M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-09-06
ALLENsYILLg. Sept. lst, 100.

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ALLENsyILLE, Sept. 1st, 'G0.
Mr.. EpIToR:--We have had the
Navigator" and his sally, II. B. Lacy,
out here again, giving vent to their
"phelinks."
Ga Thursday evening last they
spoke to q "cnowD'o Of u Republicans
mG 90 d2mocrats-boring the former
ind making the latter stronger in the
good old democratic faith. Jones
commenced by saying that 'tho Dem.
ocyat" had misrepresented him and
he wanted 10 SCI himself right. But
instead of setting himself right lie
went on abusing democrats, and said
that your paper was edited by two fat
rats who had moved out of the Court
House into Brattou's buildipg, and
that it was well known you were In
other business. This was certainly
news to us; we thought tho Old man
was not exactly telling the truth, and
expected to see him choke o little on
the matter, but he waS evidently in
good practice, for lie told it without
even batting an eye.
lie next tried to clear Up Mr.. Do.
2er's statement, but every sentence he
uttered only sunk him deeper in the
lnire. lie had to admit that he want
cd to hire Mr.. Dozer to vote and do
all he could for him, and that he had
told Dozor he would make it all right
when he came to settle THAT NOTE Do.
zor was owing him, and then he put
on airs aud said that any man who
would try tomNke political capital out
Of that would be mean enough to steal
the coppers off a dead nigger's eyes.
The people out tli5 way think that
any man who would try to geta poor
mans vote and influence by holding
a deLt over him, and sueakiugly in
siEuate thar ho must vote for him Le.
cause he owes him few dollars, is
mean enough to do or say anything.
He worked tor some time to explain
Raccoon Navigation as it was "a
years age; said 1t was great "in.
s itooslYn;" that he was not the mau
the people said Iio was; that he ought
t1be proud Of the name OF "Nayiga.
tor went on with q lot more whining
twaddle and nonsense and then pitch
cd Into your correspondent. Says he,
the democrats have to import a man
every year 10 LIE for them; Gan old
friend at my elbow observed that
Jones did not need to import any one
10 do SO for him, as he was such a
good hand at it himselD. Two years
ago they brought Mr.. Hamilton to
Macarthur, aud now you have Mr..
Beuighted in Allensville.
For ny part | can inform Jones
that | was not "imported" at all; (can
lie say the same for some ofthe "to0ls'
he carries around the county with
him, and who the Republican cIiqne
have put forward before they have
been three months in the county,,
neither do | iell lies; neither am | so
much in the dark as the name "Be.
nlghted," that these Republican gent,
~ cali honest democrats, would seem
toindicate. But when such fellows
rs he and seme Of bis clan come
round here telling falschGods on demo.
Gratis and the democratic party, l am
bound to set Mem 1ight by exposing
them before the phblic, and | suppose
Mr.. Hamilton does the same for them.
have heard him tell these fellows
some wholesome truths that they did
not like very well, and as "falsehood
exposed" always is hideous, SO these
fellows are when they are exposed.
Jones peddled ont some charges
against democratic candidatesZRich-
mond and Reynolds in particular, but
they were so absurd that no one could
believe a word of them. Ee over.
done the thing. lie said he did not
expect-to get many votes in this part
OF the county, but that if he got votes
enough he would be. elected. Said
that the Republicans were in favor of
Squatter Sovereignty and of the
Homestead, and that ifho was elected