Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-07-19

All Hail! to Lincoln, our glorious leader, -
The Western railmauler. our country best friend,
The Champion Of Freedom. tlie Foe Of Oppression,
Thy cause it shall be our best pride to defend. 4
/ Lincoln's the man, &c.erfot II j. FL.
= From the indianapolis Journal. 9nul
An Interesting ExpOsure-f.ov. WiIIard's
! Management Of swamp Land Affairs
! Exposed. y lcsd,lssi ioft --'i
0s RENSSELAER,, Ind, July 5, 1860.
ED. JoURS1L-My attention was recent
! ~ called toa speech Of Gov. Wizards de-
flivered in New Albany on the 10th ult..
and published in the Weekly State .Senti-
mel of the eth ult. The many gross mis-
statements Of facts in this speech would
not have been noticed by me had he OBJ
served the truth in speaking of a transac-
ton of mine. He says. in speaking of a
suit of the State against Mr.. Merkle for an
indebtedness which he alledgcs was paid
off to the satisfaction of the Auditor and
Treasurer of State. that 'The Republican
Attorney who had been counsel for the
State. after he had received $3.50. refused
to surrender the papers unless he was paid
$3.50 more. That the Democratic officers
were unwilling to pay, thinking that he
had received sufficient for doing nothing
towards the collection of the debt" /
happen to be the Republican Attorney
here referred to, aud the fact of my being a
RcpuJiican is the sole and only reason why
this matter is dragged before the public in
this false light. BY reference to the RE
port of the Swamp Land Committee to
The General Assembly" at its last session,
pages 46, AZ and 4S--a statement of the
differcn. suits by the State against Mr.. Mer-
klc will be seen including the one here re-
ferred to. 1t will there be seen (p. 4S)
that the whole amount of fees and expen-
ses claimed by me for attending to this
case was S276, instead of $3.50 as stated
by the Governor, and that at the time he
and his Treasurer of State demanded a
surrender Of the papers," 1 only claimed
as the balance due me $3.50, instead OF
$3.50, as alledged by his Exccllency And
instead OF my having done nothing to-
wards the collection of the debt" l had
been to Indianapolis twice, taking lengthy
depositions in this case, and to Rockville
in Parke county once on the same business,
and to Lafayette once and to Logansport
different times to employ and confer with
assistant counsel in the case AS to the
$3.50 balance that was due me, the "Dem-
ocratic officers" { for whom have person
ally high respect) did afterwards when
my account was explained to them. aifou
and pay IL rihout objection So much for
this matter. so far as it concerns myself.
! a regard for truth compels me to notice
some of the other misstafements of his Ex-
cellency in said speech. in regard to mat
ters of which am personally cognizant
He says. in speaking OF Mr.. Merkle's in
debtedness to the State, that "there was a
suit in which the State claimed from him
an Indebtedness amounting to about So
900, and that debt was paid to the salts
faction of the Auditor and Treasurer o
State. 1t will be seen by reference to the
statement of the different suits of the State
against Mr. Merkle before referred to, tha,
the first suit commenced by me for the
State against him had been compromises
By him with the State officers by his Civ
ing his note with sureties payable to tb'
III
suit spoken Of by his Excellency for "abou
So. 1000" which las he alledges) had beer
so amicably settled by payment 'to th'
satisfaction of the Auditor, aud Treasurer
of State" was the second suit commenced
by me on behalf of the State against Mr.
: Merkle; and as to the amount involved IL
{ this suit, it will be seen by reference to th'
r Swamp Land Report before referred to
page 80, that Major Austin NJ. Puett O
Putnam county, (whose Democracy is vel
known to all who know him. says in hi
5 sworn statement before the Committe,
that some time in the Fall or Winter afte
Mr.. Merkle had compromised his first sui
and given his notes aforesaid, 'the Audi
: tor Of State being Informed that Merkl
was defaulter to much greater sum, ap
pointed me and two other persons, who
J. together with the Auditor of State, re
? paired to Rensselaer,. and there made
full examination of the Treas urer's (Mer
kle's) books, and found that he was de
faulter to the State for the amolnt of S34,
d 587w This amount was due the Swami
!. Land fund alone. and included the -balanc
= due on the notes given on compromise O
the first suit. It will be seen that thi
alliance must have been something over So,
900. -, 49,
Besides the certified abstract obtaine
by me afterwards from the office of tn
, Auditor OF State, authenticated by tn
State seal, in accordance with section 136
D. 135 of lst r. S., as evidence to be use
+ in the second suit, showing that this bal
ance of Mr.. Merkle's Indebtedness was q
n bout s14. 900. l have not now this ab
4 stract before me; it was borrowed from m
q Office by the Deputy Auditor Of State q
4 the time he with the Governor and Treas
urer OF State were here to settle with Mel
kle. and demanded of me the papers q
: aforesaid. which has not since been n
: turned as promised. Again, how come
: it that some weeks after this alledged sci
! Element with Mr.. Mcrkle. and the paw nen
of this sum of "sbout "a. .000," /" that NJ,
) Merkls ststs1 to me- tEt he had,ut1. se.
tied with The officers of State, and. that 4
. would not settle with them as they requi,
ed? And why is it that if this little SUI
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