Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-01-10

srabIe aud consemptiblo sheet. which mail
its appcarance-on saturday. though date
on Thursday. makes some stasemsnts !,
regard the manner in which the pauper
are kept. which we have every. reason t
behevs are q least exaggeratiens, ifnot to
tally false. Mr.. Baker, who has the pau
pers under his charge. is known to be
humane and respectable man. and we d,
not believe he would be guilty of such in
humanity to brute as Thompson charges
him with inflicting upon the .paupers.-
The public may Judge how much credit hi
statements are entitled to by the following
sweeping charge which he makes in tn,
article referred to:
1--WE will only add now that the ont
rage committed on the poor Of Marshal
county, BY the Commissioners and other,
who are paid for taking care of them j,
not equale'l any where in the State or IL
the United States" 3f
How does Thompson know how tn,
poor are treated all over the country?--
Would any man who had the least regard
for veracity make such reckless and pos
tive charge without knowing whether il
was true or not? We are assured by
those who know that the builtling in which
the poor are kept. which the Aumane edit
or of the Democrat stigmatises as "den, y
is as comfortable as many Of our most res
pectable citizens hare occupied in their
time, without suffering much with cold.--
Whence this newborn zeal in behalf Of
humanity exhibited by A. G. Thompson!
If he is sincere in his sympathy for the
poor let him manifest it by paying that
poor orphan boy in Huntington what he
owes him; and when he does that we may
remind him of few other similar deri-
lections on his part, which no humane man
would scarcely be guilty of.
The fact is Thompson is naturally of a
low and groveling disposition. without a
particle Of consciousness in his compo-
sition. and consequently it is impossible
for him to abstain from abusing and SIAN
dering honest men. whom he hates on ac-
count OF their virtues, and because they oc-
cupy position In society which he can
not hope to attain. He announces his in
tention to emit more Of his filth and ven
ON at Mr.. Baker and the Commissioners,
in his next issue, but his character for
mendacity is too we'll known in this COM
munity to enable him to injure any one by
any statements he may publish on his own
authority in his licentious sheet. Wevcn-
ture the prediction that his forthcoming
article will average lie for every sem
tence. 1t would. perhaps. be impossible
for him to tell the truth about Republi-
can officers If he were to try, so addicted is
he to Icing about them, but when he does
not want to do them Justice. of course nc
one can expect any thing else than that vile
slang and viliifcation will flow like water
running down steep hill. How long the
respectable portion of the Democratic par
ty will sustain such liccntious sheet re-
mains to be seem 1t is both nuisance
end disgrace to the place, doing infinitely
more damage to the character Of the town
abroad than half dozen respectable and
energetic papers could repair. We have
heard It intimatcd that he will be COMPEL
ed to retire at the close Of the first volume
Of his paper. which will be in week OIL
two. and that he is determined to leave a
stencil behind when he dies that will cause
him long to be remembered if for nothing
else than his infamy. The ruling passion
is always strong in death.