Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-02-18

Our neighhor~has at last "puckered M
courage to deny outright. uneqnivocally.
that he yoted for John L. Hale. for Pres
.iient. that he preached an abolition SER
mon, that he get five dollars from Grove
Pomeroy for doing it. or that he wrote a
letter to Colfax to ascertain whether or
not he was rs rabil an aboliiionist as him
self. He says. 1--WE have heretofore said
that these charges were false" which is
untrue. h is the first time he has even
.ventured to mention or refer to the charge
that Mr. Pomeroy handed him 50 as a
slight appreciation Of his appreciation of
the abolition sermon he preached; and al
though lie noticed the charge of writing
an abolition letter to Colfax did not pre-
tead to deny It. Ont ratbor admitted it,
lIethoueht, doubtless, thai We bad the let
ter in our possession and would publish it
if he denied writing one. Neither did he
deny positively the charge Of voting for
Tale. bat equisocate.l. sayirgif he did he
must have been crazy as he had forgotten
all abont L. Now, what reliance can be
placed in mans word who eyinces so
much disregard of truth as this amounts
TO? He reminds us of line man who hsd
such vcnerstion for truth as to always
keep ban at an awful distance from it.
81 We shall not 'ealy to tho 6sh-market
slang of our ncigli5or in regard to ourself
and paper. but irrd we room would copy
what he SAYS for the amusement Of our
readers. lie is evidently loosins his tenn
per. SO we must quit boring him about bis
aboIitionisn lest I've injure himself.
:. lie insists that we did want to be Post.
master. but dil not derive his information
from Col Bailey that we quarreled with
: Mr.. Coliax about it, Lut from altogether
different source. It matters not to US
I from whom, if any one. he derived his in
formation. it is altogether false. We new
ef passed a word. we believe, with Mr..
Co!fax about the Posimastership at tL;s
place; certainly we never applied to him
to obtain the position for ourself, or init
mated to any one else in this place, since
the appointment of the present incumbent
that we desired it. When our neighbour
says that nine tenths Of this community
are well satisfied that we did seek the po-
alton, he states what he knows himself is
false. Equally mendacious is his state
nient in regard to the dissatisfaction of
Republicans toward us as editor. We
have the best of reasons for believing that
we enjoy the confidence and respect of ev-
cry Republican in the county who's, good
viii AMI esteem is worth having. As to
or begging our friends not to derose us
AMI promising to do better If they would
not, all we have to say is that no man who
had any reputation for veracity to loose
would have made the assertion. Every
Union man in town AID couhtry knows it
te be false. We can starve. but beg-nev-
e. Bot it !oes not look much like star.
wing, or that even now many Of the best
men OF his (our) party are looking around
for better man to assume the control of
their party paper. and that unless we
give better satisfaction viii be compelled
TO vacate. as our veracious neighbori as
/, serts, when orr subscription list is larger
than ever before. except just before the
last Presidential election. and. 1t least
109 larger than the Democrats list So
much for that falseiooi. Try your hand
5 again. neighbour. r.f