The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-08-05
HAxrssllIE, Aug. 8. 1868.

Editor States E. Union: :.
l observed in last weeks edition O
the Bounty Mans organ in Ashland
the following:
"DIsGRAcEFUL CoNDUcT AT HAYES
vILLE.-We have received a commu
nication giving in detail the arriva.
there last Sunday of a circus and a
horse race ~ on the fair grounds Oh
the same day, in which a prominent
official of the place took part, to the
modification of the christian portion
of the community. All we have to
say to our good neighbors of Hayes
vile is this: If you will elect such
men to fill your high places, you
must suffer the disgrace. Have the
democracy a majority in your vii
lage?"
The editor says he has received a
communication, giving in detail, &c.
Why does he not publish this COM
munication2 If he gives correctly
the substance of the communication,
the communication is a falsehood.-
If he does not, then he,-Jef-is
the liar. If it were simply Jeff's
own statement, without reference to a
communication, 1 might not be dis
posedto notice suchan attackupon the
fair fame of oul village, for the a
onthat the reputation of L. J. Spren-
gle and his smutty organ are so bad
that nobody believe what he either
says or prints. JEFF. don't even be-
lieve h'nlseg. If L reccollect rightly,
he once swore ON a trial in court, that
he was in the habit of publishing lies
But he throws the responsibility of
this false statement ON a correspond
emit; and again, 1 ask, why does he
not publish what the correspondent
1t was not because the letter
was false or indecent. That would be
no objection to JEFF. 1 can imagine
other reason than that it was writ
ten by some malignant puppy that
too ignorant to spell his words
correctly and form his sentences
dramatically, and JEFF. didn't know
enough to fix them up, and so he con-
densed the multitude of badly written
les, into one huge lie.
1 suppose the prominent official
'eferred to, is Mr. D. Fox. Now
he facts are simply these Gardner
Z Kenyon's circus of Philadelphia,
passing from Mansfield to Wooster,
lad made arrangements with Mr. Fox,
Who keeps a hotel, to have him keep ;
large number of horses and men
,ver Sabbath. The men and horses
came on Sabbath morning, and not !
room for all the horses in his
,arn, he procured the use of the fair
stables for them. Mr.. Fox
md the proprietor of the show rode J
n a buggy together to the grounds to ]
ee that the horses were properly at
to. There was no exhibition :
nd no horse race, and hence the :
christian portion of the community =
ould not have been much mortified. r
Whether the horse went at a Sun =
funeral gate or not, I cannot say, T
ut I'll guarantee that if you will 6
all upon Fox to attend the funeral Il
f the illiterate puppy that wrote to n
ne Times, he'll do it with the utmost 6,
leasure and the greatest decorum, u
nd drive that same horse. He u
'ould rather be excused, however, .
ON attending Jeff's funeral, espec- y
lily if the weather is warm. The
emocracy, l will answer, have the b
in Hayesville. They got it g
thin a few years, and it came about :
this way. When the opposition =
ID the power they put in office 6,
Ich dirty puppies as the Times cor -
and they went nosing, ~
'ying and sneaking around into ev- "
y body's business except their +
yn, until the people became dis =,
and voted the democratic '"
,ket. That's the way Hayesville :"
me to be democratic and so are i
good places where sneaks and e,
eddlers + not at q premium in y
e community. x. Y. Il. n