Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-10-08

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The leaders Of the Black and Tan Rad.
iesl party in this codniy suceeOded in
getting few hundred men, wOmeai aad
children TO pay McArtharS VISIT iAsi
Monday. Hlnlrels of posters we're issa-
cd, and large advertisements appeared an
their black and tan paper for several days
before the meetiag, telliag the people Of
The great things to be done Ton Monday
the 5th'n Hundreds aud hundreds Of dol
lars we're spent in getting up what they
called ''lhe largest number Of torches aad
grandest exhibition of FIRE works ever wit
messed inn Arthur They had five iron
Furnaces stopped, and hired teams at 81
per day to bring the men, women and
Children-Den Ocrats and RPublicaAs---to
their "graudest exhibition. They done
their mightiest TO get up croWd-aHd
and they had a few hundreds. Not one
Of their big speakers thought SiIh of
Tie dying taKa<ioa pattg 10 come except
Hon. j. w. FITZGERALD. #. s. DUSDAY
was present aud talked awhile, but as the
hundreds had gathered 10 hear ssee aew
and big speakers, they we're sadly dis
pleased sith that kind Of foolery. Had
there been good speakers to address them,
all woald have remained quiet, but they
left in droves for the streets, where there
was great deal of quarreling, swearing
hnrrahing and Sighting. Nov, We have
often read in Radical papers that all
lhoss belonging to the loyal party are
"sober" moral" &c. but we think The
laws Of sObriety aud msrality nISt HI We
been repealed or sst aside last MoRday.-
some Of the most wicket one, tried har
To get nea to GghtiHg aal spiliing each
others blood. What they announced in
their posters and paper as the "grandest
exhibition" was really in fact, adis1racc to
our county. The people came to hear At
torney General Wrsr, {whO was announc-
ed TO address them,) tell why the public
debt has increased over one hundred and
afty millieNs Of dollars in three years OF
profUGHd Psace;why one thirl Of all tax
able property Of the country (bOnds fol
instaaee1gOes exempt frOn taxation, and
ihe ON ReEs draw gol intsrest while the
m,n who were called (by these leaders il
their paper and poslers) l'rlon thei
farms, workshops, GOAL banks, ore drifts
and furnaces yea the entire laborin
class -are compelled to work day afte
day TO make up the deficit; why tel
States are forced to remain cut Of th,
Union, when there is not single arm
ed soldier in those States opposing th'
laws Of The country why the Radica
Congress Gncluiing Wilson tAe prescn
member, intends TO saddle the nationa
debt upon The cesstry for all future Ii %
by extending the 5-2O bonds 40 years
and making them payable in gold; whJ
there is SO much stealing and defaultinl
by Government OfiCialsj why there is 81
much enormous taxation; why ihe prices
Of all the necessaries Of life are SO high
4 why there is deprecated eurreacy; vii;
there is such general stagnstiOn ia bu
siasss and all about rany other thing.
and important matters that directly inter
est The people. BvSDY said nothing abou
! these things. Who pays expenses fol
getting up such demonstrations How
much Of the $4,000 WILSON sent to ia,
Radical Central Committee of Winter
County was ueed to pay expenses? |
/ would have been o fine hlea TO have ap
piled the money raised asd expended il
getting up last Mondays demonstration
toward the payment of the public deb
which is SO rapidly ia.reAsing, or dis
tributed it in small sums amoug the poo
willows and orphans of this ccur Iy.-
Voters what do you thiak about It? G
to the polls Tuesday and vote against th
entire Radical ticket.