Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-09-30
Democratic Catechisua.

Who is Bill Allen? Sam Cary an
swers-"I once said he was a ID
old rebel scoundrel from Chilicothe." )"
Have you ever retracted that opinion?
Not that anybody knows of.
What's Tartar Ernetic good for, Sam?
To vomit hell with--to find matches
for Democrats. Who said so: Sam:
did. Did you ever retract this dicta-
ton? Not muchly.
What is this old Chilicothe scoundrel,
as you call him, doing now, Sam? He
is running for Governor of Ohio. Didn't
you say you We're going to skin him,
and if so, why didn't you do it? Be-
cause | believe in the eternal fitness OF
things, and he was mercifully spared
to run with NE on the Democratic
ticket.
Well, Sam, when you said that very
large ball of Emetic Tartar would fail
to bring up match for Democrats
| from strong southern climate; was
it out of pity Or pride that you submit.
ted yourself as substitute, in the eter.
nal fitness Of things? | think it was
There is destiny that shapes oul
ends, you know, and birds of feather
and II man is known by the company he
keeps, and u whole heap of other things
you know. 1.-Two spirits joined in
one"-l forgot TO mention in regular
order; and "a fellow feeling, makes Us
wonderous kind" might also have
been put in,
Well, William Allen, who is Sam
Cary? The Internal abolitionist thai
called HE "Chilicothe scoundrel.'
Are you Chilicothe scoundrel, Will
liam? l think l am not. Then San
lied: He did. Does Sam still lie
William? He does. Is Sam man o.
means? He is. What is he worth:
know of s2a,5O0 he has in BONDS
which the Gin. Commercial smelIed out
Why did he put his money in Bonds:
To avoid taxation, Of course. When
this was discovered on Sam was his
honest heart fired? You bet. When
Sam says he only wants "the honor Ol
being elected On the Democratic ticket
in the light of his utteraDce about you,
William, and your party, what DO you
think of him: / regard him with Tar,
tar-Emetical feelings. What effect
will all this have on your party, vii.
liam? My solemn Judgment is, il will
have an Einetical-Tartar effect. What
do you think of a man who holds $20,
500 ia Bonds, going about trying to in
tuence the passions of the people
against BOnd-hOlders and denouncing
them as robbers and oppressors to
catch votes? Language fails me.
Who is Henry Blandy? A chap
from Zinesville, who owns or claims to
own saw mills and fast horses, and goes
about to bladge about the number Of
engines he has built. On general
principals an ineffable blatherskite, the
people answer.
Who is Dick Trevillick? A contemp-
tible bash dealer in communism, whom
the Denocr IS regularly import TO try
to deceive the laboring men into voting
their ticket. y kind of political grass
hoppe:-that would feed on the creduli-
ty of the people to their ruin-had he
their ears aud confidence. What Is
Communism? Highway-robery, assas.
sination, arson, murder, death and
ldesulatiun. Illustration: - A hard
working, honest, frugal man, with a
good wife, lays by a competency
through long trial of labor and econ
omy. a rowdy, rrowling thief and
assassin, who has never worked, thriv-
Ell upr wac l.anesti nulders the thrifty
man il needs be 10 possess himself OF
his hard-earnel home and his little all.
That is communism, the history oI
ages say, and of ill-starred Francis
recent experience and that is substan.
TALLY Dick Travillick's, Blandy's and
Sam Cary'S teachings,