The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-09-27
MR.. PlNEPROCk'S RECORD.
An other Oh hapter Of Sham e,
What lie Said Of Soldiers In '62.
They Were . Pack Of Hound. Then.
SWORN TESTIMONY.

- W IANsN u - NANFAN
tfrOm the ssndu,ly RsgasLl
It has been directly and repeatedly
charged by the Union journals of the
9th District that Thomas Z. Fincfrock,
now Democratic candidate for Con-
grcss, was during the dark days of the
war, virulent Copperhead, an oppo-
ser of the war, sympathiZer with re-
bellion and an enemy and stdndcrer cf
Union soldiers. Now these are grave
charges aud ought not to be made
against any mAu unless the proof is
undcniablc. We arc certain that if
these charges could be proven false
they would recoil upon the party max.
ing them, aud give Mr.. Finelrock
many votes which be would not other
wise have received. A sense of Justice
is strong with the people and they
will not see an innocent man slandered
and abused with impunity, whatever
may be the importan 9 Of the issues at
stake. On the other hand We are just
as certain that if the charges mention
ed can be substautiated by direct and
sworn testimony, there are hundreds
of men belonging to Mr.. Fiuefrock's
own party (who, although Democrats,
are still friends of the soidicrs) that
would refuse to cast ballot for a man
whose record is little less than treason
able. There are five hundred honest
Germans in Erie and Ottawa counties
who have, from local and other causes,
been voting the Democratic ticket, but
who, on being convinced of the truth of
this overwhelming indictment, would
utterly refuse to insult the graves of
their German brothers, who fell in the
war for the Union, by voting for
Thomas =. Fincfrock.
Jadgc Sloan, of the Ottawa Union,
has been called upon by the friends of
Mr.. Finclrock to furnish the proof of
certain charges he had made against
that gentleman. This proof he fur
nishes, in the form of two aflidavits,
which appear in the Union of this
week, and which we give below. -
Lieutenant Wonnell, late of the 4lst
o. V. l., who makes. the sworn state
ment regarding Mr.. Finefrocks S con
versation, is well known throughout
Ottawa county and great portion of
the District as gallant soldier aud
truthful citizen. Mr.. III. j. Miller,
who certiGes to the correctness of the
sworn statement, is one of the Oldest,
most prominent and influential citizens
of Ottawa county, personally known
to us, and his name carries with it a
weight which Mr.. Finefrock's friends
will try in vain to neutralize.
The testimony of Lieut.. Wonnell
and Mr.. Miller is rs follows:
STATE OF Ono,
Ottawa County, ss.}
n Before me, the undersigned authority,
personally appeared Thomas J. Wonnell,
formerly Of Company I, Ais. Regiment
Ohio Volunteers, who, beng duly sworn,
on oath makes the following statemcnt:
In March, 1867, was coming home
on u thirty day furlough, on account oi
sickness, and residing in Portage town.
ship, Ottawa county, Ohio, had to cross
Duf W. tbS a'N'''N
Boat from Sandusky TO Plaster Bed
Abourd Of the same boat was Thomas p
Flnelrock, the present DcmUcra,ic can
dldute for Congress in this Congressional
District, who was engaged in Conversation
in the cabin of the said steamer Bonnie
Boat, when ,he subject turned upon th'
war. The said Fnelrock chimed in ant
stated to a gentleman that aifi wus no
acquainted " it'll, in my presence and hear
ing, "that the war was brought on by d-'
black RbUlilionisis-thni it was d.
black abolition wur--lhst the Northern
soldiers were pack of bloodhounds chas
ing down aud numbering the people of th'
Souih-ihht the South was right and th'
North wns intruding on the rights of tn
I South" and said, in substance. lhis exac
= language cannot recaltD that he wlshe
the South would be successful.
THOMAS J. WosSELL,
Subscribed and sworn to before me thl
= i2th day OF September, 1866.
JAMES WoNNELL, ]. p.
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