Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-01-07
FHE Radicals of our neighborine

The Radicals otour neighboringi
county of Athens--.who arc blessed
with all the s'honesty,a t'decency,''
evirtue," etc, usually found in the
Radical party, and who are seeing
to it that the New I,unatic Asylum,
is being erected in their county
without defrauding State out Of q
single cent--don't hko Democratic
editors. Tho noble editor Of the
Spirit of Democracy, published at.
Woodsfeld, Monroe county, and IN
the Athens Congressional district,
published a number Of articles and
communications during the late po-
litical campaign, in which the.
wicked acts Of the aforesaid RAIDS
werc exposed in the bcst-of stylc.-
This riledithe honest RAIDS in a ter
'rible mannerTthey couldn't bear to
10 HH
see the e''naked truth ? The Court
Of Common Pleas convened in Ath
ems in November, and L. III MOORE,
Congressman elect, and one Of the
Lunatie Asylum Trustees, and IT.
B. WILDEs, an ex-gcncral and the
masked editor Of the Athens Mes,
sshger, the Radical paper, were wit
nesses before the Grand Jury
They told wonderful stories in the
Jury room about what the editor Of
the Spiritof Democracy had publish
| ed relating 10 their affairs; and two
indictments were found against
him. Just think ofitl AN Athens
County Grand Jury finding indictr
ments against q Democratic editor
residing ,in another county. What
= law-abiding and loyal gang ofin,
l.dividuals dwell over therel Well, a
short time after the adjournment Of
the Grand Jury, one Of the hellish
devils belonging to the "RingNwrotc
la few lines to the. editor, telling him
THAT he had been indicted, and that
ifhe would furnish the @Ringo with
1.-THE name Of tie author ofthe com,
|munications he had published they
would discharge him, as they were
after the real parties and not him.
The writer of the letter closed By
saying, ifhc didn't give The name
of the author they would arrestand
take him before the Athens Court
ofCommon Pleas. Did any living
NOR tai ever, dream Of legalb bus
mess being conducted in.that man
nerP The editor-H. R, West
who thoroughly understands how tc
treat such desperate devils when
they commence hostilities, gave
them notice that they could 60 or
with their arrest, which they ac,
cordingly did. On the 18th of De.
cember the Sheriff of Athens coun.
ty went up to Woodsfeld and ar.
rested tho editor. The editor. was
fully preparation the arrest, by
having Unnecessary papers already
made out commanding the sleepy
Sheriff to produce the wide-awake
editor before the righteous Probate
Judge of Monroe county--rieht al
home, where criminals are punish
ed as the law directs, and where
sham indictments are not found
against Radical editors and letters
written proposing to discharge
them if they will divulge5 certain
secrets, Theeditor was Of course
discharged by the Probate Court
because no was guilty crime,
| He then commenced three suits
against the Sheriff, MORE, and
WlLpEs for $1,000 damages. We
Ehope that "Athens County Ring
will discover, before tho editor ol
the Spirit Of Democracy Is thorough
with them, that they cannot cover
up their rascality byainditing Dem.
ocratic editors Of neighboring coun-
ties for publishing accounts of the
dishonest acts they are. guilty Of
| A tyrannical sRingn ex;sts' tbere