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Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
Look at Home!

One of the objections made to the
decision of the Supreme Court in the
bred Scott case, is that it declares ne.
groes not to be citizens. There is moth
ing neither novel or monstrous in this,
our own State Constitution, under which
our own Black Republicans olive and
breathe and have their being" virtually
declares the same doctrine. Negroes
are not citizens in the State ofPennsyl-
vania-none but free aohite men are, and
yet our virtuous Republicans pass over
this fact, and Indignantly assail Judge
fancy, a man whose character stands
above ~reproach, and whose ermine has
nev been soiled by a single corrupt
act, for expressing an opinion in 1857,
which the Constitutional Convention of
Ohio declared as early as 1888. The
generation of vipers! look at home
"Pluck the beam from your own eyes"
before you put on spectacles to discover
"the mote of Others" and they hurl their
thunder bolts against the Court for pro-
nouncing the Missouri Compromise an
constitutional, when the old Federal faith
ers opposed its enactment on the same
ground in 1920, and burnt in efigy Da-
vid Fullerton and others who helped to
pass it. To whatmonstrous wrongs and
gross absurdities will not blind fanati-
cism lead.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
GAMES
Mrs. PHEBE WEBER"
Four Days Later From Europe.
Arrival Of City of Washington.
New YORK, April 21.

The steamship City Of Washington,
with dates from Liverpool to the 8th
inst, arrived here this afternoon,
A dispatch from Madrid says that.
Mexico recognizes the justice of the
Spanish demands.
The diplomatic rupture between Aus.
tria and Sardinia is not likely to be adj
iusted, but neither contemplates hostili-
ties.
The Austrian commercial advices are
unfavorable.
In consequence of the spread of u
rain in the north of Europe, England
prohibits the importation of cattle-skins,
&C., which, it is thought, will effect the
provision trade.
Murrain has also appeared among the
cattle in Austria.
General Ashburnham will command
the military force which will be sent to
China.
The Neufchatel Conference has indie
fnitely adjourned, as is said, on count
of the impracticable demands of Prus7
sia. vi
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

LAND SALE IN KANsAs.-Three great
land sales now advertised by the United
States Government. The first will oc-
u at Iowa Point, in Doniphan County,
Kansas, beginning on the 9Th of May;
this sale is for the benefit of the Iowa
tribe. Another will occur at Paoli in
Lykins County, Kansas, commencing
on the Goth of May, for the confederated
bands of Kaskaskias, Peorias, Pianke-
shaw and Weas. The third will com
mence at Osawkee, in Kansas, on the
23d of June, for the Delaware tribe
For the benefit of Iowa tribe ninety-fve
thousand acres will be sold; for the con-
federate bands two hundred and four
teen thousand acres, and for the Della.
ware tribe three hundred and forty-fve
thousand acres, making in all six hun.
dred and ~ffty-four thousand acres.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
Late Elections,

Returns from different parts of Ohio
bring good tidings for the Democracy,
Many places where the Fremontcrs car
ried the day last fall are revolutionized,
and there are large Democratic gains in
the other Districts. There is a gain of
nearly 5000 in Cincinnati-part of our
ticket having been elected, whereas the
united force against US last fall was over
$500. Dayton, Fremont, Tifin, Steu-
benvillc, Cleveland, and other towns and
cities, are in the Democratic column.
In Connecticut we have two Democratic
members of Congress. Before we had
none. Roll on the ball.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
POST MASTERS throughout

na- POST MASTERS throughout
the county having tie best opportuni-
ties for attending 10 sch business
should exert themselves in procuring
subscribers to Democraic papers,
Numbers of Post Masters act as agents
for neutral and i~ndepndent papers
which are generally opposition organs,
and ~ifinstead of lending heir aid in cir
culating such papers, thy would exert
themselves to Increase tie circulation of
Democratic papers, they you'd be serv-
ing their party and thef country to a
much better advantage. 1t is important
to circulate Democratic papers among
the people. Let Post Masters and 9TH
ers Deal this in mind and act accord
ingly.-Ec.
The above expresses u views exact
ly. Many country PoSmasters not on
ly act as agents for Independent and
neutral papers, but il many cases are
very efficient in getting up clubs for
New York and Philadelphia papers that,
in opposing the Democratic party, do
not take the troubIeto mask themselves
bch1nd h . s<peutrality. We
value as highly the diffusion
ofknowledge-we would not, if VIC could,
dollar any man from the privilege of ia
king and reading any paper he plcases
but while we thus express u views,
we also claim that it is the duty Of De
mocratic officers, appointees of a Demo
cratic Administration, to lend their in
fuence first in obtaining a circulation
for their w party papers, and especl-
ally those of their own neighborhood.
All office holders expect their party pa
pers to support and sustain them, when
ever they are justly, or u~njustly assail-
ed, it is their county Editor to whom
they resort for redress-in short, when
ever any hard knocks are to be given or
taken in their defense, the Democratic
county organ is thrust forward to re-
ceive them. Upon what theory of mu-
tual reciprocity, then, country Post
Masters can quietly fold their arms, and
never make any effort to increase the
circulation of their W county paper,
we cannot understand. To bring the
matter home-we are satisfied that our
circulation could be increased one hal I
in three months, if the Post Masters in
the county would display half the indus
try in our behalf that they do in behalf
of the New York and Philadelphia blan-
ket sheets. And yet, We do not charge
this to any want eff fidelity to the party
no! it is only a want of a proper view
of the subject; and that we have
mentioned it, we hope to see the evil
remedied. Shall it not be-?
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
Chinese Feeling 5n Vc.at3Oss to
the British.

The following choice extracts from a
recent proclamation of Ych willshow to
some extent the feeling entertlined by
the Chinese in relation to the British:
Now, these English barbarians-these
kindred OF dogs and bears, unmannerly.
devoid of all knowledge of propriety in
human intercourse wolves and jackals
in their greed-lustful ,in~"estuous, bestial
wandering hither and thither, reck-
less and regardless of all rights human
and divine-like locks of carbon crows
to the carcass, come from their hell-nests
treat our Celestial dynasty with con-
tempt, and in a moment, when our troops
are uupreparcd for them, take possession
of our fortrcsses, burn houses and shops
of the industrious, and carry to the top
of their bent their internal w~ickedness.
These English must be externlinated,
so that their fate be a warning to other
nations from the west. As for traitorous
natives in the service of these English
imps, they must be sought out, and, ON
apprehension, suffer condign punish
ment. The graves of the ancestors OF
the greater Williams must be broken up
the families of the lesser scum destroyed.
both small and great. Twenty days arc
allowed to the servants Of foreigners to
return to their homes.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

Gs1~The Cleveland Plain Dealer asks:
What has caused this great connection
the country through? AS one looks
through the newspapers or cars arriving
at, and departing from the railroad de-
pots, one cannot but wonder at the
stampede which is now taking place
throughout the whole country towards
the Territories and New states. Alarge
number of our citizens leave daily
Many are spectators, but a large proper
ton are farmers and mechanics. All
arc bound to find elbow-room in the
wide prairies of the West. Compared
with any portion of Europe our country
is not crowded: the general prosperity
is however unequalled by that Of any
other people in the world, labor every
where pays a profit, and accumulations
though they may be small are something
if invested in the cheap lands of the
West. Land as the world goes, is the
most suhstantial thing men can own,
and while millions want acres, there are
millions of acres wanting only hands to
open their long stored treasures to the
world. The health of the western peo-
pie has been remarkably good for the
lastfew years, and this encouraging item
stimulates the emigration. The restless
American spirit-the anxiety at all haz-
ard to get rich in the shortest possible
time had once its free course tawards
California, but that experiment although
it still attracts some, has no seductions
for the farmers and mechanics of the
Northern States.
The moving masses now bound for
the West will make other Californian's
to send back a wealth of corn, wheat
and cattle to the East, and New States
will be populated to be represented in
the National Legislature and to hold
the country in equilibrium of sentiment
and political power. The prospect is
bright and it may be looked upon by
every well wisher of his countrymen, as
a healthful and happy sign of the great
and glorious progress, which a free and
intelligent nation is making towards the
reduction ofa continent ofwilderness to
one of civilization and general happi-
ness.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

AItappears from the foreign cores
~penGencc of the N. Y. Tribune, that
Charles Sumner, after having left the
shores of America, has recovered his
health and spirits. The brain of this
illustrious man has recovered its "pre-
ponderance," and is in good working
order-and is ':set up" somewhat by
the prospective enjoyment of renewing
his early impressions ofEuropean scenes !
What nonsense. There are not three
sane men in America, who understand
the subject, that Charles Sumner has
been, or is, an invalid of any thing like
reasonable pretensions. The "invalid'
game was played pretty fine, but lost its
interest long before the-death of P. S.
Brooks! 1t is high time this humbug
was exploded.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
nm The New York Herald calls up

eem- The New York Herald calls upon
the friends of John Charles Fremont to
form clubs and begin the movement for
1860 at once, or he Will be cheated out
of the nomination. The blackguard
Herald is a good source for FremOnt's
second nomination to come from. But
one Fremont is pretty WI! usei up, and
we suggest that the other one be bro't
out for 1850. The Republican party
will certainly need a fresh nag; no bro
ken-windcd political hack will do. Be
sides, the Herald's prophesies and teach
ings have lost the prestige of success
1t tried to make a President out Of
olive COAX" George Law, but he turn
ed out a miserable stlck-a olive Hoax
indeed. John Charles did but littlC
better under the Herald's training
Benefits sagacity failed some time since
and with his vanishing wit the garrulity
of second childhood ovcrhows the col
umns of "ma paper"
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

nA-It is calculated the profits real
lied yearly from the African slave trade
amount to about eleven millions of dol
lars, while the capital invested does not
perhaps exceed four millions; that there
is a feet of forty vessels manned by a
total force ~ofnearly a thousand men, and
that by means of the feet some thirty
thousand slaves are reported yearly from
the coast of Africa. 1t is said that New
York and Boston furnishes the capita
engaged in this nefarious trafc.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
Last Scene of All"
De MOrtius MI Nist 60num.

Ode Mortius MI NiSi 6onum."
The Ohio Statesman of Saturday eve
ming says: We have no tears to shed
over the departed Legislature, 1t has
fulfilled its mission, and gone down the
stream of time to be a by-word and a
re-proach-to be regarded as an assem-
bly, the most remarkably prolific in IN
redeemed promises that ever convened
and separated. Elected upon a vague
and i'll defined idea that was mistaken
for principles, when they came together
the members found themselves a hete-
rogeneous mass without aim or object
except to do something. Unskilled in
Parliamentary rule, and confident that
all power was concentrated in them
selves, or ought to be, they derided the
guiding light of the Constitution
thing they thought they could make or
unmake at any time.
The adjournment took place this NOR
ming about the hour determined on
The usual f~arcical ceremonies of the oc-
casion were observed. The customary
complimentary resolutions were passed,
but not before the eccentric member
from Hamilton emptied the remaining
drops in his phial (of wrath) upon the
clerks and other officers of the House,
whose incompetency he visited with a
touch of sarcastic honesty, which found
no echo within the House.
Much horrid and useless legislation
was accomplished in the last hours. A
consciousness of their dissolution, to be
no more revived, seemed to pervade the
Assembly. That which in cooler mo-
ments they would have shrunk from
perpetrating, they consumated in excite
ment, hurry and confusion. 1t was no
time to pause for inquiry and investiga-
ton. The Black Republican majority
felt that they had literally done nothing
or at least had left undone much that
they should have done. IF they were
elected to legislate about matters be-
longing to the general government, and
things over which they had and could
have no control, they certainly accom-
plished their mission. Some few prop
er acts were passed, some amendments
that the exigencies called for were made,
but the whole legislation of both sess-
ions, of more than two hundred days,
so far as regards utility or necessity,
could have been compressed in less than
as many hours.
1t will be our duty to examine the
acts of this Legislature with some par
ticularity-but that duty we mean to
perform. While we may at parting say
there was really considerable rd1o mate
rial (real TALENT in the Legislature,
there was outside of the Democratic
ranks little that was practical, and much
that was of a very inferior though vain
and conceited character. The minority
sustained themselves well, and deserve
the appreciation of their friends at home.
We sound the dirge of this Legisla-
ture; and with all our heart, for the
good of our people, for the welfare of
the State, we earnestly hope 1--WE may
not look upon its like again"
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
ANOTHER FALLEN ANGEL.-TI

ANOTHER FALLEN ANGEL.-Thc
Waterbury, Conn., Journal records the
''faIl' of another of the famous three
thousand priests who protested sin the
name of Almighty God against the
Nebraska Bill. One by one, in rapid
succession, these wolves in sleeps cloth
ing are being stripped of their disguise
and exposed in their true characters
The paper above-named says:
We learn that Rev. Mr.. Smith, ofHad-
dam, in this State, a regular Fremont
blower, whose wife has been only about
three weeks under the sod, has turned
up" in connection with another mans
wife. The affair has created c%onsidera-
Bile excitement in the neighborhood, the
reverend gentleman acknowledging the
corn" and sloping to parts unknown,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
Ha-A man named John Scratcher wa

Bg-A man named John Scratcher was
examined in New York, on the 10th
April, on a charge of attempting to eff
ect the release of Huntington, the for
ger, from the State by C of a forg-
ed pardon. Scratcher, as ~alledged, has
been endeavoring to obtain money from
various parties to carry out this object
The affair, which is involved in consid.
cradle mystery, is to be further invcsti.
gated.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
A Wisconsin City.

As aespecimen of the rapid growth OF
the great West, and particularly some
of its juvenile cities, we give the follow
ing facts, taken from the Wisconsin Pa
triot, adding however, that Madison
now contains a population between TO-
900 and 10000, rising up to such pie
thoric dimensions, from about 1900 in
1850:
Madison, the Capitol of Wisconsin, is
one of the great cities of the West, with
unrivaled beauty of location and scene
ry to crafty men of taste and leisure.
Its unsurpassed Railroad and other bu-
siness facilities, offer strong inducements
to capitalists, manufacturers, merchants
and mechanics.
The City is now erecting a spacious
City Hall, four frst-class School Hous-
es, and other public buildings.
The State Legislature at its last ses-
sion, made large appropriations for the
enlargement of the State House, the
erection of a State Lunatic Asylum, and
to complete the State University Build
iHgs en- the magnificent plan heretofore
adopted.
Congress has made an appropriation
for the erection of a United States Court
House and Post Office; and made the
latter a distributing Office.
Railroads. Four separate Railroads
will be completed to this place the com
ing year and WIZ ereetexpensiYe build
ings for their convenience and business.
Local Improvements. In addition to
all these, there are now being erected
Churches, Stores, Private Residences.
&C., most of which are built of the bean,
tiful cr~eam-colored stone from the Mad
ison quarries.
These Improvements will give en-
ployment to hundreds of mechanics and
Iaborers, at a point where they will find
a healthy location for a. home, eduea-
tional and other advantages unsurpass-
ed.
Not a competing city to limit its
growth for forty miles in any direction,
and in the centre of the most fertile
county in the Union, which is being
rapidly developed. -
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
Rules for the Detection of COg7n-
terfeit NE Oney.

Mr.. John s.. Dye has ~presenteda plan,
in his Wall Street Broker, for the de-
lection of counterfeit and altered bank
bills. Seven rules are given, which are
printed in English, French and German.
They are as follows:
1 Examine the forms and features
of all human figures on the note. If the
forms are graceful and features distinct;
examine the drapery, if the folds lay
natural; and the hair of the head should
be examined, and see that the strands
can be seen.
2 Examine well the lettering, the
title of the bank, or the round hand
writing on the face of the note. On all
genuine notes this work is done with
great skill and perfectness, and there
has never been a counterfeit but what
was defective in the lettering.
3 The imprint or ~engravers' names.
BY observing the great perfection of the
different company names, in the even
ness and shape of the fine letters, coun-
tcrfeiters never get the imprint perfect.
This rule alone, if strictly observed, VIII
detect every counterfeit bid in existence.
4 The shading in the background
of the vignette, or over OR around the
letters forming the name ofthe bank, on
a good bill Is even and perfect; on a
counterfeit irregular and Imperfect
5 Examine well the figures on the
other parts of the note containing the
denomination also letters. Examine
well die-work around the figures which
stand for the denomination to see it is
of the same character as that which
forms the ornamental work surrounding
it.
6 Never take a bill that is deficien.
in any of the above points, and if you
impression is bad when you first see it
you had better be careful how you be
come convinced to change your mind
whether your opinion is altered as yor
become confused in looking into til,
texture of the workmanship Of the bill
Z Examine the name of the State
namc of the bank, and name ofthe tow
where the bank is located. If it ha.
been altered from a broken bank the dc.
feet can be plainly seen as the altera.
ton will show that it has been stamped
on. -
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
NT5sapprehensIcn of the militia
Law F-. .F I


T1;Hc Editor Of the Ohio S'atesnnan: '7'
Sir-From the first section of an Abb
stract of the new Militia Law, now be-
ing published in the country papers by
several Auditors, for the instruction of
township and ward Assessors, as to their
duties in enrolling the names of 'all
able-boIied white male citizens" a gen.
eral impression is prevailing, and l see
1t so stated in several public prints, that
the persons above last specified to be
mustered in the OF the old field
training. This is erroneous, as a perusa1
of thesixth section of the entire act will
show, which is as follows:
'That the militia thus enrolled shall
be subjected to perform no ccive mill
tary duty above and exccptin case of war,
invasion, or to prevent invasion, riot or
insurrcction.'
The false impression which I desire
thus to correct was a very natural infe-
renee from the first section, taken by
itself, and which section is very nearly
a transcript of Article TX, Section 1, of
the present Constitution OF Ohio, while
the law (sce Section y provides only for
the active disciplining of volunteer com
panies. Respectfully,
S. D. HARRIS, Adj't Gen.
CoLUMBUs, April Is, 1857.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
The War.

The war which has broker out be-
tween the English and Chinese may be
one of long duration and important in
its results upon the and civ
ilization OF the world. The Chinese are
self-confdent and not likely TO apprcci-
ate promptly their inability to meet the
military power of England. The con-
test may therefore fail of speedy adjust
ment, and the British government may
not obtain what they Will deem honora-
BILE terms of peace until they shall have
sent a formidable army into the Celes-
tial Empire and thoroughly alarmed the
Emperor for the safety of his CROWN
1t is said that the Emperor has prohibi-
ted all trade with the English, and all
Chinese servants have been withdrawn
from the service of foreigners. Altho'
British soldiers will readily prevail over
the superior numbers of their Chinese
antagonists, it would require a conside-
rable force to penetrate with safety into
the interior of the country and reach the
capital Of the Empire.
Should England content herself with
taking possession of the Chinese sea-
ports, it might not speedily compel a
peace, and in the mean time her impor-
tant commerce with the country would
be ruined. The affair may very likely
prove a protracted and damaging one
both to England and all other nations
having commercial intercourse with Chi,
ma. The result will probably tend tc
break down the walls of that secluded
Empire, and open it to more familiar
relations with the rest Of mankind, as
England is not likely to make peace or
any other terms.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

Bg-Read the advertisement of VAN
AUsDAL, Dixon & Co., in another part
of our paper, and if you want a rich and
handsome Carpet, beautiful Wall Paper,
fine Window Blinds, or anything to
furnish your house in grand style, you
can obtain it there, as cheap as at any
other house in the West. See adv.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23
nsy~Death seems to attach itself in

pg~Death seems to attach itself in
some form-near or remote-to the
White House. General Jackson enter
ed it a new widower. Harrison and
Taylor themselves died. Tyler was a
recent widower. Polk left the house to
die-Fillmore to bury his wife and
daughter. Pierce had his only son torn
from him. And now Buchanan mourns
a beloved nephew.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

pG-We invite the attention of our
Farmers and business men to the Card
of Messrs. DENNY, GoocH and MINOR,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
and would say to all who have any bu-
siness in their line to give them n call.
They are reliable and responsible men,
and will attend to all favors with prompt
ness.