Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-05

crat could go to the Office to get bis mail
matter during the late campaign without
being insulted by some Of his slang.s
There snot word Of truth in the above
charge. Since it appeared in that paper
we have conyersed with number of persons
receiving their mail matter at the Nashville
Post Office, and they all accord to Mr.. K.
the credit of having made faithful and
obhging officer. Two of those with whom
we conversed on the subject are Democrats,
one of them a citizen of Nashville, and the
other resides about two miles northeast of
the town. The one that resides in town
said the charge above made was "lie," " said
he knew nothing of the contemplated re-
moval until he heard that it was made, and
condemned, in stronger language than We
care to repeat here, the acts of certain
clique in Millersburg, for assuming to them
selves the guardianship of Democrats in O.
ther parts of the county. The other said
that if the charge was true, he never heard
it before.
The Republicans of Nashville and vicin-
ity would not complain of the removal of
Mr. K, had it been brought about by the
solicitation of their opponents doing bust
ness at the Office, for they are reasonable
men, and have no objections to the enforce
ment of the doctrine, that "to the victors
belong the spoils;" if it be fairly done. But
this was not the case, and hence they re-
fuse to transact their business with the new
P. N. They complain, and Justly so, that
one or two individuals of Millersburg should
step in and say who their Postmaster should
be, who he should not be, when he should
be removed, &c. Take case in point, by
way Of illustration. Suppose A. and B.,
citizens of Nashville, being in favor with the
apowers-that-be," in Washington, should
take it into their heads to have Mr.. c., re-
siding at the extreme erd of one of our
streets, appointed P. M. in Millersburg, and
without paying any attention to the wishes
of our citizens in the matter, the appoint
ment is made and the Post Office removed
to the residence of Mr.. C. Would it be
the Republicans alone that would complain
of this unsolicited interference with the
business of our citizensq We trow not
The Nashville case is a parallel one, the
Office having been removed 10 the outer lin
its of the town. Ofthe new P. M. we know
nothing. He may be qualified for the post,
accommodating, &c.
The Editor complains that the aBlack
Republicans of Nashville" are attempting
to "break down the Post Office at that
place" by transacting their business at anoth-
er Office. If the "Black Republicans of
Nashville"-who by The way, are composed
of some of the best men in our county
see proper to make arrangements which give
them better mail facilities than those af-
forded them by Uncle Sam, We presume
they have the same right to do so that the
Editor of the Farmer has to buy his type
and paper where he can buy them to the
best advantage, or that men in other towns
have Of forwarding their letters by Express,
rather than trust them to the Mails, which,
under "Poor Pierce's" Administration, have
not only become very slow, but very uncer-
tain, some twenty odd locofoco Postmasters
having been arrested in Ohio within year,
for stealing money out of the mails. But
the Editor threatens that the head of anoth-
er Post Master, 'sfour miles" distant from
Nashville, who, also, has the misfortune to
be Republican, must soon come off,
How awful to contemplate. We presume
the time has come, which the faction that
the Editor belongs to, said would come, in
the event of Gen. Burns election, when
certain Ex. NJ. G. of this town, should no
longer control the appointment of Postmas-
ters IN this county, and that the mantle has
fallen on the Editor of the Farmer, as the
Gems Secretary.
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While on the subject of the decapitating
of Republican P. Ms. it may not be amiss
to note the efforts that have been making
to oust Mr.. Sills, Of Napoleon, in this coun-
ty. Two attempts have been made, thus far,
without success. After the first petition
had been pretty numerously signed by the
faithful, it was discovered that the appli-
cant could neither "read, write or cipher"
and was too lazy to make his mark. A
mother petition was got up with no better
success. The second applicant was so dutch
that lager beer don't agree with him, and he
hardly knows an English letter from wag-
on wheel. So he was dropped and here
the matter rests. We advise them, in Or
der to be reyenged on the @Black Republi-
cans" of Napoleon, to have the Office abol-
shed altogether.