Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-04-21
REPLY TO PETITION.


Ido not feel it my duty to contribute from my psnti
full scsnty supply Of this worlds goods what you
call "Bounty Fund, for the following reasons:
am in favor of carrying this to the last man
the last dollar aud would NOT stop short OF any
pense necessary keep army full Of real es and
these should 10y of draft otherwise) go
from and bs accredited to their Townships and
Wards and be of their homes such
should be literally paid and their families not al
lowed to suffer To these ends, every thing have and
is as free for the accomplishment of said object is
that of any man whose be found of your
iaselsnt petition. Bat you ask to contribute to
fund.- which, under the control of with whom you
connected, goes to encourage and create Bounty
Jumpers Brokers and paper CREDITS while IT sends very
few reliable to the 'front.' 1t prompts cowaTice as
manifested by who could 60 into the army one
year with pesunsry advantage to themselves, spending
their time running, frsttnS and uming ready to forfeit
their brtbrght. to hire gambling, 6vsponter, de-
serter, murderous cutthroat, (who has just been
baIed psrdoned out Of Jail, and put into brokers'
bsnds to fight for them release them from their obi-
cations they should be proud to defend
C. g. SANFORD, who signed your petition and HIRAM
HAFr who did not but was very industrious inducing
Others to sgn may think it honorable to contrib
your corruption bounty fund.- than it would be
honestly due government, they do there
slight difference in tssss prefer being just before
! I am foolishly generous.
"Msgnifeent SD0rd and Sash" cannot comply with
your request the .magnifcent and SASH
the that Sash presented to me, and
the cost of the sword which had bought and paid for
previous to its being presented wholly refund
ed to And but rs cents the small refund
ed given for that purpose by any your number
and P Terry the generous donor of said sum, rfus
and by his counsel the Treasurer Of the Bounty Fund
refuses to accept and give receipt for principal and
pound interest. Thus you have done all in my
power TO pay ever with compound interest the sum
which gave you much trouble; and every Of you
stand guilty of uttering and publishing faIsehood
FILLING QUOTAs NOW REDUCEp To srsTEM.- whoever
tried recruiting for sny of the Ohio regiments previous
to first draft had to encounter opposition from
class Of citizens long accustomed to handling aud pulling
political wires Since that time and during the DRAFTS
they have been balancing forward and back the
"The Draft" aiding enlisments and now eucourag-
ing fight and deserton. Their "dme' and larger con
tribuoDs aud secret purch of Thousands of dollars
worth of and munitions, and secret organizations
having been exposed and their electioneerng subteruR
producing very poorly in last slfs elections and nd
ing themselves face face with the prssent draft and
Oelog JOob NOOu the Color
ed emn in Canada being scarce they determined to 20
in help panic for fear Of the draft discourage
all honest from ensting at home that there might
be room for Brokers' Bounty Jumpers, Paper Men
credits aud coTruptons both in and out of Provost
Narshals' Offices. The money drawn from the pso
pie the they would get tired of the war; and tn.
less honest in boots sent to the trent the Longer
could the rebels continue the Their zeal raising
piles of money instead of men, induced honest to
tend to them hand of fellowship and authorized them
to act the double treble capacity Of agent for the
TOWNSHIP 80 e broker institution abroad and play
broker on their account; and while thus engaged
they thought that magnificent of rs cents (which
they knew they did not pay but supposed else
had) and determined TO set fool trap with that mag
niHccnt bait Their plan succeeded most admirably
should Judge, the trap contained twenty nine victims
held fast by all fours when it sneskingy presented
| TO me.
lean chesrfuIy vote township ticket made up these
Victims they will be likely to remain at their posts
in the township during the year. am they will
not 20 out Of the State to fight traitors unless gov
ernment present bayonets in their thar
the rebels can in front.
| Yours, Respectfully, &s.,
| 5 4fa TIMOTHY WILCOX.