The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-09-29
VIVA a Republican of Perry Town
ship says about il.

The followiDg comes to us from one OF
the Oldest and most respectable Repub-
licaus in Perry township. So far as Mr..
SMITH personally is concerned, he had
10 lot nor part, We feel bound as a mat
ter of simple justice to him to say, in the
matter complained of by Perry" May
not the " Rowsburg Clique" have been
bogus friends of Mr.. SMITH, and at heart
SPHINX men? There we're semc of that
sort from this county.
Mr.. BODYBUILDING a member of
the Republican party, and DESTROYS of
advancing the interest of the people of
this county, L wish to let the Public
know, through the medium Of your pa
per, some of the dirty tricks that some
men have resorted to in order to secure
a nomination to certain Offices in the
gift of the Republican party. 1 wish
to inquire how many men in that party
knew that G. G.. Coulter was a Candi-
date for the office of sheriff? l venture
to say that not more than a dozen men
knew any thing about it previous to the
day of the Convention in Ashland
Why was it kept n secret from M half
of the Republicans in Perry township ?
Such a thing was not binted at OF the
day of the Primary Election in Rows
burg. The reason vas, that it was we'll
known to the Rowsburg Clique that the
MAJ GRITTY of the Republicans in Perry
were in favor of Mr.. Spencer, and it
was necessary to keep the thing in the
dark from Mr.. Spcncer's friends in or
der to secure the right stripe of dele
Gates to the Convention. There had
been inducements held out to the Rows.
burg Clique that if they would secure q
delegate in that township, who would go
for a certain gentleman that was asIi-
ring to a place in Congress, that he
would use his influence la favor of the
nomination of c. G. Coulter inasmuch
as Nj. Spencer was not needed any
longer to secure Jackson township for
the would be Congressman. Well, sir,
the Rowsburg clique having every thing
cut and dried, before the day of the
Primary election, they took up the
strongest man in the party to run as a
delegate to the Congressional Conven-
tion. THAT is the strongest man that
they could get to vote for Mr.. Smith.)
Well, they thought to have every thing
their own way aud the friends of Mr..
Hern thought that they were badly
beaten, for everything that could be got
in motion was e~lectioneering for Ashland
county. But there were a few Repub-
licans there that thought Ashland coun-
ty was not quite the man to represent
them in Congress. So the election was
held, and the votes counted, and it was
reported hat Ashland county was one
vote behind. But in a few minutes by
some hocus pocus, it was declared that
Ashland county and the other gentleman
that was running as a delegate was a
tie. Well, now, Ashland county was in
a bad fix; SO a certain man that expect
ed to be Deputy under Coulter per-
ambulated the streets and got a man
who claimed to be a Hern man to vote
for Ashland county ; SO you see that
he had one vote the most. Well, sir,
Ashland county went to the Convention
to Harrisville, and in the course of hu-
man events it became necessary to fill
some vacancies in the delegation; so by
some u~nacconntable means, Coulter and
his Deputy were put in to fill up, and
the consequence was that there was
three men from Perry township in there
Convention voting for Ashland county
FOR Congress against an acknowledged
majority of hat township.
These things may be all right and
fair, but we will make them fairer Cd
the second Tuesday of October.