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MFssRs. ADAMS q JFSKs.


Believing as do, that an honest and
impartial investigation of characters,
wiich are I" perched on high, as can
didates ior public suffrage, is The most
salutary object 10 which q newspaper
can be devoted. ! must ask the li5er-
~ Of replying through the medium Of
your paper, to piece signed " "A Not-
er," addressed to the " Electors of the
County Of Oxford" in the last Gazette.


The FIRST thing noticeable in the as
sertion al the " Voter" is, that il the
last election of Register Of Deeds for
Oxford County, Joseph Rust of Nor.
way, and Eleazer Hamiin of Waterford, q,
were about equal On the hstof votes" :"
This is palpably untrue. The writer
pledges himssIE that there Is but very
uifing, (ifany) numerical error in the
following statement, viz. For Eleazer
Hamlin, l75; For Isaac Sturtevant
Esq. S. for Joseph Rust "a. There
is not modern theory OF" Eguqfty,"
indeed more ridiculous than the fore
going.


II is not denied that Messrs. Ham
lin and Rust, were the two most sue
cessful candidates." but the compari-
son of their " success" is here exhibit
ed. Here / should have been disposed
to finish. But the Voter having
likewise compared the respective pre-
tentionsof the two candidates viii re-
quire some answer. Is it really true,
gentlemen, that the electors Of Oxford
County" know capt Rust to be emf
heatiy qualified for the office. !"-Give
him, we viii, his due He writes a
good hand. And are we to look no
further for qualifications, than this If
not, indeed the days of Spartan purity
are no more F.! Where isthe integrity,
stability and faithfulncss? the industry
and prldence-indeed the whole circle
OF moral virtues, so necessary, M.
Voter" TO entitle your candidate 10
the confidence, and guardianship Of the
land titles of our worthy Husbandmen
Alas sir, the fmtfl,dsnce 'oc some men
is not sufficiently displayed, in their sui-
tcring their characters to be exposed to
pubic examination !-EutI torbear the
unpleasant description.


And, Gentlemen, can no Better rea-
son be offered, in objection 70 Mr.. HAM
lin, than that his family have already
been handsomely noticed, il appoint
ment 20 Office, in the new County p
The insinuation I shall only notice, as
c'incing the paltry holds, at which
Mr.. Voter" is doomed to cling in
supporting the claims OF capt. Rust
Satisfied however, that no man, who
possessed single talent, not hid in
anapkin," can be duped by sophistry
like this, shall only offer in closing, tc
meet any fair, homes objection, which
can be made to Mr.. Hamiin's election.


PHILALETHES.


O-t5rd, County, Fe5. %, 1906.