Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-09-13
! His Mlghfiness "As He Is"

His MighfineSs CAS- He Is" ''1
,,ass as-.s i-ssss No.nI.- sysd ~ ls.slln,.
: In last week Democrat, lis Nightiness,
Marcus Aurelius Augustus Julius Caesar
Orlando Packard. the Pompous, publishes
q communication, over, the signature. oi
~Vi,lex," in which he exhausts the vo-
cabulary of pot inyective and Wilt
.6sadon 10 snatlshhntes@pliis ip,peteslt
wrath and venom at us, on account Of The
damaging expositions we have made Of his
dirty record from time to time. 1t seems
to worry his M;ghtiness terribly for us to
ventilate his anteccdents. and he resorts TO
the congenial method of calling 5us ugly
names in hopes Of detetriDg us from dis
charging our dutyfas a puLlic Journalist.
Fearful. however. from the i'll snccess oi
former efforts of the kind by himself and
other Democratic calnmniators. he attempts
to make us desist byappealing to our fears.
trying to persuade us that Our course
stoward him docs nol meet,tlie appreciation
of, honest Republicans" and begging them
to withdraw their patronage. Ifitwere true
that any considerable number Of Rcpnbli-
cans. disapproved our course we should
certainly hear Of it from'a more respecta-
ble and reliable source Prominent and
active Republicans who fake lively inter-
est in the success Of tho glorious cause
would certainly hear some Of the natter
ings his Mgh,incss speaks Of. and inform
us that we were injuring the party. II
they hear any complaints at all they never
say word to us about them. How does
It happen, dear Marcus, they make con-
iiicnt Of you alone? And why SO mag
unanimous as to inform us wo are -iajaring
thc csu~e md onrself byveptilatingyour re-
cord? We fear the world will never ap-
prccciate s,ich Adis;nteseste,i mssnsnimity
toward one you '.love to hate" and. to pre-
vent your motives from being misunder-
stood, we advise your Mightincss not to
swaste your swe- tacss on the desert air" in
future; or, in other words AMI palmer An
glo, Saxon. not to. write Yourself down an
ass again by ihventins and publishing
such silly lies-lies that will not hang to-
gethcr, or deceive any one. His Might
ness. doubtless. would be highly pleased to
hear Of onrpai,ons givirg sta tag when
their subscriptions run ont He thinks
they ought to do SO on his account. He is
such an niable and pleasant gentleman in
his intercourse with Republicans, and is
wi:hal so fair and honorable in his speech
es-never STOPPING TO apply such epi,hcts
to them as Black Republicans. Abolition
lists, -worshippcrs, woolly-heads. dis
lunionists. or telling more than fifty lies in
any one speech about their principles, that
We ought. perhaps, to entertain some fears
that his wishes will have their influence on
more or less. De that as it may. If any
should stop their papers to crafty his
Mightincss. we viii not exclaim: What!
you arc not going to turn us off 10 starve,
are yous" We can storre "deccnily." at
least. but beg. n ,ver! Do you understand,
Marcus. dear? If not we will explain
You think the Marshall County RepuJi-
can does not "ncrif existence" and hope
the Republicans of Marshall, for your dear
sake. will let il starvc. sotI,at it will cease
TO annoy your righteous soul from day to
day. "A certain poet has said: "No rogue
e'er felt the halter draw With good opin-
ion Of the law" but the expression does
not apply to your case, of course. You
are one Of natures noblcmcn, with heart
ovcraowins with patriotism and .philan-
throphy. and "walk in an atmosphere, a.
bove" selfshness. entertaining the wisl,
solely because ycu desire the greatest good
to the greatest number In other words
that the public good imperativeIy requires
that the "Marshall County Republican
should be- CsupPresssd by some means SO
that Marshall and Stark may be "repre-
sentedsby sman Of abilay.', Dismtcrest-
cdness unparalleled!
Some people think that il your Night
ness had addressed yourself to the task Of
disproving the charges brought against you
by the Marshall County Republican, in
stead of whining anil appealing to its
friends to interfere in your behalf; or, re-
sorting to school-boy epithets. which only
excites the editors risitles, you would
have shown yourself more Of man and
less . novice. We have been Sufficiently
explicit in our charges against his Nigh.
tiness to enable him to refate them il he
could. We charged him with calling
working men Rag Tags" at certain
time and place. which he denies. He ad-
mits using the language we attributed to
him. but denies our application Of it. But
he cannot get out off so easily. We re-
peat be did refer to mechanics and working
men when he made the insulting remark;
Firstly. becsuss he refi,ses to say what 9TH
o. class Of comunun;f he did refar to-