Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-09-10


entitled dreadful LocofOco Outage"
which il seems was an excitement in the
ncipbborhood Of Louisville, arising from
the detection and arrest of band Of
whig pipe.Iayers, as shown by the iol'
lowing card; which appears in the Louis.
vile Democrat:
TO THE PUBLIC. |
In the Journal Of this morning, find
an article headed, "dTeadful LocOlOco
Outrage, )" in which my name is intro
duced, and in which, SO far as relates 10
myself, there is not one particular con>
nected in the remoiest degree, with The
TRUTH. am impelled by a proper re.
gard for my own character, 10 state pre-
cisely what connection | had with this
affair, and what | understood TO be the
real circumstances.
On yesterday evening. ] was present
at a meeting Of few democrats, when
information was communicated that the
wings were pipe-laying in the country
and that large number had been taken
and quartered at SlandiCord's mill, about
ten miles from the city. The democrats
in The neghborhood requested that
some person should be sent out who
would be able 10 recognize these men,
and say whether they were residents Of
the city, and entitled 10 vote in the
country, it being intended If they were
found 10 be fraudlGnt voters, that they
should be expelled from the neighbor
hood. ] was particularly requested and
urged 10 go-and did go in company
with FIVE others, among whom were Bap-
tiste Irwin and William Cooke; the names
of the others do not remember. We
left The city late in The evening, and
when we arrived at the mill, we found
that a numbe Of the neighbors had col
lected-caplured six Of the illegal VO'
ters-the others made their escape. l
Immediately endeavOred 10 allay The exl
citement, and prevailed upon those pres
snI TO do them no further injuryj and
did in two instances, save one Of the men
from being severely whipped.
A consultation being held as TO what
should be done with them, il was de j.
termined to take them 10 Bruneptown
. and az they had already confessed 10 the
iWentiOn of iraudulsntIy voting, to gel
their certificate of that fact, and by whom
e they were employed. They were noun
ted behind a number Of the crowd, anC
; at his most earnest solicitation took OF
my horse young man by the name o
I Douglass whom | had saved from being
injured after arrived upon the ground,
and for which he expressed his gratitude
! TO me, at the time, and after we had AZ
Erved at Brunsrstown. Al BrunsrstOwn
procured the attendance Of DR.. Bryant
TO dress the head Of one of the men who
had been hurt, for which he professsd
himself grcatful to nae, and when left,
instead OF leaving them among strangers,
. procured for them comfortable lodging
land gave them money to pay their ex.
penses. They all prOfsssed themselves
sorry for the degraded attitude in which
, they sloOd--acknOwledged that the neigh.
bOrs had given them what they deserved,
' and gave, in the presence Of at least
one huRdred Witnesses, the following
certificate:
r BRUNERsTOwN, Sunday Night, Aug. 4.
/ ave, Peter Mooney, William Doug.
lass, Josiah BSgcOtt, Jesse i. Meeks,
and Elisha Beckwith, do hereby sol>
emnly state, that wO we're hired and
employed by William Stewart, Edward
Brisco, and James Stanford, to leave the
city Of Louisville, and 60 into Jefferson
county, for the purpose of voting the
whig ticket, and that we were 10 receive
as our compensation, one dollar PER
day"
Here we have the certificate Of these
men themselves, that they were taken 10
the county TO vote the whig ticket, and
that they we're quartered at Sandiiord's
for that purpose: this, they frequently
acknowledged in my presence. call
upon those who we're present and wit.
messed my exertioGs to save them from
! punishment, 10 come forward and say
, so. After | arrived at Standliord's not
. man was struck OF hurt BY any of the
!. clowd. | understood that Briscoe had
. drawn a pistol and bowiekRife. and was
J. knocked down in the attempt 10 stab
: one Of the company. He was not much
hurt, and we left him last night At Bru-
le neTStOwn, perfectly well. His weapons
n were gwen in charge 10 an officer Of th q
u peace The public have now a plain
Of and true statement Of the whole matter
OF and will judge with what justice am
IS. arraignsd before the community. as The
ID leader of a mob to perpetrate "Dread
TO fuI Outage" III am to be censuree
D. in this matt er, it certainly will not b,
n. because that after ] arrived endeayore,
e. 10 prevent further violence, and succeed