The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-13
Gen. GrOsvenor Repiiesfc Radical
Charges Against Moore.
CORRESPONDENCE OF A LADY
OF ATHENS.
MOORE I'M A BOX.
[For the Spirit

on your first page, under the heading,
Read Read y you publish certain state
ments of'a Radical correspondent" pur-
porting to come from Athens. attacking
| the private character of E. II. Moore,
Esq, Republican candidate for Congress,
and You say editorially:: "Mr. Moore
aud his friends have the privilege of our
columns TO refutc anything contained in
the aboye-!J they can" Now, although
l know your next number will only reach
a very small portion of your readers be.
fore the election, respectfully avail my
self your apparently fair offer to state q
few facts in regard to the charges made
by your correspondent.
/. Your writer says of Mr.. Moore
an. had no money before the war" This
is false. He was man of wealth for
our section then, owning nearly all the
real estate he now does and an interest in
the Athens Branch of the State Bank OF
Ohio, of which he was President, and
much other property
9. He never made money "land shark.
ing" and never was ''cut throat in
money matters, but is, and was, fair,
just, generous, and honorable business
man, loaning the money from the bank to
aid industrious business men, and develop
the resources and trade of the county.
8. His connection with the Lunatic
Asylum has made him thus far, prospect
ing at least $4,000 poorer than he was,
and the people of Athens County not
only are fully satisfied with his admins
tration but feel grateful for his indispen-
sable help. See the vote Of Athens
County next Tuesday.
4. He never got place for any "Rev-
enue Inspector" never got man mail
contract; and has done no more than
many others do annually to assist deserv-
ing men to get county Offices
5. He never drove any man from "bu-
siness in Athens" On the contrary he
has encouraged men to come to Athens
to settle, and this without distinction of
party or clique The contractors for the
stone of the Asylum are to-day all Dem
ocrats. One of them is Col isaac STAN
ley, your candidate for elector for this
district on the Democratic ticket.
6. He never drove out any editor of
the Messenger, and to-day three of the
last five editors are residing in Athens
and all working very vigorously for
Moore's election, to wit !: Van Law, Van
Worries and Wildes.
Your correspondents fanciful state
ment of show it is DONE" is clumsy
fiction, and the "drayman" story is too
little to be believed by any one.
Your correspondent says: "This vii
lain, Moore, is the Head Center Of these
robbers The wrongs he has perpetra-
ted ought to send him to the Penitentiary
and not to Congress. He should be
treated as public enemy as he is. Did
you ever see him? He is the lowest,
meanest, most british man you ever
saw" This only needs to be read by a
reasonable man to be disbelieved. The
Union men Of Athens, Washington,
Meigs and Morgan have known Mr..
Moore from his childhood, and they know
all about him. They give him their ear
nest support to-day, and this fact suffi-
GENTLY refutes the charges above made.
By his own honest labor and integrity he
has made himself proud name, and no
scandal like this can effect him where he
is known No man in our community
stands fairer or higher, and it is to be re-
gretted that political contest should de-
velop 80 much personal detraction and
abuse. Mr.. Moore will be triumphantly
elected. Let the people observe his
course in Congress and they can decide
who is best entitled to belief, your anon
ynsots correspondent or, Yours truly,
G. H. GRosvENoR.
The above comes from gentleman of
Athens who has been stumping for MOORE
in this county for ten days past In re-
ply, we shall present few extracts from
q letter written by lady OF. Athens on
the Sd day Of the present month. Wri-
ting of abuse she says:
"What better does the Republican par
ty deserve for foisting upon the District,
by corrupt caucus management, a candi-
date of whom it cannot be said with any
shadow of truth, as of his opponent,
"there are none uho k7ao,c him toho do not
speak Of him as gentleman and entitled
to the treatment Of a geatlemon," and
who at any other time than during the
heat of a Presidential canvass it would
never have dared to present to the peo-
pie for their suffrage, well knowing the
dogma of party unity alone could ensure
any chance of his election.
GAS for the charges of every conceiva-
BILE, nature made against Mr.. Moore by
the spirit it would be worse than folly
to attempt to refute them, unless it be
that of the Lord only knows since it
can hardly be possible for Mr.. Moore
and his favored few to accept the conso
lation of the assertion that the Omnipo-
tent knowledge of his real character is
greatly superior to that of the many per-
sons who have suffered by it, Then
what can his party expect from its politi
cal opponents but an expose of facts SO
notorious with regard to their candidate
that the community in which he resides
has become disgusted with them to such
a degree as to be only too glad of their
consignment to oblivion, provided he
can be. buried at the same time"
In relation to the Asylum our CORES
pondent says: e
ain referring to the questions asked
by the sSpirit" Of swhat Mr.. Moore did
with the 81, 900 collected by him of the
citizens of Athens to purchase location
for the Asylum and the remark that
the citizens of, Athens would like to
know The Messenger replies, well the
Citizens of Athens probably know more
about that than the ''Spirit" does Not
the least doubt in the world about that,
much to their cost, vexation and chagrin J;
for they have seen a much larger
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