Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-08-23
The ESQUIRE say, sosin ,bs, ,ber, IA n

The Esquire says sgain that there 10 IN
this township School Districts In which
there 10 but from three to Eve Linco Inltes
and decided majority OF Bell men over the
Democracy. and IL sppeal." says he. to any
csndid and fair Republican or Democrat
scquainted with the politics Of the voters In
the Dis,ricts indicoted if It 10 not true p
Now II The Esquire will tell me what Dis
iticts are here indicated. ] will acknowledge
be can see deeper into paper than can. II
cannot be District number 8, tor our com
mittee NJ. Bovthe snd T. G. Smith) report
~ Republican,. .shdsay there is not Bell
man In that District. District 6umber 10,
our own Disrict. has but one Bell man, and
he is dodbtfUi. am afraid our ESQUIRE cam,
ind his Disiricts indicated in Wayne Tp.
The Esquire complains that We refused to
let him state the position of John Bell while
We were speaking. have no recollection
Of any such fsfussl. invited the ESQUIRE
to make speech before was called to the
hoJr, but he refused. I aimed to be yery
modest In my remarksj knowing the ESQ .
irratability, but he sat as though he was
seated on hschle. and kept iaterr6ptng
whenever the slioe pinrhed.
The Esquire says he did not saw nuoht
against Mr.. Lochary or Mr.. Pnormsn--he
comedies them TO be honest, faithful and
capsble. Why then apply to them the
epithet, "Court- house rats!" I would be
ashamed to apply such terms to any set Of
men that considered qualified. honest and
faithful. But then they have 90, in,o chad
1
ting with "Block Republican," IL crime
which in the Esqure's eye hath never for.
giveness, and il matters not, suppose. how
honest and well.qualified, the ESQUIRE, like
i Jimmy Buchanan, must take off their heads
The time has come that no man, however
honest his convictions may be, can be a
Republican withou, being subiec ed to the
charge Of being an suffice. seeker" as though
none but Republicans we're hunting office
/ 1t is an old re that a thief Is the frs,
!, always to cry thief. | recollect it was said
that the Kings fool, after he was sentenced
, to be stoned tc death by women, when the
5 sentence was about TO be executed said tc
the women, "now let the biggest We
, cast the Rrst stone" So | would say 10 this
Esquire and all those that blus.er so much
about Court4houso rats and of1;ce.seekers
let them that never had an Office and tn ,se
+ that don't want one, cast the first stone.
think if this test wss put there would be lea,
. Of the hue and cry sb,.t office. seeking
Cou rt.hnnse rsts, DC.
As to the "mess dished I'D bv the "B scl
Republicans" Dutch plu, k and all" sim
8 ply reply, we would as soon swallow ths
I as the little dish the Esquire proposes for U,
4 to swallow-the Union, tho Constitution
4 and the enforcement OF the laws, with what
ever construction they NAV see fit To pu
3 upon the CONSTITUTIONS. Let me ask the ESQ
: where is your American plank! Where d,
: you proPose any Hma ndment to the natura !
ization laws! Does It your latform vir
,ualls ignore Americshism, And let MI
. further ask: can Abraham Lincoln mr. m,
man act as President Of the United State
e without first taking an oath to do the yer,
I thing your platform sets fortht II Is th,
/ most consummate folly and exquisite non
# sense to talk about a platform that !, par
il OF the oath administered to every presiteu
Before entering upon his off .i,l duties +,
81 President, from Washington down TO Buch
nan.
I The Esquire says: "now IL "ff /" will fin
J in all the vocabulary ,r billingspate NOR
e intense slang than he uses in his communi
b cation towards m, self and Charleswor,h
q then ri vote for Lincoln, which would b
g greatest pnnishme q, possible to inflict. -
II Now | can shoy the T., ,uir. in a mompn
J. that there is not particle of slang used /,
: "H ." article towards him | don,t AS
l' e"o H"f"'S " '''0 lOT lIlHCOln, no cVPl
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