Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-09-14

charge of the Treasury there was S27,-
go SO paid over to him by his prede-
cessor. This money of course was the
residue Of the June payment of taxes,
and casual examination will show
that until after the June payment of
taxes in 1862, the premium on gold
was but few cents on the dollar, and
Demand Notes being nominally below
the gold value, were very generally in
circulation, and, although we have no
means of proving the fact, there can
not be doubt but of this S27, 900, 900,
very considerable portion was in De-
mand Notes. We do know, and we
assert it upon the testimony of one
who was in a position to know all
about it, that at the time this money
was handed over to your very "faith-
full public officer" there was between
$4,000 and a4,000 dollars in gold and
silver in the Treasury. Is that "spe-
cific" enoughr And we know and can
prove that Mr.. PATTERSON sold that
gold, or at least part of it to the
Bank of Wheeling. Is that "specifc"
enough2 But why call for the proof
now, when in your issue of three weeks
ago you admitted that Mr.. PATTERSON
did take the gold, and justified him in
doing SO, because "the party to which
the editor (of the CHRoNIcLE) belongs
claimed that greenbacks and legal ten
ders were better than gold"
Does the editor suppose he can close
the eyes of his readers and prevent
them from examining these facts by
his personal abuse, and misrepresen.
tation of us and our paperp Ifhe does,
he is certainly presuming very large
ly on their ignorance and credulity.
AS to our "hounding him (your can
didate for Clerk Of the Court) every
week with a republication of our ar
ticles' we have only this to say: You
published those articles, containing
charges Of the most serious character
against the honesty and faithfulness of
public officer, and dared him to q
proof of their truth. We have simply
published what youths very particu-
, lar friend-have said against him as a
, public officer, and for this you have
the unblushing impudence to accuse us
, of "maliciousness" towards him. The
question is, are these charges you have
, made against him true, or were you
, ''maliciously" misrepresenting him
, when you published themp If they
are true, as you assured the people
they were when you published them
then he is unfit to occupy any place ol
, public confidence or trust, and no false
sympathy for him on account of his
, having been wounded should induce
the people to elevate him to position
r We honor and respect every man who
through honest and patriotic motive.
q entered the service of his country tt
q aid in suppressing the Democratic Re
= bellion against the Government, anc
4 whilst you have upon your ticket il
this county one man who was in tn,
Union army, there are upon the Uniol
ticket EIGHT, who, from patriotic mo
tives, entered and served in that army
and this ought to be evidence enough
as to which party is really the frient
of the soldiers.
And now, sir, while we will not stoI
to question the bravery, while in th'
service, of your candidate for Clerk O
= the Court, we do say, that his recort
J. before he went into and since he com
,. out of that service is such as to fore
IF upon us and every man who will can
8, didly look at it, the conviction that h
~ y, was not influenced by patriotic motives
. At the time the war began CHARLES
+ WORTH was editor of the Independen
d Republican, and had standing at tn
d head efhisicolumns the motto, mo Co
n ercion," and on Saturday night, Apr
# 18th, 1861, after the news of the attac
# upon Fort Sumter, he said, in the pres
+ ence Of L. DANFoRD and CHARLES II
e ARIoK, "The war has commenced-i
o three weeks the Southerners will be Il
e possession of Washington City. I an
0. on their side, and against any G.
d d-n Yankee nation. owe no allie
Q glance to the United States; owe m,
r. allegiance to Ohio" Since his retur
n from the army, after he, as Command
.s er Of the Sons of Liberty in this coun
'e ty, had organized councils or lodges.al
l. over the county, he said on the Cour
m House pavement, in the presence Q
20 witnesses, "The conscription law /
I'd an unjust, unconstitutional law, an
IN ought to be resisted" These are ou
M charQes the first we have m ada aOains