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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-10-02
The ApportiOnment.

Perhaps number OF our readers are not advi.
sed OF the fact that, at the next session Of the
Legislature of Ohio, the state is to be apportion.
ed into Legislative districts. This is very i'm
portant measure, and democrats, every where,
should arouse to sense of their duty. Every
voter should be at the polls on the second Tues.
day of this month, and cast their votes for the
candidates of that party which has always favored
the interests Of the aboring community.
We were forcibly impressed with the impor-
lance of this measure on peruslng an article from
che whig paper, in Carroll county, on this sub.
ject We extract from that article as follows:
"lf this measure is framed with a
view to exact justice. the people will
be fairly represented; but if it should
be framed, as frequently has been the
case, with view 10 proIong the ascen.
dency Of the party having an acciden.
tai majority in the Legislature al the
time of its passage; it at once ,hwarts
and stiles the voice of the people, as
expressed at the ballot box, and strikes
at the foundation of free government.
The people may express their appro.
baton or dIsapprobatlon of measures,
in the most decided and emphatic man.
ner, and yet the stale lie apportioned
in such a way MS to more than neutral.
ize their decision. Instances of this
kind, in Our state, are by no means
rare or uncommon.
Asa comment upon the above extract, we
quote again from the same article:
"At the annual election in l843, the
wings carried the House oi Represen.
iatives by majority Of six; the Loco
focos were, in measure, shorn of their
strength, ard the Appcrlionment Act
passed at the next session of the Leg
islature comported more with the prin.
ciples OF common justice. n n
The wings obtained the ascendency
in the Legislature at the first election
under il, and have maintained that as
tendency ever since.
"The vast importance of just and
fair Apportlonment Act will readily be
understood. Its consequences, for
good or for evil. are Of the first magni,
tude. If for evil, they strike at the
very root of free government; nay the
very existence Of free government it.
self. If for good, their beneficial effects
are shadowed forth in wholesome
legislation"
Now as specimen of whig "wholesome leg.
islation," we have only to cite our readers to one
or two acts Of that party. Some two or three
years since, whig legislature, contrary to the
will Of the people Of Athens county, and the will
Of their representative--contrary TO the will of
the people Of Morgan county and its representa-.
tive struck of ftom Athens county, o township
with . large whig majority. and attached it to
Morgan county; and this was done contrary 10
he Nilpf he citizens Of tho township 90 stricken
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-10-02

The Boston Courier pubIlsnes n letter
from Gen. Hamilton Howe, comnand-
ing the Isl division Of Massachusetts
militia, and one Of the leaders of ihe
whlg parry in that Stale, in reply 10 a
note lnvItiug him TO attend The funeral
oi The gallant Lincoln, who fell bravely
lighting the battles OF his country, at
Bnena Vista, in which he gives as
reason for not attending, lha, the 'caase
in Which he (Lincoln) fell is one which
ouShtto coor apith SHAME instead ofhon-
er, Dho are engaged tn H." He
then goes On 10 brand The war as in
famous, repeating The stale slang and
ialsehoo,s Of The Corwin school oi whig.
gerry, and winds up with the hope that
the "infamy Of Me voiaaiser corps Of
tLe army may be as lasiing as the cause
they haze expoussd."
such is the tenor oi this lnfamo GUS let-
ter, and yet Il j. but carrying out the,
doctrines o. Corwin and bis wing allies,
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70
survived. The father Of these brave
and d. ring young men was killed in the
Black Hawk war, pressing forward in
the thickest Of the fight. Their memo
ries sho uld b. cherished BY every good
and patriotic citizen, for the great sac
ri6ces they have made for the honor,
glory and advancement OF their beloved
country. Lieut.. McElvain was one Of
The most active in the two battles last
February, under Gen. Price, at and
near Taos; and for his valor and good
conduct, received the commentator
of his General and those Of his com.
manders who survived. He was close
by the lamented Capt. Burgwin, IN the
bloody attack at the church in Taos.
when he (Capt. b. received his death
wound.
Passing through so many scenes of
blood and carnage, in every instance
from the maraudIng parties of Mexi-
cans and Indians, it seems the more to
be regretted that he was not left to par.
take Of the fruits OF his valor in wider
field Of action.
SANTA Fe, July 99d, l847.
DEAR BRorHER: II have but a few
moments to write, and what do write
will be sad news to you and all Of our
relatives. Brother Joseph died on the
tenth Of July last of a wound received
in the left arm, while in pursuit Of a
band Of Navahaw Indians.
The Indians had come to Spanish
town near where he was stationed and
stole their stock, women, and children,
and the Spaniards came for help. Jo-
seph, with 35 dragnons. Immediately
started in pursuit. He followed them
several miles when he had occasion to
dismount for a moment or so and IN
the hurry OF re-mounling. his gun went
off and shot his arm off near the should,
er. lie was brought back to AIbuqner-
que. but the weather being so hot, it
was too late by the time he got back
for the doctor to do anything for hun
he was wounded on the 4ih, and died
on the 10Th inst. was MT with HIM.
having been ordered to Ben,'s Fort
with IA men, and did not get back IN.
I'll the 18th. have talked with several
officers that went to see him: they say
he was nwme of his danger. and was
perfectly reconciled to his fate. had
been with hum eight or ten days when
! arrived in this country, and parted
with him under a promise to 60 and
stay shor. time with him after had
returned from Bpn,'s Fort.
His death is Iamenled very much bv
the officers and troops, as he stood Ii2h
in their estimation as an officer, a brave
solder, "A generous and christian man.
Ia hIm the army has losta brave off.
Ger, and we generous, noble and kind
brother. We were some 400 miles
apar, when he died. No officer in the
army has performed harder or NOR.
service Than he has, and i,
is hearl.rending to think that he came
to his death in the way he has. after
escaping so many dangers as he has
gone through.
Write to sister and her husband and
tell them the sad news, for ! cannot.-
God only knows when | will get back,
if ever. as | calculate to renier what
aid can to my country until the war
closes. Your brother.
SAMUEL PURDY McELVAIN.
!. L., NcEl.yAIN,
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Declination.
Col. William S. Wilson
requests us to say that i'll
health induces him to decline
being a candidate for Sheriff.
Declination.

Od-we will explain to "Unity," the next time
we zee him, why his communication should not
be published He. we think. will agree with us
that i, is at this time impolilic and unjust to in
sert II. We feel confident that he will approve
our course after mature reflection.
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From the Ohio Statesman.
From Santa Fe-Death Of Lieut.,
Joseph McElvain Of the 1st

DragO0nS'
The .ulIo"ing letter brings the sad
news Of the death Of one OF the bravest
and most esteemed young men in the
dragoon service. His brother details
The melancholy tidings to his numerous
kinsmnn here in appropriate and touch
ing language. Young McEivain was
destined TO a higher sphere in the army,
and the honors Of his country, had he
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-10-02
The Tax Law.

The land in this county. under the new tax law.
is appraised at 81 1862 ,b64 and the amount OF tax
charged thereon, according to the tax duplicate,
for the year ls47, is Sl2,624,04,5
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-10-02
%,737,62,s
S4,sS6,42,2

Inc land tax for the year
1874 was only $7,737 ,62,3
Increase, S4,ss6,42,2
Here 1t is fellow.ctizens The tax on the
farms of Monroe county is increased FOUR
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY SIX DOLLARS. FORTY TWO
CENTS AND TWO MILLS!!! Such is the op
Grafton Of the tax law passed by Mr. Hunters
friends. Can you vote for Mr.. Hunter after such
an exhibit as this?
Again. The land tax for Monroe county, as
before stated, is Sl2.624,04,5
Fol- the year 1916, it was only s,332,44,s
Increase. 81 ,29O,6O
Increase in one year, FOUR THOUSAND
TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY DOLLARS
AND SIXTY CENTS!
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Keep it Before the PEOPLE,

That every vote given f,rMr. Hunter for State
Senator. is so much towards electing whig
United States Senator of the Tom Corwin school.
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considered in committee of the whole and after having
been explained were sevemy ordered to be engrossed
and were subsequently, read third time and passed
The bill to amend the act to authorize the Secretary of
State to qudate certain claims therein mentioned passed
April IS 1914.
The bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury,
with the appreciation of the Attorney General 10 pur-
chase for the United States the interest of Bale Peyon
in the of land upon which the light house stands al
the Southwest Pass, at the mouth of the Mississippi
river.
The bill for the relief of Jeanette c. Huntington, widow
and sole eyecutrix of VIM. d. Cheever, deceased
The bill for the relief of Thomas Brownell
The bill for the relief of Susan f. Gordon.
The bill for the relief of William G. Davis and Mary
Ann, his wife.
The bill for the relief of Hobson Johns
The bill for the relief of Samuel Bell native of the
Cherokee nation.
The bill to compromise the claims of the heirs or le
gal representatives of John Smith T, under Spanish
ter r. johnson against the United States s'''''
The bill for the relief Of the heirs Of John Paul Jones
The bill for the relief of Miedge Galphn, executor
OF the last will and testament of George Gaphn, de-
ceased.
The bill authorizing the payment of money 10
The bill for the relief of Charles M. Gibson
An act granting pension to Patrick Kelley
The bill for the relief of Elizabeth Pisole widow of
Chas. Pstoe, deceased.
The bill for the relief OF Richard Bloss and others
An act for the relief of Joshua Shaw.
The bill for the relief of Thomas II Noble
The bill for the relief of James Mcintosh.
The bill for the relief of George Roush
The bill for the relief Of Fernando Fiany. :
The bill for the relief of Joseph +. Caldwell
The bill for the relief OF Peter Engels sr.
The bill to authorize the settlement of the accounts of
Joseph Nourse, deceased
Mr.. ASHLEY spoke against this BILL and was follow
ed by Mossrs JOHNSON, of Maryland, and BERRIEN
in its favor.
Mr.. TURNEY moved to lay the bill on the table; and
the question having been TAKEN it decided in the
negative.
The question then recurring ordering the bill TO be
engrossea for third reading, it decided in the afr
the
by unanimous consent, and passed.
The bill for the relief of Captain Jesse D. Elliot
considered in committee of the whole
MIR. CAMERON explained and advocated the bill and
a debate ensued in which Messrs. WESTCOTT, DAVIS,
DAYTON, BADGER and others participated; when
The question taken on ordering the bill be
crossed, and decided in the negative.
On motion,
The Senate adjourned
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49, but teach bloody instructions,
Which may return to plague the inventors,


This constant talk about the dissolution OF the Union
has tendency to familiarze the public mind with the
dea AID lead people believe that such event is pos
sble Sir this Union should only be broken with the
last pulsation of n nations heart.
In conclusion allow to say that trust the day will
come when we may get clear of slavery, and that the
black population, which presses so hard upon the
southern States, may either be reurned-improyed as
they will be, in every point of vlewto the land of their
ancestors Africa, removed South without the limits
terms of equality.
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NTANTED, 5000 Champagne Bottles, for which n good
w price will be paid, by calling at THOMAS PUR-
SELLS China and Glass Store, opposite Browns Hotel
Pennsylvania avenue. Feb 12-eo3tif
rTNUB subscriber VIII reopen his school Thurs
i day morning, 18th instant, in the Messrs.
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T,NOR RENT.-Two good the first floor, fur
nished, and also the house adjoining the subscriber
u street. between Pennsylvania avenue and street
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-04-15

Convention of the Churches,

Agreeably to call, signed by many ministers and
aymen otthe Presbyterian and Congregational Church
es pr Portage, Summit and Medina counties, and pub
shed in the several papers of those counties, con-
vention was held at Akron, Ohio, on Tuesday and
Wednesday, Feb 10th and 18th, I647 for the discus
sion Of subjects connected with the duty of the church
es and ministry in regard to American Slavery.
twenty eight churches were represented in the
convention by 10 ministers and 48 delegates. Prof
Day OF the W. R. College, was present and took parv
IN the convention We abridge the report from the
Ohio Observer.
Resolved, "That we will bear our earnest g. solemn
testimony against slavery by not inviting Shareholders
to our pupis" On the final passage ofthe Resolution
the question was taken by ayes and noes, and unani-
mously adopted.
The following resolutions were then unanimously
adopted
|. Resolved, "That shareholders should not be ad.
united to membership in our churches"
2. Resolved, "That shareholders should not be ;nyit
ed to the Lords table,"
3. Resolved, "That the Churches ought to make an
effort eectualy furnish the Bible 10 the colored
and slave population deprived of it in the United
States"
A. Resolved, That that ministers ought to preach
expressly against savehoding.
5, Resolved, That the conduct of American delega-
ton at the meeting of the Evangelical Alliance on the
subject OF slavery was not justlfable.
6, Resolved That the discussion of the subject Of
slavery, and declaration Of sentiment respecting it. is
appropriate business of the General Assemblies of the
Presbyterian churches Of the United States.
z. Resolved, That the Missionary Boards with
which we stand connected ought to make declaration
OF sentiment, disappearing Of the admission of slave.
holders to the Mission churches.
When Will the ministers and churches of Vt "dc
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-04-15

legacy of certain slaves to the American Mis-
sionary Board of COMMISSIONERS legacy very
properly declined by the Board.
"A prime gang of ten negroes, accustomed tc
the culture of cotton and provisions, belonging
to the Independent Church, in Christ Church par
ish," was advertised for sale in the Charleston
Courier of 10Th February, 1885.
In the Savannah Republican, Odd March, 1913,
c. O'Nea sheriff, advertised eight slaves for
sale for cash. to satisfy mortgage IN favor OF
4" The Board of Directors Of the Theological
Seminary of the Synod Of South Carolina and
Georgia"
So it seems the Seminary loans its money on
the security of certain amount of human flesh
and this under the direction of the very Synod
whose report son the religious instruction of the
colorcd population" we have already quoted
Deeply are these pious Christians exercised in
their minds about the heathenism Of their breth-
rem whom they are selling for cash, to educate
young gentlemen for the ministry
The esprit of Missions some time since in
formed its readers, that " the Bishop of Georgia
in his Montpelier Institution, is testing the sufi-
cheney of SLAVE LABOR to support it" 1t is to be
hoped Bishop Elliott will before long favor the
public with the result of his interesting and very
Christian experiment
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ing humanity no chord in your bosom that VIZ
brates with sympathy in her distress Has re-
gon lost its claim for the defence of her affairs!
We ask you then to unite with US in destroy
ing slavery that the seeds of Justice mercy,
religion, and good government may take root in
the soil which slavery has cursed, and bring forth
their fruit of joy and gladness to the slave
of peace and good will throughout the land.
Do you ask what the Liberty Party proposes
to do to abolish slavery? We do not propose
to destroy the Constitution, nor dissolve the I'm
ion. But we do propose, peaceably to vote sla-
very out of the District of Columbia, and to OPP
pose its progress into new states and territories
which it now so earnestly courts. We propose
10 take the administration of the government
out Of the hands of Shareholders and put it into
the hands of men who practice the freedom of
which they talk. Is it not time this was done
Go to the White House at Washington
who sits there as a President of this free re-
public? great Shareholder. Who presdes
over our treasury? A stakeholder Who are
the Judges of our Supreme Court! A majority
are Shareholders Who have gone to command
your armies Men with slaves by their side
Who represent you abroad at the Courts Of Eu-
rope and before the world! Always the greater
part of them are Shareholders. Who in short
have asurped the government, and carry it on for
the benefit Of slavery? Is it not time for fee
men of the North and the non.savehoders at
the South ia large majority even there) to assert
their own claims aud defend their own rights p
But this can never be done while you vote for
shareholders, while you continue members OF
parties led and governed by them. We ask you
then to unite with US for the overthrow of slave
ry. Confne i to its own limits, restrict it to
its own means, and it soon must perish. 1t has
lived up to this time by the new lands and the
public funds with which you have fed it.
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from LIE Em1ncinnLnr.
from Ue LmancpaTof.
Will Wings or Democrats abolish Slavery!


The following statement is found in the Daily
Wing of this city 1t is presumed to be from
the pen of Hon Francis Adams writing from
Washington.
"The noncommittal plan is longer very
safe one Besides the large and increasing num-
Der of avowed Liberty men, there is very con-
siderable section of the Wings, and still larger
section Of Democrats, who will demand that the
sentiments of all candidates lie unequivccally de-
clared, and who will regulate their votes very
much by the greater or less degree in which
their demand shall have been fairly met think
1t is now impossible by any legerdeman of eau
Gus or convention, to escape this issue There
is no question which can be made to take prece-
dence Of this slayedriving war--or of the Will
mot proviso, even in the minor form of the Ore
gon Bill, and much less in that Of any treaty
negotiated for Mexico. 1t is around these cen
tres that parties must concentrate, no matter
what may be their names. The Democratic
platform may be war of conquest and annexa-
ton of new territory, to be kept free by the Will
mot proviso The Wing platform, on the other
Y,
slave. Between these two, it is obvious, if driv-
en- to a choice, on which side the slaVeholding
party will ultimately go. But it will help them
only for the moment. The next wave of the
Democracy will overwhelm a Whg policy that
makes no purchase of California, and that plays
into the hand of the slavepower, and when once
freed from the milestone of slavery Western De-
mocracy will establish itself firmly and forever
in the disputed control of the national policy.
The noncommittal plan is no longer safe p
Certainly not But can you get either of these
parties out into an open field against slavery i
Most certainly you cannot Mr. Webster say:
the Wing party is entire-North and South The
Atlas and other leading journals are careful tc
wash the ralment of the party from any faint o
real abolition Mr.. Clay is thankful that nehe
party has any purpose Of lbolishing slavery
They can cherish no such purpose. If it is cher
lshed, it must be avowed, but avowal would be
an instant dissolution of these parties. Around
what then can they rally No ayowed whie
principles, nor the policy Of the Democracy,t they
must come to the fair and last anchored Isles it
| lhe inlost oil an ocean oil connictlng elements
the Liberty Party. 1t is the Isle of MAN.
Man here is placed among the minerals which
he treads, the cotton he hoes and the calico which
he weaves What can either of the other partie
do for the slave They are emphaticay hous,
divided against itself Mr.. Corwin, Senate
from Ohio, condemns the war; and its object
as base and unchristian. We thank him, by thu
way, for his manly and bold speech But MIR
Clay is at New Orleans playing the Orator ant
Soldier
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in the catacombs which hold the remains of things
only half done. The probability is, the Senate
will reject, the House will pass the three million
bill without it. But either way, what can they
do2 Will Mr., Benton become anti-slavery
will Mr.. Cass renounce the South to whom he
has sold himself soul and body3 How then can
you act together and against slavery! You can
not do it. This family quarrel must be made
up by concession-the concession must come
from the North for the sake of the purity OF
course, so the sooner you are upon your knees,
gentlemen, the better
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-04-15
Extract from a Sermon.

"In the light of this law claw of God how perfectly
obvious is it that slavery is from hell Is it possible
that we are to be told that slavery divine institu-
ton? Such barefaced, Shameless and palpable vio-
lation of the law of God authorized by God himself
And even religious teachers gravely contending that
the Bible sanctions this hell-begotten system! 20
shame, where is thy biush?' What! make man a
slave set aside his moral agency-treat him as a
mere piece of property
"Chain biln-and task him.
And exact his sweat with stripes
That Mercy with bleeding heart, weeps
When she sees inflicted on beast;
and then contend that this is in keeping with the law
of God which, on PAIN of DEATH requires that every
man should love his neighbor as himself This is GER
tainly, to my mind, one of the most monstrous and II
dicuous assertions ever made. 1t is no wonder thai
SHAREHOLDERS opposed to the discussion of this sub
ect 1t cannot bear the gh-it retires from the gaze
and inspection, and Reproduction Of the law of God os
darkness retires before the light"
Prof C. G. FINNEY