The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-05-25

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particular Tie bill nsrsr passed Mr..
uEApLEY, IN letter written during
Apsil, asked my oj!iion, replied that
the Court House had cost enough 81
ready and advised him to work to pre-
vent the passage Of the bill. He did SO
and Tor so doing deserves credit.
Against the gentlemen opposing me for
the office Of Representative 1 have no
manufactured "electioneeing tales" to
tell. | leave that TO such as may have
a taste for it.
We are before the people. Let the
people decide at the bsllotbox who
shall represent them.
The following is the correspondence
referred to above:
CoLUMBrs. ONO, April 16, 1852
II. Z. WEST, Eso,-Dear Sir: What is
your opinion about the passage Of law
tc allow the Commissioners Of our coun.
ty to levy tax of fifteen thousand dol
lars to finish and furnish court house !;
also to fence the same: This bill passed
the Senate and is now in my drawer, and
never has been, nor never will be read
the third time il say 90, Yours truly,
T. HEADLEY.
OFFIcE OF The SPIRIT OF DEMocRAcY,l
WooDsrtr1n. N C.. O.. April Is, 1859.
Hoy. ELIEL HEADLEY-Dcgr S{r: In
relation 10 the fifteen thousand additional
for court house purpose, letu die! The
law passed at the last session authorized
the Commissioners to levy S30,0Oc, and
in addition to that they can levy 10000,
making total of $4,000, tohic@ IS as
much as one court house ought TO cost
The people are already taxed beyond
their ability to pay. Keep that bill in
your drawer, is my opinion. Respect
fully, H. Il, WEST
LEE TOWNSHIP
In relation TO the passage of the bill
creating Lee township, learn from a
gentleman living in Jackson. township,
that certain candidate for Representa-
tive had referred the people to II. r.
WEST to learn the toork,ngs previous to
The passage Of the bill.
That candidate, care not ,cho he Is,
s5ltulty and kno,ciagly told ichathe kne~
to Be false. hmew nothing Of such bill
until I noticed the action, an The Senate,
of lNr. GOLDEN, Senator from the Athens
District, erho offered ii. And did mol
kao,c anything more detfaite concerning
it until the bill aoas furnished BY our
member for publication.
Such falsehoods will not benefit any
candidate, but will react to his great eis-
comfiturc at tue polls on Saturday, the
9Th day of June.
COUNTY PRINTING
The story about having received
eighteen or nineteen hundred dollars fol
one years printing is the emanation Of
an idle and silly brain. Here is an ex
tract f.om the Commissioners Report
from September, 1867 to September
1865:
II. r. West Publishing Commissioners
Report, semi-annual statements OF
| Treasury, advertising notices, con-
JotI, laul n
Previous years the printing and ad
vcrtising amounted to not quite sever
hundred dollars year. The burning o
the Court House made the increase fol
| 1878. An examination of the Auti
tors books will prove this.
Another, and one think no man who
| is acquainted with me and my past
course. political and military, will credi
for a moment, is that l condemned th'
course of the Spirit during the war ant
threatened to make it Radical in politics
also, that voted the Radical ticket il
the army
Throughout the war was part owne
of the Spirit, and unqualifedly indorset
the course pursued by its managers. Th
course of the Spirit during the war ha
never been objected to by me and | def,
my accusers to prove the contrary. Hat
all papers pursued the same course ou
condition would be different o-day. Th
people would be enjoying prosperity ant
peace, instead of heavy taxation, and
standing army ii ten States OF this Tn
ion, to oppress them.
! In regard to my votes; Ia 1853,
was carried through the streets o
Woods6eld on lounge and voted 70
i fVALLAspIGHAM In 1864 l voted 70
MCCLELLAN for President and in 1S6
voted for MoRGAS for Governor. A
these votes were cast in the army
These are facts challenge any one G
the retailers of falsehoods, agains
me, IN Monroe County, to disapprove.-
Produce your proof, gentlemen, or skull
behind the falsifers refagc-"I hear
persons say so'"
HESRr R. WIsT.
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