The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-15
YOUNG, mpiorily over nll.....ns,

Under ordinary circumstances, we should be
sontent with the simple announcement Of the re.
cult Of this election; but IL Is obviously so ono
sided, and, in some respects, so peculiar, that
justice to ourself and our position demands an
explanation. We are unwilling that such vote
should go forth to the world, us an expression OF
the esteem in which we are held and the value put
upon our editorial services, by our own party, in
the town where we were born and have been we'll
known from infancy, without word or two in
our own behalf.
Boon after the result OF tho Presidential election
was ascertnined, knowing TINT change wus
likely to occur in the Chardon Post. Office. We in
dicated 10 OH: friends our desire TO obtain The an.
pointment, II we could do 80 honornbly. But
though we knew thu, the office, which is not
lucrative one, woun, be worth more to us than 10
any person not similarly situated, and believed,
II we did not say, that If personally unobiecton.
able, zoe had right 10 ask the appointment Of the
party, we urged no man to grant us the small boon
of his influence for this small oiiice--much less
used any unworthy efforts to ob'nin it,
When tho proper timo had arrived to put our
application into tangible form, we were informed
that popular vote was generally desired and ex.
pccted. und having no objection to such vote,
favored and signed the call.
The call specified what class of persons should
participate in the election. but said Eothipe
about the mode, except that it would be by ''vote"
or ballot. We believe that, in come of the places
where such elections have been held, they were
conducted like political conventions, a chair.
man nnd secretary being appointed, and the
names OF all the candidates regularly announced,
before the balloting commenced How or by
whom the preliminnries were all arranged, we do
not know but puuctually at the appointed hour.
ballot.box was provided in one Of the County
Offices, and, oil things being got in readiness, the
vo.irg began, and, proceeding with rnpidity,
the contest tf such il may be called) wns virtually
decided in half nn hou-, and the 'polls" closed
and the result announced, by the middle of the
afternoon.
The election could have no legal effect, bu,
was simply what tho call made it, and nothing
else. Yet, while the coll included none but Re.
publicans OF Chardon Township, oil Republicans
present ~ho receive their mail matter OF the Chur.
don Post-Office, were allowed, and we under
stand, In one or more instances, urged, to vcte
This, we are told, was by the general consent"
OF all present, including, of course, that of The
nonresident Republicans themselves We find
on the list Of those who voted, the names of some
Twenty. OF these non resident Republicans, We
also find by examining the same list, that number
Of Democrats voted though the votes of some
other persons who were not Republicans, were
challenged and rejected How the terms of the
call could be so construed as to admit the votes of
Douglas men OF Munson, and exclude those of
Bell mon Of Chardon, is beyond our feeble COM
NAL - l..
do not impugn ihe motives Of any OF these
voters, and we neither know nor care how they
voted. AZ they were oil interested in the result
we should not even object to their voting, had
such been the original understanding. But, as
such was not the original understanding, and,
had Il been, many others would have voted It was
not the province of the few present 10 proceed as
II 1t hod been AMI, when the terms of the call
were once disregarded by all inst rules one inter.
esed porpon had as good right to vote ms
another. This matter was understood by oil
who signed or had carefully read the call
Some, il not oil, OF those who voted for US, on.
ficipating no struggle over the Post.Office ques.
tion, went leisurely to the "pos," and, arriving
there, wero surprised TO find the burden of the
voting done, and experienced some difficulty in
obtaining tickets with our name on ihom, though
no efforts were wanting to roll up great majority
for the successful candidate. 1t is indeed, won.
der that, with all our disadvantages, we received
thirty two votes
In this plain statement Of facts, we mako no
imputation upon Mr. Young, whom all esteem as
worthy man and good citizen nor do we deny
that no is the honest choice OF many whom we
hope always to number among our friends And
tsod forbid that we should ever be q miserable
dependent on Office, or sacrifice ono just feeling
orprinciple 10 obtain it! Yet VIC regard the man.
nor In which the election was conducted, as ut.
telly needless, aud SO Objectionable as to render
!, of no validity whatever. We do not mean to
state what We cannot prove, and, therefore, shall
not say that the result was well understood from
she first; but the circumstances attending il were
certainly remarkable, and, to ur, instructive.
NASCn,rk t. nk;lf In no,nto, IL