Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-04-05

tnsup his own af,rs, is nos only fallacieyss but
fslse on its very face. epppose Mr.. Packard ~
paid over = his successor an the monies IN he
Ihands belonging to diGspent persons, and aiken \
receipt in each eases and suppose further, that ne
latter had failed from any to pay these seve-
raj sums 70 the rghtfal owners on demand. would
Packard dave been responsible tor his faiurer- =
Here is another reckless and false assertion the
Democrat makes:
! "With all their blowing about corruption they
have never been able TO show where the county has
lost one farthirg by gentlemen whom they take
delight in accusing.
We shall not nov stop to specify the charges Of
exsravagance and improvidcnce. we have hereto
fore made and sabstsntiated by the record, against
the ex Democratic officers We not only intend
to do so at the proper time. but shall also, throw
them few more bones OF the same charac-
ter 20 knaw. ."Never been able to show where
the county has lost ono f,rthing" BY the cx Demo.
cratic officers, did you say' Who paid Mr.. Ken
dali the $50 he charged for searching the records
ascertain the amount due the Treasury in Pack.
ards hands, when the law required P. to make
out list Of fines. &c, himscf7 Did not the coun-
~ lose any thing by Packards neglect TO discharge
his duty in this rcspcctf Perhaps he will yet pay
The expense of the Investigation. He ought Ger
tainly to do 50.
Again, the Democrat says: 'f'
"T'he course pursued toward Mr.. Packard shows
that either personal feeling or political capital has
much to do with what purports to be expositons Of
fraud and dishonesty. They are not content with
having abused him when before the people for re-
election but follow him into private lie and Islander
and misrcprescnt him and try make the citizens
Of this county believe their exaggerated stories
corning him.
We disclaim now we have heretofore any per
sonal hostility toward Mr. Packard We know he
l. angry and hostile toward for speaking of his
official acts as deemed it our right and duty to
do. but this has ns effect upon US. If we or any
others have misrepresented and slardcred him at
any time let the editor show Wherein and 50 Ear as
We concerned the proper retraction will be
cheerfuIy made. We have generally been sufi
ccnily explicit in statements to cause n dread
fu; futtering among the D. ocratic leaders here
abouts, well as making "thc CALLED jade VINCE"
and if they hadno been true it would have been an
easy matter to have disFroved them. A sweeping
denial IF their truth is too summary and easy a
method Of disposins of them to be satisfactory to
the people. The complaint made in The foregoing
extract about mixing political capital out Of the
acts Of the OK Clerk construc as a cry for quar-
ter, else plea which politician thinks fma.
king nova days. Our ncighbor is probably like
the Ankee at the satt, of Bunker Hill. who Was
firing away at the British. when presently muskct
ball passed through bis hat. He took il of. and.
looking at the hole in his sonbrero intently, OK
claimed in tone evincing great surprise: "Why
darn 'cm they're shootin' bullets" Our neighbor
seems to think we should allow him to shoot bull
lets at US but that we ought not to FIRE any thing
but blank cartridges a, him in return. The sim
pie statement We published few weeks since with
out scarcely word OF comment. the editor char
acterizes exaggerated story. We nothing
extenuated or set down ausht in malice" in rela-
ton TO the matter referred to. II the state
ment denied we stand ready to back it up with
the proof II must have "hit them where they
i've" from the way they squrm and twist. The
reader can Judge from the above cxtrac. how rcck-
less and INSCRIPTIONS neighbor is in regard to
his assertions and statements. II he thinks he
win with such cards we have have no objection to
hi. playing them. We shall always keep king or
queen in reserve to catch his knave whenever he
marches him out.
We shall not notice at prcsen, fever. the i'll con
sidcred remarks the editor makes in the same num-
Der in regard to the yinncdsc case. The people
understand the f,c.s in the cas-, and we arc
willing to let it rest until there is occasion to
call itup.
| In the las. number Of the Democrat VIC notice an
article in reply to what we said couple Of weeks
since but have not had time to give it more than a
hasts pcrusal. When We have leisure We will read
it more attentively, and il il contains any thing
worthy Of comment, will pay our respects to it.
Gov. MOrton'S Speech.