The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-09-17

people of Missouri are not fanaticalIy
devoted TO the extension and consolida-
tion of slavery, but are willing to let it
slide, has been made manifest. ROLLINS.
the independent candidate, was not exact
ly an emancipationist.
He was simply in favor of tolerating
the discussion of the slavery question in
Missouri. He was opposed to the Ruffian
idea of expeliing free soilers from Missou
ri, and in favor of inviting capital and Ia
Dor from all and of especially encoura-
ging free white labor. The mob law
prevalent in all Southern States to the ex-
tent of debating the lyncbing of any one
accused of abolitionism, he repudiated.-
He knows enough to be aware that the
system of slavery has everything to fear
from lnyestlgation-tha is cannot bear
the broad light of day-that it must be
sustained by the strong hand, and all dis
cusson stiAed under the tyrant's claw
and order" plea-that it must be para
mount and absolute, or so into rapid de-
cline. Therefore, when be expresses his
desite to have daylight shine upon the
peculiar istitution-that all the peculiari-
ties should be freely canvassed by the peo-
ple-:hat men should be allowed to have
and express opinions relative to it as con,
corning anything else-when he would
cause it to cease to be despotic--he means
that the time has come for the State OF
Missouri to be relieved of great and
grievous burden. And his position favor
ing free talk about free soil, narrowly es-
capped the endorsement Of a majority OF
the votes OF Missouri. This is the signif-
icant gain to the cause of fair dealing and
freedom of the late Gubernatorial contest
in Missouri, To set forth tn at which has
been indirectly determined by the formid
BILE vote for RoLLINs,in otne words-Free
labor Free speech, and Free press, in ad-
vocacy of Free soil, are to have fair play
in one slave State-it is a fact full of ex-
cellent pre- m;ses.
We have too much confidence in the honesty
and integrity of the masses of the people in
this county to believe they will for a moment
say that the matter is not right, or that they
are sorry they have paid what the Court
House was worth! Why bring this matter up
anew at this time? The answer is obvious:-
$l025 of the proceeds of escheated lands is
Auditor, and he wishes to divert public atten-
ton from his own acts by raising a hue and
cry about building the Court House number
F, of years ago.-UNIoN, SEPT. 8, 81.
We give the above beautiful extract,
which we have clipped from that delecta-
6ze sheet, the "Democ,utic Union." that
our readers may have specimen of the
efforts, which that unscrupulous sheet is
making to injure Col. McCutchen in the
escheated landmatter. Go ahead, Mr.. I'm
ion, you will soon find out what an ass you
are making of yourselfin trying to injure
Col. McCutchen by such means. There is
not a man in Wyandot Co. who believes
he ever took dollar of any mans mon
ey, and your puny efforts to injure one Of
the pioneers of Wyandot county, will be
scoffed at by the great mass of the people
However the following will throw some
light on the above paragraph, perhaps as
to what was in fact done with the money
that paper and the Vindicator charged
the Col. with embezzling.
G<aS- AupIron's OFFICE Wyandot Co, o
Wsl Feb. "a, 1857.
Received of oseph McCutchen, Auditor of
Wyardot county, Ohio, One Thousand and
fifty two dollars and sixty three cents, monies
arising from theescbaaied lands of j ohm Mer-
riman, deceased W. W. BATES, Treas.
" G. O
-Four Hundred Dollars, Of the above,
was paid by the treasurer to tie State
Agricultural Society, but the balance O.
the sescheated land" monies paid to him
by the auditor, where is it? The books o
the auditors and treasurer's office an.
swers, where?
Perhaps some of the clique, who pock
eted the $4,000 of the court house build
ing fund might answer. Who knows?-
The receipt speaks for itself, and 1t is no
stale. What do you think Of that Mr.