The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-03-14

attempting to make others believe that we are as
base, corrupt and heartless as they themselves
The Hon. Commissioner winds off his article as
follows. The italics and caps eur own:
Il did state the condition Of the psupers had been
n1lsrepresented in what respf ct leave the reader
to Judge. did say that used to think good
deal of Alexander Thompson" and used o COLI
slder him a man OF veracity, but his as ed
itor CT the. Democrat had destroyed all the conf
dencs ever had in him a Of honor, prin
ciple truth NO ONE BUT A SNEAK
WOULD HAVE VISITED THE POORHOUSE
| AT THE TINE AND UNDER THE CIR
CUMSTANCE, and then given such partial
and exaggerated account of the condition of the
building and treatment of the inmates as he did,
Tor such base Obiect-creating little political
capital in order to bolster up the fallen fortunes
see Mattingly's ears of the Democracy of Mar
shall county. In order to accomplish this it seems
there is nothing vile or base that the editor of
the Democrat will not stoop to it. For man that
has 70. feted all confidence reposed in him TO talk
of personal friendship, is not cry consistent to say
the least.
Whether ever notice the editor of the Demo
crat again in public manner, will depend upon
circumstances
The first part Of this last quotation we care
nothing for, and have only copied for the purpose
of saying to the pretended author of it, that we
hope he will lnever speak well of IL. hereafter and
to assure him that IL will be some time before we
put ourself to any trouble to regain his confidence
The friendship of a HYPccRlrE is no friendship at
all. and therefore we care ne.hing about his. We
prefer an "open enemy" to skulkng hypo-
critical foe and in this case We were determined
to have our choice. This is why we brought him
out.
The part of the forgoIng extract that We have
italicised and capitalized, in one sense is entirely
ludlerous, and in another it is an index to the in
human disposition of the writer. Tha. it was a
snedking act for US to visit tie poor house of the
county, and give description of it, it being tn c
property of the county, as they claim, is ovel
idea /; and. that nobody has right to visit the
Asylum for the poor at any time, and see how
they are cared for, is an assertion that we have
never before heard made. and it only goes prove
that the writer thinks the Commissioners otcn the
poor, and have ri ght to treat them Just as cruelty
as they please, and that no one should say aught
against their inhumanity. They do not want their
deeds exposed 70 the light, "because they are
evil -inhuman
When a man goes about trying to injure us and
our paper, in contemplate manner, We no longer
hold ouself under any obligations to him. We
have no favorS to ask Of him. and shall not remain
nonresstant when be treats as in this way, ,.merey
because 70 PRETENDs, to face, to be our friend
To "bolster up the failing fortunes of the - Re-
publican "party of Marshall county," he has
played hypocrte, has falsificd and has denied his
own assertions
AS he has no more confidence in US, and as we
have not the least bit in him. we hope he will bore
us no more ny seeking private explanations OF
We suppose that he have the use of the col
umns of the Republican and not only that. but
he can get Mattingly to revise and correct his ar
tcles for him. " lille he Can have these privi-
leges We will not pay attention o him in any 9th
er way, unless he should desire to avail himself
of the benefits of columns which he can have
at any time What he puts in " black and whte''
he cannot deny, and as that is the only ,cay We
can rely upon him, we shall have nothing to do
with him in any other manner
We ask pardon of our readers for the some
what lengthy notice we have given the Professor.
We have done it through respec. y to him, az
he is an old acquaintance of ours, and we are de-
termded that he shall not accuse US of sighting
him