The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-08-17

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The CeuS0rtOus Resolution ON
the 1scrrysLpurg Iourual.

NHN ANANyAhWNk SNWtMahts
AZ the Republican County Convention, held at
Bowling Green last Friday, Colonel SHANSoS,
Chairman Of the Committee on Resolutions. pre-.
sented the following for adoption by the Couvuu-
ton
"Resoteed, That the present course Of the Editor
/ Of tue PerrTsburg JOURNAL Is Incompatible with
! the interests Of the Union party of Wood County
and the Tenth Congressional District, aud should
be condemned by all true Union men Of the
county and district"
i 1t is due to Colonel SHANNON 10 state that he
disclaimed the authorship of this resolution, but
he will not deny the fact that he spoke to several
persons, prior to the meeting of the Convention,
| upon this subject aud expressed himself in favor
Of the adoption Of resolution Of the import Of the
above, while his earnest advocacy Of its adoption
IN Convention leaves doubt as TO his position
| upon that subject.
Notwithstanding the fact that the intriguing
trimmers thought they had "ther men" on
the ground, and the Chairman Of the Convention
exerted his feeble powers TO the utmost extent to
put the resolution through, but mere fraction Of
those present could be induced to sustain the
movers in this act and the resolution was indig-
nantly rejected.
| Now let us sec what ofense had been committed
| by the JOURNAL, that il should be condemned by
all true Union men 6f the county and district"
! The JOURNAL is Republican paper, because its
editor is a sincere believer ia the principles upon
which that party is based. He fully believes that
the interests Of the country il its very existence
depend upon the of these principles, which
can only be carried out by the election of Rcpub-
cans to Congress. He has repeatedly published
the fact that his paper was not the organ of any one
man, but was devoted to the principles of party.
When, therefore, it was proposed to renomnate
Mr.. ASHLEY for Congress- well knowing that
large and very respectable class of Republicans
had heretofore refused to support him, thereby
endaugering the success Of the party, his columns
warned the Republicans of this Congressional Dis
rict against nominating man whose election
would be quite uncertain, il at all probable. Fer
this ofense, and this only, the vote of censure was
asked.
The difference between the course pursued by
the JOURNAL and that of the movers of the cen
serious resolution is this The one is an earnest
exponent of principles and seeks the success of
those principles in the nomination of such able
exp1nenis of them will be most likely TO receive
majority Of the votes of the people while the
others have pinned their faith and their fortunes
to the coat-tail of man, whose success they re-
gard as being of more Importance than the success
of the principles which they profess to support
In nutshell: One is governed by devotion to
the interests of the party and couutry-which it
believes to be Identical while the others are
governed by gratitude for past favors and hone
OF future rewards. These men, who seem to think
party organizations nothing but so much IN machinery
for working out the qualification of their individual
ambitions, must not suppose that either their in.
dorsement or censure will affect the course of IA
public journal that is honestly devoted to the
success Of measures which it believes to be essen
tal to the welfare Of our common country.
II they are not already ashamed of this puerile
attempt to win an approving smile from their
master, it is to be hoped that they may live long
enough to become So. -