Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-11-07
PLYMOUTH, IND.
Thursday, November 7th, 1867
CLONE OF TIE J-OLTrlCE

Is one which editors usually seize as sub
jet for comment, and is especially one Of
congratulation with US, as it finds US right
side up aud with hopeful future after pc
Rod of commercial disaster in which many
stouter barks than our own have foundered
Although In county hostile in politics,
and prescribed on account of our firm adj
vocacy of the principles we believe best for
the country, We claim to be the first who
ever made newspaper self-sustaining in
Marshall County. To do this, we have
toiled oft in the midnight watches. and have
expended an amount of energy and made
sacrifices which would have secured US
wealth IN almost any other field OF effort.
On the other hand, we are compensated In
n great degree by the fact that the REPUB-
IICAS, whose destiny we have watched
over with the tender solicilule OF father
for his child, has waxed strong with in
cressing years, and our satisfaction is com
plete when we behold the principles for
whose success we have labOred shaping
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the destinies of continent. We do not
regret one jot or title of the devotion we
hare been able TO manifest toward them.
Subjected to the fieTcest fires Of rebel hate
and copperhead malignancy. they have
gathered strengthen. defeat and inspired
heroes and martys with an srdor which
has enabled them TO snatch victory from
the very jaws of despair. Yes. victory :!
And so magnificent has been their triumph
that the humblest actor in that drama Of
war has ennobled himself, and his rich
blood flowing in the veins Of the remOteSt
generation of men will be their proudest
boast. Nor is their work completed in
the redemption of our land from the curse
and crime of slavery, but, conquering and
to conquer. their footballs are heard in the
palaces of kings, and their firm grasp is on
the throne of every despot
But to return TO our personal affairs.
We shall complete next week, and an
nOunce in our next issue, arrangements
which cannot fail to result in benefit to
every reader. We hope that we viii be
seconded in our efforts to keep the Re-
PUBLICAN in the front rank of county pa
pers in the State, and 10 this end we claim
the patronage of every earnest Republican
in the county. We are not jealous of the
city press. II has wider field and dis
tinct mission from ours. We cannot do
their work, nor can they do ours. but
shrewd politicians always advise that the
preference be given the home paper. We
are on the eve Of the greatest political
campaign which this country has ever
witnessed. lis result will decide the most
pOrtentous questions ever submitted 10
tho American people. Tie opposing
forces are already marshalling for the fray,
and soon the bugle's blast viii usher in
1.-THE shout. the shock, the crash Of steel.
So equally matched are the combatants
that every man, however Indifferent he may
be. will be drawn into the vortex OF strife.
Yet there is no reason to doubt the issue
if the friends of universal liberty display
the zeal and courage which the occasion
demands Now is the time for the healing
of those who have been placed hors du
combat in former affairs; now is the time
10 recruit the wasted battallions; now is
the time to fortify the strongest with the
weapons of argument and logic. Men are
cool now and will listen TO reason and
logic, but when their passions become in
famed they will be beyond the reach of
argument
We earnestly exhort our friends to go to
work at once. therefore. Circulate the
newspaper, than which wrong has no
deadlier foe. Give us the opportunity of
exposing to the gaze of every candid man
in the county he schemes OF extravaganza
and reckless prodigality of the corrupt
"ring" who are managing the affairs Of
Marshall County:
Every Union soldier should have our
paper that he may be convinced of the de
termination of his old enemies to repudi-
ate the currency In which the rightful
claims of his wounded comrades, and the
widows aud orphans Of those who fell in
defence ofthe flag, for pensions and boun-
ties, are now paid.
Every mechanic should read our paper
and be convinced that the Republican par
iy is truly friend of American Industry,
while its opponents are the foes of their
interests.
Every laboring man should take the
REPUBLICAN, in order that he may be pre-
pared to encounter the sabtleties of those
who will endeavor to persuade him to vote
for an abasement of the currency, which
cannot fail to result in the great apprecia-
ton of the values of ali the necessities of
life, while the price Of his labor viii re-
main stationary.
Every farmer should take the REPUBLI-
CAN on account of its commercial news,
which, during the ensuing year, will claim
large share of its space and consideration.
Every merchant should take our paper
and advertise his bushes in it, for il is the
growing practice of those who wish to
make purchases to consult the advertising
columns of the newspaper.
Every man who owns property in the
county should subscribe for the REPUBII-
CAN, not only only for the home news it
contains and which he can gather from no
ather source, but because strangers into
whose hands the paper may fall, and who
may be on the lookout for places in which
20 settle, will judge of the locality and its
inhabitants by the size, appearance and
tone of its local organ
We confidently refer to the past as
pledge that our enterprise in future shall
keep pace with the patronage extended
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