The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-10-08

money. Hayward reported to them that
we were good Union man. Hayward
reported many false things concerning
the Democrats in the western part of this
county. Hayward rode Chapin's horse
in the night into the couptry. Chapin
furnished horse to servant to carry a
message to the country to bring one Of
these Democrats to Marietta. The hire Of
horse and buggy at the livery stable for
Hayward was paid for by the same men.
The board of Hayward at the Mansion
House, and all his other expenses, to, a
sum exceeding one hundred dollars, have
been paid by said Mayor Chaplin and Col.
Barber. We believe committee fur
nishes this money. Considerable is now
due Hayward. Other facts are known suffi-
cient to convince reasoning mind, that
the leading men Of the Republican party
and the candidates for Office generally in
that party have depended upon this nefa-
rious scheme for their success at the COM
ing election, and hence the cry of '.No-
party" They expected to entrap few
Democrats, or to arrest a few Democrats,
and then cry asecesh and ls9 traitor =
with such yehemence at tthe polls as to
prevent Democrats and other loyal men
from voting. But they have failed.
On yesterday we wrote a letter to Mr..
ward directed to the Mansion House, da-
ted it "Tunnel, Sept. rs, asked him to
60 to Masses (no person spells his name
that way), one and half miles from Wm.
SCOTS, to a meeting, last night; signed
the letter "Megan and had It delivered
at the Mansion House. Haywardreeeived
the letter at supper time. We had man
to invite Hayward to go to a political
meeting at the "Cnncord School House.
about two miles from William Scots.
We intended thus to get him out and make
him divulge all he knew with regard to
the furnishing of money and other mat
ters connected with this scheme of moral
treason. But Hayward slipped out OF
the Mansion House, the back. way, and
went to Harmar and informed Mayor
Chaplin, Colonel Barber and others Of the
letter. They thought they had caught
the fatted calf; so they had fifty men de
tailed from Camp Marietta, UNDER com
mand of Lieut.. Colonel Fearing, to go to
Cutters on an extra train of cars abou,
ten o'clock last night. They guarded The
roads in that vicinity and surrounded
Massic's house, near one and half miles
from Cutters, and also from William
Scott's, and took sMassic and his son-in
Law prisoners, but soon released them. .1Oi
course they found nobody else. They
returned about three O'Clock this morn.
ing. The most strictsecresy was enjoined
upon the soldiers with regard TO then
mission, which up, to this time they have
faithfully kept.
We have thus discovered this base elec.
pioneering plot to defeat the Democracy
at the October election, and made it pub
lie, that the people Of this county and Of
this State may know what base, low and
damnable conspiracies the Republican
party viii concoct against their honest
ncighbors No crime, from falsehood to
moral treason and treachery, is too mean
for the Republican leaders to commit
They endeavored to entrap their neigh
bors into reasonable conspiracy agains,
their Government for party purposes
Was greater villainy ever attempted to be
perpretrated upon an honest community
We believe all the above to be true, and
different parts We know to be true. .sr
&, VIM. ScoTT, a8 NJ. D. FoLLET,
w. l.. GREENH1LL, NJ. J. DAVIS
WM LoREY.
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