The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-11-06
COMMUNICATION.

New Cumberland, Monday October 26Ih
A. d. 1910.
Aicssrs. I'LL S Mitchensr,
This morning while
engaged in my room Immediately adjoining ti'
store, | was called by my eldest son (whn Ire'
aIentIy attends the store in my absence. isteT
ed in and was No itte surprised to see Nj
Croit's son presenting - mca Newspaper held
ina pair OF BlacksmtlSs tongs aud al arms
length: we'll did not lay hold upon the paper
forthwith for susppefed some trick but upon
walking round so that could SEQ the title oI
said paper discovered that it was the Iuscar-
n,cas Adcocate, which to any Democrat would
he explanation enough for handling said paper
with loncs, as that sheet you know is gener.
sIIy veil heated with what used 10 be called
Lies, hmtsnow as well under1tbod BY 0gieing,
and indeed have thought sometimes Kuk-pati
rick could out Oge Charley himself
Curiosity howsEer prompted me to look into
said paper and upon the first page discovered
IN article signed Matthew Croft in which MIR.
Daniel Stoody and myself are sorely complain
sd of in reiefenceao certain Arieles published
in what the writer is pleased to term the Dover
Vanocrat," well You know! 1t is 10 use to sickle
with these wings about names tor theyEnre ad-
mirable fos manufacturing names, suppose he,
she. or tseu flor / have no Idea that Croft
wrote The Article) have reference to the Ohio
Democrat. AsSfor Mr.. Stoody think it will
he fund that he is sabundan,y able to defend
himself, and that with his. own "head and
pen." t
shalL content myself therefore with very
brief notice of said article, far as it concerns
INV article published in the Democrat of The &c
inst YOU recollect that make tho following ex-
nlanation viz. "In making these remarks lido
not wish TO iniure tue feelings of any morally
honest Whg," you may theretore Emoglns
what my surprise must have been to see Mr.
Matthew Croft come out over his own signature
and thereby tacitIy admit that he was not Moral
Iy honest.4 But upon further examination and
reflection find that Mr.. Croh left this place on
the nineteenth for Pittsburgh and did not return
until the evening Of the twcnty~ETurtlI OF Octo
ber and the article purporlng to have been wrI-
ten by him aud which bears his signature IL dat
. ed October 23d A. ID. lS40. So it seems that
while Mt Croft was at Pittsburgh he wrote
communication for ihe Advocate and publish
= cd itHuearly two days before he returned;
Bur this is not all the evidence contained in th't
. article which goes TO Prove that Mr. Cro. new
Z ar wrote it, he is made to say C'by his commit
tee") t'and as it respects Mr.. Lappin's turning
whig. never heard any thing Of it, and do not
know any thing of his ever turning but once
Gc."-now mark the language and do not
know any thing of his ever turning but once;
here Mr.. Crofps committee makes him say by
junuendos that he does know of my turning
once, from the wings and that too "at time
when he m was candidate for the office Of
constable in this township" now mark the Ian
guage for give the words, bo does not say he
had understood since coming this country that
Ibad once turned but uses the term know well
now LET Us see what Mr.. Croft knows about Tins
matter, for have taken the pains to refer to
the record Of the township and find that the e.
lection referred to was held on the 9Th day OF
April A. d. 1S3O.-And Mr.. Croft did not come
20 IhIs Neiehborhood until the Winter or Spring
following according to tho best dates that l can