The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-04-11

and q worthy young man, and he will
yet live to see that / am truer friend
to him than the rash young men who
have been denouncing me.
/ also voted against one Elmer Col
den, for Council. My knowledge Of
human character told me that he was
not the right kind of man, and his
conduct since the election has proven
that | was not mistaken. He voted for
old Buchanan for President, aud has not
taken an active part in favor of the
Union cause during the short time that
he. has been here. | voted for Mr..
James, an old citizen, whose interests
are identified with the place. He is
worthy member of church, and most
earnest temperance man, That is the
extent of my offending. voted all the
balance of the Union ticket 1t is said
that worked for the rebel ticket. This
is false.
The next morning after the election,
finding that they could not succeed in
running their rebel paper, those jealous
Union men'put up hand-bills over town,
headed in large stud-horse type, "NEW
PAPER" and calling town meeting
to start a "UNION" paper Many of
these men voted for Buchanan, Doug
las, Mcclellan, Vallandigham, and for
Levi DUNCAN for State Senator, and
even voted for DUNCAN last fall for Com
mon Pleas Judge. And now the
Standard is not a sound Union paper,
and these young converts must start a
party organ, to preach sound doctrine.
These men, with their bellies filled
with beer, which they mistook for
brains, paraded the streets, swearing
that should be ruined, if it ruined the
Union party, in order to crush me out.
Before | am crushed out, let me state
what | have done for the Union party.
In the fall of 1856, James Buchanan
had 375 majority in Jackson county.
The next year, Republican convention
gave me49 out of 81 votes, for cand-
date for Probate Judge. There could
be no hopes OF my election Even it
there could be, it was great sacrifice.
The Office then was worth less than five
hundred dollars a year. My books
show that during the three years that |
would have held the office, if elected, l
made in clear cash, fifteen hundred dol
lars year, practicing law. But, for the
good of the party, took my cane in
hand, left my motherless children at
home, and walked over Jackson county,
and the result was, / reduced the Dem
ocratic majority in one year 26l votes.
Early in tho Spring of 1853, Mr.
Mathews urged me to become the editor
OF the Standard. had been writing
the leading political articles for nearly
two years, over the signature Of a
star (). He said my name would give
the party, and the paper strength. |
consented, never charging cent for my
work. That fall, for the first time, our
ticket was completely triumphant
With the exception of the year 1862,
when most ot1our men were in the army,
and by the copperheads prevented from
voting, our party has been completely
triumphant ever since 1858.
My course has always been bold
one. sustained Gen Fremont when
he issued the first emancipation procla-
nation. also sustained Gen. Hunter
in the same course. Also, Abraham
Lincoln, when he issued his celebrated
proclamation. When Mr.. Bundy voted
for manhood suffrage in the District OF
Columbia, not paper, of any party, in
his district, except the STANDARD, sus-
tanned him, / was down, sick at the
time, but | raised my feeble voice from
my sick bed, in his favor My party
friends said, as they had often said be-
fore, that | would ruin the party. But
behold the result. The Standard was
the first paper in Ohio to come out
boldly for negro suffrage in this State,
and for months the only paper in the
State that did so, Now we behold all
the Union members of the Ohio Legis-
lature, with but one exception, and that
in the Senate, voting for the submis-
sion, and again my party is up to my
standard of progress This day, the
Union party of jackson county is more
fully educated up to the living issues OF
the day than in any county in Southern
Ohio,
A few restless, ambitious men in this
town, who observe that men who are
supported by the Standard, almost al