Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-09-06

ply in that candid and friendly manner in
which propoundcd my inquiries. But you
have seen fit to take it in "high dudgcon," an
evidence of the badness of your cause) and to
assume decidedly savage attitude. In the
words OF the bastard Platoganct--
-"Icre's n large mouth indeed,
That snts forth death, and mountains, rocks,
and seas:
Talks ms lamilinrly of ronring lions;
As maids OF thirteen do ot puppy dogs!
What cannOneer begOt this lusty bloOiI
lie spnaks plain cannon, fire, and smoke and
bounce;
lie riyes the bastinndo with his tongues
Our ears are cudglcd; not word OF his,
But buff is better than II fist oi France!
Znund,! was never so bethumpd with words
Since first calrd my brothers father dad"
But presume you i'll not complain. If in
my defence should send you o Rowland for
vour divers. And this will endeavor to
do without occupying four columns of nothing
in newspaper.
But your charges You charge me with
sneeziog when others take snuf--wth
beinp a cats paw--with having joined the
Know Nothngs, and leaving them because
they would not permit me to assume the dc
tator, &c,--with broken vows so DR.. Wis
hart, &c. Now, Capt, all these charges are
I base, unfounded, malicious 'alsehoods. |
never have been, and never world be made
the tool OF cat's-paw of any man or set of
men, and this, no man knows better than
you"Self 1t is true, got peep at Sam, by
accident--he came to me, did not go to him
and did not swallow his 1bomnable oaths
as YOU did-and openly denounced him
! few davs afterwards, without waiting to know
| 7 ho tadt t,,l 10 sd pr
! And let me say to you, that would rather
be striker in gang oe MurreItes, than 20
be the highest tunctionary in den of Know
! No,hings.
Again, Won charged me with having pledged
myself to DR., Wishart, to be the political foe
of Judge Kennon. This is also an uufoun-
ded base talsehood. | never gave, nor did
Dr.. Wishart ever ash Of me such a pledge.
1t is true, that to some of the political acts
of Judge Kennon | was and still am op-
posed. But his errors are small when COM
pored with your apostacy, and would pre-
fer him 20 any Know Nothing you can scare
up.
You next charge me with leaving the Dem
: ocratic party, and joined what was called the
"people's line" in the Legislature of 1919
so. That was measure which was begun
} and consummqted by Mr.. Ball of Muskingun
whig, and myself; ly which the election O.
officers, to be elected by the Legislature (anc
under the old Constitution they were hume r
. opsl was accomplished to the mutual benefit
+ and satisfaction Of both the old parties, ant
t which was saving to the State of some thou
t s nds OF dollars, for am very confident tina
a oil tpl in
: the course of one day. more officers for the
y State, than could have been, otherwise, il
$ three weeks, if at all. You then say that
T left the "Line after electing certain ASsoci
P ate Jud ye," WHO, w the by, was put in nom
Y ination by w. p. Simpson. This is anothe
, of your bold, reckless .alsehoods for it il
well known TO every member OF the HOUSE
that carried cut to the letter, every provision
1 of that arrangement, TO the last o'hcer tina
5 was elected, (and there were some h:iy o
more elected under it, and after that Jndgei
l thus saving a great deal of time and money t
; the State. And | only regret that it was no
! sooner made, Tor it would have been much t.
= the advantage of the Democratic party. Di'
I leave the Democratic party in chat tranSac
e ton! If so, Why did you also give the meas
5 ure your sanction! And how was it receive'
!, bv the cummunityt You will remember tina
j there was e general rejoicing ali over tn,
+. city, by Wings and Democrats, when th
matter became known So much COR tha
charge
= In your denunciation Of the Catholi
a Church you say she has "pillaged the ruins o
t Philosophy =" Nov, Capt, as you have be
p come quite pcetiaal, here is a theme for you
q Give us poem on the Ruins OF Philosophy
G piiaged,' send it to the Gazette ~ Citizel
= with a request that it be published "withou
e mment," and think it would 1e quite a
= great literary curiosity, as was a certain
e other cfiuson which appeared in that pape
r few years ago, and which was copied int
: the Ohio State Journal, in the winter o
S 1870, when YOU were in the Senate. iOl
: remember.
e | might make some further remarks in re.
d ation to your objections to the Democrats
It party, and your reasons for abandoning it, bu
$ time aud space will mot permit. will there
e fore be content with saying that as you as
Il sign as reason for leaving the Democrats
party, your disappi obStion of some OF its acts
il it is fair to presume that you approve AM
= endorse the acts of the Know Nothing part!
v -or oour.e yuu approve OF the act OF th'
KNOW Nothing Legislatures of Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts, for there they have hat
fair opportunity of showing what they
will do if they have the power--or course yor
approve Of the Cincinnati g. Louisville riots
and murders, &c. Yes, you can endorse The
whole OF the acts ofthe murder and arson party
j or o! course you would leave it also. Is no
: this fair conclusion! Whose turn is it tC
blush now!
4 come now to the last item which shal
2 notice in your reply, aad shall quote you
, own words. You say-"l have resisted al
offers of money to carry out the wishes o
{ the St. Clarsvlle clique. You have mo-
2 done So" This, Capt, is a very grave anC
= serious charge, which, if true, should subject
, me to the scorn and contempt of all honora'
bic men. | demand The evidence If you
produce it, and thus convict me, will with
draw from the ticket upon which my name
/, has been placed BY the partially of my fei-