Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-10-28

A
ing character. at us No man who had
any character at stake. or the judgment of
man possessing the least particle of
common sense could have been induced to
have placed his name to such an undigni-
fed, mendacious and school-boy TRADE of
abuse. 1t proves more clearly than any
thing he has yet said or written that when
we called him a srat.le-braincd fool" we
spoke truly, and such is the opinion enter
tanned of him by two-thirds, if not four
fifths, of the citizens of Marshall Co.,-by
two-thirds at least Of those who voted for
him at the recent election, through the
force of party drill. Many of his own par
ty attribute their late disaster in this coun-
ty to his unpopularty, and his imprudent
remarks during the canvass. We had no
hope of electing Mr. Barnard until after he
made his uniustiiabc and shameful attack
on him in his speech at the Court house,
ON Saturday previous to the election. In
which he wantonly and without any prov
ocation, whatever, invaded the sanctity of
that gentleman's family affairs.-making
statements in relation thereto as wholly de-
void of truth as he himself is destitute of
honor, honesty, manhood, courage or any
other characteristic of gentleman. That
speech caused at least twenty five men to
vote for Mr. Barnard who had not thought
of doing so before. Mr.. Van Valkenburg
may therefore thank his friend Charles
Him Reeve for his defeat. He foresaw,
probably, his own disgraceful overthrow.
unless he could hang on to the coat-tails
of his more popular colleagues, but his
decaying carcass was too heavy a load for
them to pack, and accordingly they all fell
together Theirs is the fate of poor Tray.
If we had an ''inggn" we would drop a
tear Ger their grave We told our friends
before the Democratic County Convention
was held that Reeve would not be- nomina-
ted, that the Democrats had too much po-
litical sagacity to do so stupid an act. but
we suppose the leaders concluded to let
him be nominated and then sacrifice him.
in hopes that his oyerweening vanity and
self-esteem would receive such deep
wound that he would leave the county,
and thus rid the party of incubus and
the county of an intOlerable nuisance and
ulcer. Whether their hopes will be reali-
zed remains to be seen, but at any rate the
Kissing adder's fangs are extracted. He
may continue to squirt his venom at de-
cent and respectable men, as he has done
heretofore, but can inflict no wounds. Dis
graccd and degraded as he now is every one
will laugh at his iDpotent rage and amuse
themselves when they feel mirthful by
liobbing him with stick or pulling his
tail in order to hear him jabber.
When we think of the devotion and
zeal of the poor, fallen and disgraced crea-
ture, for the Democratic party. and how
willingly he performed all the dirty work
required of him, we cannot help feeling
some resentment toward the party for their
ingratitude. But, becoming disconnected
with the only position he was qualified to
! fill, they concluded to STAY him for his
presumptuous ambition, and we shall not
stop to quarrel with them about the wis
dom of the deed. He, however. shakes his
f.'gory locks" at us as we'll as at them, and
threatens us with his dircful vengeance.
spits at us the carbon dict-the meat up
on which this our Caesar feeds and has
grown so fat-makes all manner of grima-
ces at us, and then whops over on his back
like a cowardly eur and appeals to our
magnanimity and sense Of justice for leni.
ty.
We have no disposition to trample mp
on a PROSTATE enemy, or Indignantly pur-
sue any man. however humble or debasec
he may be. Nor have we done SO il
the case of this self-degraded person. w
entertain no other emotion in regard t.
him than that he would reform his life ant
become decent and an honorable man
He has sufficient talent. perhaps. if b
would control his passions and learn t.
treat others with courtesy and respect, t
t command the esteem and confidence of hi
n fellow men, But there is little hope o
: this. He has grown hoary almost in tn
J, practice of iniquity, injustice and wrong
1 His conscience has ceased to admonish him
!. his moral vision become so obscurred an
e his reason so distorted that he finds no dii
e iculty in persuading himself that wrong
It right and right wrong. He assails other
e with abuse and detraction, whenever b
e thinks he can do so with impunity, br
claims exemption from similar infiictioI
He ruthlessly invades the sanctity of Other
:, domestic affairs but insists that no ALT
> sions shall be made to his. He should r,
member the old and opposite adage in tn
> case-'those who live in glass house