The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-09-29
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Milford Himself Again :!
How changed in a few short years.
Mr.. A. W. Brinkerhoff forgers that
What you keep by you, you may change and
mend;
But words, once spoken, can never be recaIld"
We will ask the careful reading of the
following letter, written for the Pioneer
two years ago by Mr.. Brinkerhof, in re-
lation to Col. Nc Cutchen and other aspir-
ing men, who never had any qualifca-
tions fol places of honor or trust Mr.. B !
may think that the time has arrived when
men who have lille mind left vet can
be SO benighted'' as to be made follow
those he SO much abhored at one day.
But if he thinks SO, he may find himself
disappointed.
What mighty change has come over
the land in few years, that has benight-
ed our respectable friend Brinkerhoff so
much as to cause him to support the mon
grel ticket? Is he to receive some depu-
ty-ship under the new order of things, or
has Mr.. McCutchen SO far changed as to
'benight' the gentleman into the support
of the "sovern People?' What will the
friends Of this writer in Sycamore town
ship think of his consistency? The POS
ition of Mr.. B. is hard one,
''For when a smiling face doth cloak deceit
1t is our duty teexpose the cheat ~
Read the letter, and then place your
own estimate upon the writer and the
mongrel ticket
For the Democratic Pioneer
Mr.. Edaor:-Many, no doubt, have
been no little surprised at the conduct of
some persons who once claimed the most
extensive favors at the hands of the two
respectable parties in this county; and ev
cry candid, sober and rejecting person is
led and compelled, by their selfish con-
duct to inquire Of himself whether it can
be possible that men who claim to have
some lille mind left yet can be so benight-
ed as to think that day is just beginning to
dawn on their political career; and wheth-
er in the nineteenth century will suffer
themselves to become the tools of ambi-
ton, expecting III their vanity to turn the
world from its regular course, and thereby
astonish the "Natiyes?"
We need hardly ask these questions
when we look upon the course Of the Hon
orable and a0iN be servants Of the "Sov-
ran People, Joseph McCutchen and Jo-
seph E. Fouke, two persons, than whom
none weaker in actions can be found in the
"Wyandot Tribe" For proof of this it
is only necessary to follow them through
the proceedings of the Conventions that
have lately been held in Upper Sandusky.
In the Democratic Convention, which
was the first one held there, appeared the
friend of the 'sSovran People" of this GIN
jured county," and, with the others pres
ent, as the proceedings Of that Conven-
ton will show, pledged himself, by reso-
lutions then and there passed, to abide the
decision of that Convention, (and he un-
doubtedly would if he had been nomi,aa-
ted But what do we find him do when
not nominated? Nothing more nor less
than appeal, thro' handbills, to the sym
pathies of the ''Sovran People, and call
upon them to meet, en- masse, at Upper
Sandusky, there to nominate a new ticket,
composed, in part, of Boilers from both
parties, to be selected by them the ''Sov
ran People, % at the coming election!
In this act Of the Colonel's pledge was
broken, which, in effect, is nothing less
than an oath; and this having been done,
how can the sSSovran People, now, how
dare they conidein him? The gold mines
of California, if needed by him, would be
insufficient to enable him to accomplish
his desires-which, as he says, brought
party disgrace, and, as he says, pow
erty, upon him.
When Mr.. McCutchen, in the golden
days of his o6fcial glory, was stigmatizing
the whig party as tories and &c enemies to
their country" and declaring to the as
sembled multitude that ''the longest poll
acould knock The persimmons,' who then,
for one moment, whig or democrat, in
dulged the thought that he would ever
bow so low as to ask the sufficient suffri-
ges" of any portion of that party to assist
in elevating him to the Office of Treasurer
of Wyandot CO., although at the destruc-
ton of the power of that party whose
principles he declared tolove SO very dear
ly, and even more than dearly so long as
they extended unto him the hand
Of fellowship in the distribution of official
gifts? Who, then, thought that he would
ever desert his own valiant army 10 unite
with, and lead band of Gucraos, hav-
ing in view no other object than that of
tugging at the county teat to satisfy ambi-
tious thirst for political fame? Who then
thought that he would forsake his friends
in the very hour Of thier greatest need,
when they stood by him SO long, like cold