Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-04-29

THE editor of the Gazette, goadted Oh
by the reckless, irresponsible eleemosy
uaries that since the defeat of the Know
Nothing party have usurped control o
the Democratic party, is rapidly destroy
ing his prestige with the "old-line ,
Democrats and weakening the power o
his paper as Democratic organ. The
defeat ofthe miserablejuntoof cone-tops
under whose management the editor
placed himself at the Spring election
instead of proving salutary in opening
his eyes to the danger of listening to tt {
reckless counsel of such Democrats, has
only had the effect tofblinding him more
fully and making him desperate in his
efforts to vindieate himself from the
stigma of being defeated as Democratic
candidate in a strongly Democratic dis
trict. If he had made inquiry he would
have found that the TwENTY-sEvEN
Democrats who voted for Rev. J. B.
Johnston, in spite of their stIo ong politi-
cal feeling against him, in order to defeat
the candidate of the cone-top junto,
were the men to whom he is most in
debted, and who have ever been the
most faithful and reliable Democrats
But, without stopping to make such in
quiries, or to ascertain who did it or why
Z. mo. dona l,a uodartol-ao 70 x-iDdioato q
himself by attacking in a mean and
contemplate way one of the twenty
seven, and to create the impression that
he alone is responsible for the defeat of
the so-called Democratic candidate.
1t is not our purpose to defend R. j.
Alexander. Esq. from this attack of the
Gazette, further than it is based upon
the charge that Mr.. Alexander was the
aut hor of an article in the columns of
THE CHRONICLE giving an account of
the defeat of the editor of the Gazette by
Rev. j. B. Johnston.
Mr.. Alexander never saw that article
until it appeared in the columns of THE
CHRONICLE, and never wrote an article
or communication for THE CHRONICLE
since we have had charge of it, except
two or three local notices about the Fair,
when he was Treasurer of the Agricul-
tural Society. We wrote that article,
and we write all others that appear in
these columns as editorial without credit,
and we have never had any occasion, in
any controversies We have had with the
Gazette, to seek assistance from anyone
in the ranks of our own party, much less
in the ranks of the Democratic party
OF this the editor of the Gazette is fully
aware, but without the moral courage to
attack Mr.. Alexander in fair and hon.
orable way, because he, with twenty
seven other Democrats dared to vote
against him, he meanly and maliciously
lies upon him by accusing him with
writing the article in THE CHoNICLE,
when he knew he had had nothing to
do with it. Such contemplate cewar-
dice is characteristic of the editor and
his favorite advisors. There is nothing
manly, nothing honorable in anything
they do. They would sooner be caught
in the act of altering the public records
in order to pocket little public money !;
of appropriating the unclaimed costs in
violation of law; of charging unusual
and illegal fees in order to rob littigants;
or if bribing our officers with bottle of
whisky to secure favorite appointment,
than to be found engaged in anything
honorable or honest; and such men are
the leaders of the Democratic party.