M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-10-29
and ! doubt not but that the work Of

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and ! doubt not but that the work Of
sn6jugation will be 20 complete that
trade can be opened freely" &C.
This letter bears date 2lst July, 1858:
q few months have passed,) and If
IGraht's advice had been taken by
Secretary Chase, the merchants Of st.
Louis might have had free trade in
IJtead Of restrictions, which, If lived
|sp to, make trade Improbable; and
hence none but dishonest meti 90 into
pa new bundle az Which "reStfic-
IEions" Secretary Chase issued on the
receipt Of General Grants letter.
You will observe that General
Prant refers particularly to his sex
perience in West Tennessee" among
Ichase's agents. He knows them
veil, and 50 does every officer in the
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Since my ignorance Of this subject
las been made a matter. Of rebuke by
Ar. Blow, ! trust that / may be per-
hitted modestly to refer to,the letter
Fhich l had the '.presumption to
write to the President" and point to
Ihe identity Of sentiment between it
and that OF General Grant. The only
difference is, that Of "a few months
Of the time in which fee trade sho'd
10 opened. ...' '.1
The paragraph with which Mr..
! Blow introduces the letter of General
Grant (above quoted) is worthy of
being put on record atthis point Of
Ihe discussion. Here it is: 10 ,F-Hs
"But, fellow citizens, / do not in
end to leave this persecution here.
General Blair is under the command
ola WM Democrat, and we love
War Democrats. as7 7,l .,f Of H..s
"His superior officer is that gallant,
successful and truthful General, who
has made our arms illustrious by his
wisdom and his valor,ahd wherever
this night in this wide extended coun.
try loyal heart is beating with pride
foe W estern successes the name ol
lUlystesS. GRANTS embalmed in that
heart. Hear what he says and spread
it through the loyal State Of the Un-
ion." loi ,o79ii1J ov Fs ,aaa'gi9D IH
Would any one believe that Gen.
Grant Chat glorious War Democrat
50 deeply loved by Mr.. Blow has at
this moment in bis possession letter
asking for his removal from the head
OF tue army Of the Tennessee, upon
information furnished and vouched
for by Henry L. Blow, in which that
"War Democrat" is charged with
the grossest improprieties, which |
will not name, but which, having
served under his command, | know
to be false, although vouched for by
Mr.. Blow. ,g ..v.. r.-.l
MIR. Blow, following in the wake or
the MiSsOuri Democrat, has some
thing to say about sacrificing "the
best interests of the country for few
bales of cotton" meaning thereby
what the Democrat has said more
buntly, that the merchants Of st.
Louis, who wish the Mississippi Rig-
er opened to trade, are willing to sell
the Government. for cotton. Since
when has it become so ignominious
for merchants to engage in the cot.
ton trsdel One Of the proprietors Of
the Missouri Democrat, a certain
Thomas O'Reilly, who was also an
agent ofthe Secretary ofthe Treasury,
did connive at and procure the re-.
lease OF cotton seized in Helena by
the Government, and did receive
therefor 1000 in money and prom
issory notes. (Full particulars Of
this transaction can be found ia the
testimony taken before General Nc
Dowell's commission to examine into
the cotton irauds.) Was it thistrsns-
action of the Democrats proprietor,
and Mr.. Blows fellow radical, and
Mr.. Chase's Treasury agent, one
which entitled them to speak of the
st. Louis merchants, who desire free
and honest trade, asi"Copperbeadsa"
My time is too seriously employed
just now to allow more than this has,
ty reply to Mr.. Blow. 1aa af
Respectfully, a. u ~ @,