Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-08-24
Soldiers Families-Marshali and La :
Porte Counties.

We publish an article in another column to-day
under the head of "Reef of the Soldiers Fami-
lies in Indiana" by a correspondent Of the Chca-
60 Tribune at indianapolis, which contains some
Information to those for whom the re-
lief is intended but the writer in the closing part
of his article having done our Auditor and Assessors
manifest injustice by intmatng that they have re-
ported larger number of benefciaries oil the fund
than there is in the County, We propose to make a
brief statement Of facts, which, think, will
vince him of his injustice, and also that Marshall
county is not quite so bad as he represents. He
cannot understand why there should be more be-
nefciaries in Marshall than La Porte county.
when the latter contains nearly double the number
Of inhabitants. We are happy to have it in our
power to enlighten his understanding. Owing to
the fact that the Commissioners of this county
have, since 1862, persistently refused to offer any
local bounty, large numbers Of our citizens have
gone to other counties and other States even where
big bountes were offered, and enlisted, leaving
their families here. OF course they were credited
10 tie counties where they enlisted and received
the local bounty. medutcly subsequent to the
two last drafts many from this county went to La
Porte and enlisted because that county was offer
ing liberal bounty, and because they concluded
they had be ter volunteer where they could get
four or five hundred dollars to leave with their
families than remain at home, be drafted and
get nothing Some went to other counties and
some to Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. Subsequent
to this the re-enlisted veterans Of the Goth regi.
ment from this county were NIL credited to La
Porte county, but they made nothing BY the ope
ration, we believe. Some from this county be-
longing to the 18th res iment had themselves cred
tied to indianapolis when they re-enlistcd. La
Porte county, at another time, believe, filed
almost her entire quota by raising money and
sending agents abroad to hr, veterans and 9th
ers. Do not these facts sufficiently account for
the seeming anonI!y referred to by tho writer7
Il is all plain enough TO those acquainted with the
facts, whether he can see il or mott closer look
at the figures would have shown other inequalities
and queer things to the writer. For instance:
ST. Joseph county is not - populons as La Porte,
vet the former has nearly 500 moro benefciarics
Than the latter. Again. Porter county is not as
populous BY nearly $500 as Marshall and has less
than half the population of La Porte. and yet Por-
Ter only lacks - ut having many benehciares as
La Po-te, AMI has full as many in proportion to
population as MIrshall Do no. these figures look
equally queerl
But. Marshall County, SAYS the writer, "is one of
the meanes,. dirtiest Butternut counties in the whole
State" We emf hatically deny the truth OF this
allegation. There are other mcancr, dirticr But
ternut counties in the STATE than VI lrshal, bat VIC
do rot think it necessary 10 name them, and can
rot see wha. benefit 20 the Union cause can be de-
rived by thus s,igm Iiising our county. We have
4 fine body of land in the county, and if Union pa
pers and correspondents will not persist in misrep
resentng the condition of af,irs here We will soon
be able 10 change its present political status. The
Republicans are pretty confident of their ability to
change il this year and We think it will be done
should the balance Of friends yet in the service
return in time to vote. II is true We are cursed
with the characters named and have been disgra-
ced by the acts specified. but they failed to accom-.
plsh any thing by them. The drafts, when they
come to the sticking point. were submitted to af
ter clustering and threatening awhile, apd Unior
men were not overawed. ut least but few were
and jus: as bad men, politically. are to be found
in every other county almost, especially where the
cop1erheads are in the ascendant. The tribe are
pretty much alike wherever found.