M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19
Els. McArtG,lr Demoorat i:

the readers of the Democrat will par
don me for 80 doing, and promisin
to trouble them no more with an ex
PLANTATION or relation of the persona
controversies in which | may be en-
gagged, allow ME to request the publi
cation OF the afhdavits hereto attached
and q small space in your valuable pa
per for the purpose Of calling the spe
cial attention of B. F. johnson to sale
affidavits. | shall also advise thC
young man to lay up and CAREFUL,
| preserve q copy for future reference
knowing that il will bo source o
peculiar gratifcatiOn to him and hil
numerous friends in years to come t.
read and see that he willie young and
in early life so conducted bimselfa as t.
become an object of notice through
the public journals of the country.
also desire to say toNhim that
have noticed the low, contemptible
insinuating ard slanderous article in
the Macarthur Journal Ofthe 5th inst
over his signature, the authorShip o.
which | presume he claims, and Of
which | am told he is very proudA
presume, however, that if he knew he
fact that all who speak of the matter,
without distinction of party, and who
know him, say and know that he is
not the author of q single sentence in
it, and that he has become the willing
tool of a man of ten times the ability
Of himself, who is my political entmy
and who no doubt feels gratified With
the opportunity of slandering me and
the Democratic party generally over
the signature of a man who is void Of
political principle, and who has lust
sense enough to boast and feel proud
Of the most disgraceful political con,
duct, his feathers would fall and he
would not conclude that he was gain,
ing very enviable kind ofpopularity
| regret exceedingly and ever shall
that noticed the man or paid any at
tention to his lies. was advised by
a number of our most respectable cti
zens not to do 80, and assured tha
where he was known " his tongue wa
no SANDER" or, in other words, thatnc
one lin the absence of other evidence
pretended to believe word he said
Yet the peculiar nature of the charge
which he made against me, and be
lieving as | do, that some credit i
nearly always given to the most nOto
rious liar in the country, induced me
to believe it proper and right in me t.
deny the charge, and in mild an,
respectful manner request an explana
tion or the proof. | done nothing
more. | was taught in early life an(
by my father and mother, that the Bi
ble was given by inspiration; that
contained the only infallible rules fo
our faith and practice, and that it wa
the inestimable gift of God to man.
Again, have hundreds of relative
and valuable friends who are mem
bers OF the MetnodisJ Cnurcn, and /
| it is 80 that | have cursed and de
nounced" " the Bible, pronounced it an
the Methodist Church, Gn the Ian
guage of the slander) ga nuisance"
;, am unworthy the respect and conf
dence of rational and intelligent be
ings, and the community should kno'
it. On the other hand, if | am iunc
cent of the charge, the contemptibl
scoundrel who is the author, and wh
is desirous of fastening it upon N
should be as indelibly marked an
branded with the appellatlon "inf
nous liar" as that which the Almigl
ty placed upon Cain.
| have also for the last fifteen yeal
contributed to the support of tt
Methodist and at least two 9th,
} Churches as literally as my limite
circumstances would admit, and ne,
, er at any time, 80 far forgot myself {
to pronounce the Methodist Church
nuisance. One of our citizens say
that | last Spring, when the citizeI
} were talking Of buying the buildin
owned and occupied by that society {
a church, and converting it into
school-house, remarked that the hous
was a nuisance, speaking in referenc
tO the building, and having no refe
! ence whatever to the Methodist soci
, ty. The above remark | may hay
, made. yet | do not recollect it; but sui
| pose | did, the man, whoever he i
: that would, with a knowledge of IL
facts, attempt to torture and constru
) the remark into a charge against til
: Methodist society, would swear an il
nocent man into the Penitentiarv,
to the gallows, and is more dangeror
in community than thief or robbe
| see by the tenor of the article r.
, ferred to, and of which B.. F. Johnso
t is only the nominal author, that al
entirely Inexperienced. | never d.
sired nor intended to engage in a new
paper controversy with a man who
VIGOROUSLY destitute Of political pril
ciple and common sense. | did n,
intend to create the necessity for Nh