The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-10-05
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PrnEea 90 onr DevIIln Q Dream.

COmlCml0 OF Lo@DOy's Gu tC ~ -
pcnred % oar Devilfn q Dream.
Our Devil vss d last night very puch
aistafbed ID his sleep, and among olhst
deans Of HobeoblinS &os. he dreampt
thati's saw the piOol-shset of the One
Eagle. add in flaming capitals read the fOl
lowing head:
'sLet the Democratic WatchWord in
every township be che ticket. the whole
ticket and nothing but the ticket :"
The article under this flaming caption
went on to exhOrt Che Democracy to action
and in ''thunder tones" proclaimed. ''uP
WITH NoREIs AND. M1LLER ~ Here our
Devil made pause, and all at once the
thought struck him that he had heard of
this same MILIER before--yes, il was in
Columbus when his official conduct as a
member of the Board Of Public Works was
being investigated, and which resulted in
finding him guilty Of having stolen ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
of the peoples money! Our Devil there
upon atonce came to the conclusion that
ifthis was the cost Of keeping cup Mr..
Miller" that the very best thing the people
could do would be to keep him down, as he
is the man who, BY filching from the State
Treasury, assisted in keeping the PEOPLE
DOWN by making them fllup check for
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS that he
had actually plunderod from the public
treasury "Truly," said our Devil, whal
"beautifur' match for the county corrup-
tionists in this city.
! The next that struck the eye four Devil
was an article headed Democrats of Fair
field" But what was our Devils surprise
when, on reading the article, he found thai
the Eagle man had been guilty of a pla-
guairism, and had actually stolen the arti-
Gle Verbatum etliteratum ct punctuatinl
from tho Seneca Advertiser, Truly
says our Devil, "this is in exact keeping
with their former charaeter--stesling
seems to be their chief object. Here oui
Devil preached sermon on county cor
ruption and andextravaganee-laying particu
lar stresson the DOLLAR PER QUIRE
for Assessors blanks!--The sermon, how
ever, is too lengthy for place in oui
columns. ~ Taf
The next that attracted his attention
was the following sympathetic appea
to the Catholics, Remember that Know
Nothingism is Wing trap to rope ii
Democrats and obtain the votes of Whig'
or sore headed Democratsi'' AT this ouI
devil again smiled and remarked-"that'l
exactly what the Pope's organ in Somer
set said" Well, continued our devil, It'll
coming to apretty pass, when the editor
ofthc Democratic organ in old Fairfield re
sort to the columns of bigoted Catholic
journal in order to induce their party t.
vote for the corrup;ionists who are now cl
bow deep in the county treasury. Roman
ism, our devil thought must be new foa
ture in democracy.
The next that struck our DEVILS eye wa
an appeal to the Germans, which said
"you have assisted in reducing yourpolti
cal rights to an equality with those of tn
NEeRoEs" Our devil thought there wa
a great deal Of truth in the above. No
only the Germans, but all others who hay
felt the evil effects Of corrupt Legislation
have been ground down by high taxatio
until they can hardly boast of as much libel
ty as the southern negroes. Truly, this
a pretty confession.
The next on tho programme was III
, following appeal; el e sg y
: "Bear in mind---that to sustain the hig
, reputation you besr-you nust go to wor
: early" 4"
/ Here our devil paused, and asked
''Pray, the high reputation for what9 fc
charging DOLLAR quire for assessor
blanks; for endorsing the TWO HUNDRE
. DOLLARS paid to Srunk for two week
/ work; the THOUSAND DOLLARS pal
! to Auditors in the shape Of extrapay;
: the THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR
I peculated by Auditor JEFFRrEs? "If th
!. sirs. continued our DEVILS the high rep
3 tation you bear" you can little expect
receive the sympathy of an intelligent PEI
pie over-burhened with taxes. Men WI
charge ONE DOLLAR quirs for blanl
after having agreed TO print them f
ts0enty sjsue cents cannot expect the people
= sacrifice a great deal tokeep up a reput
i. ton Of such doubtful character.
N The nextthat our Devil saw in h
!, Dream, was the three editors of the ,Eagl
n, the candidate for Commissioner and Gler
1, sitting afoandthe table trying to grind o.
3, :. the following song to'be sung in case the
I, & ticket was elected, 1t is supposed tn
2, PAFEcK HENRY jr., is the principal auth
4 Iofthei song. thoughit it was composed "a
., the whole" In singing il the following o