The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-12-19
The JenrnaI VS.. The Indepcn-
dent.


lie stands unrivalled, hns in the lastnunibcr
Of the Independent brought it out in boh
relief.
The fact oil our dancing Is aa Siafti by
him and looking at our church r-lations we
cannot apologize for tho acc, indeed we sir
cercly regret its occurrence the balapcc of
the statement, concerning our drinking
whisky, of blood shot eyes, half pulled hair
etc. are merely efforts of the vcritaLlc gon-
tlemans ewn imagination, and are dciber-
ate aud unmitigatcd falschoods. Not co.,.
tent by thus slandering us he attributes TO
us the bascst qualities belonging to man.
"IIe will do anything for wrney." Ills
warrant for saying this is not given bit
we wish him to understand. that we value
money only So far az il enables us to pay
our just and honest debts and maintain an
honorable reputation. To do tliis we have
toiled early and late, and practiccd the clos
est economy, and we are pleased TO think
we can pass our neighbors without being
accused Of defrauding them.
We ask what has beenlMr. Hig Gins policy
in his money matters? Heretofore with tho
nnd rs public printer with the credit and
the resources of the County at his command :.
in the orders Of which, at times he lias over
drawn to the amount Of lNHdfcds Of dollars.
yet this liberal and ,nseifsh patriot, has
drawn largely on the bcnevolence of his
friends, who now are calling for the spirit
of their funls, from the vasty depths of his
wallet, but the money will not come. To
the holders of his paper, which in the course
of business we have had to pay, and to the
merchants and mechanics with whom we
each have had dealings, we appeal An to
which has pursued the most honorable
course. We do not say TO him, what he
has said of us, namely that "hc will do any
thing for money" yet it is we'll known here
and elsewhere that he will do anything wHh
his money, rather than pay his debts The
diabolical malignity exhibited by him in
in speaking of and magnifying our errors
displays more the treachcrous instrument
OF sinful heart and the character of iiond,
than Of man, and the difference between
us and him is the fact that he has nothing
to fall from.
His motive in referring TO our pastor is
as transparent as il is malicious. If ho in
tends thereby to hold the Rev. gentleman
up to the derision Of his readers, we beg to
assure him that he is sailing on the sea of
pIol xv;t ii
many years Mr. Shannon has discharged the
duties Of his office with credit to himself
and to the satisfaction of all who know him
and we exceedingly regret this reference to
him, in the scurrilous attack on us. The
charge of our confession, implying con.
fcssional 30 far as it refers to the NJ. E.
Church, is too stale and impcrtincnt to ro-
ceive the credencc of any intelligent per.
son, and il 10y such insinuation Mr.. lIigginf
intends capital for malicious and slandcrou'
gossip, the avails, will be equally az valuabl,
as his signature to u promsOry note.
The reason which may bc assigned 10y
him for attacking lis is that we have admit
ted TO our columns articles rejecting on hi'
conduct as q public journalist, in regard tc
which, we would say we have been actual
cd by the best feeling toward Mr.. Higgins
and until last September did not permit any
thing in our columns derogatory to him
At that time, or shortly previous, circum
stances arose to change our opinion of him
We found he was unscrupulous, and re
vengeful, in his attacks on our citizens hotl
in their public and private capacity. To
ward Addison Smith especially, and Others
he adopted policy of re,entcss pcrsecu
ton designed to beat down and destroy
and to remove from Office. And for what
simply because Mr.. Smith stood in the wa,
of Mr.. Higgins political and selfish pros
poets Also casting aside the ordinar,
courtesics of political warfare, Mr.. llig
gins has not hesitated to-designa'e good c
tizens by name both in the Toledo Times an,
Independent and expose them to the exhala
tions of his scurrility. Our own intercours
with him has satisfied us, that we canno
rely either on his word, or his honor. ii
is as reckless in his statements M he
malicious in his actions. Under these Ci
cumstances we considered the claim ~ pa
ties TO reply to him through our paper To |
right. His denial of the promise he mad
us "not to start or aid in starting anothC
paper in Perrysburg," must be determine
by the circumstances, and the probabiliti'
in the case. To the citizens of PerrysbuI
and of Wood county, and to their busine
men, we leave the case, knowing the rep
tation Mr.. Higgins has acquired as an Ed
tor, his acquaintance with all our subscri
crs, and his intimate knowledge of all Il
details Of our business, with the knowledj
of possible contingencies, we ask If it
probable that we or any other sane m
would purchase the precarious tenure OF
country paper and printing office, witho
obtaining the condition of not starting
opposition? We most positively aiiI
that We would not, and did not, so purchal
and the sophistry of a dozen Philadelpl
lawyers will not convince any man Of co
mon sense that we did. However, INN
diately after the absolute salo TO us, he !
gotiated with Mr.. Carr, for the transfer
his Press to PerrysburG. stating as an
dueement that his (HigginS.) political INF
ence in the county of Wood, would eGa
him to get candidates nominated who wo'