The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03

SrR-My attention has been called to an
article in your paper Of Jan. 2oth, on the
subject Of Justices Election in ShslsrsVille,
Signed "Ambit," which seems to demand
reply from me. simply wish To ssy, that
have lived in this place from my birth, over
two score years, and shall not. at this time
attempt, through the public press, to defend
myself or the gentlemen that voted for me
on the occasion of recent Justices election,
against the slanderous insinuations Of Dr..
Hayes or any bankrupt villain, that may
choose to dssail me or them. trust that
feel reusdha6le degree Of sympathy for oil
sore heads that get defeated In elections. /,
wish 10 say here that theif remarks have no
reference to Mr.. Babcock, Tie candidate run
in opposition to me at the recett election
he is gentleman that hold id High ssti:
nation, as citizen, neighbor and fTieHd:
And now, Mr.. Editor, wishing to trespasS
as little as possible upon your courtesy, I
will proceed to state some points in relation
to Democratic mass meeting in Ravenna;
in the fall Of 1856; and to be brief, will say
that the causes that induced the republican
boys of ShalersviIle to lead the procession
Oh that occasion, were insults, real or imngi-
nary, from some democratic boys on the oc-
casion Of their going with fOur.horse team
with their ladies to franklin, to attend re.
publican meeting a short time previous.
Now, Mr.. Editor, at the time Of THE dem,
, ocratic meeting, | was attending Court al
Ravenna as juror /; I neither saw, heard OF
knew anything of the matter until it was all
over, and the Court adjourned for dinner.
then learned that my boys were engaged In
it; found one Of them and told him that
disapproved of his taking course ID maj
v the enjoyment of democrats in no wat re-
sponsible for the insults they had received
and advised him to 60 quietly home. Nos
it'happened that DR.. Hayes, on this occasion
had promised leading democrat certain
- horse to ride in the marshol's staff. 1t ais
S happened that that same horse was wante
Wy VHo VI Ih0 hOPuoIiNoh you"S no" W ~"A
the large republican flag. Dir. Hayes hi
red man called on this republican, and tol
J. him to come and get the horse early, befor
y, the other man called for him, which wa
ID done. For the truth of these statements,
i refer the curious to Mr.. s. G. Eldridge, wh
le had the promise of the horse, and Mr.. NJ. [
- Holcomb, who used him. 1t should be n
marked here that DR.. Hayes was at that tim
= new convert TO republicanism, and in ii
ardor Of his first love. There was anoth,
-, horse in that vanguard-a grey kept by D
=, :. Hayes and used for running scrub races, f
small bets, for the improvement Of mora
- in our Villages rode on that occasion by III
:. Tidd. and being somewhat hard to manos
-, he exchanged, and one Of my mischievo,
= boys rode it home:
Verify, consistency thou art jewel
Now, Mr.. Editor, make no boast of II
, morals, habits or religion !; but in the la
" guage Of Robert Burns, would say,
'uL God knows I'm no. tine thing should DO,
,r- Nor ali 6t'n tho thing could Hsj
~" But twenty tme, [ rathe. would 10
De- An atheist clcar
le' Than under Gospel colors hid be,
,n%f.' Jus: for screen.
lie. E. NJ. CRANE.