M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-10-04
As it appeared that the informa.

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tion of our informants was derived
through females whom we nor they
would consent to bring ont before the
public in q matter Of politics, We were
content to let the matter rest, know
ing that "truth was mighty and would
preyail", and we eventually vindica-
ted and Payne and Kaier condemned.
When Henry Payne handed us his
affidavit, we said to him that may be
he was denying loan, upon a mere
technicality-that he might have let
Kaler have the money and called it
depositing or something Of the kind.
He then denied to MS that Kaler ever
got $500 or any sum whatever ofhim
out Of the Treasury in any form what
ever. And now voters read the Sc.
quel to this tale. A few weeks ago
DR.. John Holland Of Mt. Pleasant, a
Republican (and the same gentleman
that the Republican clique nominated
for Commissioner on their ticket, but
who scorned to receive and would not
accept their nomination. charged Hen
Try Payne to his face that he knew
that the charge made against him
| (Payne) by the Democrat two years
ago of loaning $500 to Kalcr was true
and that he, Payne, knew that he,
Holland, could prove it to be true
Payne then admitted that he did let
Kaler have the money and that Da.
Wis took the property in payment be-
cause Kaler couldn't raise the money
to pay back, but Payne undertook to
clear his skirts of moral perjury in
making the affidavit by the miserable
QuiJble that he had deposited the
money with Kaler instead of loaning
tito him. Everybody ofhalfcommon
sense, would see that if Payne let Jo-
seph Kaler have $500 he let him have
it to use, and if he let him have it to
use, (and of this there is no doubt, as
everybody knows that Kaler is not a
banker-has no safe or vault to keep
money in,) he did, in fact, loan the
money, no difference by what name
he called it as q shift or device to
evade the law. But Payne denied to
US that he let Kaer have the money
at all. He intended the world to un-
derstand by his affidavit that he never
let Kaler have the money at all, and
Kaler, ,certifes that "The whole charge
(meaning the charge made in the
Democrat) IN ALL ITS FORMS is entire
~ destitute Of truth or any tounda- |
tion for it," Why didn't Payne and
Kaler tell the people the whole facts
two years agol Simply because they
intended to make the people believe
that kaler never got any money cut
OF the Treasury in any shape or form.
They knew that if they shonll tel the
people that Payne let ksler bsve
$500 10 uss, that DO difference what
name they gave the transaction that
it would be perfectly apparent TO every
one that the parties understood its
a loan, ald that it was in fact loan;
and that Henry Payne w0nlI be held |
accountable by the people for the /
criminality ofthe transaction. Hence /
they lied, williully and deliberately |
lied, by denying the whole thing
For the truth Of our statements we re.
fer people to DR.. John Holland i
Again David Jones has admitted that
Payne had confessed the facts TO
him, but denied that he ever knew any.
thing about it until lately, and said !
that Payne claimed that he deposited, |
instead Of IOaning the money. Vo,
ters Of Vinton County, who are the
Court House Rats that have been
using the public money in violation
OF law and speculating upon your
money and thereby waxing fatl-I
Who is it that lies and who is it that
tells the truthl We leave it for you
to decide next Tuesday at tue ballot
box. Will you, can you, vote for men
who will not only permit to be used
and use the public money! in violation
of law, but wiLL deliberately lie and
deceive y0u in regard to tie facts?