Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-06-20
Interview Of Jonathan q. Smith with
fne Editor of the CIev efapd ii erald.

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the Editor Of the Clev efspd Herald.
Mr.. Harris, ] have cum to sea about this no
nart, arrangement = think it's bully ] sec
Won no in for makcn Dave Tod Governor, aud
haven the rest Of the ticket Republicans. II is
good idy Mr.. Harris, and We OF to pile into it
IKE a Wide. Awake would pile into an lie barrel.
Amt that your opinion, Mr.. Harris I
HARRrs--Ccrtainly, certainly, MIR. Smith. J
have been for lopg time fighting the Locofoco
party and ffrd that every few years they accu.
mslsts lot of men who think that they were
fore. ordained from all eternity to live by holding
office. These me n have run for offico much
that they don't like to leave their party without
plausible excuse, and all we have to do Is to get
up q new party undep new name, ond tell the
discontented Locofocos that we will make them
bell wcatl.crs if they Join as, and they always
come in droves.
SNirH.--Just so, Mr.. Harris. In ften the bo'
eofocos it has becum necessary in the coarse of
human events TO change the name of our party
sum twenty times in fifty years. You remem-
bsr the different names We have had, but ! cant
give the list without haven them written down.
The people hav got to bcleaven that the Repub
lical party is eorrupt. They don't understand the
necessity for the great nion Legislative drunk,
nor the Impotence Of maxim three or four hun.
ared new oacses in this state just to give our
friends q chance to serve the pub lie, nor why our
State authortier made contracts for army sup
plies at more than twice the worth of the articles
| pantpd These tlAiuga wa ali riuht Iba
on the principle Of tive high protective tariff
tina incouuged home industry-tha made tho
peepel anxious to saryc the State and it ereatet
a necessity amung others to be ind strious 81
that they Good raise money enough to pay tlrei
'ncrcas taxes This promotin Of Industry has
tendency to keep the peepcl om of mischief, an
it makes 'em meak and manageable.
, HARRls--Just so Mr.. Smth The people ar
very dull of apprehension. We mast stop tn
clamor about these things. and the way t
do it is for oup party leaders to jump might
high, and when we come down swear that "
are not the individuals Who went up. That
the way we jumped out Of tho old WIFI
party into the Abolition party. II Is necessar
for as now to jump high enough to clear ourselve
of all the Irreprcssible, Disunion and Abolition
sentiments of our party, AND to jump beyond til
doings of our Office holders and light right dow
on the Union. . ..
SaITH.--Yes, yes, Mr.. Harris. And when IN
: locofoco's say we simpatbiacd for John Browr
u we tell 'em we amt the men. If tba say W
. went for the "Irrepressible Conflict woll te
en- we Is not those distinguished individuals.
r tia open tlare heads about us bcin Union slide
we will jst kindly inform EN- that tina are the 81
L cessionsts and tra.ers, and if tba don't sh,
8 thare heds we'll elevate 'em with rope Lin
: ken has dun us power Of good. He has gel
y Burlingame, who went for "an ant.slavery Co
II stitutIon, an anti Slavery Fible, and an an,
/. slavery God" to a foreign Court and
g has sent Giddings and menny more Of 'e
: fellows ava so that tina are not hear to speak f
d themselves and we can swear by the best
= Rogers Razors and the great Scissors Of lestru
c ton that tha don't belong to our party.
, HARRrs-Qute right, Mr.. Smith. And it
the duty Of all us editors to stoutly contend thl
, there is no party now that Locofoco's are rt
moved from office because they are party mel
and Republicans are placed in, not because the
are Republicans, but because they belong to N
: party. It's very important that We have the mex
Legislature and all the state officers except tn
governor, so that those who are opposed to part
will have control Of the State Treasury. and ca
district the State so that men who cliug to part
= cannot elect single member OF Congress, all
so that we saR re elect that good cid NO part
: man II II \Vnbo IN tho Jfoifal Stotaa C.,.,a
SMTH--True, oh, King Harris. To ,loall th
j. we must call ourselves the Union party, and we'
II raise q HI Of II fuss, ind call all who don't jim
y us traters and seeeshers. Here wen have en-
The people musent understand tho gaim---it Nigh
niger our COZ. want yon feers to go in lemon
aud squeeze 'cm and us stumpers will give zen
6ts If we git Dave Tod for Governor we ca
hide all the rest of the ticket behend him, an
things will work to n charm The Plain Deale
gin little nible at the bait, but Gray, darn hi
. skin, discovered the hook and swum off IA gal
as three year old bass. The Governor dom
amount to much in comparison to the Lcgis
> lature aud the other State officers, and We ca
l stand Tod first rate. Our friends is organ &c
secret lodges over the State on the plan of th
2 Know Nothins which is bound to do n heap q
i good. They a0collrd, your know. Committee
of Public Safety.
J At this point Governor Dcnnison entered an
y said: "Sentlemen am glad to see you.
Q understand the object of this interview. il
n formed my good friend, Mr.. Smith, that coul
y not consent to be my own sueecdaneu,n. wou
d like to be Governor again, but if can sell til
II wara as woll as l ann buy it can do better
= that than playing Governor. Reside there is
g prejudice in the minds of the people against IN
y lgo for no party. am a noparty man, and
n We get legislature of NO party men, think II
! numerous fat contracts have given will secul
me scat in the United States Senate. Gentle
e lucn you will obligs your most obedient serpar
y by urging this matter to its greatost extremit,
= Gentlemen, mn very much fatigued, let us ad
journ to a conyicnt plaoo and rogals ourscve
with "nip."
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