Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21
OFFICIAL coRnupTtoN ~ THE
COUNTY SEAT CASE.

"a AZ. vids l.,t,ie Of personal liberty Il con.
re,s ON ei,i,,n,. Il becorn a necessary 70 select
f,o,o crr mills, those who arc qualided ir rep
r.,so, IN. m,,srs IN the halls OF Logisis iion and
~ Iu,,loe. aud to pcrfDrm tho numerous clcri-
cal anil bnctons duties connected With the Fod.
,r,i s,ste and ionAl ofIlccs. In the accomplish
n,nt OF these objects the action Of party organ.
,,.ton Of come sort becomes an absulutc mecca
si,i 10 I've form An1 shaps to the popular viii
The unity Of seti,n and Of purpose thus en-
bodied. eiyos strength, leads TO success AMI
Nhen rightly directed, tends 10 the public good
There IA. however another feature Of party or
r,ni,.tion which ls not 20 pleasing, indeed It IL
bivhiv dangerous TO the welfare and liberties Of
.Le ncopie. II IA whe, tie interest Of q politi-
cal marty are pros,ituted for the elevation of
crAfty unscrupuious men to mIl,cs Of trust and
Of emo,ument. In such case the money and
the leisure thus afforded such ofi ,crs, enables
them "a secouplish by trickery and fraud, acts
which arc repurnant to the will Of their con-
s,,ueu.s and subversive Of personal right |
whsp a rarty "a thu, all ie.ed Il but illustrates
the condition of " certain nan who In travel
inc fr,m Jerusalem 10 Jericho, fell among
,hisr,. Whom poli,icai party fails Into such |
condition. "a torn and mangcd form excite no
coun,isseratinn, henecforth the people regard
Il with contempt and disgust aud II incapable Of
cle,nsina t,elf from official corruption tIc mas.
s.s 10 /, for ,hom by removing the caW.e and
r.placina Il with more healthy and more honor.
.b,e material. By thi. process the whulo party
suffers frrm the unprinciplcd acts of thosc WIN
hv means OF Il, have wor,ned themselves into
This element ot party disintegratinn, Is ever
nt work 10 . greater or more limited extent. Il
i,onl, by popular vigilance aud tho endorsc.
,nent of men Of benor. ability and of impartial.
~ for official station tha, Il can In any maunu,
bs avoided The abuse of oiIiciai power under
our representative system nr government, "a in
itsx,f an anomaly vet possibly thcrc are but
tew nations who patien,y endure moro Of
a than our ,vn citizens. In these matters
rho people Of wo,d cuua,y al large, and
the Republican party in particular, have had
AnllIuu, tIus,rstion in the ticial policy Of Com.
mi.si,uers sr. Lony and Eu,sRIr.. Their 40. !
ton In removal NJ the scat Of Iusuec from Per.
rrsburg To Iluwvne Green, has been character.
jsea BIZ a wau,on disregard Of the rights Of their
fellow citizens, and an nuscrupulous cxer isc OF
their Official power, bv which means they have
made the ax.pAyers NJ the whole county tribu.
,ary 10 this property holders Of Bowling Grren.
They have dnus this IN wilful violation OF the
redecs which they gave the people prior to the
veto on removal In 1855.
The JorREAL has protested, and will ennlin.
n. IA nrotest against this act Of bad faith. Il,
cause has so done these officers, and their
..
ofacrs have added ,, their over. reaching and un.
scr,rulous public oharaeterisiics, the Appropri.
n,c ouali,irs ot personal maliguance by seeking
inIurc all who ubieot to their official conduct
That the Republicans Of Wood county and ia
t,x.rayers m,y fully understand tho merits Of
eur con,royersr With these u,Sn, We present the
following .eview Of the county seat question for
taeir consideration.
The vote cast in favor Of rmovG in 1861,
VAS mainly rbtaineI by tie representations Of
he Bow ling Green party that there should be q
pItgrrctivc saving VI tAlcsto the rcolAc aud
in IN cssc should h0s teatax levied inr bpll
in., rutposcs at poNlius Green, until its policy
hsa been referred to ,o,7 OF the peasle.
So Ions. ErKps and pRowx. the agents Of
p,ul,ro Cr.en ohio ,hen occ,ni,a oaisisI ,os,.
,ion, ,n ~. oon,,,, v.ro ,,d.f,,,r,h,e IN ro,n,
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rug W., '.'sN's :" Wv .o"", 'i,
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'0on o NAao' OF 'vSn H'" N0u'' aou,0 DO' y
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"f the people Ihs following Is 'hs'' own s's''
hsnt printed III large type oy 'hs b""hnR
"rsen Adsosa' OF October D. isSo' a day or ~ c
previous to the s'eSllNA'
Voters. remember taai y the rots Or ia
coHhty Is c@t TOT 'e"ooa'' dNu me GU"
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The bonds IN Ghristeado,a. H..
Inausuesd by motive, Of eeouemy ,bus pr,
k,ptsd aud eo,6dipr in the pledge. Cha, b.s bee