The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-04-12
Had to Back Down.

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ty Commissioners, in relation to the ''prl-
vate session" we have spoken of hereto
fore in the Democrat. lie first charged
us with publishing falsehood Wien we
referred TO the private session, and asked
US, in a very fatherly manner, if we ex-
pected to succeed here by publishing
falsehoodsoo' We labored something over
an hour with our friend to convince him
of some things that we thought probably
he might be in error about, but he was OF
the same opinion still After he left us
he went straight over to the Regulator
and asked his -righ.-bower' if he knew
anything about the private session.
when the proprietor informed him that he
was the man who had requested those
present to leave the room, that they want
ed TO hold private session. but he said
he 'was in fun This is q joke on the
tax payers. We did not see our friend az
ter he obtained this information. but sup
pose lie will rot be quite so rough on us
next time. He was so very kind as TO
give US some advice during our converse
ton about the manner in which xe should
conduct our paper. and it would be very
unkind in US not to reciprocate his kind
ness and interestedness in our prosperity.
" believe, we advise him to keep look
out and not 30 it blind, because some OF
the leading men in his party dictate a par
tial partisan conrse to be pursued by the
Board of Commissioners, and then he
NAV be i,strumen,aI in saving the whole
Board from making ounces of themselves
by assuming duties that do not belong to
them. If they are gong to charge the
full fee FIR their services, they should GER
tainly qualify themselves to transact the
business correctly and not overdo the mat
ter as they have in The case of pro-
viding for the poor of thir county, over
whom they had not the least control
This is one of the things our friend stuck
UP for, but could not bring any law to
prove. We modestly suggest 20 the learn
ed gentlemen of the Board that they spend
more of their time in seeing what the law
requires them to do, and less in private
sessions For the benefit of our friend!
and our readers generally, ne copy sec
ton of The law on this subject.
at shall be the duty of the overseers of
the poor, III such counties as have in them
no common poor house established by law,
two weeks next preceding the first Monday
of May. in each year, to give public no
ticc. by having published in the newspa
per or newspapers IN their respective coun-
ties. or by posting upon the court house
door ana in other public places in such
counties. an advertisement certifying the
poor that are to be provided for, and ask
ing for sealed proposals for their mantc-
nance during said year: which sealed pro
said overseers on said day; but nothing
herein contained shall prohibit any over
seers of the poor from receiving and ac
ceptins propositions at any time for the
keeping of such poor persons as may III
the interim become a county charge, or Of
registering the propositions of such per
sons as they know to be unable to fulfill
their obligations to said poor. Vol LIST.
r. S. p 402, sec. 7.
1t seems to us that the above section
shows conciusively. that the Trustees. who
are sverseers Of the poor. have the exclu-
sive charge and control Of the county pau
pers until common POOR house is estab-
iished by law. which no person will say is
the case in Il is county.
Our friend could give no satisfactory
reason why it was that they searched Mr..
Pacbard's record and did not Mr.. Corba-
ley's. He did not give us any reason TO
believe otherwise than that the entire
thing Was gotten up for Marshall County
political capital, purposely and expressly,
or that these men are So blinded by pref
udice ,ha, they are not capable of dong
Justice 10 those who are so unfortunate
As to differ with them in political matters.
Finally he sal | lie was o.Io ed 10 newspapers
fighting over such matters. and that he
did "not approve OF the manner in which
Mattingly has been in the habit of con
Quoting his paper" for ''he had gone be-
low the dignity of any editor" We state
this for the benefit Of our neighbor up
street fearing our friend Of the board would
forget 10 mention these truths 10 our CO.
temporary, and hoping he will give them
due consideration.
xOur article in reply to that OF Oul