Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1845-02-04

IhoV were followed Dy DOFt =. .
BdckEer al some length, chiefly IN excul
pqion of h mselffrom certain impulatioDs
lhat had been cast al bin.
ia ges Martin and nag eath distinctly
and unequivucaIly denied haviOg given
any pledge or promise TO any person ia
Felaiign 20 ihs elsTkship. CIV. King !
also denied having rereiVed from either
Of those gentlemen directly Or indirectly,
any promise, pledge, or inlimatiOn that
they would appoint him Clerk.
Alter some pertinent and appropriate
remarks from Col. George Edwards on
The subiect'of the petitions praying the
Legislature TO reconsider the election
Of Associate Judges for this county
Mr.. Hoyt reported the following Pream-
BILE and resolutions from tho commi!teo;
Where's, divers difficulties and lnsun-
derslandings have grown out Of the late
election Of Henry Martin and John KY
a. Associate Judges for this county, ahd
gross misrepresentation have been clI-
culated in relation TO Tho action OF the
whig members Of The Legislature and
especially of John Nj. Barrere, Senator
from Highland, touching this election
and whereas certain slanderous charges
and insinuatiOBs have heen published 81
ga nst judges Martin aud Kay, and Pc
iiion praying the Legislstnrs to recon.
slider the election Of Judges fol Brown
county, cmbodyng in substance some of
thess ISLANDERS has been gotup and for
wSrded 10 Gen Loudon. the IocofUcOSen'
. Tor from this district; and whereas Gen,
7 London on the presentation OF said petit
} non TO the Senate, stated that inero wal
. IAN uprising Of the universal whig party
5 Of the county, and end avored then and
on subsequent Oc! aston 10 create the
; impression tina, :hs wings Of this comfy
] we're geperaly dissatisfied with the cleo
] lion Oi Associate Judges, therefore fol
{ lhe purpose Of discussing the public
l MUD touching the premises and OF ex
pressing the views and pledges Of th'
s wings Of Brown county here assembled.
q RESOLVED,
D lst. That we cordially approve Of th'
y election Of Henry Martin aud John Ka!
K as Associate Judges for this county, ant
/. in doing so, we intend nothing dsParag
Q ing TO other gentlemen whose names wer
,s used az candidates for that office; all 0
whom we recognize as good wings an
!, worthy ci izeDs.
d. ID. That we fully sustain the action Q
" John NJ. Barrers aud the wings Of lh'
d Legislature in relation TO this election
and that we are satisfied tha. tho chrrg
8 made in Medary's Statesman by ?. w
Il Sc ellers, as We verify believe, and reitets
!e led in Sellers Examiner, against M
Is Barrere Of spFpressing petitions 10 hir
b, is wholly without foundation.
r. 81. That the insinualiona aud charge
cTculated sud published against Judge
N Martin aud Kay ofhayipg burgnined vii
= pr given any pledge or promise 10 {
ia w, King ,1v any other person in relalio
" " the. elerkship, 10 our opinion are m
Ili iIlicious false, and basely slapderous- al
no thai W @ are satisfied that both Of the'
= gentlemen are incapable ofany suct co
he rupt conduct. m.
d., 4lh. That nasmuch as the Legis'J
W turs had go pUwer 10 reconsider the le
= ton OF Judg, whose commissions hr
On issued I'VE look upon The getting up Of Il
ne Aforesaid petition asking The Legslatu'
IN 10 reconsider The election, ss an act
graluilous mischief, des signed 10 produC
he eXeuemenl and dissatisfaction at hon
eT aud TO give The lOcoS an Oppvrtunity
I'd attack and dmorliiythe whig members
y The Legisaluts.
lie 5lh. Thsl Preston W. Sellers, by h
ok claRdestne aud unfair attempt at ColnC
y, bus 10 defeat the election OF Capt. w
r. liam Buckner; and also the 70 olecic
cb Of Judge Martin, who he knew was Il
W choice Of the great body Of the wings
n ibis county;by bis agency in getting
he The aforesaid petition 10 reconsider Z
'le election, by The publication in his Exa
me iner OF foul calumnies against Judg
IL Martin &Kay and Barrefe and BY
in furnishing Gen, Loudon with maletil
Ia to bo used against the wings 0! the Le
es islature, has shown himself totally unwt
u thy Of our could and we hereby a
d. nounce thai we dDnot Iecsgnrze tho 2
. litical Examiner as The organ OF the viii
" Of this county. -.sa4Bl la a6 v
ep On motion ofD.o H., Murphy the pr,
amble aud resolutions reported from 4
comtniltec were adopted without di
senlingVoice. v bla s.sd
\ On mOlior, Resolved, that acOpy
i these proceedings OF this meeting be &
& warded to John M, B4Here, Esq. 70
/ 10y him presented TO the Senate, and Ii
the edituFs ofthe Ohio State Journal a
ad other 'whig newspapers in this Stale, Al
~ also III 9 editor ofthe DumocraIic Sta
/ ddrd be requested 10 publish said prOcee
III ings EFF b M sdi i
n. After lew remarks from The Cha
IN man congraiulating the meeting on
M harmony and unanimily which had ch
ID acterised the proceedings Of so large
IA assembly, the meeting adjourned.
he ARCHIBALD LIGGETT, Prei