Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-09-27
INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEP
bI:..1yindsx 9,slias his Mightiness, the :s.hish

campaign of 1896; In this place, relative
to the i'm positions frauds and falsehoods Of
a private character, apart from his editori-
al Ileuartment.w conld mention casesoin
which he is accused of having kept very
partial book accounts, partial to himself;
might with propriety-if / would adopt
this node Of waffare-inquire what amount
of scIocks andnwatches' he has on hand
now" ell ;nq lea b'h Ell bies sH i9sI
miiNVe are Totally ignorant of what ms
Mightinessrisd driving at in the above am
biguous extract ii If he knows Of any in
stances Of our having kept r''partial book
accounts. partial to- onrself, or said or
done any thing else, whiclI an honest man
or gentleman would not have said or done.
either in 1S5ti. orany othertime, we give
him perfect liberty to publish the particu-
lars to the worh IN All the favor we ask
of him is to come out over his own name,
and if We do not give him "a Roland for
an Oliver, {" he will be more fortunate than
the rest OF his tribe who have had the in
discretion tolassail our private character.
We defy his malice and scorn his mercy.
Conscious of having endeayored to pursue
straight forward, liberal and honorable
course in our private intercourse and deal.
ings with all men, we despise the inuen-
does, threats and ISLANDERS of the whole
pack of barking, yelping hounds who scrib.
bic for the Democrat, including his Nigh.
tiness, Affidavit, Tray, Blanshe. Sweet
heart and all. Now unkcnncl your ours
Mr.iAffidavit.al nj IiaiiE eElio0dG
"vindex" says his Mightincss "does no
believe the abuse Of the Republican will in
jure him. and he will not descend as low
as Mr.. Mattingly has gone, to defend him
self against his attacks" Mere abuse vii
injure no man. but we have not abuse,
him. unless the relation Of facts, which h
nor his friends have ventured to disprove
or deny, except in wholesale manner
may be so considered. 1t is very conven
lent for man when he cannot disprove1
charge to cali II abuse. and mount his dig
nifty pony. whether satisfactory or not -
His Mightincss did attempt to disprov
one charge we made against him--that i
regard to trying to collect docke,-fee lille
galIy. tits reasonable TO suppose h
would have attempted to disprove the res
had he not known they were true. His 81
Plencc IN relation TO them is tantamount Z
an acknowledgment on his part Of thci
truth. iasncdi S 81 .aLrroa yIae-os
We'pass over ''vindex's" school BIO
wit in regard to our countcnancc freczin
While our risibies are excited, with tie re
mark that the satire is only excelled by I'll
originality Of the. expression Prentic
and Hudibras are completely thrown in til
shade by this "Vindex," scribblcr, and "
ought, of course. to subsidc, vamose, knoc
under and acknowledge The corn. 'so'l lf'
"vindex is greatly exercised about a,
article that appeared in the first number {
the .:Republican' in 1856 We do nc
think the writer Of that article intended t
reflect upon the private character OF III
persons referred to. We understood it /
aTludo to them in, a political sense exclt
sivciy. and so regarding it We are unabl
to see any thing SO very Objectionable in i
We did not write it. Mr.. HuGos, ha
been editing the "Banncr. y and las we ha
been engaged in other business for, scvt
raj yearsedil not feel .ourself prepare
to take exclusiveicharge sofoa paper in
strange placeynpon the, eve of the Ielecsiou
made an arrangement with Mr. H I
assist us in the editorial department unit
after the election, though diiHs fact was ne
mentioned,-it not being thought neccsss
!, ry, as the arrangement was for so short
time. We have. made this cxplanatio
before, WHICH ought TO be satisfactory I
tall. but "tsindex'' refuses to be COM forte,
Eh11il ------------->- ssris.
The sssuard', on the Douglas State Tickle
hHfI'he "Old Line Guard publishes Il
; following resolution adopted by the Brecl
inridge State Committee at its meetin
the other day, together with q short art
Gle on the question ofsupporting the Doug
las State ticket which we appendi 81, Fl