Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-02-14
GAINESVILLE.

The Gazette seems disposed to doubt
the statement of my former cOrrespon-
dence, in reference to the soundness of
the Democracy of the "Ohio State To-
bacco Inspector" We are decidedly of
the opinion that this appointment has
already received more gratuitous ad'
vertising than the appointee is deserv'
J ing; still, we desire to "ddd few lines
more" When we read in Columbus
paper that "W. G. Watson, a prominent
young Democrat of Belmont county,"
was looking after an office, we were
certainly astonished beyond measure,
either at the italicised adjective, or the
fact that he was reckoned among the
faithful at all, we can hardly tell which,
at this late day. The declaration was
sumner. When was he reckoned
among prominent young Democrats?
When was he reckoned among Demo
Gratis at all? Taking his own statements
as true, as well as the declarations of
his friends, and he has as often voted
for Republicans as he has for Demo
Gratis, and il he was not decided Re.
publican for years, he was at least so
far over the fence that he was consider
ed as a member OF that party; but may
be, because he was considered prom.
inent' young Republican, he decided to
90 where adjectives were meaningless
and cheap. The argument of the Ga.
zette, based upon his ancestry, if it
proves anything, proves too much.
Suppose. his father was faithful rep.
resentative ofa long line of Democracy,
was not his mother descendant OF an
equally prominent line of old Whig.
gerry? Were not not this ''prominent
Young Democrats" maternal relatives
all Wings and Republicans? The moth.
-er makes the man, and doubtless it is
from this source that the Tobacco In.
spector" received his bias towards Re.
publicanism and away from Democra.
cy. But his step father was a Demo.
erat, therefore the step son is one now
and will ever remain so. This may be
true, provided always, the Democrats
remain in power, and soft hearted Gov.
ernors will bestow fat offices upon the
Young aspirant. But II. L. Barnes, a |
life long Democrat Obi shade of de- |
parted Whiggeryi how thou must
have writhed in pain at such decla'
rationl While there was vestige of
life remaining in this grand old party,
II. Ddi uC15 w ao q w hAf3 vi thO
radical type, and the most ardent wish
of his life, even amid his wanderings
after the phantom of a pure Democra'
CIV, were for the resters ton of the dead
but grand old party. For awhile Mr..
Barnes was a Democrat; at that time
too, in which it trailed its banners in
the slime of rebellion; but he was su h,
not because he loved, or was in sym
pathy with Democratic sentiments, but
because he hated Republicans. as
the slayer of Whiggery. No man over
lived who had greater hatred of De-
in the abstract than the
late Fl. L. Barnes. So that we see that
the ancestral argcment is source of
very poor strength in proof of the De-
mocracy of the Tobacco Inspector. ,
Apropos of this there seems to be
no change Of Iurpose in our packers to
sending their tobacco to Bal
tiInore rather than BelInire. A n few |
parties in Noble, aud some also in
Monroe county. talk of patronizing
the new warehouse, but the large ma 6