Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-07-10
A Reviewer Reviewed and a Dis
secter Dissected.
KNOX, IND, June 28.
EDlToRs NJ. C. REPuBLrcAs:


GESTs:-The last issue OF the
Starke County Press contains lengthy
article purporting to be Review and
Dissection Of :he Proceedings and Resolu-
tions did not the resolutions compose o
portion Of the proceedings?] of the Repub-
lican County Convention" held in Knox
on the 9TH of June. which 1 wish to res
pond to briefly. with your permission.
through the columns of your paper. j
should not have asked this favor had the
editor Of the Press nothing extenuated or
set down aught in malice" in his scholar
ly review and scientific dissection; but nei
ther his great larnin nor his wonderful
scientific attachments were sufficient to pre-
vent him from making statements slightly
at variance with the truth. This is to be
attributed. charitably conclude. more to
the force Of habit, bad company and q
bankrupt cause. which has required such
means to bolster it up, especially for eight
or ten years past. than from any innate
love Of lying or total depravity of the gen.
denaniy and honorable editors heart.
But seriously, with due Difference to the
editors superior lornin. which is only ex
celled by his grit las was demonstrated in
the Mccormick affsir. ] must repeat, let
the consequences be what they may. that
his statements in the article referred to,
lack just one essential requisite-truth. to
command the credence Of candid men. who
were present at the meeting. the PRO
ceedings and Resolutions" of which this
mighty wielder of the pen attempts to
Review and Dissecti" His dissecting
powers. like his grit. are doubtless the SUBJ
ject Of wonder and astonishment among
the Bright Democrats OF Starke. as was ex-
emplihed at their recent County Conven-
ton. This is not satire. l know some
say that the Convention tried to insult him
and kick him out Of the party. and that he
cringed and fawned and licked the feet Of
those who spurned him. but this is, doubt
less. the conclusion Of men full of bitter
ness and prejudice toward the editor per-
sonally. which feeling have no symps-
thy with. 1t is his statements, not the
man. / propose now to examine.
In the first place it is not true as this
most puissant editor asserts. that Mr.. Beat
II stated. on taking the chair, that the OBJ
ject of the meeting was to re-organize the
Republican party in Starke county But
this is very unimportant matter; whether
true or false it has no significance whatev-
es. Was it not competent for the meeting,
by general consent. to organize Union
party. although called for the purpose of
re organizing the Republican party in
Starke? Are meetings Of the people gen.
orally hampered by Parliamentary rules?
Neither did the Convention request the
dign;fed and spunky editor of the Press to
publish the proceedings Of the meeting il
he wonld do it for nothing; nor was any
thing said in the meeting that sounded like
it. Some Of the members. after the Con-
vention adjourned. remarked perhaps
Berry will not publish the proceedings Of
Union Convention, in his slavery
Sheet" and shortly after he (Berry) was
Intercepted by the Secretary of the Con-
vention. not as to whether he would pub
lish the proceedings free of charge. but
whether he would publish them at all. He
replied that he would. but should expect
the printing Of the tickets in the fall to
compensate him for his trouble. This, sir.
was the Unusually condition upon which
he agreed to publish the proceedings Of the
Convention. II he were not such IN hon
orable editor wide. the affair with young
McCormic at Valparaiso. and also with
the Recorder of Jasper county. besides q
hundred other similar transactions. III might
suspect he intended to charge double price
Tor the tickets, to make up for his loss in
publishing the proceedings for nothing: but
ne is certainly too high hminded to stoop to
such low chicanery. His only motive.
doubtless. was to afford him an opportu-
nifty to say something sarcastic or witty
about it. which he got off in splendid style,
establishing his fame as a wit, second only
to Prentice or Joe Miller. beyond all con-
troversy. See the closing remark Of his
celebrated "Dissecting" article. II Ifrepeat-
ed on the banks of the Southern bsyous
there is no doubt but all the polly-wogs
IN hearing would wiggle their tails to man
ifest their delight. and their affectionate
parents evince their gratitude by croakiug
forth three cheers and tiger for the author.
Have not the denizens Of Starke reason to
be proud OF the fame and towering great
ness of their editor? But. to return from
this DEPRESSION. How well did Berry keep
his promise? The meeting was held on
the 9TH Of June and the proceedings pub
lished on the 26th. Why this delay?
Could he not sooner prepare his review?
II SO, Richard was not. certainly, himself,