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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
Impeaching a Private Citizen.

We have not yet heard of a Republi-
can who desires to shield Gen Belknap,
the late Secretary of war from the just
punishment due to his offences. All
agree that in so far as he is guilty, he
ought to suffer the full penalty of the
law, the same as any other offender.
To this we assent in the broadcast terms;
hence it is from no wish to screen him,
Oh excuse him in the slightest degree,
or to attempt to avert from him any
punishment that can be legally and
c0nstituti0nally inflicted, that We ex-
press the conviction that the impeach-
ment proceedings in his case are only
a farcical waste of time and money.
We have not doubt that such proceed
ings are unconstitutional, and we know
that they can serve no practical end.
The only penalty in Impeachment is re-
moval from Office, and disqualification
to hold Office. Belknap is already de-
prived of his Office, and has laid it down
in such a manner that he is as complete
ly debarred from receiving official hon
ors again, as though he were British
subject and resting under y bill of At
tainder of the English Parliament. If
Impeachment proceedings are carried
through, therefore, they can only result
in leaving him just where he is now.
Besides, the precedent is dangerous
Tor 4.
impeached so can any other; and we
have in congress the same powers that
the English Parliament holds, which
our constitution was expressly design
cd to restrict. 1t must be admitted
that Belknap is a private citizen, and
we assert that there is no warrant in
the constitution for Impeachment ex-
cept in the case of those in Office. En-
glish precedents seem to forget that
the powers of parliament are supreme
extending to the infection of any sort
OF punishment, even to that of death.
The English Parliament is constitu-
ton unto itself, and having the right
to purish-not merely remove from
office, it can and does assume this pow
or over the private citizen. But we
have a written constitution defining
precisely what can be done. And it
was designed for the very purpose of
preventing the exercise of such powers
as were held by Parliament, and all
power of punishment was taken away
n
the right 20 remove from office, punish
ment being referred entirely to the jul
dicial authority. But we are told that
the power of congress extends to dis
qualifying forever from holding Office,
and that tits may be inflicted on pri-
vate citizen. Manifestly tie two clau-
ses must be taken together. To re-
move from Office and forever disqualify
to forever disqualify the person
who is removed from Office by
the impeachment proceedings. The
latter clause is contemplated by thes
constitution only as. following the re-
moval designated in the former clause.
The idea that citizen not in Office can,
under our constitution, be pronour ced
by the Senate sitting as court of inn
parchment, forever incapable of hold
ng office, is absurd. 1t can only apply
to the man whom the impeachment
court removes from Office, at the time
when he is removed, and as a part of
the penalty for high crime and INSIDE
meanor in Office.
But suppose no attempt is made to
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
ST. NICHOLAS.

This number of Scribner's St Nicholas
will delight every child into whose hands
it falls. 5. W. Cozzens tells how Obed Rol-
Inns freed grizzly, and how the affair was
reversed. The second number of Talks
with Girls" contains a good lesson to old
and young alike. The "Poor Boys Aston
House is description of the Newsboys'
Home in New York, with sketch of the
character of that interesting class. Noah
Brooks story Of the Boy Emigrants" takes
the young adventures i'm this number to the
deviding ridge between the waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific There are, besides
these, great variety of sketches and poems
beautifully illustrated, the whole making
up an excellent number.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

There is great deal said just now
about Washington society. In fact it
is always target to be shot at; but it
seems to be getting more of it now
than usual. But what is Washington
society? 1t is simply the society of the
whole country drawn together at the
capital. 1t is the society of the North
and South, and East and West. 1t is
the society of every large city in the
country, and many small ones; and
whatever there is in it of evil, should
be distributed all over the country.
Let us cease to make Washington a
scape-gOat for the sins of the whole
people.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

We observe that several of our ex-
changes are inclined to censure the
jury in the Palmer-Murray case because
the punishment of Palmer for shooting
Murray was fixed at only two years in
the penitentiary. But it is heavier
penalty than was prescribed in like ca
ses by the old Mosaic law, notwith-
standing its severity. See Exodus q,
10. "And if men strive together, and
ore smite another with stone or with
his fist, newspapers and pistols were
not known in those days., and he die
not. but keepeth his bed; II he rise
again and walk abroad upon his staff,
then shall he that smote him be quit;
only he shall pay for the loss Of his
time, and shah cause him to be thor
oughly healed"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
The Carnival of Defamation.

When? Where? Now and here.
The downfall of Secretary Belknap has
given rise to lurid cloud of SANDER;
and to judge by what we read from day
to day. we should conclude that every
man of prominence in the nation reeks
with corruption. 1t is gross and pal
pable error; but that is not all nor the
worst. 1t is terrible evil, this charge
of universal corruption. Certain news
papers, by their vile ISLANDERS, have done
a thousand times more to debauch the
public conscience, than the act of the
late Secretary of War. In late issue,
the Indianapolis Sentinel printed this
infamous assertion: 1T has been re-
served for the present administration
to make what was formerly occasional,
universal" 1t would be difficult to
pen a sentence more destitute of truth.
Twenty-seven committees of investiga-
tion have been at work in Washington
for the last three months. They have
thrown out their drag-nets in every di-
rectiOn; and they have succeeded in de-
veloping a single case of corruption on
the part of high official. That is all
and from that, the country is bruised
and stunned with daily assertions i'm
plicating all men who hold official posi-
tions, vet which are entirely baseless.
Such infamous teaching tends to pro-
duce the very thing that is asserted.
How oft the sight Of means TO do i'll deeds.
Makes III deeds done"
And the thought of i'll deeds, and the
belief that men do them, puts it into
the minds and hearts of other men to
engage in the evil which they are
taught to believe is universally prac-
ticed. Scarcely any man is permitted
to escape: the public mind has become
inflamed, morbid, and ready To believe
evil of any man, as soon as it is sugges-
ted. 1t is the very carnival of defama-
ton, for the slanderer riots unchecked,
and obtains ready credence for his lies.
Gen. Sherman said at the st. Patrick s
day banquet at st. Louis: AT this
moment the air is full of calumny, and it
is sickening to observe that men usually
charitable and just are made to believe
that all honesty and virtue have taken
their flight from earth; that our nation
al capital is reeking with corruption;
that fraud and peculati0n are the rule.
and honesty and fidelity to trust the ex-
ceptions. / do not believe it, and
think we should resist the torrent. "The
public defamer is as much worse than
the thief, as character is more precious
than property; and the man who will
fully blasts or attempts to blast the
character of an innocent man, ought
to he subjected by law to the doom of
felon. As compared with the filching
away of the good name of an honora-
bic man, the stealing of the purse Is a
venal offense. We commend the ac-
ton of the California legislature. which
is about to pass law making the pub
LEGATION of SANDER a criminal offense.
IL is high time this monstrous evil was
suppressed. 1t is the browning wrong
Of the day, and ought to he cut up root
and branch. Newspapers certainly
have higher mission than to be mere
conduits for the circulation of Islander
and defamation.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
Republican State Ticket.
FOR GOVERNOR.

FOR GOVERNOR,
GODLOvE s. ORTIZ, Of Tippecanoe.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
ROBERT S. ROBERTSON, of Allen
FOR JUDGES SUPREME COURT.
1st. Dist, WM. p. EDISON. of Posey
I'd. Dist. A. c. VORHIS, of Lawrence
Sd. Dist, H. C. NEWCOMB, of Marion
4th. Dist, JNO. F. KIBBEY. of Wayne
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
ISAIAH p. WATTS, of Randolph.
FOR AUDITOR OF STATE,
WILLIAM NJ. HESS, of Hendricks
FOR TREASURER OF STATE,
GEORGE F. HERRIOTT, of Johnson
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
JONATHAN W. GORDON, of Marion
FOR REPORTER SUPREME COURT,
LEVIN ID. MILLER, OF Warrick
FOR CLERK OF SUPREME COURT,
CHARLES SCHOLL, of Clark.
FOR sUP'T PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
OLIVER II. SMITH, OF Spencer.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

A correspondent at Washington, a
lady it is said. attempted to steal a
photograph of Mrs. Belknap from Mrs.
Bristow's album. The manager of a
New York illustrated paper had offer
ed her S125 for it, and she was not
scrupulous as TO the manner of earning
the money. 1t is quite probable that
when her virtuous intentions were sup
pressed, she took her revenge by writ
ing an indignant denunciation of the
corruptiOns of official life.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

Those Democratic newspapers that
are now vilifying Hon. Frank Landers
at such a rapid rate, would do well to
go a little slow. We give them the adj
vice in all kindness and sincerity.
Their words will surely return to
plague the inventors The threat that
1.-The great mass of Democrats, particu-
larry in the north part of the State, will
never give him their support even if he
is nominated" will have no effect on
the convention. He will be nominated
because of his ''softest kind of soft
money ideas;" and then we shall see
his present hard money Democratic
newspaper backbiters climbing humbly
down to partake of their feast of
crow
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
Easter. this year falls on April 10th, in

Easter, this year falls on April 10th, in
stead of the 9th. An exchange explains
that the cycle of the golden numbers is lu-
mar, not solar, and while by solar calcula-
ton day always begins at midnight, by
lunar calculation it begins at noon. If,
therefore, the paschal full moon falls on a
Saturday after IL m, it is counted as fall
ing on Sunday, and then Easter day is the
Sunday following. This is what happens
i'm the present year. The paschal full moon
falls on Saturday, April 8, at 1858 p m. 1t
is therefore counted as falling on Sunday,
April 9th, and Easter day is the Sunday
following, i. E., April 16. 1t may be added
that should the full moon fall on March II
before IL m, that full moon counted as
falling On March 20, would lot regulate
Easter day, but the one following. This
happened In 1870
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
Connecticut Elections.

Not much consolation to Republi-
cans in the Connecticut election on
Monday last Connecticut elected a
Governor and member of State Leg
islature. The Democrats elected In
gersoll Governor, by a plurality of
about 1900 and majority OF 81 in
the Legislature. 1t is not a very
large state anyway.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
True.

The Democratic papers for a week or
two have been persistently censuring
the President of.the United States for
soaring Marsh to Canada. But since
Marsh came back and testified that the
President had nothing to do with his
going, these good Democratic papers
have not retracted word of their
abuse, and have not informed their
readers of the deception which they
practiced upon them. OF course we did
not expect they would.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

The Ligonier Banner criticises the
Republican press because when Hill de-
liyered his speech, the Democratic par
ty was held responsible for his utteran-
ces; and when Belknap was exposed
1.-The same press plead piteously that
the Republican party ought not in JUS
tice to be held responsible. Does the
Banner forget that in Belknap's case
the Republicans universally condemned
him, and demanded his punishment,
while i'm Hills case nine-tenLhs of the
Democrats and Democratic newspapers
stood by him and defended both him
and his infamous utterances.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

General Rice, of Iowa, has been call
ed ''lntrOducer-genegal,r because he
received fee of 81 900 for introducing
Evans, the post-trader, to Secretary
Belknap: but he must take off his hat
to the virtuous Londoners, Coates and
Hankey. who for introducing the En-
ma mine directors to Baron Grant, de-
manded 100000. But ex-senator
Stewart says they did not pay it. Per-
haps he concluded it was trifie too
much. And he states that they found
these English pulls very common.
Yet these English men are of the opin-
ion that America is exceedingly cor
rupt and mercenary.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

The CINCINNATI Times figures the
strength of various candidates before
the national Republican convention on
first ballot. and thinks they will stand
about as follows: BristOw so, Har-
tranft 20, Hayes 20, Conkling 20, Blaine
$50. and Morton go. We think it puts
Hartranft, Hayes and Conkling too high
and perhaps Blaine also. Bristow and
Morton will each get more than the
Times allows them. Morton will stand
very far ahead of any other.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

According to late Democratic au-
thOrity, hard money Democrats are
sensible Democrats Hence soft
money Democrats must be those with
out sense. Yet this same authority
wants Holman for the Democratic can
didate for Governor, who holds 1.-The
softest kind of soft money IDEAS a
man should think twice before he calls
names once.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

To the average mind it does not look
quite consistent to see Democratic hard
money newspapers denouncing Frank
Landers because of his ''softes' kind of
soft money ideas;" and then coming
briskly to the support of Holman, whose
money ideas are as soft as those of Ian
ders- But such is the way and the gen.
Jus of Democracy.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

The Philadelphians are now learning
how.many cousins they have scattered
all over the country And the cousins
are renewing the correspondence which
had been broken off years ago. OF
course Philadelphia people will be so
glad to see them, and will urge every
one of them to bring all their friends
and stay three or four weeks.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

In the Lakeside Library, published
weekly by Donnelly, Lloyd x Co., Chicago
there is furnished more really meritorious
literary matter in each number for ten cents
than can be purchased in book form for
one dollar. What surprises us is to see so
excellent periodical sold so cheap. Its
serials are all 10y writers whose fame is
world wide, and are always completed in a
single number. For sale at all the news
rooms
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

Those Democratic newspapers which
asserted that the Senate had stepped
on" Morton in regard to his Mississippi
resolutions, will probably be surprised
to learn that they have passed the Sen
ate by a vote of % to 10. A condition
of things will now be shown existing in
that State that ought to bring the blush
Of shame to the cheek of every upright
citizen
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

We pity the Democratic newspaper
that has the constituencies mendacity
TO charge Secretary Bristow with cor
ruption on account of that mule case
which has been so thoroughly sifted
that no man or newspaper that cares to
maintain reputation for veracity has
the hardIhood 10 assert it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

The marriage of that worthy ole gen.
tleman, Senator Christiancy, to one of
the youngest of the treasury girls, is
said to have had wonderful effect on
those fair young ladies. They now call
a fellow ''Bub'' until he is fifty years
old.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
For President Of the United States,
OLIVER p. MORTON.
FOR ELECTORS AT LARGE,

GEN. BEN. HARRISON, of Marion
GEN. THOS. II. NELSON, of Vigo.
FOR ELECToR THIRTEENTH DISTRICT,
FIELDING PRICKETT, of Noble
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
RAIL ROAD DIRECTORY

PITTSBURGH. IT. WAYNE a CHrcAs O.
On and after Sept 18th 1878. trsins WIN
run on this road Sundays excepted a. fol-
lows:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
TRAINS GOING WEST.
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On and after June Esd. 1875. trains win
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lows:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06

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