Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-04-24
A FAIR GAME.


A FAIR GAME.
In the bar-room Of one Of those tavorns
on the western frontier, where the principal
business seems to be drinking and gambling,
intermixed with due proportion of swear
ing, was gathered not long since a group,
the principal character Of which was noted
ruffian aud blackleg. To one who was be-
hind the scenes, it was clearly manifest that
the principal business of tho crowd, was to
contrive some way to fleece a stranger, who
had come into the region to invest his means
in land. His possession of money had been
discovered, as such things will be, and the
wits of the goddess crew were hard at work
TO get hold of his funds before the owner
and his money were out of their reach
"Come," says the chief blacklcg, 'lets have
gamo of euchre." Nothing 10th to be
amused the stranger does not object, and
all seems fair enough; but presently tho
leader proposes small bet to give zcst to
the game, and the stranger wins. They
bet again, and higher, and again tho stran-
ger wins. Trusting to the greed he has ex-
cited the blackleg now proposes to bet
higher still and offers sum equalto all the
stranger possesses; but now hc hcsitated.
At that moment comes in an outsider. Ho
secs at glance tho state Of the case and
calling the stranger out tells him, " You are
a fool. If you stake your money it is lost.
The cards are spotted. If one that will win
is wanting it will be found in the big coat
sleeve of tho chief william; and if he loses
he has revolver in each coat pocket and
will, on some pretence, pick quarrel and
blow your brains out" Just then steps up
Potiphar, editor of the Satanic Messenger,
and says: "Tho game is all fair Why
don't you go in and win! This man who
is to play with you is my particular friend,
and the most honorable Of men,"
Much like this is tho gamc soon to be
played in Kansas, and such is the advice the
Democratic Messenger is giving to the free
state men. 1t mourns through dreary
column and half because these men won't
step up and play out the game with Atchi
son, Stringfellow and Buchanan. The game
is all fair, says the Messenger, why don't
you play? Has strong beer so stultified al
tho faculties of tho Messenger that it doe;
not remember that the men with whom il
is urging the free state people of Kansas tC
play out the game which involves thei
dearest interests, are the same who invadet
Kansas five several times,-the same who
drove the true people of Kansas from tho
polls and then, though citizens Of another
state, voted from one to fifty times cach;- =
, tho Same who murdered FREQ state men ant
ravished free state women the same wh'
set up government as foreign and despoti
as that of the Austrians over tho Italians
, With such perjured scoundrels as these
tho Messenger with natural instinct 70
the wrong side, is extremely anxious the fire
state people. of Kansas should play gam
for their rights and liberty. Can the beer
/ soaked Messenger understand that the tax
: ing of the census which shall determine VIII
: arc to be voters, isin the hands of its scour
= drcl compatriots aforementioned THAT ii
deed it is already known that thousand
G have been enrolled who are not and neve
: were citizens of Kansas that few thou'
!. !. and votes wanting to the ruffians will be {
;. readily supplied as tho card that wins th
game by the blackleg? Does the Messe'
ger comprehend that by voting at this ele
ton the free state men must recognize th
government which Missouri rufians, backc
s up by Pierce and Buchanan, have forced ~
= on them? Does it understand that if the
n play the game and lose, as lose they mu
1t though they outnumber the slaveitcs ten
of one, their mouths must thereafter be shu
IS They will not play with the blacklegs, wi
:, are the particular friends Of the Messenge
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