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


while his enemy remains at asafe distance,
but, somehow.it always fails him in the
moment of need, and his legs are then ar-
pealed to for safety. saying as he flies.
| "He who fights and runs away. III
May live to fight another day;
But he who fights and is in battle slair,
Will never live TO fight again"
We have no wish to harrow the defeat
ed gentleman's(9) feelings by speaking of
his ''private and domestic matters" live
had, and our paper was taken and read
by every man. woman and child in the
county, we could not make them more no.
torious than they already are. They are
known and freely talked about by every
body. This being the case it would be a
work OF supererogatiou to occupy room
and time in relating facts every body
has heard a hundred times over In his
communication to the Democrat he says
that such a man as ourself lean hardly feel
towards his family any feelings except the
iuStuCtc VI thc dHiinai--dHu HOt ohc par
ticle of those feelings known to human be-
ings." Ifhe possesses any of the ''feel-
ings known to human beings" for his fam
lily. we admit that we do not.
In his private note to us. above referred
to, he denies the authorship of the I'm
famous Handful" copy of which we
published last week We cannot, of
course. say positively that he is, but 1t is
Reeve all over; it reads like him, sounds
like him. has all his asininc ear marks,
and is almost the very same language,
word for word, as far as it goes, he used
in his speech at the Court house on Satur-
day before the election. We still believe,
notwithstanding his denial, for his mere
word when he is interested is not entitled
to the least credit, that he is the author
No one else in the place is capable of de-
scending to such depth of infamy as to
put forth such a vile production on the eve
of the election. Although it abounded with
the basest lies and Misrepresentation, the
putting of it out at that time was the most
reprehensible thing about it--a trick that
no honorable man would be guilty of, un-
der the circumstances. We despise the in
solent demand he makes of us to retract
the above charge. and positively decline
doing SO, unless he proves that he is not,
which he can do, for he knows who wrote
it, if he did not. When he or any other
man wishes us to retract any statement we
make he must request, not demand it.
If he thinks he can coerce a retraction. he
is at liberty to try it whenever he thinks
proper.
In his note to MS, referring TO the "In-
famous Handful" he says: Il am free to
say that see nothing in it but what be-
lieve to be true, except the statements a
bout Spangler, and those l know nothing
about" That says the Stationery for the
county did not cost orer S15." The Aud
tor. in the annual exhibit, says it cost
S401! Yet, he says he believes this bare
faced lie to be true The public can see
from this what reliance is to be placed in
his statements.
But, what better could we expect of a
man who meanly took advantage of a re-
quest Of the managers of the County Fair
to make few remarks in relation to the
pecuniary affairs of the society, to lug
in personal and political matters in his
speech, and to characterize the young men
of our town, without exception, as fire.
quenters Of saloons, and billiard players?
He would not, of course. no gentleman
would, had he possessed any sense of pro-
priety, endeavored to disturb the harmony
of the occasion by introducing such topics
in his remarks. 1t caused intense indig-
nation on the part of thirds of those
present, and had it not been for the friend
ship they felt for the Society would have
Kissed him down, as he deserved to be.
He complains in his dirty communica-
ton, but just such an one as might be ex.
pccted from one of his standing and gere-
raj character, that we continrc to pursue
} him even since the election We should
have taken no further notice of him after
that time had it not been for his scurri
) lous and ungentlemanly attack npon us il
his speech at the Courthouse. and the pub
LEGATION Of that Infamous and mendacioul
5 handbill, which we believed and still be
lievo him to be the author of. But wha
right has he to claim immunity in this res
: pect when he practices the reverse towart
+; others? See his false, gratuitous and dis
1 respectful remark about Mr. Parks in hi
: letter to the Democrat. Mr.. p has sal,
$ nothing about him since the election
S The reference to him, therefore, is entirel
e unprovoked, and his attempt to excite pub
t Inc sympathy in his behalf, on account Q
!. the fayings we have deemed it our duty t
s the public to inAict upon him from time t