Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-05-21

BorRBoy, Ind MAY 20. Ii

BoCgBOS, lnd May ~, 1868
The correspondent of the Democrat at
this place is excited and beIligercnt, in
consequence of the few remarks we made
a fortnight since in regard to the decision
of Esquire Cless in the Fcsscr- Sheets case
Why he should feel called upon to defend
Esquire Cless i'm this affair, especially in
the low. ungentlemanly terms he employ
ed, Can be satisfactorily accounted for on
" upon the superstition that he considers
himself the only Democrat in the place
who has sense enough TO act as the guar
dian. or rather. watch dog of the parry.
But like all ''curs Of low degree" his bark
is worse than his bite. Past experience,
however, should teach him that even his
worthlessness and well known disregard
of truth in regard TO politics and politicians,
will not always shield him from merited
castigation for his unprovokcd assaults
upon others. My remarks in regard TO
Esquire Cess decision wSuld not have
provoked such reply from a gentleman
MS Dan made. Is not Esquire Cless ''smart"
enough tn defend himself from the attacks
of ono whe is SO destitute of intellect and
education? Why did Dan interfere in the
matter: Did the Squire request him? If
lac did, does il net follow that he has got
even less sense than yeur correspondent?
Dan is brilliant fellow, in his own csti.
nation, doubtless, but his father or some
one else must have whipped him unmcrci
fully when a lad for telling the truth, as he
has never dealt in the article since, if
lie would serve his purpose better, since he
arrived at his majority. But he was always
a very precocious child, and early exhibit
ell the possession Of one quality especially,
commonly called jackassatiyeness or
stubbornness. and having early learned TO
lie he stubborpiy atlhcres 10 the practice,
often without sense or reason, but, appa-
rently from mere force OF habit. As an
evidence of his smartness, IL Is related of
him by his friends that when his paternaI
ancestor bought him his first pair Of boots,
on his sixteenth birthday, he not only call
ed the attention of all the boys he met TO
the fact, but neither his maternal or pater-
nal ancestor could prevail on him 10 60 to
bed for several nights, because he was
afraid If he pulled off his brogans some one
would steal them No such prodigy was
ever produced in any other county in
| uoosierdom-
The facts i'm regard to the stabbing case
were communicated 10 you nj the time and
need net now be repeated, as they are gen.
orally known. According to the showing
Oh tuc tdii correspondent uthhccfts ccScf
committed deadly and unjustifiable as
sault upon Sheets. Does the law Justify
| q man in stabbing snother with a deadly
weapon for merely pulling his hat of in
friendly manner, at least without anger or
any apparent intention to insult7 But,
says "smarty"-"Unlike Y. Mr.. Cless hears
the evidence before he decides whether
the party he is trying is guilty or not gull
| ty." Generally. this Is true, perhaps; Mr..
Cless is not thought to be bad hcaste
man, but why, in this case, did he first de-
eide the affidavit insufficient. and after the
counsel for the State had written out ano-
Their, reverse his decisiens and why did he