Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-08-17
The Grand jury.

Clerk Treasurer, Auditor and Recorder have moth
ing to do w;:h putting the names in the box from
which the Grand Jury is drawn,-the Commission
ers themselves put the names in the box, the Clerk
does the drawing merely and the Auditor the re-
cording. This was our impression in the first in
stance in regard to the way this jury select
Cd. We therefore exOnerate the Clerk. Treasur
er and Auditor from all blame in the shameful af
fur of packing the Grand Jury in the way it was.
The Commissioners alone are responsible for the
partisan act The Auditor. Recorder and Treas
urer, itseems put the names in the box from which
the Clerk draws the Petit Jury.
3D." saws he does not believe there is one among
the Grand Jury who would so far violate his oath
q, 10 allow political prejudice bias his action
influence his motives while serving grand ju-
ror. he really believes such stuff il only proves
he is an ignoIamus and does not know the men
he saws "whose character is too well known to
need any defense from the slanderous attacks of
the Marshall County Republican" Some of them
are good men, but Others like himself too full
of prejudice to do justice to political opponent.
So much for "B.", who must be rather a
"small potato" or he would not assail another
over an anonymou, signature. We now turn to
*" another dirty. living whelp, the writer Of the
other anonymous communication referred t..
az, in justification of the Commissioners char
gos that in lc62, when the editor OF this paper
was Drafting Commissioner for this County, ''out
OF the twelve names drawn from Polk township
'sinoularly' enough i; happened that only one was
u Republican. Nine were Democrats and two
were minors. In North township 'sinqulariy'
enough similar phenomenon occurred. as did also
in Green"
As regards Polk township our recollection is
that there were three Republicans and nine Dem
ocrlts,-two OF the Republicans may have been
minors But had they been all Democrats the
Commis .ioner could not have been blamed 10y any
honorable nan. He did not make the enrolment
Democrat dill it. All the MINES copied on
slips By 1 Democrat and Republican clerk, in the
presence of several Democrats. which slips
we're placed in glass jar, after being folded. and
then drawn out by Mr.. Jacob Knoblock Demo
crat. who was blindiojcd. As the names were
drawn out the Commissioner read them out aloud,
for the Clerks and Others who mi sht choose to re-
cord. and then passed them to Mr.. J. L Vanval
Aenblrsh, another D,mOcrrt TO examine The
same process observed in regard to the other
townships drafted, AMI had all the names drawn
been Dem ,crats one but a black hearted politi-
cal triekster like ~ would nsinuate that the
Commissioner acted corruptlv in the premises
The proceedings were all public; the lists had for
days been open to public inspection; corrections
had been mIde and every thing done that could
be to satisfy the Democrats present that the draw
ing was fairly conducted. They ,rere satisfied. at
least they expressed no dissatisfaction. Green
township was not drafted at all but German was
Perhaps TX" intended to sly Germln instead OF
Green, or it may have been mistake of the prin-
ter.
'X' says further: at 50 happened that it (thc
draft OILY two three DAYS before the cleo
l ton. and 'sinquiqrly enough this same Martnclv
used every effort his power to rush the drafted
men off To mp before the election. AMI was on
~ prevented by the peremntory orders of his su-
peror offc:rs iorbdding IT,"
There are three lalseiools in this short sentence
but that is not "singular' a, all considering its or
gin. 1t. The draft MondIy the 9th day
of October, and the election did not come off until
TuesdaY week following. or eight DAYS after in
stead Of two or three. 81. The Commissioner
only obeved the orders of his superior in causing
the to DC notified to report at Plymouth on
the Saturday following. AMI therefore, the charge
that he FUSED every effort in his power to rush the
; drafted men off to Camp before the elec;;Dn,' is
false as the heart of is author base and grow
cling. 81. 1t is equally false that he twas only
prevented by the peremptory orders OF his superi
or officer forbilding it, The General Commits
soncr first ordered that the ORA fled men should be
notified to report here the Saturday after tic
draft, and after the Provost Marshal al despatch
: cd deputies with the notices orders were received
y to change the day to "Wednesday following. Both
y orders we're promptly AMI cheerfuy obcyci BY the
County Commissioner, ami no one bur Copper
head, like "X", ever supposed that there was any
: "pe-emptory ORDER in the case.
1t great crime in the estimation of all
COpperheads. doubtless, to use any effort at all
. to hasten to the field to help those already
- there to save the country, but loyal men cannot
see it in that light, so let them howl and lie tc
= their hearts content. IT'S music to our car
{ * closes his communication as follows:
"Perhaps it is proper for him to charge the Com
misSOners of this County. all Of whom are Old ana
disgraced the County ana the Republican party b,
i, coming here to reside. with packing Jury, bu,
people generally fail 10 see it,
' We mlde no charges against the private charac
ter OF the County Commissioners. and so far as we
know they average men in poiI.t of rcspecta-
' bli.y, but fix believes what he SAYS about our
, being "disgrace to the County and the Republi.
can party" We should be very happy to compar,
] records, public and private. with himself, the
f, Commissioners. or any other COrperhead in tho
County. lf"X'' will come out over his proper
signature We promise to give his record such ar
airing will make hin, keep civil tongue in his
!, head in future. We will not sly that he is
4 disgrace to the County while it remains under
Copperhead rule, though il contains many noble
g men and women, many Of whom act with the go
called Democratic party; certainly ne is no dis
= grace to the party, rs cannot conceive OF char
d acter as vile and corrupt as the party itself.
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