Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-09-08

CANT use Oh public Stationery, aud othe
dissolute acts. created great Consideration
and dislnay, we are told, among the Cen
trail Junto of this place. From the Ian.
guage one Of them uttered after reading i
we infer that he must have been greatly ex
ercised, and that
} His thoughts on awful subjects rollel.--
Domination and the dead.
We wish to know what are his political
enemies to do now for more boots to kick
lout OF office the best county clerk we evel
had?-Dem aa
TIE best county clerk ace erer hodi In
what docs his exeellency consist? In his
twasteful and extravagant use of Siatione-
ry? Ordering his blanks from abroad, in
stead of encouraging home interests, and
making the county pay nearly double price
for them. instead of paying for them ont
OF his own pocket? Or does it consist in
his dissolute habits ani the bad example
he daily sets before the young and rising
generation?
The best Clerk the county erer had
Proof: Spending nearly $3.50 for Books
and Stationery for his Office alone during
the last financial year,-more than double,
we venture to say, what the Clerk Of any
other county in the State of the same pop
ulation has expended-and furnishing At
torreys with Stationery grats itously! II
he had to buy it out of his own money he
would not, every body knows, be quite so
liberal. Attorneys get better paid than
any other class of citizens for their labor,
and accumulate property much faster than
the hardest working aud most economical
farmer, mechanic or merchant. then why
should they bc favored above all others?
Farmers, Mechanics, are you in favor Of
fostering AMI rearing up privileged class
to dash past You in their fine carriages
drawn by costly and pampered siee,ls, while
You are walking or riding along in plain
republican simplicity? If you are New
ton r. Tax Eater is the man TO vote for
We real an account not long since in
one of our exchanges, of a Democratic
Auditor down in the Pocket" who was
poor when elected, but when he retired at
the end of eight years had accumulated
property valued at $40, O00l and that too
without having made any thing by specu-
lations. trade, or otherwise. His counter
part, from present indications, if he is per-
mitted to thrust his arms into the public
crib another term, may probably be found
in the person styling himself The best
Clerk Marshall county eper hadF' Look
at his magnificent palatial residence on the
east sile of Michigan street. near the Ed
wards House, with its splendid yarl and
costly fences. Look at the splendid store
room, with costly French plate-glass front.
and magnificent Hall above, on the west
side of Michigan street. adjoining the Post
Office, which he has erected the present
season, besides other real estate he owns or
did own recently. Look at him as he
dashes along the streets of mornings and
evenings in his sulky, drawn by his ''fast"
horse. Look at him in the saloons imbi-
bing brandy smashes and eating oyster
suppers in company with boon compan-
ions, and ''fast men" like himself. and
then ask yourselves you Woodworking
farmers. mechanics and laboring men,
where the money comes from to support |
such splendor, extravaganza. libcrtilism |
and dissoluteness? Echo answers out of
your porketst Is it any wonder his Books.
Stationery and Blanks cost the county !
such round sum? Can man of such I
habits make good Clerk? He performs
very little of the duties himself. He has
always had deputy who performed near
ly all the labor Of the Office, and during
the last year has not been in it half his
time.
On the other hand look at his opponent.
Hezekiah r. Pcrshing. He Is poor and
unpretending, lives in an humble dwelling.
in a secluded part of the town. but pos
sesses all the Jeffersonion prerequisites. =
honesty and capability. The Democrat
admits that he is "a good and worthy citi-
ZEN Choose We between them, voters of
Marshall Will you confer honor and
distinction upon a man spotted all over
with vices, and obnoxious besides to nu-
merous other objections, many of which
cannot be specified because of their unftness
for the public eye, in preference to "a good
and worthy citizen" Yuu will not cer-
tainly set such pcsnicious example be-
fore your sons. You cannot. SO outrage
the feelings of your virtuous wives and
your mothers and your sisters
If you mediate such an act. the only ex-
cusc you can give is. that he is the nomi-
nee of your party. Is that sufficient? Are
your obligations to party above and supe-
rior to country and public morality?