Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-10-03
THE ELECTION NEXT TUES
VI Y

Next Tuesday the electors of Marshall
County will he called upon to exercise one
of the highest privileges of freemen-that
OF choosing public servants. The Offices
TO be filed have no direct bearing upon
national politics, ard in voting for either
candidafs the voter does not necessarily
endorse his position upon manhood SUI
frAge or other questions of general import.
In such q contest it shoulSFbc the aim of
both parties, and it is the duty OF the A.
jority, to nominate men who will faithfully
guard the public treasury, economically adj
minister the aft ,irs of the county, and make
the burdens ofthc taxpayers rs light as
possible. We ask every candid man, we
submit the question to every farmer, me
chanic and merchant in the county, if such
has been the char acter Of the Democratic
administration OF affairs? There can be
but one answer. At time when you
were grooming under the burdens neccssa-
rily imposed By the war, when your crops
had proved failures and when you were
compelled to deny yourselves and families
OF many OF the comforts of life, when de-
vouring flames had wrapped your store
houses in their fatal embrace, when energy
Was paralyzed and enterprise stood still,
when tho stOutcst trcmblcd in anticipation
OF financial disaster, when you could not
obtain dollar of credit and had nothing
10 sell and no way 10 meet old debts-at
this time of calamity i, was that your local
burdens reached their maximum. With
thousands OF dollars in the treasury, thou
sands more wers wruag from you, osteusi-
bly, for public improvements, but really to
place in the hands Of cold-blooded specu-
lat ors who, taking advantages of your ne
cessities, bought up your paper at frigh;ful
discount, loaned you your own hard-earned
dollars at usurious interest, or used them
in Specializing in the necessaries of life.
A vote for John G.. Cushman endorses all
these rascalii;es and more Ii will taken
as m approval by the elcctor of the con-
duct of the Board Of County Commission :
ers, who. To screen an unfaithul Treasurer,
negotiated with him ar illegal loan secured
by a mortgage on land purchased for pur-
poses of private speculation with your
money.
A vote for John c. Cushman is vote TO
paw county officials, who invest no capital
and work bu, six hours per diythe snug sum
of'thirty- four hundred dollars per anuum,
sum that exceeds theearnings of three OF
he most skilful mcclianiC sdouble the profits
Of the weslthicst farmer in the county, and
would satisfy the most enterpri,ing and
prosperous merchant.
A vote for Joha C.. Cushman is vote to
pay hundreds OF dollars as interest on
county orders while thousands are lying
Idle in the treasury.
A vote for Colonel Sumner and the Re
publican candidates ~ a vote for re form
an IN economical administration of county
affairs
Choose We whom you viii serve. Ifyo,
feel able to carry greater burdens thai
ever for tbs purpose Of supporting set o
od-thirsty cormorants, who, like tn
horse lecch's daughter, continu lily cry
give, give vote the Democratic ticket
If you want your taxes lower and YOU
money faithfully applied to legitimate pur
poses and not wasted in ssnseless and guilty
schemes ofextrdvagncc, vote for Colone
Sumner and bis associates on the Rspubli
can ticket.