The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-11


will inspire the confidence and secure the |
support OF the democratic mass, who will
stand between hin and every assault from
disappointed and defeated tricks,ers and in
triguants, who, life MEpARY, are now man
aging TO climb int high place, that they may
feed themselves md the hungry trains de-
pendent upon the success, with the rich offal
that INSCRIPTIONS men can manage to pick !
from the public table.
! On Monday evening, the Statesman made
its response. Justice requires that we give
the answer to these severe attacks, SO we
publish it entire. The two articles occupy
more room than we desire, but this controversy
is destined to have an Important influence
upon the future Of Ohio Locofocoism and we
desire to put the facts upon record, for future
reference. Here is MEDARY's plea to the
Enquirer's bill Of indictment:
The Cincinnati Enquirer and its
Little Clan.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, under its present
ostensible and clandestine managers, has
come to a point inits career of "organship,"
where it is distrusted by friends and despised
by its foes. 1t is remarkable or influential
for nothing but mischief. 1t boasts of being
the organ OF the Democracy of Hamilton
county. When it is remembered that for
some years past the history of the Hamilton
county Democracy presents scene OF
factious, irritating divisions and that at the
last election that county of three thousand
Democratic majority, went Wing; and when
it is recollected that "the organ has always
been the cause Of these divisions, the pro.
minent and solfish participator in all the
internal wars Of the Democracy, any one car
easily see both how sincere are its professions
Of "principles and not men," how pure ant
' disinteresied it's motives, and, with a Wing
victory as its last trophy, how potent are it'
9 influence and ability.
= The Enquirer sees and knows that all it
: power is gone; all prestige Of influence ha
left it, with the overthrow that paper has a
length brought upon the Hamilton Democracy
; 1t is Of late too imbecile to produce mtSchie
at home. Never content but when laborin:
= for some base private purpose, to produc
mischief and distraction among. the Demo
, cracy, where ever it can; it has of late ex
tended its efforts for evil SO as TO bring weak
), ness and wrangng into the Democracy o
=. the State. Now we do not choose longer T.
Z submit in silence to this traitor in the camp
= Our great offence towards it has, heretofore
been our indifference to its assaults upon us
=, We knew Of the jealousy its managers an
y, its tools have entertained towards us; but, S
" far, we have treated them all with silent cor
-, ~ tempt. The Enquirer is determined to see
tr the qualification Of its purposes, in any mar
- - ner, the more dangerous and injurious to tn
- Democracy, the more preferable to that pi
-. per, and its movers. We have sat quiet q
" : long as we desire. There is nothing t
justify us to submit any longer
At our leisure we shall attend to the Er
~ quirer, and all who are in any wise publicl
:, and privately connected with, and responsible
- for its behavor-regardless oftheir postio
j" or ours. We shall make this task matte
~ of leisure. a war is pressed upon us, whic
- sclf-respect renders it imposeble for US t
" evade. But let it be distinctly understood
T., the consequences of such controversy ar
y for the care Of others as much or more tha
% of ourselves We shall make the occasio
-, ~ one for general, thorough review ofmatter
y and a full snluiian nf, what sosfie specniatol
upon Ohio Democracy consider troublosom
=, positions. There are some pretenders {
=. Simon Puresm among us, who want strppin
:, for the qualification of public curiosity Ther
:, are many things that demand the attention {
,, the "independent journalist" and those VIII
:. feel interested, may thank the Cincinna
. : Enquirer for giving us a text We feel tbs
it is a trespass upon public patience I
dignity the Enquirer, and its tricksterin4
sore-headed managers with such notice q
y y we may extend to them; but we shall
= actuated by kind feelings, and shall nc
: withhold our invors even from that concerl
!" and the lovely crew for whom it is ground.
We shall ondeavor as much to expose thos
d who make the columns Of the Enquirer tn
:, filtey nostrils through which they snuff i
), aud puff out their foul political breath, who's
peculiar connection with it is not so we
known rs it should be,--as to make bar
= some of the features of the paper and it
pretended editors, There is7nothing in tn
" paper itself that renders its assaults of suli
. cent consequence to us to repel them. Bu
~ as the representative of little few of bias
politicians, who have been fed on bigger ,nea
: than their small natures rendered fit, an
. . themselves deem Titanic, who are prepetual
q blowing about purity and all that, havin
y themselves cracked up as the only men in til
= political world to whom the term greatnes
; IS applicabe,-as the bowviating mouth
;, piece of the beggarly few, and channel G
u detraction against all but this unhapp
handful of sour stomached gentry, that pape
y becomes such nuisance us demand
: suppression. 1t is due to the welfare G
; Democracy that such concern should b
. held up in its true highland the tricks of a
its wire-pullng intriguers should be mad
: public. AS we find time, and opportunit
may enable us, we shall take this long urgen
duty upon our hands, IL we do it not vel
y the fault shall be ours. For this day, Vale!
From the Washington Republic.
TREASURY REPORT.
:, We learn hom the report of the Secretar,
of the Treasury, presented to Congress yes
terday, that the aggregate receipts for tn,
fiscal wear ending June 40 1882 wer,