The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-06-09

E'ree Trade in NEOney-A Card
from MS,- Henry Clay Dean.

free Trade in MOuey-A Card
Il from ME,, Henry Clay Deni-
SIR Under the above caption in your
issue of April oath, quote Mr. Charles
Reemelin's definition of "noney,' which
he says now includes "Coin, Government
paper money, bank notes, checks, notes,
bills, bonds" In the article 1 wrote for the
Oomnioner, said, 'I aver, MIR. Reenelfn,
excepting only coin, these articles named
are mere matters of merchandise or rather
shadows of merchandise, promises, upon
which contracts for merchandise advanced. -
In the article as published in the Common
er, the words excepting only coin'' are
omitted, and therefore the proper import
of what did wute is destroyed. II,
Mr.. Reemelin takes advantage of this
transparent mistake, and cOnstrues it into
a concession to the truth of his definition.
When Mr.. Reemelin places himself in the
attitude of photographer, I can only place
against him the authorities of my first arti
Gle, which he very wisely avoids attempting
to answer. Coin is the only money Of this
country, so declared by the Constitution.
Because in my last article l charge that
the plan of paying the public debt has not
been stated fairly as it was written, Mr.
Reemelin makes this the pretext fol an at
tack upon my published work, "Crimes of
the Civil War" this Is entirely legitimate.
But it is not legitimate for him to say that
1 seem to complain that he has not review
ed the work, when have not written one
word in that regard. Moreover 1 never
dreamed of having Mr.. Reemelin do me
any such service until the editor of the
COmmoner requested that I send a copy of
the work to Mr.. Reemelin, which l did
AS the whole matter was of an entirely pri'
vate character, snch as is always held sa'
cred among gentlemen, 1 cannot conde'
scend to give it further notice. -3ts tttt
The following phrases embellished his
extraordinary card: 'tAtrocious senti
ments, " ''false principles" applied TO my
work: ''Lacks thorough reading" applied
to myself. He is, if honest, an ignora-
mus, ''if dishonest, q financial knave, ap'
piled to everybody who differs with me in
opinion The last phrase would be prop
erly bull if Mr.. Reemelin were an Irish
man instead of a German. The whole
string of expletives is. certainly courteous,
if not courtly, coming from . gentleman
who deprecates personal CONTROVERSY.
have never held Mr.. Reemelin to any
thing except civility, and this he seems to
haye forgotten. A strict regard to the
amenities of social life would haYe saved
him seven eIghts of his card, and bat for
an omission in the proof reading, there
would nave been DO preteXt Tor the other
eight.
Fighting against wrong and tyranny,
without assistance, and with the i'll disguis'
ed detactiOn of pretended sympathizers,
nearly all of the victims of arbitrary power
have been pursued with relentless bitterness,
till many of them have sought refuge from
persecution in the grave. To these brave
men I owe a debt to which my life shall be
devoted to expose the crimes of the wicked
war, and state frankly and clearly what
transpirell during these terrible Zines
Withoutclap trap Advertisements, or an APP
peal to friends for aid, the entire edition of
my has been quietly sold, and still another
edition is demanded, and is in press.
This work entitled, 'sCrimes of the Civil
War, " win be followed by another, entitled
r'Criminals of the Civif war This vol
pne is Thought in manuscript to be even
'tmore atrociousn than the one already pub.
lished.
1 am very truly, your obedient servant,
HENRY CLAY DEAN.