The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-08-23
Getting 4rea of it.

The formidable. severe, sagacious, and expe
rienced "Hel' editor of the Republican is beginning
to whine piteously, and five did not know him to
be such vile and malicious slanderer and defamer
of the character of all those who happen to differ
with him on political matters, we might give him
some rest.
Under display heading of four lines and three
ddshcs, the old gentleman attempts to he severe
on us, but before he got half way through he
commenced puppying and whining. about :
king charges against his pei. and keeping him all
the time answering them. We do feel little sor-
ry for the sagacious old gentleman, when we see
the position he has gotten himself and friends in
to by trying TO explain and answer questions.
He is evidently very tired of it, seeing that he is
all the time making bad matter worse. For
some months past he has been ceiling, worrning
and twisting about until he finds his black BONE
failing, his knees beginning to knock together
and he is getting short of wind He has said that
the present county officers were all competent ard
honest. we have shown that they were not both
that they either incompetent or dishonest,
and the sagacious editor does not know which
horn of the dilemma to take (he would rather take
"horn'' OF brandy than either, and he is in per-
feet fret and fume.
After saving that we have published the "most
barefaced and mendacious statements in regard
to the Auditor and Treasure, Messrs. Fuller and
Ogleshee, than whom Marshall County never
had more faithful competant officers the Sc
we're old gentleman gives us ''Hell" in the follow
ing whining manner:
ellis object or rather, the object Of his owners
who not only dictate to him the course to pursue,
but actually assist him in editing his be lous and
licentous sheet, is four-fod. They hope by ma
king one false charge after another against the
Republican officers to direct the attention of the
people from themselves. keep us busy defending
so that cannot find time to arraign them for
the corrupt and dishonest acts they have been
guilty of themselves, and erect perfect breast
work of lies behind which they fight
! If our statements are such barefaced falschoOds
why does he not show them to be such. He mere
" makes the assertion that they are false but does
not even attempt to show wherein .hey incor-
rect Tho truth is, that he knows The charges we
have made, of 'incomPetency'' or ''dishonesty,'
are true and hat he cannot by his long, compl tx
AMI tangled up sentences disprove our assertions.
lthcv were untrue the first thing he would go at
would be to extricate himself and particular
friends from The position their ignorance or viii
fu dishonesty has placed them in; but the facts
are against him and he can only call them "false-
hoods, lies, ISLANDERS, barefaced and mendacious
| statements" and the Democrat "libelOus and Ii
centous sheet"
He is exasptfated and almost entirely exhaust
ed on these questions and charges, but true to his
nature, he sticks to his old vocabulary of black
guard words-"lie, lbelous SANDER, licentious,
&c. &c We hope that his last moments may be
peaceful and calm, but fear the last thing that
will ever emenate from his lips will be "lie, slam
der lbelous falsehOod, )" or something of the kind
and his last maledction, curse OH all who differ
with him on politics. Were il not that the last
words of all great mon are generally made part
of ther "lfe" we would rather that the above
quoted would not be his ''last Words, but, as his
biography should represent his true character
these words should make up at least one-half the
volume, as, with ont them, the reader would fail
to form anything ike correct idea of the real
charat terIstics of the man.