The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-08

while before the Sidney convention
net.-Covington Gazette. !
The above paragraph we clip from
The Germantown Press, the meaning
Of which we. suppose to be, that we
we're bought for Gen. LEFEvRE be-
fore the Sidney Convention. Wei
have always regarded the man as a
"dirty dog" who would undertake
to befoul the character of another
by sneaking and cowardly insinua-
tions. 1t seems we have been Gre
districted' into a very large class of
just such pusillanimous creatures,
who, failing to get their choice of
candidates at the Sidney Convention,
now turn around and exhibit their
mulish ~propensities and assinine
qualities, by low attempts to besmear
the standing and honor of all who
feel disposed to submit to the will OF
the majority, and support the nomi-
nee of the Fifth Democratic Congress
sional Convention. We r getting
tired of such contemplate business,
and we now say to all these little
souled, narrow-minded, self-opinion-
ated and bigoted idiots, that we will
wager $500 that we can prove any one
of them a natural liar, who says We
received n single cent, either before
or after the Sidney Convention, by
which we were Influenced to support
Gen. LEFEvRE. We will deposit the
money in any National Bank in the
District, to be paid over to the par
ty upon the decision of any legal
Justice of the Peace or authorized
Court of justice in the State o Ohio.
Now, if there is any sand in the
craws of any of these soldering
slanderers, and they can beg, borrow,
steal or be 'ixed" for the amount of
the wager, let them step forward and
back their charges or forever close
their mouths about us, or any other
delegate from Preble county, receiv-
ing a single dime for his vote for
Gen. LEFEvRE. The whole Preble
county delegation can be summoned
and put upon the witness stand, to
substantiate and bear US out in the
truth of our statement.
Our interest for the nomination of
Gen. LEFEvRE grew out of the plain
simple fact, that after an impartial
and careful canvass ofthe candidates,
we honestly believed that his energy,
industry and indomitable working
qualities-his record as a consistent
and true Democrat--his soundness on
the Greenback question-that he had
served h%onorably in the Union army
during the late rebellion-and the
fact that he had worked his way up to
distinction and honor from a poor
boy, and was to-day largely interest
ed and engaged in the farming bus
iness-we say, that after a view of all
these matters, we believed in our
mind that Gen. LEFEvRE would be
the most available candidate for the
laboring classes and the Democracy
of Preble county, and upon these
grounds and convictions, and with
the hope of turning the scales in
the county, we worked for him be-
fore the Convention and went there
in hisinterest. This is what "fixed''
us before the Sidney Convention, and
the only influences that were used to
six" every Democratic delegate in
the county as far as we know, who
supported Gen. LEFEvRE. We don't
claim to be infallible, and if we have
made a mistake in our choice, it is
only an error of the head, but we
hurl back into the teeth of the pusil-
Luminous sore-heads, the insinuation
that we have received a single dime
for u support of Gen. LEFEvRE,
and dare any one of them to accept
our proposition. If there vas any
marketable material in the Sidney
Convention, it was not from Preble
county. We are contending fol
principles here, and not for office Of
spoils. 1t is generally those in mar
ket willing to be "ixed," who are Sc
ready to make the dishonorablt
charge against others.
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