Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-02

Editor FGyetts County Heraldi
When a man obtains an office, Of
runs for one, he is very apt to be
"discussed" or "siftcd down" and
if there is anything good in bis
character his frfeadc parade II be-
fore the eyes ofall, aud the bad OF
mean little traits of a man are sure
to be brought to light, and people
will talk Of and canvass both good
and bad qualities. So the public
functionary Of whom we write must
not become enraged, for we but ex-
ercise that privilege given to us by
the law, which provides that the
| liberal communication Of senti-
ment, and entire freedom Of discus-
sion, in respect to the character and
conduct Of public men, and of can
didates for public favor, is deemed
essential to the judicious exercise
Of the right of suffrage. This is
no doubt, an offspring of the old
adage, "Those who dance should
pay the fiddler"
One Of the dancers is the sub
icct we have in hand; not exactly
a"Dandy jim but 50 near a Dan.
dy Jim that H~cither were put be-
side the other, the most intimate
friend of the other, couldn't take
either away without great fear OF
getting the other instead, and have
but little assurance of having him
when he got him.
The particular traits Of the man,
(excuse me) pub func., are many
in fact, he is a oartoUs man. He
goes when he goes, and stops wnen
he stops, like most men; but that
is about the only thing about him
| that is in accordance with the char
acteristics of human beings. He is
a great man-not in statue, (rath-
er below the medium-I may say
considerable; but in notoriety he
is very great. We speak of mer
sometimes as being exceedingly no
torious. We may speak that way
of him, and deservingly, for tis his
own personal efforts that have
made him 50. Some of the slang
phrases of modern use apply to him,
and fit him amazingly we'll He is
a paragon Of many virtues, and che
bloweth his own horn" He runs
for office sometimes, we are inform
ed. He run last Fall, and a re
markable circumstance was that a
that time-but bare two men il
Union township knew that he was
on the track. His term of Office
expires this Fall, and we think he
will run again. We don't see any
reason why he should not, as it is
every mans privilege to run for
office. Few men have the mack OF
conducting a campaign that he has.
He Just knows how to tell the peo-
pie that he can ferret out all the cor
ruption that is in the high places,
and will do it, That is an old dodge
of his, but it is good one. Some
people who have but little consid-
Grafton fer his feelings, may en-
quire of him who the men were
that took the money from the Coun-
ty Treasury, and how much ex-
pense he put the county to when he
was ferreting of EN- ont, and how
much he paid the United States
Detective; and some who have no
consideration at all for his feelings,
may be bold and heartless enough
to ask him how much he paid him
self for the ferreting of 'em out, and
may ask him if he didn't write the
communications in the paper to try
and get up sympathy for war wild
ows who had cows, that tho Com
missioncrs might permit cattle to
Craze on the public roads? ? And if
he hadn't more young cows that
wanted grazing that way than all
the war widows in the county ?
But didn't he save the county some
useless expense when he refused to
vote 80 or.75 cents to buy a pair Of
shoes for barefooted child at the
Poor House in the winter time?--
And hasn't he consideration enough
for turnpike mems feelings to be a
turnpike man when he talks to
them, and is disposed to favor anti
turnpike men in the same way And
when called to attend Court as a
witness, didn't he try to give the
county two days Of his valuable
services, and after transacting his
business in Court (the principal
part of which was to claim his fees
90 to the trouble of sending for
one of his honorable associates and
talk some business, and all he want