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

nous sheet. grossly and slanderously
misrepresenting the facts regarding Mr..
Horr's connection with the Miner, Park.
er & Co. failure. We grant that. many
Of the innocent losers by that failure by
reason of misunderstanding and misrep-
resentation OF the facts concerning that
case, honestly suppose they have suffered
by Mr.. Horr's connection with
il, but we assert most positively and un-
Qualiiedly that no man. Republican or
Democrat who knows the whole truth,
but knows that in his article in our last
issue he stated the truth and moth
ing but the truth.
If there are those who honestly think
they were defrsuded by Mr.. Horr's man
agement Of that matter, and are not 30
blinded by prejudice or partisan feelings
that they have no desire to learn the
truth and have what appears to them
crookedness, exp aimed, we invite them
to seek private interview with him and
II he does not make his innocence Of any
injustice In that transaction appear to
their satisfaction, then we will surrend-
er the whole case.
II q candidate is dishonest and un.
worthy of the confidence of the public,
IL is q duty to expose him and the most
thorough exhibition of his character
should be made, but in this case there
was no sort of excuse for such an attack,
either anonymously or otherwise, and no
honorable man or set of men would re.
sort to such concealmentlf they we're not
conscious they were making q cowsrdly
and uncalled for attack. Nor could
they have procured its publication in
any office in this county, except the one
noted as the most intensely partisan and
unfair in its political statements of any
sheet in all this region.
That grestlegsll light of the Democrat.
ic party, residing at the hub, knew when
he penned those apparently damaging
statements with such q show of sincerity
and candor. with such q sly, insinusting
manner, as much as to say, "Now we
have got yo1 in q tight place." that he
was falsifying the record, distorting the
facts and slandering an innocent man.
Our Democratic candidate disclaims
all responsibility for the publication
Of the anonymous charges in question.
had no knowledge Of it till after it's ap-
pearance in print, that he did not say
thst he and three others we're concerned
IN getting it up, but that only four per-
sons knew its authorship and he was one
of the four. He knew, because he had
been told after 1t was in print, not be-
cause he was party to its conception Or
origin.
Granting that this statement is true,
he became an accessory after its publica.
iion by circulating 1t broadcast and seek.
ing to convince the public of its truth, and
is no less guilty than If he had been one
of the original authors. He says now he
G-h
out on this line. He endorses the circu-
lar and in addition makes further state
ments with such a show of confidence as
TO give plausibility to them. Do not be
deceived. The things, he says, a part
ner Of the firm of Miner, Parker & Co.,
will swear to, are just as false as the
others. That partner will not swear to
them. That partner knows they are not
true, and he has already an oath on rec.
ord directly contrary.
1t is putting it mildly tn say that this
whole scheme was conceived In sin. 1t
is any ything to beat. Our friends for
got they lived In glass houses, that they
should themselves be pure before they
begin to throw stones, that thOse who
attack must expect to meet resistance,
and that social and moral ulcers thct
might not disqualify a man for the dis
charge OF political duties are likely to
be uncovered In self-defense. In con-
Mr. Horr's, character will not
suffer by any comparison with his CON-
petitor. You can save nothing to pO-
litical virtue by voting the Democratic
ticket. This superior purity, this ex-
alred morality, this apparent hatred Of
and corruption IS all pOli.i-
cal buncombe. Those charges are false.
Mr.. Wadsworth knows they ae false,
and so does every man who knows
enough of the matter to tc entitled to
an opinion. He also knows that he has
no political or moral virtues that entitle
him to claim superiority over the Re-
lublican nominee, and this whole
with few and unimpOrtanI
will bear witness 10 the
truth of this statement.