Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-10-11

i promised to bring it on for poor man,
a cabinet maker at Pooley bridge. and see.
ing you were asleep when we stopped there,
/ made bold to put it on the opposite seat
hope it did not Inconvenience you. Miss.
1t was only looking glass. and as know
pretty young ladies don't object to seeing
themselves in looking glasses, turned its
face toward you
From the M. G. Republican Extra, Of Oct 8.
To the Voters Of. Marshall.
Fel7ow- Gtizens; - aa -
is a As we predicted the Democrat
was kept back last week until late Satur-
day evening. so as prevent any refutation
of the ISLANDERS, lies. Misrepresentation and
low scariiIy with which it teens. If
its fale statements and vile deiamations do
not have the effect to disgust the houest
and respectable portion Of the Democratic
party we shall be very much Disappointed
As regards ourself we disregard the low,
vulgar pot house abuse and lies fulmina-
ted against us by Affidavit and his anony-
nous scribblers. The hate and vitupcra-
tion they exhibit must convince every re-
flecting man of either party TIT athcy, are
badly hurt. "The CALLED jal5 ,vinccs. =
our withers are unwrune.2 II tl,e el,afges
we have made against ~ AIightincss epd
others were untrue they w6ald have been
denied and disproved long Ago. The fact
that they failed to deny even the greater
portion Of them until the eve of the .elec-
ton and then contenting themselves with
bare denial of them. when they could be 50
easily disprovcd- if false by the testimony of
others and the public records, coupled with
the additional fact that the paper was kept
back three days after the time it should
have been issncd in orlcr to prevent any
reply to their nefarious statements and
base Misrepresentation proves the despe-
ration Of their cause, and that they are
driven to resort to this dishonorable course
to sustain their corrupt party. Would
honorable men, advocating principles
which they believed calculated to advance
the best interests of the country resort to
such sneaking acts. or feel it necessary to
exhaust the vocabulary Of blackguard in.
vectives upon their opponents for simply
calling in question the public acts of their
candidates? he-only excuse that can be
made for them is, that it is the only de-
fence that they can make. Whether it
will he satisfactory to honest, intelligent
| Democrats, remains to be seen. AS we de-
sire to be brief. we repeat that we have at
no period in our editorial career made any
charge against the Democratic office-hold-
ers and aspirants in Marshall county th,t
we did not believe to be true, and as re-
gar''s, the allegations against his Mighti-
ness, we stand prepared to substantiate ev,
erv one to the satisfaction of all honest and
candil men, notwithstanding the dcnials
in the last Democrat We would do it
now had we time. The malice and hate
exhibited toward us by Affidavit and his
Anonymous scribblers could not have been
engendered by the publication of ffalsehoods
concerning them and their friends. Had
we lied and made false charges against
them they would have been disprovcd and
our character for veracity, which we value
more highly than any earthly considera-
ton, have been destroyed. The secret
cause of their vindictive venom and impo-
tent wrath lies in the fact tha. they have
been unable to refute the damaging char
gcs we have made against them and
hence their insane attempt to blacken
our reputation by abuse and vile defama-
tion. Knowing we enjoy the respect and
esteem Of every Republican in the county
as well as of many honest Democrats, we
can well afford to disregard the storm OF
calumny anddetraction aimed at us through
the filthy columns of the Plymouth Demo D
crat. confident as we are that our friends
will vindicate our character from the as
saults of all such dastardly assailants.
But, enough of this We have felt it
due to those who have so generously stood
bv us to say this much in our own defense.
We shall now proceed to expose some OF
the lies and Misrepresentation contained
in the last Democrat. which have been
purpcscly delayed until the eve of the
election, SO as to prevent an exposure of
them. which they knew could be easily
done. fger 81 afi = ra-s
- Mr.. L. Mcdonald, in communication
over his own signature. attempts to show
, that the county expenses have been increas-
ed since the Republicans came into power.
and in order to do so nmisreprcsents aud
distorts the facts in a manner which no
honest man would be guilty of. For in
stance. he says:
"By your own showing the expenses the Coun-
T., for the year erilng June 1859 were S8,055y2l
wil, the Treasurers collecting fees in
cludcd. In your exhibit Of juno, 1861,
they were - 8220.75
without Trcasurcrs fees, which were ss6,75
Making total expense of 1860 $9lO7 SO
Total Z" ."lS5J 60S5, 81
Grand sum tot,l Of Republican re-
trenchment over the LEFT 81 OIL, ,69Mr'
MIR. Mcdonald forgcts to state in the
shove that the expenses Of 1860 included
1924 for appraising the real estate OF the
county. out OF which he and his Democratic
friends made such nice thing for thcm-
sclves,-charging the county 1854 more
for the service than the Republican apprais-
ers in st. Joseph county charged. and S150
more than was charged by Republicans for
appraising La Porte county. containing
100, 900 acres moro land and ten times the
number Of town lots. He forgets to state
that the increased expenses Of the Poor for
1860 oyer 1859. which was s676.08, was
beyond the control of the Commissioners,
Of whom a majority were Democrats du-
ring nearly half the financial year, and