M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-10-04

Hamden, Vinton CO., in whicI,it is IN
eidenlally and very slHy remarked tha
There, ,is not a word ol tsulli in III,
aGose charges. 81
Whether HARD and his tools will
claim that this is response to oul
challenge we do not know; but ON,
thing We do know, tits far from bein.
so. II the charges We published { be-
ing plain, d;.eri and unequiyical charg
es, infeaching Mr.. Hard's poiitica
honesty and integrity, and laying to hi
charge base hypocrisy and Politica
ltrickery,) were not true, he owed it tC
Ihimsell-to the men who composed
the convention that put him ia nomi,
lnation-to come out like man anC
deny them before the public Wei
knowing, how ever, as MIR. Hard die
and does know, that as soon as liz
should publicly deny these, charge.
they might be proved against him b,
a host OF witnesses, he has not 6areC
to deny them publicly before all tht
people. Below We publish the sfida
Wits oil JosEPH MAGEEy who has beer
the Auditor OF Vinton county sine,
its organization, and Mr.. JoHN New
TON, both OF whom are known to bt
men Of pndoub;ed integrity, and whose
character for'truth and yefacity have
never been questioned. They faster
lupon MIR. HARD u1equiyocally ano
beyond question all the igpominy with
which we have charged hlm. We
might, bad We the time TO gather them
up and the space to publish them, OBJ,
lain a dozen more sffidavils 10 the
same effect as those of MeSSrs. Ma.
GEE and NEwToN, but il is unnecessa.
| ry so TO do. "..I y '.
Let every voierin yinton and Jack,
son counties read the following affida-
| Wits before casting his vote. They es-
tabish the political bsseness, treacheiy
and BY pocricy OF ID. d. T. HARD be-
yond cavil. They show him an Of,
tice.seeker, who is willing to make any
sacrifice OF principle Tor the sake OF an
ofice-who would sell his birthright,
aye his country, Tor loaves and fishes.
They show him an unprincipled, un.
blushiug demagogue, Ior who but such
an one could sell himself and princi.
pies tor the sake Of nomination for
office, aud then even undertake so to
demean himself as to cheat men Of dit
lerent political faiths into his support,
ana stand up before the very people he
has so grossly outraged and insulLed
and ask Tor their suffrage. ...t ..
1t should be remembered that thi
conversation with Mr.. John NEwror
was only three or four days before Mr.
HARD's nomination, What a won
Iderlul conversion. On Thursday MIR
HARD is IN favor Of the whole Demo
cratic ticket--no fault to find witt
Democratic principles, Democratic
Administrations or candidates-on tn,
very Monday following Mr.. HARD &C
Icepts a nomination from the enemy o
1.-The Democracy; subScribes and epdors
es the Chase ticket anu Chase platform
and will vote only Tor men that will dt
the same, and denounces the Demo.
cratic party in the severest manner.
Freemen OF Jackson and Vinton, W,
do not address you as partisans, but al
honest men; we appeal to you, can yol
consclenilously cast your suffrage Tor
man who has proved himself to be deS
titute Of principIe--ready TO sell him
self to the highest bidder, .... .
d 1t is no pheasant task for US to b.
obliged to place before the public til
evidence OF such political basenes
and black.hearted hypocrisy, but on
duty public Journalists compels I
SO to do. In conclusion let us say
read well, consider well, and act wise
ly.
JOSEPH MAGEE's EVIDENCE.
: The STATE Of OhiO, Vinton Com
tqss: Onlhs 28Ih day OF Septem5e
} 4. ID. 1866, personally appeared b.
{ tore me, j. ". Swepston, a Justice I
t the Peace in and lor SAID county, j,
a seph Magee, who says that on or abo,
: the 23d day of July, A. ID. 1855,
: met wlth d. D. r. Hard, in the tow
;, OIL Hamden, who introduced the Subje
= OF politics. He asked me if he vi
generally suspected in the town
McAnhur OF being Know Nothin
i iold him that he was. He then q
mi,ted hat he did join the Know Not
Iings las, fall and took two degrees
e that he did so for tie purpose OF SAW
e the Democratic parry and preven'l
T. it from being injured by the khc
e Notlings; that he succeeded in part
d accomplishing h!s objects; that he Il
e the Know Mornings alter the electlt
y and had not met with them since tn
time. He denounced the Know Not
A ings as rotten and corrupt and DANCE
, Ious to the existence OF tree institution
$. and that he should not and called G'
Dr 10 witness that he never would ha
le any lurther connection with the Kno
II Nothings, or be in any manner assoc
y ated with them. He spoke Of the R
I'd publican ticket as being composed
IN lde,oaoogues and DoliticaI trIckstel