Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-10-23
MURDERED JUSTICE.
Sound Advice for Those Capable Of
Thinking.
Cincinnati Post.)

The Enquirer accuses Judge Nicholas Long
worth of sending $4,000 some years ago into the
Sixth ward to purchase his election to the
Supreme Judge bench. Whether Judge Long
worth perpetrated that outrage or not, the Post
does not know. Judge Longworth is away from
the city, and his confession or denial can not
be obtained. If he did, 1t is all incfaceable
stain upon his good name. No sacrifices and
labors of selfdenying patriotism subsequently
made and undergone can remove such marx
of disgrace from mans reputation. 1t is to be
hoped that Judge Longworth will be able truth
fully and entirely to deny the accusation. But
whether the Judge did or did not commit that
crime against his country, that outrage upon
the civic rights of his fcllow-citizens; whether
or not he did in fact strike such n despicable
and infamous blow at the public confidence in
the unpurchasebleness of the supreme judiciary
of Ohio, there is no doubt that his present
course in support OF the outraged political
rights of American citizenship is worthy and
patriotic, and ii he be guilty of the former
crime, these later deeds of patriotism and 10y
atty to the right, indicate that true repentance G
and reformation which, in this world of human
weakness and wickedness, must be accepted in
lieu Of undertaking uprightness or else we
would all be condemned. Let those Rcpubli-
cans and Democrats who never hnrbUrcd a
sncaking sense of pleasure over the commission
of election frauds, If only they elected their
candidate, let these cast the first stone at any
fellow human who to day honestly and heartily
| repents of the crimes he has committed against
the political rights of his fellow.citizcns. God
| knows we are all of us, newspapers and all,
guilty enough in this matter. For years we
have tolerated political evil in our midst, and
| frauds we would not personally commit, we
have connived at and have guiltily rejolced
over II only they elected our party. Republi,
cans have ridden through Cincinnati on elec.
tion day with a carpet-bag full of one and two
dollar bills, to give out ut every precinct in tho
| city, and when these bribers were elected the
Republicans who are to-day crying out against
the Democratic frauds Mt last Tuesdays elec
| tion, while they in their conscience disapprovt
of the bribery, still rejoice In the success o
their candidate, even though he did buy hi,
election. II we all. Democrats and Republicans
had been honest and patriotic from core I,
rind. If we had never exaulted the claims o
our common country above those of our party
II we had worthily loved the blood bought in
st,tutiops of our native land, more than we ha,
desired the success of our candidates, Ton
Campbell in the Republican party and Johi
Mclean in the Democratic party would no
have been able woy back in 1872 to form tina
politicaI copartnership of Mclean, Campbell
Co which now employs two or three thousan,
men ON yearly salary Tpaid by the tax payersl +
debauch our primaries, rule our conventions
stuff our ballot boxes. peryert our election re
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turhs' ana keep the hrh III po"ei' nv h'".'o
which party apparently carried the day. TIL
hlood nj murdered Justice bespatters the eal
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hehts Oh US all ii we uiu hol peisoiiaiiy s'rih
the mortal blows, we stood guilty by and he'll
the clothes of those who did. We drowned tn
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dying cries OF slaughtered rights III our shout
| OF exultation over the success OF our party. w
have been conscience. blinded pnrtisans instea
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