Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-09-15
Private Character!

VIC Ave ihsNS VI tic PfiNatc ottS Vi tffcfT
candidate for Clerk. They forget with
what freedom their paper and stumpers
spoke Of the domestic affairs of certain
Republican candidates last year. and how
their paper in years past assaulted the char
acter of even private ,individuals. Last
year when the Republicans nominated DIR.
Sherman Tor representative their organ
announced that "Dr. Sherman of small
pox notoriety" had received the nominal
ton. What had that to DO with him as
public man? Did they rebukc their organ
for this outrage on propriety? Oh no!
On the contrary they laughed and Singer
ed at it, and thought it was a capital hit.
Who rung the changes about Pershing's
glass front in 1856, for the purpose of in
juring his brother, who was then candi-
date for Treasurer? Was that a public
or private matter? Who made the most
fierce and bitter assaults upon the private
characters and domestic affairs of Judge
Fuller. n. II. Oglesbee and o. NJ Barnard?
Did they not charge through their papers.
from the stump, and in secret hanibills is
sued from the Democrat office on the eve
of the election. that Judge Fuller had ne
elected to pay his taxes. that he had had
thousands of dollars. and expended it all,
and never had any thing in order in his
life, and that he was not competent to
manage his own business? Did they not
charge through the same channels that n.
II. Oglesbee had failed to pay his taxes;
that he had swindled his creditors, and
that it had been learned through a men,
Der of his own family that he had bag Of
gold in his house, that had never been put
into his assignee's hands? Did they not
too employ all these vile and dirty chan
nels to blacken and defame o. NJ. Bar
nard's private character? Did they not
also bring up his domestic affairs. and mis-
represent them in the most outrageous
manner for the purpose of injuring his
election! Yes. they did all this and much
more of the same character, as the people
of Marshall who read their paper and heard
their stumper well remember; but now,
when their poisoned chalice is commended
to their own lips it is too outrageous to be
borne. and talk of stopping it by violence
All! gentlemen, permit us to gently init
mate to you to let that job out. If you
think you can intimidate us you must do
something more than threaten. We are
responsible personally and in every other
way for all we publish. and shall continue
as heretofore, as long as life lasts, to ex-
pose vice, corruption and extravaganza in
officers and candidates for office without
regard to consequences. We shall not lie
as your papers and stumpers did last year
about the Republican candidates. but in all
we say shall confine ourself strictly to the
truth. We have said nothing about Your
Mormon candidate for Clerk but what you
know to be true, and that is the reason it
hurts so bad and makes you feel like fight
ing. If there were no grounds for the
charges we have made against Brigham in
regard to his domestic matters, as we'll as
his official extravaganza. you know and we
know they wouM benefit instead Of injure
him. and instead Of feeling hostile and bit
ter toward us you would smile at our stu
pility and want OF political sagacity In
this respect you remind us Of the man who
complained TO his wife that another man
had called him liar. "Well, never mind
it, DEAR" she replied in consoling tone,
che can't prone it." THAT'S the devil OF
it." he re;oined. che did prove it," five
could not prore the truth of all we have
said about Brigham Tax-Eater you would
not feel so bad
We did not deny last year the right o.
our opponents to examine into and expose
the private and domestic acts Of the Re
publican candidates. All VIC objccte,
of was that their statements were cithe
gross misrepresentation or totally false
We hold it to be correct and proper t.
scrutinize the private as well as publ
acts Of aspirants for Office. 1t has beef
the custom every where since the founda
! ton Of the Government. Jefferson laugh
us to inquire. in regard to aspirants. first
is he honest, second IS he capable. Hon
esty is placed before capability, as withou
it the more ability an aspirant possesse
the more dangerous he would prove to til
best interests Of the country and the liber
ties of the people. If the doctrine no'
boldly advocated by the Plymouth Demo
cratic Junto. tina. mans private chara,
ter has nothing to do with him as publ
man, be correct, it makes no difference, W
suppose, whether their candidate be hors
thief, comterfeiter, or Norman. so tn:
he possesses the necessary ability! Al
the moral portion OF the Democracy
Marshall prepared to subscribe to such
, demoralizing sentiment? Thank God v