Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-09-25
E THE POLITICAL RECORDS
& OF AN
9Th Of January Democrat,

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81 For the REPUBLICAN
We have not at hand at this present
writing the remaining portion of the
verbatim report of the controversy that
grew out of Mr.. -Packard's famous speech
andr'personsl explanation. y but as the
following will apprise the reader of. what
took place. we give. it here. as we find it
in the indianapolis Journal;
"There was a little scene in the House on Sa.
urday. created by the personal explanation of
Mr.. Packard Of Starke, whose infamable nature
took fire at the alusion to his sympathy with
Southern men. in the Journal of that morning
and famed out in fierce denunciation of the Mem
Der who gave the statement about him, as liar,
and divers other unpleasant offensive things. Mr..
Feagler of Dckalb, rose aud said that he was the
man who had given the Information to the Journal
and that IL as true and he hurled back the lie to
the gentleman from Starke.'
Here the matter stopped for the time,
and for all time, we presume. as Mr.. Pack.
ard did say what was charged, and it can
be proved. Mr.. Feagler is a quiet. unob-
trusive working member. but he is pluck
all over. and the way he came back at the
South Carolina gentleman from Marshall
and Starke was altogether more dangerous
than edifying to that individual.
The language used on the occasion of
this controversy by Mr.. Packard was very
unbecoming gentlemanly and dignified
Representative. Such words as liar, co,g.
ard, and other as harsh ones of like i'm
port, is filter to be spoken by low flung
blackguard in brothel, than by an hon.
orable Legislator representing the respect
able and intelligent people Of Starke and
Marshall counties. We leave it for the
honest reader to say, whether a man who
would make such a speech at such time,
would not be likely to make the remark
attributed to him by Feagler. But we
propose to let the matter rest where it
now is, saying that the voluminous facts
enable us to prove every assertion here
made.
Not satisfied with the abbreviated re-
port Of his speeches in the six books he
voted himself owner of. Mr.. Packard
always inordinately fond of specchifying
and of parading his speeches before the
public-caused one of his harrangues to be
published in the Plymouth Weekly Demo-
crat.
We presume the gentleman who has
such scholarly attainments. and such a
nice appreciation of the weight and value
of sentences, that he would not take any
part of them back. but we'll knew and
meant Just what he said. In that publish
ed speech Mr.. P. deliberately says:
"IT is A LAMENTABLE FACT THAT
THE MASSES ARE GfTENER LED BY
PREJUDICE AND PASSION THAN REA-
SON." III - 80 81 -.
Farmers. mechanics. laboring and pro-
fessional men, MASSES Of Starke and Mar
shall counties. Mr.. Packard. your law
maker. told the members of the Indiana
Legislature. that YOU were 'ofiener led
By prejudice and passion than reason" and
he said it was lamentable! Is not this
charge basely untrue? Are you belest Of
reason, and is he the only man in. your
district who has any sense? Did you vote
for him to publish to the world that you
were ignorant-for only the ignorant are
led as he says the masses are led? a- You
know his charge against you was base
SANDER. and we trust that in the proper
exercise Of your REASON, on the 18th
of October next, you will set your seal Of
condemnation upon him. with such might
that he will think your reason. passion
and prejudice have returned to you again
to the rejection Of most mcndacious hyp-
iocrit and political demagogue.
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