The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-08

Jne evidence OF q weak nina ana q
bad cause.
In the Herald Of Sept. oath, we
find the following sweet morpOl
from the pen of MIR. Pyle
"He Gaylord led the party in
this county in their opposition TO
the war, branding and denouncing
those who were fighting for the
flag, ms "hlrcd nessinns," and Lin
coin h irelings." Now he IL pattlng
them on the back, asking them to
vote the ticket that he made. 1t
should be enough to make any Re-
publican rcnounce the entire ticket
to know that Gaylord is tho chief
mover in It's origin"
Now, at the time Pyle wrote and
published the above, he woll knew
il was false and more than thrco-
iourths of the people Of Morgan
county know it TO be false, and
will brand Pyle liar.
Briefly we will say, that during
the whole war Mr.. Gaylord was an
active member Of the county "\yar
Committee" receiving his appoint.
mont. as such, first from Governor
Too, and then continued by Cover.
nor Brough. Hu was Secretary Of
the "Wur Committee" during its
existence. and the Committee held
all its stated meetings IN his office.
His namc will be- found attached to
the recommendations og all Union
Commissioned Officers from Nor
gan county, appointed on the
primary organization Of Companies.
He made mCro war speeches in aid
Of the recruiting service than any
other man in the county, aud labs
orcd as much as any other orc
man did, in tho various local meas~
urcs devised TO crush out the Re
bollivu, and so continued in the
work, until tho Volunteering busi-
ness played out, But all the pur-
suasivo oIoquencc, all the glqring
and glittorlng inducements uttered
and held out by Mr.Gaylord, could
not arouse a spark of patriotism or
warliko spirit in such fellow as
Mr.. Pyle lie was then too muSh
engaged in his studies to leave home
and engage IN war ! Whilst, at
that time, noarly every young man
Of his acquaintance was on the
march TO victory or death, no one
was able to coax, drive or kick him
into theranks ! Volunteer he would
not but would stay at home an |
run his chance Of tho draft. Drafts
did como once, twice, ;hrec times
but Mr.. Pyle, through the volunta-
ry contributions Of others, and tho
great number of Veteran credits al.
lottcd to Morgan Township, escaped
the humorous drafts and saved his
C---ly carcass from being made
food for Rebel guupowdcr, for which
he had "cusscd" bad oplnlon, fre
qucntly and oXcItodly expressed,
and he also saved his hide from boz
ing converted INTO Il Sheep skin to n,
dorm some Confederate drum head
upon which the Robels might beat
the tattoo, the reville, Dixie, and
other Confederate tunes
One would suppose, however,
that from "the sound and fury, sig.
nifyIng nothing wockIy-(yeS,
,oedkiD-eminating from the Hers
aid office, that the proposed appli.
cation of Pyle's Sheep skin to the
purposes aforesaid, would have been
quito appropriate and not out Of
place.
But enough of thls. We have,
contrary to our rule, long since a
dopted, gone out OF our way to no.
tice the personalities, blllingsgote,
slandcrs and defamation of that pa
per. We dislike very much such
controversies, ard must make this
apology 20 our readers.
THE last weeks Herald contains
an article manifesting its usual Of.
fensive and vituperative language
Invectively attacking our statement
and estimate in regard to the fail
ure of this years wheat and wool
crops to meet the demands of all
the taxes, both direct and indirect
assessed and collected from the peo,
Pile Of Morgan county. The Her
AIDS reply to our statement is lame
and Impotent, besides it fails to full
ly meet the question discussed.
In our article on this subject, We
said: "The surplus wheat crop o.
Morgan county, this year, al
Sl,20 per bushel, the present price
and the surplus wool crop Of thi,
year, at 40 cents per pound, viii
not moro than pay the assessed tax
es Of this year for ullpurposes, State
and Federal, direct aud indirect
The Herald is not satisfied with the
above statement and estimate, but
IN the outset, brands 1t ms Il "vii
lalnious lie." lie undertakes an
estimate Of the amount and valnC
Of these crops to suit ms own fancy
and purpose. lie estimates the
wheat crop Nt 100000 bushels
winch will sell for s $4,000; that the
wool crop will amount TO 300,0 900
pounds, and will bring to the farm,
ers another Sl20, 0,000--total value oi
both crops, S240,O00 He admits
our statement of the amount Of the
direct taxes assessed and collected
in Morgan county the present year
viz; Sl2l,000 Then, after paying
the direct tax out OF tho proceeds
Of these two crops, there will be left
ncnnrdinn TO the Hnrald a sLntnmanlt