Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-04-12
A~GLANCE
INVESTIGATORS INVESTIGATION
OF HELPER's CRISIS.
Br A cAsTIGAToR.


investigator says, I"it"--the Impending, Crisis
l-"began 70 Attract public attentionIto such de-
greesthat Immediately after the assembling Of Con-
gress, Mr.. Clark, member from Missouri. offered
resolutionthat any person who endorsed its .infa
nous doctrines, was unfit TO be speakerofthc House
confusion on the Wooley side ofthe House; moth
ing could exceed theastonishmcnt depicted on the
couHtenances of the endorscrs Of the book" Docs
Investigator intend to say that some Of his partys
negro relations are in Congress when he calls any
of its members "Wooley'i Indeed, fastidious sir.
the resolution caused confuson-rnay more, itcaus-
ed anarchy in the House, and many of its advo-
Gates threatened disunion for many long weeks
pending its DISCUSSION. 1t caused confusion be-
cause the aitempi to pass such resolution or TO
transact other business than to properly Organize
the House was contrary to established usage and
the plain behest of the Constitution. This, dear
sir was the cause 1.-THE confusion. What impelled
Clark to this extraordinary course but a desire, at
any hazard, to prejudice the people against the
fity-eight who endorsed aa opinion and approved
an enterprise as set forth in acircular-not who en-
dorsed Unreasonable and Infamous sentiments as
Investigator falsely says, to defeat a Republican
for Speaker and finally to defeat Republican for
course to show his patriotism and his hatred for
reasonable sentiments, why, in the name Of his
blood bought heritage Of liberty did he not also in
troduce resolution declaring unfit for the Speak
crship ofthe House any man or set of men who
favored the dissolution Of the Union in the event
Of the election OF Republican as PRESIDENT Day
after day, and week after,weck, this REASONABLE sen
timent was preached by the, high priests of your
party, and that too while this same resolution was
pending, and Mr.. Patriotic Clark said nescr word
against it. A resolution OF such character would
have been thousand fold less unnecessary than
Clark's confusion resolution.
Again, Investigator says, $50 intent we're they
the Republican Congressmenl on showing :
that they fully and uncquivocally endorsed this
book, and the men who had lent their influence to
give it an extensive sale that they persisted in sup
porting him fisherman for the Speakership from
December until February, and abandoned him f.
nally when it became evident that he would be de-
resolution about the same length of time, and they
abandoned it "fnally when it became evident
t.'wouId be defeated" All. Investigator, your suf
fering party and the Republicans shouldhave sought
your wise counsels. and they would be voting fol
Clark's resolution and Sherman yet and never have
abandoned them" Sage man thou art
"Lcnt their influence to give it an extensive SALE
IL al. L. II. - g
December until February1'' Resolution AIRY CLARK
was the mln, sir. 1t has been slircwdly suspected
that he and Helper were partners in the book trade
You make dreadful ado because tie RcpuLli
cans stcadfastly voted for Sherman for Speaker
as one OF the endorsers Of Helpers book. Sher
man never did endorse the Crisis and no homes,
well Informed man will insist that he did. Do yol
remember how vocifcrously your consistent party
few years ago "persisted' that the Republican
party was disunion party, and that in the Nor;l
1 it and the despicablc American OF Know Nothin:
purity voted together ana sustained each othcrl-
Y cs, you have not forgotten this, and also that yo
were Mortified by the vilainics Of Know Nothing
ism. Presto. change. This winter yoac delecta
be Drcdocratic party selected Faulkner, an avow
ed Disunionis; and pro-saveryitc to represent thi
country at the Court of Franco. You prcsesse,
lovers of the "rich Irish brogue and the sweet Ger
man accent this winter in Congress Joined tn
Know Nothing party you affected to despise ant
used every effort in your power to elect to tn
Srelkcrship one or morc of their standard bear
ers--Boteller and Smith. s..,.-
Having quoted five liner from the New Yorl
Tribune recommending the book, Investigate
then says: "Therc is no reader so ignorant of poll
tics, but knows that the Republicans arc proud Il
acknowledge the Tribune rs their organ, and lie
no opportunity pass to extend its circulation ant
authority, which Republican viii question
for free and full avowal Of their intention il
regard to circulating this book" Without &C
knowle'lginS or denying that the New Yorl
Tribune is the organ of the Republicans, we desir
to pause and wonder at the great wisdom Of the for
tunatc Democratic party's logician, Investigator
The \. Y. Tribune is Republican paper an
therefore the party's organ. ergo the party is
ponsibe for every sentiment its m,ny editors ut
ter. This logic is not very dissimilar to the FOL
lowing: s.ft.l -,af
"Food is force, \, -si14f a s.a1a 81
/ Alcohol is force, aff ra.
Therefore alcohol is food e. 8 a'er
| 'Horse feed is force, .ifH.r
4 Whipping horse is force, f1f $50
! Therefore whipping a horse is food"
I Having read these specimens of logic, harsh wr
Ter expressed his sentiments thus:
j "Tho fools are not all dead, ,sf- -, ~
The writer Of the above is not dead,
Therefore said writer is a fool" ,.-l.-.-s ..
Well, If because the Tribune is Republican pr
Z per and Republicans must be held responsible fc
all it Gays, then because the N. Y. Herald. the
Y. Day Book. the Richmond Enquirer and tn
Charleston Mercury are Democratic papers the
are that party's organs and its members must
held responsible for every sentiment they utter
Accepting your logic, Mr.. Investigator, VIC chare
ron with being an avowed pro-slavcryist; that yo
believe slavery divine. Outstanding institution
Notwithstanding its debauchery and cruelty. YC
also believe it right and necessary to reopen Il
1 African slave-trade and to protect such trade
A the General Government. You further belle,
tn At the negro is an inferior being without sou