Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-16

RADNoR, July Is, 1862
Ids. G0seHe:-Since my announce
mpDf a caudsdata FOR the ofhee al
Cnanty Treasurer, c rain partleSs nav
ing an eye 10 their W interests, ans
r Tehe purpOss Of accomplishing = II
,w0 ends. have been busy c~iTculaii 2
stories damaging TO my character, j
true The INST important charge o.
IN Go ia that I am uusOuHd IN polAtics
and have even went so tar as I'd say
athatI was q "~COPperbead IN PROOF o.
Urhich ther use a certain letter written
nv me 10 r. \. Patterson, and publish
d in the Standard in November, 1852.
Those who are acquainted with The
history of that peculiar letter, XII "a
fuu wen that / did not intend TO be n
Iersto0d as being in sympathy with he
Democratic party, or opposed to the
Administration, and that 1T was written
with a view to tickle the fancy raiheT
than for any other purpose No \
C 1uId have been more surprised than
myself to see IL in print. And did Al
he time land ever sincel, both private
Eiy and publicly, dtsclaim al intentions
of conveying any such idea, whatever
the article itself seemed to C nvPy. Mr..
Patterson h mself has done me the jDs-
tice to say so in a letter just received
from him in relation to the matter, as
viii be seen by the following extract:
BRYAN, o., July s, 1868.
FL. G. Odds, Esq, Radnor, Ohio:
Dear Sir.-Yours of the Sd received
Yesterday. do not now r. collect the
tenor Of the letter reeeived from Won
| and published in the Standard, to VIII oh
YOU refer. However, I am surprised
that Won are considered unsOund po-it-
| really. bv the Republicans of Delaware
| county. During NV int'm tie acqua n
lance with you, I regarded you as cne
of the most ultra Of the then radical
Republicans of Radnor. certai "
never gava you credit fOrthe possess N
lof a Democratic sentiment, (C"pp r.
headism was then unknown6 ann l re-
member the many, very manv Fencon-
Ltr4s YOU and I nave had on political
FtOpies. in which you acquired yourself
as we'll as any o her Republican could
have done in attempting to defend an
| Administration remarkable onty foT
rs Inconsistencies, biunders and NAL
administration. The letter tn which
YOU refer was published in the Standard
| without your consent or even knoNt-
Ledge. d. remember that you was dis
pleased, and so expressed Yourself T.
me. on account OF its publication. :
> 3 While sincerely rPgFettiBg tha
mv indiscretiou initiates against YOu1
personal welfare, / do hope that IN fh'
event of vour nomination, the peopl'
-(Deunocrats) viii rally at the polls il
October and knock You higher thar
: Ideroy's KITE" Personally yru
friend, hut politically your enemy.
am and ever was II. n. PATTERSON.
, While the above does not hatTer IN
Z with wishes for success, which he he n
/, a Democrat would not he expected t
! give, it ought to satisfy any candle
mind that even Mr.. Patterson nsve
. su peeted me of unsoundness IN az E
l gOtiOu to Republican principles.
stould have taken no notice of tn
ealumny had il not reached those wi
whom the writer il not personally nc
{ uuainted. Aud I wi ] here take the or
portunttv Of SAYING that having bee
educated in the old Whir school of pOl
itics. and having been identified wit
the Republican party ever since its OF
o panization. 1 have never held an opit
a ION in sympathy with the Democrat
q party and ante nnistic to that of b
Republican. who have fought thor
n all my Inf, I lVho neUer scratched q tfcl
s ct, a Democrat a CopPerhedd OF
q thou base slanderer, thy name il Reelz'
bub. Respectful Y, Fl. c.. OLD.