M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-05-11

ute' we GRAINED his own vile,
Iraltorous words down his throat, an !
Judging from tho wry faces he has
since made, the fellow would sooner
have swallowed forty grains Of ipeca
cuanha. Non-plussed in this way,
no at last re5orted, as usual, to a wan
ton garbie OF our article, aud then ad
!. ded. -
"lfone half the above charges were
true, then the Democrat who sneaked
into the theater and shot Presid ent
Lincoln in the back, and the other
Democrat who stole in'o the sick
room of the Secretary OF State and
cut his throat, were public benelac
tors But every honest man 10 the
land knows ih tho above charges OF
Mr. Hood are attrociously and wick
eily lalse. lie can bring no proof 70
sustain his charge, and tho LEGITIMATE
RESULT Of HIS TEACHING aud THp-E
LIKE HIM has led to tho cowardly
MURDER OF THE PRES DENT aad Sec~
rerary of State. lie aud all such are
RESP 'NsIB. e BEFORE GoD AND THE
WORLD Tor the ddmncralic rebellion
eliminating III the MURDER Of the
President and lis highest Cabinet OF
ficer'
The reader will here do uJ the
| Justice to re-peruse, ii it be at hard
our editorial article in the Times OF
April l3, "a IIlghar Law Man Pro
iesses to Respect the Federal Consti-
tuition" &. 'ris to that article. which
clean stripped down this Jerry Sneak
that such answer is made. And
noy.--
When the creature under revioW,
pnt zach one Of the sentences we
nave quoted to paper, he was not on
ly conscious .; deliberate talsehOnd,
but this his liberated heart burnt with
malignily that is OF hell itself. He
did Mr.. Hood" no harm; he but 70
veaIed his own total depravity, ho on
ly repeated proof that his bosom ia
corrupt as that OF a tlindoo Thug,
and that the mean jerry Sneak II ay
at times appear to men as the diaboI.
ic bhmaet GhOM.
What does this awfulIy wicked crea
turo o,eanl Plainly, That MIR. Hood"
"AND THOSE LIKE HIM" ''by the le-
g'timate result OF their teachings" {"
led to "the oowARDLY MURDER OF the
President" Thank God we need
not enter upon no vindication from
such a black calumny Sure are We
that nobody for an instant believes it;
not even tho misshapen being that
has heedJd enough Of the DEVILS insti
CATION to prompt him t. it's utterance.
We sperm the base slander away, and
we spurn its author as if he were of
the NANCY canine species.
What about the antecedents of the
caitif who has thus shown his readi.
ness, by such unprncipled language,
to evoke a 8 'irit OF revenge, assas.
snatiOn, and murder towards those
who have criticised the public acts
and tue general policy Of the late
PRESIDENT They are we'll befitting a
mscreant so daitarIly. Hs is a
higher r-!awito .ot the strictest profess
ion. He it is, canting about
'oyalty-can yet below hallelujahs to
The memory of the traitor and murd.
erer, John Brown. 1t matters not
that the perverted old man levied
war against the United States, pos
sessed himself Of public property, de
fled the constituted authorities, and
shed the blood OF lawful men. Amen,
"Glory. glory, hallelujah!" roars the
Jerry Sneak Of the JacksDn Stand
ard.
Brazen-cheekej though he be, be
will not deny his thorough sympathy
with the Startling deeds OF October II
and IS. 1859. Not only is this 80,
but maugre rank hypocritical pre-.
tense he now and then sets up. rever
ence tor law, he is at heart az bitter
a rebel against the Constitution of
OF our fathers! as Joha Brown ever
was. He can trescheroualy utter such
sentences as, "Mr. BUCHANAN saw
this GOOD GOVERNMENT being over
thrown, he had the Constitution and
the law on his side" etc., etc.. when
these other sentences, BY him written
and by him published, February %,
1865, give MIN the lie in hip thrOat:-I
"When Mr.. Tripp was at home a
short time ago, | asked him what was
the prospect Of passing law forbid,
ding the sale Of liquor throughout the
State. He said that it was conceded
by all that some one must be permit
ted to keep spirits, for certain purpo
ses. and that the Constitution of the
State forbid the granting Of any Ii
cense to sell liquors, and, therefore,