Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-06-14
Democratic Township COnven-
tiOns-A Change CT sscsa.

Saturday last was the day appointed for the De-
mocracy Of Marshall county to meet in township
conventions and select delegates to the County
convention next Saturday. At the Center town
ship Caucasus We expected. there was a manifest
desire on the pirt of the assembled unhung to
prevent our prediction of two weeks ago from being
fulfilled. Indeed, our exposure of the Tysoons
plans fell like bomb she'll among the Clique, and
ever since they have labored mos. assiduously to
change the figures on "tEe slate" They succeed
ed in shelving Messrs. Klinger and Case. caudi-
dates for Treasurer and Sheriff. and substituting
in their stead Messrs. Downey and Howe. We
learn that enough of the other townships have
been doctored in this way to place the nomination
OF these last named gentlemen beyond doubt, pro-
vided the delegates DO not in 1855 vote contra
~ to their instructions. The nominations are no
less in accordance with the plans Of the Tycoon
than if his mantle had fallen where We indicated
two weeks ago A good general sometimes falls
back in order to deceive his enemy, but we are
prepared for this manuevre, as the sequel will
show
Our neighbor thinks we ought TO make reparation
for the injury we do our political opponents. We
do not think this is required of editor OF par
~ paper, and We hare, therefore, no apologies TO
offer Messrs. Klingsr and Case for causing these
gentlemen to realize that ",aere Is many q slip
'twixt the cup and the lip" They were both old
Wings, and it is with that we observe their
present bad associations. We fear they have for
gotten the teachings of Harry of the West, but we
cordially invite them to place among the true
men OF the land, and we assure them that there
will be more JOY their return to the right than
over ninety AID nine who have not faltersd in the
path Of progress.
Lest our neighbor should think tia. we claim
too much praise. we will say that the defeat of
Mr.. Case is partly due TO industriously circula
ted report that he was q defaulter to the Marshall
County Agricultural Society. This was whisper
ed about in certain quarters with the addendum,
'if he is nominated, old Mi!,ingly will give him
HI that.'
We do not choose to tell all we know about Mr..
Downey at This juncture. though, our readers will
readily infer that If he supported throughout the
war the party which sympitkized with treason and
rebellion, his record is bad enough. Possibly, he
may be regarded rs an Improvements on KInger
but during the canvass We shall endeavor 10 ira,e
his nocturnal footsteps through marshes and ,rubs
TO the secret concla-e of midnight conspirators
who plotted releas. of rebel prisoners and the in
ausuraton Of a civil war in our midst.
The Center township convention, in the endeav-
or to disprove our prophecies. betrayed into
instructng its delegates to east the vote OF the
township in the county convention for an avowed
Know Nothing for the Office OF Sheriff. We stand
ready to show, by his own certificate that Mr.
David Howe Of the dark -lanterned gentry
who were sworn to prescribe all foreigners gener-
ally and the Catholic portion thereof particularly.
He is nice candidate for party that derives all
its political consequence from the fact that it yields
the votes OF the very men whom Mr.. Howe did
his utmost to prevent exercising the elective fran
chiss until they had been citizens of the Uuited
States twenty -one years. He is the very man we
desired nominated, Re will be most EASILY beat
en-. No amount Of Ehltewashing will conceal she
loathsome blemish on his record to which we have
alluded:
You may break--you nay sliatter
David Howe If will:
But the scent of the dark -antern