Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-10-18
For the Eaton Democrat.
TO THE PEOPLE OF PREgLE COUNTY

Un er The above caption an article appear
ell III the editorial columns Of lie Eaton Dem
0crat OF last week, applying some very hard
cplllietS 10 our humble selves, and rs we are
men OF place aud believe in The whOleS. me
dUciTIne, That when We are Tevilta, ~ reviir
lot again, we will not reply 10 sad article,
but merely ask your kind indulgence 10 hear a
supple statement Of the facts OF The matter,
which has caused MS such A~'Stvere casligation
II the columns Of the Democrat, and We will
suUDil 10 the people Of PEBBLE county, among
whom We have both lived, for more Than the
third o! a century, whether we have deserved
such treaime nj al the LundS Of those We new
I'll intended 10 harm.
Gen. Marsh, The Republican candidate fol
Senator, called upon us a few days after the
publication oil No. l6 OF tie Democrat, in The
leading editorial al which paper lis chafacie e
oS an honorable man was called mo question
aud solicited us IL sign Tie following state
ment:
las members OF The Democratic pnI!y OF
Preble county, Ohio, we, the undersigned, 10
here state in justice 10 Felix Marsh, ESQ.,, the
Republican candidate for Senator ilthe Pie
BILE aud Montgomery District, that We have
Known Mr.. Marsh for twenty years and more,
pNu 'lu VIC q ' ulNhNS NOll' hCItu MN Il lllEh
minded, honorable man and political oppo
nenl;-tha! he has ever been "a spy or tai or
% the Wing Cause Or their private meetings,
or that he has been the secret ally ofthe Dem
ucralS, or lhat the Democrats used him TO lie
feat nominations and that he was a wiling IN
STument, and IN the secret hours OF night
would meet leading membeiS OF The Democrat
&c party ana Impart lnIormatiOn," We 90 no,
-It.t a.. ,.. l-Vs. .,..-. -A--. .. ---I
conduct on the P II Of Nj. Marsh; aud We be
iieHe II such Ind been his course We would
have known Il. JOHN V. CAMPBELL.
PROB Tt JUDGE.
|. STEPHENS, RECORDER.
Eaton, Oct. 5, 1855.
We signed this paper which was drawn up
by Gen. Marsh, believing said statement to
be true. We had known Mr.. Marsh from his
school boy days, and always believed he wa,
al advocate Of tie doctrine cOHte nded Tor hy
the Wings, ii is true, we believed lie had some
times voted for Democrats FOL county Offices,
as have hundreds of other Wigs Of Prebie
county, but We never thought Tor a moment,
tina: these were traitors 10 the Wing cause by
reason OF exercising their Suflf0geS as they
deemed proper. As 10 he other matters in re
lI'ion 10 meeting leading members Of The DE
mocTailc party IN the secret hOuuS OF nlghl,
aud lnpGitIng information, &c, &c, we were
molly ignorant; we only stated what ire lie
ileved about the matter rom GU: knowledge,
not intending thereby 10 injury any person Oh
pli'y, II these things can be proven ngaltIS;
Mr.. Marsh, it Will he by olher Witnesses Than
Us. The caption 10 The statement, "A Sam
der NaI:ed ~ as it appe red in the extra OF
The Register, was mol q parl Of HE statement
when We signed 1t. With This simple aud uu-
varnlSled S a.ement We submit the mater, with
e CONSCIOUSNESS that we InIe nded injury 10 no
one. Embracing This occasion TO tender our
thanks TO The people Of PreJle county for the
many GENEROUS marks Of their confluence re.
posed III us tpeThapS beyond our deSertSJ we
shall ever strIve 10 perform our duty honestly
and ianlIiully, WIN thet aclIlg in The capacity
OF private citizens or public servants.
JOHN V. CAMPBELL,
ISAAC STEPHENS.
Eaton, Oct. lG, 1855.