Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-04-30
April 27, 1863.
PERSONALITIES.

We clip the following from an article in the
Republican, of last week under the head of
personalities
owe do not design to occupy much space
with the exported editor, hui will simply ask
a few questions. How is the concern over
which you presidc--approprately styled by
soldiers the "M Milersburg Rebel Banner
! kept up DO not the Republicans pay much
! the largest sum in taxes Is not your paper
supported by the patronage derived through
| county officers, and in this way, and this on.
| ly, supported and but for the aid thus re
ceived you and your infamous sheet would
ere this been cmigratcd to some benghted
corner Of ;he world. Again When do you
! print the largest stock OF blanks for county
o.hccrs, 50 that they will not answer for their
successors in office, just before or after an
clcctioni What becomes oiall such worthless
! blanks Is this work done for the benefit OF
tax payers, or to keep up your establish.
mcntn
| We would inform Mr. GRirFITu that the
FARMER is kept up BY honest industry. The
paper has Il very large circulation and a lib
eral advertising patronage, and tho Office has
an extensive run OF job work which is always
promptly and well done at fair prices SO far
as the soldiers are concerned, they know
nothing about the Farmer /; they can know
nothing about it because they have not for
the last three months been allowed to read it
the Abolition dcspotism selects the read
ing Tor them.
The Republicans of Holmes County do not
pay ouc-third of the taxes, We do the
county prnting-do it properly and at reason.
able prices. When the Abolitionist elect the
county officers, which viii probably be soon,
the Rcppbican shall have the county printing
some body must do it. AS for printing
| blanks, we do it whenever any OF the officers
ask us to do SO. None Of tho county Office RS
have now or ever had surplus Of blanks OK
ccpt the Probate Judge and Clerk OF the
Court, and their surplus was printed by the
Republican some seven or eight years ago,
when that party had brief control Of those
two Offices. The Clerk and Judge are both
using those blanks now. Blanks are not rem
dcrcd worthless by change Of officers. The
Rpaihcan's gable about worthless and sur.
plus blanks is all false, and every man knows.
No county in the state is so economically
managed as this. All of our county officers
arc economical to fault, and they are
equally as strict in regard to printing as any
thing else. Were it true that surplus and
worthless blanks were printed tho county Off.
ccIs would be more to blame for allo wing il
than we would be for doing the work Every
man in Holmes County, who knows anything
about it, knows tho charges of tho Republican
to be tie coinage Of n wicked heart and false
from beginning to end. They are made by
mau who has been but ono year in the county
and who in that time has published more
slaug and ialsehood than was published dur
ing a quarter of a century before. One who
was here but short time until he denounced
this as a "dark spot Of creation" ono VI ho
has destroyed the patronage Of his Office and
then publicly charged Mr.. CAsKEY with swim
ding him in the sale Of il. Ono who has
been compelled to acknowledge himself Ii.
heller to escape n prosecution from man
with whom he had no acquaintance. Aud,
who in the midst of tho fruits of his wicked
ness declared ~ wish to God Almighty
bad never seen Holmes County"
This is but partial record; but in view of
1t, is it any wonder Mr. GRIFFIru is iriendless
and treated with contempt by the honest peo-
pie OF Holmes County.