The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-10-01
Letter from Mr.. Dodge.

lsetter from VIE DOuge.
EDIroR JouRxAL.--In a recent number Of vour
paper noticed paragraph to the cfiec. that 'Mr.
Dodge advised Sheriff Guyer to keep old Holen-
becks legal advertisements out Of the Indevcadcri
in mercy to his (Hs) clients" sc. This statement
is entirely erroneous. Although at one time great
ly dsapproved Of the course Of that paper in some
respects, never gave Mr.. Guyer anv advice what
ever upon the discharge Of his official duty in
this respect In fact | never IN my knowledge had
any conversation with him on the subject. have
also noticed statement in your paper to the effect
that one sf Mr.. Waites supporters in this town has
offered reward OF ten dollars 10 any one that would
shoot a negro and twenty dollars TO any one that
would shoot an abOlitionist. I have been informed
by several friends that this most fiendsh and afro
cous sentiment has been attributed to me. Allow
the to assure you that have never used any such
language or entertained any such ideas.
HESRY II. DoDGE.
RsxARKs.-Two weeks ago, just before going to
press, we received a lengthy communication from
Mr.. Dodge, the substance of which is given in the
foregoing letter-the former having been withdrawn
for revision. In the first communication Mr. Dodge
says al did tell him tGuyer) one year ago, that
the matter (of printing! rested exclusively in his
discretion, and that he had right to advertise his
sales where he thought fit" He then goes on to
give his reason for rendering this advice to the
Sheriff, because "of an insnuation thrown out by
the Independent that Mr. Thornton had been en-
gagged in robbing clothes lines" Here, then is a
clear and distinct assertion, given in Mr.. Dodge's
own hand writing, that he conversed with Mr..
Guyer on the subject of his printing while in the
above he unreservedly states that he ''never gave
Mr.. Guyer any advice whatever upon his official
duty in this respect" Now one or the other of
these statements is probably true, but are quite
certain that it is not the latter.
Wehave several times made charges, in general
terms, to the effect that of Waite's supporters
in this county had cursed this as damned Aboli-
ton war; that if they thought the Government in
tended to free the negroes they would shoulder
their muskets and go down and help the South
that Of them had even gone so far as to offer
or wish the Government would offer a reward oI
ten dollars for shooting negro and twenty dellars
for shooting an Aboitionst. That these declara-
tions have been made by Mr. Waite's supporters
we have the best reason for believing. Mr.. ARD
Mrs. Gage, Julius Blinn, De Witt Van Camp, and
six or seven others we could name, were among
the number that have heard them. Mr.. Dodge
says he has been inormed by several Of his friend
that this most iendish and atrocous sentiment has
been attributed to him. We assure him he does
not regret this impression more than we do. We
were informed that for time he subscribed tc
Medary's Crisis and the Cincinnati Enquirer but
we not prepared to believe that the treason
preached in these rebel sympathising organ.
had taken root in Mr.. Dodge in such serious form
He assures us that he never used any such Ian
guage entertained any such idea" 1t would bt
well for his reputation if this last statement wa
strictly true, but we fear there is much room Il
doubt its correctness is in this instance exhibited
in his reference to the advice he gave Mr.. Guyer
concerning his legal advertising. 1t is only necess
AIRY for us to add that Mr.. Dodge was Chairman o
the Democratic Congressional Convention, held il
Toledo on the 10th of September, which declared
its adherence to the modern principles of that party
and endorsed the Yallandigham State Convention
P.S. Since the above was written Mr.. Dodge
parades his second communication in the organ o
his party, with the following prefix:
"EDtToR OF INDEPENDEsr-The following is
copy of note addressed by me to the Editor of the
journal, and which he has publicly and privately
promised to publish but which he has hitherto
failed to do. You would do me favor to insert i
in your paper"
The reason why we did not publish the first com
munication was because our paper was "made up
before we received it. We took n copy fit, how
ever, after Mr.. Dodge had left note at our Office
saying that hewas glad it received too late fol-
our issue" of two weeks ago. He is welcome tt
all the capital he may make by this last resort. b,
the way, speaking of the former communication, we
are reminded of the hatterng notice which Mr.
Dodge gives to Higgins. 1t closed thus II have
long been pretty confident that if Satan does not
gobble up Mr., Higgins soon, for his many sins ir
this respect, (alusion is here made to his custom Of
slandering every body that does not worship at his
command, he cannot be regarded as understand
ing his business, and should be forthwith turned
out of office to make room for the election of a
more energetic and efficient public servant" The
chairman of the Yalandigham Congressional Con
vention is undoubtedly in fix, and we think hi:
explanation of matters has rather damaged thar
helped his cause.