Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-07-15
An Independrnt Man.

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In a recent issue of the Rising Sun us
itcr, Of Ohio county. Colonel Abel G.. Pep
per announces hirnsclf as candidate fol
Senator from the District composed OF
( Ohio and Switzerland counties. The an
nouncement, remarks the Indiana Journal
is accompanied by declaration of views
SO frank, clear, and manly, that it is due
TO such a creditablc display of Independence
in these days of funkeyism to copy. 1t
will be found below Col. Pepper rs n
Democrat, and has never been anything
else, or. to be more accurate, he has never
been anything besides except an honest
mana variation which sometimes, a, in
this particular instance, is rather a wide
| one. In the outset of his public career.
and almost the outset Of the States career,
he was an Indian Agent, assisted in extin-
gushing tbc title Of the Pottawatomie and
Miami tribes TO the lands held by them in
this State, and controlled the disbursement
OF thousands of dollars of public money.
of which it was never intimatcd that sin
gle cent stuck to his fingers unlawfullv.-
+. Subsequently he was United States Mar
shall OF this District, in the days when it
| was deemed good cause of removal from
Office to make it the vehicle Of political
schemes-an absurd condition Of things
bravely changed by the present incumbent,
who makes his official peregrinations the
means OF stumping the State at Govern
ment expense for Lccompton, and selects
sjuries with special reference to their fit
ness for Lecompton County Conventions.
When Abel {. Pepper was United States
officer the Office would have been degraded,
and the incumbent disgraccd, by active par
tizan efforts. But this Office is past de-
grading. and the incumbent past disgrace,
and the Marshal's Office is notoriously the
most effective partisan machine in Indiana
MIR. Robinson made it SO, for his prcdc-
cessor, MIR. S. Meredith, constantly and
properly refused to act in any partisan ca
pacity while Marshal We remember that
when called on for speech at a Wing
Convention in 1851 he refused to speak,
alledgIng as his excuse that he was a Gov
ernment officer. But our Administrations
for the past two terms have introduced a
new system, which is based upon the idea
that Government officers are not intended
for the discharge Of the particular duties
defined by law, but for the drilling, arrang-
ing and manoeuvering of the Democratic
party. In this benificent change Mr.. Rob
inson has been active, probably SO active
that when the DAYS return in which Gov
ernment officer will be expected TO attend
to his business. he will not be permitted
to have any business.
This comparison between the present and
former conditions of an important public
station may be considered a depression. but
it is appropriate to the character of Mr..
Pepper, whose course as Democratic Of
fice-holder naturally suggest a comparison
with another Democrat holding the same
office. AT different periods Colonel Pepper
has served in the Legislature, and was for
a considerable time Director on the part
of the State of the old State Bank. H;s
career has been in good part public one,
yet we have never heard whisper against
his integrity, or an intimation that his pub
Inc duties were misapplied to private ad- /
vantage. Out of office he has busted him
self on his farm on the Ohio, and has come
before the public only as the public have
required it. He now appears as the anti
Lecompton candidate for the State Senate.
. post that no man on the Ohio can fill
better, and on a platform, as he laws it
lown. that we hope will secure his cleo
ton. AT recent convention the Lccomp-
ton men nominated Mr.. Henri for the
senatorship Of that District. and the race
We presume will lie between him and Col.
Pepper alone. AS the Lecompton strength
will be united on Mr.. Henry, we hope the
whole nt-Isecompton strength, Democrat
c, Republican and American will unite on
joi. Pepper, and "thrash" the supporters
u the fraud thoroughly and finally. IT,
uch an union be mado the result will GER
ainly be decided victory over the swindle,