The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-10-01
THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER
MIR. AsHLEY's REPLY TO THE BLADE

! MIR. ASHLEY'S REPLY TO THE BLADE
| EDITOR COMMERCIAL: - The article in tn
B'ode Of Sturdy evening signed &C. W." til
caption Of which is, "Mr. Ashley and tie Blade,
demands an answer.
That Mr.. Waggoner was an applicant for th
/ Office OF Collector is well known TO our bushes
men and all the Republicans of this city
Whether .fsst suggested to Mr.. Waggoner tn
| ptopriety of his becoming a candidate for th
coilec;orship, or he 10 me, I do not remember
nor do ] regard il as material. On receipt q
the second of the three notes which he wrote m
some weeks ago, had personal interview wit
him. and on parting supposed had satsfactor
NY answered the questions asked in his notes
on the following morning was not little sur
prised at the receipt of Mird note ON the sam
subject went at once to the Blade office, anC
asked Mr. Waggoner If my statement of th,
night before was not satisfactory at the sam,
time assuring him that would not, BY my 81
ience, permit hin 10 he put in wrong position
lie answered that he wauted a written reply.
| asked him if he Intended iC for publication
lie answered " that ha did not know that h,
should publish it." then wrote the note, which
he at once published, together with copies o
the three notes he had sent me, and in his
comments charged me with concenling the
truth, when h9d assured him in my private in.
terview, as did in my note, that could not
remember whether / had first spoken to him
about becoming a candidate or not, but that Il
he would say positively that l had first spoken
to him, and desired me To admit it, l would
cheerful do so.
For thus frankly admitting what could not
remember, he charged me then, and again on
Saturday, with "pettiloggiug and pretending not
to remember the most simple fact"
This may be regarded by Mr.. Woggoner as
manly and honorable. The readers Of the Blade
will probably form different Judgment.
That "a man should remember the numberless
conversations of the number!ess applicants who
bution-holed him at every step, is 70: surpris-
ing, ard that he shou d oe uuable afterwards to
tell whether he had fest spoken to certain can
didate or that certain candidate to him is not to
be wondered at. ....
1t Mr.. W'ggoner intends the public to un-
derstand that | suggested or proposed to secure
him the oifc4 of Collector in opposition to the
wishes of the Republicans of this city, he gross
ly misrepTCsents me. Il is well known to every
applicant Tor either the Custom House or Post
Office, in Toledo, and their friends, thnt de-
sired and attempted 10 force the several candi-
dates to submit their claims to a popular vote
of the Repnbii ,an voters within the city limits.
| desired this course adopted 10 order that
could obtain fair expression of the party. as
many of the petitions were signed ny the same
men. desired also TO secure Mr.. Waggoner
who had been unable to circulate petition
white his partner Dr. Pelton remained sapdi-
date for the Post Office - an equal opportunity
TO obtain the endorsement OF the party, aud |
need hardly assure Mr.. Waggonor, or the pnb-
lie, that bad an election been agreed npon and
the party selected Nc. Waggouer, or "the
Btado for the Coectorship, that should have
recommended the appointment with great pleas
ure. Having adoD.ed for my government in all
local appointments in this District, a rule re.
curing majority of Republicans to endorse
the candidate, could not have departed from
1t to crafty any man. FUllOging strictly this
rule, ! was compelled to and did recommend
the appointment of men in the District whom
never would have appointed if the matter had
been submitted to me. H
The difficulty with Mr.. Wsggoner was that he
did not halipva ha nnuil ,as q r,,;..;,. II -
Republicans of the city to endorse him. To aid
him in this matter | suggested to have them
vote at the election For ColIector-The Blade ~
and if g The Bldde secured more votes thar
either OF the other candidates | would appoint
him. lie would not even consent to this, and,
when 1t became known to the Republicans of
the city that this arrangement was talked of,
they not only protested against II, but even his
own partner, Mr. PelsOn, ShO desired the Post
Office, protested 10 me in person aud hy letter
against IT, So persistent was NJ. Weggoner iu
his determination 10 have the Coilectorship -
whether endorsed by the party or rot for that
Office - that signatures we're obtained Gy hin
or his friends TO paper endorsing The BLADE
III general terms, which was sent to me by MIR
Waggoner, to be used in urging kia appoint
ment as Collector. After / received this paper,
a number OF gentlemen who had signed II, learn
ing the use that Mr.. Waggoner was making of
it wrote me, protesting against the appointments
of Mr.. Wsggoner, stating that they did not iu-
tend to recommend him for the Office of Collec.
tor when they signed that paper. How they
learned that the paper bad been sent to me to
be thus used, [ have never been advised; but
that | received the paper endorsing The Blade
and in day or two afterwards the protest of the
same men who had sigOed it, is true.
do not deny that was anxious to have
" the Bt0ds F" endorsed and sustained, and Mr..
Waggoner has more than one letter from me
expressing this anxiety. I also expressed to
him my fears that if it was not thus sustained,
it might for want of peeuniary aid fall into pro-
slavery hands. How we'll these fears were
grounded, let the present position of the BLADE
nswer.
What ever wrote letter to Mr.. Wagsouer,
placing the office of Collector of Customs iu
this city at his disposal provided it was " paid y
for, and "hdt the price sas the independence
IF the B'ads, and The manhood and ssJ respect
Of NE editor" is fslsehOod manufactured out
of whole cloth, for which there is not even the
shadow of foundation, and if he has any such
letter from me, ask that 1t may be published
That ever attempted directly or indirectly
to d''St or 1ay the BLADE into the support Of
myself 0r of any Of my political views, or that
ever directly or indirectly suggested that eth
er of the PrOPrietors of the Blade could have
the Post 01iee or Custom House for an interest