Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-11-29

the principles oil rgbt and justice, suoScrlos
myself Q. WI HOY
Brother Chapman. Of the Ohio State
Times, is down upon US ''lke a thousand Of
brick" in reply to our article defending our
county officers from his venomous assaults,
As he has hot The fairness 10 publish any
polrion Of our defense, he must excuse US
70, declining 10 give publicity TO any more
3f his sanderous aiiacks.
: He saws lha, il is not malice which he
feels for Mr.. Halliday, but contempt. We
think our word tho best; bun. are not dis.
posed 10 be tenacious about H.. Those who
read bis articles, can have their choice
Of the two words, both Of which are well de-
fined by Webster and Walker. His last, ar.
lce demonstrates clearly .ha, he bears no
love for Mr., Halliday.
If Brother c. is disposed TO qubble about
words, however, we should like 10 know the
meaning Of ,he term sRal." as used by him
SO frequently. Webster thus defines it,
"Rat-(n.) 1. The popular rame oil sew
eral small and troublesome rodent quadru'
pcds of The genus mus larger than mice.
20 ~ In EnglisbpoIhics, 10 deserl ones
former parry and go ovsrso The opposite.
- Among printers, to work for less than
the established prices"
The first is altogether inappica5le; the
second, ifapplicable at all 10 American pol
ilicans, would BIZ much more appropriately
used in speaking Of former Whig editor
we wo, of, who now claims sIewdardshF
in The FreesoiI parry. The third is confined
10 Bro. Chapman's craft properly; but may
be made 10 apply 10 our county officers, i
they do not charge the county enough tor
their services; in which case, we think thei
constituents will not complain. When We
first saw the term, in the "squib" referred
10, we supposed il was intended 10 apply II
persons who had refused 10 pny sufficien
amount for county printing, and thus com
PEELED Bro. Chapman 10 "rat," as The tern
goes. We are pleased TO see that this is
mistake. This explanation, however, leave
US in dilcmma; for here our knowledge G
rats clases Perhaps in his extended re
searches, ,his learned Naturalist has discov
cred another species Of rat, hitherto unknown
!. II so, as an earnest seeker after knowledge
we implore him 10 give US the benefi. Of hi
, investigations. Ii might prove quite an &C
) QUESTION 10 our Library of Natural History
Bro. C's: statements we will not prelen
, 10 deny. They simply involve ques'o
of veracity between himself and our worth
Auditor. We think, however, that he migf
have omiued lha, alIusion 10 Mr. Halliday
4 physical mfr ni.y--an nfrmiIy with whic
he has been afflicted from CHILDHOOD. Sue
u u aIlusionS are exceedingly ungencrous.
Bro. Chapman ofe rs to "slake his rep'
tation'' on The future results in This county
= Had he been rash enough 10 offer 10 slak
S anvlhing paluabie, we should have advise
: him by all means TO desisl; but, as il is nj
:, Thing but his reputation, we think he woul
h be vastly benefued by losing ii, and, as
n friend, we feel inclined 10 favor The bet.
: In regard TO the honesty, ability and lido
: i,y of our Auditor, we have nothing TO r,
Il Il call. Sore credit is undoubtedly due lh
Commissioners for the faithful and abl
o manner in which they have uniformly di
charged their duties; but, we think they wi
e hardly claim that the prosperity Of the coul
ly for the last lweLIy -four years is due sol
ly 10 their wisdom and economy. TT
h Commissioners spend one or two days eac
e quarter in attending 10 the county bushes
= Tho Auditor is al ii all The time. TT
Commissioners are constantly being changed
{ The Auditor has served almost an ordinar
= Lifetime. Who has had the greatest o.
o porlunily OF doing good or harm!
a Finally, the alIuslon of Brother Chapmu
= to the change in the position Of parties
n This county is peculiarly unfortunate. "
;" have only 10 60 back TO the nomination
4 Gen. Taylor in 1848 TO find the first gre
is disaffecIion in The Wing ranks. Broth
e Chapman was then publishing Wing pap
here, and YET refused TO support the VIII
9 candidate for President, doing all in h
" power to create division in The party
True, he took with him but small lraclio
IS bui enough TO render the success of The ma
'f body extremely doubtful, without great un
/ nimity and The utmost exertion. AlIhou&
!, :, The Wing ticket was generally successfl
the county was no longer reliably VIII
/. INSTRUMENTATION having once been counle
.e anced by high authority, it was allerwa
p frequently resoued 10, for the most Wivi
'' causes. The boilers Of 1343--lhose wi
- have not returned TO the party-Ore no
S, more bitter IN their opposition 10 their lorr
+ er brethren than even The most rampant
'i our legitimate opponents. But the VIII