Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-04-05
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INVESTIGATORS INVESTIGATION
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| In the, Plymouth Weekly Democrat Of February
23d. 1860, was published the FIRST Of series Of
PARTICLES, entitled, "a Glance at Helpers Impend
ing Crisis. by an Investigator"
The author Of these articles processes to be q
sincere lover OF truth, whose chief design is to
pose the fallacy Of Helpers Book-make it appear
thatit contains "fle most perneious and treasona-
bic sentiments rheh haze been eountenaaesd by
aa intelligent and patriotic people and to show that
his Republican neighbors and friends in Marshall
County are fanatical and traitorous, and that the
Republican party ia wholly responsible for all that
Helper has over said or done. ie
We preface our further remarks by saying that
we are not an admirer defender of any of
Helpers wrong acts or wrcng sayings. A villain
may utter n truth aud we may endorse that truth
and be IN no way responsible for his reprehensible
conduct. Tom Paine was an avowed infdc, and
his religious notions have rendered him infamous
in the minds Of many. but his burning words OF
truth in behalf of liberty arc canonizcd in the
hearts Of the American people. It is said that
Edgar Alien Poe bad man in many respects.
but where is the person with melody in his soul,
who does not admire. and even endorse many of
his poetical sentimentsl Both the great Napo-
leans have been guilty of many wrongs, but their
valorous deeds win the applause Of the world
The writer of the most beautiful portion of holy
writ. a man after Gods own heart, did what Mr..
prison walls, and yet we opne he subscribes to the
sacred truth uttered by King David. Thus, ac-
cording to Mr. Investigators logic, il he endorse
any sentiment wicked man uttered he is equally
guilty with him in all Of his acts. Taking it for
granted that he approved Of Tom Paine's political
course in the Revolution. and reasoning as above,
Investigator is an n6lel-that he is an adnirer Of
Poe's brilliant poclns using the logic aforesaid.
Investigator is drunkard.--that hc glores in the
abilities OF the Napoleans TO govern investigator
is dcspo,, that he endorses the writings of the
Psalmst David. he favors concubinagc. If Hell
per is thief. Investigator says, he is amenab!e
TO the laws he has violated, and why don't his ten
tocsand democratic enemies who know where he
resides and who believe him thief. arrest him,
convict and consign him to prsonl Can they hang
4 John Brown and his confederates and are they
poweress TO arrest and convict Helper when they
know he lives in a strongly democratic city7 These
same Investigating blatant democrats, vilifcd Col
Fremont in their public prints, on the stump and
elsewhere. during the last Presidential Campaign
charging him with theft. &c. Fremont was defeat
ed and no democrat now believes he was thief
vituperation and clumny Of the dires. sort was
heaped upon the devoted head OF Henry Clay by
democrats as ION, as God gave him breath, but now
they proud u say he was great and an honest
nan. The evidences By which investigator prove:
that Helper WAS a thief and liar. is of the Same
character by which they condo mned Clay and Ere
mont. Investigator does not knor that he told the
truth when he styled Helper thicf-his evidence
is mere hearsay, and Of q character that will no
readily be admitted in the Court of public opinion
| For arguments s,k-, gr,nsthat Investigator il
corrcc; with reference to Helpers true character
docs thu, weaken the effects OF his compilation o
truths1 Answer TO this question is unnecessary.
Now let US fairly glance at Helpers wonderful
book. Investigator says the Impending Crisis wa
FIRST published in 1857, bat in 1850 was abridged
The abridsemcnt, or compendium il is called, in
stitu,es comparisons between the free and slav
States, and for that purpose introduces thirty fou
tables OF statistics taken from the U. 5. Census
and are therefore. conceded to be correct. These
statistics show the Quantities and value ofnearly CIV
cry kind reproduction in each section Of the coun
try, North and South. and in nearly every instanc
where the product the result Of free labor. il
Quantity and quality greatly exceeded the same ar
ticlc grown in the South. As sample We her
give his "rccapitulation of actual crops per acr
on the average" in 1850: