Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-11-15

lie wei! knows that he utters a tn lshood. Re-
ftrring to mis- first communications talso writ
ten by the great snake discovererl he says
'aS the cheers srerc .giccn mih a lasy gooi miH it
IS fairy 70 he inferred that the Hemocrohc party
has become the indorsers of burglars and
thieves" In what pidiaer language could he
have said, that Democrats were indors-s Of
burglars and thieves and a; the same time he
says, "no one was chGrgcd IN my article" lie
says 'the very pertinent question was asked,
are IRE 10 aaderstdnd that by such proceedings
the Democratic party arc TO be considered &c"
Now Nancy l.. Merchant, what perfect mons
sence for you to swallow your own words and
attempt to sneak cut through a hole so small
for one of your immense SIZE, in your own cs-
timationl He says that Heath virtually adj.
mits that he was one Of the checrers on the
occasion.n
Merchant, cor any other man" virtually
lies, who says that | cheercd, for | did not.
but do not deny hu, wha, they Cthe cheers
were given with a dusty good will nor do |
doubt. but what they disturbed the equ'tam,;,
OF has irritable mind, to a very considerable
extent, tU; in connection with this fact. /,
woald like TO inquire of Merchant, If he has
any rsce}lec;ioa 81 the villianous AMI abus;ve
aasGase- srSthetS which De aud lis sanstieal
Sela~ evaspiraters used ssaias, the pemc-
era@s 4 sA< ecaa,v daring the var. ard
silra. sers s~ses~exius ttstt. sani hardly
- Do ssrecSel fras ~laas,ics Of the most ma
fsaai4 gre There : - man ROW living in
'i4na nasas ~ c>.s-sac,v ..szTe. more ia>
ifErt atvsTsvs< ..Nu rs f%ol;,;ca! opponents
la9 &ssg4Ss. aiaSs,G 50; he lil - because
Ia eare9 q vA;ca he attached himself. bar.
ls:s a5Ss- with the rest Of his fana,ica,
trends Was in the ascenlency aul he consid-
a-%1 himself safe. 1t was not m1ral courage
bal induced him to follow this despicable
course. from the fact that lie ncve. possessed il
for had lie been blessed with such an important
attribute, mste0d Of staying at home with that
class whom "the north knows were towards
and urging poor men and even boys to 60 to
the front and sacrifice their lives and blood in
the defense Of his property. he would have
vcn'urad across Mason and Dixon's line, with
his mortal frame" and with Il musket, and
axe q man, on Southern soil, faced his ~countrys
fes. even had he met no more formidable an
antagonist than one of those sold she rebels
which he was pleased to call the women of the
South, but in whose presence he would have
trembled worse than he did through fear Of
the Draft for 'thrcc hundred thousand more
1t is very evident from the manner in which
Merchant 5 amanuensis writes, that he ('ier-
chant is satisfied that he has ovcr-shot tie
mark and is really anxious TO retain that
"Copperhead custom" Of which he was speak
ing in his store but a few days since and he
also attempts to make a point, by claiming
that my report Of the case, does not agree
with my "fellow conspirators.' inasmuch as
they reported that others beside "Nancy. dis
iurbed the meeting. | admit that I neglected
70 refer to an old chap who came to town in
the morning. and whom, some mischievious
Democrat informed that Ohio had gone over
whelming Radical-his joy was SO great rs to
unfortunately lead him to get slightly inebri>
ated on poor beer, and he was afterwards told
that a Radical joliticatian meeting would be
held in the evening, and he attended, suppos>
ing it to be such until some speaker referred
to Andrew johnson president of the United
States) in respectful terms, when the old fellow
who had been standing in brothe rly rroxim-
itv to Nancy Merchant) bolted from the crowd
swearing that .'he knew they were all Copper
heads by such talk as that" and that was the
last seen Of him, the whole field being left
open to Nancy" for the balance Of the even-
ing.
After expressing his Obligations to me Col
saving him from being deposited in an unccri
monious manner in the debris of Murdoagh's
cellar. (which l am now sorry that l did FOL
| think he deserved no better usage) lii
amanuensis, (the graet tssnaik' mani goes or
to say, that his mistress, Nancy "leels like
the Lion who was relieved by the nibblings OF
the mouse" but if | was in the position of the
above parties, l should feel like a certain
class Of individuals whom profanity in prinI
prevents me from. mentioning. Nancy Mer.
chaEt's amanuensis calls me such pet names
as "a small man, a small Democrat. a sma!
traitor and small potatoes generally Sucl
language is characteristic of the weapons oil
defense always used by the fanatical who arc
never known to possess the power of sensible
argument, but who, resort to billingsgate Of tle
most scandalous nature. Replying to this,
would say that the Almighty arranged my
size as o man, sensible political teaching.
with which Merchant was never blessed mad,
me Ga small Democrat and proper rcspec
and reverence for the sacredness Of The Can,
sti'ution Of the GATED States, which Merchan
always claimed was "a covenant with dealt
and an agreement with hell, woull, in his es
rimatiou, constitute me IA small traitor I'll,
latter charge, coupled with that of bein:
small potatoes generally can easily be an,
swered by a short review of Merchants c ours
during the war.
As | have said before, his moral coura z
never would allow him to shoulder his nuske
in his countlry's defense, but on the %contrar.
he devoted his entire energies to boarding VI
GreenJacAs at the expense of his Counsys ne
~cessities and those Of the poor Of this county using