Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-10-02
EATON, PREBEE COUNTY 0. OCT. 3 1856.

uniting it,, couldn't even agree emoug them
selves as to the place where and the time
whens Some put IL at the Phillips House, |
privately, some at the Montgomery House 10 |
Tie lodge; Others at Hamillon, and some in |
RessvilIe, though none he believed, had laid
the venue at CoHinSrik. Yet there was |
record kept, il is said Of every initiation and |
The name Of the members recorded and those !
records are in existence. But another foul
slandeI had been made, about which he had I
Ia good deal more 10 say, since II had come !
nov from the mouth Of his competitor. Mr. |
", had no time to lose upon" Tray, Blanche |
and Sweet Heart, the little dogs and sll" WHO
barAeda at bin. He found now responsible
eldufser ~ho.haa not sciupleJ 10 TeIeat the
charge that he tMr w had in 1854 carried a
oertifeale in one pocket that he was Know
Nothing, and an affidayt of his own in,lbe
other that he never had been. Now more
reckless and malicious ialSehood never before
had been fabricated about any one. Ii was
he, wicked LIE; and LEWIS DAVIS CAMPBELL
KNEW that IL tcas lie when he went down toI
the gutter 10 pick il up and repeat ii. Aud,
sir, tsaid Mr.. w Ifthis lighting mat" " don't
like his language, he "c9f meet me at the
Clifton House," or If he thinks HE weather
is cooler there now than in July, aud if be
at the north west corner Of First and Ludlow,
or IN Clegg'S Building on Third Sueet where
that magnificent triumphal Arch has just been
erected, and " res spectabe man " as | am
in time Of peace" shall not invite him 10
Canada
Of all men in the District, Mr. " said,
Lewis d. Campbell hau the 5estyight 10 know
that the charge was false. He was The VERY
MAN who through tool Of Ills. hal raoceRED
the certificate, and tchich he iMr W neuer
hid seen 10 this day. On Saturday, October
1th 1854, oae Wnism Murray, President OF
RossyiIle Council come up in the cars 10 Day.
ion, stopped at The Phillips House, procured
the certificate referred 10 from the President
ol Que Of The Dayton lodges, and carried il
down 10 Hamilton 10 Lewis d. Campbell ham
self. Before this, Campbell had been nomi
mated by The Order in Butler and PEBBLE
i They were bound by OATH TO vote for him.
Aud II only How The charge could be starred
that he (Mr. W was a member Of The order,
the Democrats, Foreigners and all other anti
Know. .Nothings would he driven off, and a
" nice thing made OF it," This was The plot,
The base conspiracy that had been concocted
The certificate thus procured was taken be-
fore Rossvlle Council that night, and a hand.
bill, SAID 10 have been written by Campueh
himself. (Mr. V. had o'printed copy before
him gotten upin which % membeiS statel
that they had seen evidence" (meaning the
4 vety certificate thus procured1 thalMr. V al
iandlgham was a Know Nothing. 1t was re.
'tpofea also and upon good authority that some
loi the twenty two objected 10 making The
Foam and tlat Campbell promised TO procure
:" absoiuon," OF something like ii attic next
meetlngof the Stale Council and tie pfo.
ceedings Of that body showed that he did
bring the matter be fore iheaia few weeks a
lerwards. Now, was rot this a pretty bust
ness iorthis man who processes 10 hate the
Jesulls and a6hors the Catholics so much
who last winter discovered The nigger and Two
Iyears Ogo The Pope % in the wood pile 2"
This bibil had been printed OH The sabbath
land Circulaled SuJbath night all over huttel
tcounty, appearing thus the very day before
The election. Two friends had come up from
Hamilton IN buggy on Sunday tthere being
; no train that day and advised him MIR. v !
> that some sort Of conspiracy was on foot. Ht
took the tram the next morning aud arTivin.
at Hamilton, immediately issued handbii
: cenounchgth whole charge as lie from be
ginning to end and The next morning made
his solemn oath that he never had belonged tc
the order atany time, IN any place or in any
: way, OF had any connection with II. He tber
! returned and immediately demanded state
: ment from the President who had issued thC
eerifcate, OF the how and The why he haC
come TO do II. Ills grouse for il was that /
j had been procured by fraud and misrepresen
0 tulion, and that he thought he was going t,
do him (Mr. W service. The affidavit o
n the President he had before him, and il com
u pletely relieved him tMr. W ifotn all impti.
il cation in the matter. 5e.t.oi
7 |! undertook also 10 explain how and VII
I This President of The Council, without an
knowledge, connivnnce or consent on his mr.
r w pant and while he was sbseRt from th,
: city, had volunteered 10 state in The lodg'
!, an elsewhere and in other ways, thRt he (Mr
r W was connected with The order; and to &c
o onerate him from all completely IN the matter
And he Wanled it here understood once 70
e all, that he did not intend 10 be responsible
q for either the wicked iabrIcatons OF enemies
q or the tboughtless and over Jealous conduc
6 and declarations Of friends, and still less 70
garbled, perverted and misreplesented conver
o salons Of himself. This affidavitsnd his owl
d had been publlshej few days alter, and b.
$ took pleasure in saying that the Dayton Ga
!. Sette edited then by MR. lDDINGs, now III
y worthy Mayor OF The city had tIansferre
II them 10 lis columns with the statement tina
n they were entirely Satisfactory, and an end Q
. the uloie Charge. This was manly and he ha
b been obliged by il. And so the matter ha
! rested Until irresponsible, reckless, abandon
e ed men and newspapers, for mere polilicu
purposes, had dug il up aud brought il fon
i reeking in its own rotienness, where, If b
u were not q candidate, ii would have sIumbcr
N ed ard perished forever. ~ l-tA sa
Bun Nh, Vallsnd;ghsm was not done wit
II Il. On The Monday befUre the election Camp
% BELLS ftiFnds stimulated by him aud relyin
! lou his false certificate, were betting freely tina
% he, Mr.. v. was Know Nolhine. Several {
u The phnciPal stakes were put into the hand
+ Of Thomas Milliken of Hamilton, and the de
:, eisinn OF the matter left 10 his tMr. \ ,s) ow
d Ioalh. lie went down few days after |
!, II amilion for that purpose. Col. Scott, no'
u one OF the Republican candidates for Snpfem
|, Judge, was csllen in by1nen who had bet ol
. firmatively, to see that all was right; he ss
aS sort o! umpire, and after full exsnlna
y iion Of the maileI under oath, Nj. Scott an
y Mr.. Milikeh at once and without hesitation
N deeidedlhe bets lost by Campbell's friends.-
y II was true however thai some OF The losel
Ie were mean enough to sue to recover back, an
y one OF them had been beateR in a trial by il
etTy before 3 magistrate, olwiIhstsBding u
u Statute. .s...s.
Such was plain aud true afrativeof th
! base aud Infamous conspitacy 10 fosten on hi
IS the charge OF Know Nolhingism. ~ s Ks