The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-07-02

having the greatest populalou VIII e"NH w cav
tod 10 one Senatorial Delegate.
Zach organized county having 10 r,presectatlVe
will be entitled TO one delegate.
J. VI. EDMUNDS, W. W. MURPHY,
NJ VI. MILES, NJ. blbOlNGS,
t. PRINGLE, {. 1. GOKhAM.
! J. NLWEL. Il l. IKOWBRlDGE
state Central Committee.
Detroit, june goth, 1888
In the last Free Press, Of June 2Sth,
Mr.. II {. Clapp makes another feeble
struggle TO throw dust and divert atten-
ton from the charges which we have so
conclusiyely proved against him Of " swim
ding the county in his official capacity y
1t is simply stale rehash of his former
exploded fllsehoods aud sophistries. He
attempts, as he did before, to perry ert my
language and to draw false inference
from it, in order to lay the foundation OF
n charge Of falsehood. He understands
very well the distinction ] made between
the county poor fund, and money raised
for county purposes; but he knows Just
as well, that uulcss he can blind his read
ers in reference to it they will see thro
the falaoy of his statements. Hence be
seeks to put a false construction upon my
language.
And yet one of the worry statements
which he tries to make out that | have
denied By inference, in order to charge me
with falsehood, is itself false, although /
have never before contradictcd it. lie
says that " in 1858, $500 was the whole
amount raised for poor and county expen-
ses." But the Record shows that there
was raised chat year, for county purposes
$500, and for the poor, 500, which, ac-
cordiding to my arithmetic makes $4,000.
His whols effort is founded upon the
principle, advanced by him, that "a lie
we'll stuck TO is as good as the truth -
For example, ne says: Mr.. Blackman
knows that the Treasurer, Clerk, Printer,
and the Sheriff and his Deputies, have
each received the sums have charged. y
This is is pretty cool, when he knows that
| have shown and proved by facts and
6gures that his statements referred to
were .frop7ulent and FALSE, and III regard
to the sheriff, absolutely forged
and when he has not dared 70 approach
or touch my exposition of them, though l
expressly challenged him to do so. Why
has be net attempted TO sustain his bald
faced forgery Of amounts allowed tho sher-
III and Lis deputies, by giving the seye-
rel amounts allowed to each Of them, with
the time when each was allowed, etc as
| have repeatedly 3ared him to attempt?
Can there be any other reason only that
he KNOWS HIS STATEMENT to be / ALSEI
And what IS the reason that he makes no
attempt to yiudicate h,mscit from the
charges Of swindling the county in his
official capacity us ! have dared him to
do? Can there hc any other reason only
that he KNOWS THAT III IS GUILTY
AND THAT THOSE CHARGES AVE TRUE?
If Mr. Clapp can do nothing more than
to retterate statements that have been
proved to be false, it is useless for any
one to handy assertions and contradic-
tons with him Any person who has
doubt a3 to whose statements aud figures
are true, and uisLes to satisfy himself, can
easily DO so, without relying upon upon
Mr. Clapp's assertion, Or mine and in
yitc them to d. 50.
Ii is evident enough chat Mr. Clapp
does NOT expect that his statements will
be beloved except by a few ignorant per-
sons who read only his side Of the contro
ycrsy Some others may a6tS to believe
them from the same motives that prompt
him to put them forth, viz. 10 deceive the
ignorant and uniformed When we see
a man who can thus prostitute himself to
falsebood, in the only hoi Of deceiving a
few ignorant, or,unroasoning, uninyestsa-
ting individuals, it excites in ne no other
feelings than Pig AID disgust
In conclusion, there arc a few things
which the reader is asked to remember
Remember that II. c. Clapp made ..
statement of the expenses Of the sheriff
and his deputies and jaiIor for tic years
1856 and 81, by which he made the