Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-09-22
Letter 10 Newt from limo
thy Oaldbuck.
BIC nrrcu Centembnr the is. 1850.

BIG DfTCH, CeptemDur the 10, 1oo9.
DEER NEwT:-It is with hevvy hart e.
shakin hand that take up mi pen to ad
dress U and mi trends of the Click at Plim-
outh. hev not yit recuvured frum the
ef1ex of the delete last yccr, when the very
fastust men Nv the Dimekrat party were
moved like cowcumbers frum the groun
And i hev'ent got no very good news to
send tuu now The fact is, Newt, don't
take well with the people, sumhow or nth
| er. U kno it is time honurd custum in
the Dimekrat party to hev a stormy con-
venshun and gineral seeson nv cussin an
: tighten on nomernation da, and then the
rank and file woud so hum. while before
the elecshun, the lcedin men woud heel up
the diflikilities and we woud cum up TO
poles united. And kno it was ckwally
anshent fur the Oppersishun TO hev pece-
ful convenshun, but at the poles ther men
gincrally voted as they pleesed. But now
sencc we've got so menny old Wings and
kno nutllings in our ranks and the Opper-
sishun has received so mcnny addishuns
frum the best workin Dimekrats, the order
nv things has been jist revursed, and now
a man ma support in convenshln but at
the poles be NV diherun stripe o. CATS
Times is progressing backwards, fur now
the thredbair doctrin Of romus Jeffcrsun
that should inquire into a candidates
honisty and kapabiity is insisted on by sum-
tri to impress il on the minds nv Dimekrats
that it's suffishunt fur them to kno that he's
the nomernee NV the party, but ths shake
their heds and sa tha will subscribe to no
sich doctrin. I'll tell what it is, Newt,
that ole .Ieffersun wus the biggest fool ever
hern tell on. he woud sa things iist bekase
tha wur tru, and nevur seemed TO think
! that sum la tha might konilict with the in
terests NV the CRATE Dimekrat party. Hccr
laitly the Dimockrasy kant stur hand nor
foot thout suthn ole Jeffcrsun has sed be-
in AFRAID aginst it.
But wurst NV all, Newt, even | kant vote
fur u, tho mi hart is with H. The ole wum
mum and Sim hcv shet doun on me and thu,
sware tha'll so befoar the koart and make
aflidavy that I'm insain ef | vote fur man
nv your karacter shed bitter tiers when
| kontemplate the subgec. Scncc Sim has
81, ..tl, Il L. IL I.
oriullest Blac Republican in the Stait.-
He maid speech at a log rolein the tuth-
er la, in which he bore doun on in the
most sksndellus mannur. He abused u
shaimful and charged with extrava-
gence and illegality NV proceeedins. He
said had used S42S wurth nv stashunary
while the ST. 10. kounty klerk had only
used 1922 wurih. "Why." he asked "is
this difference? To be sure Newt scs he
has large amount of Stationary on hand.
but did not the Click make the same plee last
yecr when charged with cxtragance in the
item? And besides, this sencc the June
settlement he has purchased so wurth of
paper, ink, pens, and mucllage. He must
hcv Opposed NV his "ballance on hand'
in very summary mannur? A singulur
coincidence transpires on the order books
NV the kounty. Fur every allowance maid
bI the commissioners fur stashionary or
, durs are alters drawn-wun large and wun
, small un--the lattur fur about 5 per cent
of the hull amount. Ef this circumstance
happuned but wunce it woud not kreate
any surprise, but as it happuns neerly eyry
time it looks r-a-y-t-h-er suspishus. !
am not heer to-da to assine emmy rceson
fur this extraordinary co incidence will
lceve each wun nv u to form his own opin-
uns, knowing that ef left to the deshishun
NV unbiasel judgments u will agree with me
that change NV offisers is nessessary to
an eckwitabel administrator NV the duties
NV klerk NV Marshall kourty.
eller-citizens:-I hev been rased a.
mongst II, and u all who arc presunt kno
that am not pursun who deels in mai
burhood slang or fien rumurs, but when
a msn is presented fur publick stashun
it is the rite, it is the duty NV the people
to inkwire intu his privet karacter l dc
not bleve in settin up emmy religus tests,
but thare are skores NV men in both par
tees who are we'll kwalified, and who kon-
form to the rewls Of kommon decency and
morality without bcin religus, and whose
most secret history ef published woud not
berepresseda as obscene" sa
couldn't stand sich abnse no longer, but
4 rushed frum the krowd and set doun and
wept to think that had sun who woud
abuse the regular nomernee nv the Dime
T krat party. Sim went on speckin Ok
kashionally / coud hcer him sa Brigham
Mormon 'harem,' andso4th. Finally
mi kuriosity to hcer what he had to sa o.
!. verkame mi uther fcelins, besides bcin de-
turmined to repli to him, and as / neerd
him he repeted these lines
"Thc turbund Turk who skorns the wurld, q
a Struts abowt with his whiskurs kurled,