The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-09-20
NOBLE WINES
His attempt to Muzzie the Press Don't
Work Well!


The Right OF Free Speech forever!
The Union, of Il is place makes lame
and impotent attempt to excuse Granny
Noble for trying 10 Muzzie the Press Of
he Ninth Congressional District by bring
ng suit against us for t,ccnty::hicc thousand
iottors, and also intimates that we have
abused the liberty guaranteed TO the
press.
Your ideas OF the liberty Of the press
were good deal more liberal when, two
years ago. you charged honest old John
Carey with having sold sTINKING
NEAT to his neighbors.
You forget that two years ago you
charged the old FARMER CONGRESS,
MAN with having been guilty of USING
A POSTAGE STAMP TWICE.
You forget that two years ago you
and your party charged that good old
man, John Carey, with having Indian
children in this country; and not only so,
but that some m, ,mber of Your party
marked the paper containing :hr charge
and sent it to the old mans wife.
You forget that you then made all
these low, contemplate charges, when
you knew in your very soul that there was
not word of truth in any Of them; but
now, when we simply repeat charge
made by and with the authority Of the
State OF Ohio against Warren p Noble
"a charge that was sustained at the time
of its publication bv the Ohio Statesman
and all the leading Democ ate papers in
the State-we say when we repeat this
charge. an attempt is made to muzzle our
mouth with a TWENTY FIVE THOU
SAND DOLLAR MUZZLE, and you
cry out that We have abused the freedom,
of the press.
Did John Carey sue you for damages? ?
did 1e attempt to intimidate and fright
en- the editors of the district with libel
suits? No; he knew they were false and
that they would recoil upon the heads OF
his defamers. Not SO with your
man Noble; he sees this charge staring
him in the face, backed by Democratic
authority, substantiated by Democratic
testimony, and sees, too, that his only
safety is in KEEPING THE FACTS
FROM THE PEOPLE; for this purpose
the PRESS MUST BE MUZZLED, and,
to accomplish this, an example must be
made fthe editor of the Pioneer in OF der
to scare the other editors in the Dis
tlict.
Now, sirs, let US reason together. We
found this charge in the mouths Of the
Democrats who opposed tt c nomination
of MIR. Noble at the Convention held in
this place few weeks ago: we turned to
the report of DEMOCRATIC lNVES-
TIGATING COMMITTEE and found
the evidence there, which is good and suf-
ficiert, upon which this charge was pred
icated; and when we were told that Mr..
Noble. denied the charge, we turned to
the Ohio Statesman, the organ OF his par
ty in this state, and there found that the
editor of this paper had REFUSED TO
ACCEPT HIS DENIAL and said that
ne pr. ferred taking the SWORN STATE
MENTS Of gentlemen equally as respec~
table as Mr.. Noble to receiving his empty
denial.
Now, gentlemen, in repeating a charge
as well fortified with proof as is the
charge that Warren P. Noble WAS
CONNECTED WITH THE BRESLIN
AND GIBSON DEFALCATION. VIC
would like to know how we have been
guilty of abusing the liberty Of the press!
We would like to know where we have
transcribed the duties and rights of po-
litical editor. But no: the truth is, you
end that Mobiles twenty FIVE thousand
uOlIdE uUel Sulb mas uOt ndu tle ueSITtU
effect, and that nobody is very seriously
frightened; you find that the people arc
disgusted with the baby conduct Of your
candidate; and you also find that his at
tempt TO persecu,e us and thereby muz-
zie the press of the district has had a
very damaging effect upon his prospects
hence your attempt to palliate his offence
by the flimsy subterfuge that We have
abused the freedom of the press.
Oh, yes; it is all right for you to trump
up and publish all kinds Of vulgar and
slanderous falsehoods against an HONEST
OLD FARMER, bu: when we venture ever
to TELL THE TRUTH upon your
LAWYER CANDIDATE, we are drag.
ged into Court and told that we mus
either shut our mouth or pay twenty five
thousand dollars; upon the principle, W.
suppose, that the greater the truth M'
qreater tile Hbel Gentlemen, YOU ma,