Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-10-21

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perity and perpetuity.
SHIBOLBETH.
Editors Of the Democrat-
want the use of your columns to pub
fish this communication expressly for the
benefit of the editor of the Marshall Coun-
y Republican.
had thought that when Election was over,
there would be manliuess enough about
the office somewhere, to induce him to
let me alone: but he still continues his
BLACKBOARD remarks, and seems to be stu
dying up something to say that is little
dirrier and more rufonly than he has said
before. know it is poor policy to kick a
skunk, but they sometimes get in ones
path, and will not 60 out willingly, and
then to kick them becomes a necessity.
1t is SO with that meanest of polecats, Ig-
natius Mattingy, of the Republican,
Like the man and his ashes, "No man
can do him justice" Language would
fail in an effort to depict his meanness and
total want of Manhood. No man could
conceive or utter more lles--more scan
dalous, slanderou. and libelous matter OF
another than he has of and concerning
me, and he has done it knowing it to be
wholly false, and has dJne it wholly from
the corrupt and malicious disposition that
makes up the whole embodiment of the
man.
The finer feelings that generally ebb
; and flow aronnd the hearts of men--o Of
} even the most depraved character--seem
to be totally wanting in him, and the man
seems TO be simple brute, with powers
of speech.
Such man can hardly feel towards his
family any feelings except the instincts Of
the animal-and not one particle of those
feelings known to human beings.
The conceptions Of his brain are wholly
in derogation of his fellow men. He
thinks of nothing but crime. corruption
am dishonesty; and the rule never failed
, that such men but want the opportunity &c
do all that they conceive or charge on thell
fellow men. Matting!y OILY wants the 0P-
portunity to do the things to his Fellow men
that he accuses others of,as readily as ,:a ut
tiers foul mouthe0 lies and traduces and triccs
to steal their characters and it's only the
7 knowledge of his want of sense to escape
7 detection, that keeps him from being one
of the vilest scoundrels in every act, that
he is now in every word and thought.
' If thought such men had souls that
. lived after death. and had sphere in
a which to move, where they could mix with
others, 1 should be almost an Infdel. Bu
A I feel satisfied that Iguatius Mat.ingly
2 and all others like, him (thank God there
' are few as low) will never be raised from
: the dead. For him 1 believe there is nc
b resurrection and he will sleep externally
q with the balance of the brute creation
0 I believe the dogs would not lick hi
. sores and the Devil will never toucl
his ulcerousand contamina:ing spirit, whel
Ibis body has passed to the element.
: untouched b. his Superior the worms
= The laws OF nature will alone decompos'
: him, and the elements be made poisonous
in the operation. m v.Q
I His course towards me is most outrage
ously malignant. He neusr exchanged ON
!, Hundred scords sUith me in his life; we ncve
;, had any difficulty, or personal or busines
matters to make any feelings Of hardness
r He has never been in my; house. nor ii
!. his. He never. heard me make speecl
! during the late canvass. He never ha'
. one single item of knopiedge of me or m,
: family, or my business. from personal oh
!, servation; and yet from the first paper lun
4 til now. he talks about all these matters
! and even about what he supposes to be m.
; most private thoughts and affairs. as glib
|ly as though he had been my bosom frien
o and confident for life time. When
r would make speechsten miles distant
which he never heard word of, and on
2 thst better Republicans who did hear il
would say was a candid. fair and gentle
: manly speech. old Mattingly would take
upon himself to nanufdetire 'chcfesale lies
!. and then publish them as having been ut
n tered BY me in atspeech, and send then
: forth to the country as having boon ex
IS lpressed BY me as my sentiments, when b