The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-10-13
The Republic Fair Again

Having promised 20 nnswer the com
municstions in your paper OF Aug. loth, :,
ovsr ibe sipuatures Of L. I. Sliekney and
Iiul, Johnny, proceed TO the task; and
"a lntle Johuny wishes me to turn my
attention more particularly to the "Gen-
crsl," I shall rub him down win otioK-
bats aud cobs, (his case being desperate!
occasionally applying the Liquid soap
for his publication, md at the same ume
hold up a dino before bis eyes, 70
s,ronr,hen his christian bcncyolence
and honesty, and i( should happen to
blt little Johnny Nick, suppose he WI
" ,possum.n or "Kill Kenny Cat" aud 1t
doc. NOT matter much which, but u no
shculd bsppon TO "Cat," aud swallow the
UCeneraln and himself all but the tail,
an won't be much Of a tail no how. !"
When was reading little Iohnny's
article and HE oncomiums on the Gen
e+al.vI was nmuscd aud reminded OF the
upecdote OF tho old lady who heard mo'
her son had received some kind ofS u,'e,
and she could not rocolleci whouel
rn, tyencr.ull, Corpcr-al, OF Scounher'
all hui she rather thought " was lho
i.,,os. ana when I Set through with The
"I.cnor.sIn aud little Johnny, will
,cavs ths pcoplc to mako their own sp-
pliodtions Of the titles.
Twill nov proceed to answer oil OF the
% Genera.ll's communication that s
worthy Of any notice, and ! would here
saw, that | should not have troubled the
readers Of the Tribune with an answer,
md ho not have undertaken 10 tx a stain
upon NV character, without the slightest
foundation: therefore let his own arrows
Sting him through iUe. 't
He commences by saying, "in your pa
nor of the llih OF Aug, Ira Reynolds
sysin appears as prosecutor and perSocu.
tor of The four "Ladies" who conducted
the SANITARY Fair at Republic, aud the
slanderor and fulsiiiror Of those who took
part in their defense" This deny, tor
your own fgurina proves all against the
"Ludics" that ! ever accused them ot'
, Besides, that hold that the people have
a right TO ins,igato tho acts OF all public
officers, without being branded as prose-
cutors, and suppose the culprit being
tried for murder would make the same
complaint that y. 4. Stickncy u Co.,
and the same that the "noted Gcucral"
Stiekney did, when no was boIng tried
for fraudulent dealings, while acting us
State House Commissioners but again he
SAYS, "Mr. Reynolds admits Ia his lust
urtclo and says the stand was drawn ns
A free donation" Ali Yes, when his
priyato speculation irdS foiicd by the in.
dignation Of the people. Surely twould
be great private speculation tor mo 10
simply receive back the nett cash out
lays according to ngrecineni, niler do.
mating five weeks time, besides the con-
tempt which hold for rich man rho
did not qius one dime for The ~ lief Of
.the sick and wounded soldiers who are
enduring the scorching rays of a south
ern cline, that you and (hc) may still
be free" demands all the epithcts aud
phrases that eau be found in the English
language to portray his low, mean, CHI
csnery, aud | do not wonder that his
friends reproach him, and thut his con
science stinrs him when he looks az the
above quotations from his, little JOhnny's
and others, master "Soupy" article, which
he put his namc TO, but again he says,
al further stated that he purchased the
stand of boy for $3.50. He admits the
purchase, but cautiously keeps the price
out Of sight, and to show his feeling for
the soldiers, ! will add that this SI2,50
stand was taken by Mr.. Reynolds from u
poor soldicr boy at 80 so, aud hc request.
ed the lad TO report that the price was
S2o.r | will here say that this soldier
"lad" was Mrs. Rhodes married son,
who never had been an enlisted soldier
prior to the drawing and sale Of tho
stand, and that Il was tho "lad's" own
REQUEST that should not let Il be know
what he had sold Il tor, and would fur
ther state, that did not give but So for
the stand, aud they probably added tho
other 80 cents tor the articles of which
the stand was robbed in the short space
of time that interyened between the
drawing and purchase; and Il any ono
wishes to know what those articles were
or have ever seen the effects they pro.
duced, | will say that they were the fine
colorings which make (old) ladies' look
50 beautiful.
Now lot us take look at ,his trnnsac-
ton aud sse how il compares with the
statement OF the "notcd" Gener-ull Stick.
noy who did not give one dime. Did |
purchase il irom u poor sick soldicr"lad"
ior whom therconiributions were madcl
No! Did | appropriate il to my own use !
No, Did | not spend from FIVE to ten
dollars more to reht the stand, aud thcn
dunuts IL again TO the Sanitary Commis.
sion from which this poor soldier "lad
(if he ever onlsted) would receive his
proportion, if sick aud wounded! Yes
We'll then il does not take u very strong
mind to see that the heart of this devoted
christian who quotes scripture 80 fluent
ly, is as black as he said his clients acts
were, or he would never tell such ia alsc.
hoods as the above, aud thereby under
take To Witty the character Of man
. whose only crime had been his devotion
to the cause Of the "sick and wounded
soldiers"
Again the famous State House Com
missioner says, II showed that he hat
slandercd those ladies' BY false stafemeR n
of heir account" THIS | deny. ant
would say, that " any one has slanderc,
them, or made false statements in regar,
TO their account, Il has been the corps o
seventh rate peuiioggers, for IL the OF
hcers who conducted that fair never ha,
changed their gross receipts (accordin!
10 nttlc sOhuhyo PiV"PuhHl Hom Cfi'
10 Sass, and according to Z. r, Stick
ney's figuring from SI95 to Sii3, W
never could have detected the $40, on
of which the society was wrongcd in III
"a transaction. But as they ere willing I
trust their case in the hands Of four AZ
rate petliieggers, they must blame ther
for the ISLANDERS and misreprese ntat ion,
(if any,) aud make them foot tho bill
and sure "Daybsll must have lived i
vain" Al least the "Gencraln neyo
could have patrOnized him much. Br
as wish TO make my article as short a
possible, will quote again as follows
al am charged by Mr. Rsynolts as hav
ing said on several occasions that th
transactions of those females pds q
black as hell, and gave that as reaso