Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1845-01-28
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For the Standard,
Mr.. Editor:-Much has been said in
the la'e numbers Of your paper, by an.
onymous correspondents about The e;ec.
ton OF Associate Judges for this county.
elimination and recriminalion of man.
parIles,And supposed 'cabals and 'cliuues'
has been so frequent that stranger would
be induced 10 believe that the wing DarlV
IN this county is torn into lactions & par.
ties by thsir z9al for the nolumenls Of
a plilul office, that will not compensate
The lncumbe"tlif he should reside lOmiles
from Geprgelowa) ior ridlag here, and
the expenses he would necessarily incur
curing his attendance at tho sessions Of
the Court OF Common Pleas.
! The most casual observer cannot mis-.
take the object these men have in vieW.in
attempting tO create a division in The par,
" to when they profess to belong, and
whose principles they profess to cIerish.
Fearing to appear before The public in
their lrue chirncter, they have attempted
coverIiy to make Stab from their con.
c;'lsd position at iha membars OF the 'par.
I. who mad fo,neTl y upheld aud su ,por "a
them. They tea that jus. rebuke which
they knO" awdlIS them al The hands Of
their quandam friends the moment they
discover themselves. Bat this they will
mol do. They love darkness rather than
I'shI, II is moro coDgenial 10 their
feelings. Selfish maignuncy, and long.
treasured up revenge, which has on other
occasions bursIed forth in half suppressed
though whitening exccTatiOns, upon those
TO whon they prUlessed friendship, has
now become rife within their bJsoms.
6Verburdening them with "long.penLup
Tase," yet burning into fearful a me,
now that tle Wings withhold their sup,
porl and Appreciation from THAR machina.
mons Tor self h aggrandistmeni,
Thy have open. d the warfsre rpm
those who were IN no way connected
with this business, merely 10 CRAFTY hong
Cherished revenge, resolved upJn in con.
sequence ol d ficul les arising out other
matters. When the actors in This drama
are we'll known the puplic will not be
surprised al their motives. la lun *
Ii is known 10 most of your readers
that Gen. Sellers figured cUhspicuously
in this matter lFom The beginning tie
leiI here and arrived at Columbus before
the commencement OF the Legislature.
Al that time no Fot,tious had been cir.
cslated for any OF the various candidates.
Dr. Bnckaer who acted IS tae AdVis, ,av
Wing Tor thi5scounty gave him a letter
OF recommendations, without AUTHORITY
from The Genital Cummitse, setting
forth, substantially, that hc was a man 0f
influence and standing here-,hat he
would pFob,bly spend The winter in Cul.
umbns, and 10 him was committed the
iHteresis Of Brown county, particularly
The selection Of Associate Judges. When
Sellers reached Colum5Is,A ,Ae inrolu ed
himself TO the notice of The members by
his letter from Buckner. aud urged tho
e,ecton OF David Johnson and John
Beasley, men who had never been spO.
ken Uf here, and whose claims no ono
had urged. lie soon learned that Johns
son was SO odlous 10 the wing me mbefs
OF the Legislature in consequence Of hia
conduct in lS42 4 at he Abandoned, him.
aud presented The name Of George X.
Snider.
friends here were not aware
that he was candidate until printed ne.
titons wele sent here from Columbus bv
Sellers; and he then dsavowed beina
candidate. Meantime DIR. Buckner, his
Son, and Student were circulating neli.
lions Tor Capt. Buckner, sen. Petitions
were presented TO almost every citizen in
the. .counly, OF every political rartS and
they were urged TO subscribe. Thus
large number OF names were secured.
lnO Immediately sent on 10 Columbus.
Doubtless DR.. Buckner, thought thar
Sellers, true 10 the trust confided in him.
was stationed, ready 10 receive them,and
lrge the election Of his father, Such is
iOt the fact. lie attacked The petitions
With an nnsparng hand and exposed the
manner in which they were trumped
up, and urged it upolf upon the mem.
lers Of the LegIslpture-lbal il was
loco moment 10 impose upon lhem.'-
TO this he added The coarest abuse of
CapL Buckner. BY these means the
lection of Buckner was ia "a great ds>
rec defeated, The final result was The
lection Of Martin and Kay. Sellers re-
urnod home chagrined at bis bIich,ed
respects for the Cierkship, with The mel.
ncholy reflection that John II. Blair was,
> exercise the functions Of Clerk for 4
ears yet 10 come.
The most amusing part ofihe stOrv i,
ct 10 relate. Il would require mas,er
and 10 delinaate Infinitely Of with s6v
sgree Of accuracy, yet | will altemot ~
fetch It. The reader viii observe nv