Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-23
FLUSHING.
AUGUST Is. 1871.

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Editor Belmont Chronicle Last weeI
two c0nl appeared in the
! Gazette, rurpOrting to come frOu
Flushing. giving n Democratic repOr
OF the Republican primary meeting al
ROckhill; in response to which you
paper of the 10Th contains reply
claiming to give Republican versiOE
Of the meeting. 20 which /, an humble
Republican, would take no exception
at this time, were it not for the
fact that certain parties for the purpose
of giving IL direction asd force to the
etfusion, supplement it with state
ments on the streets that iife at once
false, unjust and ungenerous. and, ia.
ken in connection with the article IN
question, little calculated 10 continue
harmony of action and zeal for u party
thGt opens the columns of its official
paper to cast reprOach upon Rel 1bli-
can voters who are disposed to quietly
$50 bmit to the powers that be-"
1t WAS peaeesble, quiet, orderly
COnvention-as all our primary cleo
tions have been-and, admitting it to
have been "packed convention" as
is exultIngly claimed by Frank (?),
there was no want of harmony or
good feeliog-no opposition upon the
part of thoss who have he, etofore been
active workers in the parry, to any or
all the delegates and Committeeman
then chosen. Then who received the
whitening rebuke'-whO 'disuppOint
ed' and made unhappy?
\ packed contention, known TO be
such, cteates dissatisfaction, angry feel.
iigs and /, loss Of votes, hence [, for
O ne, AL sorry 10 see it claimed So au-
th0ritatively To ie such in your col
unins, - W., are hot SD strong in this
cuuiaaf - to run any unnecessary RI Iks.
~sss. xs4s iniinfie.' To bn hit nS :. tv-
itg 'skt>.~r ui>sra"ei themselves bp
e.>tninc II living by the sweat of them
brow" neither know Or care, for
there are many ways o. securing IL
home aud living without physical la
bor or lhtft-such, Tor instance, As ed
itlng r paper, following some Iearned d
profession, by inheritance, and by
marriage; the latter has been made an
enin mt success by more than one
man ef my scquain' ce. To live
upon the European plan,' simply
means to call for what you want and
pay for what you get, and no more.
"You pays your mOnish and you takes
you choice"
The Quakers of this township, rs
are wOrtay and good citi-
zans, hut we have here MethOdists,
Baptist5, Cam pbeliiter, Presbyterians,
and men t0iio belong to no church, who
are the equal of the best of them in
morality, public spirit, Intelligence and
all that goes to make a good citizen
and useful member OF society-then
why, like Frank try to have it be
lieved that they arrogate to themselves
all the virtue and intelligence in
the township, and that they were
moved by the spirit, as "a rushing Ot
mighty waters" to reUeem II lost and
ruined township which they alone
were able to save? That they have
the power and intend to dictate the
political action Of the Republican par
ty in this township is claimed by him.
This they or no other sect can do, and
your eervant does not believe they are
fairly ieprt sented by the boa.
Flusaing had one day th'~ week
when there Was no work done on the
Railroad. and some half ,iOzen of the
'l.and@,' tn keep their muscles in order,
and pleassnljy spend An idle day made
things lively by free fight. Result
q dozen black eyes and three heads
with mansard roofs.
Not TO be considered inferior to the
Irish, two colored ladies had field
in the suburbs.
A new saloon has opened with sew
eral casks on top. have not sample d
and therefore Can give no reliable in
as 10 quality. VOTER.