The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-09-13
Pine hin OhIo Sent "A 1866

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Mr. Mackley Dear Sir. As you were kind and
generous enough to grant me the privilege oi re-
plying to any Of your publications, now pro-
And In doing SO shall endeavor to extend to you
the courtesy and Difference becoming Gentle
man. aud which is due u Gentleman shall PROB
ably suCcinctly notice several Items which nave
appeared in the Standard since subscribed Tor IL.
beginning with your attack upon Col Moore our
candidate for Congressman, Now while AUNT
there are several things in Col Moores Polltlcal
Record that do not approve of. | am entirely
unable to sec any thing thern that you or any one
identified with your party can consistently opJect
to. You say that up to the year 1898 ne was
Wing very well were not you also wing. lhch
II KROwnotking well how about nearly eVry man
now acting with your party Almost 70 o man they
were members of this same Hndoo Thugs irater-
nifty 1t was the very .nOdaS OperdRd' that gave
the Aboitonists numerical strength sufficient 10
ret control of the lower house of Congress in 1891
and finally to eyrv branch of the government
Again you say that he supported Zollicoiier Tor
Speaker of the House in Congress. Now thiS
hardly credit for if my memory Is not very deiec-
tive he CMOorc) voted for. Campbell OF ono ior
Speaker. And he told me himself that he did:
But admitting that he voted for Zollicoher III
1854 what of it Agood many Of your brighter
lights voted for Bell and Breckenridge for presl-
dent who certainly were as vile Rebels as Zolllcol-
fer And again in 1864 all of your party yourself
included voted for Andrew johnson for Vicepresl-
dent whom you now denounce as more aDlect
traitor than jeff Davis the chief of traitors
Again YOU say that in 1858 Moore supported
that nondescript Cary Trimbe for Congress
well what were his reasons for doing so did Trim
BILE run as an Abolition or Republican, candidate
Nav verify he professed to be an old line WING
And the ticket ON which his name was placed was
called the Opposition Ticket he did not dare to
run on ticket headed Republican This Opposl-
ton party was to include all who were opposed to
Mr. Buchanan's Kansas policy which was opposed
as yehemently by the Wings Cor KnownOthlngO
as il was by the Republicans. 1t was not necessil-
nv for Mr. Moore To leave any party in 1860 to
support Bell & Everett For the reasons above
given G Because in supporting Trinlble he dld
Il on the one issue opposition to Buchanan's kan-
sas Policy No after that one Election was over the
Wings & Republicans were both at liberty 10 act
with their repective parties. The necessity lor
their acting conformity having ceased: You next
refer to his Joining the army and admit that he
made a good soldier was competent Ofncer
fought bravely: But found out that 1t was nigger
war DHrabtB dtCtu, could any man WIN the
common sense of a Monkey, doub that II was
Niger war and exclusively nigger war after the
Emancipation Proclamation and the proclamation
to all whom 1t may concern We donot THINK any
person could have come to any other conclusion:
i
Niger from the beginning So we do not THINK
Col Moore's discovery any crime: or II it was you
are equally guilty for you certainly made the same
discovery But after Moore resigned and came
home he became democrat This presume is
his deadly sin and objectionable offence. Let us
see If even here You have not too been almost III
the same bed think in 1861: and also in 1868 you
jealousy supported Tod and Brough for Cover
nor claiming that they were Simon pure, demo-
Gratis urging the democrats to support them Tor
the simple reason that they were good democrats
and urging AbOlitonsts to lay Politics aside and
not to be governed BY partisan issues or preJudl-
ces Having compared your political record with
that of Col Moore and found yours as variable as
his & nearly identical am compelled to answer
when you ask who can consistently vote Tor HIN.
ceyiy sag into thee Thou art the man
suppose you will be curious to know how can
support him as have always been an uncompro-
missing democrat of the Old Virginia School while
he hasnOt been identified with the democratic par
ty but two years answer that the one great and
vital question Shall the Government made by
Washington Jefferson and Madison be preserved
or shall we exchange it for a strong consolidated
Government and monied Aristocracy: to grind
and Cypress the poor laboring class OF peoples as
do the Lords and noblemen Europe the Seris and
Peasants say upon this question C0l Moore ana l
agree That the Government Of the Revolutionary
fathers must and shall be preserved And have
reasons to believe that Col Moore is sincere For
when he Joined the democratic party 1t was en-
tirely poweress and almost without hope II he
only desired Office why did he attach himself to
party that was entirely unable at the time to confer
upon him the Office of County Commissioner.
lie certainly thought that the Government
would be safer in the hands of the democrats than
it was with those who called themselves Unionists.
For these reasons can chcerfully support Col
Moore for Congress | have extended this already
to such an immoderate length that will not ven-
ture to notice any other item at this time II you
publish this And still extend to me the privilege
of replying to what | take exceptions to in the
Standard / will notice some other items and will
try to be as good as my word be brief
Hoping that the Government Of our Fathers will
be fully restored: And that you and | will assist
in the good work of restoration till it be cOnsuIn
ated EsioperpetuG
Edward w eating