Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-09-09

place contained o leader last week, unaer
the following caption. in large and flaming
letters. INFAMOUS PR0CEEDLyG.
eCOLFaX cPR0EEV GUILTY OF
IMP ORTLNG ILLEGAL VOTERS
Had we not known the mendacious char
acter of that sheet. and the purity of Mr..
Colfax's private and public life. the an
might have created some as
tonishment in our mind; as it soas we did
expect TO see some sort of proof ad,luced
to sustain the Infamous allegation. but the
only evidence. save its own bare assertion
and that Of the Laporte Times. which are
not worth agroat. which it produces. ac
tually disproues it. Read it -
III. r. Washington. Mar. %. 1857.
".N. r. Schiller:
IL have just received your letter. and am
a little surprised that you did not send me
statement from Mr.. Daggy or Mr.. Petro,
rs i suggested to you. l have heard from
some friends in Mr.. Wilson's district that
you were there at the election and consc-
quently could not have voted for me, but
as Mr. White says you are in needy circum-
stances. l send you the enclosed. not to
pay for ELECTIONEERING, but as a
little relief to friend in distress
Yours. Respectfully.
SCHUYLER COLFAX."
This letter from Mr. CoIfax is the only
proof the asstute editor offers to sustain
the charge against Mr.. c., yet, with tho
shrontery anil GOODNESS of an adept in the
practice of misrepresentation and falschood,
which is characteristic of the organs of the
Lecompton Calhoun candle box party. as
serts that the charge lis liked upon him by
testimony, given under oath, by unim-
peachablc witnessc..'
No one, not even themselves. believes
that Mr.. Colfax is guilty of the crime char
ged upon him. They make it with the
forlon hope Of dragging him down to their
own level in this respect, and to divert at
,en,ion from themselves, that they may be
the better enabled TO overrun the district
with imported voters this fall, as they did
the whole State in 1856. But they are
watched aud will be foiled in every attempt
Of the kind. Such cheating game can
net be playeal -succcssfally ascend time
upon frecmen who know their rights and
who are determined to protect them at any
and every cost. All the Republicans ask
this fall is a fair, legal election. They do
not intend themselves to practice any
frauds upon thc ballot fox, or allow their
opponents to do it.
Mr. Colfax has thought proper to notice
the above charge over his own signature,
in the last Register. from which we make
the following extract:
The facts of the case are as follows
This man. Schiller whom | had never
met but once in my life, an,l that in the
presence of a crowd of bystanders, wrote
to me that he was in very destitute circum-
stances, and appealed to me. as one for
whom he had voted and electioneered, to
send him little pecuniary all. have
never learned yet to say No, when relief is
asked of me for persons in distress. And
when he sent me the statement of a neigh
bor, that he was actually I'm needy cirsum-
stances" | sent him So as requested, bnt
expressly informed him that it was mot
as pay for clectionccring. but as a little re-
lief to friend in distress" And I would
have done the same if he had been an enc
my. But while solemnly asseverate that
l never employed this man or any other
man to import votes for me at any election
at which have been candidate, this let
ter proves on its face:
!. That sent him this "relief," know
ing as | stated. that he had not even voted
for me, not being in the District on the tlay
of election.
2. That | expressly statcdt to him in this
letter, which of course | never expected
would be published, that would NOT pay
money for electioneering.
9. That sent it on the sole ground that
nc was in needy circumstances
| am at loss to know what Just ground
of censure there can be for such response
to a man, who alledged that he was dcsti-
tute and needy. My opponents might say
you should have replied-"srARvE" But
/ prefer the other course And think the
fact that, when the Indiana State Sentinel
Office was destroyed promptly sent them
$40, regardless of its political enmity to-
wards me. proves at least that my sympa-
thies in distress, are not con6nnd exclu-
sivcld to my own friends; and hope they
never will be now or hereafter
SCHUYLER CoLrAx.
This will satisfy every unprecedented
man that the charge trumped up against
Mr. Colfax is utterly untrue There is
not particle of proof to justify it. and
the noise and parade they have made over
it shows the desperate strait to which they
are driven for something out of which to
buoy up their sinking party awhile longer.
Such charge, besides, comes with ex-
cceding bad grace from any Democrat.
when their completely in such operations
is notorious and undeniable. The Demo-
eyos even admits the fact Of '.Ballot-box
Stuf6ng, IN San Francisco. which was
done By aone other than Democrats.