The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-09-15
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More About MIR. Leeta.

More About Mr.. Leete.
Last week we-spoke about having re-
ceived two letters, censuring us for hqy-
ing spoken of Mr. Ralph Leete, Demo-
cratic candidate for Congtess, as a gen
tleman and statesman. The following
are the letters referred to<
"wAsHINGFoN FURNACE, Sept. Sd, 1870
ID. MACKLEY Esq,
Dear Sin: Blackguard, liar,
&C., are common cpithets used by the opposition
when speaking of you. Ihave been an OCCASION
al reader OF your paper for the last five years,
ana have always considered you man Of can
dor. But confess was startled when | read
Leete.n
Especially when came to the following: "We
Will say that there is more real craftsmanship
as9Rt Mr. Leete than any other man, of either
party, in this District" In this think, to say
the least Of It, you are badly mistaken. In my
opinion, Mr.. Leete would not bear any compaH-
son with some others in his own party, much less
with at least dozen men that / could name in
the District, belonging TO the Republicans, and
In this opinion am sustained by all the lending
Republicans in this neighborhood. If you had
stated that there is more rum sucking about Mr..
Leete than any other man in either party in the
District l, for one, would have appreciated IL;
but as the matter now stands until can be con-
WINGED, must think you grievously mistaken.
My opinion is further confirmed by the Democ-
racy, who have always denounced you as a liar
and a villain, now saying that your editorial con-
ceTning Mr. Leete is the first truth they ever
knew you to publish. Yours, -"
"Readlng your paper this morning, see the
following, emanating from your pen "But we
wish to say IN advance, that Mr., Leetc Is our
personal Trend, and 0e7ttlemdH whom we very
much esteem" Had that come from such n pa
per as the "People's Defender" would net have
one word to say; but from you, Mackley, who
have been all along through llfea strict defender
ofmen holding to right principles and unlm-
peachable character, think 1t comes with bad
grace. lfyou but knew what know, and in
which all good men of this town will bear me
out, praise of any sort, or for anything would
be the last indulgence in which you would en-.
gage.
your paper as quite right, and a deviation offin-
to the praise ofsuch men as Ralph Leete, issome.
thing cannot understand. am not nm enemy
OF LeeteS from any personal dislike forthe man,
(he has always treated me kindly, but from mo-
tlves other than selfish. would do him good If
It were in my power to do it and not sacrifice the
best interest of party and society,""
1t may be that those who know Mr..
Leete more intimately than we do, may
know something against him of which
we are ignorant The writers of both
of these letters are men of truth, charac-
ter and standing in the community -
We are aware that Mr.. Leete was at
one time in the habit of drinking to ex-
cess but we are informed that for more
than year last past, be has not tasted
drop Of ardent spirits. Now II man
is never 10 be trusted, or forgiven, who
does wrong, there is little induccment
for men to aim at reformation.
AS to Mr.. Leete being man of abil-
ity, every one must judge for himself.
We have our opinion others may have
theirs.
If Mr.. Leete is q man of little mind
or character, his election to Congress
would not amount 10 much What
does John Morrissey, the gambler and
prize fighter amount to7 He il scarce
ly ever in his seat, and when he is there
he amounts to nothing, only so far as
his vote is concerned.
We regard Mr.. Leete as a very radi-
cal man, radically wrong. He has the
talent, industry and force of character
to be a leader in Congress. This makes
him a dangerous man. We have no
doubt but that he would make a power
ful move in Congress to carry out that
resolution offered by him in the Law
renee county convention, to set aside
the anti.slavery amendments to the
constitution of the United States. This
much he would do at least, and we be-
lieve that he has the ability to do the
cause of freedom irreparable injury.
Mr.. Leete was in town since we re.
ceived the above letters. We had con-
siderable conversation with him, aud IN
troduced subjects Of the proper kind to
test his ability, and We retract nothing
of our former opinion as to his ability.
If we want to keep out of Congress a
dangerous man, let us make every effort
to defeat Mr. Leete. Let us not under
estimate him.