The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-09-23

any ordinarily intelligent gentleman, :
that we could not have yielded our
space in reply to him, without neg
lecting other interests, which to our
mind are of superior Importance;
but the extraordinarily Intelligent
reverend thought otherwise, and ac-
cordingly we are treated to another
TRADE in last weeks Messenger, in
which, after asserting that we sought
by deferring the matter to get our
selves out of the controversy, he
bids us adieu.
Ordinary courtesy would have
conceded the delay, and we are free
to draw our own conclusions as to |
the reasons animating the reverend |
gentleman to insist on a continu-
ance, assuring him we had no desire
to avoid discussion, in which we
had demonstrated, to at least nine
tenths of all readers the tenability
of our positions. We might with
much more force, charge the gentle
man with a desire to get himself out
of the argument, by hasting to take
advantage of the delay claimed, and
then bidding us adieu, before we
had opportunity to reply, but his
haste to don the armor and join
issue, would hardly admit Of that
conclusion.
His native modesty, of course
would preclude the idea that he was
afraid he might not be able to get
in that argument he was so anxious
about, and which after all, lift proves
anything, proves too much; and
| hence we are forced to the conclu-
sion that there was more in the
Dickinson confidential circular
than we were at first disposed to adj
| NIT. and that the Reverend CarrolPs
anxiety to prosecute the controversy,
during a political campaign, can on
ly be understood in the light Of the
81 reason assigned in that circular,
which is as follows:
He will be the strongest candidate, because
being member of the Roman Catholic church,
he will thereby command an influence no other
candidate can do to the same extent and which
is indispensable to our success, for the Priests
and members of that church tciH IeaUe no
means ,aItrisd to Proeure his election.
Weregret to be obliged to interpret
the above in this light, but the Rev.
gentleman leaves us no alternative.
We desired to suspend the argument
during the campaign, in order that
politics and religion might not "get
Mixed" and even the Reverend will
have to accord US that intent, for
our notice was plain enough to be
understood by the generality Of
readers, or else he must write him
self down as "dull of comprehen-
sion, a phrase not over fattering to
his vanity.
"The Priests and members of that
church will leave no means antried
to procure" the election of Dickin-
son, is significant expression, and
would scarcely have been used with
out authority. Yet we did not credit
it. Now we are forced to. First,
Dickinson, by his silence, admits
that the circular was put forth by
him or his friends, for a given pur.
pose. Next, we find Priest Carroll
endeavoring to force a controversy,
which we wished to suspend during
the campaign, and which suspension
could not have worked prejudice to
either side. The conclusion is there
fore evident that the circular assert
ed no more than was understood,
and that the reverend getleman is
filling his part Of the programme to
the best of his ability, and he is en-
titled to all the credit he can gain
| by such an achievement.