Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-16
three months after my second notice Of

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king of testimony is expressly limited to
s'sixty days" from the service of the an
swsr. You were in Congress when the
Act passed, and are presumed to know
that you were equally bound with MY
self to close the testimony within that
period.
The "practice" you allege of taking
testimony after the sixty days, notwith-
standing the Statute, cannot be very in
veterate, since the act was not passed
till March, 1851; nor do 1 think that at
so early a day. practice will prevail
against the express words of the Statute,
which declares that ''no testimony shall
As to your notion that this language
is "dirccfory only" I@have to say that.I.
can we'll understand how an Affirmative
provision in a Statute may sometimes,
under sire IS of judicial pressure be held
''directory,' and noncompliance excusedr
but I have yet to learn how a provision
expressly Negative, was ever or can be in
like manner interpreted. "Thou shalt
not steal, is, L take it, strictly prohiL-
tory. r
Your intimation, therefore. that you
mean to proceed with your testimony in
spite of the Statute, gives me no eoN-
Germ. You can suit your pleasure and
convenience in that respect. / beg to,
assure you that it will in nowise ineQm-
mode or cause me expense.
1t is true that 1 have not exhausted.
my testimony in Butler stil1 less in
Montgomery, and have not reached
Preble at all. More than one half of
my testimony remains still untaken.-
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with the Jury which is to pass upon it.,
I am confident that a development of
FALL the material facts" would but in
crease my present majority; and secure.
me the seat in any event. Especially
am [ convinced that under any circum-
stances the most favorable to you, Con-
gress, looking to the testimony, and re-
Numbering that men of tie African,
race were permitted to vote, and that.
in near nineteen thousand votes cast in
this District, there were but nHteteen be,
tween us, will at least remand the elect.
ion TO the people. ~ a.f
But, like yourself, / deprecate delay
and suspense; equally with you, [ desire
to save all cost to the Government; and
above all, L have a very high regard for
1.-The true principles of Popular Soycr7
eighty" Your proposition would be a
fair one, and instantly and willingly ac-
copied, were there not a fairer and bet
ter course for both, and for all concern
ed. l.
Wherefore to avoid all suspense and
delay, and the exceeding annoyance and
irritation of a contest; to save all cost as
well to ourselves as to the Governments;
to relieve CONGRESS- from an unpleasant
duty which may devolye, upon it. but
especially by ascending to the fountain
head-the people-to carry out. the
true principles Of Popular Sovereignty
and obtain a full and clear expression
of thc public viii free from doHLt, so that
the true majority may govern. j hereby
propose. to waive all advantages, as wei
substantial as technical, and ri such hnte
rs the Goreraor Of the STATE may oppoinf,
or if !y6u prefer, on tic second Tuesday Of
Oct,6eY. merit, suJnftI qgain The question to
The PEoPLEe f Ms District for Their ffnalf
1ecisipa.
To this proposition I shall await your
reply. Should you decline, Congress
must decide between US upon the law
!. ana the testimony. a.r.
t c. l.. NALLANDIGHAM.
LEWIS D., CAMPBELL, ESQ, :, "A t.,
Hamilton, Ohio, f-rf.
, H1Uo,c ,y's PiWs.-Tn chronic dyspap-
STA, where the stomach has become cal
, lous to all ordinary remedies. and slim
u!ants fail either to provoke appetite or
facilitate disgestion, these Pills, by their
simultaneous action upon the fluids which
dissolvcs, assimilate and adapt to the Pur-
poses of nutrition the food taken into the
system, will quickly impart a healthy
tone to the whole physical machinery.
Indigestion. and all its concomitants and
consequences, including general debili-
g ty, liver complaint, nausea, pains be-
tween the shoulders, headache, lowspirt-
/, its, a feeling of oppression after meals,
sleeplcssness, languor, f%atulence, bowel
complaint, etc, are among the ailments
invariably cured by course of this ines
, Unable remedy.
nGNayor Wood, of New York, it is
believed, will resign his Office 5 as
] the Legislature shall have adopted the
f new charter and Police bills now before
, it, and which win probably pass both
branches. 1t will be remembered that
t the Mayor, some time since, declared:
that in case the Legislature undertook
to interfere in City matters he would no
longer continue in Office. The Legisla-
ture seems inclined to test the sincerity
of his declaration. -fa -7.-
E-,.-..f
eG5-It is stated that during thequarter
ending the 31st March, about 1000 dead
letters have been opened at the Dead
Letter Office, containing money amoun-
ting in aggregate TO over ST ,0oOi and
already seven-eights of the amount have
been restored to the owners. The esti-
mate # the department. of the whole
number of the dead letters received in
former years, under the high postage
system, WAS three millions and a half
Under the low postage prepaid systerhiit
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