The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-23
What / Thought.

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earn that the injured man is slowly recov-
| heard many persons, who are
opposed to any ~abridgement Of
heir liberties in the way of a free use Of
ardent spirits. say that it would be sneces.
sary to hang some body before murders
would cease in our county. 1 thought
if they would hang old Mr.. Monongahela
they would sooner and more certainly put
end to the taking Of human life.
When l heard some complaining that
the verdict in the case Of Ohio VS.. Salsbu-
ry, was not murder in the first degree"
I thought it was right as it was, and that
no man should be convicted Of murder in
the first degree, who commits the act when
intoxicated, unless he pr~emeditated it when
sober.
When | have reflected that about ono
thousand dollars are annually drawn from
the Treasury Of this County, and perhaps
more. to pay for the arrest and trialo per-
sons who committed crimes under the in.
fuence of liquor. l thought whata patri-
otto people we are, 10 pay so much annu-
ally for the maintenance of our liberties.
Cities and towns pass ordinances for the
punishment OF various crimes and offen1
ces, and infict different grades Of punish-
rnent in different cities or towns for the
same offence, and no one questions The
right so TO do; and I thought it must be-
found in the Constitution, but it ISM there
When | have read the police reports of
cities and noticed the fning and imprison-
ment Of persons who were found drunk in
the streets, I thought how ignorant The con-
victed parties were of their constitutional
rights! THOUGHT. q
o. There are a class Of persons in all
communities to whom the following article
is peculiarly appropriate. Read it. We
copy from the Guernsey Times:
The Unkindest Cut Of All.
The publishers of western country pa
pers toll and drudge, sick or well, from
January to December, to build up the
wealth and promote the happiness Of the
communities in which they are located.
and when these publishers meet many
farmers and mechanics, for whose inter-
est their papers are devoted. and solicit
subscriptions, instead Of receiving words
and acts Of encouragement, they are told
-..O,your paper is too dear can get
an eastern paper Tor less money" &c.
Now. such language is unkind, and no in
telligent, generous soul. upon reflection,
will ever use it. Whatregara do the pub
fishers of these eastern papers show Tor
your schools. your colleges, your railroads.
your manufacturing establishments, your
agricultural interestsl None. Ills your
own papers that are engaged in 4Ae pro-
motion of these things-and yeimany who
reap dollars from the seed sown by the
country editor rudely Glide him in such
language as WE have quoted above It's
/, not fair play, is it?
These remarks are called forth from
reading the following extract from the
%lronton Register
81 can get a paper from New York or.
Philadelphia for a dollar"
So said a citizen oil our county TO US the
other day.
Well, suppose you can-we aver It as
a fact, that il yon are a true and good cit
izen OF Lawrence county, you can get no.
papers from these cities which is Is val
liable and interesting to you as the regis
Ter. You do not lind in those papers the
marriages, deaths, advertisements, and &C.
counts Of a thousand and one little things
. in which you are Interested. Besides YOU
do not bear in mind that those papers have
thousands, and tens of thousand subscri.
bers. where the Register only has hun
: dreds-hence it can be afforded for less
money. But this is a free country" no
,, one is forced to sustain the interest OF his
own county, save in the way Of taxes.
} We commend to consideration the fol-
lowing extract from a letter:
DEAR Sir: With pleasure acknowledge
the receipt of a few copies Of your valuable
!, paper, and would merely add that | have
examined them closely and am perfectly
satisfied. Though | might procure a pa
) per for less money-for instance The Sum-
the Universe and some others, sill it
would not accord with my notions OF right.
The only way 10 cheaper a paper is to
subscribe for it-give it a wide circulation;
and instead of sending money to Boston,
New York and Philadelphia, send it to
your county printer-support a home pa
per. Build up yourselves-your own State
, your own counties and towns.
o. The election in Wisconsin, which
occurred on the same day as in New York,
resulted in the success of the Democratic