Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-09-30

tizah ol any poIlGlcal party'
Our second question is:
2. Areyou a supporter of Georg
II. Pendleton for Governor Of Ohio
and do you expect to vote 70
Lhim2 ~
By some strange oversight, Mr.
II. has failed to answer this ques
tion. Perhaps the mystery may b,
solved from the fact that the oficia
record of Mr. Pendleton, which w
publish on our first page, is an I'm
pleasant subject for candidate foI
office to speak about publicly, wher
he is trying to perform the very
critical operation Of what some peo
pie ironically cali carrying water
on both shoulders"
Question 8. Did you vote for anG
support Clement L. Vallandighan
for Governor Of Ohio in 1868, when
he ran against John Brough? ? ,...
To this question Mr.. II. replies
emphatlcally; II did not vote fol
Clement L. Vallandighatn in 1862
If he can answer SO dnhesitatingly
upon this question, it is unfortunate
that his memory should be Sc
treacherous as to cause him to over.
look the war record of Mr.. Pendle-
ton, who is now the Democratic
candidate for Governor, and whose
war policy, and oppoeition in Con
gress to all the measureslproposed
by the Union members Of Congress
for raising troops and money for
prosecuting the war, was ideE tical
with that of Vallanligham.
4th and last question. In the
event ofyour election to the Legis-
lature, will you vote with the Dem
ocrats in districting Ohio into
Congressional Districts, or will you
vote with the Republicnnsp ?
Here, again, Mr. HIS memory is
at fault, for he has, we must charit-
ably suppose, unintentionally failed
to notice this question, which, in
other districts where TIE Democrat
ic party do not run mo Party"
candidates for members Of the Leg
islature, it is regarded as a question
Of vital Importance to the Demo
cratic party; and we will add that
this is also q question that the I'm
ion men of the State arc not going
to ignore.
But, perhaps, as this is Mr.. Ha.
gler's maiden venture for political
promotion, we ought to look upon
his (apparent) indifference to par
tizan politics with some grains Of
allowance. We must be permitted
to say, however, THAT through a
great many years Of pretty close
observation Of men and their polit-
ical strategies to obtain official po,
sitions, the men who ask the peo.
pies votes on the ground of being
no party men, or of being the can,
didate Of no political party, when
elected to ollice--especially a legis- !
lative ofilce--aIe not slow to take
the party position assigned them
by the leaders Of the PARTY to which
they legitimately belong; for every
man llas q preference, and is as sure
10 vote with his party on every ul-
tra paptizan measure, as snch party
measures are to come before the
Legislature,
Mr.. Hagler Is human; and to
suppose that he would not be a
oliont subject to the policy Of the
lrill-masters of the Democratic
party IN the Legislature, would be
70 suppose him superior to his race,
u dumb to the influences and appli.
lnocs in such cases, made and pro
iided by the powers that con
.rol the Democratic party IN Legis.
otive assemblies. II win hardly
DC doing Mr. H, justice to cay that
he has no stand point in a paftizan
aspect lie is an intelligent geAtle-
nan, and IKE gentlemen Of equal
Intelligence, is not a stranger to the
questions at issue between the two
great political parties Of the day,
for there are but Cwo parties, J and
las preference for one or the 9TH
H. In his own mind lie is gonyin-
'ed shat the policy of one is right
md the other wrong And as it
las been we'll understood for some
'oOrs that he disapproved of the
,olicy Of the Union party, he has
10 other place to go but with tie
Democratic party, where he should
70 IL he thinks that party is right.
i Is an old saying among sailors Z
hat the worst place in the world
% rot q ship is "between wind and
woter;" and that seems to be the
place Mfr. Hagler is striving to oo.
Supy. J.