The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-10-31
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DIToR OF PEhRYsBvRG JoUHSAL:--A friend has
recently called my attention to an article in paper
called the independent" published in this place
have given to Il @ said article A moments atten-
ton, and iinl that IN il have been charged with
being the editor ui your paper have ncvcr,as YOU
know, contributed to your paper any articles Tor
publication Of any kind, except that | have twice
sent you nItices of political conventions, at vour
request. In these two communications of mine
tiert was not one word or syllable rejecting
ir"ctly or Indirectly upon any iu liydual In fact
Y"u wen know that have uniformly expressed N.Y.
sell up all proper occasions as in favor of drop
ping all partz N quar- is, ana ut the SIM, tim, of
buryinE IN eternal oblivion all personal DIFFICULTIES
which III past times have grown out of partz IN con-
testl so tnat we truly shoud he Il united people in
view oi the dangers which threaten our beloved
country. There is no use, MIR. Editor, in saying
IN We forget party, that we are all party, &c,
unless at the slme time we bury the iurtIan hatch
ct N spirit and III tru h, AMI rally arounl the dear
old hlE of our country, not ns strangers, not as
dscordant mob, but os Il band Of brothers iorgtt
tul of past differences and looking only to the gC-
rous future that awaits US il we prove true to our
cause and ourselves. In past times we have Gll
blen, to greater nr ess extent partisins giving
and taking the hard knocks Of rulical warfare as
they cam end none the WorsA perhaps for the OK
ercse. This year, however, the trutst men and
wiscst patriots Of both parties agreed to hold an
mistce-- TO sink the parti2In, and unite upon the
simple principle o. susta ming the government In
u
Willingness 70 obey the call of duty and patriotism
than in this. Political enemies OF a quarter ot
century were stan iirg side 10y side r the same
convention and cheerhlly sustaining Union tick
e.. Amid all this good brohelly and patriotic feel
ing, th. paper, called the Independent sprung into
lite. ls first issues tlltd with gall aud Bit
ternesS--its columns were black with fIlsuhood,
and ovcrtowing with the luulCst calumnirs against
m m wnosc official and private characters had new
Q! Q ore be- osslilei Th2 m n asSailei were
the very for whose election the editor of that
paper n few years before had !culous'y lahorcd-
To those who knew the low aud filthy motive of
these attdcks--Who understood that this vile slang
WAS r'Sortcd to in order 10 punish them for not
pushing forward the political and pccuniarv for
tunes of a mln whose want of all honest principle
rendered 1t public crime to tolerate hint there
was certainly no terror in the eiTuson OF his ven
omous tongue. | WAS natural, however, that the
n minccs ol the Union Convention, who de
NJ unccd Ms dishonest or rejected as incapable by
the li;te cqpe tha. constitute the editorial depart
m mt of that paper sheuld desire to be beard hro
the columns Of your paper. Their first object nat
turally was also to let the public know who their
! assailans were, TO show them up and have people
see them.
"Vicc is a monster Of such hilcous mein
That 10 be stunned il needs but 10 be seen"
/ On the same principle our friends seemed 10 think
! that half Of the venom Of tho sllnierous tongues
that aSsaIled them would he countcractcd by smp-
! ly introducing the short and Dirty clique 10 their
! constituents. In doing this, however, they forgot
Nld we HlSElNS ol lO-uuN was Inherent man lrutl
! the Higgins ol three or four years ago. Tncn he
! padded his own canoe now, il seems, he has n
gang of trained and pcuSiOncd rowdys at his he Is
to enforce with fists and bickbatS what he fails 10
accomplish with talschoal and sllnder. In other
words, no character is so pure hut they NAV black
cu II, no privacy sacred but they may invade it;
but il the plr4 ass tile dareS 20 publicly ramnn-
srate he is q be answered with club. Such be-
ing the case, ami there being every prospect that
| Indulgence of the tongue would purchase broken
1. L. : n n ID l.
J ity to whole skin and bones, have long ago re-
solved 10 remain quiet, at least till Mart Lake geis
through his Summer work, and shows his N6le-bod
led countena &c in Pcrrysburg. About then sup,
pose we shall once more witness the pleasing phc
nom non of Higgins aud his kindred crew Of shOv
and dirty backgrounds hunting their holes again
Until then no amount Of prONOCatOn shall induce
me TO expose myself To what you, Mr.. Editr,accor
ding to Higgins, have 80 narrowly escaped. VIII
a word or two moro | will close In the article q
the independent referred tOa paper called the Cab
met Maker, published in this county last Fall /
! mentioned, AMI the fact announced as startling
[ discovery that some ot the manuscript ct that pa
b per is in my handwriting. | have always admit
ted, aua never denied my authorship of one arucl
in that paper being the article di'iied into para
T graphs, and each paragraph headed with the nam
Y Of one Of the nominees of the Democrats Conver
{ tion. That article does state that there was su'
/ pciOu Of improper transactions IN the Treasury ID
\ par,mept No corruption is charged no pecuauo
K is charged hut the fact that there were such r
.
IT was involved in saying 81. These suspicious gre
y ont OF Mr.. Ross repcrt ] am now satisfied, alth
g did not then know the fact suor dc now chat NJ
Graham had negligeuty allowed balance TO a.
eunulate il his tavor az the Toledo Bank, thus V
olating the letter Of the law. Ii is well known TIA
foreign taxpayers have 10 remit in drafts, and tn
the County Treasurer must avail himself Of ban
tug accommodations 10 get those drafls cashcd,
While hurriedy taking in taxes il does not tal
n lung 10 get considerable amount in drafts, ai
81; that makes the Treasurer creditor Of the hai
ia thrugh which he sends his drafts for collection.
Whether It was quito fair 10 refuse % Mr.. Graha
the privilege of sending to the Toledo Bank and <,
Of ting the amount which he had thus neglgently
,r- lowed 20 become due 20 him. is not question 70
now debated. Il was also stated in the Cabin
Maker that we want an upright moral, temper'
ms Inau for Sheriff, and voters were allowed to la
ng closely into the character Of the candidates. tn,
he was no charge against any one in that, and no
h; true statement either, As 70 the statement Il
'' Mr. Bhrn was an unfortunate selection for Q GO
Ihe didGte certainly considered in those times Il
tho any Selecuon by the Republican party Of can
,nd date likely % be elected was unor,unate--tor
Democratic party, at least
9" But there were two cr three articles in the Ca
ry net Maker SO low and despicable in their charao
ned 80 false and slanl1ruus in their charges so mt
, and tllhy 10 their nature and style-that no pol
V" cal eSciemcnt could palliatc--no partsAn s,T
loa could excuse them. There was au article head
scn "I Graham And the Mood County r res SNry, %