American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-05-03

that you had 'Iaid doVn rule 10 purchase
no article for tic eoanty Siaout first oscer.
flaming lVAere ieOuld be purchased tie cheap
est, - we proved to be false. For in the
very face Of this boasled rule Of economy
we proved that you had actually purohas-
ed paper to the amount Of more than double
the printing wiHoutJfr ascertaining where
it could be had the cheapest, and actually
paid higher price Maa it could hare Jsen
lJarHiskeaJ6r.
Recollect we are not calling public at
tention TO what you Would do, but to what
you haze done, and all we ask is that you
condne yourself 10 the points at issue
These evasions and misrepresentation, You
win yet find to your sorrow, will not be
considered by an intelligent public as evi-
dence of your innocence.
In acknowledging your duplieity, sir,
you plead guilty to our first charge-for
1t was duplicity we charged you with, a
fact so well established that it was super
iiuous on your part to make the most dis
tant allusion to the fact 1t was, sir, your
betrayal of confidence that brought upon
you the execrations of every true Ameri
can, who saw that you bad betrayed the
dearest interests Of that party and gone
over, soul and body, to the Red Lodge
Clique--a body composed Of set Of men
dyed in political corruption, whom you
have not had the manliness to denounce,
although you pledged yourself to do so in
order to secure the Office you now dis
grace. But, sir how can you, in the face
OF this Acknowledgement of betrayal of
confidence on your part, allow yourself to
retain position purchased by such in
iquitous means. Had you not better re-
turn the thirty peices of silver and retire
into obscurity to hide your pcrfdy from the
sight of honest men?
But, sir, you have sunk so low in the
estimation OF the public, that we look up
on itas an act of cruelty to pursue you fur
ther. Go, vile traitor go,and let the weight
of your sins rest upon your soul.
Thai "Twelvc Dollar swlndle."
The Eagle and Mr.. TowsoN cndcayored
in their last onslaught TO make great capital
out OF an error found in bill ofours against
the Clerk. 1t is not our intention to take
up space in refutation of these charges,
further than the statement and affidavit Of
Mr.. Wmeur. Mr., Wright is so well
known to the citizens OF the county as a
man possessing in pre-eminent degree
the characierand bearing ofan upright and
honest citizen that we deem any further
testimony entirely useless. AS an evidence,
however, of the weakness of their charge
we will cite the reader TO a little incident
that occurred, since the publication Of the
last Eagtc, that places its principal editor
IN exactly the same position he attempted
tophce us. On Friday last, the day after
the publication of the Eagle, and while we
were employed in our "antiquarian re-
searches'' in the Auditors Office; Mr.. TUT
HILL, principal editor Of the Eogle and
Post Master, came into the Auditors Of
fee with bundle of postage bills in his
hand, remarking, as he came in, that lie
had bill against us for postage. We con-
WINGED linn, however that the bill had
been paid and offered to show him a re-
.ceipi. He then turned TO the Auditor to
collect small amount lie bad against him
for postage. But the Auditor also had
receipt that the bill had been paid. lie
then went 10 the Clerk and presented bill
forpostage against him, but unfortunately
for Mr.. TuruILL the Clerk had already
paid tie bill. Now it is not our intention
IN making these statements to get out an
impression that the Post Master entertain
ed the idea of making us pay tvice for the
same postage. We only relate this to show
the editor of The Eagie how liable we all
are to make errors in our business transac-
tlons. All that can be asked in such cas-
es is, that tie error be corrected in time to
do no mischief. We never would have
mentioned this error of the Post Master
had he not 50 cxullingly declaimed over
one committed in the Go=ctte office. We
are now through with this part of the con
troyersy. 1t viii be remembered too, that
Mr.. Tuthillacts under the solemnity Of an
oath.
Ey But that any other person than its
present propretors, own dollar Of interest