M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-11-22
{ TERMS-el 90 PER ANNU
} IN ADVANCE. .Il e.

peIsohal u any man con Oe endowed r.
T with. Wac created a government to
/ tutn Quack and prescribe physic D.
: 'PhySic tothe dogsp There are Other
! things which destsoy heath besides al 2
I cohOl Eating as we'll asdrinking glut..i
tony as we'll sdruhkenness hurts the11
. health. WiIluny one say that legisla.
7 tiOn may take charge Of my table, and
my diet aud appetite. aud say what T.
I shall eat II ;hey mar prohibit
man from buying aud selling whisky
may they not prohibit his planting and
I sowing on his'own feesimpe soil of his
buying and selling the corn and rye
: from which the whisky Is isdistilled2 as.E
), Again, French eofsets hurt moro The
health of whole generations, have Grip.
pied lOr theiEown lives ahd loetheiric
: PosterItys too, more women ana achii-' :
drensthdn ever Johh BarleycDra slew Of ii
| nen! Shall Hiss committee be allOws.la
by law to inspect M4dame's and Miss's
chambers, and see whittier wha Sbone D
aud hard corn encompass ladies' waists
TOO tight? The idea would be- idicul'
pus, II 1t was no! so unsufIsrd bly, tyran~
nous. You cannot legislate men to
morality, must elu:ate them 10 liberty
aud virtue. Manners and morals must
5eSiu at the mothers knees; must bs
tTdined in the schools; aud home and
domestic teaching must give to thsdl
county pupils fit for the schools, and
the schools must give to the countryGa
people who viii require no such dss-11
pOtic laws. They don't suita peopie,l
fit be free; they corrupt and demorst-ii
iLe people already fit to be slaves--t
The last source would appeal to, lorna
temperance in eating and drinking,is IS asd
Legislature Federal or State On! yea
Metropolitan high livers! What talesi
Champagne and London Dock and cam
vas backs, anI terrapins, and oysters
could !ei upon their exaxample Of alb.
stemiousness tand self-deniall How
your temperance tells upon your livetS {
and your legislation, too, at times!--
rhe truth is, all these 'is,ns come from
the q indus Of the same cocuix They
come frum the sctibes and Pherisees,T
who would take care of others cons
ciences, they are inyetious ol ambitious
priestcralt---or men who have lille
who are litde worldly to help their
} religious affair : Of preachers of Chris.
/ tain politics. who are subtslY aspifiug
to civil, secular, and political power
Of mea who don't render unto Caesar
the things which are C@sars, nor 'unto
, God the things which are God's'-of
| lhyPocrites who would upersefviceably
cut off an ear for theif Master with the
sword, without his orders and agAiusts
his lard who woutd deny Him thrice
. before the cock crew once. Aud these
are aided by the cowardly and kuavish
politicians, who either fear or fawu
upon their secret and sinister influences.
We have only to drive out ali such fromg
ihe tempie.as the dove.sellers were dd-7
. ven out by the Master whose pure amt
a uudehled religion before Gud aud the
Father is; to visit the widow and the
r tatherless,and to keep ones self unspot-s
- ted from the world Nd.
Finally gentlemen according with
you, as do, ia The leading principles
!. Of your platform, cordially accept
your invitation to unite with you in
ensrafling them upon the policy of the
country. Aud especially concur with
p you in the sentiment that it is upon
s princip plies alone we ought to unite, and
E. that al! coalitions between those who
II essentially differ Oh cardinal points,ate
,r unpriEcipled and demoralisug. And
t here ! might pause; but, long as this
a letter is, have word more to say. |
Il hope have answered your kind COM
pliment in its own spirit, without in.
quiTing whether you have any alias
~ any Othername under Heaven by which
/ you are known among men than thatof
!. national democrats. have purposely
omitted 10 do SO.
:, Like yourselves, another body of
,s democrats Of New York lately ,approach.
Il ed gratefully to them as do TO you. I
NJ was soon upbraiJed with having given
ry aid aud comfoIt' to certain party cal
= Eled'Softs.'. Now some ona may say that
10 have likewise given in adhesion to he
Hards OF New York.. WELL all | can
le say for myself is, that don't mean to
to know any Hard or Soft names for my
~ friends who will unite with me in 'the
i. mission for the Democracy TO roclaim
n dnd maintain the great doctrine of civill
II and religious liberty,and to uphold and
al enforce the Constitution in its sublime,
ee principles of justice and equality,
y. you must not wonder that your Demo-.
ii: cratic friends in. Virginia are often con-i
(used by names and things in New York;,
" We wish to see a united Democracy
ny there on the old grounds OF Jefferson
c. and Jackson. We hear of Hard, and
y, Soft, and Half Shells, and the ideas we
he iorm OF them can be besLillust:ated by
sy a subject, of natural hisrory- We have,
vi in our witets, gentlemen, crustaceous
te animal called crab--a Sea fish, with
~ fins and claws at both ends, aud it can
a. run either end foremost. Poke at him
is his way he runs that--that way--and
e. he runs this! He is remarkable, for his
- transformations. Al one time catch.
VS. him and crack his claw and his she'll is.
ng very hard. very hard, hard enough for
al barnacles to grow upon his back. aud it
ch will not separate or be detached from
de the inner cuticle. la that state he is
sr. the Hard Grab proper. At another
ri tin,a natoh hiuo apd ~. .l....