The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-09-15
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION 4!
OPEN
To-day & Tomorrow
In the HALL OF ENGlNE W. NO. ..
Election OF Clerk


IN, ne;obbor of the Jeifersonian is at this time
deeplv IMPRESSED with aholy horror" Of the bad
effects which result from party spirit For sev-
eral years be has had periodical! attacks OF the
same kind. Whenever there is county officer to
elect, and no election Of State officer a. the
same time, be deprecates the conduct Of the Re-
pubIicans in voting for Republicans. Then 'mer-
il" Democratic merit il the only claims q man
can have to a county Office. A short time before
the election of Mr.. Scott as Clerk, he was deeply
impressed n this way. In his paper OF the 9th
OF September, 1855, he says:
There is no officer to be elected at the ap
preaching election who will have party measures /
TO carry out in discbarging his duty hence the |
people should cast their votes for those who are |
best qualified to discharge the duties If the can
didate we support cannot stand this test, ask !
no one to vote for him. When election is
hand in diving party principles. we shall go our
whole length with our party, because we believe !
its principles are right; but zoe do not regard
the approaching election one that should assume
party character
This was published few days before the cleo
ton Of Mr. Scott 10 1855. Its object was trans
parent-the motive hypocri.cal. we shall show
On the 18th of October following, few days af-
ter the election, this same editor wrote and pub
lshed rs follows;
1.-THE Democracy and their candidates have
great reason to congratulate themselves the
result Of the late election. not only throu ghoni
the State, but % this County and judicial cir
cult. To have actually itriumphed in part, and
TO have come SO near a complete victory, in q 10
cality where they have near.y always been greatly
IN the minority, and where only year ago, the
madness Of Know Nothing fana,icisn and mob
ocracy reigned supreme, is truly encouraging, as
indicative Of the fruits to be expected from the
sober second thought Of the people"
Mr.. Scott was elected, and Mr.. Elder does not
claim the triumph one Of "merit" but giorifies
the success Of his party. He claimed it as
party triumph and party triumph alone
Before the election he did mot regard the ap
preaching election one that should assume a par
ty character but as as the election was over
the Democracy" was congratulated on its gori
Gus triumph.
The same game is now attempted TO be played
again. Elder has periodical return Of LrBgR
ALIrY, and is trying to convince the dear people
that the election now approaching is rot one of
party character. In his paper of the first of this
month. we find the following:
"Let the people vote for the candidates for
Clerk on their merits The people have an inter
eat in the Office of Clerk but that is not an inter
est Of a political character They want in that
Office an honest and competent man - one who
will discharge the duties faithfully and correctly
AID who will deal justly by al who are interested
inNthe business in the Office"
Sach is again the hypocritica whining of our
neigHbor. Should Mr.. Schlater be elected, he
will in Ness than three days after the result is
kn~wn, claim it as Democratic triumph, and the
! questian is. will the Republicans of this county
hermit zach q course pursued against them? Ell
I Ns beraiity is illustrated by the old saying of
- white man to the Indian. They were on a
A1ating excursion in partnership. One killed
Snfxey and the other buzzard. When they were
aoo~te divide their game, the white man said
Indian, ny GU takahe buzza 81
the turkey, or LII take Tia turkey and you take
the buzzard." The Indian replied, shat seems
fair enough but you don't say tsrkey TO me once.
Mr. Elders talk SEEMS fair enough, out his OBJ
ect is to get the Office for his political friend
And all this palaver about its not being of polt
ical Importance is stuff Ever since IT. Scott
has held the Office, it has been the most potent
political machine in the county, exerting and
welding ten times the political influence thu pa
per our neighbor has. We shall not find fault
with Mr.. Scott because he has made it so, for the
Republicans placed the power in his hands and
he has used it most unscrupulousy. Mr.. Schla-
ter desires the Office perhaps for its rich emolu-
meuts Mr. Elder desires him to have it for the
political influence he knows it will give the party.
This claim set up for Mr. Schlaters qualif .ntions
is all hunbug. Mr.. Meredith is emineutly qnal
fled for the place, and will discharge the dates
as we'll and as thoroughly as they have ever beer
done. And we submit TO the young men of the
county, who were born and educated in this coun
ty why it is that the best Office in your gift shall
be conferred upon man of your own age, who
has scarcely resided here long enough to acquire
a citizenship. Are you to be all set aside for ,hi:
importation from the East? What are you to
expect in the future if strangers are to be placed
in positions you are entitled TOT
We hope to see the Republicans come to ell
ection aud vote for Mr.. Meredith, and elect hiu
a matter due to him. and due to you aud du,
to the success of the great political principle
you profess.
JUDGE GoHLsoN.--Our neighbor of tn
jeff tried to palm of on his readers as tn
veri,able truth, that Judge Gohlson, Repub
lican candidate for Supreme Judge of Ohio
had, rery receaay moved from Mississippi
and previous TO his moving had sold hi
slaves and pocketed the money He nov
publishes certificates (gotten up it may b
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