Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24

,urthen of taxation upon the people, &c.
&C., ui naussdm. From these unoalled for,
ingentlemanly, undignihed, unseemly
md sweeping denunclatlons not even the
gentlemen then preseit were excepted.
When the bill came up in the House for
inal disposition, Mr.. WILLIAMS, the
lesk mate of Mr.. NORRIS, made set
,peech against 1t, In which he stated that
he removal of the county-seat was the
question directly In Issue at the election
Of Mr.. Norris. A gentleman from Per-
y sburg Immediately beckoned Mr.. Nor
ars to him and aid you know that Is not
true. Mr.. NORRIS promptly agreed with
nim that the question of removal did not
enter into that election. The gentleman
then sad to him That mlsstatement
ought to be corrected i'm mediately, and
you, NJ. NORRIS, as an honorable man,
cannot afford TO let it go uncorrected. MIR. |
NORRIS did not correct it, and there can be |
no reasonable doubt in the mind of any |
one that Mir. NORRIS insl ir, d Mr.. WILL
IAM5 to make 1t.
Daring the d,ba.e at that time, Mr.. |
NoRRIs made a speech, in which he d,-
clared that that was not the time or place
to determine the question under consid-
Grafton, but that the proper time and
place to decide was at the next election
of X presen ative In Wood county, and
that Tie fight might be made on him. We are
iatormed hat he also stated to members
in private conversation, that ifhe was not
returned to the next J. g,>lature, they
might take it fjr granted that the people
of Wool c,unty we're in favor of reno
val In these, 1t will b. en-, he announ
ced himself as candidate for reelection
and challenged The opposition of Perrys-
burg.
At his rec, mt nomination, he was not
content with thanking the convention for
the renewed expression of its confidence,
but took occasion to remark, in substance,
that he regarded it as an unequivocsl and
emphatic Endorsement of his course upon
the county seat question, and that he
asked no favors of Perry sburg, or its
friends. His language was an insult to
many In tne nlgneSC u gree.
We are informed that during the recent
canvass he stated throughout the southern
portion Of this county, that he did not ex-
pect or irish the votes of those who desired
to remove the seat of justice to Perrys-
burg. AS the people of Perrysburg are
in favor Of removal, and are withM good
natured and accomn dating, they took
great pea ure, with only tWenty-six (2G)
exct ptions in vote of seven hundred and
ninety eight (79S), in complying with his
wishes. Fer thi favor we hope and trust
he feels duly grateful.
He went further, and openly opposed
Col. SHANNON on the stump, -fIr the rea-
son, es he stated, that Mr.. SHANNON was
"Perrysburg man." We venture to
assert hat not another instance can be
found in the history of any party in
which one nominee upon ticket open
ly opposed another upon the same ticket.
lfView of the foregoing lcts, and many
more of similar character, could it be
expected that the people of Perrysburg
would support Mr.. NORRIS? They
COULD NOT DO 1T AND MAINTAIN THEIR
SELF RESPECT. 1t has been stated to US
that several ge tlemen at 3 owling Green,
| familiar with the cour sc Of Mr.. NORRIS,
| have said that they had no fault to find
with Perrysburg that it had done just
as they would have done under like cir
cumstances. H. betrayed our confidence;
he traduceI us before the whole State; he
insulted US; he returned ingratitude for
kindness; he manifested toward US a
spirit of vindictive hostility; he injured
us all he )uld; he treated Us with con-
tumely; he degraded the dignitled and
upright le gislator into low and willing
tool, and we were forced to spurn while
we pitied him. Verify he has his reward
and his end furnishes another illustration
of the truth of that homcly old saw
"honesty is the best policy"
AS our Representative we asked of hin
nothing improper; we indulged in NJ
threats; we ever treated him respectfully
and courteously; he might have deal
fairly aud honorably with US without Civ
ing Bowling Green any cause for com
plant, and why he adopted tIward u, tn,
course he did Is difficult to understand
unless he conceived that Bowling Green
had the power of disposing Of the offic
in the cpuuy, and that he voluntarily
crawled in the dust at its feet, and lickeC
its hand, to catch it's fIvors.
1t may be objected that the R publican
OF Perrysburg attended the convention
which nominated Mr.. NORRIS an henc,
they were in honor bound to support hin
at the polls. They attended the conven
ton as they had a right to do, and cas-
their vote for Judge FULLER for Represen
tative, but other than that they did not, a
any time, so much as turn hand over tt
secure his nomination. The large, spon
taneous vote which the Judge received
was certainly, highly complimentary t,
him. Had the Judge been nominated, w
we'll knew that B jwling Green would ar
ray Itself in opposition to him, and con
GUIDED that we might as we'll eight 4
out" on Mr.. NORRIS as any other. AnC
we should here state that some time pre-
vious to the convention, some Republi
cans of Perrysburg suggested to Repub
licans of Bowling Green that we did moi
like to lose the Representative, as an elcc
ton of U. s. Senator was to take place
and that to insure success, we would sup
port any honorable man, even though h'
was citizen of Bowling Green; but tha
we cou'd not support Mr.. NORRIS. Oul
liberality, we think, was appreciated by
the gentlemen addressed, but they were
unable to entertain the proposition in the
spirit in which it was rendered. They
did not wish Mr.. NORRIS as a candidate
but he had volunteered to be their cham
pion he had fastened himself upon them
by his declaration in the House, that 'the
Il ght might be on him." and they could
not shake him of. We make this ate
ment to show, that the Republicans OF