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ltlt;ulclt;tcwnIfi!VanClt;bx!wriisI.aMFor broacn cnffrawtory, cool im-! pudonoo, persistant falsification, and tli dfpruvod journalism, the artlcfo, In To • lust week's // raU, rcduitvoio tlio «wr- \ ul vko ot lion. Jutnea M. Gaylord, in tli rnismg recruits for ilto Into war, ranks a ili*4t end foremost amongst tho hoil oflt; W a slinitar kind,to which tllaC'pel lamb tc of “loyalty, R, C. Hrown, Kuq,, bus treated tlic people of Morgan County.Wo had not conceived it possible lor any one, who is ut ull acquainted with ** the histnry ol tho raining and organ ix* Ingot the several companies of volunteers wMch Morgan County seel to 3 tho war, t6 hnvo altered such bare* laced falsifies liotm hi tho face of tho univcrflally known facts, How ono couhldo so, an I cxjaM 1to retain even a qucelioliabla reputation for veracity, is beyond our ken. But, we will notice fcoino ol tho statement* of tho arlt* tie. It says:*‘lIo tmcnmng Judge Gaylord) '•wr.s urged to attend a recruiting, meeting tii Vu» U township, a strong* , hold ol hf«* JWwOsrutle friend*, bat no 11 would not atiaml.Judge Guy lord, as the titiietis of York township will remoriibor, attended two recruiting meeting's in Yorktownship during flio wnr, uud made speeches for the purpose of raising Volunteers, Tho article alsosuya:‘ lie' (meaning Judgo Gaylord) “at* tended but one meeting called for the )uirposc»of raising Captain McCarty’s company. I l»m was at Rokchy, where he made a flaming abolition ^jiueclqon*Jj dortdng Abraham Lincoln and cvary ‘ net Congree* hud pursed with a view | uf Ktvpprcssifii' the Kebollion. This w#» u in tho kill ol '01, and *: complete was • tl the suminemt which J. M. mud* (In | this spocch) from old Calhoun drinoo nu j to Bhiqk Kepuhlicuukmi. thut his Democratic hetirer* become disgusted, I com ludud that he was :»ol honest, uud i J nut ono single rcciuit did Captain Me-1Jl Curly obtain at tin* meeting, uud this was the fli nt and last ctTjatgkwhich J Mmade to fr’.l Co. II.t INow how about this meeting a*. n. Kokeby and tlic ••flaming abolition I speech'/ Messrs. Sprague, McCarty, 1 \ Roberta and Giylord, went to Rokeby ! ^ to address u 4,\V*i Meeting” called lor x the purpose of • awing Cupt. McCarty's company. There were no hearers Assemld. I tu listen t j the speaker and to be induced to enlist. Consequently no meeting withheld, ttiid the “flaming I * abolition speech, endorsing A bra ban; Lincoln \Ye, was never delivered. ai.d i never has been to thin day. The* War Stumper*, Sprague, Gaylord A Co., | wore well and hospitably* entertained by Mr. Weaver, (mine Ilottof the inn,) n good Democrat; no charges were made, and the party wended their wayhomo the next morning.Now for the charge ilmtthin Bukoby ntlsiir win tho first and last effort which J. M made lu fill Co. K. One (*1*1 ho meeting's, mentioned above, or Judge Gaylord -»ir. York township was held for the par poM* ot filling Co. K., Cupt. McL'ui ty'a company’. Capt. A. Stewart, who now liven in Penn township, was tho recruiting t'flker, and will certify*lo the truth of this, judge I Gaylord, also, went with Chaplain ; | Stevenson, then Captain of Co. 13. 78th, ' (X V i.; Captain McCarty a company, to Uolncravilhi, and held a largo u\Yur Mealing ’ there in the day-time; and I1lliun at Secdeysvillc in tho evening —both for tho purpose of filling Co. H.1 r —Captain McCarty's company, Tor ' tho truth of tills Rov. Stevenson will certify if ne-Ohaurjr. At another time, * Judge Gaylord attended a very largo War Meeting, held at Triadelphia, idoso on the borders of Yora township, j“that Clionghokl of his Dimocrntio fYiends, for the purpose ol raising recruits for Co. II., Capt. McCarty's coinpnnr, in company with Rev. Sie. voiiHon, then Cupt. of *uid Co. B. Elder Miller, of the M. 11 Church,a und Col \\ U. I'ond were also in attendance atthis meeting.We have gone to some I Itlo trouble to collect and cite these facts, which completely show what amount of confidence the public should pi: co in the I ruth of tho charges or naertioiiB of the Editor of the Moryun lUrald. Had j, we tune and spuco to spare, and would such a iisoof‘spare time and space ho profitable, we could take up separately many more of tho item* in his article and plaoo them before tho public in the sumo iuvorablo(?)lig!n which the three iteinH wo have above quoted nro now | * gleaming in—the light uf tho basest | fi^lsohoods. Theartielo does containaouio truths, however; such :m iho 1 churgo that Ci ay lord lms voted lor all llio Demociulio candidates of Ins day. t Of this ho it* proud and tho majority of I iho people ot the North are prui.d with ! ‘ him. In closing wo would ask who is 1the “Hluiidoror and ' tradncer, Urown K or Gaylord ?var Go to 11. Tohtisun lor stoves and * tiii ware-—v2ao 5-lft* ‘ yni aiuUl\I'OI
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The Conservative
Mcconnelsville, Ohio, US
Thu, Feb 13, 1868
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