Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-11-10
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Ma. Ep,roa:--The election has passed. and the
Republicans have succeeded. During the cam
p,i.n which we have Just passed through, nurner-
Gus charges we're made by the Republican organ
In this place, which were wholly untrue. and many
that were erossly misreprcsented for the purpose
of placing the Democratic party IN false 's'ton
The charges to which refer, in particular can
be found In the local column Of the Republican OF
Dstuber the 9th, and ~ several OF them refer on
rertly "a u.--notwithstindins we have rrtited TO
,r;v.t. fife Il will not be considered uniecoming
IN call on Mr.. Phillips for the proof. The Local
EIito- saws, sticy. the Democratic ON GERS APP
PRAISED the improvements u?on Farms % per cent.
higher tan last wear. while upon lots in Plymouth,
on'v 5 per cent. higher"
We assisted VI. Ringer in appraisin- the lots
anil improvements in Plymouth, last spring. conse
ourut'y we are inclined to the opinion tnit VIZ
Pbillirs his committed slight crror IN reference
W the Increase in the value Of improvements In
plyaoufh Give u the figures, Mr. Phillips. on
which Won based your calculations tor .ns1re'
won't He' T. McDONhLO
-Pixmsush, Nov. lst. 1850
VI, st Ger ainly Mr.. Mcdonald 1t will not Ice
en- .iI.-rrf u.i',c-on;n: to ell upon" Us "ior
proof.
w;,cn we pcnne,i the article referred to in the
above communication we took al Of the figures
therein used from former numbers Of this paper,
anil repubii-hesl them true. because they had
heen talked ahmr bv everybody and had cen re-
reised as correct ,boiv denied them. not even
the d IN ,crat though rhcy appeared in pn'lic Print
weeks before the election. therefore we claim that
w. hid n right a. well a. the -.rcst OF m .nknd" to
sselicvc them correc' without going to the trouble
of searching threagh records and files Of par ers in
the Auft,r's olkcc. in Mr.. Maftingly's leader OF
September 18th. Won can find the paragraph from
which &c took the hsures you alutic to- por-
ton OF il rcadsas follows: "That while the i'm
movements upon the fsrns of the county we're an
pr.i Ell at raore than IS per cent Over last year,
the improvements upcr lots in Plymouth were ap-
raised ut only ) per cent. than last year -
In the RxruHiIc,v OF Sept. 10Th. Mr.. M,ttngly re-
liter .ics the same statements IL IS possible that
tie ab1ve statements were incorrect and from init
m utisn- in the above communion We presume they
were II Nr. Ne. will furnish the true amount or
will wait till We find il ourselfwe shall most cheer
fully pGblish IL. At any and at all times we are
seady and willing to make any necessary explains
zion or correction in our power.
But, ttst published those figures or any state
m mt, Of any kind or nature whatsoever. doubling
their ruth, or made any misrepresentation. "sor
frise position''-as Mr. M.Donaid indirectly says
we dill, We most er,phafieaHy deny.
@hx did You no. DENY these ch rges or any part
of them when Mr. MattinSy made them at two
several times log before Unpublished thcml-
Nv. -. W. II I'M. know tatt yor "assistej Mr.
Kiin.cr in apprsi<ing the lots AMI Improvements in
Plymouth. last spring" though We might hare been
In your Office whilst Won doing it, And the
eaIv time We thou ,ht Of you In connection with
those desperate figures was, when We published the
eysntv's Indebtedness for 1858 at S3,630.o3 ac-
c,ring 10 repro sensations. while in fact the
frse am punt nearer s7,1)D as were informed
Nv our present Aaditor- aud - we wrote on that
self same 9Th day Of Get The type setter
hr,ed the figures 81 no. -
For YOU, yr M'Donad, entertain none but
the kisdcst cling and believe sou an honest MN.
a,d the only FAULT we inl with you is that you
a Dem Dcrst in stead Of Republican. But. kind sir.
honest aswe know you are. did you not slightly ctr
wild, regard 20 your Official statement of the coun
tvs indebtedness. notwithstanding yon had siylf
ysH. in whic,, - ascertain the true amsant7 Ii
81. pray. have little charity for others ofless
perience- i"Fignres won't lie Ell. Perhaps not
if properly handled. G,ass houses and stones.