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pEMocRArrc ADMINISTRATION.
s1,OO1,462 81

On this Canal the Democratic Board
twenty new and durable locks,
q valuable Weigh Lock and great num-
ber of aqueducts, bridges dams, &C., to
the value of over 100000. This ap-
parently leaves balance of $4,000,
$75, 900 in favor of the Wing term, but
it must be remembered that this Canal
more than any other felt the failure of the
crops, and the reduction of the tolls. If
the rate of tolls had been the same, it is
easily seen the profits during the term of
the Democrats would have been the great
est by some hundreds of thousands. This
reduction of tolls enabled the farmer to
convey his grain to market at one-half the
former price, and to receive much greater
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ty. But look at their ticket. / charge.
and am ready to prove, that it was con-
cocted by ave Wings at Woodsfeld, aided
by two apostate Democrats, who have re-
ceived q consideration for their treachery
to Democracy. The thing was conceived
in sin and brought forth in iniquity."
And now say, and hundreds of Others
will say, Let them elect it-if. they can
but it must be done, if at all, without my
vote. Didn't they put up two old Wings
for Representative? And isn't it. well
known that if the Woodsfeld Wings had
not interfered, the names of two Demo-
Gratis would have been presented? And
hav'nt they nominated two Maine Law
men for Representative, contrary to the
wishes of the order? Other Democrats
may stand it if they see proper, but for
my part l have Withdrawn from the order;
and as have been a Democrat since nv
earliest knowledge of parties, with this
short interval, will live and die in the
Democratic faith. ,s-.issis
l am aware that many Democrats, like
myself, joined the Know Nothings; some
of them out of curiosity, and others from
a better motive; but the novelty has now
worn of, and the guise of the order has
become so transparent as to reveal the
old enemy of the Democratic party. See-
ing this, the duty of every one who really
has Democracy at heart, becomes plain:
Do as hundreds of, others have done
leave the order md thov q ro loo 1,;r, =. -
and will continue to leave, not by tens
merely, but by hundreds and thousands,
until the great American party, which
rose up in a night, shall be resolved into
its original elements. The Whigs-like
the dog returning to his vomit fall
back on a United States Bank and a High
Tariff; the Freesoilers will dwindle to the
same zone idea faction; while the Demo-
Gratis, with renewed faith in the teachings
of Jefferson and jackson, will again march
forward to certain victory. ADAMS.
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8 And Satan Appeared Alsoa'

saa An adopted citizen of this county was
approached by the Cayennes, the other
day, and was told that if he would come
into the organization, or run with the
: saasheen, he should have an officen Our
!, friend informed his anxious querists that
they reminded him of a certain gentleman
rwho went up into a high mountain, and
showed the Savior all the kingdoms of
the world, and the glory of them,' and
offered to give everything up, if the Sa-
yiors would only fall down and worship
, hifnif Our friend thinks the Cayennes
ARE about in the same 6x--have nothing
toagive Dayton Empire.
The same system of bribing men to
leave the Democratic party has been prac-
ticed in this county, and. the same result
will follow; it will be all promises and no
pay. There is scarcely prominent Dem
o1rat in the county, whom Know Nothing
leaders suspect Of having aspirations fol
Office, that has not been bid for; many O.
these, of course rejected the offer witt
/. contempt. Some of them they succeeded
in buying, but they are mostly those whom
the people refused to elect when they pro
fessed to be Democrats, and who hop'
that by joining some other party, the.
may make the people believe they hay
some additional merits. A man who i
not fit for an Office when claiming to be
Democrat, don't become qualified by sell
ingaiiis political principles to the highes
bidder.
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$544,966 18


Thus leaving five hundred and forty
four thousand nine hundred and sixty-six
dollars and eighteen cents in favor of the
Democratic administration, over the Wing
administration, Notwithstanding the fail
ure of crops, the competition of railroads,
and the reduction of the rate of tolls one
halt: In addition to all this, the public
works are in better condition than they
ever were before.
Comment is unnecessary. The oppo-
sition candidate for Board of Public
Works is d Know Nothing Whig; the
Democratic candidate is at present men,
ber, end has aided in bringing about the
difference shown above.
"If a man cheat me once, it is his fault.
IF he cheat me twice, it is mine"
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G0m mmmnieations.
For the Spirit of Democracy.

=
Mr.. EDIToR:-I noticed in the last is
sue Of your paper that some friend has
placed my name before the people as a
candidate for Prosecuting Attorney for
this county. I have been requested to
run for that Office by number of voters,
and I have invariably told them 1 would
not be candidate. still say to my
friends that have not altered my notion
l cannot with my consent, be a candidate
this fall.
l have not been requested to run on
account of any dissatisfaction with regard
to either of the candidates before the peo-
pie, but only through personal friendship
Both parties have good men before them
for that Office. There can be no objection
to either, except alternate political objec-
tions.
Mr.. Editor, from the manner in which
you asked me, if you should publish my
announcement, it becomes necessary for
me to say 1 had no knowledge of the
matter. 1t was mentioned to me that my
name had been sent in; 1 thought 1t was
joke. l now state, on the honor of q
man, that l know nothing about it as to
who sent my name in, only as have heard
since. I have heard several spoken of,
each as the person who sent my announce
ment in; but up to this moment do not
know who it was.
l tender my sincere thanks for the par
tiality of my friend, whoever he may be-
or to them, as the case may be.
repeat, I cannot consent to be can.
didate this fall
Yours, truly, D. H. WIRE.
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For the Spirit of Democra
Why | Left Them.

Mr.. EDIToR:-I have hesitated nearly
a month about writing this communica-
ton; but believing that it is my duty to
write it, l hesitate no longer. 1t is true
that l joined the Know Nothings.
we'll recollect the ridiculous ceremony of
my initiation; and if the oaths, grips,
signs and passwords were not already suf-
ficiently exposed, I would cheerfully fur
nish them for publication. But my mo-
tives in joining that order were honest.
had become, to some extent, dissatisfied
with all parties, and was persuaded to try
the Americans" because they were rep
resented as kind of breaking up of the
old parties, and because they made it a
cardinal article in their creed to select fol
Office pure men men who never seek
the place. After / had Joined the order
things moved along well enough for q
while; but in few months became con.
vinced that was mistaken in the objects
and aim of the order. found that the
whole thing was controlled by five or sil
Wings at Woodsfeld, aided by two Of
three at that place who had been disap
pointed in the Democratic ranks; and thi
has become apparent to every one. IL
fact the order is now SO palpably con
trolled by few Wings at Woodsfeld
that all disguise might as well be thrown
off. Several among them who have takel
the highest degree, now proclaim that al
they want is to beat the Democratic par
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For the 'Spirit."
What Monroe County has done.


Mr.. EDITOR Within the last four
years, Monroe county has built one JAIL
one Infrmary, and upwards of seventy
School-houses, besides buying an Infirmary
farm.
That those seventy odd public buildings
must cost money, is perfectly evident, yet
we could not rise to our proper social
position without them, and we not only
have none too many, but we actually need
more.
In addition to this the State of Ohio,
by her Statute law, says to us, if you will
build your school-houses and educate your
children, we will release you from all State
taxes, and give you few hundred dollars
annually to aid you in the good work.
So that in reality, all our taxes for the
State government, all our taxes for the
State debt, all our taxes for the State pub
lie buildings, and all our taxes for the State
BENEVOLENT AsYLUMs, are given up to us
and devoted to schooling our own children.
Yet men, whose trade is deception,
whose daily labor is to spread falsehood
and delusion, are yelling out about taxa
ton, as if the rascally loco-focos had done
something horrible in the matter. If pro-
viding good, efficient common schools for
all the youth of the State, is horrible
offence, then the loco-focos are guilty in
deed
But fellow-citizens, do these men dare
to tell you that a great part of the high
taxes of which they complain are merely
temporary, occasioned by the building Of
more than seventy school-houses In the
county?
Do they dare to tell you that our State
tax is in rapid course of diminution, and
must forever diminish, until the State debt
shall be entirely paid of, and that the &C
tual expenses of our State government
are SO triaing as scarcely to be known OF
perceptible to the taxpayer? a
Oh no! These men will tell you none
of these things, They love darkness
rather than light" &C., &c. a
BUCKEYE.
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Know Nothing Mass Meeting.

The Know Nothing State Committee
1 has announced Mass Meeting of that
party to be held in this place on the 29th
inst. The speakers to be in attendance
are Hon. P, Talman, G. L. Poorman,
and M. L.. Hatcher.
- Well bet our old boots that the Know
Nothing CLIQUE here, will make no prepa-
ration for this meeting, but viii let it go
by default. It don't exactly suit their pur-
poses.
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- grFARMERS, MECHANICS.
and all who feel an interest in the
success Of the Monroe County Ag
ricultural Society, will please remem-
Der that the next FAIR will be held
on the 3rd and 4th days Of October.
Don't forget the time, and be sure,
everybody, to have something on the
ground to exhibit.
BY the way, at the last meeting of the
Board, John B. Noll, Nathan Hollistcr,
James Patterson, Jacob Vernon and j.
r. Morris, were appointed a committee
to select grounds and make preparations
for the Fair. What have you been about,
gentlemen? Have you done your duty?
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For the Spirit Of Dsmocracy.


Mr.. EDITOR Being out prospecting,
we chanced to cross the path Of the Mon,
roe Journal, and in looking over it were
struck with the applicability Of the fol-
lowing scraps, from the first chapter of
Canticles. Speaking of the Democratic
nominations, it says, after naming some
few of the nominees; they nominated "for
high Sheriff, William Of the city Of Woods
field 'sThey chose Frederick Of Ger
many, also, for Treasurer" &c. Now,
we suppose the writer did not feel very
lfavorably towards those gentlemen because
they are not of the family Of Sam. as he
says he is "one of the sons of the said
old codger. We wonder how he feels to-
wards Sans nominee for SenatorY = Won
der if he (the nominee) is not an alien
Wonder if he is not from the land of st.
Patrick Wonder if he is not q foreigner! !
Wonder if the writer could not support
an Englishman, or German, as freely as
an H-sshma,ss We don't know how the
writer may feel about that, but we do know
what this said "son Of Sam y nominee
said in a speech in Miltonsbufg, on the
evening of the 2Tth July last he ssid
that he was opposed to all conventions,
because they were extra.judicial, and be-
cause there was no provision for them in
the Constitution Of the United States.
We now wonder if he is not in favor of
conventions since the "sons of Sam have
nominated him, for the purpose Of being
beaten by "Pot Metals democrat
Wonder if he will quote Jefferson against
conventions now? Wonder how he feels
since his speech in the conrt- House on
the LIST ult? p -. Ees GAS
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The Public vvOrks.-WhO are the
8 hest Managers.

One of the charges made upon the
Democratic party, by the opposition, is
want of economy in the State Govern
ment. A charge which requires nothing
more than statement of facts, to prove
to be the reverse of the truth.
Among other charges Is that of bad
management of the public works. Now
let us look at the true statement of the
case and see if whiggery will not rue the
day it provoked comparison. We will
take the four principal Canals and exam
inc their management during the last ten
years. From 1S45 to 1S49 inclusive,
they we're managed by Wings; from 1850
to 1854 they were in charge of the Demo-
Gratis. Five years to each. To say moth
ing of the fact that the Wings had not
the railroads to compete with as the Dem
ocrats habitat there was but one good
crop of wheat (Which very materially af-
fects the tolls) while the Democrats man.
aged the affairs; and three full crops while
the Wings were managing-that the works
are growing older, and in consequence
needed more repairs, while under Demo
cratic control-that the Democratic Board,
in order to increase the value of his pro-
ducts to the farmer, reduced the rates OF
toll one-half-to say nothing of these we
give the tables as shown by the reports to
be correct.
Receipts and Expenditures for the gears
1S45, 1916, lS47, 184S and 1849.
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Receipts and Expenditures for Me years
lS45, 1916, I847, 1S4S and 1849.
MISUNDERSTANDING ApNISIsrR ITO.

Excess of Expenditures over receipts sl03,755 Sc
Here then is the sum of one hundred
and three thousand, seven hundred and
ffty.fvs dollars and eighty-sir cents Of a
clear loss, on this single Canal to be made
up by taxation.
Now examine the receipts and expen-
ditures on the same work, for o cores
ponding period, from lS49 to 1854, in
elusive, under
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4 ELEGANT AND DwsRsrFIED Aarsxd1Nxs.s-An
arrangement has been made between, Messrs.
Myers s Madigan and s. B. Howes, by which
their united Circus and Menagerie, each Of
which is the most extensive of anything in its
line in the country, will exhibittoge under
one pavilion, the price to see both being the
same as heretofore demanded to see eaoh.
Among the attractions in the Menagerie is q
supurb living Giraffe and living Rhinoceros.
the only animals of their kind now in this
country. The Circus will be enlivened with
the humor and antics of the famous clown
Myers, and the dashing equestrianism Of Miss
Rose Madigan. A new pantomime. the 1Niser
of Bagdad," will close the exhibition 81 -
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Excess of expenses over receipts. $l0,439 04

Excess of expenses over receipts. SsS "a
The Wings took this Canal when it
was entirely new, and of course the cost
of repairs was trifing, yet there was a loss
to the State of $10,439 81. The Dem
ocrasic Board had to rebuild all the Lock
Gates, Suild two new dams, one aqueduct
and two bridges Here is difference of
over $40, 900 in favor of the Democrats,
besides the valuable new structures.
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WAYNE TOWNSHIP MEETING. BY ref
erenoe to the list of Democratic Meetings,
it will be, seen that the place, for Wayne
township, has been changed from Conger's
to Morris school house. This become
necessary from the fact that the Conger
school house, in case of bad weather, is in
an unsuitable condition for occupancy.
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Balance paid to the State $5,oo3 So
Thus, under the old Constitution, over
.fve thousand dollars were drawn from the
pockets of the people of this county to
pay on the principal and interest of the
State debt, (Which never benefited them,
but was always burden and the cur
rent expenses of the State government.
Or in other words, we then paid five thou
sand dollars more than we received.
For the year 1854, we paid to the State,
for all purposes exclusive of delinquent
taxes,) $13,876 60
And received of the State
Common School fund Tex
elusive of interest on Sec.
.16, and School library
fund,) - $l4,249 20
Thus showing that this county received
| from the State three hundred and serenity.
t,co dollars and sirty cents more in the way
of school funds than we paid to the State
FOR ALL PURPOSES; leaving the people O
this county five thousand three hundred
and seventy-six dollars and eighteen cents
better off than under the old Constitution
The present school law exempts thu
people of Monroe from all State taxes
either in the shape of paying towards ex
tinguishing the State debt, or for the sup
port of the State government, in consid
GRAFTON that they will raise some fourteen
thousand dollars for the education of thei
j own children. Can we ask anything bet
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D. II. WIRE.
For the Esprit. !"
Queer Reasoning,

queer AecssSOnAHas
Mr.. EDITOR KNOW Nothing Fusion
logic runs thus; Kansas must be free
State, therefore, you must hate the Dutch.
Kansas must be q free State, therefore,
you must hate the Irish. Kansas must be
free State, therefore, you must hate
foreigners in general. Kansas must be a
free State, therefore, you must hate the
Catholics.
Strange party! whose catechism is a
catechism of hatred, and whose platform
is platform of envy and ill-will. A plain
man can see but little connection between
their premises and their conclusions.
say Kansas must be free State, because
the great Democratic party wills it to be
so *x**
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Z" never had a bit of toast,
For the uSpirit y

For the esprit"
*** And refusal to extend
the right of suffrage to all who come here
after, until they have resided 81 years in
the United States, and complied with
the naturalization laws. .n-Kno,o Nothsng
Platform, Sec. 2. g
The. average age of foreigners at the
time of their arrival in the Gland of lib
erty," is, say 90 years. The average age
of man, established by observation and
experience, according to our best authori-
ty is 33 years. s..iss,. l.s
Add 20, the age of foreigners at their
arrival, to 81, and we have Al years. Sub
tract 33 years from Al years and then,
according to the Know Nothing platform
adopted at Cleveland, June 4, 1856, for
eigners will have the privilege of voting
just years, "ouer tie lsttn' 81,
NEEDLE.
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DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION.
s53,35S O6 excess Of Receipts

S53,35S U6 excess OF 1tecelpts
over Expenditures.
Here is net profit of $53,35S 06 to
the State, and a difference in favor of the
Democratic Board, and to the people of
Ohio, of $157,113 90!
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ter? And yetthe Know Nothings are loud
in their denunciations of the Democracy
for suffering this law on our Statute book,
and are clamoring Justify for a repeal of
the laws which burden us with taxes.
In the year 1854, the people of this
county paid the following taxes:
For State purposes, $l3,s76 co
For County purposes, l0,191 Sc
For Road purposes, 1882 ss
For Township purposes, Gn-
Guiding township levies for
poor and school purposes,) 1871 81
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We understand that a gentleman from
near Calais, in this. county, will drive a
pair of goats in harness at the Fair.
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He WOu,dn,t Debate.

Our readers will remember the discus
sion at Carrollton between Gov. MEDILI.,
Mr.. CHASE, &C., in which the latter gen.
tleman was fayed alive. AS the Fusion
took occasion, Immediately after the de-
bate, to misrepresent the whole affair,
Gov. MEDILL left his appointment at
Cleveland for others, and proceeded to
Ashland last Saturday to encounter CHASE
again. The abolition candidate, howev-
er, backed out! MEDILL couldn't drive
him into debate, again. Thereupon, Gov.
MEDILL proceeded to his tour. We hope
to hear no more Fusion bragadocio about
debating after this. If we do, we shall
insist upon Gov. MEDILL taking the hide
off CHASE again, as at Carrollton.-
| Statesman. s
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Chase's Position on the Know Nothin
QueStion-More Trickery.

Question-More Trickery.
On the oath ult Salmon P. Chase
wrote a letter to Homer Goodwin, Of
Sandusay City, exhibiting one of his faces
on the Know Nothing question. The
letter, it appears, was not intended for
publication, but to be used privately for
the purpose of making foreign votes for
its author Mr.. Goodwin, however, hav-
| ing a little more zeal than prudence, gave
it to the editor of the " LnteMgens-Blatt, )"
German Chase paper. The editor, in
order to prove to his readers that Chase
had no sympathy with Know Nothingism,
translated the letter into German and
published it, The following is that por-
ton of the letter touching the Know
Nothing question, and intended, doubtless,
as bait for foreigners.
XENIA, Aug. "a, 1855.
"That / do not belong to the Know
Nothings, but always opposed their dark
principles the people of Ohio ought to
know and be convinced; nevertheless, l
will now repeat again, that all my infiu-
ence shall be exerted to vigorously oppose
any oppression or injustice exercised
against foreigners as well as natives, in
whatever manner or shape. l concede
to, and wish every one, without distinc-
tion in regard to nationality, the enjoy
ment of all these rights, which l claim fol
myself.
"But it seems to be evident that the
dissension and schism of the Know Moth
ing Order at philadelphia will bring about
a liberal policy towards immigrants
Even Mr.. Ford, the so severely censured
Know Nothing, expressed himself to thai
effect, that immigrants shall have all the
rights of American citizens. The natu
ralization term of five years was never toe
long for me; and if it were within m!
power, I would gladly concede a shorter
'. term to any true friend of liberty among
immigrants But at the same time, de
| clare unto them, that would have Amer
) Iican institutions respected and upheld
and changed and amended only for tn
sake offreedom, general. universal freedom
"Men who disturb the peace, and pro
, hibit peaceable citizens from the exercis
: of their franchises and freedom OF speech
: are no Americans, although born in thi
: country"
a The word along" used in speaking 9
r the term of naturalization, in the above
: is, by some who have seen the origina
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Facts for those who think.

For the year 1851, (the last year under
the old Constitution the people of this
county paid into the State treasury, for
all State purposes, the sum of $7,4S9 27
And received from the State
for Common School pur-
poses, the sum of 2.4S5 50
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$565,962 05 excess of Rec'pts
over Expenditures.
The locks and other structures of this
canal were originally built of wood, and
having nearly rotted down, the Democrat
ic Board had to rebuild them at cost of
over 100000.
Subtract this sum from the expendi-
lures under the administration of the
Democrats $l,010.l35 q
100000 90
and it leaves S410,135 27
which being deducted from
the receipts $l,576,097 80
4lO,135 81