Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-03-20
( hsiitabuiA, MaroliI6, 1853,

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Posr oFrrcE MATTEHs.--we give clscu llerc
the proceeding OF Che meeting Of our citizen.
on Wednesday evening, in obedience to the
can liiib.isled last week. The turn of affairs
on this question has been not little ntsrnst.
tnschnd the Gibbs and Hows-of feeling and con-
fidence, rather amusing to wntch, Soon after
the call Of the meeting appearsl the Post OF
| fee incumbent was seen in frequent attendance
upon law office. Then came a petition for
his rStentioh, and by dint of industry and ptr-
severance every man about the village was
button-holed, and the best arguments used to
| yet hls rinnic, some of them, the parties sign
ing, now say, were not strictly correct As the
opponents of DR. HARRIS, did nothing more
than TO rely upon the meeting and the express
sion OF citizens by vote, the petition signers
got an apparent advantage. As the time for
| the meeting drew nigh, the opponents of the
incumbent were told that there would not he a
grease spot of uH at the meeting, and yet
those who told us so, were the first on hand,
and took the organization of the meeting into
their own hands, and the Doctor was seen
busily Mt work in getting things in order, and
getting up the indifferent and lazy. These
facts derive their importance from the petition
crs-magnarinIGus IS We will think-th
ing up their petition, md their apparent adj
vantage, and Submitting heir candidate aud his
interests to the chances of vote This is as
1t should'be, and il we can have fair express
sion by YotefallwiH undoubtedly be satisfied.
The CONTEST over the ballot box will be mainly
bctS'eon the frientls and opponents of DIR. HAIR
HIs, ur;-.qTG A n
q The arguments of the first, arc that the Of
fec has been well conducted, liberal outlay
has been, made for its fitting up, and feeling
OF generous sympathy for HIM, The argu-
ments against; hinJ are captiousncss, extortion,
demorfaltzed politics. signing the Johnson test
circular and acting with the atlllcrenis of the
late administration, having had the Office long
,hilough, and his tadi6usncss and filssincss in
attending ID tile tutics of the office rdn, vot-
ings all uho do bwSp,esy at 10 office. in or out of
AslItabulH, lave arightt0 cast their ballot
lEhcre arr two candidates, Besides the incum-
bout, lianiotL Thcse are -JoafYl MANst,rELD
and ARrHcR ASH, nthe present agcntltinanly
chief clerk of the DIict. AS with us cliange
is the first question, We are nOt7dsposrd 10 lie
tenacious about who the SUCCESSOR shall be, so
that ne bc competent and oflbyal politics, and
boih THESE gentlemen are above suspicion. Their
friends, however, should look at this question
in a'libcrup & generous light, & if the running
of two cutlidates agains, the Doctor, can only
result III The defeat Of both, Which seems to be
almost certain, soitic Compromise ought 10 be
settled upon before they go to the polls. The
in9iestiGns nov. are that Condemnation upon
one candidate will result in bringing about
change. Let not lose -thc advantage
Some stress has. btq4en laid upon the fac; that
NJ ASH signed stic ipciitim OF his principal
for the Post Office, No prejudice we think
should work against him for that, for he is de-
peldclit upon hisprrscnt position for n.living, |
and tbs ,ipplied condition of. not signing, may
be readily understood. There arc grounds for |,
serious doubt about dte seun6nesi of the advice
that led the Dp 10 nIake1dAt request. So long !
MS MIR. ASH did nothing personally in the mat
ter and his name was only used by his friends it
would seem MS if that was all he had right to |
expect, and that common generosity was at I
aut, and every honorable and manly consit- |
'ration would have spared the young man |
rom 50 embarrassing slep Seen in its true |
light, that thing can stand upon its own mer- |
Is and it burden rest where it should, without
rejudice 10 Mr.. ASH or his interests.