Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-11-18

staff, whom he resembles in appearance;
utterly into the shade-and, as it may prove
in the end. fully equaledtbe frog in Gsop.
He procaimed biaiself On reil,usd trains,
in the Villages, inihe HIGHWAYS and from
the house-tops, a the special agent Of the
entire Adminntratiop. commis-
stoned with SPECIAL pC~& to diap,aes all
postmasters, route agents, and other Feder-
al ofice-holders that did not please him,
and to appoint their successors When on
special. private business connected with bis
office, be would, wherever he might be,
speak with the utmost freedom Of his base
ness, and, perhaps, take his official pa
pers and instructions from his pocket and
read them to whomsosser might happen. to
be present. On entering ., village, if it
could boast Of a newspaper, he would repair
to the Office thereof and have his arrival
proclaimed; and. if there was any chance
at all, he would get himself invited by
somebody to make Democratic speech,
which he would have published. Whatev-
er be could do to render himself ridiculous
he was sure to do; and no man born of
woman ever succeeded better in this re-
spect. ia, .,~o,,.-s 7js,, ri cu.t..
"The other reputed leader (Carpenter)
of the National Democracy-the Damon
to the Py;heas just spoken offs an ora
tor, and, BY the way, a pretty good one;
but unfortunately, his converts, if he makes
any, fall very suddenly and very hopelessly
from grace. Learning the character of the
preacher. their moral stomachs instantly
eject whatever of bis doctrines, however
wholesome, they may have found their way
thereto. During the late contest, in his
bitterness of heart, because of his inability
to influence the Administration 10 make
such removals and appointments as he de
sired. :. he would curse the President, curse
Gov. Brown, curse sold Cass" and the en-
tire Cabinet, in tap rooms and on the street
corners. and make Administration speeches
at public meetings whenever he could Sc
cure pay for doing so. He would cuEe
sand malign all the leaders Of the party one
day, and ask favors of them the next. He
delighted in predicting the success of Doug
las, and that he (D) would control the
Sonata and the Republicans in the House.
al last, by doing what he knew
his vote to be thrown out,
ed to vote at all. -
6as not owing to these things
y, that this man was odious TO
- md q curse and incubus upon
gational Democracy. 1t was owing
reputation bad in. almost every respect.
bugh blessed with intellectual parts
hewhat bright. there was bad odor
brally about the man, which rendered
IN a reproach to our cause, and a serious
fawback. upon our success. To use.
Raniolph's elegant metaphor, he 'tstunk
I'D shone, and shone and stunk. like a rot
nackeral by moonlight" ....:....'- F.,
hrpenter repses TO this tomahawk at
in letter to the Chicago Democrat.
Us of the article from which we quote
l. This precious decoc:ion. of villainy Sand
sehood is the result of a consultation, at
which six persons were present. three Of
them holding prominent Offices in this city.
>eder the General Government, and three
outsiders. ~ - 81 .ir.o.!.l.ui
THAT must be harmonious party. n ~.
h. 1haye-psyer sought to control the pat
ronage-hnve asked. during the whole can
vass, for but one appointment, that of a
Route Agent, and he had been previously
recommended BY my accusers. The charge.
rs it relates to my course towards
administration, is SO well known TO be;
that it merits scarcely a notice. It,
was doubtless intended for. the latitude of
Washington, and those for whose special
benefit this falsehood was conceived can
Judge from the former statements Of this
clique whether they are entitled to cred,
ence. But should have supposed bar.
rooms would have been tho last word to.
come from these worthless. The chief Of.
the clan has kept a groggery all his life,
since be Quilted the wreckers' coast in New
Jersey. Others are habilual adrunkards;
and another is now upon sick bed, attend
ed by his physician, the result and effect
l;of drunken fights and Bacehanalan orgies,
What happy picture of a "ntional'''
party in these times, in a Northern city,
The truth must be told, these. officials
have grossly deceived the President-theys
have given him false information both as
lit regards the vote in Illinois, and the char
acter of applicants for Office. In many in
stances they have procured the appoint
ment of men without character, of men
who hadn other recommendation for Office
than bad habits and blind subservience
to Ike Cook & Co., men at once q dis
grace to the administration and humanity.
The precious villains have charged me with
injuring the ticket TO break their fall and
divert attention from their corruption, odi-
BUSINESS and incapacity. .vlfspf u -hsu
was not allowed to make the canvass,
and be responsible for it, but this clique
sen: some drunken and vulgar wretch 70
follow ME and destroy whatever effect /
was able to produce upon the public mind.
This was done because chose to act for
myself and steadily refused to advise our
friends to vot' the Republican ticket, as
this little faction wished. ..f, -
=
Since We have been overwhelmingly de-
feated ! will not allow these officials, whose
incompetency, unpopularity and utter want
of moral character have produced this re-
suit, to make me their scape- goat, and
lay more blunders, follies and yilanies up
on me than any one mans shoulders are
broad enough to bear. These reckless and
odious public functionaries have brought
the party to this result, r the longer
they continue in place thd 6ne. Every