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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
Personalities in Politics.

1t almost seems an impossibility to con-
duct political campaign in this free and
enlightened country of ours and keep 1t
clear of personalities of the most viru-
lent and slanderous character. A man
may have spent his life in community,
earned an enviable reputation for homes
ty and fair dealing, been honored with
business and financial trusts and official
positions in the gift Of his fellow towns
men, and in every way met his Obliga.
tions to the satisfaction Of the people,
yet, let him be nominated for a place in
which politics is an element, and his
good name, though built apparently on
the most enduring foundation, is blasted
as though the hot breath of q simeon had
passed over IL. Fire or food, or any
other Of the destroying elements cannot
more effectually consume or swallow up
property or life, than q political cam
paign, the reputation of . candidate.
We question whether it would be pos
sible to find . man in this whole nation
with character SO pure and at the same
time with intelligence. force, independ-
ence and strength, sufficient to qualify
him for the position, who could run for
the of1ce Of President of the United
States without being daubed and
smirched and slandered until he appar.
emily lost all resemblance to his former
self. Grave doubts will be excited in
the minds of many who have not known
him intimately and thoroughly, and it is
II he could ever regain the
full confidence Of the public as he had it
before. 1t Is not for US to say whether
or Democrats have sinned
most in this respect, but is deplorable
whoever engages in it, and when done
merely for political effect, ought to be
by every honorable man.
In the present campaign for State Sen.
stor, it was the settled determination of
he Republicans to engage in no person
alities or charges affecting the character
Of the Democratic nominee unless that
party should make it necessary by first
to such methods, and the citi-
.ens of this district we'll know that that
policy was religiously adhered TO. that
lot syllable was published by Repub-
leans rejecting upon the character of
he opposing candidate until his friends
led printed and circulated an anony'
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

Daniel Drew, the great steamboat
owner and speculstor, who had been q
millionaire and died bankrupt, consid-
cred that of all the fortune he had sccu-
mulated he saved only what he gave
away; and he deeply regretted that he
did not while he had it in his possession,
give q great deal more and carry out his
good intentions. But he thought as one
is apt to do that he could manage 1t .
little better than anyone else, and SO
never paid the principal of some Of the
princely sums with which he endowed
colleges and on which he paid regular
interest, though he built churches and
founded institutions of learning that cost
him outright somewhere between five
hundred thousand and million dollars.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
The Real Issue.

Republicans should hot lose sight Of
the issue in the campaign. 1t is not
simply local in its character. It. does
not mean the triumph of one individual
over another, It Is not the success of one
party In this Senatorial district oyer an
other; it is not a question entirely Of
personal character, though this should
not be forgotten. 1t Is more than any
or all OF thece. 1t means first rebuke
to the reasonable efforts of the solid
South now being made to divorce the
states fl ON all control by the general
government, and TO allow them by vio-
lence and fraud to continue a reign of
terror which is fatal to freedom, faesl to
progress, and sure to result in another
civil war in less than twenty years un-
less conquered by peaceble means of the
ballot.
Upon the success of the Republican
ticket depends the having Republican
State Senate which passes on all appoint
doubt will be Republican, and In the
event Of its being Democratic, would be
able to seriously cmtarrass him through
the whole administration.
1t means the having Republican leg
islature which will have the election of
q United States Senator to succeed Thur
man. The result will be very close, if
we succeed at all. We have not q vote
to spare. On one vote may hang Re
publican success. Tho importance Of
having Republican Senator in place of
Thurman Is paramount.
We can at most have but a bare ma
jority, and when the general govern
ment is as rapidly drifting toward null
LITIGATION and secession and treason as
it was in 1850, the value of a single
vote cannot be over estimated. Let us
not deceive ourselves. This question
is. above all personal feeling and all
private grievances. Even granted that
a candidate has injured US in our feel
ings, or our business, or that we have
a suspicion, only, that he has been un-
faithful to Il usts, the q lcstion whether
he is n good Republican, whether he
will vote right and give his influence
In favor Of good government, whether
he will prove true patriot on all Ma
iional issues, overtops all other consid-
Grafton.
1t should be q Christian principle
with us to sink private and personal
grievances in favor Of the general
good. The issues are momentous, and
we have no enemy SO bitter, who has
treated US SO badly, that we would not
vote for him in preference to a Demo-
crat, whatever his personal character,
whose vote would be given with the |
Solid South and to forward their treas
enable designs. The great question |
now il, is he true Republican? VIII
the interesrs of the country be safe in |
his handsP AID whatever msy be your |
suspicious and preiudices, It will not
be regarded by the Democratic candi-
late as slander when we say that the |
matter cannot be improved In a social |
DR. moral point Of view by voting for
him.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

''spirit ual" supplies, and so this man,
fertile in expedients, fertile in devices,
denied the faith, denied the most honora-
BILE record he had ever made, and said
to his party friends that he had never
been identified with the crusade move
mcnt, that he did not sympathize with
their doctrines and that he would not
be called by their name. Further we
have it on the authority Of his Demo.
cratic friends who will not now deny
the charge when given the opportunity
to do so, that when he attended that
Democratic Convention he opened n
wet grocery at which the unterrified
slaked their thirst without money and
without price.
But like the demagogue that he is, for
tho purpose of prejudicing the temper
ance people against Gov. Foster, he re-
ported that he (Foster) dealt out whis-
key straight at his rooms at the last Re-
publican convention, affecting q, holy
horror that such n man should be nom-
mated for the suffrages of the virtuous
people of Ohio. The charge against
Mr.. Foster was false, though of course
we do not know that he was acquainted
with that fact, but all the same 1t serves
to show how exceeding sinful is sin in
Democratic eyes when practiced by a
comes under Democratic management.
1t may be regarded "a complimentary
that the Democracy have higher
standard of morals for Republicans
than they have for themselves, and
''strangc that such difference there should be
Twixt twecdle dun and tweedletdec."
Again, this whilom apostle of temper
ance, who on suitable occasions does
not hesitate to take n social glass with
his brethren in the interests of Democ-
racy and reform, at no very ancient
date, went to Fostoria and sought a
business alliance with Gov. Foster for
carrying OH distillery, pointed out to
him its financial advantages and looked
up favorable site for his gin mill, and
importuned Mr.. Foster to form o part
nership with him, showing him a yis-
ion Of prospective giins Of filthy lucre /;
but Mr.. Foster turned deaf ear to his
Establishments and sent him away sor-
rowful. We have for the truth of these
last statements no less authority than
Mr.. Foster himself, and If our Demo-
cratic candidate denies, we will furnish
further proof.
To go back a little: when the Demo-
Gratis were successful in electing Gov.
Bishop, he tthe Democratic candidate>
made his boasts that he run on the cru
SADIE ticket just to break up the Repub-
lican party in Wellington, and said he,
"You see have done it," A man who
can play fast and loose on the temper
ance question, who can deny recent
facts in his own history, is hardly fit
man to trust with the interests Of tenn
pe-ance legislation. w.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

There b good deal OF unfounded preju-
dice and incorporate talk through the town.
ships concerning that myth, the Wellington
Cheese Ring, who are supposed to control
everything and everybody here. not except
ing churches, schools and the Newspaper.
And when we express an honest opinion,
founded upon what We believe to be facts,
and 1t happens to be at variance with others
prefudices, the mutterings Of theii disproval
reach MS in the form Of 9 threat to stop their
paper.
everybody here who 10 friendly with Mr..
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

The Elyria Constitution of last week
has fresh lot of charges, queries, and
innuendoes with regard to Mr.. Horr's
connection with the Parker, Miner &
Co., failure, but which are SATISFACTORY
" and sufficiently answered in Mr.
Horr's article in our last issue. In
conversation with Mr.. Horr, he says
that denial Is intended to cover every
possible point that can be made against
his fairness and honesty in connection
with that transaction. lie invites his
Democratic friends to let as much day
light into that matter IS they are able.
He has nothing to conceal or fear. His
statements are absolutely and unquali-
fiedly true, and the statements made by
them that reflect upon his truthfulness
and honor, are as absolutely and un-
Gualifiedly false.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

One of the most absurd of the false
statements made use of In this political
campaign was that circulated in an ad-
joining township, that citizen there
voted for the nomination of r. A. Horr,
because he wanted to get his daughter .
position In the Wellington schools, and
did not vote for Herrick lest he should
not find favor with the ''cheese ring" ("
and fail to secure the school. A more
prcposterous idea could not have been
conceived.
The facts are that the young lady was
appointed by the school Board, who hsve
no moro to do with cheese than We have,
and who conferred the appointment sole
ly on the ground Of her record as schol-
ar, and her suitability for the position,
her father or his political views having
nothing whatever to do with IL, neither
of them knowing of the contemplated
appointment until they read it as q fixed
fact in the columns OF the ENTKRPRIsR.
Il is not credit to the intelligence or
the candor of individuals or communi-
ties that an unfounded prejudice can be
harped upon and repeated until it as
sumes such proportions and is capable of
such harm. Very ignorant and inoffen-
sive people can listen to falsehood and
cherish . prejudice until it finally mas
ters them, and they become rabid, disa-
agreeable and dangerous. 1t is by fos-
tering such q spirit, which Is the oppo-
site Of earnest inquiry, that mobs and
strikes and instructions are brought
about. How this man has made his
money. or that one profited by buying
and selling, does not concern US in this
issue. II We want to cut our own
throats, work our financial ruin, lose AL
we have fought for and make 1t impos-
sible ever to have peaceful and pros
porous country, we can do it by follow
ing the leadership Of these insane and
politicians whose counsel Is
as dangerous and motives as malicious
and selfish As the arguments they use are
untrue.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

The Democratic managers of their
campaign in Ohio, have seen fit to i'm
port Daniel w. Voorhees,, of Indiana, to
stump the State in their behalf. Last
week he spoke in Sidney, and took occs-
sion, not only to boast of his loyalty, but
also of the valuable services he rendered
the country during the war. He vehe-
mently denied ever having said that ev-
cry Union soldier should wear a collar
labeled, my dog-A. Lincoln" Now
it happened that there were two respect
able and responsible men in the audi.
ence-W. F. Steen and Henry English
who heard him say it in a speech in In
diana. We took the pains to write to
the indianapolis Journal in regard to it,
and they published our letter and its re-
ply. The Journal says Voorhees, always
goes far away from Indianapolis when
he reitcrates tine denial, which denial is
n miserable lie. The Journal sent us
the Photographic copy of a letter now
on file among the rebel archives at
Washington. and is among the recon.
mendations filed by the person recon-
mended by Voorhees, with President JEFF.
Davis for promotion, which he received:
INDIANAPOLIS. IND Dec 12, 1879.
My friend, Captain Francis A. Shoup,
is about visiting the South with his sis.
ter, on account Of her health. I have
known Captain Shoup since our boyhood.
w orh 1roo taa "a in a,,o
Of West Point, and was in the army as
lieutenant four years. No more honora.
BILE or upright gentleman exists. On the
disturbing questions of the day his sen.
timents are entirely with the South, and
one of his objects is probable home in
that section. l take this occasion to say
that his sentiments and my own are in
close harmony.
D. W. VOORHEES,.
Comment is almost unnecessary. By
his own record, as we'll as words, does
he stand condemned. Col. Jonathan
Counts, a former Representative from
this county, an honest, though ardent,
States rights man, said to US the day that
Voorhees, made his speech in Sidney that
when a man found be had been in error,
the only way for him to do is to confess
the error, or remain silent, and not to
deliberately and publicly lie in regard to
his record. Daniel w. Voorhees, was all
that the most virulent rebel could ask .
man, and did double the service to the
Confederacy by remaining at home, than
he could have done in joining the rebel
army as an active soldier. He crippled
Governor Morton in every way possible
in Morton's effort to assist the Union.
He created disaffection among the people |
of Indiana, and spread wide disloyal aad
sentiments. He sought to !
organize band to turn Indiana into the |
hands of the South and release the rebel |
prisoners at Chicago. He counseled the
Legislature to refuse all appropriations !
to sustain the State in its loyalty, max
ing it necessary for Governor Morton to
borrow money from the Government and
pledged the State for its payment, pre-.
that payment on the contingen-
cy Of the election of loyal Legislature.
Soldiers of Ohio! can you brook this in
suit to your intelligence, your patriotism
and your honor?
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
Lo, the Mountain Labored and
Brought Forth--What? WhoP
GreelyP Oh, No!

Huckin's grand Battalion of LIGHT Artil.
lery. Well, well, 1t was so far-fetched. So
wanting in point OF fact or substance. Saw.
oring SO strong Of being work-spite work,
prejudice, overdrawu conclusions SO foreign
to any campaign work that 1 shall not now,
or at any future time. stoop to reply to such
q congiomerate botch OF trash even II 1t Is
ground out In an insurance Office and on
Sunday. D. L. WADSWORTH.
Not President of apy Club,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

The decease OF Rev. ]. P. Thomson,
an eminent scholar, the oldest men,
ber Of the American Colony at
Berlin. Q graduate of Yale, and for
&c years the honored pastor Of the
Broadway Tabernacle, New York, is a
fresh instance of Q pure and sensitive
soul and overworked body being crushed
and hurried to an untimely death by
scandal, for which there was not the
slightest excuse. Such fate may over
take anyone, however upright or inno-
cent, 30 malicious and remorseless il the
tongue of slsnder. In no other form Of
wickedness does the human heart so
prove its vileness and deprsvity. Hor-
ace Greeley, one of the best, most useful
men America has produced, was stung to
death by contumely and detraction.
Theee deadly vipers invade the pulpit to,
and Beecher, Newman Hall and scores
of Lesser lights have felt their deadly
fangs. Slander il the last desperate re-
sort Of the envious and the low. One
only needs to be prominent or superior.
and give no other cause, to become the
target of cslumnistors, since it il one of
the tendencies of an inferior nature to
"hate that excellence It cannot reach"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

Archbishop Purcell and Father
Kreusch, priest Of Wheeling, Va, are
prominent and fresh examples of cleri-
cal banking in the Catholic Church.
Priestly defaulters, whether it be for
$15 or CSC, 900, should be held to As
strict an account as though they were
unregeneraie worldlings.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

Scribner's Monthly for October has its
usual complement o: choice reading, and
with this number ends the remarkable
story of "Haworth's." Mrs. Burnett,
q young Englishwoman, wife OF an
intelligent occulist at Knoxville, Tenn,
has in this, her second novel, as we'll as
in short stories, shown q degree Of dra-
matte skill and power that places her at
the front among living writer's Of fiction.
The humor with which she sketches the
Briarley family and the bold strokes
which show all the rugged outlines Of
Jem Haworth is in sharp contrast with
the tender pathos and delicate touches
that give Us in her sweet simplicity, Ha-
worth's mother. and the beautiful Chris
tian. Rachel French is not an uncommon
type of fair women. but this one is fresh
ly treated and new among the crude but
attractive originals of Mrs. Burnett's
women.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

We love peace rs we abhor pusilani
nifty; but not peace at any price.
There is peace more destructive of the
manhood Of living msn than war is des-
tructive of his material body. Chains
are worse than bayonets.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-10-30
THE MACKNY.

A very plsintive tale In the matter Of
the tail End Of q mining pool 10 related
by the San Francisco Chronicle Of octo-
Der 28th. ss follows:
Abou, forty ~iugubrious members Of the
Nackay Mining Company pool. which was
formed In December last and which was 10
sndow every participant with . frst-clsss
Golcouda IN his own right on an invest.
ment Of . few dollars. met Ut No. 500
Montgomery street last evening 10 devise
some means Of winning back the bread
cast reekl,ssly upon the waters OF specula-
ton and which how no signs oil return.
ing Altar many days. F. p. Hepnessy was
sleetd President CT the meeting. aud s. j.
Ras,tts, Secretary. N. II. McDsrmott
made public the cause Of grievance BY
stating that LOG parties had gone into the
pool, putting into the hands Of J. L. Hus-
tey some Is, 00O shares. each Of which WAS
worth thirty cents in the market at the
time. Hussey had made golden promises,
and the investors were to receive both
cash dividends and stock a. their return,
she stock being sure TO rise to $40. $40 or
$50.
Bot they didn't. There is Q mining
racket located out In ~cOrnucopia which
numerous Gold Killers feel very sore
cared over. It cost them something to
learn that there 10 o certain set Of i'm.
hscils old pills in San Francisco who
fancy they can control some petty lar.
csny ragged edge Of the stock market.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-10-30
BODlE.

The Bodis Standard OF the 9th in
slant prints q lengthy historical sketch
relating to the discovery and pioneer
times OF tina, district. concluding apPro.
priately with an item descriptive OF the
recent opening and Identification OF the
grave Of W. s. Bodie. the original dis
cover.r Of the district. Tho name 10
spell. "Bodis." and BODY" and the
historian should DO able to give the
proper spelling. He certainly was born
somewhere. aud has relatives who ought
to know the legitimate spelling OF his
family name. Bodis or not Bodie Is
the question. Following is the item
relative to the opening OF the grave
and Identification Of the remains OF the
old prospector:
This Monday morning . party Of gentle
men, consisting OF Hon. +. X. Bechtel,
Hon. Joseph WATSON. Vim. Irwin, II. B.
Davidson, Sheriff. elect James Showers,
George ellison. ]. G. Turner. Colonel 8.
w. Blssdel. Warren Loose. Sam Martin,
J.. T. Baker Of the .Wor~iag N.ses. E. r.
cleveland OF the Free Prsss, and Q repre-
sentative Of the Standard, rent ont to the
half opened grave. The party took turns
In shoveling out the dirt, and soon bad the
entire skeleton exposed. The skull was
we'll preserved. tho teeth being In . per-
feet state Of preservation. About the
waist was found Q belt with . leather scab-
bard and knife attached. When this relic
vas found Warren Loose was digging and
exclaimed: There's his knife; I've
heard Brodisan say he always wore It."
The hilt Of the knife 10 marked with . me-
dalliun Of . woman's head OF one sids and
q lion on the other. The scabbard 10 evil
IDENTIFY Q home made AFFAIR. fastened with
bullet rivwts. The remains were brought
down town and left at Dr.. Davidson's OF.
Ace, together with the other relics. Brod.
igan saw Body . day or two before his
death, and will probably be able to idsn.
tiy the knife aud other effects.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-10-30

Grants continuous round OF recsp.
tons and o~vations throughout the Pa.
clio Coast have induced more amateur
speeches than ever known before. and
some Of them must have sounded q little
odd to even the plain soldier and citi'
zen, as for instance that Of Mayor
Young. which, although q good one
we'll delivered. welcomed Grant to Vir'
gipis City when 1t wasn't Virginia City
at all. but Gold Hill, where the rsoep.
ton and welcoming was done. The mis-
take was natural enough. and does not
detract in the least from the merits Of
Mayor Young. OF whom we agree With
the Enterprise in saying that throughout
the reception and visit Of General Grant
to the Comstock he acted the part Of .
clsar.hesded. courteous and modest gen.
tlemsn 10 admirably - to win universal
praise. He isa good Mayor. and what
Is infinitely better. Q A~rst.elass. sterling
man.