Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-10-06
THE REPUBLICAN.
Thursday. -. October 8, 1855.
Letter 10 Newt from Tiino.
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DEER NEwr.-Allow me tn still addres
uin this this endearin ami friendly stile,
altho, must kandidly konfess that my
feelins tuwards U. has undurgono a CRATE
change in the last few days, whiteh feel
it my bounden dnty tn tell on. that y
may understand the eawses that has impe,l-
id me tn sundur the politikal ties that has
in times past bound ms tewgcthurf shall
now cast my voat agin u, if live tn gi,
TIA the poles. withowt doin emmy violenc
tn mi feelins. \ descent respect fnr the
opiniuns of mankind, as over revolushion.
crry ancestors sed. 'endurs it propur that
shoud declair the reesins which has prov
ducid this chainge in my mind. But, am
not the only Deinokrat in thees parts. by
sevyral, that has kwit the party on akount
of the extravygansc and korrupshion OF
its lccdurs. not TIA mcnshion suther obiec.
shons, all which could not naim with
out writina lettrr as long that man Wisc's
of old Niryinny, my naitiv stait,s but
which we hav borne with hcertufoar for
the saik Of the party. But. it wus the last
knccdlc, kno, that Lroak the kamils bac,
and at last. mi bae has bin brcak BY the
oppresshions and burdins .hecped on us bi
those who wur awl the time prolcssin tn
be over frcnds. na 9A
( Tu Civ a faint idccr Of the stait of mat
turs up in thces diggins, as well as tn ex-
plane little moar fully how got mi les
opened at last, i will Civ u an ackount of
what transpirud on Munda last, the da ar
ter i rote mi last lettur tn u, at a log rolIin
and apple bee up to Ezry Russil's, . miles
east frum mi cabin. The hull naborhood,
both men and wimmin, fur miles round.
wus thar
Artcr dinnur, while awl the men wur
standin and sittin round on the portcb,
oald Mr. Josef Nicksun, who kno has
alwais bin our file lectcr in this neck of
woods. pulled out a copy OF the Republi-
kan papur printed down tn PIimonth,
which le sed lac subscribed, fur the ,la u
wus nomernatid, in order, he sod, to ce
what it had tn sa that KEEP the Demokrat
aslwais in stitch a stcu, and artcr reedin
about the eStryordyncrry large amount of
books and stashionary, 1910 worth, which
had bin used bi Dcmokratic offisurs the
last yecr. SIPS wurth of which had bin
used in yorc offs aloan, while the Clerk of
st. 10. kounty had only used 1922 wurth,
how !. had bot so wurth moar in June
and July, which fact forgot tn menshion
when ccrty fed that u hail large amount
of stachionary on hand, consistin of pens,
ink, .papur, envclups, &C.. de-, besides
rekords, new and untutched, of the valcw
of 1892, bot last yccr,-how u had maid
the kounty pa fur yore blanks amung the
rest $50 fur rcem Of marriage lisens,
when coui hav got them printed in
Plimouth fur sl2 so sents,-awlso, how
the kounty indctedncss had bin cuvurcd up
bi unkle Tom, fur fscr the people wondn't
stand it, reportin it tn bee oaly $1,000 93
when it wus rceally necr SS,000,-likc-
wlze how the FARMERS would be oppressed
when tha cum tu pa thur taekscs, on ac-
kount of the disproporshion of the valun-
non OF thur Improvement compairid with |
ST. Joseph. where tha wur not appraisal as /
nigh by $500 and with Plimouth, ma
kin them pa mulch mear' than thur ck,ya!
purposhion both Of Stait and kounty tacks.
and lsstley, abowt the cnormuss amount.
s?o4, it cost tu apprasc the real cstait OF
MARSHALL kounty. while it only cost St.
10. $3.50, and La Porte S750--he scd:
Nabers,. i'm afcard thar is two mutch
ruth IN awl this. / awlso talk tho Dem
'krat, he scd, and hav lookid anxyously
u &C thses staihnonts dispnnvcd. bat hav
ooked ih,vsnel 1t doant. esin deni, UNI!
'ut kontents itselph' with. abnsin OF loald /
lattinly, and sain nc has prostitutid his
'apuf; but. kansiidly frenis. If the ftsepab-
kan cditpr, tells the trewth abowt theees,
hings. and abowt Packurd's domestic mat
ufs. Witch from what i've heard rum.
)emokrats even. j feer are awI twoi trcw.
slitwoud be very eesy I'd sho thur phalsi-
If tha war not, cein as how he bacs mp .
wi he stats with figels and awl the spc, ;
ifcashicns necessary to cnaibei Packnmrd
nd the Demokrat III maik successphul /
efens Hitcou,l be dun. i Z can't see how it
mounfsfas , Prostituslii0s Or the ptssx. ,
". srpth mp bss blamed but Tit( caaa be t
hamed. and as the cditcr ses, II It is pros
tusliieassf ikes pIssszso relais sssbborn
hacts YpatISball we sa abowt thoes whu j
reait EN-? I declair, trends, I'm a most
'nihpt. 'rbesin to fser thar has bin sun & i
oagsin goin on down tn Plimootf au,uue c
'e click, of which kno Newt is the n
ID and frnnt, and unless thces things ara q