Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-07-26
Letter from Peter Pringlc TO his. Might
iness, Marcus Aurelius Orlando Juiius
Cesar, the Pompous.t sn,ss ass 'loaass

Letter from Pefer Pringle to his. Might
iness, Marcus ,Aurelius Orlando, Julius
/ Cesar, the Pompous.t an,ss afs floa1ns
/ DEER MAR-KUss-I,m vera sorra that
yore naim is spelt the wa it is. bekase i'm
a religus man and the Blac Republicans
will ackuse me Of swcarin if dwell on the
last silabel tn long. But / tell 'em that
yaH hev it changed when yin git totu the
Legislator, and then tha awl laff and sa If
! yu wait till then yu win prcsarve that cog.
nomin fur sum time yit, = ..st.s,ss
1t seems that ther kin be nnthin dan fur
yu doun here in Stark kounty. The DIM
ikrats sa that man frurn this kounty shud
+ hcv been nomernated. Tha sa that Mar
she'll had the nomernec. befoar and that ef
she had dun as well as Stark i'm Parks
wud not hev been Helectua. Ina ga" Stark
has alters stud opto the Dimikratic; rack,
and las got moar kicks than koppers, fur
| it, and that, they're determined to sho the
Plimuth kick that they're not tn be diclSta-
ted tn. Tha sa that if big lies is a sine NV
jcnius yu are the smartest man, in these
parts, but saing thing and pruyin it are
tcw difurent affarcs., Itry to molify 'em,
bat awltc no purpus. l. hev toald Fem
that it's not Dimikratic tn bolt the NOM
crnasbun, but tha rcpli that it's, un-Dimi-
kratic to kram an obnoxus man doun thur
ihrotes. Tha sa that yu are not evun the
choice Of the Dimikmts nv Marshell, fur
yu wus beet fur Trustee in strong Dimi
KRAFT tounshp Tha sa that Jones is good
man and doant tell sich orsul lies; that yu
think nobody noes cnyihing about guvern-
mental affares bat yerself, and expect them
tu bc.eevc yer silly lies. toald en- yu
only abusel the Blac Republicans, and tina
neclil it. and that tho yore stories were a
lcctcl>hari to swalicr, yit.tha must ,bc trew
fur yu wus admitted tn be the smartest
man in the dcestrick, fur yu had toald me
so yerSelf ...s. 80, ...f,e;f1
! When fownd awl my efferts in yore
behalf rus useless, Invent rite hoam and
tn bed Mi wife asked what wus the mat
ter, but noin she wus far Jones did not
tell hur. went tn sleep and drempt a.
bowt yu and the Republicans. l thot that
the eleckshun wus over and yu was beet
The Inspeckt lrs nv the cleckshun wus a
bowt to annowncc it. tu yu, when yu hilt
up yer hans and begged them not ''turn yu
out to starve.' "A Blac Republican setten
bi me remarked, 'that's what he scd when
his Law partner insisted on dissolution" :"
| woke up and the first thing that popped
into mi mind wus the Republicans, yes,
the Blac Republicans throwd my feet
off the side nv the bed and kommenced
studdien. i thot 1 .wud tri- and git up a
Dimikratic klub meetin and see ef the dis
satisfied wuns kould'nt be brot bac to- he
trew Dimikratic foald / wus falicertatcn
miself upon this brite ilec when / remem-
bur,l that the selibrashon of the 4th of
July wus on hand and that foxes wud
not like tu stur up pcrlitikal fcclinks on
that ockashion. o'i
! Wall, arter the selibrashun wus over,
on Friday evening. got the little judge tn
run round town and cri. "a Dimikratic
klub mcetin, at the kort house to-nite, at
crly kandle-liteing" Evry time he bawld
it mi hart neer jumpl ont nv mi mouth
tn think we wis agoing to, du sumthing
fur yu, O, mi deer Mar-kuss We met at
the time and plais aforesaid-sum duzen
or fourteen Dimikrats and s or 10 Rcpub-
likans. The little judge, who, is a good
feler and as hot on yore track as / am,
feched in gloab lamp filled to the brim
wife kolc lie. passed it OH the stand, and
hawld a paper ow: nv his pocket witch he
sci wus the konstitushion NV the Dimikrat-
ic klub, organized in this phase in March
last. However, we deenld it time tn pro-
seed to bizness.. s. j. Larew wus kallcd
tn the cheer. 1t then bckame ncssessary tn
hev moar lite. Bi looken round wc fownd
tew peeces of kandels, left hi the Republic
kans on the rucsia mite prcyius to owr
konvcnshun. Now, thinks /. eff we kant
beet EN-. we kan at lccst burn ther lites,
and then Ihad hoaps of sucksess by goin
under the lite of both partees, bat L wus
. detected agin. As sumo as the cheerman
took his sect and the lite of boath parties
WIS shinen in tue rsme. the judge jumpd
mp and sais, 1.-THE next thing, gentelmen, is
tu reed the konstitushion, and then kom-
mcnccd reedin. kast mi les back threw
} the howse and who shud | see but Dock
Jones. with lot moar NV Republicans. -
1 watched him while he stadc in the house
When the judgc rel that part of the kon
! stitushion which ses, "eny ,Dimikrat in
. Stark konuty may bckum a mcmbur NV
this sociertec by subscribing his naim tc
the konstitushun," Dociooked sorter dour
his noasc. But when the Judge red. the
names uv the siners-namcs frum all parts
! b<,E Ersx,1 Al r.