Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-23
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Ia me y continue 70 patroniss . piper,
which sdvo<stss principles, and dec.
tsinss. % much q vsdanes with mine.
en- not sn ulws psrty nrsn, and do
no. object 10 . pepper because Il 10 op.
posed 10 Whis doc,r.nss; but when I
subscribed for your paper ] had no idea
| Il woull sdsocsss The principlsS and
measures VI dsMsseexss, Of papdsr 10
the worst passions Of ihs humsn a hsarkl
This | conceive you do by con,inpsliy;
hsrpiss oasapon the injustice (ss yon
call III of ono nss posssssins s.lssgs
property, and others none s,sll. There
10. in my opinion, a. much pfopfisiy In,
finding isuli. because one man possesses
talents of,he highes, order. whilst ,hous.
snls have litlls or mono Al. oil.
am inclined 10 tho opinion Messrs.
Editors. that you willno succeed in At.
tsining a very enduring POPULARITY, by
striving 10 render individusls obnoxious
and unpopular ,o the commuMi,y--l beg
you will therefore discon,inus, sending
me your paper. ~ h ssF. Z
Respectfully, eg 4.
r. JAMES O. WILLARD.
We mos, cheerfully give place 10 the
above letter Of MI. Willari, by wsy Of
advertisement; but must confess our sur,
prise that he should find il necessary to
resort 10 such means for the purpose Of
bos'sering himse!fap BY producing the
impression that he is a man of great
scsalth. We,had reason to believe ,ha,
Mr.. Willard was man we'll 10 do, so
far as worldly goods were soncerned; but
were by no means imprcssed seitA tie !.
asa that he was so exceeding rieA as TO
be meeessarily deprived Of any Of the
rights and privilege, enjoyed by our
citizens even the most favored; but we
can assure him ,hs. however aou,ishins,
the condition ofhis finance may be. we
have a number Of citizens who could
buy him three times over. '~
Our opinion however as to the sub.
stance Of Mr.. J. O. Willsrd, has been
materially changed, judging from the a.
bove letter, and from tho fact that he
has neglected TO pay up bis subscription
according TO law and custom. we mus,
come to the conclusion ,ha, he is pretty
hard run just now! But whatever moy
be the state Of his affairs. we must in sis,
upon payment before we can consent 10
deprive him Of the benefit of our paper.
We take the liberty of publishing the
following letter Of our able and inds.
pendent Senator. which amply explain.
itself. ~
BASKERVILLE, May IL, 1854.
r. LEErE, Esa.-Dear Sill received
information this molning from a citizen
ofyour town. who is re liable suthori,y,
that Ssmuel Richards, Secretary of the
Ohio Iron & Coal Company, had re-.
ported that |, in conversation he had
with me, touching tho repeal of,he char.
ter Of said Co., declared that had been
deceived by you in advocating the 70.
peal OF said charter.
What could have indured MI. Rich.
ards to SO bascly misrepresent me. ] am
unable to divine, unlcss il is the same
power that in recent trial, in sister
Stale saved from the gallows msn who
committed wilfuI and premeditated mur.
der (the power Of wealthy
Mr.. Richards stated to me in q con.
versation in Columbus, that the memor.
ial Of the Co. had done me injustice by
endeavoring to convey the impression
that | had refused to promptly respontf
to a letter Of the Co, through their So.
eretary, which he said | had readily done.
lfthen the Co. will lend its counter ance
to false reports, what can be expected
from those who stand in awe Of the Iron
Kings Of Ironton but falsehoods vile, as
the report is-,hat have abandoned the
idea Of continued effort to effect a spec.
dy repeal fthis mammoth monopoly or
that left anything undone whilst in
Columbus 10 bring abou. that result.
Nothing prevented q repeal, but the
press Of important business at the last
Of the Session, and the impor,ant papers
in the case 10 snme extent not reaching
Columbus I'LL near the adjournment.
There was decided expression in the
Senate IN favor Of repeal, as was evi.
denced on The motion 10 indeGnitely |
postpone, which stood 10 against, ana
l5 for. By tha. motion the bill ia spread
on the Journal. ready 10 be acted upon
at an early day Of next Session. 50
From the earliest history Of corpora.
tons can bs traced evils to Republican
Government. though in many cases
deemed necessary TO carry into effect
certain great measures Of public policy.
and chsedully borne by the people. in1
regard to the primary objects set forth IN
the charter Of the O. !. & G. Co., end
tho privileges granted BY the Legislature
to carry into effect those obiacts. the citi.
zens Of Lawrence County raised no ser.
ious objections, till the policy Of the
Co. demonstrated TO thsn, that they had
l0st sight Of every requirement. and per.