Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-10-06

THE same paper [Republican] sail
week before last. that Hezekiah Pershing.
if elected. would furnish his own blanks
/ Who wonl,fbe so piggardly as 70 ask him
Ito de so, when We don't know Of elefk
in any comfy in the State who does it,
Ask Richard Corbaley, the former Clerk,
and Republican. who paid for his blanks.
as we'll as the stationery with which The
Court room was furnished during term
time
These small potatoe pledges the peo-
pie are sick and tired Of" '' +"
We have it from good and reliable au-
th0rity that Mr.. Packard. offered bonus
of $50 last week at Bourbon. for prece-
dent of any Clerk having paid for his own
Bank Marriage Licenses. -s.rz
RicHAnD CoRBaLEr. Esq. the former
Clerk Of this county, TO whom the Demo
crat so confidently refers. authorises us to
say that he paid for his own Blank Mar
rage Licenses: that the county never paid
one cent for such blanks while he was in
office; and that most of his other blanks.
he paid for out Of hi. own pocket.
Now, what will Mr.. Packard say to
this! Will he acknowledge that he has
done wrong and pay us over the $500
We claim it. Mr.. p, but have no hope of
getting it. You did not intend to pay it
in case any precedent was cited when you
made the offer. but made it either reckless
ly or because you supposed the assertion
would make you votes. This is nst the
only instance. by several. we could cite
Of Clerks paying for their blanks. In fact.
we never heard Of any other practice until
we came here. and were astonished that
tho Commissioners allowed such bills
No wonder the county is SO deeply in
debt. and the taxes so high. But, says
the Democrat-"I'hese small potatoe pledg
es the people arc sick and tired Of"
"Small po,stoe pledges" Do you
hear that Taxpayers! 1t is declaration
that Mr.. Packard, il elected, will not re-
form the abuses and extravaganza he has
been proved guilty Of. The pledges Of
economy Mr.. Pershins has made are sheer
ed at as "small potatoc plcdgesr You
can infer from this what to expect in case
Packard is reelected. Are you willing
to contribute your hard-earnings to sup
port this man in splendor? si
Hear the Democrat further on economy:
"What kind of promises were made last
fall. provided the Republican candidates
were successful. Oh. matters were to
work as easy as an old shoe, scarcely opy
sSres rere 10 be paid By the people, de-, dc.
. Do any of the voters of Marshall County
recollect this? Or are they willing to suf-
fer such stuff to be crammed down their
throats from year to year? For the cred
it Of the county and the intelligence Of her
free and independent voters we hope not"
The Republicans intend to carry out
their pledges in good faith. Already,
.hough they have been in Office but a short
time, tho Auditor alone, by adhcring to
the law. has in one instance alone, which
we spoke of at the time. saved the county
hundreds of dollars. And had there beer
Republican Board of Commissioner,
, at the time the County Levy was made
the taxes would not have been as high by
10 or II cts. on the hundred dollars. Ths
Republican Auditor begged the Commits
sioncrs not to levy more than % or % ct'
. at most on the $780,. that either sum
wouhi raise ample means to meet the usu-
al current expenses of the county, and
leave large surplus besides to apply OF
the County debt. but the Democratic ma
. jority would not hear to him. and put il a
? So cents on the S100, SO if the taxes ar,
high and oppressive this year. the peopl,
may thank their Democratic rulers for II
, The Republican candidates never mad
any such pledges that If elected there woul'
be scarcely any taxes to pay. They prom
iscd to economise in every possible man
ner. which they intend to redeem in goo,
faith The idea tina. there would be scarce
ly any taxes to pay would have been pre-
posterous. They knew the county wa
considerably in debt. and that it weult
have to be paid. but they did not dream
! that the debt amounted to $4,000! '
G The people can readily see from tn
: way economy and retrcnchmcnt are Spoken
t of by the Democrat. that such virtues ar
: stricken out Of the Democratic creed. whicl
Q their practice fully sxemplihcs. withou
4 the bold declaration to that effect. 1t re
mains to be seen whether the people q
Marshall viii sustain such party 1t III
: polls next Tuesday. .f5. -,
Q MISUNDERSTANDING bag full 4
9 choice apples sent us by Mrs. JoHs HAaA
Of this township, on Saturday iast.r IS
e compliment for our labors in dcfence {
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