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

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During the eventful fall Of 1868. a
man, a stranger, appeared in San
dusky City, and began to prowl
among the Irish laboring men of
that city. He would approach the
men whom he had learned were not
! naturalized and ask them if they did
not want to vote this fall The an
swer was invariably. "We would like
to, but can't because we have not
been here long enough and, have NO
papers" To this the stranger would
reply, "Its all right can get you
papers," and he then gave them di-
rections how to proceed. He told
them that a steamer was at the dock
which would leave for Fremont in a
short time, and at that place the ne
cessary papers could be secured.
AT the appointed hour, a large num-
Der OF these men gathered at the
boat, and In due time reached Ere
mont. At that place they were di-
vided into squads, and each squad.
in its turn, went to the Office Of the
Probate Judge-Dickinson. The
victim who tells the story We have
given was in one Of these squads,
and he says that when they entered
the office the following conversation
took place:
as Judge Dickinson inp' said one.
aATv name is Dickinson" said a
gentleman, smilingly, "what can 1 do
for you9"
ave came to get naturalization
papers," answered the spokesman Of
the party.
"All right gentlemen; 1 have an
engagement for a few minutes and
then will attend you" said the Judge
and he retired from the office.
In a minute another man came in
and inquired what was wanted. He
was told the business Of the party,
and expressed himself ready to at
tend to their wants: Il am the
Judges deputy, and can attend to
your business as well as he can;"
and as no one demurred, he went on
to inquire the names Of the party,
and filed out the papers. just when
the papers were all ready by a
strange fatality Dickinson returned
all smiles, took up the papers, run
them over, and pronounced them
Gall Right"
The party then returned to San
dusky with the authority Of the Pro-
bate Judge of Sandusky county to
vote, in their pockets.
The balance Of the story Of this,
one of the victims, is sad-sad be-
cause it shows such ingratitude on
the part of Dickinson. Re voted on
the paper given him, and q short
time afterthe election he was arrested
for illegal voting. To use his own
language: "Be jabbers! it has al
ready cost the likes of me three hun
dred dollars, and sure I'm not GER
tain that I'll not have to go to the
Penitentiary yet. The miserable
dog of a Dickinson hasn't lifted a
finger to help me out Of the serape."
This is a plain story, and we have
it from a gentleman who talked with
the Irishman, who is now suffering
from the effects of his own ignorance,
and the shrewdness and villainy Of
the Probate Judge Of Sandusky
county, in 1858.
Now, this is one case, Judge Dick
inson did not issue the papers--that
is, he did not write them out and
hand them over. His tool, McArdle,
did that. But he sneaked out Of the
office and sent in McArdle to do the
work, and after this was done re-
turned, looked over the papers, and
shed his smiles around to ensure
that the holders of them should vote
for him.
Does any one question his moral
villainy, saying nothing nothing Of
his legal guilt? Is such man wor-
thy the vote Of any law abiding
man? We think not, and we COM
mend the case-one Of the many
to the "prayerfur' consideration Of
Democrats.
Think over it, and then compare
Judge Diekinson's qualifications for
the office with the business integrity
and honesty of Charles Foster, the
Republican candidate.-TGIp Trt-
bNne.