Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-03-21

suspected all mer honest, and who now
learns the sad and lameutable fact that
thew have believed end hoped in vain
ALGs! they exclaim-the seducer-the
one of evil, has betrayed andspoiled my
once happy home.
Again this official Madam~these cD-
dorsipg gentlsmen's GgN-this Holy
Mouth,pisco-ssys; "With the senti-
meuts and feelings Of Ladies, persons
connected with your paper are not sup
possd to be familiar" Now, this puzzles
the devil ;-and We thinkit would puzzle
any one except some of the 'entitled to
30 styled geaacnseif' on thisiMammoth
Madom's petition. Perhaps some ofthose
"centlemeu" have been INITIATED
and understand. If they can explain
this sentence. we coufess that they have
adyarced one degree further than We
haye-unIess she means that we have no
feelings Of regard for her, and have 50 me
feelings of respect for the outraged ladies
Of the town and country. IL this y what
she means, she guesses well; for If eye
we told the truth, or spoke a word fol-
which we expect to beajudged in the fu-
ture--we say thatwe have no "sentlpreent'
and feeI.ngs2 for such characters--nei-
ther do we wish to cultivate them at,tEls
late day in lifes "EFFRoNTERY2ll I says
she; and we "the only person who dars
assume the responsibility of being the
editor of the so-caLod Democratic 60
quirer." aWhy, grsatGodl there al
hundred ladies' iDa Macarthur and the
Immediate vicinity, wba would form su
association, elect their officers, buya press
and. hire an editor, who would have the
boJduess to viDdicate the honor OF a Psrt
woman. "EFFRoNTERY - 0, what's
priceless jewel of immaculate purity, |
this. Why, you have not only the ef'
frohtery of woman, but the boldness o
the Devil your character, stalned from
the very moment of yourdar dingip The
country, and have continued from bae
to worse, essr since, and yetynu have tn
boldnes to rush. to print and vindicat'
the "Henor and Purity" of woman. aThl
shame, wlere Is a!! We have not had
the bolduess to importune aalady, ant
resident Of McArthar, to abandon he
own house in the town, and take
"eountry residence for o@ aeeommOda
tion and convenience, and should no
have fallen.into au angry passion had w
been refused, after having done so. o.
We ask the honest, Intelligent aD'
we'll meaning ladies Of Macarthur, whe
they thinka OF such examples aass lhi
THING, has just been delivered of?-Vha
do you think of such words as 9"knoV
nothing and care lcss'--what iOr hoT
bmuch dissatisfaction prevails among you
on her account? We ktoao what yol
think, and how you will act when tn
"harvest is RIPE" its72 u9G p .p345b
Not wishing to annoy our readers an!
longer with our comments on tn
Madam's "denial" document, we vii
close for the present, by respectfully re
iques,iDg the "P. M."to get her Bibl
and carefully read the verses beloN
referred to, as there is, under the cir
cumstanceS, danger of her falling from
| grace and the faVorof God: Leviticus--
10th Chapter, 10Th verse; 2lst Chapter
9th verse Deuteronomy-22d Chapter
2lst and 22d verses; 23d Chapter, 1St
verse. lProvetbs-23d Chapter. 27ll
verse. Ezekiel-6th Chapter, 9th, lOtf
and 11rh verses; 10th Chapter, 23d, 24tf
9Th, 3Otb, and 3lst verses y y5r'