M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-10-28
Assaults upon the Personal Character Of
Distinguished Democrats,

upon the PERSONAL Character Oh
Distinguished Democrats.
"The Republican press, of late,
have been giving evidence of a dis.
position to hunt down, and assail, in
their private and social character. ey-
cry prominent Democrat in this State
or the Union. Men become promi.
nent in parties, as in the professions,
or in trade, by the force Of intellect or
will. 1t is now and always has been
the case, that intellect will dominate
over the mere animal man. Wherev-
er or whenever a person Of intellect
and will presents himself, he is first
approached by his foes by flattery OF
promises; if lie reject both, then cal.
umny and detraction are sure to fol-
/ low.
democrats should remember the
old adage, "1hat under the best an.
IpIe-trees maybe found the most cluJs.'
In many instances the malignant and
false charges and assaults OF the enc
my are taken as positive evidence
against the moral and social standing
Of Democrats. Rivalry or jealousy OF
leading men has prompted others
within the party to circulate and give
coloring to the poisonous and malic-
ious lies Of the enemy. Is there.
among the one hundred and seventy
Thousand that constitute our party in
Ohio no virtuous, upright or honest
man2 Yet when did Abolitionism
ever admit that any of our party pos
sessed either of those virtuesl When.
and where did we ever have an active
and vigilant Democrat who did his.
duty to our cause, whose motives and
acts were not construed into evil de-
signs and selfshness by the enemy of
our principles' 1t is high time that
Democrats should keep an eye upon
this system of tactics adopted by the
Republican press and orators. Their
praise OF our leading men should, per
contra, put us on our guard. Their
praises and adulation should cause us
to suspect, and exclaim, in the Ian
guage of one Of old, in the Scriptures,
20 Lord, What hast thy servant done
that thine enemies should praise himl"
"Within our own ranks pretended
Democrats, aye, and men holding of.
fcldL position QSUen them bU tile De-
mocraCy, have been and are yet man.
ufacturing and carrying lies into the
camp OF the enemy, in order to dam.
age and impair the influence of our
leading men; and, in many instances,
men, too, that were instrumental eith-
er in nominating or electing them to
the places they now hold, disgrace and
betray. We have in our eye somo
characters Of the above description,
whose photographs we will before
long feel ourselves under obligations
to take. The enemy must be made
aware that this system Of personal as.
saults upon eminent and distinguished
Democrats, in their private character,
will inevitably lead to retaliation upon
their own household. Suppose for q
moment that the Democratic press Of
Ohio would open upon the moral and
social standing of the leaders, place.
} hunters and officials Of the Republican
party, what pretty mess they could
make ofthem; through the whole ram
iication and machinery of their Or
ganizaticn, from their State officers :.
members Ct Congress and Legislators,
Judges on the bench and down to the
humblest Of them, they could cause
such commotion as would set the
whole community agog with surprise
and wonder"
The above, from the Cincinnati En-
q~areT, is, in some respects, applica-
BILE to this region, and what is hinted
at by that paper may be acted on by
the Democratic press of Ohio. This
thing Of killing off men because they
have done for the Democracy what
others have been afraid or have not
had the talents to do, needs q substan.
tial check.