The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-09-03
OF JUDGE CURTIS AT
POLK.-GROSS MISIkEPRESENTA.

TONS
We we're not present at the late fusion
meeting at Polk, but learn from reliable
sources that Judge Curtis, in his re-
marks, unblushingly uttered falsehoods
of the basest character against as good
and pure Democrats as are to be found
in the County. His whole speech, we
are informed, was made up CT wholesale
abuse of leading Democrats.
Among other things, he is reported to
US as having stated that Mr.. BoTD, the
former Treasurer of this County, was
ordered by the Commissioners to deposit
the County funds in-foreign Banks, and
that the people were frequently compell-
ed to suffer a shave on their County or
ders because there was no money in the
Treasury to pay them. This statement
is false in every particular. The Com
missioners never gave any such orders,
nor had they any authority to do so, as
Judge Curtis, ignorant as lie is of the
law, ought to know. AS to the orders
not being paid when presented, that was
wholly owing to the fact that the County
was largely in debt, as Judge Curtis
we'll knew but had not the m~anliness to
state. Every order was promptly met
SO long as there was any money to meet
them with. In this connection We would
oIso sNoFa 4bot ,Io, NJ Row lift tba
office there was a surplus fund of five
thousand dollars in the Treasury which
was paid over TO Mr.. GRAIL, as the set
Element sheet will show, and the County
was entirely free from debt. This, then,
will account for the promptness with
which Mr.. GRAIL has met County Or
ders when presented.
He also charged Mr.. ~Sw1NEFoRD, the
Democratic candidate for Auditor, with
having voted for Mr.. MUsGRAvE, for
Senator, and Mr.. CHASE, for Governor,
last fall. We are authorized by Mr..
SwINEFoRD to pronounce this charge
false in every particular-he has never
voted any other than the regular Dem
ocratic ticket.
We are further informed that he
charged US with having been a member
of the first Know Nothing lodge organ
lied in Ashland, and that we assisted in
organizing Councils throughout the
County. We have only to say that if
Judge Curtis did prefer this or any
similar charge against US, he wilfully
and knowingly lied. We never saw the
inside of a Know Nothing lodge in u
life-never made application to become
a member of one or authorized any one
else to make application for us-and we
have positive assurances from three of
the officers of the lodge in this place,
that our name never was mentioned in
side of the Council room. AS to our
having assisted in organizing Councils
in other places, his own hearers knew
the charge to be absolutely false.
His charges against other Democrats
aro- in keeping with the above. We
raise no protest against Judge Curtis
making such charges Coming from him,
the only effect will be to raise the men
he assails in the estimation of true Dem
ocrats. Writing under the indignant
scorn and contempt with which he knows
every respectable Democrat regards him,
ARNOLD like he is seeking to Guido the
entire Black Republican horde in his
d~enunciations of the men and the party
who have raised him from poverty to af-
fuence. COURTS, The Infamous" is
the title by which he will be universally
known among Democrats hereaf er.