Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-08-23
FROM WAYNE TO WNsHIP.

published In your paper Of Jily 26th, over
the signature Of "H." The ESQUIRE, as the
sequel Of his communication shows, clearly
charges your correspondent with being the
author Of said article. hsi conversation
with the Esquire before he wrote his com.
municstion. in which he charged me with
being Mr.. AL" TShirk I said enonRh at
that time to have satisfied any reasonable
man who regarded me as being truthful in
any respect. But all would not dol sun
pose being Black Republican rendered me
unworthy Of belief.
| l have always been a particular friend OF
the Esqure's, and knowing his excitable
disposition, especially 10 politics, I would
much rather have not got into political
wrangie with him, especially through the
newspapers; but as the Esquire attacks me
personally, and as think he Is wofully
mistaken In many things, cannot well
avoid noticing his communication.
He says that III" (''very gentlemanly,
indeed,'') charged him with asserting az a
TACT what he knew to be false at the time.
The Esquire had claimed In former COM
munication published in the Repub blicsn,
that they would give BELL and Everett a
decided majority over the Republicans or
Democrsts this fall In Wayne township
this al /" thought the Esquire knew was
false at the time he penned u; think the
Esquire wss vastly mistaken, whether he
knew 1t or not. But the Esquire still re-
iterstes Il. He ssysin the former commu-
nicatior he merely stated his belief, bu,
since thai time heihs tiliiy established In tina,
opinion from seeing with what difficulty the
Lincolntes can raise enough OF the faithful
to form Club; and instead of taking one
word back he again asserts, with his con.
victions strengthened, that the Bell ticke,
will exceed in this township either of The
other tickets this fall. As have TO father
Mr.. al g" communication, must certainl u
pay some attention to The Esquire ON thi.
point. g
/ How does It come that the failure of the
Lincolnites to form Club all at once con-
vinces the Esquire that they can beat the
Democrats! This is an inference without
any ground, and is certain'y new kind o.
logic. The Democrats have always very
nearly equaled all opposition 10 this town
ship and II the Bell men should beat then
then there win not be a grease spot Of tht
Lincolnites left. But then by actual coun,
Lincoln will get about f5O votes in thi,
township. Now give to Bell more than ,ha
and the Democrats their usual number, AM
Wayne township will have to poll a mucl
larger vote than she has ever done before
| q ha
as to ths strength of the Bell party in ihi
tow nship is problem will not now unds r
take to solve. But such mistakes are very
common.
!, see IL is claimed in the Independent Re
publican that the Republicans wi | not pol
| 900 votes In Belmont county--not NOR
} than one half that number! Now ri be
my cd boots against the editors old ha
that we have six townships on this side o
the county that will roll up for the ticket O
June 30th LOCO votes. The editor. ,hroug
, such correspondents as the Esquire, ha
! certainly berome politically dementet.
The Esquire, after paying some respec
, TO oh" turns his battery (crfel fellow
t upon our Club meetings. Little did W,
think that in attempting to organize Clu
= here we would get up such a muss anon
. the Bellites. He attacks the meeting of tn
/ 2lst ult., tnt together with all :he othe
7 scrbblers that have written, such as ar all
!, splitter" ""Captinn," &c wholly misrepre
3 sen.s reary everything connected with il
? + will answer him in this wise: LIST, ther
WIS no Intention Of exierminating the Unio
t men ;the call was not M extensively circula
E ton; it was not claimed that there would b
two eminent stumpers there, there was bu
little fuss made about politics, except b
3 the Esquire himself.
|, ks 20 the number of Bell men present W
a are willing to give the Esquire ten cents
e head If he will just write down The name
+. Of his dozen Bell meh that were present an
: hand them to- me.
There was no abolition speech made up5
that occasion, nor no person exulted owe,
, one. half OF the Union men being abused =
I This Is oil eaimera of the E,quire's owl
: politically -maddened brain.
/, The meeting adjourned, not having tim
10 submit the C"nstitnliun for signatures
, The Esquire. then. not improved much il
his moral feeling or understanding, follow
, us up 10 the 2s,h, the adjourned day Of ou
meeting The people met, and your cor
, respondent being sppointed Secretary a, th,
furmer meeting, still acted. A Presiden
was appointed to act I'LL tho Club vas iully
organized by adopting The Constitution an,
appointing the proper officers. viz: Presi
dent, Vice President Secretary and Treas
urer. Now ask the Esquire why he di,
\ \ ~.sl l-%~.estks-~ -~hos.-sssts- ~ tus rusrs ---'
j The Esquire snys ",he Constitution wa,
submitted for the faiihful present. the mum
Der not over ten at ury time IN the houss
i Amer sll present signing II and somo srden
Republicans signing the names Of some tha
they recollected were Republicans thai
were not present. they obtained fifteer
names to the Constitution"
Now what we're the facts 10 this easel
We obt tsined fifteen names. Two person,
(Ersstus Moore and Jacob S,ukey) had re-
quested Wm. Mi,chem TO subscribe thei
names 10 the Constitution, as they conls
not be present. The inquiry was made Il
know IL Il would be out of ordcr; It wal
decided II was not, and Mr.. Mitchs mlplacec
their names to the Constitution.