Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-07-29
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Mr.. EDIToR:

In the "JeiTersonian" Of Sep.
tember 2, 1884,, 4 find an article, signed
Joseph Cable,' bearing the caption To
mig JtieadS,' by which, | suppose, he
means his political friends, from which
| make the following extract:
II here pledge myself, upon the altar
OF my country and by the plummet>s
law to oppose TO the utmost of my. pow
Err whule | can move a pen to write, or
have a tongue to llsp--in private and
upon tie srump-wheDeVer and wherev.
eT any Of those may come up for office,
who committed, aided, or aberted, thu
pa pabIe Gaud on CarroIIcounty, on the
24th Of August, lS4l, at Springfield, in
sitting The unsolicited, free and voIunta.
ny roiCc and decision, Of the Democratic
Ireemen, in a choice of a candidate for
renrpsen,at;ve.n y y y Il r 4Ap
| tjpe" saith the Colonel, 81 will fulfil
it TO the letter. And other bombast
unnecessary to quote.
This same gas conadihg 'Joseph Ca
bIe' was, at that time, a candidate, at tho
Springfield Convention; which Conven.
lion refused to nominate him by a vote
Of frty three 10 twenty nine-two thirds
Of a majority, He stands pledged ION
the alta, of his co@nfry'-'by Tie plum
NETS law'-'mh tie pen, or on the
stump 'Whenc0er or WHEREVER any of
those come up for Office who rejected
MIN on the 24th Of August, 1871. He
has soIemnIy sworn, AS live 40 OPP
pose them to the utmost Forty three
oil his W party, or ratherrof the party
to wbichhe is permitted 10 belong are
thus singled out to become targets at
which the r~edoubtdbte Colonel has pledg.
cd himself to shoot '~volIies Of hot shot
whenever tho froemen o. Carroll coun-
ty may think them, or either OF them,
entitled TO their support for any Office
within their gift. Magnani'mous Colo
mel, is this attack on the party TO which
you profess to belong, intended as a
specimen Of your adherence to'the prin-
ciples contained in your quotation of the
fable Of the bundle Of sticks, that 'uni'
ted We stand, rdipjded we taH.' Como,
Colonel, not SO much wholesale slang
and abuse Of as good men probably as
YOU are. give us an extract from your
Log book, which you professed TO have
kept at that time, containing the names
Of the traitors to Democracy against
whom you have sworn eternal hostility,
so that they may have an equal chance
with your Co'o"eiship-so thatthey eau
act und%erstandingly.
Now, in the face OF all this twhifaint
and sniff ng'-this swearing and threat
ening, dn1 in the tJeffersonian' of July
81, 1912, that this same Joseph Cable,
this Goliah of Democracy in these dig.
cine8, has the barelaced impotence to
have hie name ANNOUNCED for the same
office that the people refused him one
year ago. Notwithstanding you claim
to be- the hero Of so many campaigns, in
your Ualpdictory, you need not attempt
to ride dorm nor brighten, by your bully
ing forty three OF the %unconquered free
! men OF this Senatorial district. There
, are men in this county, Colonel, whose
. 10 Auence extends as far as yours, and
whose character, although you have
lately thrown q cloak around yourself.
5 stands as fair as yours, and whose claims
for office are superior TO yours. This
the Democrats OF Carroll know; and
they are too tenacious to sacrifice their
opinions Of right and aOrong, after being
sIandered and abused by you, TO come
upon Terms Of peace with y0u or any
orher'excrescent (ulsOmeness, or fungus
portuIes,' that may exist in the demo-
cratic ranks; they would rather submit
to an honorable defeat, than support a
' man who has viIlifcd and ~blackguarded
2 them as you have done. | could name
- some whom you have attacked secretly
and clandestinIy, but ! will wait for the
extract from your Log book
A DEMOCRAT OF BROWN.
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