M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-04-10

dONullOhto DSlbk SVuOiuolNOy hO noS
allowed to make bis deposit, and be.
came the hero of the day.
-.-SAst ..r
lFOr the Macarthur Democrat
Mr.. EDITOR: l find in the Uni.
cerS0list Quarterly and General Re-
ae,o, Vol. xiii, No. /, for January,
1855, published in Boston by A.
ToMPKINs, in an article headed "The
Condition and Prospects Of Freedom"
on page rs Of said Review the follow.
ing passage: "The removal Of Gov.
Reeder not for favoring the cause Of
freedom, but for refusing to be the
Epuppet of hepMissouri mob; the ap.
pointment of a man as his successor
who signalized his arrival on the from
tier by indorsing the spurious legisla-
ture, by intimating that the invaders
might be called to aid in the enforce
ment of the infamous statutes they had
previously enacted and by declaring
himself in favor Of slavery in Kansas;
and the assurance given by that gov
ernor that the general government
was entirely on tho pro-slavcry side,
are also in harmony with the gross
dishonesty which removed the ancient
landmark of liberty which the faith.
crs had set up" Eet-f Il.
have, Mr.. Editor, noticed this ar.
ticle in the Review not for the pur.
pose of defending slavery or those
Missouri mad caps that may have en-,
gagged in a foolish crusade for it in
Kansas, but for the purpose of calling
the attention Of the press to the shame
fnl perversion OF truth put forth by
this Review, claiming to be devoted
to religion and morality, against an
honorable man. Gov. Shannon is too
we'll and favorably known in Ohio for
such falsehoods to do him any harm
with tile people of his own State; but
this is not all the place this Review
circulates, it goes far and wide and
that, too, not like a common newspa,
per, to he read to-day aud torn up to-
morrow, but is publishedin book form
so as 10 be bound, to find It's way into
the libraries Of the country as truth
} ful volume, for future references. II
is this that gives it more force and
weight with the public, and for thia
reason its falsehoods should be noticed
and the mark ofCain fixed upon them,
for what man is there that believes
the paragraph quoted aboyeQ Does
the writer Of the article in question
believe itl 1t seems to me he cannot,
Then why is it published in this Re-
view2 Have not these northern ia.
natics honor enough to acknowledge
their error, when the charges made BY
the Review has been contradicted by
Gov. Shannon over his own sigDaturel
But, no, they must copy them into o
religious Review and send them to the
world in this reliable form. What
can We, as American citizens, or what
can we, as good moral, religious citi-
zens, think Of q man or q publisher
that will put or admit such talsehoods
in his paper or Reviews Can he ex.
pect to be believed on any other sub.
ject, or is his religious teachings fit to
be followedl Are We sure he is not OF
the "blind leading the blind, "or if he
is not blind, can We believe in the
moral honesty of the mani. 1t would
lave been bad enough for some fire.
Drained politician to have published
it, after its denial by Gov. Shannon,
but for a Religious Review, claiming
} honesty as q teacher Of truth, is going
step beyond any thing, that has ever
fallen under my notice! sa,a5 v'n.g.
! Now, what is the inference to be
; drawn from the charges made by thit
Review They are: that when Gov
! Shannon arrived in, Kansas he pu,
; himself at the head Of a mob who were
striving to subvert the Liberties of the
honest citizens Of Kansas, and remove
the ancient land marks Of liberty thai
the fathers bad set up, and that he al
! so declared himselfin favor of slavery
in Kansas. Does any sane man be-
lieye this9 Can the writer Of the ar.
ticle in question believe iti Then
what was it published for but political
effect, and npon the principle that a
lie well stuck to is as good as the truth;
or, if We cannot put you down with
truth we viii with falsehood. Shame
on tho Review that will adopt such a
course. b. r. TRUTH.