The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-10-08

For POOR HuCsE DIREcToR.
ABRAHAM WINTERS, Of Pleasant.
The Apologies for the Red lodge
the ATtGul DOdSeT-Lamc COmcIM-
SiOns.
The Eagle commences a paragraph about coun-
~ matters in this wise:
1--WE will go as far as the GaecHe man,
or any whig, in commencing ec0Romy in
The county expenses; but on his part
there must first be exhibited a Httle hon.
esty and manly candor."
Amorol principle, truly! We will be cconomi.
cal, but the Gazette man must first be 50; we will
be honest. but the Gazette man must first be so;
we will be candid, but the Gazette man must frs,
be 50. We had thought that the Eagles Senior
was II real progressive-hc is so in some things
but il the matter of public economy, he wonlr
rather fodor than hedd-so in morals, 30 in can
dor. Very Well, lot the Commissioners put the
county printing out to the lowest bidder and W.
will Iead him with nll ense.
The Eagle adds:
"Ho is good at picking up bushels Of
coal and quires of blanks, and by weak
sophistry and most contemplate misrep.
resentation, making allegations Of wasie,
but not a whimper Of wrong will he dis.
cover on the part ofhis whig brethren
who have plundcred the county to an out
rageous extent"
There has been no "weak sopllisiry or mos
contemplate misrepresentation" in the mat
ter. Every reader of our piper knows that W,
have proved what we have charged By Tie docu
ments aud every render of the Eagle can testify
that no attempt 10 reply to the facts stated by u,
has been nude in that sheet. The matter rest,
just where we first placed it--and there ii mus
rest, for neither the county officers nor their Organ
can or will attempt to reply to our charges. w
have called upon them in vain TO do so.
III regard to the wrong upon our side Of tn
house, lei the Eagle show where it is and we wi
rebuke it. But how does the account stand
Men Of Fnirlield-rcnd the following.
There was a time, when the people in thi
county were not governed by the Convention S..
TEN OF nominating Candidates. Men. of tlci
own nccord and at tho instigntion of friends, olTcl
ed themselves to the voters for tho Offices in llloi
silt. Then, the people selected those whom the,
thought most worthy and competent, aud tn
Bccrys and Carpenters and others conducted Tn
affairs OF the county in nm economical aud homes
manner. We then had no extrU charges for worI
done, no %fivoritcs TO reward, no dofnlCations an,
no debt, For the truth Of this. we appeal to til
OLp CITIZENS Of Tho county aud to the record,
Old Voters, what say youl Let your thought
wander buck a few years, those years when tn
caucus system was unknown in this county
When was your Poor House farm purchased
When wus your Jail, Your Court House, you
Poor House, constructed How light was you
tax compared with the presont-tli4, too, whe
there Is so much more property on the list 70
taxation ut the present iimel You were out {
debt--you had n surplus in your treasury, m
this surplus was minded to your successors. Yo
remember these t~hings-you remember, to,
that new mon, political men, came into yut
county about the year 1880. You know That
new system was established. Instead OF oferin
themselves to the people, the Candidates preset
ted themselves TO the Caucus. You wore toll
alter their nomination, that you must elect theI
or your country would be ruined, You lhougl
it strange, you objectedi but the influence of
military hero, whom you loved and revered, he
you together. For a few years things went we.
but 81 soou as these new lands thought your vot,
secure, they began to dig deeper iuto your treas
ry, TO levy higher and higher tAxes-nnd thus e.
Ilchcd themselves at your expense. You kno'
'hese lhiUgs-many good honest democrats hay
told us so-mmy have loft the party on accoul
OF many more say they would if the
thought things would be b%eltored. Try it, tax
payers. Refuse to be governed by the dictate
OF the Red Lodge-vOto for those cundidate
whom you consider worthy. and If things do II,
30 dilierently-lnve you not tho power to exp
themi You remember the questions unce aske
is he honcstl is lie copablel is he a dcservit
mahl-iE these questions were answered affirm
v lively, you would vote for the candidate; il II
v you would select some other. Now they ask
he a sound partizan-wil ho work for the good
[ the party-is ohbcrul in party support III
= is tho Caucus nominate him and tell you that Y,
d must vote for him whether you will or no. Wlle
n is this system leading you1
Al that surplus has been spent-the State h
loaned the county SO, 900, half of that is gone,
9 tho county has borrowed some $50, 900 or $500
u Of Banks, that has been spent--ond al this til
y youhavo been paying extraordinary high tax
} aud still must pay them--at the rate of abe
u $4,000 for county purposes alone, not to cay q
" thing Of your poor nx--your school tax--a
your township and State taxes,