Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-11-04

hdHuCS. AllnOuSu no SERIOUS cOuSe-
quences resulted from this act, though
several persons escaped very narrowly,
yet with this exception L know of moth
ing worse in the whole history of Kan
sas. If such an act had peel commit
ted by a band of hostile indians, it
would athrill ofhorror through
out the whole country. Such have been
some of the troubles in this territory,
and yet the perpetrators are running at
large without an effort to arrest them,
in counties where the Free State men
have all the local officers, upheld by a
portion of those calling themselves Free
State men. Among the most active Of
whom have been the hired reporters of
the Eastern newspaper press. If any
further disturbances occur in this Ten
ritory, those are the people who will
be justly responsible for it. The Pro-
Slavery party have ban Toned the con-
test. The Free State men have a ma
jority in every county in the Territory,
and they lave the sheriff and all other
local officers in all but two or three of
the counties, and there is no county in
which the sheriff cannot preserve the
peace if he desires to do so. Esd.
You make another complaint against
the President, that he has twice post
poned the sale of the public lands. IF
L mistake not, last spring you complain
ed because the sales were ordered for
July: The first postponement was made
at the solicitation of the people in all
parts of the Territory, and so anxious
were they to have it done, that they
Sent on a committee. of three to see the
President on the subject, and the result
of their interview was published by you.
The second postponenent was more
necessary than the first for money had
become more scarce in the territory, the
rates of interest had gone up to five
and ten per cent per month, and there
was a good deal of sickness throughout
the whole country. By adhearing to
the second order for the sales to take
place in November, the settler would be
placed at the mercy of the money leu
der when to postpone it the settler
would have another year within which
to obtain the means to procure a home,
without having to give away one hall
of his land for the money with which
70 enter ;he other half. No good gov.
eminent would knowingly impose such
Y III Ou C CltiACuSs anu HCHCO litS
second ~postponement Of the-land saies
until July next. 1t was a measure
demanded by the condition of affairs
here and of with 1 have heard no one
complain except such as were determin
ed to be dissatisfied with anything and
everything the Administration might
do and a few money lenders, whose per
centage has been greatly reduced by it
By giving publicity to this, you will
correct some erroneous i'm r %sssions con
veyed in the article alluded to, and OBJ
lige yours respectfully.
(Signod) j. W. DENVER.
odd WING Doctrine
Under this head, the illsborough,
o CITIZEN, an American or Know Moth
ing paper, thus speaks:
1t was claimed on election day, by
many renegade Americans, that Black
Repu licanism was nothing but "old
Wing doctrine" That it had been
modified. diluted and transformed. un-
til all its Objectionable TEXTURES were
gone-its niggerisms, its sectionalisms.
its demagogisIns-its every thing OF
which it WIS composed, that two years
ago was Il stencil in the nose of ali
liberal minded American citizens in the
State. What is, or more properly what
WIS, old Wing doctrines, for there is not
one Of the issues for which that party
contended, now before the people p
The last issue the Wing party present
ed, was the river and harbor improve
ment question. This was in so, and
it was voted down by such an over
whelming majority that it has never
bcen thought of since. 1t is true, that
Tom Curwin and some of his small.
satellites, who have been Unidentified
with no party since so, but who pre-
tended to favor the American, has re-
Gently been on the stump in this coun
ty, preaching up something like the old
Henry Clay ~ hig doctrines, bat what
does that signify? The Black Repub-
lican platform of principles, adopted a:
Columbus only three months ago, isjust
the same on which that party fought III
IS, and just the same men are at the
head Of it and manage it when in pow
err, who lead and managed it then
Chase and his colleagues, Giddings.
Wade, and others of that stripe, are the
head of the party now attempted to be
disguised with the name of old Wing.
Take care, gentlemen, or you'll vote for
+ Chase for President in so. under the
delusion that he is on old Henry Clay
Wing. 1t is all a cheat-a humbug.
Am awful Scczse.
The Reporter of the Cincinnati Ca
zettc, in his account of the evidence
given before the Coroner, on the inquest
held on the body of the woman who