Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-09-11
They,ye Changed.

Those @narrow-minded block
heads" who control the papers
that advocate the election of
GRANT do not talk as they did a
year ago. just pick up one of
their papers of a year ago and
compare it with the papers of
this campaign. One year ago
they abused Democrats without
mercy. Every Democrat was a
"rebel," T" S'traitof," and everything
else that was mean. Now they
have ceased calling Democrats
such names, their stereotyped
infamous phrases being scarcely
heard OF. What are the ''nar-
row-minded blockheads" engaged
in now? Pick up their papers
and you will find that they are
devoting their ISLANDERS, defa-
nation and foul-tongued scuHil-
ity" to maligning and calumnia-
ting the distinguished Republi-
can leaders who have gone from
them to support HORACE GREE
LEY for President. They seem
to think they have taken a alarge
Job, as they devote their entire
time in defaming and slandering
such men as TRUMBULL, SCHURz,
SUMNER, BANKS, and others; and
they have been SO busy pouring
filth all over their old leaders,
including their old parent, Mr.,
GREELEY, that they seem to have
no time to spend in calling Dem
ocrats hard times. 1t is with
the greatest difficulty that they
can find accusations infamous
enough, ISLANDERS vile enough, or
language evil enough to apply to
the men whom, until recently,
they have always praised in the
highest terms. Until within the
past four months they we're
speaking highly of SAMUEL A.
NASH. A few weeks ago he was
highly praised by Ex-senator I'll.
G. Jones of this district. In
speaking of Mr.. NASH, Mr.. JONES
has been heard to say, ''Nash has
more brains than any man in
this district, and can outrun any
other man." On the day follow
ing the Convention of the Liber-
al Republicans and Democrats,
which assembled at Portsmouth,
August LIST, Mr.. JONES was found
(by the Vinton county delegates
who were returning from that
Convention) at Hamden, where
he was listening with breathless
silence to the good North Caro-
lima election news that was then
coming by telegraph, When in
formed that SAMUEL A. NASH of
Gallia had received the nomina-
ton for Congress, Mr.. JONES said:
'NAsH is a strong man;I would
rather any other man would be
the opponent of BUNDY. He is
the sharpest man in Gallia coun-
ty." This is the substance Of
the language used by JONES,
emitting the numerous oaths
that he found necessary to con-
meet with it. But now a great
change has come ouer JONES,
who is going about the district
speaking little pieces. Among
other things, JONES says: Il
know what's the matter with
NASH; I beat him a few votes for
Presidential Elector," His re-
marks are quite different now
instead of praise we hear vile
slander. He can not say now
that Mr.. NASH is honest and in
corruptible, and is thoroughly
identified with every material
interest connected with the pros
perity of the people Of the 18th
district. Not at all. But we
hope, however, that the caliber
of this spouter of slang, the hon
h. G. jones, who feels that he is
one of the "mightiest men Of the
nation" is not suficint to make
any change in the minds of the
Liberal Republicans. The vul-
garity of the man Is having its
Legitimate effect. :