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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
-DODGING THE ISSUES.
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GEO. ". MCMAsTER.

The conservative republican or the dem
ocrat that will be induced by the lies and
Misrepresentation of Westervelt and
Johson to stay at home or vote the repub-
lican ticket, is, if possible, greater fool
than johnson himself. Any man with
half sense knows that they arc raisirg this
cry about local matters to divert the atten-
ton of the people from the real issues now
before the American people which are ne
gro suffrage, including the reconstruction
acts of congress, and the financial ques
ton, and every vote they get at the COM
ing election they count as an endorse ment
of the damnable heresies of their party.
They know that as goes the election in
October so will it so in November. they
know they dare not advocate negro equal
ity and the payment of bonds in gold in
this county, and so they raise the cry Of
fraud, corruption, and crime, concerning
the administration of county affairs. They
are the thieves crying stop thief, and we
pity the man who is so silly as to be de-
luded by them and lose sight of the real
issues presented to the country. These
demagogues know that they cannot elect
one man in this county, and all they are
working for is to reduce our majority in
order that the doctrines of negro equality
and the payment of the bonds in gold, shall
triumph in the state and district at the
October election, and in ali the states in
November
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
EXCITED.

The editors of the Republican, Of this
place, and the Vidette & Republic, of
Porter county, grow terribly excited over
our statement and expose of the manner
in which business has been transacted in
the loil county of Porter. They call
us hard names, and act very uppretilly,
but we can excuse them on the ground of
their insane rage.
We stated the receipts of Porter county
to have been sl10, l42 Is; just as their
auditor reported them for the year 1867.
and our technical friends say such was not
the case, because forsootb they had s69, 900
On hand. Marvellous Did not the
treasurer receive the money, and has he
got it now? The money passed into and
out of the treasurer's hands, and the peo-
pie paid the money and were taxed for it.
They say it was bounty money! Oh
argument. Suppose it was bounty money,
did that make it any easier to raise
The Rochester Union Shy (radical)
abuses the commissioners of Fulton county
for levyiDg bounty tax, and says it was
needed only because the county was dis
loyal! The Republican here gloriies
Porter county, and calls it glorious, gen.
erous Porter, for the same act that Fulton
is denounced for. Oh, consistency Oh,
shame
We wish to notify our friends of the
radical persuasion that Marshall paid near
$4,000 for bounty purposes in 1866.
Was it glorious and generous in Marshall
or vas il an evidence of disloyalty? 1t
makes little difference to the tax payers, it
cost them as much money in one case as
the other
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
IMPORTED VOTES.

There is no doubt of the fact that
thousands of radical scalawags from the
state of Illinois have been imported into
this state for the purpose of carrying the
state for Baker 4 Go. We hope none of
these gentry will attempt to vote in this
county, but We apprehend they will. Let
the polls of every township be carefully
guarded from The opening to the closing Of
the same, and when one of them offers his
vote spot HIM
The scoundrelism Of this radical scheme
calls for prompt measures and such meas
ures must be adopted. Ard we now warn
aay AMI all illegal voters who attempt de-
libcratsly to cast their votes in Marshall
county, that the experiment will prove a
dangerous one, and their homes will grow
very dear to them before they reach them
after an attempt of this nature. We want
q peaceable, quiet and honest election, and
IRE intend to hare Il in Marshall county. A
word to the wise, we trust, will prove suf-
fcient.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
TiLEIT.

The dical party at large. and in this
vicinity particular, seems determined
to patroplze talent
Their ticket is headed by Hiram L.
Grant, who never uttered ten consecutive
sentences in his life, and who has not
sense or judgement to rise, under any
circumstances, above the plain level of the
most ordinary men in the country. \
man who depends on mentors and instruc-
tors to know what to do and say when an
emergency arises when he is compelled to
do or say something.
Gov. Baker, who was routed, beaten,
and really disgraced in his canvass with
Senator Hendricks, comes next on the
list.
Jap. Packard, the famous head Of hair
running for congress in this district, who
has not the ability necessary to sustain
him in the practice of the law, even as a
pettifogger. and who has not as yet at
tempted the advocacy of one single prin-
cipe of his party, follows after Baker
Amasa johnson, of Pot-a-mac fame
who cannot write or speak the English
language properly, though educated in
college, and who cannot attend the SIM
plest case before a justice with credit,
though a law student for years, and who
ridicules men with poor clothes, is the
next in lieu to Packard.
John l.. Westervelt, who cannot tell
to-day without special preparation, the
boundaries of the United States, or of any
single state and who cannot write two
lines of legislative enactment, constitutes
the tail of this iiustrious train of talent.
These men are known to be as we rep
resent them by all people who know them
at all, and yet they will receive the radical
vote, notwithstanding their knosOn inability
and incapacity.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
DEMOCRATS,
BEV0 A7E Ii.
Eternal Vigilance is
Necessary.
The Radical Programme for Next
Tuesday.
COLONIZATION and FRAUD TO BE
Attempted.
BRIBERY MSUkTED TO.
LYING CIRCULARS
ISSUED.
The Bondholders VS.. the
Plowholders.
The Bondholders VS.. the
Plowholders.

We trust that every Democrat will full
ly appreciate the emergency upon us, and
govern himself accordingly.
Without activity and vigilance, resolu-
ton and patience on the part of Democrats
in EVERY TOWNSHIP AND NE1GHBoRHOOD
in the county, we will certainly be defraud-
ed and cheated out of at least portion of
our honest, rightful majority!
The scheme is laid by the radical lead
ers in every township and county in the
state, and will be successfully carried out
ifnot defeated by the watchful vigilance
of faithful, ACTIVE, WORKING Democrats
in every neighborhoud and voting pre-
cinct.
Indiana seems necessary to the radicals;
they are making this the battle-ground of
the campaign, and are moving earth aud
the regions Of darkness to carry the state
Thousands of scoundrels from Illinois have
heen hired and sent into this state to vote
the radical ticket. Some of them are
NOW IN THIS COUNTY. and if they are not
carefully watched and summarily dealt
with, when detected, will vote on Tues
day.
When one of them is caught, and fairly
convicted give him lesson that will keep
him at home when Indiana holds another
election.
Bribery has twice been attempted,
that has been reported TO us. In one
case $50 in money was offered for man 8
influence, and in the other suit of
clothes!
The radical leaders have money in un-
limited sums and will endeavor to use it
for fraudulent purposes connected with the
election. All such men must be watched.
spotted and punished in the courts.
The issue is between the representatives
in this county of the Bondholder and
the Plowhoider. The rich man aud the
poor man.
The money you have paid for Govern
ment taxes is to be used by the radicals
on Tuesday to defeat your will
IF the plan succeeds the middle and
poorer classes of this land are doomed to
perpetual labor and toll and poverty for
the benefit of the rich radical political
tricksters who are ''inside the ring"
Vote as you see fit, poor men, but never
forget our warning.
The scheme is On foot, and the effort will
certainly be made to rob you Of your votes
and cheat YOU of your rights.
Let all conservatives give next Tuesday To
the interests of the poor man, the man with
"patched clothes" and " woman with torn
dress" and the party of equal rights and
equal taxation.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
TAGE'S.

Old Granny Westeryelt, Mrs. Nancy
johnson and the poor victims on the radi.
cal county ticket are engaged in a regular
old John Brown vail over the terrible
extravaganza and wickedness Of the dem.
1cratic county officers. One would natur-
ally suppose from the cries Of a gu.sh
that fill the air our county was utterly
ruined, the treasury robbed, the officers all
defauters and thieves, and tie people left
bankrupt. They shrek county ages until
hoarse, and shed tears enough to gil a
" soup toureen daily. Ask them ABOUT
our enormous national taxes under radical
rule, and they answer with solemn visage.
" they are caused by the war and demo
Gratis brought on the war" But remind
them that the war is ended and for three
years we have been at peace, and ask
them why, during time Of peace, it hap
pens that radicals expend for the ordinary
expenses of the government twenty-five
times as much as the democrats used before
the election of Lincoln, and they are dumb
as an oyster. Ask them what has become
Of the fifteen hundred million dollars col
lccted from the people since the war closed
and they shake their heads and look fool
ish. Ask them why it is that the taxes
of the democratic counties in this state
are on an average of S. 900 less per coun-
ty than the taxes of republican counties
and the whites Of their eyes roll up and
their under jaw drops down an inch
Ask them if Marshall county affairs are
so badly managed, why it is that she is
out Of debt, money in her treasury, and
her orders worth their face, while St. 10.
county raises more revenue by $4,000,
spends more by $4,000, and is in debt
$4,000, aud pays 81 800 in interest per
year, and their under jaw drops another
inch. Ask them about Porter county,
" loil " Porter, that raises by taxation over
five dollars to Marshall's one. They ans
wer, % Porter was loil, and paid big
bounties, while copperhead Marshall did
not pay one cent Of bounty, Ask them
if it was so disloyal not to tax the people
into the poor house to get them out of the
draft, how it happens that the loyal coun
ties of Laporte, St. Joseph, and Kos ciusko
refused to pay any bounty. No answer.
Jaw drops another inch. Ask them if
their charges are true, why they cid
not accept Cushman's offer of S400 for
the proof of their truth, especially when
he agreed to leave it to republican CON-
mttee. Their jaws dron out Of joint
and suddenly remembering they forgot
something, the entire family, from tbs
old Granny down to the innocents, - turn
tail and run"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
TIE COMING REPUBLICAN,
RALLY

The republicans of this county have
been planning and working for three weeks
getting up grand rally. Knowing that
they cannot alone equal the recent demo
cratic demonstration here, they have ask
ed in all their peighbors, and arc Offering
a superb fag ire for the largest
township de egation. Bourbon is going
for it" hacked bN Etna Green ami Nai-
saw. Polk l. aief il. assisted by Walker
ton AMI the re. N ian Al aioig tise e,ul
ty line ana Walnut will probably reach
for it, supported 10y the black-and-tan
brethren of Fulton |; will doubtless be
a /" big thing.
The republicans of this and adjoining
counties pay the democracy of Marshall
compliment BY combining all their forces,
working three weeks. and advertising their
best speakers, to excel a demonstration
gotten up by us in five days without any
assistance from abroad. and for speakers
who were utterly unknown TO US. We
interpret 1t that the republicans os this
county have thrown up the sponge.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
THE DRA FT.

John l.. Westervelt now appears greatly
interested in every man he meets and shakes
hands very cordially with the poor men.
During the last draft, when poor men
were asking their rich neighbors to aid
them and help them to provide means to
stay at home " it'll their needy and suffer
ing families, and when almost everybody
in our community was giving all they
could spare, the rich John l.. Westervelt
uouyd not gre one cent, but said, Let all
the drafted go, or send some one; l am
exempt by age, and my son is out of the
draft"
Yet he to-day asks the same men that
he heartlessly refused to assist, to Put HIM
in Office.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

THE radicals intend to enGeavor 90
brighten democrats from the polls 10y
threats to challenge and prosecute.
We say every man who has lived in Il o
state six months, is a citizen, and has been
in his township twenty days, is voter !;
and we say to such treat with contempt
all radical efforts at intimidation.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
BRIBERY A GAN.

A resident OF this county was yesterday
offered a suit Of clothes if :" he would stand
as lie used to. politically" He was for
merly republican, aud has tAree suns.
The clothes were to be paid on Saturday.
when he should come to the rally.
How DO you like this, voters of Mar
shall county? How do you like the idea
of the boudholders' money being offered
for your very liberties?
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
PiT"UEN.

The man who wears patched pants should
get himself bran new PAR before he
goes to the polls next Tuesday and votes
for Amasa Pots. mac johnson.
johnson scorns the vote of man who
wears patch all such are " copperheads
and traitors and ought to be hing" in his
estimation.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

THE Republican for the past few years has
frequently said that.the name of "A. johnson
was a disgrace and reproach 10 the nation.
We of Marshall county, in view Of the recent
savings and doings of an individual bearing
that name, fully agree with them,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

Tue democratic county commissioners
are shreateued by the Republican Of last
week. Please don't be hard on them, Mr..
Republican, for if you are you will disprove
the adage that a barking dog never
bites"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
LET leading democrats watch tho mil.

LET leading democrats watch the poil..
and examine democratic ticket, hee,r.
they are voted. Bogus tickets are issued
by the radicals, and if our advice is not
needed We will suffer loss By rrdical
fraud.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
IHE PROOF F.!
REID, REID, REID.

The Republican of last week says our
statement relative to Amasa johnson and
his patched pants speech is lie. This is
the argument it uses to refute everything
We say, and is the only answer it att empts
to make. Below we publish an affidavit
from responsible source on the subject;
also certificates from various parties rela.
tive to his remarks about democratic la
dies. The certificates referred to were
intended for afidavits, originally, but the
parties were unable to obtain the services
of competent official in season for this
weeks issue. Affidavits will be made to
the certificates whenever it is necessary.
We suppose the radicals will still charac-
terize the whole thing as batch Of ''dem-
ocratic lies" but the people will hardly
accept the answer:
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
JUHN VLESS,
Justice of the Peace for Bourbon tp

WE, G. Fisher, G.. W. McMaster ard
Stephen Meredith, certify that Amasa
Johnson, the republican candidate for
joint representative in the district COM
posed of the counties of Marshall and ST.
Joseph, did, in speech made at Lowood
during the present campaign. say, in sub
stance that whenever you heard a woman
denouncing negro-suffrage, you would see
woman that wore dirty ragged, calico
dress. whose hair was uncombed, and who
had dirty face.
He also spoke of men with dirty, rag
ged clothes, SLOUGH hats, and boots with
holes in them, being opposed to paying the
national bonds in gold, and afraid of ne
groes being put on an equality with them.
G.. FISHER,
S. MEREDITH,
GEO. W. MCMAsTER.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

The rebels have no rights but to be
damned or hanged, and as we can't do ell
Their, we will keep them degraded aud the
servant Of servants.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
Common people pay no taxes to govern

Massachusetts, pays s2S.000,000 tax,
while Indiana pays only 100000. Tax
on value, as democrats ask, and Indiana
would pay $4,000, 900 and Massachusetts,
100000.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

THERE will be NJ sefytces al ST. Thorn
a. church until tba drs' Sasday u Nc
vsmoer. as the rector viii be absent at
New York.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

BOGUS tickets are in circulation, and if
YOU DO not guard against them, you are
sure to DC defrauded by the radicals.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

The resources of the country are album
dant to pay the debt in full without op-
pressing the people.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
COUNTY TAXES.
THE FIGURES FROM RADICAL
OFFICERS.
II a Lie the Liars Specified.
READ THEIR OWN STATEMENTS.

n6RU In6in UWN ON EMIuIO -.
The candidates of the republican party
{ have spoken their pieces SO often in this
county that the people are thoroughly
di,guuted with them. They fully COM
prehend what they are driving at, and
they will not be deceived by them. They
know that the expenditures Of this county
are more reasonable than in any of the
republican counties around Us, for instance:
The expenses of st. 10. coun-
ty for 1867 were ...... S29, O10 60
Marshall for same year ...... 22,5S3 60
st. 10. exceeds Marshall. S 5,507 81
The expenses ofPorter county
were, for the same year. $685. 1888 26
Marshall for same year...... 22.5S3 6S
Porter exceeds Marshall. ...S SO, 254 So
The expenses of Laporte coun-
ty, during same year.. s51,S75 %
Marshall for same year. ..... 22,583 "A
Laporte exceeds Marshall. d. S29, 292 "a
ST. 10. county paid for 1867
interest on bonds ........ S1,S14 IL
Marshall paid on county orders IA 40
St. 10. exceeds Marshall. -. s1,799 ~
Porter county paid interest
4 amounting to. 80 80
Marshall pays. ii 40
Porter exceeds Marshall %. 5 SO 81
Laporte paid interest amount
Ing to. ................ sol w
Marshall paid IA 40
Laporte exceeds Marshall. 80. s 837 50
st. 10. has outstanding bonds
amounting to over ........ $50, 900 90
(Judging from the amount of
interest the county pays,)
Marshall pays on outstand-
ing bonds and county orders 100000 90
J Indebtedness of St. 10. county
exceed that of Marshall over $50 600 90
Porter county owes on out
standing county orders, note
in bank at Valparaiso and
bonds issued s2s, $50 So
! Marshall owes in orders and
bonds not issued ....... 100000 OOI
Porter exceeds Marshall. =. $3.50 IS
There is no Indebtedness re.
ported In Laporte county,
bat the county has paid a
nice little sum of interest,
which shows bonded debt
Of about. ...............S $500 90
Indebtedness of Marshall Co. 90 600 90
Laporte exceeds Marshall. ...s $500 90
Cash on hand in Marshall Co. s IL ,008 81
Cash on hand in Laporte Co. 4,1O9 %
Cash on hand IN st. 10. Co. 1,644 43
: Cash on hand in Porter Co: 2,445 90
These figures are taken from the re-
ports Of the auditors and are correct, ar i
the bare statement by the republican +,
John l.. Westervelt or anv othe- man that
they are lies, simply goes to show that
they have no answer to make, aud is an
admission of the facts we state.
These comparisons were instituted by
the radicals who have shamefully lied to
the people, and have not and dare not
publish the figures for any of their state
ments. 1t is no answer to our figures to
say they are lies. We say they are truths.
at least if they are not the radical auditors
of Laporte. st. Joseph, and Porter coun-
ties are the liars.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

READ YOUR TICKETS CARE.
Tr-rIY BEFORE YOU VOTE THEM
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
STATE OF INDIANA
Marshall COuntu. co.

Before me Justice of the Peace in
and for said county, personally comes
George Carey, who being duly sworn, de
poses and says that Amasa johnson, the
republican candidate for joint representa-
tive in the district composed of the couu-
ties of St. Joseph and Marshall, did, at
the Grant school house, in Tippecanoe
township, in Marshall county, in speech
made there during the present campaign,
use these words: "Show me man with
patched clothes, and 1 will show you a
democrat" GEO. W. CAREY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this,
the 9Th day of October, 1868.
john CLEss,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
"PatcIled'' Clothes.

AmaSa johnson, B0ndhOlder's
Candidate for Joint Rep
reSentative, DenOun-
cling the Poor.
Calico Dresses, Patched Pants
SIouched Hats, ETC.,
at a Discount.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

Extend the payment of the debt forty
years and we can pay it with ease, and
the present system Of taxation can be re-
duced and leave all prosperous.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

Extend it forty years, and in all that
time the bonds do no work, and get near
ly OO,dO0, 900 every year for lying idle
Interest at Al per cent. in gold, will max :
the debt over $4,000, 100000; mean time
all the farmers AID laborers work forty
years, and pay the bonds for lying idle,
and at the end of that time are required
to pay the bonds in gold, but no bond is
taxed to pay for the farm, the shop or the
labor
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

The debt is sacred. for it is for money
lent to save the life of the nation, aad
must be paid in gold.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

Congress gave Massachusetts S241 ,000,-
900 bank capital for one item. They gave
Indiana but s35,OOO,OOO. Tax Massa-
chusetts' bank capital per cent. and it
would bring 81 500, 900, on which she now
pays little OF nothing. Tax Indiana's the
same, and it would be only $4,000. The
manufacturing capital of Massachusetts,,
and her personal end real property, if taxed
according to value, would bring to the
treasury nearly twenty dollars for every
dollar in Indiana.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

As the democrats, north and south. con-
stitute about two-thirds of all the people,
and under the law the majority have the
right to rule, the radical theory is that the
majority have rebelled against the minor
lty, and therefore ought to be hung, and
the minority should rule.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

The democrats are all rebels and trail
tors.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

The bondholders pay more taxes than
farmers or mechanics.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

The only resources of the country are
the profits on industry; those profits are
not enough to pay the interest On the debt
and the ordinary expenses of the govern
ment, in time of peace, under radical ad-
ministration hence our debt gets larger
every year, aad taxes higher; and as they
GO higher credit goes lower, and the prof
its of industry decrease, and bankruptcy
comes in spite Of us.