The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-11-14
From the Macarthur Enqulrer-verbat6n.I ]
Communicated.
That Insect.

1t spasm in his issue of Octob
s. 81, and in his struggle to col
.e pete with the Judge he fin
q himself driven to a certa
9 point, (the last Republics
: Convention of this county
Y where | expected and .wantt
I him to lodge when he cor
/. mencel his uncalIed for a
, tack on me. His Excellenc
reports me as thinking thi
my position is not appreciate
by him, and then goes on
say that he has taken my cas-
into full consideration. Ho,
strange that such a brillian
intellect and a mind so compre
hensive and great should b,
taken from those sublime ant
magnificent heights, where
such minds and intelects only
belong, to appreciate one sc
humble as me. | authorize you
to inform that illustrious 6ody
that the idea of being appreci
ated by him, originated in hi:
own diseased brain; and that il
is a matter of the greatest in,
difference to me whether the
great journalist ever thinks oil
me again or not ard in
a political sense, l care
not how l am appre-
ciated by that ring of The
Republican party which hav.
ing lost all shame, now makes
falsehood and money its prin-
ciple stock in trade. You may
inform the gracious bengaotOr
OF Vinton county that his Grant
Club was signed by me under
protest, and his being present
on that interesting occasion,
affords me, | suppose, some
Tery poor evidence Of the fact.
"You may inform his I0rd8hip,
that just three days alter the
convention, | went to Near
thur expressly to withdraw
from the ticket, when Messrs.
King and Ambrose told me the
paper | had signed was thrown
away, a new one got up for
Elk township, and my name
was not on it; that the matter
should be kepta a secret, and
no one should know it; but the
way the matter was kept the
Record understands as we'll as
any one else.
"You may inform your beloved
friend that when he asserts that l
solicited the nomination for Pro-
bate Judge, he is as far from the
truth as a woodpecker journalist
commonly gets, and if he had in,
serted in his paper the communi,
cation sent him soon after I
handed back my nomination to
the Republican committee, his
readers would have known my
highest reason for the act. Per
haps he would not have known
himself. AS l expect, the poor
man will vote for General Grant
full 20 years after the General
is dead, and when he hears of
bis death he will pronounce it q
Li6eratlie! You may inform the
poor fellOaO that | was advised
by the best Republican friend /
had, soon after the convention, |
to withdraw from the ticket; but
his advice was to run the thing
until the evening before the elec
lion, then haul off and pay them
back in their own coin, for he
was we'll assured that l was only
put upon the ticket with Yaple
md Ratcliff for bargain and
sale. You may inform your Of.
'eminate brother of the Record
hat one Of the Republican com.
nlttee gave me advice a few
lays before my withdrawal, that
opened my eyes as magically as
he waters of Sloan. If you
IAN find anything about the in
'ect large enough to inform, just
ell him for me that word was
'ent from Macarthur Republicans
o Jackson township to a good
Republican here, requesting to
AVE all trading done to the in
crest of Kaler & Holland. If
vou can find anything left of the
Gentleman, please tell him that
his same Republican of Jack.
on township above mentioned,
tands high in the ring at Nc
Arthur-yet impaired to me the
acred news the same day it was
eceived. And if you find any
hing in the shape Of an editor of
5 little significance as the echo
f sound that never existed,
'ou may offer hin a five dollar
,reenback, on my account, when
yer be gives this communica
ion a place in his columns.
M. R. POTTER"
MINOR r. PoTTER:-We accent