Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-11-23

showed u pluck and patriotism wor
thy ola Sixth Cavalry boy, and vo-
ted an open ticket tor Abraham Lin
cola. VAST any wonder that Union
msn cheersd! Who doubts that that
man performed the solemn aot in al
proper manner!
Ten minutes later a man, who IN
his best estate ia regarded as but half
witted, entered the court square He
had been "mAnipulated" somewhat
too much, for instead of boing Ne
Clellanly tipsy he was bad whiskey-
drunk. Like an Eastern worshipper
of the Sun he ~appsoachei the central
orb, the ballot box, by a series of
successive and humble prostrAtions,
tearing up the soft muddy soil Of the
Park with his nasal protuberenee
like a sabsoil plough In the hands of a
sturdy western farmer. He spras le1
first to the right. then to the left, then
fore and aft like q ship without bal
last on a stormy sea. and finally
proved his devotion to the great priE-
ciples of q by-gone giaat by sqGdttinS
in the mire.
Tired nature oould do no more, for
be had lost bis equilibrium IN the mud
and couldn't End 1t. Word vas now
passed along to the sachems within
that q man of the "true grit" was stuck
in the mud, and that unless extra eff
forts were put forth to haul him out.
the man who was ''stuck in the mud
on the James and finally hauled onto
a gunboat, would lose q vote.
So thos e high 10 favor lent a help
ing hand, and playing the good Samar-
itan. two Mcclellan men partly car.
ried aud partly dragged him to the
polls. Here the disgraceful scene con
tinued. The drunken man was kept
upright by the joint support Of two
men and a Mcclellan ticket placed in
his hand. 1t was no 20. for the fei-
low was too drunk to offer 1t TO the
Judges Of election. A friend was now
pressed into the service, who after a
grotesque series Of gesturesand grants.
announced that the man wanted 70
vote for Mcclellan. A Mcclellan
man now seized the drunken mans
arm aud thrust forward the hand con
tanning the vote. To the credit OF
those in authority they refused to re-
eeiye the vote of q man who was 80
beastly drunk that a friend had 10 10
his votin g. And thus ended thst
most humiIisting and disgusting spec
tacIe of the day.
TIC profanity on the part Of some
Mcclellan men on account Of the re-
fusal 10 receive this vote. was not only
deep out loud and gotten up too in
first class sly lie.
Query-Did the editor" regard
that nan as in a fit condition to tfper.
form the solemn actl"
"NoIsY PROFESSIONS WERE u ORDER
. OF RAJ pAY.'
Union men came to the polls in pro.
csssions. with music and patriotic
bannsra, aud the flag ef beauty" fost.
ing over them. We don't deny It.
nor that they eheered quito Justify
tor Abraham, the Union, and the sol.
der boys, and what's more We are not
ashamed of it. The sentlsmanly cd
itor was probably lsboring nnder the
dclusion that the professions were got.
ter up for his especial benefit. He
is at liberty now to undsceivs himself,
as the people who joined in them had
very little concern whether they pleas
ed him or not. Had they sought to
tickle his fancy" the drum and fife,
the flag and Yankee Doodle would
have been left out. i s
Now Messrs. Editors,pomes the most
contemplate part of the entire para
graph, A gratuitous, vulgar ding at
the men who composed these process
sions. An apparent opportunity was
offered to the editor and he embraced
it of gratifying his spleen and pouring
out the walls Of his wrath upon the
clergy of Warren, He regretted to
soc the clergy in the professions.
No doubt of it Hs hated to see the
PROFESSIONS at all, and above all he
hated to think that those iprocessions
would deposit aearly too hundred On
ion votes. That's what's the matter,
That sthe precise spot whore the shoe
pinches. saWhat boy in Warren does
Mt know that had those men voted
for Mcclellan tho term "noisy" would
not have suggested itselft to the ard mt
imagination of the editor.
By the term anoisy'' be means OF a
d~isgraceful character, and implies that
the clergy and those who participa ted
in them were doing q disgraceful act.
In fact he intimates that sJmeo of them
have performed nO-higher workship
during the campaign and says that
ono clergyman "debased himself and
~iDsultcd one-haf his congregation"
Now Mr.. Editor Of the Constitution,
you are making serious charges.