Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-11-13

That Insect.

friend, editor of that magnificent
sheet called the lVintoa Record,
had another spasm in his issue
Of October 81, and in his struggle
to compete with the Judge he
finds himself driven to a certain
point, (the last Republican Con-
.vention of this county, where I
expected and wanted him to
lodge when he commenced his
uncalled for attack on me. His
Excellency reports me as think
ing that my position is not ap-
preciated by him, and then goes
on to say that he has taken my
case into full consideration
How strange that such brilliant
intellect and mind SO compre-
hensive and great should be Ia
ken from those sublime and
magnificent heights, where such
minds and intellects only belong,
to appreciate one SO humble as
me. I authorize you to inform
that illustrious body, that the
idea of being appreciated by him,
originated in his own diseased
brain; and that it is a matter of
the greatest Indifference to me
whether the great journalist ever
thinks of me again or not; and
in a political sense, I care not
how l am appreciated by that
ring of the Republican party,
which, having lost all shame,
now makes falsehood and money
its principle stock in trade. You
may inform the gracious benefac-
tor OF Vlnton county that his
Grant Club was signed by me
under protest, and his being
present on that interesting occa-
sion, affords me, | suppose, some
very poor evidence of the fact.
You may inform his lOrdship,
that just three days after the con-
vention, I went to Macarthur ex-
pressly to withdraw from the
ticket, when Messrs. King and
Ambrose told me the paper l
had signed was thrown away, a
new one got up for Elk town
ship, and my name was not on
it; that the matter should be kept
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 | solicited
the nomination for Probate Judge,
he is as far from the truth as a
woodpecker journalist commonly
gets; and if he had inserted in
his paper the communication
sent him soon after | handed
back my nomination to the Re-
publican committee, his readers
would have known my highest
reason for the act. Perhaps he
would not have known himself.
AS I expect, the poor man will
vote for General Grant full 20
years after the General is dead,
and when he hears of his death
he will pronounce it a Liberal
lie! You may inform the poor
fellOw that | was advised by the
best Republican friend l had,
soon after the convention, to
withdraw from the ticket; but
his advice was to run the thing
until the evening before the cleo
ton, then haul off and pay them
back in their own coin, for he
was we'll assured that | was only
put upon the ticket with Yaple
and Ratcliff for bargain and sale.
You may inform your efeminate
brother of the Record that one of
the Republican committee gave
me advice a few days before my
withdrawal, that opened my eyes
as msgically as the waters Of
Sloan. If you can find any
thing about the insect large
enough to inform, just tell him
for me that word was sent from
Macarthur Republicans to jack
son township to good Repub-
lican here, requesting to have all
trading done to the interest of
Kaler & Holland. If you can
find anything left of the gentle
man, please tell him that this
same Republican of Jackson
township above mentioned stands