The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-12

De USED, Glu however suppose you would apply
it to your own private use. Knowing that you
were crotchety specimen of humanity, and
not very friendly toward me, thought ii best
to try to keep you in good huInOr. Hence
sent you the check referred to, by mail before
left home to enter upon the canvass When l
was IN your office at the time named, you tOld
me you had turned the go over to the Central
Committee, and supposing that you would eX-
pect me to hand you something IN a more pr1-
vate way, asked you why you had done So
You replied that if the commitiee found out
you had received the check they would make a
fuss with you. The question came up ag;Hn on
the cars at the time mentioned by you, and to
tell the exact truth about IL you looked so much
like an expectant that l handed you twenty
dollars, which you received as I thought very
cheerfully.. This is substantially a true version
of the case as would swear, and think you
will hardly deny it. 1t is extremely unpleasant
you have laid necessity upon me by misrepre-
sentations, you are responsible.
l affirm again that you did give me the
money in my Office, and that you did
tell me on the cars that all the Republi-
can papers in this district had taken
money from you in this way. This is
now reduced to a mere question OF
veracity between us, or to the faithful
ness of our memories. 1 have remark
ably good memory, and l cannot possibly
be mistaken an this matter. If you would
keep all the letters you receive, and cop
les of those you send, it would save you
many mistakes. You say that you sent
me the fifty dollar check by mail before
you left home to enter upon the canvass.
There is not word of truth in this. /
ington City before you came home. 1t
is dated July %, 1868, postmarked at
Washington same day, and received by
me July "a, 1868. You do not remember
giving me any directions how the money
should be used. Your letter does give
directions how it should be used, and it
was so used 1 will not betray you, when
you wrote to me in confidence. But if l
would quote the line which told me how
to use the money, it would sound ex-
tremely funny. l will never show this,
or any of your other letters to living
soul; but if ever you come to Jackson l
would like to show it to you. Then you
would see how treacherous a memory
you have.
You admit that you tried to buy me
with fifty dollars and failed, but did sue,
ceed with twenty, and all because was
rascal. Was you in the habit of buying
up all the crotchety specimens of hui
manity you could hear of in your dis
looks that way. l had intended to spare
you about that twenty dollar transaction
Perhaps you do not recollect how that
was to be applied. If ever 1 see you
will refresh your memory. 1 do not care
to do so now and here.
What do you suppose people beyond
the influence of your money will say
about the matter to which you have just
confessed? Here is an editorial from the
Springfield Daily Republic, in reference
to the first part. of our controversy:
Mr.. D. Mackley, of the jackson STANDARD, i.
not entirely speechless, in view of Hon. John T
Salary Grab Wilson's accusation of black-mail
ing, contained in portions of his letter recently
printed in the Republic. 1t will be recollecteC
! that we advised Mr.. Wilson to meet the square
without regard to the motives of assaiIants
1t would have been much better for him t.
by the ear in asSailing Mr.. Mackley. This gen
tleman appears to be of Yankee descent
| questions in return, and they appear t.
| be rather extraordinary and uncomfortable
! queSIlons-but they throw a great deal of Hgh
! upon the methods of fixing things adopted by
modern politicians. Mr.. Mackley talks afte.
| this fashion:
| Here follows an extract from my let
| ter to you.
Now we call that mighty interesting reading
1t throws some suspicion upon certain Republi
can editors as we'll as establishes a moral con
viction that corruption among congressman il
| about plenty as blackberries, and more so a
| this time of year. Mr.. Wilson charged that Mr.
Mackiey tried to blackmail him out of $500 anc
| Mr.. Mackley charges that Mr.. Wilson tried Il
purchase him, but that he gave the money tC
the Central Committee, and asserts, indirectly
at least, that Mr.. Wilson said that all the othe
| Republican editors had taken money from hin
in that way. Now our readers know little anC
care less about Hon. John T. Wilson, who, al
| though he was member of the 42d Congress
| will never be heard from again, and they know
ed the editorial convention when in Springfield
and appeared to be pleasant gentleman, ye
! them, inasmuch as it throws light upon sys
| tenn of operations among politicians that mus
be destroyed or it will itself destroy the nation
| We have again and again denounced the system
| and warned politicians to desist. The imprope
islation is one of the greatest and most danger ger
Gus evils connected with our public affairs, anc
! the widest and longest and th1ckest plank il
| our Republican platforms should be a proteS
against corruption of this or any other sort
! the immediate cleansing of these filthy Augeal
stables is an issue of trunsce1lde1t Importance
Our fall Conventions and elections are ap
preaching. Let it be the duty of each citizen o
either party, to Scrutinize the conduct of al
ofhce-seekers and politicians and, detecting anC
! exposing all corruption, let the villains who ar
/ thus caught, be cast aside for all time to come
Seneca w. Ely one of the oldest anc
ablest editors in Ohio, in his paper, th'
Covington, Ohio, Gazette, says:
THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE.
An eXefeaedingy fa bitter 3I eqntToyeTsy has arisen
the Adams, Scioto, &c, district, in this State
and d. Mackley, Esq, editor of the Jackson
STANDARD. Stalwart blows are given on botl
Esides; but, as might be expected, the editor ha
the best of 1t thus far The caucus belLi is fOunC
in the fact that Mr.. Wilson (after voting agains
the bill,D took the extra back pay a Congress
man. For this, the STANDARD arraigned him
whereupon Capt. Wilson pitches into the edito
| in the most offensive and personal manner
woman, who witnessed fight between he
husband and bear, Indifferent as to whicl
Whips, SO that the exeItement is Kept up.
| Transactions which were formerly considered
crimes, are now deemed merely smartness O
| peccadtllos. The respective political partie
began charging each other with the rankes
corruption and the highest misdemeanors; ant
now all parties, it would seem, have adopted
the homely old maxim, 'if we have the name
let us enjoy the game" True hundreds of indi
viduals go through the crucible of office am
come out refined gold, but they are looked upol
as being rather simple than otherwise. A person
is elected to an office to which is LEGALLY attach
ed a small salary, barely enough for his support
In a short time after accepting the place. tn
individual becomes note-shaVer and support
a fine establishment. He has found the foun
of Pactolus-better than that of Ponce de Leon
OF course there is leak in the treasury some
where. Again-our legislators by the measure
necessary to crush the great rebellion becam
| familiarized with large sums of money. Publ
fabulous, are passed fay0ra6ig Upon, 9,e amos limos
without consideration, at the request of tn
sources of the nation are stupendous but tn
progeny of the horse-leach's daughter are nu
merOus enough to exhaust them all.
But the demoralizatiOn alluded to is not cor
fined to public men. In private life example
are lamentably abundant of "good sort of men,
who
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