The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-10-13
letter from NV, crosby.


article purporting to be editorial, | end
the following, WHICH should and would
have been replied to before, had | recgiv4
ed the paper. a
- The 'regulars. after kicking Mr. Dent, etc,
ont of the meeting. finally concluded to per-
NIT Mr. Burt to run as an independent guar
anteeing him the party support and further
more promising to Keep Messrs. Bird and
Crosby tthe Republican independents on the
track also hoping thereby to- draw off a suf-
fcicnt nuaber of Republicans to defeat Mr..
Jones and elect Mr.. Burt We are now as
sprsd that Nv. Bird and BIZ. Crosby arg fully
subserycd = perhaps pawittiueIy-to tic
scheme" ... .E.
Now, Mr. Editor, permit me to say
that chis is downright meanness, and of
the fature Of other representations that
have been made, WHICH arc, as far as they
refer to me, false; and the author, who
ever he may be, has been misinformed,
or has wiifully publish, d that which he
knew to be un rae. although he calls
them facts. The facts are, have never
agreed that my name should be used if
/ tHSfc NEiC blllcu EdhGsallcS III luc utiu ;
on the contrary, it WIS express y under
stood, that if the Democrats took up Il
man of their own party my friends of the
Republican party were to vote for A. L.
JoncS-=at least some of them SO express
ed themselves in terms that could not be
misunderstood.
This is the first time [ have offered
myself as an Independents candidate for
any Office in Potter Co., she assertion of
i"Hebron" to the contrary Rotwithstand-
ing, and it is the first time the Free Soil
or Republican party in Potter county has
made nomination against an indepeRd<
ent candidate ION the contrary, there
has been one instance, at beast, whore a
candidate who was nomiuased by vote
! of the people at their primsry meeting,
was induced to withdraw, or showed of
! the track to give room for an independ-
ent candidate. | refer to- the case of
Metzger and Stohbins. At another time,
the party could take a man fresh FROM
/ the ranks % the opposition lone who had
been the means Of defeating us out of our
! Congressman and Representative only the
fall before, and elect him to tho office OF
Prothonotary. If you do not know who
[ mean, ask II. j. Olmsted. ..- ...
Three years ago, | talked with some
about the Sheriff office, said they had no
objection, but had the year before prom
ised to support A. G. Taggart | was
afterwards solicited to permit my name
to be used as an independent candidate,
but refused to run against the regular
nomination. Did not you, friend Chase,
:ell me | had taken an honorable course
in coming out as | did. and did not you
name others who admitted the same? If
so, why have | not been treated in an
honorable way instead of trying TO crush
me, and abusing those who were my
friends If you do not know who or
what | mean, ask p. a. Stcbbins and A.
c. Taggart. IN PARTICULAR two men, whose
places | have taken in Court, for the last
4 six years, and attended to the empannel-
ling Of the Jury, when il was their busi-
ness, not mine, and have never got so
mpch as "thank you SIT.
In conclusion, permit me to- SAY, that
! if it was thought was pursuing wrong
course in coming out as an independent
candidate, why did not some person have
the manhood to tell me of it? for it was
known for months before | made my an
nouncemept in the paper,
| have not made q formal withdrawal
of my name FROM the field, as it would
follow, as matter of course, ii there were
no tickets, | was not candidate which
in fact was the understanding between
my friends and myself, that if the third
candidate was running | would not be ono
...-.....-. VIM. CROSBY,
Mr.. Crosby is thus permitted to have
his say, he being the third interested par.
ty who has offered reply to the article
/ in question, which was explained by us
last week We have also letter from
friend of Mr.. Bird, which was received
too late for last week, and is entirely too
personal for insertion now. La regard to
what Mr.. Crosby says of others, We will
let them reply if they see proper AS for
ourseH, we would inform him that we told
him that by offering himself as an indie
pendent candidate before the Republican
convention was held, he was acting hon
orab!y-we did not make the unqualified
assertion he ascriDes to us. IfMr Cros-