The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-09-17
John Seitz Heard From.


Under the head of "News from the
WOrkmsn," tic Crawford County
Forum publishes the following epis-
tie:
RURAL RETREAT, Aug. 81. 80.
FRIEND CLYMER
Having recently perused several
copies Of the Forum, 1 take this
method of acknowledging the same.
Regarding the "Organ" of the Craw-
ford county Democracy as excellent
authority on a question of political
soundness, l may be excused for be-
ing slightly flattered by your compli-
mentary notice. Please accept my
thanks, not SO much for what is per-
sonal, as for the tribute paid to that
old-fashioned State Rights DemOc-
racy,' which alone interposes bar
rier to the march Of despotic central
ization
enjoyed your Rooster at the
nomination Of Pendleton. l almost
tossed my hat at the announcement.
Now have We a representative man,
with hands unstained with fraterDal
blood, and uncontaminated with any
of the isms of these degenerate times.
Our Central Committee is not yet
organized, but by invitation Of the
people, 1 expect TO begin the bust
ness of ratifying, on next Saturday
night. Enclosed find change for
Forum during campaign. Truly
yours, with sentiments of friendly re-
gard, JOHN SEITz.
Tifin, Ohio.
As.a letter, we think the foregoing
sound we think it foreshadOws
great. able and "tumultuous' course
in the House of Representatives.
We imagine the spell-bOund admira-
ton with which his Democratic
friends will be struck when John
arises, in his might, to speak. We
feel for the terror that will take pos
session Of the Republican Represen-
tatives when the great Seitz arises
and hurls his words of denunciation
against the Republican party. OH
Seitz, Seitz, why did you do thus !?
But to the letter.
John lives in a "ruraI retreat -
not house. Now, whether this "ru-
raj retreat" is endowed with vines
grape or fowering-we are uninform-
ed; and why John lives in such a
place we don't know. 1t must be bad
for his rheumatism, and we think his
friends ought to build him house.
The great John is fattered-he is
politically sound-through him is
paid tribute to old-fashioned estate
Rights Democracy" which, with
John. "alone interposes barrier to
the march of despotic Capitalization"
Here Johns elucidation fails-he
don't tell the name of the commander
of that march, or how it is otherwise
oficered. Neither does he tell how
he took that "Rooster er"-whether it
was boiled, fried, roasted or raw. "He
almost tossed his hat" because Pen
dleton was nominated Perhaps that
he did not quite toss it was fortunate
for the hat
Now, John gets clear again. He
likes Perdleton, and thinks his hands
"are not stained with fraternal blood, "
as we're Rosecrans'-that was why he
"almost tossed his hat.'' Then John
discovers that Geo. H. P. ''is not
contaminated with any of the isms of
these degenerate times.'-again that
was why he "almost tossed his hat
though he leaves it to the reader to
find out 20 what iSm5 Ire -ENesrs---
That is a good letter from john
it is an able letter-it is a feeling let
ter-it Is an oln4nentlette Thnngh
enemies may complain that Johns
letter is not quite plain on some
points-that he might have been
little more lucid, We point in triumph
to the fact and state for the benefit of
all such, that John "'almOst tossed his
hat.''
We shall vote for John, afte: vot-
ing for our own candidates-provided
the Judges of election will let US.
Johns letter suits US. 1t is from Ru-
raj Retreat, and Rural Retreat is IN
Seneca County, and as a home Instl>
L.