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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-29
More Know Nothing Secrets out-sLetter
from Tom Spooner. ~ lao

The Statesman Of the 15thinstant pub
+lished the report Of Tom spoonen the
President Of the State Council of Know
Nothiugs in Ohio. It is dated Cincinnati,
Jahe s, andioecupies four columnsiin our
Columbas cotempotary. The most Of it
is mere balderdash, and falsehood, which
has been oyer, and over again refuted by
the Democratic press. 1t is the opinion
of "High Priest Tom that the novelty Of
our Know Nothing movement is no longer
d source Of perplexitg to our opponents,
nor has it any longer the charm to lure
those who are, ever ready to be led away
by any new or novel movement. '5ef'
Spooner. thinks it would be wise to drop
the nativity business, and goit on the re-
%ligious lest alone. He is sterribly down on
foreigners, among whom we are to class
his father or grandfather, them all as
"dregs. Of society" ''degraded,"' !" '"'il'ite-
rateo and Impoverished, criminal out
casts. In his Judgment, they are only fit
/ to be, ruled over by KNOWN Nothing Politi-
cal mouptebanks. ,.t,a,7 u,
spooner is equally down on the German
Freemen and Turner'S, most Of whom vo-
ted for him last fall and terms their ideas
Of. government and religion atheist agra
rian ponsense," and says they the Free
men] "rejeot all authority but their own
wild, discordant socialism" He further
adds: ug a8
4 "a very considerable more expense has
been incurred than, was contemplated al
the. last session; yet all these. expenses
have been met by the current receipts, anc
the State Council is free of debt, excep
the taxes levied by the National Council
land this could have been readily met had
not tie funds that had accumulated preu'ou'
10 that session unfortunately been deposited
5v yow treasurer. ao;th one Of The banking
]houses Of Cincinnati that Dere forced ''ltf
Ilipuidation during the monetary crss's o
lAeipaSt season" effiT s' r. e.
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KENTUCKY ELECTION, The Democracy
Of Kentucky are making very spirited
fight in the present campaign, and, from n
the tone of our exchanges, q triumphant r upp
victory is confidently looked for by them
The candidates for State and Congress
ional honors are stumping the State, ant
are doing yeOman : service n IN ! the y gOfOff
cause. ~ @s,a \ ,1 a, 1as9
d The knowsnothings have had to nomi
nate a second candidate for Goyernorshlp
(owina to the Stte fact that the gentleman fir ir
selected would not stand the ere.
Look out for "a good report from 'ol
IKentnckys ssgi,J ss SrIeiiSi ss-Ssl ~ rs
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MORE CosTusIos. The State Central
oommittss,of the Independent pemosra-
az Of Ohio; the Freesoilers7-haYe
q cali for d State Convention tc
meet il Columbus On the 18th Of July
.so "; We are to have two conventions on tha
|day. win they make fUo tickets n
That's the question; \ We think not; y ln'
|K5ow Nothin6s win come downs and u 4 10 .
osps the plljnstvm d Treesoilisns,, !, IL III \
tbeir G . only 4 chance to get At The spOiss, ap'
| ,,,at 4 ali f6ey have ever cared for.
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I9
Feats OF PoIificnl Equllbrlum

] The condition Of several of our cotem-
poraries Of the party press, for "a number
OF weeks past, has been not a little. like
that of HARLEQUIN attemptingt to make i
Journey upon q aifoilihg easks Such have
been the uncertain movements Of the ye-
hicle that it was ali they could do to keep
themselves from an tintimeiy termination
of their. .trip, by landing on their heads.
Among those who have displayedthemost
lfexibility in the feat in question, we won
der at the times and the manners while we
ccnfer the palmapon, our late Wing friends
of the Ohio State Journal and Cincinnati
Gazette. Gentlemen: you have donewell.
Though itcannot be said that your bal
lance has been critically accurate during
the entire performance, there Is aHchaice
tbat yopxMil come out right side up at
ttfst thst gaAs. hle ss sS R u i Che man PQias in
ltemporariesl
When, early last May, like couple Of
careful midwives, our friends aforesaid sat
at the door Of Know Nothing council in
this city, and aided in bringing into the
| world tho Rr;nterhoff ticket. thev were
av;dantl1 Il Know Notb;no condition.
INA a. scc,,rata exnanenta 81 the princi.
pies Of the order as they imagined them
SELVES. The elaborate productions Of our
city contemporary in behalf Of that work
lind;ssted sres among the most amusing
snec;rnena'lof nawsSaner literature that
have fallen under o,,r observation. Our
4 Can;tsl C;tv friend smoke with immense
lesrn;no of tbe nrinciples Of Know Moth.
nr;sn, and n b;s celebrated response OF
Mp TE;dd;hos delineated its policy with
tho ,,nct;on and authority, Of one who has
hean M a ,nembsr of the third degree for at
Ieast half q century. Poor Pan TAYLOR
crew Jealous and malcontent to have the
wind fsEan ont of his sails by these aold
Wh;a no,;t;s;afns,ll men, ~ that class who
, neue1 S kforget anytbino and never learn any.
tb;no, hs fsll into the mullyprubs, ex- Pat.
; r;ataa % himself into the foreign principal.
fies of German metaphysics, discovered
, tbat the Know Notbing being the foolishest
|, nartv tbat aver lived was rightly named,
and ,eft our friends Of the Whig church
e lords ~ the ascendant. = y 2
Aootber turn Of the luncheon and
where are our Know Nothing gentlemen? ?
; Sam has committed his last act Of self
: qualification and zone to t t1e tombs of The
tCapulets. Did his friends accompany
trs u A.. Ia.~.
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A Society has been formed in De Soto,
Iowa, by persons desirous of maintaining
a character for sobriety in that town, for
the purpose of tearing down and demol
ishing the premises OF such as sell liquor
contrary to law. Several females, belong
to It, and sign the warning with the men.
|-Erchange. T q sstt ''r.'sN as
The constituted authorities are, Of
course, to give place to this new organiza-
ton. The mob is to ascertain and declare
the law, to pronounce the, judgment and
to execute the sentence. The union OF
Legislative, judicial and executive powers
in one maglstracy, constitutes despotism'
Whether thatmagistracy consists Of one
or one hundred persons, 1t is notthe lest
a despotism. The good citizens o.
De Soto, both men and women, will no
stop the use of liquor by the means they
have chosen, but they will teach Others
1.-THE ignorant and vicious for example
a method which might with slight amend
ments, become somewhat effective IN
work Of retaliation.
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tN u
The following from Q correspondent at /,
Westport, Mo-, ofthe N. Y. Tribune shows
that the outrages in Kansas are working
out their legitimate effect. AsimiIar re-
suit on public opinioniis being produced
by the Hindoo o6tfages in the States at
Cincinnati, Louisville and other cities,,
'Throughout the STATE the reaction is
already taking place. The Pro.Slavery
press IS getting Bold in its denuncla,ion Of
the oatrages committed. A cycle in the
young history Of Kansas has eIosed; and
we are just entering upon another. The
result as / have continually predicted Is
sure fof Freedom II the North does but
!falf is duty IN gisingus msa Snsi nEaas.
I 7Nc 1teSi SO ,1fg,a M a SG9j tfd ecx.
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Hon. DAME Ullmann, of New York,
is to deliver an oration in his native city,
on the 4th of July next, at the request Of
the Mayor and common council OF that
place. Exchange. 80 pF
6iadEo 500 our institutions extending
into Hindostan. The amiable foreigner
will have to start quick in order to reach
his native place in season. Upon his re.
turn the Grafton will probably % translated
into the American language. ~ Boston
Post. I' !ss'' " y 'ia1
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Cte;Hs Ho LINES, Manufacturer and
o. Wholesale and re all dealer in lIn'
Sheet-lrol and Copper ware, Market street.
east side, between Front and Second apo
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NTARTIN GRAIN, Notary Public 4
lNl real Estate agent. Deeds, mortgages,
Mechanics, liens, contracts ond articles OF a.
greement neatly and correctly drawn on short
notice. Also Pension and Bounty land agent;
Office at tile Court House maroo o
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TN0 mi. II HARDER, Manufacturer and
~ Dealer IN all kinds Of Furniture. Collins
made on short notice. Give nm q call before
nuTahasib be elsewhefe, South east corner Of
Market ana 81 stre1ts, ssi$ .9-' '14lE q.
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~ 3. IRA CY & co, Wholesale and
". Retail Dealer in Boots, Shoes, Hats, Car
ri Sacks. Id. FROM street, 2 doors below !
Kinneys BaaE. p apr2O iF
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m H. KEoGH, Wholesale and Re-
IL tail Dealer in Ready Mas iCioosthing; g
Front ST., doors below Cou.t ,s,. j, 3 ppIu
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nATTON &, TATE. Family Grocers,
III and dealers in Produce, north west cor
mar Chillicothe & 4th Streets.
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TSKGL EHIO 2 EB,l o. W. HIearSs,
- - Myass;a ~, -, :, u i4s,.es mar30
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! Al JbsT TRfBUTF TO DEM0eR Acy ~ ssorni
! M sbslDer,nsrsts &c Now oa,a.ns .,,,,sot,
4 " l'ho DeLiVoiesS VI I've" Orieaus "rol'
% hoDt v Wickhtie, asking for The use
q n ms name as candidate for Governor
y ..ouis'Aha, ~ tne ensuing eiectlon.k nc
ldechaa, ana IN his reply renders the fol-
lowing. wledgement to the Democratic
party ofthis country. the Justice ofsWhieh,
M mo acc,,s;ntad Nth IL. l,;s,s,,, II,
E..,,,s, - ,ss., - @s 49, ~ -
'spu'e' !.",, I. s.es :.
Ine true american party IN this iand
! ,s.'ne .pemocrauc party. eitproscrioes no
nsn "a account Of. ms 'plrtn, OF ms rell-
glon, Naoopts as lts own Inc principles
contained ,9n1a IN tne Declaration Of lndepen-
uehce. Ihere resls not upon tne statute
Doc DooEot our country one measure which
STAMP Star aSd ana impress S sses Of sa MOI sns
der damocrafic rule Of policy we have ave
grown from Infancy to vigorous manhood.
Ours is the greatest. the 5happiest and the
hest country God has given to man. De-
mocracv has made Il such, and the Demo.
cratic marty will continue it So '''"
5.''f >. .3---9 - .--2--- ------- 'i2 -
THE SEBisroPoL EXPEDITION. The
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT Of tho Balti-
c'7c..e.I'. "A ~ ,I,. ], - ;s-i
more oun says. -, !,
zine Ailies nave gainec su.ncieh1 au'
vantage IN the oflmea 70 ]usuly tneln ~
lhe confidence tney now leel ~ .ne PlEUs %Ys
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~ 4 BRoWN, Matchmaker y Jew
III 81 S,ar second door. from Portsmouth Bank
Ms.t.t 49, ~ a, Watches, clocks, iewelFy .$cfre,,
,,s;,sd ana oleafed on The shortest no|ice spe
ss,s y iss,ssni adies' ears pierceda stt y.
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There Il i Know Nothing, in Tifin, be-
longing to the clique, who wants an Office;
IL he can Y bet that ell take old clothes.
1wia Adtefsissf. $3.50 ,,8s ~
There are several Just such larks iu This
citys anything good Lord" with
thcmg a.tsa All sa'AerFa gsiS sysh eei
.taSisseey X
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IniflouItle.sI dissolve before I chectfnl y
soiris, ike snowsdrifs before thssun xo1
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OSBORN, Dealer m Leather and
IN .Findines Of 'all kinds. No. 5, Market
4 .s,ast NJ ppoita Markat Ilaasa.r
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'Tne Way the X. Ms Lost Money
~s'r on Virginia.

The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Herald tells good story in
connection with the Virginia election. 1t
lis we'll known that the betting men in the
order at Washington suffered immensely
by betting against Wise. e1tiseems they
had got thesdark- lantern conspiracy into
Page county, which is a part Of the old
Tenth Legion of Jefferson, and which all
ways gave seven hundred Democratic
votes out of a total Of seven hundred and
| fifty The brethren, however, had con-
trieed to get FIVE hundred and h:nety-one
members on their roll in Page, and felt
ce rtain Of success in that county, The
fact was communicated to head quarters
at Richmond and Washington, and there
was greatrejoicing over the result. "But
Fortune is fickle," says the Herald, "and
even Know Nothings are not always relii
able, A few days before the election, tle
Grand Sachem of Page called his lodge
together to consider business Of greatlm
portance; and when all had assembled he
remarked, in words of soberness, il not
Fof piety: I p '-T T'9 % ll-
~"we profess to be Democtats-Aa
always been Democrats; but we are bout
making d7-d fools Of ourselves. Now
l haye,a proposition to make you: pro-
pose that each one Of us shall subsGibe
all the cash he can raise, as betting fund;
that we dispatch an agent to Washington
to bet it on the vote of Page, county, land
that we then burn our records and vote
for WISE" ta s. sa ~ '.-
/ What glorious prospect for specula.
ton, and no sooner said than dsne. Neal
$4,000 was raised, and the appointed
agent, accompanied by the presiding off
Ger Of the lodge, visited this city. Th'
latter called on brother Ellis, give hin
the signs, grips and pass words, and as
sured him that FIVE hundred and ninety
one names had been regularly recorded il
Page. This was enough-proof as stron
as Holy Writ that Page was certain fc
Flournoy, the Know Nothing candidat
for Governor Just about this time
green looking Democrat from Page hal
pened to cross the path Of Brother Eli
and boasted of Wise's strength in Il
; Tenth Legion. The bait took, and Br
$ ther Ellis was victimized to the tune
. SO, 500. The county cast nine hundrt
and sixty-one votes for Wise, and q
! treaoherous Know Nothings pocket'
7 brother Ellis cash, beside whining son
: $50, 600 of others who bet by the recor
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Give a man brains and riches, and he
is q king.--Er, W a.J.a yls ..s6iS !
Give man brains without riches and
be is q slave.---7g6Ga Adgerlssr; tal
GIVE a man riches without brains and
|hei Is fool 'F !. t ,,.... 'ts,'i n. 4. I
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TT 81 zEiG ER Gpnsnith, north \ Y, s. SIDE !,
Ill Second street, bet Market and JEFFERSON
y; ,,St atlFIti6u paid 70 ldb work. / Esns !
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DISSOLUTION.
EAGLE HOTEL
Portsmouth. Ohio.

fT,uE subscriber takes this method ofinforin-
ing the public tba' he has fine horses aud
bnog;es 10 let. Also several rplendid gatea
s,d1Sg horses. Always ready at the shortest
notice. also buy and sell and swan horses.
Give me a call. [augS-54l CIV HIGGINS.
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PORTSMOUTH INQUIRER.

GEO. w. NELSON, EDITOR 8 PROPHET or
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE goth; 1855.
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S-c 8. X mi h col. Wholesale and Re-
s,siiD Dealers in Drugs Mtdlci nes, PAM, ~,
Sinds NM Fancy Articles &coornsr washington y
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7yTaA ME ANS HALL y = Co!s
~ Bankeiy, MaIkct' street between stph'
and second, dst side 4. 4
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.tTiIRK a METz g B. manufacture
Nd and keep kJpstS ntly on shaad ~ sinds o =
{ ~ ,,sres. BdfQich, ploughs' Sce cof'
ner Il eth and chilllesthO b sneels. ~ y = 4
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-07-21

We make no wholesale accusations
we extend afraternalhand to many ''high
minded and honorable" in the ranks of
Shareholders, to whom the whole business
is as disgusting as to ourself. And while
we sympathise in the perplexities that
attend their position, we ask in the name
Of Justice and humanity whether they
can retain that position without sharing
in the responsibility ofthe evils in which
slavery involves, not merely its colored
victims but its white ones; not merely
the area where it has its home, but the
beautiful region it is seeking to blight
with its baneful footsteps, and the wide
spread domain whose destiny is linked
with its fate.
Ii is the system of slavery, and not
merely those representatives of it who
use the absolutism it bequeathes that
must bear the burden ofits iniquity; and
if anybody can,by prUcept and example,
uphold the peculiar institution, and be
guiltless of the wrongs it infiicts, our
system of ethics will not reach his case j;
he probably has code made to order.
1t is more Sin sorrow than IN anger
that we take this view of the subject,
calling upon our heart to be grateful that
We were not educated in a climate where
there is no class recognized in society
but the dominant and the menial. And
the blessings of our more
highly favored lot, we should be re-
creant migrate if We could look tamely
on and see those bitter evils which slaYe-'
holders bewsil in loudest strains, forced
upon our neighbers and ourselves, espe-
cially by "lewd fellows ofthe baser sort,"
whom their masters "spurn and de
spise. IFS. Ed. Herald.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-07-21
Slavery and Lewdness.

The following extract from a report
entitled Negro Slavery no Evil,' made
by a committee of the 'tPlatte County
Missouri Self-Defensive Association, !"
will show one of the arguments which
are now used at the South to sustain their
abominable peculiar Institution
We would ask, are the ''high minded,
honorable, chiyalrous sons of the slave
States SO '.iewd," and the beautiful and
accomplished daughters of the sunny
South SO easily led astray, that it Is nee
essary to sacrifice the chastity of the un-
protected and enslaved. colored woman to
the lusts of the fathers and sons, in order
to secure the purity of the wives and
daughters
Negro slavery has further effect on
the character of the white woman, which
should commend the Institution toall who
love the white race more than they do the
negro. 1t is shield to the virtue of the
white woman.
SO long as man is lewd, woman viii
be his victim. Those who are forced to
occupy menial position, have ever been,
viii ever be most tempted, least protect
ed; this is one of the evils Of slavery, it
attends all who are in that abject condi-
ton, from the beautiful Circassian to the
sable daughter ofAfrica While we ad-
NIT the seIishness of the sentiment, we
are free to declare, we love the white
woman so much, we would save her even
at the sacrifice of the negro; would throw
around her every shield, to keep her out
of the way of temptation. -
Howexeeedingly ehiyalrous such chiv-
airy is. With what complaeency must
Southern ladies read this assurance of
their champions, that they are the OBJ
jects of love so pure and platonie.-
The necessity and obligation Of marriage
also, are entirely obsiated by this same
arrangement, they might haveadded with
equal force of filthy logic. And We add,
that it is known to all who are familiar
with Southern society and Southern men,
that the proportion of openly licentious
white women is larger BY far IN Southern
than Northern cities. And the Southern
patronage of Northern immortality Is a
large proportion of the whole.-7rue
Wesleyan.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-07-21
a Voice from Maryland.

A subscriber from Maryland writes us
as follows:
Although the withering blight OF
slavery is tolerated by law in our State,
yet so far as my observation has extend
ed there is a large majority of people here
who loatlie the iniquitous system, and
with deep interest cast our eyes west
ward to watch the eventful contest now
going on between freedom and slaveryon
your virgin soil; and our secret wish is,
that you may finally succeed in firmly
establishing the boon of both civil and
religious liberty in your embryo State
We wish you encouraged to persevere in
your patriotic efforts; and may the God
of Heaven, our universal Father, who
believe. in his prolific wisdom, rules over
the destinies of nations, crown your eff
forts with success beyond your most san
guine expectations. 1t is an encouraging
view to believe that truth ever must even
tually triumph over error and delusion.
With sincere wishes for your progress
and advancement in everything that viii
be conducive to your present and ever
lasting welfare, in every sense, of the
word. Although an entire stranger,
am your sincere friend, and we'll
wisher, S.B w.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-07-21

~ Whatever differences of opinion
may exist elsewhere in regard to Cover
nor Reeder's course in Kansas, there
would seem to be one sentiment in his fa-
yor at Easton, Honesdale, and indeed in
all that part of Pennsylvania where he is
best known. Our readers are already
aware of the cordial reception which
was given to the Governor on his aFri-
val at his home in Easton, somr weeks
since, and we have now before us an ac-
count of an equally enthusiastic demon
stfation in his favor at Honesdale, in
which, we are told, political opponents
mingled as freely as political friends
An evidence of the existing feeling was
had at the same place, few evenings
since, on the occasion of lecture OF
Kansas by Dr. Snodgrass ofNew York
the following resolution having been pass
ed by acclamation, in an assemblage
composed of men fall parties:
Resolved, That in view of the trying
circumstances under. which our fellow
citizen, Hon. A. II. Reeder, has been
placed, as Governor of Kansas, and the
firnr and noble stand which he has taken
against the illegal and unwarrantable pro-
ceedings of the Missourians, at the recent
election in that Territory, we take this
occasionto express our warmest approba-
ton of his official course, which cannot
fail, as we think, to receive the support
of the government at Washington, and
the plandits of all fair judging minds
Ne,o Haren Palladium.