The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-06-16

leaders OF the party prcdlct 1or Jne
New Hampshire Republicans next
year, "an old fashioned, overwhelm-
ing Republican victory"
A Heather Chinee Operation.
The Democracy about Townsend
Station are a peculiar set. They
not only want to control matters
when they have the power, but try
to control them when they don't.
Sometimes they succeed, and some
times their schemes see daylight be-
fore accomplishment and fail. They
have small post Office there, the
emoluments of which are not grand
nor vet remunerative, nevertheless
it is a "spol'' which they envy and
for which they are ready to despoil
any possessor, if they can only
achieve their object. 1t is verita-
bic Confederate XRoad's of1cewhich
some Nasby desires to appropriate.
Some years ago during Lincoln's
time, by systematic course of mis-
representation and false charges, they
succeeded in having Republican
Postmaster removed and a yirulent
Cop. appointed; who was afterwards
removed and the former Postmaster
re-appointed, much to their chagrin.
Recently they took umbrage at o.
F. June, the present postmaster, and
wanted to dispose of him. So, they
got up a petition, burdened it with
various charges, none of which can
be proven, and by Misrepresentation
obtained the signatures of a few Re-
publicans, then added the names of
anumber of Democrats, and sent the
same to Hon. Chas. Foster, for ac-
ton. The thing was done quietly
and they had great hopes of sue
ceeding, but the matter leaked out,
and investigation shows the charges
cannot be sustained; that the P. NJ.
performs his duty faithfully, and
that he is entirely acceptable to the
Republicans of the vicinity, as well
as to many of the Democrats. We
have received a letter from Mr.. June,
mainly in regard to this matter,
which we give below, for their de-
lectation:
90 TOWNSEND, SANDUsKY Co., Ohio,
a g June 18th, 1871.
3 EDITOR JoURNA1:-As there seems to be. no
one here to report for you. I viii take it up
on myself, for we should be heard from. The
excitement here now is, Post Office, Copper
heads and Potato Bugs, and it is hard to tell
which of the latter is worst, the one wanting
to destroy t.1e country, the other the potatoes.
A well-known Copperhead by the name Of
Half has. sent in a petition for the Office and
has failed on it. This is the third time he has
tried for it and failed every time. He must
be rather thin on the top of the head to think
one Of his strip, could get postofice under
this administration. In fact, 1 don't see how
a Vallandigham Democrat can have the cheek
to ask Grant for an Office. They do not pre-
tend to speak of Grant except to call him a
thief. The application would, therefore, read
like this:-"Grant, you old thief, cant you
give me the Post office, at Townsend" Still
he thinks it strange he did not get the ap-
pointment.
think there are Republicans enough in
this place to run this office, and if there are
not we will get one from some where else. It
is bad enough to allow them to have the Office,
under one of their kind of administrations,
without getting them mixed up with honesty.
This man Half and his clique got great
many to sign their petition by lying to them,
telling them was going out of here, and there
was drunken fellow coming in. A great
many of the signers have asked me since if it
was SO, and told them it was not They told
me, if I would get up a remOnstrance they
would sign it, but did not care too, knowing
he could not yet it. As to leaving here. 1 do
intend to resign and go on the Arkansas Cen
tral Railroad, this fall, but will not until 1 find
some good, honest Republican to tke the office,
who viii be approved by the Republicans of
.he township. But, at any time the majority
If the Republicans of this place become dis
satisfied, will resign, if it is next week, as I
10 not want to hold the'ofice under any dis
abstraction. There is one thing certain, there
s no Republican can take this Office and suit
he majority of the Democrats for they "whine
ike dog with a sore head"-it is the nature
# the beast. This class does not include all
he party, as there are a number of honorable
men among them, but such men did not sign
he petition. They got Mr.. Brush, J. P, to
ign it under false pretenses. He is about the
My signer that amounts to anything, and he
would not have signed it if they had not lied
0 him Why did they not get the names of
he leading men in this place to their petition?
instead OF picking up transient men that never
ook paper nor get a letter at the Office. Why |
id they not get such men as the Sanfords, the |
'ullers, the Bebees, the Winters, the Flem- |
ngs, the Whites, Wilcoxes, Boyces, Dirlams,
'arkurst, Holbrooks, Chambers, Goldens,
elveys, McNitts, Rices, and many other
quaIIy good men in the townshipP
In this list of names you have some of each
arty. A Republican sending in a petition
igned by such names, might have some chance
success, but with such a one as they have,
be chance would indeed be slim. In regard
D the set we have here, 1 would refer to ex-
? Ms Sanford, Terry and A D. Lyon, who
ould tell what kind of place this is. There
re but three Republicans within one mile of
his Office, and you can judge for yourself what
ind of a place it is. Yet it has been more
uiet SINCE have been here than ever before.
When 1 took the Office 1 did not intend to
lake any distinction between Republicans,
Democrats or Negroes, but intended to treat
very one with the respect due, and no one
an truthfully say I have not done so. under
and Half has offered to prove something in
is petition. don't know what the charges
re, but presume with his clique he can prove
nything he wants to, whether true or not.
they can't get along without a post office
ley viii have to start little one of their own,
nd then they can have place for the Cops to
urrow, and they viii need few more of
lem to help carry the new Yallandigham
Iank
Should any one read this who expects to
avel the downward road to h, would ad-
se them to come to this place, and get used