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Ma. EDIroR: ! was a little ~disappoint-
cd in not seeing Some account of the grand
Wing County Convention 10 ,our last Ban
ner. ] had hoped that some hand more a.
hle than mine would draw you a sketch of
the doings and sayings in that very able,
dignifed and faithful body, whose acts will
long be remembered BY the good people of
the county. But sir, as you live away off
ON n side Of the county, where the peo-
pie see but littleUf the machinery, and hear
and know but little Of the political wire
working which is done in and about this
august metropolis Bowling Green, We pre-
sumo the great men of this candidate-mak-
ing Agion, did not think it worth while to
give any information on the subject
WellsSf on reflection, | think as you are a
very % pretending man, it could hardly be
expected that men of such voting preten-
sions, as the politicians who dwell in this
region would deign to give you any account
of their doings. They make candidates
and tnmake them as they please, and then
you knowg it becomes your duty like all
other humble citizens, simply to vote and
ask no questions; for all the causes, the
Why's and wIIerefores, of this mans being
put up, and that mans being put down,
should in their judgment be known to them
aloue. You recollect that last year, these
same great men endeavored to rule on and
then off the track, for the Circuit Clerk
ship, some four or five candidates in the
short space of two weeks, whilst they en-
deavored by all possible means to persuade,
coax, drive, pull down and shove men to
the support of their candidate for ECoum-
ty Clerkship, even at the RIB q 6reaking
their invaluable choking msshsns which is
of so great service in candidatesmaking.-
Well sir that machine il(the hands Of a few
great men did actual work wonders las,
summer, and as sureias you live, that same
machine, managed by a few men of the
same sort, was at work here on last Mon
day week, the result of which now only
partially seen, time will yet develope. On
the mntding of that memorable day | was
in tq@n a silent locker on. had deter
mined to go to the convention to witness,
ISL calculated upon, a fair though close and
animated contest between Buford and Cash,
the two rival aspirants for the nomination
for the Office of the Sherifalty. l knew
that Cash was a mighty man with the grear
body of the people, though l knew thai
Buford had on Lis side the invaluable ma.
chine, and all the wire-workers about Bow.
ling Green, | therefore expected, as I SAID
before, a close contest between mair
strength on the one side, and good manage.
msnt on the other; but sir | had not been or
the streets Of the metropolis many minutes
before | learned that the order of battle
had entirely changed-that instead Of Blu
ford the contest m~uS1Anow come between
Lindsey and Cash, as the master hand hac
turned the crank and all the wires of thu
machine begun to draw in favor of Lind
sey. Cash was londly denounced by thu
owners of the machine, while the Bufort
men began to talk of dropping both the as
pirants, and taking up Lindsey, betweel
whon and Buford, there seemed to be til,
most cordial good understanding. Early il
the day, it was evident to the minds of many
that Lindsey would be the candidate nomi'
mated by a union of his and Buford's friends
brought about by this invaluable machine
in the hands of a few, to whom Mr.. Casl
had become particularly obnoxious, though
this thing had probably never been dreamed
Of by any but the managers, before thai
morning. On the opening Of the Convsn.
tion it was proposed that the delegate:
from the different townships should be al.
lowed to select som persons from theil
townships to fill their delegations to the
number fixed upon by the meeting which
had resolved upon the holding of the Con.
v~ention. Whereupon a delegate remarked
that the delegation from Buffalo was no
full, and requested that MIR. Jno. Lindsey
from that township would take his seat a.
a delegate. Upon this the chairman oil
the meeting remarked, tkat Mr.. Lindsey
woald probably be before the meeting as
candidate for a nomination, in which event
he woald be placed in a delicate position
This was the first intirnation Of the kint
thrown out BY a Cash man, though the mat.
ter had been much talked of by the friend.
Of Buford, and ever this did not sound t.
me like tile speaker wished it, nor do I be-
lieve that he did, for | regard him as
straight forward man, opposed to all turn'
Of the kind. The delegations from the 9th
or townships being filed to the best ad