The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-10-26
From Tennessee.

To the Editors of the Standard:
You will please favor old subscriber and former
ly citizen of jackson County, space in the columns
of your most valuable paper, for few thoughts rea-
tive to the election recently held in Ohio. have
been watching the drift of public sentiment my
native State, and feared that The given
over to a hardness of heart and reprobacy of mind
and that the majority of Ohio votes would be cast for
free beer, awessness and desecration of the Sab
bath. looked to the Republican party with unu-
sual pride the party, and the only party Ohio
that would have showing to protect the honor of
the state and keep unsuied from lawless men the |
holy day. hoped for the of the Republican
party and the maintenance of the Sunday laws and
check put upon the liquor traffic; but alas for my
hopes. They have vanished. But only for the pres
ent reaction will take place in the political world,
and Ohio will redeem herself the good people of
the Buckeye State will speak in tones that will give
no uncertain sound, and the old reliable Republican
party will deserve, and get the credit for 1t. -'
Now few words concerning the election in my old
county, and especially wish to call the attention of
the voters to some facts connected Herewith Hav-
ing been born and grew to manhood in jackson 1
know personally great many of her citizens, and
cher1sn the warmest regard for her sons without
gard to party party Affiliations. The result of your
election have before l that you have given
your usual Republican majority-with exception.
Mr. Woodson, Republican candidate for Recorder
His majority counts the wrong way. Comparing the
votes of the several candidates both State
District and County, cannot reconcile the fact with
Republican principles and ideas. That while every
d1date for recorder has handsome NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tiles which any Republican Jackson County should
| look to with PRIDE ask the Republican voters of
jackson to explain this difference. Mr.. Woodson
the regular nominee of the regular Republican County
convention. By your action in that convention you
said that he your choice for the which he
aspired. believe l am correct when say that Mr..
Woodson the first man to announce his candidacy
for any of the Offices and at such time before the
conveniDg of the convention that the people had
! eli mi nd to for
position. II cannot be said he not Republican,
for he cannot consistently be anything else. He is
| Republican. Il know whereof speak. 1t cannot be
said that he not qualified. On the contrary, his
qualifications far above the average, considering
his age and experience and may say but few young
men in your county well qualified. He is an
example of young man who by his own exertions, in
the absence of wealth, and in the face opposition
and prejudice has built up reputation that the
purest Anglo-Saxon might be proud of; therefore 1
ask again. how do you account for such unnatural
difference between the votes cast for Recorder and the
other officers? Ipause for answer. You will remem-
Der that in the good old Democratic days. Roger
B. Taney who held the highest judicial position in
our country, and from whose decision there was no
appeal rendered decision in a certain cause pend
ing before the Supreme Court of the United States
which at once became and for afterwards,
long as Democrats were in power, notorious. The
substance of that decision better known the Dred
Scot decision, was that black man had rights
4 which white men were bound to respect. That de-
and is to-day, canker upon the prejudces of the
Angio-American, eating as cancer the very vtas of
principle. Prejudice backed up by this decision, de-
feated your candidate for Recorder. There use
to try to frame to bolster up action but
stand and face the music like men, and have the
age to say that we have made mistake, done amoral
wrong. There some men naming themselves Re-
publicans who will SO far forget the principles OF
their party where race prejudice comes in contact
with their ideas of Anglo-Saxon superiority, that
! host their he
interest," to carry the spirit of that damnable
cision. Such men unworthy the name of Republi-
can, and should be ostracized politically by all honest
) men. You have in jackson County 5491 voters; Of
these 2o3 coored and justly entitled to their
proportion of public patronage, for the time
in the history of the county these 2 voters succeeded
in getting their nominated, be most shame
fully slaughtered, by whom? Democrats? No; by
men naming themselves what they are not. There
polled for Sheriff 457 votes, for Recorder 1851
Cherington over Kearney 645; Thompson over Wood.
49, give you these figures to show that Repub.
cans and Republicans alone, responsible for the
defeat of Woodson, that Republicans did the scratch
ing. Your average majority county ticket 594
Woodson ran behind the average 46s. Here we have
46s men, Republicans, who far controlled by
their prejudices, that they either cowardly
too dishonest to be men, and just sure will
continue to add fuel to the smouderng fires of preju
dice retribution will just surely overtoke you.
more keenly feel the insult you have given jackson
County, because am Republican, never 9th er
wise and never voted other than Republican ticket
and expect to affiliate and labor with the Republican
party until she act in good faith with all men,
not sacrifice her best and truest friends the mos
damnable prejudces of an ignorant and superstition
mind. Gentleman, you have sacrificed your man, AM
hurled insult in the faces of 2o3 of your faith
full friends Q, for shame! Go hide yourselves, an.
Read the Standard, and be guided by its teachings
and assure you that you can look an honest mai
sqnarely In the face and say that you Republi
can In all that the name implies. no.
B. F. WooDsoN,
. Oct. Is, 1882. Memphis, Tennessee