The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-06-27
BEAUTIES OF THE LONE PARTY. y

The readers of the DEMocRAT are doubtless
aware of the position which some of the leaders
of the Republican party, including Mattinely of
the Republican, bavc taken-that there is now
but party in the North.'' and that party was
for the administration. In order to bring this
matter before the public in manner calculated to
establish the truth of their professions and the
putty of ii cir motives, they implored with how
much sincerity is beng developed their
Republican brethren high in authority, 70 make
NO discrimination against Democrats in maxim z
appointments to office.
We have lately had an example of the manner
cut in this county. At the June term OF the Com
missiener's Court. there a vacancy to fll in
the Office of County Surveyor, caused by the re-
sgnatiOn ef the fsrmer incumbent. Ii being
known that there Republican, qualified to
discharge the duties of the office, who would be
anapplicant Democrat, who has surveyed not a
little, ard is capable of doing the business eff the
office correctly, applied for the appointment, with
the assurance from the knowing that there
wou,d be no Re ublicar applicant, otherwise his
petition would not have been presented.
The Board met, and after duly considering the
merits y Of the different applicants, (or it APP
pears there was more than One,I gave all exiib-
tien of their 4" oae party policy, and their de
sire to guard the interests of the people, by ap-
pointing Republican. who, at that time, had
never looked through transit halfdozen times,
AMI knew nothing of the duties of the office.
Does such n man answer the Jeffersonan test
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have applied all applicants for office Is
making such al appointment ignoring party lines,
and looking to the peoples interests What SUI
perior qualifications did the gentleman appointed
present. that induced the Board to appoint him in
preference to man who possessed q practical
knowledge of TIE business The people would
like to have answers to these questions. Let our
Commissioners speak out.
In the first attempt which the new Surveyor
mule, although assisted by gentleman who has
had some experience in surveying, a short. plain
line he missed the proper outcome fifteen feet .
OF what value are notes of such surveys
The Commissioners have shown in this, as
well as other instances, a total disregard of the
interests of the county. Merely because an ap-
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qualfca ton in the estimation of the " one party
(more properly one-eycd) Board for any posi-
ton which il may be IN taeir power to bestow. 1t
i a fact that the necessary papers file in
the Auditors Office at the Boards March session.
for the survey of no less than nineteen different
roads and hot of those roads has yet been
survey ed-probaby viii not be. correctly, at least
until competent man is elected. for we have no
hope that with-thc necessary qualifications
viii ever receive an appointment at the hands of
the present Board of Commissioners. On account
of this neglect of survey, many Supervisors in the
county, some in German township that We know
of, have been compelled to d. fer work in locali-
ties where it much needed. And yet the
people must suffer all these inconveniencies and
downright impOsitons, that partisans may be re-
varied. An example was necessary TO convince
the people of the sincerity of their I" zone party"
professions. They desire that there shall be but
party in the North, and that that party
shall be the Republican party.
Marshall county never had Us weak and truck
ling a Board Of Commits Tor ers as she has now
a strict regard for partisan friends to be the
ruling motive in all their official acts. The inter
ests of the citizens of the county of da-
~ Importance to the demands of those who placed
them in power. What county roads, and the
location OF boundary lines to valuable real estate,
when compared with little pap for brother poll
tcian They will deny, s-ppose, that par
ty" Influenced them in making the appointment.
If they should make such denial, il would certainly
he a very poor compliment to their judgment, as
in this instance political qualifications the only
kind their Surveyor has
There is election in October, and if the peo-
pie are tired Of incompetent and Dangling officers,
and of having TIC uaiortunatcS TO lay in the "dcn"
called poor house, and freeze in Winter. tliaw in
the Spring, rot in the Summer, anG die IN the FALL
advise them TO that the elected is
honest and capable.