The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-11-19
Letter from Josiah Jones, Esq.
NEAR X ROADS MEETIN' HOUSE,
. Nov. II, 1873.

4NONs - iOfOs
FRIEND Bowen:
There was considerable surprise
manifested among my friends when
they saw my name in print, and
many marvelled thereat, and so did
/, and Polly Ann is more convinced
than ever that I'm goin crazy or
fool-lille. tell her it takes wise
man to be u fool, and she don't
bother me any more with her i'm.
pertinent insinuations. All my
meighbors { except Il few deep-rooted
Rads) praise my letter very much,
and say it's just their sentiment;
and now that l 'got my hand in,"
I'll say some more.
While in town, the other day, !
heard q great deal said about banks
Dustin and hard times generally.
It's no wonder. What else can we
expect while Grant and Radical
Congressmen land a few Democrats
TOTO their shame be it said) rob
Uncle Sam of nearly all his surplus
funds, and then tax the people to
death to make up DEFICIENCIES that
Radical office holders defrauded the
government out Of. Then there is
Jay Cooke, and fellows of the same
gild-pets of Grant-who reaped
q good harvest from the govern
ment during the war by handling
bonds and greenbacks, and doin'
about rs they pleased with them.
They have got their reward by
suspending with pocket full Of
money, and the government and
people are the losers. The govern
ment has been conducted upon very
lose principles, Of late years, and
when everything runs at loose ends
there's sure to be crash sooner or
later. We Sare now reapin'. the
fruits Of the extravaganza of Radi-
cal rule and Goldfish aristocracy, and
the laborin' masses hunger and
suffer in consequence. Thank God,
the day Of reckonin' has come, and
the people are beginning to open
their eyes to the truth Of matters.
Poor Greeley! than whom no
better or honester. man lived, was
terribly abused and misrepresent-
ed, year ago, because he was in
favor of resumin' specie payment
that his theory would bankrupt the
country and ruin business gene
rally--that he was only an old
fossil and didn't know anything +!
And now look at their treachery
and hypocrisy, The very thing
that Greeley purposed doin' the
RAIDS are now tryin' to incorporate
into their system of financiering |!
Jay Cooke, and all capitalists who
were being fed at the government
crib, denounced Greeley in unmea-
ured terms, and used their money
and influence for the Philosophers
defeat, and the result is now before
the people-suspension of banks
and stoppages of large manufacto-
ries, and suffering everywhere.
1t is a comfort to know that those
who furnished the most means to
defeat Greeley, were the first to
90 under IN the financial crash.
1t is my opinion that the lection
in Ohio, and those lately had in
other States, will teach the RAIDS
TO go slow. They have foundered
in heavy sea, and the next gale
will sweep them out of existence.
Let it come.
But there is another subject, of
grave Importance, which l saw
limited at in a late telegram item.
TIE substance is that Gen. Butler,
who is always at the bottom Of some
deyilment, purposes introducing
into Congress, this winter, a bill
for the payment of the Confederate
debt and redeem their bonds. l
think this will be the biggest job
"Cock-eye" ever undertook but as
it is a Radical measure, all of 'em
will say amen, and there's no know
ing what the RAIDS will do before
they are ousted from power.
l learn that my friend MARTIN
has a thousand-dollar Confederate
bond, and will back the General in
support of the bill.
Well / must now close and look
after the cattle, and get in the
nights coal, and Polly Ann tells
me that the old steer has broken
into the corn patch. That steer is
like the Radical party-has no re-
spect for person or property.
Z Yours in the cause,
josiah JONES, ESQ.