The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-12-18

Slanders of Monroe County ard its
People by an irresponsible News.
paper Correspondent.
Mr. EDITOR: 1t is matter of sur.
prise why the following article should
have been sent to me marked. 1t ap.
pears in paper called The Daily Guern.
seq Times and professedlv edited and
published bv one DAVID D. TAYLOR -
Who DAVID D TAYLOR ia, do not Ger
tainly know. neither do | want to know.
Who sent the marked copy of the Times
to me is a matter of very great indiffer-
ence-ti.at is, if it was r publican who
lid it. II Democrat sent it. I suppose
he wished ne to see the depths OF inta-
nv the writer could descend.
The article from beginning 10 end. is
simi lv The rawlings Of amaniac, crank,
or fool. 1t is all-except he'e and
there grain Of truth "a tissue ot lies,
and re fleets no credit upon the writer,
nor npon anv one who gives it currency.
If the author was Captain during
the late unpleassutness, | am sure, al
most, tha. he would have hur,i iedly got
out of the service, and got into the suit
Ter business. or engage in selling the sol
diers worthless clothing, and worthless
boots and shoes.
He may think that subscribing him
self "Tourgee,' is a good passport
Not much The. ssTonrgee' tribe were
usually known as Suffers, Provost Mar
shals. or Newspaper correspondents -
They were scarcely ever where anybody
was to shoot, or be shot at.
NV. Mr. E ;itor, il you have anv
uery small type, l believe would advise
you to give "Tourgee's" article to your
readers in full, then he cannot complain.
DEMOCRACY AND THE NEG Ro-THE BELLAIRE
DEMOCRAT sMITTEN BETWEEN THE EYES
sHoULDER-BI.ow AT THE JEFFERsoNIAN.
EDITOR TIMps: The editors of the Bellaire
Democrat and Guernsey Jefsrsonian are so
continuously and so boastfully referring to the
rock-ribbed Democracy of Monroe County that
I am tempted to remind them of few thing,
that happened few years ago, which are still
fresh in the minds of many of the natives.
A certain man still lives who was captain
in the Union army. His home was in Monroe
Coanty He left his home and was at the front
fighting the battles of the Union Near An
tietam there came t. him one of the finest
specimens Of manhood he ever saw. Il poor me-
gro slavc-a man who was kind true, honest
and noble--a man who WAS patriotic and brave.
The captain was ont with his company on the
field OF battle, bullets were flying thick and
fast. and the roar of artillery was deafening.
and the flashing cannon. bursting shell and
whistling mimic bslls were enough to make the
bravest heart quake. He looked around and
there was his brave companion, John nntsrri-
fled by the scene of battle "Why are you
here, my brave fellow" said the captain; you
hare no arms or ammunition with which to
fight. There is no use Of exposing yourself
for nothing. You had better 20 back to the
rear" And the true.hearted fellow looked up
into the captains fscs and said, Use got a
eantecn full of water here under my cott Per-
haps massa may get killed or wounded and
was overcome. He had not thought of thit
and such thoughsfnlness ou the part of this
poor, honest slave deserved the highest com.
IL 1f Ill sak,o IA
solved 10 do the best for John. and that the
very frst opportunity he got be would put him
into good home in somo fres Stite.
After time he came home to visit his IA
.her, near the county-seat of Monroe County.
and he brought john with him. John remain.
ed there with thu old gentleman to help him
farm He was an order.y. honest, industrious.
kind.hearted negro, who was attending to his
own business, and to his great surprise dele.
CATION of near fifty of Monroe's ancient
Democrats (traitorous, cowatdly-hearted reb-
eIsl. most Of them under the influence OF
whisky aud all of them under the devil, waited
on him after the fashi n of the ku-kluk-klan of
Virginia and Mississippi. and informed him if
he did not disappear within a specified time
they would hang him. Poor innocent John
fed over into Belmont County. and there, when
the first opportunity presented itself, he volun-
teered to fight the battles of the Union, while
many Of that same gang of cowardly-Eearted
traitors to escape the d-aft were fleeing to Can
ada; yea, at the very time this dark-skinned
patriot was on his way to the scenes of conflict
1t was the proud boast of the ancient De-
rnocracy of Monroe County, which these edi-
tors love so dearly. .,that no niggers should ever
settle among them. To inculcate this spirit
into the younger generation was the great aim
of the leaders Of the party. An old negro had
returned to take mp his abode not far from the
present village of Cameron then called "Jim
Town. 1t was not long. however, before he
died and was given Christian burial in a
beautiful cemetery in the neighborhood. The
moss-backed Democracy was incensed at this
It was an insult to all decencv. "If We will
not tolerate the Niger among rs when alive
land Monroe County is committed to that
neither will VIZ let him lie with US in the city
of the dead. That darkey must come out Of
that graveyard" And away went squad oil
Jacksonian Democrats to dig out the corpse
It had been there some months. perhaps, aud
the flesh was nearly consumed. But mp they
took the coffin and bore it TO the brow of bill
aud shot it down more than sixty feet into the
road Internal fsndsl Let their names and
memories be forever covered with shamel Yea
let them rot while the earth endures! Of course
this broke the coffin. and out tambled ths
bones.and they were strewn along the road and
lay there until q neighbor from beyond the
creek came along and gathered up the skeleton
and fragments and took them to his own farm
and inferred them. There are men yet alive
who saw these fragments and can testify to the
truth of this story.
This is the spirit msnifcsted by the banner
county of the Democracy which these editer
are 30 fond Of p,rading before the public B,
the way, tho intimidations in some of the reeen
elections remind one of these palmy days o
Monroe Democracy; and these very editors ar'
consctenceless and dsprdoed enough to commend
Democracy has the trszenness to sidle up Il
the oolored people and profess to be thei
friend. These editors are always doing it. anc
then with baundless audscity they proceed t.
commend Monroe Democracy. 1t is said tina
the devil il brazen enough to rebuke sin. but
surely the Democratic editors who eng ,ge in
this kind CT talk far outstrip him.
TouRaEE.
The whole of the Cameron affair, al
I understand 1t, was simply: An ole
colorod man-some 10 years old-dief
at the house of Mr.. w. F. RooTH.
democrat of Clarlngton. The old mor
had two sons owning some eighty acres
OF land in the vicinity Of Cameron.