Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

Your lnHl article D. Wrliiru ln 3urh d
bad spirii that no reply is needed, asit ~
apparent why you wrote it We have no
right 10 impose our gross personalities uo-
ON The readers of the TELE0HArH and when
we cease TO discuss the cougres sional ques-
tion In that spirit of clndor which % de-
mands We ought 70 close altogether
Neither have We any right behind me-
mmcd MINES 10 fling insult and
rcproach npon the candidates Tor they
have rights which ought 10 be- respected.
And here let me appeal 10 the letters
written by Mr.. Haskell, "Ashiabula
County" and "Ashtabula' YOU say one
aud the same person but say MOTTO
prove that no attempt has been made in
either Of them to say sharp low or unman.
ly things Of Mr. Ilowlund, while appeal
TO your letter 10 prove that you have, be
hind your fictitious name, said and insinu-
utcd things against Mr. Norhway which
are well calculated to be cIasscd as insult.
ing. A little retrospect may he permitted.
At the April election, Mr.. Haskell, upon
his own motion alone, rs he says, inquired
Of several hundred persons, who their
preference was for congressman, and that
fact 10, a matter Of news, not ia thc form
Of communication from Mr.. II. or any
other person, was pubi-hed, when in %
short time appeared your first letter rela-
rye 70 manufacturing public sentiment,
in which you attacked Mr., II. in manner
which was judged by the commuuity to
be wholly uniustihable, and not only that,
you also went beyond that and attacked
Mr.. n. in the same manner.
TO this Mr.. II. replied, simply stating
why aud how be sought the opinions Of so
many on the Congressional 4lcstau,
whcreupon you again took occasion to1e-
ply in manner not warranted by any
thing ~ any Of his letters.
Now without r,qapiluIp'ing farther, let
me say, ] do not propose TO respond in
terms such as you use IN your last letter,
nor shall feel called upon to reply TO
| vlaa .he community readily understands
to bo very ei,qgeslg opinions expressed,
and insinuations made against dr. r., for
he has lived too long IN this county, and
is too well known to need yindicatiun at
my hands against threats and attacks
~ udr by some person behind an assumed
Dume. Now JET me correct what Stems to
to be an erropcous impression in your
mind, and in order to do so I must 90
| bpck little. In one of your letters to
NJ H., you made use Of language which
was directly calculated to charge Mr. Y.
with being the author Df the road law of
'86 or g. ] answered you stating that
Hon. y. y, fihbeIis--now one Of the hon
orcd judges Of Summit Co,--was lha au-
thor and that Mr. n. had nothing to do
with it further than being q member Of
the Legislature That passed it, And then !
went forward to show that il Mr. n. could
be charged with blame for helping to pas.
awswhich were afterwards repealed, how
about Mr.. Rowland? And then cited
several acts and constitutional amend
mcnts which were passed by legislatures oI
which he was member, and which act,
and amendments were afterwards repeal
ed, or voted down by the people. Now il
your last letter you back out of your in
sinuation that he was the author, and yir
tually admit, because you do not deny
that Mr.. II. was more or less responsible,
for the act regulating appeals from Jus
tices Of the Peace, but you defend the ac
notwithstanding both political parties il
Ohio demanded It's repeal. and for VIII. cl
repeal have no doubt Mr. II. voted
Now the erroneous impression l wish t,
correct is this:
did not, nor do | now, charge Mr. II
with wrong in voting for any of these act
or amendments Tor the wisest legislator
cannot always know what the practica
working Of an act will be. | only desired
to show you that the objection which yol
urged against Mr. N. would lie with, per
haps greater force against Mr.. II. Nov
one other objection wish to deal with
You are continually adyerhng to The
idea that because Mr, II. has had eigh
years experience in the Legislature of ou
State, and Mr.. N. only two, therefore Mr.
II. should be nominated. You do no
state that experience IN State legislatur
is worth but little in Congress, for tn,
3 acts passed by the two bodies are so dit
ferent-while the manner of passing then
is jusJ as ditIcrcnt-that experience in Tia
passage OF one kind can aid but little il
the passage Of the other. Go back It it'll
aud see whether am right or not. Ho'
much legislative experience had Mr.. Whit
l tlescy, MIR. Giddngs, Mr.. Wade, or Gen
Garfield when they entered Congress
Mr.. Giddings, Mr., Wade ard Gen. Gal
1 field had each had just the same expel
I ience in a State Legislature that MI
Northway has had-one term cach-yc
each OF these gentlemen sprang at once
= the front of great men. ana made name
4 which will never die. They possessed jus
that which is needed TO make men grea
in Congress, ability to cope with dificu
ties, to discover the right, to discover tn
, wrong coupled with the purpose to u
+, hold the right and oppose the wrong
These gentlemen were ready, fluent an
r eloquent dcbaters, and were ready at
mo me nj to grasp the subject, aue rosscs
7 ed the fire and energy to make men Ii
ten.
t submit to the voters OF the 18th Coz
!, gressional District, whether It is NJ
4 | MI .-.-..-.-,