The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-03-06
ssTHE POISON CAAE.,,
Mr.. EDIToR.-

1t is withadeep feelings of regret,
that find myself compelled to ask the in i
dulgence of your columns for the pur-
pose of saying few words in. my own
defence; and / would, by no means, at
this time, enter into acontroyersy as per-
sonal as this must necessarily be, was
this the first and only time, that | have
, been smaligned, and -insaAed, both as a
citizen andin official capacity, through
the columns jof thai contemptible A'sseven
by nine, " that weekly vomils out its low
party slang and personal abuse and dig
nlfed by the name of Democratic lip-
dcator.' And yet, perhaps, even now,
were the citizens of Upper iSandusky a
lone to Judge between the aiders and a
2 bettors of that Infamous sheet and myself.
should have passed them by with silent
contempt. as the man did when the Jack
ass kicked him Considering where it
come from, had | not known that that
paper circulated to, some extent in this
county and been informed that one copv
f of the same was sent among the suck
ers" and two Uoy cat in the State Of To-
; Some unscrupulous. william, after hav-
. ing "stolen the livery of Heaven, to serve
D the devil in by adopting the heaven born
name,,of Justice" has taken upon himself,
under the head Of ethe Poison Case" the
enDioble notorietv of arraigning me be-
5 fore the public in my official alicapacity, by
j a series of talsehoods and insinuations as
black and palpable as his own base char
acter, for my action as M yor, in the case
ofthe State Of Ohio VS. John u Cafoliue
Rehes, ttoice arrested for the supposed
$ murder OF Joseph Brill by poison. b ,s3.e
: And here, Mr.. Editor, permit me to
add, that in my p,7iipate opinion publicly
expressed the ''tiiny' who wrote the
article. signed Justice and the lead
er in last weeks issue of that paper, are
one and the same-for Bobby the young
L man, who does the gr nding, has neither
4 the natural abilities, good horse sense OF
acquired abilities, to pen either but whose
: transcendental editorials rise no higher.
: than to slander and viiliiythe lady read
n ers. of his own paper and afterwards
whining like a whipped cur. ''backs
q down and takes 1t al back, because the
ladies, in their righteous indignation,
threaten to spank him. 3a~s :m'.s. r.
G This much for Bob and the Vindica
S ter. And now Mr. Justice" whoev.
v er you may be, alter having held me
up (as you quantity express it) to the
contempt of all honest men | am Wiling
" to let the publlc at large. who know US
e both, Judge which is the honester man OF
o the two for | never yet assassin like,
e concealed mys, If behind feiynpd name
:. for the purpose of traducing, villifyin. or
; injuring any one. Aud here new under
J my own hand, without any subteriuse
brand youpublicly a Lara Coward: and
e Il mean, dirty tusiLtonimous scoupdrei, 4
Y coward bee use you dar d not put your
name to that filthy emanatlon, from tha
) putrid, rotten, sinking mass OF corruptor
n you would wish to have dignided by the
s name Of brains; a liar, because you have
a wilfully and maliciously published tha
! which you knew to be false; scoundre
because, through those uery lies you wish
ed 10 spit upon me the venom that Is
> corroding your foul heart for no other tea
u son than that we differ in polircs. f.
But now, Mr.. Justice" for the frs
e lie. The defendants Rehes & wi e, were
e not acquitted by Ju lice Rayan, but tn,
l. truth is. and YOU know it, that the Altor-
t nies for the State backed out from tht
: prosecution and requested the Justice. to
S discharge them which he did, thereby
e giving Mr. Ragan no chance % EXPIRES,
e an opinion officially IN the natter and
besides it would have exhiDted in me, a
baseness equal 10 your own, to have con
e demned Mr.. RaSan, for that which ht
could not avoid.
The next charge, that [ freely express
n ed myself as to their guilt, and that.f OF
tered to head Il mob to lynch Rehels and
# his wife, are only two more to ae added
: to that black catalogue of lies have
never made any such remarks and car
ubstantiate the same by witnesses more
o respectable than you dare be. What
IF did say in reference to the matter, was
n this. that from the evidence had hearc
on the first examination | should have
bound them over, had the hearing beer
q before me. l Idifsay so;;and | I'm not
!, the man to my it;5and If that is error
5 and if as Mr.. Sears said | should have
!. had more podesty thaa to have heard TN
!, case / erred but after all modesty de
= pends great deal upon the kind OF in
l. diyiduals one mas to contend with, and
'r frankly confess that had no great "a
o mount OF mo esty when | first came t.
). this village and l find that by running Il
gainst, and as,ociaing with such, pltifu
'e abortions of humanity as you are l am II
m great danger CT loosing the little Il eve
st had However make no pretentions te
ir modesty and this is the first time ! eve
! supposed the .':Maior" did.
" am further accused Mr.. Editor of of
4 4 fciou,ly taking jurisdiction of a case afte
1t having expressed an opinion, and that An.
ir one who W woull do that is not fit to be trus
s. ted, but fit only for treason stratagen
:. and spoils." How much Mr. Editor
that does sound like certain "Shanghais'
who are, (as Bill Giles once said of sun
K dry young men on former occasion
,u Bobbys editorial and political ass ii
w tu:es.
If ..Mr Justice means by that, that
~ interfered in the matter other than as al
|" officer then ag in is he gully OF still an