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was not from nervousness, as the writer pro
fesses to think, but because the members of tn,
Grand Lodge were indignant at the attempt
20 manufacture political capital at their ex
pensc. In the next place, they found ths
leading citizens of Chillicothe opposed Il
their convention. Not only did these gentle
men and the citizens in general refuse to have
anything to do with their meeting, hut the,
have subsequently met and condemned Il.
Twas very sad"
A. the writer goes on 10 speak OF those
,iitI,cui,ics he gets mad. Frances wildly about
his midnight lamp, throws his inkstand
Lnther-like, at imaginary demons, and finds
relief in calling hard names. lie SAYS certain
had men appeared upon the scene of action
and insinuated naughty things to the people.
These wicked men charged that the gentle
men Of thc convention were only political
adScn,uTer,, trying to use the colorcd voters
:or their own ends. The chief among these
disturbcrs Of "Depugh's" little conclayc was
a certain mail agent at large. This terrible
nan moi only appeared on the scene Of action,
lut actually went into the convention and
offered resolutions indorsng General Grant
and the Republican party. For this unpar-
donahc crime your polished and gentle
manly correspondent launches forth into a
trade 81 personal abuse against said mail
AGENT. Being personal and intimate friend
Of ,h.. special mail agent, if | offer a word or
A. 4 ,1raSrpnc il will LA 40
able. He i charGed with arriving in Chilli
Gothic the day before the convention and set
ting Ia work 10 countcract the favorable
opinion already formed hy the citizens Of that
Town. Gar statement of the ract that the
leading citizens from the frs; gave the move
mPnt no coiintcnance i evidence that his
counteractinC labors We're by no means ardu-
Gus. In short, there was no favorable opin-
ion to countcraci. IF he threatened that he
would whip the gentlemen Of the convention
into line, as g Derugh charges, he certainly
kept his word; for, although the resolutions
were buried so deep by the unanimous vote
Of condemnation, yet the gentlemen them.
selves very willingly resurrccted them and
wrote ri,eously back to Chilicoihe to the
meeting 1f the indignant citizens not to con-
denim Their convention, saying that they liked
The resolutions, bat oh.y refused to Pass them
heCause that mail agent offered them. Per-
hal> il might be matter Of interest to know
what this mail agent has dome to bring down
on lin the bitterness II ,"ur CORES pendent.
Wei, 50 Ear "a | know, ne has done no.
thing except Ia have hi, services TO his people
and labors in the interest Of the Republican
patty recognized by elcriioh and appointment
10 number of important positions. lie has
repeatedly been elected from his ward n con-
vention delegate: last year was elected to
the State convention; by tho State conven-
tion was elected a member of the State Cen
trail - lenmittee-the soni, colored man ever
elected TO that committee and by the CON-
mittcc was unanimously elected a delegate
II the Philadelphia convention. Finally, he
was appointed last fall as special mail agent
at large, Thilc present in Washington a
bearer Of Z series of resolutions congratulate
ing President Grant on his reelection. and
which had been passed by meeting Of ths
Oldest and most influential white citizens OF
this city. Young man. beware Of the green
eyed monster. This same mail agent was
working in the interests Of his people when
this young gentleman who effects 10 snecr al
him was n small, barefoot. and not over
clean faced boy
And now, while he j, singing psalms to
his deaigod and 10 himself, seeing nothing
worthy OF respectful consideration outside Ct
the firm Of Robinson c. and Friday De
pugh, this same NJ. a. is still doing what he
can in the interest Of his people. He opposed
the Chillicothr movement because he consi.l-
cred it premature and iil-advsed. He knew
that the Republican parlyis the only political
friend of the colorcd man, and therefore
thought it hest that nothing should be done
which would tend to separate our people from
their best interest and only friends. Only q
twdays ago the eloquent Frederick Douglass,
our great, acknowledged leader, stood in the
same hall and enuncated the same truths in
his mastery manner which this same mail
agent had strivcn in his feeble and blunt way
10 enforce. ..
There is much more ol this letter which
should he glad 10 review, but l have already
occupied sufficient space in your columns.
As an evidence Of what the people think Of
the Chillic0thc movement, suffice it to say
that wherever it has been considered by the
people it has been condemned, with solitary
exception. In or city. so unpopular has it
rendered those who participated in ii that
Mr.. Peter III. Clark, heretofore quite popular
among our citizens, was defeated as delegate
TO the Republican convention, and on being
aamed as a candidate for the Legislature did
not receive, a single vote. When ii is remem-
bered that this same gentleman was last
spring nominated by larger vote than any
other gentleman before the convention as a
candidate for delegate to the constitutional
convention, and that before the people re-
oeived over fourteen thousand votes, COM
ment on the light in which the people view
Chillicothe is not necessary.
1t is certainly 10 be regretted that these
gentlemen have so much deluded themselves,
and been guilty Of such gross folly in the,
ll-advised, untimely movement, and we trust
that they will see, as they must, their error,
and like wise men retrace their steps Should
fhny 10 cn--oul I haliat-a thev will M n,o