The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-10-14
THE OHIO STATESMAN.


HORTON ]. HOWARD.
THE OHIO STATESMAN.
BY no means the least Of the circumstan se,
going to make the editorial profession one o
pleasure is the character Of contemporaries
As 1t is in every day life so 1t is in the call
ing'of an editor; II cne meets an unprinciplee
scoundrel in his heighbor or in one he ha:
ever regarded as his friend he casts him of
and refuses to associate with men who are
honest for fear of again encountering i'm
posters. There are in our fraternity those
who stop at nothing to compass their ends
they know no motto but personal or party
1t is on account of such characters as these
that the corruption of the press at large is
becoming proverbial, and the freedom thereof
q byword.
Yet there are those (would they were more
humerous) who are honorable and will always
meet an adversary with frank openhearted-
ness tina; completely disarms susp picion and
commands respect. In controversies with
this class of persons we feel something Of
that
"'Stern joy which warriors feel
In foemen worthy OF their steel"
But in disputes with the former class every
contact. .engenders loss of self-respect; the
thought that you are under the necessity of
meeting such affair odversar;es is in itself
humiliating and we do it reluctantly and only
when led to it by prompting to duty regard.
less Of consequences.
The Locofoco press of this State and their
manner of conducting a political campaign
suggested the foregoing remarks, and more
particularly the conduct of the Ohio States :,
man towards one of our candidates.
A short time since, and too late for sue
cessful reftation to go all over the State, the
charge had done, the Statesman published
TRADE of abuse against Mr.. ALLEN our can
ddate for Lieutenant Governor, saying that
he was a temperance lecturer, and at the
same time regular tippler. Charging him
with being privately opposed to the principles,
of the Maine Law and at the same time
publicly advocating them.--To those who
know Mr.. ALLEN this charge needed no de-
nal, as it bore the lie too plainly on its face,
but there are thousands who will be deceived !
by the boldness of the charge, and will re-
gard Mr.. A. as the unprincpled person the
Statesman has described.
In the Daily Ohio State Journal of the
9Th inst, certificate appeared, from certain
citizens of Mansfield, and fellow citizens of
Dr.. ALLEN, pronouncing the charges UT found
ed and false. The certificate is signed by
men OF all parties who were fred with in
dignatoa at the gross injustice of the libellous
charge. Although the Statesman, the Sir
Oracle OF the Lecofoco party originated and
published the charges and from one end OF
the State to the other the local press like
''Feabt mongrels one by one
Gave answer ALL"
not one OF them had the moral honesty to |
publish the certificate before the election.
We saw no such publication in the States
man, although in the daily paper there was
abundant time to do so. The local press may
probably come out now, after the election
with some sort of miserable apology, but it |
is forever too late to make amends.
Among the list of signatures to the cer-
tificate may be seen that of John Y. Giessner,
formerly editor of the 81. C2airsVillc Gazette
now editor Of the MdAsfstd Shield d Banner,
q Democratic paper. There are also Dem
ocratic Probate Judge, ExMember Of the
Constitutional Convention, Prosecuting At
torney, and other prominent members of that
party. True they have but done simple
act of justice, yet where such acts are SO
"few and far between" we say all honor to
them for their unsolicited action in the mat
er.
Our aeighbor across the way published the
chsrges--let him now publish the following
certificate. He cannot, at this late day, make
the amende honorable, but he can exposes the
duplicity OF the Statesman. Dare you do it,
neighbor!
THE CERTIFICATE.
Whereas, there have been recently publish
ed charges of tippling and rowdysm against
Isaac ]. Allen Esq, now a candidate for
Lieutenant overnor,-therefore, we, the
undersigned citizens OF Mansfield, Ohio,
without distinction of party, do hereby de-
clare and certify that we have personally and
intimately known Mr.. Allen for about ten or
twelve years last past-ever since his residence
here. That during that time he has been a
firm, active, earnest and consistent advocate
of Temperance. That he has contributed
much time, labor and travel for the promotion
of the Temperance cause, at time when
1t most needed the aid of talent and labor; g.
when the public advocacy of the cause in
yolyed material sacrifice of his personal