Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-11
A Call for an Honest Opinion.

The Democrat makes the solemn
announcement that The REPUBLICAN
has on hau'ls huge contract III il at
tempts to correct political abuses In
the republican party Our neiyhbor
will please observe that We did moi
propose tn complete the job by onr
own labor. but that we favored the
correction OF any abuse that mighte x
list in tho course or the republican al
ministration insi'ls the purity. To
put it into such English that even "a
fool may understand We state Il this
way: Whatever the republican party
hos done that is wrong we propose 10
have the republican party correct the
wrong. rather than to trust the cor
rection to any other political organi
zation, but especially not to -entrustl
anything to the democratic party
which has proven itself false to every
thing ever entrusted to il in national
affairs. The republican party Is held
responsible. whether Justly or not, for
all the Individual wrongs done by
men who held Office under its admin
istration, when IL never has endorsed
the conduct OF a single one Of them.
On the contrary il has taken particu-
lar pains to bring every wrong dcer
TO Justice Mckee was tried and con-
victed, Babcock was tried and acquit-
ted. b .lknap WIS fosni to have com
mitted no offensc for which he could
be criminally punished. He was per-
mitted to resign, thereby depriving
the democracy OF some very much
needed political capital which tn y
especially required at that particular
time. Morton and Chandler have
committed the objectionable offense
Ito democrats) of holding the rebels
and democrats particularly straight
Grant holds the Office of President
which the democrats are trying to
obtain by the most shameful course
Of trickery, fraud and corruption ever
recorded in political history They
regard the Offices of the nation as be
longing to them, and any man who
disputes this right % IL made the
subject OF their hate. and caluminies
without limit are heaped upon him on
every hand. The nation has reason
to thank God that il has such men as
II ,rton. Grant, Chandler. Blaine and.
a host Of other good men and true.
who defy democratic intrigues aud
have the ability to protect the peopls
from their infamous designs. Let
the Democrat lay aside its near sight
ed partisan. spectacles and take =
prayerful view OF the situation. 1t
would then regard things in'the same
way that we do.
And while il is in such a spirit
Gf such contingency is possibIc)
suppose it were TO take a bird's-eye
view of the conduct of leading demo-
Gratis. Its chief, the greatest OF all
sinners, Samuel J. Tilden, would then
appear to it in his true character
that OF base political charlafan. n
man who helped to rob New York
city. and then when the days OF steal
ing ia that place were numbered pre-
tended great Write anti came forth
as a Performer" A railroad rohber.
A man who pretended to reform
the New York canal rings, and after
expanding 100000. which went into
the pockets OF his confcderates, does
not, and cannot recover a dollar from
the swindlers. A man who bought
the columns OF every democratic pa
per in the country to secure his nom-
ination for the presidency, and who,
when he had tricked himself upon |
the party. personally conducted the
in manner that would
shame, and disgrace q cross-road
for Constable. Being beat
On. as be deserved to be, he heaps
more disgrace on himself and his par
" BY course Of trickery and fraud,
n the attempt to secure that which
ioes not belong to him. The Demo.
rat might see all this, - IL IL u it