M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-08-09
will five and diein peace. [Appla !

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long, [Cries Of go on."] | am
deeply indebted TO you FOR the kind
ness you have manifested toward inc,
| came to Boston a stranger, and Won
have treated me as a brother. When
| return to my own dear prairie, OF
lllinois, shall carry with me, frash
in nB heart, the grateful recollection
of the kindness and civility with
which youliterally overwhelmed me.
| thank you kindly again.
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Anecdote OfRcv. Dr. Cartwright.
The following anecdcte is related
by DR.. Cartwright, The pioneer Meth.
odist clergyman Of tho West:
"The first time | ran for Office in
Sangamon county, | was on the North
side OF the Sangamon River as we say
in the West, electioneering, Or, rather,
tryingto get acquainted with the peo-
pie, for | was at that early day great
stranger to many Of them. Passing
through bushy point Of undergrowth,
near ferry, where intended to croOs
the river, heard just before re, some
one talking very loud. | reined my
horse to listen. | heard some one say
that Peter Cartwright was a ID
rascal; and 50 were all Methodist
preachers; they would all steal horses,
and that it was a scandal to the coun.
try that such a man as Cartwright
should offer as a representative of the
country; and tlat the first time he
saw him he intended to whip him for
his impudence. This surprised me q
little, and looked around for some
way tOpasS without coming ia contact
with this company; but there was no
path that | could see and the brush
was so thick | could not got through.
81 summonod all my courage and
rode boldly up and spoke to the men.
There was six Of them, and, as LEARN
cd, but one OF them had ever seen me.
So | said:
Gentlemen, who is it among you
that is going to whip Cartwright the
tlrst time you see him!
The man who had threatened, spoke
out and said: II am the lark that's
going to thrash hiln we'll"
SAID |: Cartwright is known to be
much of a man, and twill take man
to whip him, mind You"
/ SCA, nQg said the fellow, 81 can
whip ANY Meiitodist preacher the
Lord ever made"
"WclI, sir" said !, "you cannot do
it;-snd now, | tell you, my name is
Cartwright. and | never like tolive in
dread; ii yoa really intend to whip
me, come and do it now"
He looked Il little confused and
said:
"Oh! you can't fool me that way;
you arc not Cartwright"
"Well," said |, "lhat is my name,
and am a candidate for the Legisla.
lature, and now is your time, ii yor
must whip me, do it now."
He said, mo, no, you are net Pc
Ter Cartwright at all; you only want
to fool me"
BY this time we had moved slowly
to the boat, and when we got on it, he
broke out in fresh volley of curses
on Cartwright. said % a gentleman
on the boat, "Ilere, hold my horSe;'
aud stepping up to this cursing disci-
pie, | said, sternly, to him, "Now, sir,
| you have to whip me, as you threat,
ened, or quit curslng me, or | will put
you in the river, and baptise you in
the name Of the devil, for you surely
belong to him!"
This settled him, and, strange to
say, when the election came off. he
went to the polls and voted for me,
and remained ever afterwards my warm
and constant friend" "
The fact which makes this story
worthy Of repetiti on Is, that the man
who ran against Mr.. Cartwright, for
Representative Of Sangamon county
and was beaten, was Abe Lincoln, ths
Republican candidate for the Presi
dency.
Mr.. Cartwright is a staunch Demo
crat, and has been from Loyhood.