The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-10


its acknowledged weakness rtn lcrs its
statements Of lut littl, account: bu.
when it attacks and saunders .he people
Of Marshal. county with r.cndac'ty
wholly unjus;ifiabe We consider that
more than passing notice OF that
sheet viii not be considered out Of place
hv those who read the article it rub
iishcd last week.
The extract which that sheet makes
from the South Bend ia,on. Is 10 ex-
euse for the TRADE of SANDER. abuse and
defamation in which ii INDUCES The
slr which the tnjoa attempted to
throw on Col. SuA,ncr, because of his
place Of residence, WAS too conte.nptible
aud silly. ia cur estimation 10 merit any
notice whatever: but the RtpuJL'ran
gladly awaited itself of the occasion TO
repeat the dirty SANDERS it had prey;
ously heared upon the people of Mar
shall county, because Of their political
opinions. Instead of maintaining and
defending the good name of our people.
the editor of that sheet joins the sense
less TRADE against Marshall county.
who's, people not only furnish him with
l. f.
ut Christian forbearanee by permitting
in their midst so intolerable nuisance
as the sheet which does AL in its power
to destroy their eood name At home
and abroad
y newspaper which deliberately Will
fes and ISLANDERS the people Of an entire
county because Of the prcponderaace Of
an opposing political sentiment, ap-
proaches 50 near state of total deprav-
ity that it stands entirely al ne-an oh
ject Of detestation in the minds of men
Of all par-ies, crecds and sect. When
an editor cannot speak well of the coun-
II IN which he lives, and OF whose reo-
pc he depends for support. it is then Il
good time for him to move to another
locality. 1t is custom to which the Rc
publican Of this place furnishes litarv
exception. among Pablo men to speak
in teens # commentator Of the com
munity and comfy where they rc~ii,
such matters a. are not emf led t. favor ,
able Comment being passed by in ,.lence.
while the n1ure od anl desirable traits |
of character which almost any cotAnuni
II p .ssesses, furnish Il theme upon
which the most favorable comments can
BE- NIL. With r.ct ree,rl lar truth
Marshall county l. one of the best
counties OF land in the state p : e.s;ng
eFca;er proportion If valuable Ind
than any county joining It. \ large
portion Of the county bein" heavily TIM
bered. the work Of openin. farn.s Was
necessarily SO" and l'b"rious-s much
50 that counties whore lands were
snostly prairie az l;-ht sells gained a
temporary advantage b. pu',in@ their
acres under cultivation in shorter
space Of time. bat the improvements
here have been steady and of Il sui,tan
tial character We have as god farms
as can be found in the state. both in the
quality Of soil. and the beauty and dur
ability Of the Improvements. Oar farm
ers and mechanics are az industrious
and frugal As any IN the state. and are
bringing the improvements Of the coun-
ty to the highest state of excellence.
In educational matters. our county
stands equal, if hot superior, to amy
county in Northern Indiana of the same
wealth and population. The teachers
institute, held in this place one year
ago, had HIGHER average Of attendance
than Institutes Of some other counties
having ihiri more population and
wealth We 10 not claim that our
school facilities are perfect; nor are
they perfect in counties where there are
Republfcan majorities !; and further we
think it is not demonstrate tia. the
management Of our schools would be
improved b. 4 change Of political pow
er. There are school houses sufficient
for all the children; and 10 complaint
can be made Ola want Of reasonable cd
ucational facilities.
We have two railroads running in OPP
pGsitc directions through the county. In
AID Of which our people were as liberal
as their MEANS would admit Of; aud du-
RIM the present year two townships 70
ted over thirty thousand d liars to a
third rad which has It's EASTERN term-
nu. at the county seat y magnificent
court hou.e Is heinz erected, which,
when completed. will ecIip~e any similar
building ia Northern Indiana.
These, with many other commenla-
bic features which might be named,
ct whl h Democrats aud RepGh leans
alike may be proud, for their combined
efforts wrought the result Neither p
ltical purity is emitted to the cred;, ir
tie improvements that have been made