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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

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Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31
Thc SchoOI ExhibitiOms.

Our Town Hall was filed to over
flowing on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings of last week, to witness the ex-
hibition given by the Eaton Union
Schools. As far as we are able to learn
the satisfaction of pareAbs and friends
who attended, is very general. The Sc
lection of pieces was excellent and much
Of the speaking and acting gave evil
dence of good training and taste. There
was a mixture of the grave, comic, and
serious, some of which must have suited
each mental palate. Would it be prop
er, w might speak of the merits of some
and the defects of others, but we will
only say that as a whole the Schools did
themselves credit.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31
Violation Of Correct Principle
by the Free State Legislature OF
Kansas.

One of the acts of the Kansas Lcgis-
~lature, which has just adjourned, was a
militia law, which outrages all eur ideas
Of propriety in such matters. 1t was We
toed by Acting Governor STANTON, but
passed over the veto by a two thirds
vote. In the veto message We find the
following excellent remarks
"The most fatal objection to the pro-
posed law, and that which is entirely
conclusive to my mind, is to be found
in the seventh section, which authorizes
"a majority of the military board to call
out the militia in any emergency
"By the organic act, the Governor OF
the Territory is made commander-in-
chief of the militia, and is charged with
the duty of seeing the laws faithfully
executed. The proposed law would vir-
tually depose him from his position, and
would place him in the power of a board
composed of the general officers of the
militia, including himself, it is true, but
in which he might, at any time, be over
ruled by the majority.
SIN my judgment, such a law would
US Ill uiICCI CohhIC Will IiS OISdLIS eSI-
and would, therefore, be null and void.
If, however, it might be considered le-
gally valid, it would be hostile to the
acknowledged principles of civil liberty,
which require the subordination of the
military to the civil power. To confer
upon a majority of the general officers
of the militia the power to judge of the
occasion when the military force of the
Territory should be called into action,
would be to establish a military despot-
ism of the most dangerous and PERM
cious character" . ssr" ui -
The Lccompton correspondent of the
St. Louis Democrat says of this law:
"This military board has power to or
ganize, equip, drill and put into service
able shape the militia of the Territory,
A majority of the board are. empowered
to call out the militia in any emergency,
and to act independent of thecommand-
er-in-chief." -
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

bSrWe understand that an impress
sion has got out among the Democrats,
that if the Democrat establishment is
not disposed of the paper will be dis
continued. We will just here say that
such is not the case, that if we do not
sell, the paper 1iU be published, and we
earnestly request every good democrat
TO send in his name, and then use every
effort to induce his neighbor to become
a subscriber. We want more readers
and in the democratic party too. Shall
we not have them2 Let each demo
crat resolve to get us one new name, and
our list will soon be large enough.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31
The New Year.

Almost in the last hours of the expi-
ring year, we take our pen to write the
wish of a "happy New-Year' to all our
readers, although the expression of that
wish will probably not reach more than
huff of them until they have stepped
into the unknown future of 1858. The
year 1857 has boen an eventful one,
and its memory will be almost as indel-
IDLY impressed upon the minds of men,
as any of its predecessors. Many who
entered upon its existence in the very
hefghth of afiuence and prosperity, have
been reduced to, almost penury and
want by its "money crisis"-it has had
a "bread panic" although a beneficient
Providence has been exceedingly boun-
tiful in rewarding the labors of the hus-
bandman-upon land and sea-by food
and fame-by calamity and crime, dis
aster and disease-death has invaded
Observation-Disclosures ties of kindred
and friendship, and taken millions of
men, women and children, from the stage
of life. From similar sad results it is
not to be expected, however, that the
new year will be exempt. nor can any
tell who of all the thousand million of
mankind who step we its threshold,
will tread its pathway through; while,
from the teachings of the past, we may
expect that the inanimate remains of
not less Than thirty millions of our fell
low-bcings-now as active as ourselves
will be strewn along its course
While, therefore, we may be spared to
enjoy the hoped-for blessings of the new
year, may our last moments, when call
ed upon to close our ephemeral career,
be sWeetened by the satisfaction of a
N~eIl-spent life. Although the flowers
and fruits of The future will grow upon
the brink ofthe grave, let us, neverthe-
less pluck and enjoy them with clear
conscience and cheerful spirits-and
may Ee, dear. reader, be spared many
times yet to enjoy the advent of o NEW
YEAR.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

BG-The .0dd Fellows Casket" for
December has been received. With the
January number commences the new
volume, and We think every mepber of
the Order in Eaton should be a-subscri-
her. It is an excellent work, and is
ably conducted, and deserves the sup
port of those whose principles it is a
faithful exponent, It is published in
Cincinnati by l. HARTrat S 1,5O per
year in advance. f& "
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31
n- Governor MEDARY, in his la

nA Governor MEDARY, in his late
message to the Minnesota Legislature
makes the following remarks. They
give, in our opinion, the true interpre.
tation of the Kansas Act:
''On the application of a new State
for admission in the Union, Congress:
has power, and it becomes its duty, to
inquire whether it is republican in its
organization, according to the meaning
of that term as applied to the principles
and practices of our Government from
the beginning. But it has neither the
power MOI right to prescribe the mode
by which the people shall arrive at that
organization. Any other conclusion
would preclude the idea of equality
because the equality of States does not
mean being equal in size and strength
or similar in domestic policy, but equal
in the rights reserved to the State and
the people in their sovereign capacity"
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31
Topeka VS.. Lecompton.

AOkDCnG8 We 1<COOA41RGVHl
It will be remembered that the Tope-
ka Constitution received only 1900
fvotesi and yet the "shriekers" claim
that it faithfully represents the will and
wishes of the majority of Kansas. They
demand admission into the Union with
that document thus indorsed and rep
rebate Congress for its refusal to yield
to their demand. Now the Lecompton
Convention represents more than two
thousand voters, and the fanatics con-
denim it as the corrupt offspring of a
pro-slavery minority. 1t is plain that
the Lecompton, is the work of more DO
ia Jfde residents of Kansas, than the To-
peka programme. The Lecompton Con-
v%ention was held in pursuance ola Terri-
torialact; the Topeka fanatics and traitors
represented revolution. In every respect
the Constitutional Convention is emit.
tied to more weight and regard as re-
fscting the will of the people of Kansas,
than is the Topeka farce. Nor can we
discover in the action of that Conyeu
ton so much to condemn and frown
upon as do some of the Black Republi-
cans and some of our Democratic CO.
temporaries. 1t fairly and honorably
submitted the question of slavery to a
vote of all the actual residents of Kan
sas on the 21st of the present MONTH
The free State men constitute the ma
jority; that majority have had an OPP
portunity to secure Kansas to free Ia
Dor. By the latest news from there it
will be seen that they have refused to
vote at all, and deserve the bitterest de.
n~uneiations and the contempt of all
honorable men, in thus violating theil
professions. No good will result from
obedience to such traitorous counsel
while the refusal to vote will again oper
the whole Kansas controversy and sub
ject that Territory to the evils of dis
cord and civil war, besides periling the
peace of the nation. The objections tt
the Lecompton programme are mainly
technical and of little practical impor
lance. One of these objections is tina
the proposed Constitution cannot be
amended in seven years after its ratif'
cation by a popular vote and its accep
lance by Congress. Here again it Ii
convenient to institute a comparison be
tween the Lecompton Constitution anc
the document of the Topeka traitors
This latter aoas declared to be unaAerabt
for ten gears. How inconsistent in it:
friends t. condemn and denounce the
Lccompton body for making their worl
irrevoeable for seven years only. Al
the whole question of slavery-tha
question which has so often divided ant
distracted the country-has been fairly
submitted to the actual residents of Kan
good reason for the denunciations o
the Lecompton Convention, in which
some of our Democratic cotemporarie
indulge. Such denunciations are cal
culated, if not designed, to embarras
the Administration, disorganize the dc
m%ocratic party and perpetuate the un
happy and dangerous Kansas contrO
versy. They can do no good, Will
their natural and legitimate effect is t
produce the evils above instanced-evil
which every patriot must deplore.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

The Kansas ElectiOn-.SlaVery
Constitution Carried bya Large
Acknowledgement Denver As
sumed GOVermOr-ShiP OF the
Territory.
ST.. Louis, Monday, December %.
Kansas advices to the ed to the Re
publican state that the constitution with
slavery has been carried by a large ma
|jority. The returns are meager.
The following is the Pro~-slavery vote
as far as heard from Shawnee 765, Ala
tina 200, and Lexington about the same.
1t is reported that a large body of men
have gone to Lecomptoh to seize upon
the Territorial arms.
A letter, dated Lawrence, December
p, says that Lane has gone te Fort
Scott, with the avowed intention to de-
stroy that place, e~xterminate the Pro-sla-
very settlers at the Shawnee reservation
and carry the war into Missouri.
General Denver assumed the govern
ment of the Territory and has issued an
address, in which he exhorts the citizens
to appeal to the ballot-box for the settle
ment of their difficulties.
He makes copious extracts from the
Presidents instructions, as indicative of
the line of policy which he designs to
pursue. He also states hat Calhoun
has invited himself and the presiding
officers of both Houses of the Territori-
al Legislature to be present at the coun-
ting of the returns of the election on the
21st inst. @ luE
There is nothing authentic from Fort
Scott.
ATER
A gentleman from Kansas reports the
whole vote at Lecompton to be 122.-
The Pro-slavery majority was so.
There were no votes received at Law
renee. Jt".H f." -... .. ai j f10t
The poll-books at Topeka were not
opened. 20 Fa-a al O h9ez
The Pro-slavery majority at Licking
ton is 30. ~" 80
Nothing heard from Leavenworth.
A letter to the RcpuJticaf says thtt
the Lawrence Convention will meet on
the 23d instant, aud will decide wheth-
err they will go into the january election
for State officers. Many fav1r such a
course, with a view of crushing the State
government.
Staaton's name.i is mentioned for Gov
ernor. -
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31
L. G. GOULD, Editor.
EATON, O., DEC. 81. 1857.
FOR SALE.
THE "PREBLE co. DEMOCRAT"

THE "PREBLE GU UEMUCRAT'"
AS it is our intention to change our
present location, we offer the "Demo-
crat' establishment for sale. The ma
terial on which the paper is printed is
all in good condition, having been in
use only about ten months. The circu-
lation of the Democrat" is an average
of country papers and can be very east
ly increased-has a good advertising
custom, and an excellent run of Job
Work. The IUD Office is large and
we'll selected. For cash, or good nego-
table paper we will sell low. If not
sold by the 9Th of January other ar
engagements will be made with it.
L. G. GOULD.
Nov Dc 1877.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31
A Base EalsehOOd Nailed to the
COiunfpr.


The usual recklessness of the opposi-
ton the to President, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer, is mantle sting itself fully, in
the gross falschoods and misrepresenta-
tons it is daily manufacturing and sem
ding forth to the country. The New
York Eoening Post, in an article headed
" Official Disingenuousness," charges
the President with having given Cover
nor Walker instructions that "unless
the Convention submit the constitution
to the vote of all the actual settlers of
Kansas, and the election be fairly and
justly conducted; the constitution ,oiU
be and ought to be rejected by Congress-
and that in his message. he says: 81
merely said that when a constitution
shall be submitted to the people of the
Territory, they must be protected in the
exercise Of their right to vote for OR
against hat instrument, and the fair
expression of the popular will must not
be interrdRtedby fraud or Violence
The effort Sf1&eLa9R is to convict the
President ola suppression of the truth.
The Washington Union says that the
alleged extract from Governor Walkers
instructions, which is paraded by the
Post as proof of "oficial disingenuous-
ness" is proof only of editorial igno-
rance or editorial deception.
mo such paragraph" adds the In
ion, "can be found in Gov. Walkers in.
structions, or any paragraph with a sim
liar meaning. The President merely
said in those instructions exactly what
he himself made public on this point in
his annual message, and the remaining
sentence, as quoted by the Post, belongs
exclusively to Governor Walk er-as
anybody will see by referring to his
letter. when such a constitution shall
be submitted to the people of the Ter
ritory, (said President Buchanan,l they
must be protected in the exercise O
their right of voting for or against tina
instrument, and the fair expression O
the popular will must not be interrupt
ed by fraud or violence 1t is Cover
nor Walker who adds, that unless tn,
Convention submit the constitution t.
the vote of all the actual resident sett
lers of Kansas, and the election be fair
ly and justly conducted, the constitute,
uiW be, and ought to be, rejected By Con
gress.' The President never nude an,
such declaration as this. The Presi
dent never pledged himself to oppos'
the constitution unless it was submitted
to the people. This pledge was anon:
the indiscretions of Governor Walker
and involved the absurdity of dctcrmi
ming the legality of the Convention b,
the character OF its action. If the Con
v%ention shall act in accordance with IN,
views, (the Governor substantially de
clared) its action shall be maintained
buff. not, then the whole Convention
is a swindle and a fraud, and it shal
have no chance in Congress. The mer
statement Of this position is a suficien
demonstration Of its folly, and we d.
not propose to waste any words on it.
We think that nails hat lie to tn
+. counter. Will those Democratic paper
which have been justifying their oppo
sition to the President, on these preten
ded Instructions to Governor Walker
do the President the simple justice t
notice the denial Of the Union?
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31
Division of Texas.

The public journals of Texas are dis
cussing the subject of subdivision of that
State into two or more States. No State
of the Union has increased within a few
years more rapidly in population and
wealth. The population is now estima-
ted at ovcr half a million, and under the
next ccncus it will be entitled to six or
seven representatives in Congress. The
great size of the State, the great dissim-
ilarity of its parts, and the difficulty in
the way of constant communication be-
tween all of its parts and the one centre
of government, are the reasons urged in
support of the division. 1t will be re-
membcred hat the joint resolutions an
nexing Texas to the Union provided for
it's ultimate subdivision into FIVE States.
The line of division suggested is the
same with that now dividing the State
into two congressional districts.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

Bg<tThere are twenty four newspapers
now published in Kansas, of which
twelve are Republican in politics, four
are neutral, and eight are National Dem
ocrat,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

s@ The annual report of Lieutenant
General Scott on the condition and the
wants of the Army is a brief, business
like document. He refers to the inces-
SAINT Indian wars; the harrassing duty
thereby imposed upon the Army; the
inadequate force employed; and recon-
mends an increasing of the Army by
the addition of one regiment of horse
and three regiments of foot; also the
enlistment of men for particular corps
of the service, as tending to promote
military efficiency. A revision of the
Army regulation and the infantry tao
tics in use is also recommended, and
suggestions regarding the physical COM
fort and moral elevation of the troops
are made -af
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31
Arrival Of the Northern Light.

The ste lmship Northern Light, with
California dates to the 9TH inst, arrived
at New York, on Monday last, bringing
100000 in gold. Among her pas
sengers was "Fillibuster Walker who,
with one hundred and fifty of his men,
was captured by Commodore Pauiding,
of the United States frigate Wabash.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

sm-Hon. j. s. GREEN, of the U. S.
Senate, has our thanks for a copy of his
able speech on the Constitution of Kan
sas.
Hon. S. S. Cox, of the House, has
our thanks for valuable papers.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

nm-The vote in Wisconsin upon the
proposition to extend negro suffrage
was yeas 28,235, nays 41,345; majority
against, 1910.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31
fac

BRIsTeL' facts
in relation to this preparation are worth
stating. The first is, that eminent med.
ical writer's now ascribe the majority Of
diseases to morbid matter in the blood.
The second is, that Bristol's %Sarsaparil-
la, according to the testimony of dis
tinSuishsd Psychologists, acts as an anti
dote to all poisonous or acrid particles
present in that fluid. Thus are its mar
%vellous cures of scrofula, e~rysipelas.
s~alt-rheum. leprosy, cancer, incident
sores, assesses, tumors, g~landular swell
lings, &c, accomplished. AS an effect
i've remedy for intestinal worms, a di-
sease to which much of the frightful
mortality among children in this coun-
try l. due, Kemp's Worm Lozenges are
warmly recommended. They are free
from mercury, pleasant to take, and do
their work so thoroughly, that there is
no danger of a renewal of the disorder.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

Ry- Our neighbor of the Register
seems to be highly elated at the idea he
has got into his cranky noodle, that
there is, going to be a split in the Demo-
cratic party. Wonder if he hopes to
patch up the rickety and defunct Repub-
lican party with any of its pieccs2
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

Hy Col: F. NJ. Wynkeop, who COM
manded the first regiment of Pennsyls
vania Volunteers in the Mexican War,
was accidentally shot near his residence
in Pennsylvania, a few days since since,
while out a cunning. Col. Wynkoop
was one of the best Of men,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

sa-There are 10000 school houses
500 academies, 334 colleges, and 3.s0C
churches in the United States,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

MoFFAr's LIFE PITTS AND PHOENIX
BIrrERs.-Forl all diseases of the diges.
tive organs, pains in the back or the
heart, these medicines have proved tebe
superior to all other known remedies!Sr
Soldby the proprietor, W. b. MQFFAT,
335 Broadway, New York, and by his
Accents. .t..t;l-ts .fr-.- -gg 5ai
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

Bas= The Buffalo Commercial says
that at present, all the roads leading
from that point are crowded to the ut
most capacity with freight; and there is
every prospect of an unexampled freight
business for the winter. The depots
are crowded beyond their capacity, and
much of the large receipts of -four and
grain of last week is still unhoused.--
Some of it is yet afioat. The receipts of
flour on one day last week were thirty
two thousnd barrels; enough to last a
railroad quite a while. ,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

IIoLLowAY's PILLS AS A REMEDY
FOR DYspEPsIA.-No one who has seen
the effect of Holloway's Pills in cases
of dyspepsia, can believe for a moment
that this depressing and dangerous di-
sease is incurable. The patient who
has suffered from it for years, whose
strength, appetite, and cheerfulness,
seem utterly gone; to whom life is a
burden, and who has long ceased to
hope for relief, may be radically cured
by a course of this powerful stomachic
and mild aperient. Hundreds of in
stances of this kind are on record.
ne Mr.. Orr, the new Speaker of the
House of Representative, is n of the
youngest men who V occupied that
position. He is but t~hirty-six years of
age, has been nine years in Congress
Tt is unanimously conceded that he is
emincntly qualified for the position.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-31

Nov. &c,