The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1850-10-18
DEMOCRATIC PIONEER
UPPER SANDUSXY, OCT. IS, 1850.
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exercise the rights of suffrage-the frs
and best Of all blessings that freemen arr
endowed with---gained and given to as BY
our worthy and patriotic forefathers, whose
names have been signed TO the Declaration
of Independence-thus preserving to us
our liberties and the privileges that tht
God of Nature intended for us. On this
great day, many of our fellow citizens
went to the different polls in the county
and we, among the rest, not dreaming tha
our country was infested with cowardly
mob Of villains, went to Jaskson township
While there, six or seven bullies from
Versailles came for the purpose above
named. One of them was sent into the
house to meet and greet us as a friend
while the others were kept out, fearing
mistrust Of what was going on; and he had
the audacity to carry it out with the i'm
pudence of old Satan. He approached us
and spoke in the most friendly terms
chow do you do, friend Giles?" We spoke
in return. He then said he wanted to talk
privately, and asked us to walk out with
him, which we unhesitatingly did
Before getting off of the porch, he said
he had ga crow to pick with us to walk
some distance with him;" all understood
by his companions, that after getting us
out from the house, they would surround
us, so that we could not get to the house
in such an emergency as this. When we
were led to the spot selccted--distant from
the house so that our friends could not
hear us in the hour of distress, or come to
our relef--they all jumped around us, as
ifto say,--we got you now.
Their countenances bore the most cor
rupt design; their tiendish eyes gave ex-
pressions that led us to believe that their
hearts were SO tickled with the cold boy"I
as to place our life in their brutal hands
AT this moment our heart was full ofago-
ny, and almost bleeding to think there were
men in the country who would thus take a
lone stranger, and use him thus barbar-
ously.
Directly after we were surrounded, the
big little bully, McGayren, threw off his
coat and declared he would whip US
What great little brave fellow he was,
when he had FIVE or six bullies to back
swearing they would have kick at
us as we would fall McGavren struck us
several blows in the breast swearing by
all that was good and bad the we had wea-
pons, for he was told so at Brownstown.
Did he suppose if we had, that we would
have stood and let such insults be heaped
upon us? If we would have had weapons
lie would not have struck us SO often, for
if we ever in our life could have been or
was aggravated to use anything of the
kind, it was at that time.
While we were in this position, asking 70,
quarter, one Of our very special friends in
the house heard us and ran to our rescue.
When he found we were being abused, he
stepped between us and the man that was
striking us and told us to go to the house.
When we started, up stepped MIR. Lewis
Merriman a man ofnotoriety, by the Way
begging of cur friend to let us be whipped;
as, he said, we sorichly deserved it. But
eur friend, true hearted man, would not
swerve from the integrity and friendship
existing between us, but said, "never shall
he be hurt as long as l am hare" A
friend in the time of need is really true
Que; and his name and the names of those
who befriended us in that hour, shall be
sacred in our bosom the longest day we
live.
Had we been surrounded by Indians of
the most savage character, and made the
appeals that we did to those white savages
they would have shrunk from the scene,
and not treated us half so bad! Could we
tell..cur feeling, or describe the scene as it
actually took place, il would be as an im-
aginary picture untsld ofin the history of
mankind.
It is not necessary for us to make
long preface to this story. at this time; as
we expect to be called upon to notice it
again, and make the names and charac-
ters of the individuals conspicuous.
NineTimfs Mns Fer 0hion
The election Of Reuben Wood is fixed