Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-06-29
LANCASTER. O.. June l6, 1859.

given you as mine. have had no inten
, ton whatever of Withdrawing from the tick
8 ct, and shall remain there as the Democrat
candidate. You will please publish this i
your next issue. Yours. respectfully,
: HI. C. WHITMAN.
This note the Enquirer suppressed for
> week, or more, but was forced by the indig
; nant writer, to publish it at last.
, In Cleveland, the publisher of the Blu
, chanan organ, The National Democrat, ha
got into a fuss with the Post Master an
other leading Administration men, and ha
sued the Post Master, the L. S. Marshall
and Collector of Customs.
; The Herald, says-It was agreed tina
said three officials were to have absolute
t control of the editarial columns, and tina
said Democrat was to support Mr.. Buchan
an. without a why or a wherefore, and ais
support the nominee of the Charleston Con
~vention. Said officials also bound them
selves to furnish two thousand weekly sub
scribers, and from three to five hundred
daily subscribers. As if Mr.. PinkertoI
was a little suspicious as to the kind o
subscribers these officials might furnish, i
was agreed that said weekly subscriber
: should be of the pay-in-advance kind anC
the daily subscribers "to be as good ant
reliable as the average subscribers to thu
present daily Cleveland newspapers"
The plaintiff further asserts that othel
''hattering inducements were held out t.
him by these officials, to wit that'.he should
realize immense profits from the publication
itself as the whole patronage of the govern.
ment should be exerted in behalf of the
National Democrat Office, and the nature
of that patronage was expressed by the de.
PENDANTS to plaintiff to consist"
LIST. In giving to the establishment the
printing of the laws, and the advertisements
appertaining to the Federal Government
I'd The printing of blanks for the census
of 1860.
Sd. The increase of subscribers to the
National Democrat until the number should
reach sir thousand by means of the canvass
ing of the United States Deputy Marshals
while taking the census, and the e~xerions Of
the employees in the Post Office"
Mr.. Pinkerton says hat in view of these
.'fattering prospects thus artfully placed
before his mind" he undertook the job of
printing the Democrat. As part of this
arrangement Harrington, johnson and
Parks advanced 1880 to said Pinkerton
for the repayment of which. he, Pinkerton.
made a chattel mortgage of the whole con-
Germ. He now AYERS that said officials, not
Having the fear of God before their eyes,
and instigated thereto by Jas. Blu
We mean the Devil, have failed to fulfill
their promises so made as aforesaid, and
have turned him, the said Pinkerton, neck
and heels, out of said office; all of which
doings, he, the said Pinkerton, printer, as
aforesaid, considers a hard case, in manner
and form as aforesaid, that cannot be JUST
ed, and therefore he asks that said officials
be locked up in damages to the amount of
five thousand dollars for so violating their
agreement 80 made as aforesaid and because
their conduct tends to a breach of the peace
and is against the dignity of the State of
Ohio, and may God have mercy on their
souls.
Whether the defendants will enter a plea
Of noG contendere and hand over the IS, 900
or get the case removed to the Federal Court
and fight it out we do not know.
The Leader says:-As if to emulate
Ohio Democrats in this behalf. they of the
Wolverine State have undertaken to get up
a case equal. if not superior, in richness, to
those of Toledo and Cleveland. The main
features are similar to ours, but in some re-
spects we must confess the Michiganders
have the advantage. D~isregarding the
slight disguise employed by the Ohio spoils-
men, the Michigan folks seem to have come
at once to the gist of the matter by pledg-
ling all the profits of Federal pap; whereas
in Ohio, there was only a portion of the
spells stipulated. and that in an indirect
manner.
1t appears that the publisher of the
Grand Raj Is Enquirer and Herald has a
suit in the County Court with the Post
Master, at that place, the particulars of
which are thus stated by that paper:
1.-The fact is this He (Yale) was ap-
pointed Postmaster of this city, with the
understanding that the profits Of the iusti-
tuition should be giren to the Enquirer and
Herald This le can prove By the Hon.
Charles E. Stuart, late Z. S. Senator1,
Dhom our citizens may ezpect to see upon
the ,citness stand at the merit October term
of the Kent Co. Circuit Court Yet not
~withstanding this we have nerer receiredl
one cent of the Post Office proitsl On
the contrary, the last quarters account for
advertising the List Of Letters, was paid
fir ty an order to charge til, account to
II. p Yale This last was IN ~vsolation
of an act Of Congress which explicitly COM
mand all payments to be made in gold and
silver.
At various times and occasions, formerly
Mr.. Yale stated that he would give up the
Post Office, if we desired the same. Lat
tcrly. upon us making that request of him.
he evaded to comply; and at last point
blank refused. Had We been in possession
from the time Of his first appointment, to
the present date, we would easily have re-
allied the sum Of tsco thousand doAars-
which amount We shall always consider
as srronged out cfty M. Ya1.-
Had he credited us. on account for the prof.
its which should have accrued from the
Post Office, re would have been satisfied;
bit he not only refused to do this, but held
Us for the payment Of certain sums ad-
By him to carry ont his oaOn de-
most of it over tEo years since
BE says that there are no profits in the
Post offcel This may be so. if he is a
nan of veracity; yet it will be difficult for
lin 10 convince the community that the
,econd Office in the State is 50 u~nprofta-
II
Comment would oSiy obscure the lesson
aught by the above shameful facts !