The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-04-13
Far III, Ohio ISkar ,

of,becitizeps of Ravenna Township, with
out distinction of Party convened at the Academy,
pursuant to notice, R. J. Thompson in the chsir,
and J. H. Ebbert Secretary, and put in nomination
a Temperance Township ticket.
That, business being completed, the Township
meeting adjourned. Thereupon. pursuant to mo-
tice given at the large Temperance meeting, held
in the UnversaIist Church on the evening of March
29ih, meeting of the electors, without distinction
of party, resident within the limits of the Corpor-
alton, was Immediately organized, I. Forker in
the chair and Wm., Caine Secretary, to put in |
nomination Bomd of Education, and SETH A.
GILLErr, GEORGE MESSENGER and JOHN H. EB |
BERT were unan mously nominated.
In the Village papers Of April 9Th an anonymous
notice appeared, calling corporation School mee-
ting irrespective of Party" to be held on Friday
evening April 9th, for the purpose of nominating
three suitable persons for the Board of Education"
This was viewed with surprise, as three per-
sons, though perhaps not " suitable" :" in the eyes
of the anonymous notice, had already been NOM
mated irrespective of Party" upon previous no
tce given. But what was still more surprising
attack covert it is true n the editorial col
umns of the Portage County Wing, upon the gen.
temen already nominated. That paper referring
to the anonymous notice said:
"B' Don't forget the meeting called for Fri
day evening for nominating Board of Education.
1t is important that a gnIl board be selected"
By Implication this was, and no doubt was de
s'ened I" De, Ed attack the nominees already in
.he fie..dh. IT'S importdatthat GOOD BOARD
BE SELECTED!" Had not a I" good board "
already been " selected v upon fair notice given,
and " irrespective of Party!" Why this sneak
| Jog attack in the Wing? Messrs GILLETT, Mes
sENGER and EBERT, acknowledged to be among
the most worthy, public spirited and reliable citi
zens of Ravenna. were not " suitable persons In
the eyes Of the Wing to be entrusted with the Ed
ucatioual interests of the Village and hence the
editor urges attention to another nominating NEE
ting, alleging that " it is important that good
board be selected !"
The Friday evening meeting. thus anonymously
Called was held, and the individuals, irrespective
of Party" who attended the previous meeting,
and participated in the nomination of Messrs Gilett,
Messenger and Ebbert, were present, to learn
what could be alleged against their nominees
The editor of the Wing having perpetrated his
sneaking paragraph, sneahingy absented himself
from the anonymously called Friday evening NEE
ting and he not being present, to prefer grave
charges, expected, after period spent in
interchange of sentiment, relating to educational
interests, the nomination of Messrs Giett Mes
senger and Ebbert previously made, sOas ratified
acifkout a dissenting voice!
! TO what private malice, to what irresponsi-
BILE clique the Wing is lending itself, without re-
gard to justice or honor, many can guess Its 1.-the
morality, its unblushng baseness, deserve rebuke:
While my hand is in, l may as well notice the
base betrayal of the cause of Temperance, by the
Wing of last week.
Protesting to be friendly TO the cause of Tenn
perance, with unblushing low servility, almost
without parallel, with spaniel-like facility, the
Wing hastens to betray that cause into the hands
of its opponents. In speaking Of the Corporation
election last week the Wing said
sSume Democrats. and many of them good tenn
perance men, thought party lines ought to be drawn,
therefore straight Democratic Ticket was nom
mated. aud as whole it was good Temperance
f ticket"
This is false-deliberately SO. The Democrat
ic ticket was not Temperance Ticket-it was moi
nominated as such. There was Temperance
Ticket already in the field, and the Democrat.
ticket nominated in opposition to it, and o
COURSE in the true sense, was an anti Temperance
ticket. Insayng this do not charge that the nom,
ineess on that ticket are Incorporate men.
The names of two individuals, 1 am informed
were retained on that ticket against their wishes
: some of the nominees, g indulge" perhaps occa.
sionaly, perhaps some hsbitualy, perhaps some
not ut all. But this is not my point. 1t is this
Admit for moment, that the nominees, who con-
sen; I'd to that ticket strictly temperate
in their personal hubits tee-totahef. if you will
The fact ACCOMPLISHMENTS. that the ticket nom
ioated, strictly Party ticket, against the regular
Citizens Temperance Isrket. was to all iptents ar
ant-temperance ticket, and every friend of temper.
apce should give them their true position, position
by them voluntarily assumed. and let them have
the honor or the odium of it.
Had that ticket been elected we all know thai
the village prohibitory ordinance, would have been
repealed. Their election would have been the
defeat Of the Temperance Ticket-and that defeat
would have been taken and justly, as a condemna
tlon OF the ordinance, and the Democratic Counci
would have felt, and properly enough, called upon
D to repeal it. and repealed it would have been.
, And yet the Wing, in the face of all these facts
protesting to have at heart the cause of Temper.
sition Of the Democrats by falsely claiming 'tha
, their ticket s'was eeoood temperance ticket"
This pronounce dast;srdiy betrayal of the in
terests of the temperance cause, the offspring o.
unworthy motives. the result of sordiG influences
If the Democratic party choose to take teir stana
as party, against the best interests of community
by epdeavorpg to thwart the movements of the
friends of temperance. let the consequences be
upon their own heads, it does moi become friend
of temperance to volunteer relieve their bad po
s'ion, by conceding than is due. or by mis-
rerrese entation of facts.
] The Whig deserves reproof. if rot scorn and
contempt, for its treachery. The Wigs them
! selves, with pleasure be it said, have acted mag
unanimously. nobiy, and with fidelity to the Tenn
+ perunee cause in Charter aud Township cleo
tions--and in tho same spirit have thew been met