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THE TARIFF.

The whig stumpers in this region of country
contend that the consumers of foreign goods do
not pay the duty, but that it comes off of the
foreign manufacturer. Well, gentlemen, If this
be true, you certainly can have no objection to the
annexation of Texas on account of her debt;
because ii the importers, or British manufacturers
pay the duty on foreign importations, they would
undoubtedly have to pay the debt of Texas, if
this government assumed it. We pay nothing
into the national treasury by direct taxation;-
consequently, if whig arguments are true, the
war of the Revolution and the late war cost the
people of the United States nothing. All this talk
of the wings about the debt of Texas being one
hundred millions of dollars, and that therefore
Texas should not be annexed is mere fummery.
What difference could it make to the people of
this country if the debt OF Texas were hundred
millions of dollars, provided the duty on foreign
importations, by which it would be paid, was paid
by the foreign manufacturer? Not any. This
at once shows that the wings are nsincere when
they say that the consumer does not pay the duty
Again: 1t is asserted by the wings, but without
any foundation in fact, that high tariff does not
Increase the prices of home products and manu-
factures, but, the contrary, reduces the prices.
Now, if this were true, why do our manufacturers
seek protection by high tariff? Are they such
idiots as to 60 for measure that has tendency to
lower the price of their products' If high tariff
reduces the price Of our home products, why is II
that tariff increases the price of wool! If the
whIg argument is true, the wool growers should,
to further their interests, oppose tariff on wool
Again: If the duty on foreign lmportations is
paid by the importer, what profit do the importers
OF sugar realize' Our readers are aware that the
duty on sugar is two and half cents pound.
One half of the sugar consumed in the United
States Is imported. Sugar can be bought in New
Orleans for five cents per pound; one half of that
price is duty, if it is foreign sugar The conse-
quence is, that the importer if, as the whiys saw
he pays the duty, would get nothing for his sugar
For it would take his whole ship load to pay the
duty, besides losing the cost of transpor-
tation; keeping IN view the fact that he must not
sell it in this country for more than l.2 cents per
pound.
Are not these facts enough to satisfy our readers
that the wings are nsincere when they saw that
the importer or foreign manufacturer pays the dutv
and that high tariff lowers the price of our home
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-10-04

A SHORT CONFAB BETWEEN A DEM.
OCRAT AND A COON CANDIDATE
FOR CONGRESS.
Democrat What are Henry CIay's present
views about $3.50, 900 900 Monster Bank; he still
goes for that suppose'
Coon-Henry Clay is for high protective Ia.
riff
Dem.-How do you understand his late speech
in favor of Bank?
Coon-I understand him to be for high protec.
tive Tariff.
Dem'-is he in favor of tearing the Constitution
TO pieces, and destroying the Veto power!
Coon-Somewhat SO, but more particularly for
Tariff
Dem.-He goes for passing another bankrupt
law. Isuppose'
coon-i teyou again he goes altogether for
Tariff
Dem.-I don't believe you know what CLAY is
for.
RIFF.
Before the Democrat had time to ask another
question, the coon candidate for Congress sneaked
OIL, swearingvengeance at the Democrat for talk. =
ing about any thing else than tariff, coonskips.
hard cider and log cabins
d
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-10-04

ECONOMY.-M. Say. the celebrated French
writer on political economy, has the following
story:
"Being in the country, had an example of one
of those small losses which family is exposed to
through negligence. From the want of latch of
small value, the wicket of barn yard docking
to the fields) was left open; every one who went
through drew the door to, but having no means to
fasten it, it reopened. One day fine pig got out
and ran into the wood, and Immediately all the
world was after it. the gardener, the cook, diary
maid, all ran to recover the swine. The gardener
got sight of him first, and jumping over a ditch to
stop him, he sprained his ancle, and was confined
fortnight to the house. The cook, on her return,
found all the linen she had left to dry by the fire
burned; and the dairy maid, having ran off before
she tied the cows, one OF thom broke the leg of a
colt in the stable. The gardeners lost time vas
worth twenty crowns, valuing his pain at nothing;
the linen burned, and the colt spoiled were worth
as much more. Here Is loss of forty crowns.
and much pain and trouble, vexation and incon-
venience for the want of latch which would have
cost three pence; and this loss, through careless
neglect, falls family little able to support il"
Democrats recollect Tuesday the 9th inst is cleo
ts2nI H.. r. IT.
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"The desperation evinced by Mr.. Clay in under
taking to deny his own words, is sure sign that
The clouds of disaster and defeat are setting down
In thick gloom about him. He even labors to dis
avow the bankrupt law-that law which his vote
assisted to pass, and which his vote preserved from
rePeal;-that law which he was virtually instructed
to vote for the repeal of, and to which, as link in
the great chain ofw whig measures, he did not hes.
tate to contemn the will of the people, And he
gravely assures US that now, when it has perform.
ed Its office, in setting free from their creditors
thousands of dishonest spendthrifts and brawling
partzans' he should be opposed to its revival! No
doubt, for its york is done,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-10-04
A NEW IEDA.

We have frequently heard of late of certain
coon gentleman, who, when he is going to make
political speech, gives out word that he is going
to visit sick patient His object in doing this is
to prevent any one from following him. But the
idea is good one; for the whig party are undoubt
edly sick, and need some quack nostrum to raise
their dropping spirits.
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BeWare Of Frauds!

Democrats, e.camine accH your tickets.
The "indcpcndenr caucus WIG candi-
date. .for Congress, has his name printed
IN Tile democratic ticket, headed wiA the
name IF David Tod. We sag, there
fore, be,oare Of FRAUD! and examine
nell your tickets before voting.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-10-04
From the Ohio Statesman.

BASE AND INFAMOUS FORGERY.
The Albany Evening Journal, the coon organ
in New York, published, short time since, an
extract which purported to be taken from "Roor-
backs tour through the western and southerns tates
in 1885," which gave an account of meeting with
band of slaves marching to Louisiana, and
and which charged that portion of them were
branded with the initials 81 X. p" to show that
they belonged to James X. Polk, the democratic
candidate for President. The Albany Argus thus
dsposes of this base and Infamous forgery:
"We doubted the genuineness of the extract.
We doubted the existence of such tourist as Mr..
Roorback; and we yesterday called upon the E.
Journal to tell who he was, where his book was
to be had, and requesting the favor of loan of
its copy. But the Euening Journal had no reply
to make-it ,cas dumb. The secret OF its silence
we have fortunately the means of solving, and if
the conductor of that sheet is capable Of it, his
cheek will tingle with the blush of shame, under
the exposure we are about to make
"As we suspected, "Roorbdck" is a fictitious
name No such man ever travelled or wrote a
book about this country. 1t is'a disguise assumed
to cloak the real author of as gross calumny upon
the country and one of its public men, and as bold
and disgraceful forgery as was ever perpetrated.
The pretended extract from R0orback's tour in
thirty sir, when James X. Polk was speaker Of
the House of Representatives, is in fact, partly a
garbled extract .from FeatherstOnhaugh's tour
in thirty tour, when John Bell was Speaker, and,
in part, an out and out manu- factuye of The EUen-
ing Journal Mr.. Featherstonhaugh makes no
mention Of Speaker Polk, for the reason that
when he wrote, governor Polk was not Speaker.
To make the extract suit the purpose, the Evening
Journal dates Mr.. F.'s tour two years ahead when
Governor Polk was Speaker. Mr. Featherston-
haugh says nothing about brands or the initials
J. X. P. on the backs of his slave party. The
Ecening Journal supplies that omission Indeed
the whole of the extract which has any applicable
ity to Speaker Polk, and the part displayed in
capitals as the important part of it, is WHOLLY A
FABRICATION OF THE EVENING JOURNAL, made
out Of Uh0ie cloth Mr.. Featherstonhaugh laid
the scene of his story at .NeU River; the Epeniag
Journal, in order TO bring the matter nearer Gov
Polk's door, changes the renue to Duck River.
"That the public may see how much of this
extract is Mr.. Featherstonhaugh's, and how much
of il is "Roor6ach's," or the Evenng Journals,
we place side by side, below, the genuine extract
from Mr.. Fealherstonhaugh's tour, and the Eve-
ming Journals pretended extract from "Roor-
back's.''
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-10-04

THE FORGERY.
From tile albany Euen-
ing Journal.
J. X. PoLK's SLAVES
SOLD AND DRIVEN IN
MANACLEs. The fol-
lowing is ar extract from
"Roorback's tour thro'
the western and southern
States in 1886"
"Just as we reached
the Duck Riuer, in the
early grey of morning,
we came up with a sim
gular spectacle, the most
striking one of the kind
| have ever witnessed.
1t was a camp of negro
slave drivers, Just pack
ing up to start. They
had about three hundred
slaves with them, who
had bivouacked the pre-
ceding night m chains
in the woods; these they
were conducting to Nat
chez, on the Mississippi
river, to work upon the
sugar plantations IN Lou
isiana. 1t resembled one
of the coflles of slaves
spoken of by Mungo
Park, except that they
had a caravan of nine
wagons and single horse
carriages for the purpose
of conducting the white
people and any of the
blacks that should fall
lame, to which they were
now putting their horses
to pursue their march.
The female slaves were,
some of them, sitting on
logs of wood, whilst
others were standing, g.
a great many little black
children were warming
themselves by the fire OF
the bivouac. In front Of
them all, and prepared
for the march, stood in
double file about two
hundred male slaves,
mandcled and chained toI
each other. / have new
er seen so revolving a
sight before! Black men
in fetters, torn from the
lands where they were
born, from the ties they
had fotmed, and fIom the
comparatively easy con-
dition which agricultural
labor affords, and driven
by white men with llber-
ty and equality in their
mouths to a distant and
unhealthy country, to
perish in the sugar mills
Of Louisiana, where the
duration OF life for a
sugar mill slave does not
exceed seven years. -
FORTY THREE OF
THESE UNFORTU-
NATE BEINGS HAD
BEEN PURCHASED,
WAS INFORMED,
)F THE HON. ]. K.
POLK, THE PRES
ENT SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE OF RE-
pRESENTATIV ES Ill
THE MARK OF THE
3RANDIN G. IRO M
WITH THE INIT.
AIS OF HIS NAME
On THEIR SHOUL-
DERS DISTINGUISH
, d THEM FROM
THE REST" J
at certainly gives US
such shameful frauds ae
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-10-04
ECTORAL TIC KET.
SENATORIAL.
JOSEPH H. LARwILL, of Wayne,
DowTY UTTER, of Clermont.


SENATORIAL.
JOSEPH HI. LARwILL, of Wayne,
DowTY UTTER, of Clermont.
CONGRESSIONAL.
1a District CLAYTON WEBB, of Hamilton,
I'd d" JAMES M. DORSEY, of Darke,
Sd R. d. FoRsMAN, of Green,
4th /" JUDGE JOHN TAYLOR of Champaign
9Th =" DAVID HIG GINS, of Lucas,
9th b" GILBERT BEACH, of Wood,
9TH JOHN ID. WHITE, of Brown,
Sth THOMAS MEGRADY, of Ross,
9th 4" VALENTINE KEFFER, of Pickaway
10th JAMES PARKER, of Licking,
IIth ,GRENvILLE p. CHERRY, ofMaron
18th GEORGE CoRwINE, ofScioto,
18th CAUTIOUS C. CovEY, of Morgan,
l4th ISAAC M. LANNING, of Guernsey,
18th WALTER JAMESON, of Harrison,
10th SEBASTIAN BRAINARD, of Tusca's
18th JAMES FORBES, ST. of Carroll,
18th NEAL Mccoy, of Wayne,
10Th " Milo STONE, of Summit,
goth BENJAMIN ADAMS, of Lake,
2lst STEPHEN N. SARGENT, ofMedina
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-10-04
THE ORIGINAL.
From Feih9stOnhangh'!
Excursion.

"Just as we reached
the NctD RiUer, in the
early grey of morning,
we came up with a sin
gular spectacle, the most
striking one of the kind
| have ever witnessed.
1t was a camp of negro
slave drivers just pack
ing up to start. They
had about three hundred
slaves with them, who
had bivouacked the pre-
ceding night IN chains
in the woods; these they
were conducting to Nat
chez, on the Mississ ippi
river to work upon the
sugar plantations in Lou
isiana. 1t resembled one
of those coilles of slaves
spoken Of by Mungo
Park, except that they
had a caravan Of nine
wagons and single horse
carriages, for the purpose
Of conducting the>white
people and any of the
blacks that should fall
lame, to which they were
now putting their horses
to pursue their march.
The female slaves were,
some of them, sitting on
logs of wood, whilst
others were standing, &
a great many little black
children were warming
themselves at the fires of
the bivouac. In front of
them all, and prepared
for the march, stood, in
double files, about two
hundred male slaves,
mandcied and chained TO
each other. | had nev-
er seen SO revolving a
sight before! Black men
in fetters, torn from the
lands where they were
born, from the ties they
had formed and from the
comparatively easy con-
dition which agricultural
labor affords, and driven
by white men with liber.
ty and equality in their
mouths to a distant and
unhealthy country, to
perish in the sugar mills
of Louisiana, where the
duration of life for a
sugar mill slave, does not
exceed seven years. III
To- make this spectacle
still more disgusting and
hideous, some of the
principal white slave dri-
vers, who were tolerably |
well dressed, and had
broad brimmed ub;to |
hats on, ,cith black Grape |
round them, were stand
ing near, laughing and
smoking cigars"
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FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO,
DAVID TOD, Of Trumbull County
FOR CONGRESS
JOSEPH MORRIS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
EDWARD ARCHBOLD.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR,
JOHN M. KIRKBRIDE.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JOHN CLINE.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR,
JOHN b. NOLL.
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Then on this!

I" Agriculture wants
but little or no protection
against the regulations of
foreign powers. The ad-
,vantages of our position,
and the cleapness, abun-
dance and fertility of our
land, afford TO that great
est interest of the State
almost all the protection
it wants. y = The
abundance of capital, in
dieated by the avidity
with which loans are
sought at the reduced
rate of five per centum;
The reduction ofMe soa-
ges Of labor, and the de-
cline in Meprice Of prop
erty oferery kind,as well
as that of agricultural
produce; all concur favor
ably for domestic manu-
:actures." y Greeley and
McElrqth's Life & Spec
chea. YnI i nnnr Ihh-
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! 3 e 9 9 9 g 3
THAT FORGERY.

The most barefaced forgery that we have yet
seen perpetrated, is that now going the rounds Of
the whig papers. 1t was, we believe, first pub
lished in the Albany Epening Journal, the coon
organ Of New York. This vile slander has been
propagated in this county. We therefore conceive
ito be our duty to publish the following refuation
of the Albany Argus, which we copy from the
Ohio Statesman.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-10-04
FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO,

DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. -ELEC-
TION, TUESDAY, OCTOBER STH.
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MIR. CkAY's L.aTEST.

M. Clay has written letter to a Gen. r. l..
Caruthers Of Missouri in which he says, he s'con-
sders that the American people have expressed
deeided disapprObatiOn of the late bankrupt law"
Now that is just exactly what we think. But we
have another thought on this subject, and that is,
that the people, in November, will express as "de-
cided dIsapprobation" of the friend and supporter
of that Infamous law. 1t would have been well
for Mr.. Clay had he found out the opinion of the
people little sooner. His constituents told him
to vote against it--but no, he would take his own
course, regardless of the wishes of the people, Had
he voted the will of the people of Kentucky, his
SINGLE vote would have prevented the bank
rupt law from going into effect.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, speaking ofthis LATE
letter of Mr.. Clay, says:
"We have before us the Life and Speeches of
Henry Clay, by Greedy and McErath, of the -Tri-
bune concern, New York They are ardent Clay
men, and the book has been got up for the benefit
Of Clay in the campaign We shall put some ex-
tracts from this letter and this Clay Life and Spec
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-10-04

Look on this Picture!
"Nothing can be more
unfounded than the asser-
ton that | am unfriendly
to the protection Of agfi-
culture. . The
substance of what I have
said, and which is to be
found in my published
speeches, is that agricul.
ture in the United States,
owing to our distance
from all European coun-
tries, needs but iutie d.
rect protection. Letter.
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SCHOOL CONVENTION.
There will be convention of the school direc-
tors of Monroe county, at Woodsfeld, on Saur-
day. the 18th inst. 1t is desirable that there be a
good turn out.
Oct 4, 1874.
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Run TO your dinner, run to your work, run after
knowledge, but never run in debt
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Democrats recollect Tuesday the 9th inst is cleo
ton day Shout for "Tod and Victory"
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"it certainly gives us no pleasure 10 expose
such shameful frauds as these to the indignant
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CALL! GALE!
At Wirl's New and Cheap Store, i you

At Urts .Nem and Cheap Store, j you
rant cheap goods.
The Subscriber has Just returned fom the city
of Philadelphia, with a large and splendid as
sortment Of Springs Summer Goods OF every
description; & will offer them to his friends and
the public, as low as they &C n be purchased at
retail in either Of the cities, Philadelphia or Bal
tImore and those that wan: to make their Spring
and Summer purchases will find it to their ad-
vantage to call and examine for themselves be-
fore buying elsewhere. His stock consists
Cloths ofvarious colors, from 50, 80 to 1925,
Cassmercs, SatLinctts single mill Casslmcres
beautiful goods ofth latest and most fashion,
able style, Summer Cloths, Alerno Cassimess,
Gambroons, fancy Linen Drillings for panta
looms, Irish Linen, Grass Cloth, Nankeen, and
common goods, of every desert ption.
Also general assortment otsilks, lawns chntzes
ring hams, mouslindelanes and calicoes from
IA to % cents; also variety Of fancy goods,
for ladies, blcachcd and Unbleachod muslins,
from Id to IL cts, Tow Linens, with Il large
assortment of Boots and Shoes, Woman's cato
morocco and Kid slippers from 81 l-2 cents to
81, for the best and latest style, Mems long and
lace Boots, Shoes and pumps; children's boots
and shoes n large assortment Of hats, from 81
cts. to S. Nntre beaver Hats Of the most fash
sionable style of Philadelphia, warranted to keep
heir shape aud color.
Glass, Lircrpool, QuccnSwcrC, and
EarthPn-1rdre.
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Auction Store!

SnFiiE subscriber announces to his
NJ friends and the public generally, that
he has obtained a license for carrying, on
The Auction and Agency Business, at the
corner ofNorth and Church streets, in the
store room formerly occupied by G. r..
Howard, Esq, where he will be clad TO
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Persons from the country having pro-
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