Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-10-30
Correspondence.

MEssRs EDIToRs.
Having spent some time in Carroll county
and being position to learn the secrets of the
Stapeocrat'c party, | availed myself of the op-
porsunity and feel constrained by my Obhga-
tions to the cause OF justice and truth, to sub-
nit to you what Isaw and heard / was known
to the most of the managers as Fillmore man
and was therefore to some extent initiated into
their secrets. Their place of meeting was AZ
that temperance hole 'the American and one
OF The masters ofthe ceremony was, that prince
OF Landlord. Twas not sufficiently acouaint-
ed with them. to know .he names of all. who
participated in their daboIical schemes but I
know the faces of many Of the more prominent
actors, They and were ushered in a back
apartment, Of the american, small in compass
and SO strong in stencil that five could have
had Inns, we could have swan in Il indeed
lcouId not persuade myselfbut that we had
taken rooms in one OF those Benevolent InsGitu-
tlons' called still house Being seated fat,
greasy, bald headed old fellow, whose roluhdi,
" seemed to be supported by the weed aud
good new corn whisky at not more than sixteen
cents per g'llOn, the combination of which e.
mltted an Odor that rendered him about as inter.
estlng companion as "BiIy" goat or one Of
those lndiscribable animals whose scent is al
ways in advance of its shadow, commenced
by lnquiring whether Mac. and the Post mas.
ter, had completed the arrangement with the
Captain Whereupon a small whiffet of a
ere ature,like unto the buttcn of back house
door set on legs, with his hair hanging around
his face like hound dogs ears, coat buttoned
up cane in hand, papers in his pocket, and
voice screwed up 'o nasal twang answered,
THAT things were doing pretty well, that Bal I
scr had two barrels of new arrival and they !
had just been testing its virtue la Lippard. |.
inns conversation was broken in upon by the /
'ntrance Ola tall, well dressed, Miss Nancy q
ooRlng young man, who whitfield cigar with :
great gus'o, and who was acco mpanied by an
'ldery looking man, who they called squire :
Vho twisted his way through The stencil aud a
moke, like hog with the kidney worm, and G
whose face was drawn into awful contortions D
lie enquired whether they had concluded the !
TO which the fat old fellow repIi. !
ID, that things are all right, that he had seen 6
'tm Aeet land he is smart one )and that U. 4
non would give 80 majority, and with quiz. y
Ic0l look. said to himself l'me coming, I've !
lone good service I've lied Knowingly. and nm. Il,
knowingly, and - me IL will pav a Il
reacher unless I know he viii get drunk = ii
Ven make il go. To this incoherens stuF II
ne elderly one said, that it-ah--would take :.
b good deal Of money. and becoming at once G. tc
'uch excied bis voice raised 10 squeal. and b,
aid "by scissors they ask too mucl but VOTES m
ist now ale precious things and as part Of q.
y family are paupers on this administration Il Il
nd il Fremont is elected. their rations viii b,
ava to stop" Here is Robert getting Ten dol. sp
re day, and a free pass on the Rail Road 10 %
ectloneer for Buck. and there is Taaddv q q y y
ourteen hundredper year by -. our som. an
rses was fortunate, but Buck must be elected ag
% then De safe for another four years, at this
''ss Nancy replied, left Washington 10 aid gr
le cause Of Buck, I vas to travel over Ohm '