the Banner passed into the
hands of the Republicans. We have con-
tinued prosperously on, and have been pat
ronized beyond our expectations We have
aimed to prin; a reliable paper, and TO pub
lish such matter as would be inter-
esting. If we have succeeded, the sup
port we have received is evidence of that
fact; If we have failed, we have received a
good support for the failure
The arduous and combining duties Of the
Auditors office have necessarily occupied
much Of our tine, to say nothing of the
cares If large family, and it has been
with difficulty that we could find time to
devote to our editoriol duties; but such
matter as we have been able to send forth
seems to have been kindly received; and
with one erection. we have been treated
with courtesy by our brethren of the press,
for which we shall ever remember them
with kindness.
1t is hardly necessary for us 10 say that
We feel exceedingly grateful towards those
friends whose influence and "material aid''
have enabled us to make tbs Democrat one
of the fixed institutions of the country,
nor can we refrain from saying that we
shall feel also grateful to those who have
taken our paper since lis birth and have vet
Taid nothing, if they will now come for
ward at once and pay up in full. But few
seem TO think that the little they owe the
printer is important; but if each will reflect
that of The number who take the paper,
each ewes that little, and the aggregate
makes up a large sum and if each (who
Is in arrears) would pay, the printer could
command more power to instruct and please
than he can when but few pay until the LAST
moment.
Let all who owe US come forward, and
"down with the dust" and feel as though
they were free from the burthen Of Just
debt unpaid
When VIC began, 1t was dark time for
Democratic party. Knownothing-ism and
fanaticism in every shape seemed, for the
moment, to have got possession of our
great ship of State, and threatened to run
her upon the terrible rocks of Dissolution
and Anarchy; but the labor of love" per-
formed by every Democrat who fought for
the supremacy of principle, has swept US
clear of the dangerous shoals on that dread
ed coast, and brought us into the open sea
Of true federal principles, and placed at the
helm Capt. Buchanan, with tried and true
under officers. and the whole democracy
Of the Union for crew, and the groans @!
defeated isms, which follow in her wake,
disturb her not in her onward course to un-
paraileled greatness. Here we leave them,
and congratulate ourself with the thought
that we uero with them in adversely and
leave them in prosperity, and that what in
auence We had, and efforts We made. were
directed to the end reached.
In leaving the Democrat in the hands Of
"ysung America" we have no fears fol
the result Doubtless there will be more
"spice" in its composition and more re-
search in selecting or preparing matter
They can devote their whole time exclu-
sively to the paper, and they can, and doubt.
less gill, make it a first class country pa
per, worthy the patronage of every reader
in the county. We ask for them, as we
are sure they will deserve, liberal sup.
port, and you will receive in return good,
sound Democratic doctrine. statistics and a
a good variety of reading matter to suit all
classes.
With an entire Democratic government
with the wounds Of bleeding Kansas
healed, aud the people about to make thei'
wn government with success every where
( the principles we have advocated--witf
worst of the worst of financial crashes