The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-11-10
From the Cddiz Sentinel.
SALT RIVER CORRLSPONDEFCE.
lIEAp OF SALT Rtrkn. Oct %. 1s4

STj-Fere we are hlsh aud dry, but very much IA
tgued, having made the rep in than twtnty-lo four
hOus, owing 10 the peculiar speed Of the Gerryman
der which you had the pOteness to harness for us yes
terday. For facility woud not swap this animal for
all the locomotives in chrstendon. He goes like
streak of creased tightening when he gets fairly
der heat way. But when he is Curbed and crcum-
sched in his courses he becomes restive and very un-
comfortable 10 ride. We experienced this before the
election, when we tried to make a hobby Of HIN to
carry Tom Corwn and the rest Of US into office. You
might well have tried TO alligator short round
TO turn his head in the direction of Salt River. Ma
ny hard tug have had at the old blind brinde we
put upon him thinking thereby 10 get HIM 10 'go it
blind" but all TO no purpose. Dewey and Scott and
Cowen and StokeIey and Ewing and Wright and Kel-
lev and Bot Smith and all their underslrappers, aud
Tom Corwn to boot, all hanging to the rens at
once and the equally unavailable 1t would have
tickled you 10 have the "waggoner boy" plying
the whip U his sin'uOas sines TILL he almost turned
black IN the face | tried my utmost however, TO get
Tom over 10 Cadiz thinking that on the old Harri-
race course, which was fair one, the whip would
be more potent, especially when stimulated by that
powerful auxiliary LemmOnade. ! even proposed to
Tom Corwin, when al Dover, Tuscarawas county,
(where they called ms ugly names) to stump for him
three days. provided he would stump one day in Cadz.
But whether he had misgivings to the result
whether he thought should have spoken more than
three days TO his one; whether be thought had hei.
ter not speak al all, | was at loss to know. Since
harborsd the latter opinion. Aud the result furnished
good evidence that if such his opinion it was not
without grounds. lhave not the least doubt, nav. that
he saw while was riding the Gcrrymander hobby, in
the iowa above mentioned that was inexperienced in
such business which was fact; besides the animal
was such an uncouth unshapey and in fact such an
unearthI being, that am fully convinced that must
have mistaken its tail for its head which will account
for my deluSon. knew that had got the thing in
motion; but was so confoundedy fured for fear it
would kick up, that the consarned loco focOs would
egg me, that tell you now, hardly knew which end
Of me was up let alone which end of my hobby was
foremost This, no doubt, was observed by Mr. Cor
wn who altogether too modest TO hurt my feelings
by advertiug to it, 1t doubtless. too owing to this
fact that of The loco fOcos of Harrison and Tusca
rawas counties are talking Of sending for next fall
to stump for them at fifty dollars month"; But darn
my button holes If | go would rather live here on
parchsd corn and possum grease and patch my panta.
looms with coonskns, than do anything directly in-
directly to advance tho cause of ha barnburnas Mind
thatl If you and Millgan and Jewe and Peppard and
Hunter had known that was doing your cause more
good than harm (as it now appears l. did you would
not have been so hard me you were. But so it
is We poor short sighted morlas do sometimes Ego It
blind" to use the ouphe,nous expression Dewey and
Scott when they charged The loco focos of the Ohio
Legislature with agreeing in Tin pam TO vote for By
ingons Bill
We about organizing a new Government here
upon the Rhode Island charter principlei for after all
wings more in favor Of an arisocratira kingy
government than any other. There is probability
however. of division in our ranks The richer por-
ton Of tho party such Tom Ewing Alfred Kei ey and
Tom Corwin, are in favor Of extending the right of
suffrage 10 who does own freehold estate
worth al least 5000 dollars. lthis proposition should
be engrated in the Constitution charter and be
made perpetual, or. which is The thing be snb-
lect To no alteration except at the will OF those having
the qualifications hccone voters under it, las is the
RhaIn VpIop uralo
cut off more Than two thirds of the inhabitants of the
Salt River country from any participation the Govern.
ment And what is more will deprive me of the righ,
OF suffrage well cut off all my hopes of rising to
that pinnacle of fame to which have long been aspir-
ing Ihink however; that shall be able 10 mod fy the
original PROFESSION so as 10 allow the pensoned soldiers
of the Revolution Of l640 QamIarly known as the
skin rcuOLuon) the right to vote and hold Office In
Rhode Island you know, the poor old soldiers of the
revolution o76 cannot do either unless they happen to
possess freehold estate worth some $50 dollars. Of
the fua action Of this critical point lsha keep you adj
| vsed in future No.
Before conclude the present epste it may not be
l. unin, n,eesllng to know how your old townsmen Dewey
and Scott stood III ir trip and how they enjoy themselves
in 'lhs region off country They appear 10 bS con-.
| sideraby crest-aen, and complain very much Of
the heating they got on the llh But for this and the
jostlng they got on their way here, they would do pre,
iy well. As it is, they are very down IN the mouth.
When il is known that these two gentleman, at least
the latter of the instruments in bringing about
tho expatration of the Wing party Of Ohio, il was
very confederate in him to take the precaution TO send
the former on ahead with flag of truce. The result
| proved this; for when they arrived signs Of rebellion
were manifest A low murmur ran through the crowd
upon the bank Of the river; But when they got close
enough forlhe word Truce 10 be read nearly all signs
of hostility died away and they suffered to give
short explanation of their conduct. can discover,
/ however, that number oI The exiles look upon them
If 4 ID
not be shtpfedto open rupture in the Tauks bo
fWe long between the OHIO Runaways, on tho one