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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
A Fair Proposition.

We publish on the outside of to-day s
paper speech delivered by Mr.. FoRNEY,
TO the people of West Chester county, N.
Y. Mr.. FoRNEY is known as the Editor
of the Philadelphia Press; is Democrat
now and has been all bis life time. The
speech we think most excellent one. 1t
tells the truth in such plain old fashion
ed style as TO carry conviction with it. We
should like to have it read by every
Democrat and Republican in Holmes coun-
ty, and in order to get it circulated as wide
ly as possible, We propose if the Editors of
the Farmer will publish this speech, to
publish in the Republican any speech or
other matter ofequal length that they may
select. Will they do its Or, if the prop
osition be not liberal enough, we will agree
to publish one half more than the speech
of Mr.. FoRNEY makes. Will they do it,
or will they by declining the proposition,
virtually admit that they are afraid of let
ting their readers have sight at the
truth?
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
The Question

To be decided by the voters of this
Congressional District at the coming cleo
tion, is, whether they would have Kansas
Free or Slave State. BURNS most un-
doubted!y voted 10 make it Slave State,
and by voting for him you say that you
would have Slavery established and legal
lied in Territory now Free. There is no
lodging the issue. The question Of Free
dom or Slavery is fairly put, and you have
to choose between one who has his life long
opposed the extension of slavery; who left
aparty then largely in the ascendency, be-
cause of that party's trucking to the wishes
OF the Slave power, and one professedly
Antl-Slavery, but who, the very first op-
portunity he has, votes to fasten this abom-
Unable curse upon the necks of an unwilling
people. The issue is plainly marked out
and should be blazened forth upon averv
banner, BURNS and Slavery in our Free
Territories, and HELMIck and Freedom!
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
A Democratic Hero.

Mr.. Buchanan's q. S. Marshal for the
Northern District of Ohio has appointed
as his deputy in Lorain county. MIR. A. P.
DAYTON of Oberlin, who has lately been ac-
lively engaged in saving the Union by
catching 'niggers," or endeavoring to catch
them The means he has used In this
dirty work are of character befitting the
employment, deception and falsehood be-
ing the means used. The Cleveland Lea
der gives couple of instances in which
this tool of the Administration attempted to
show his devotion to the South. Wagner
with his wife and son, emigrated from Ken
lucky some two years ago, and settled at
Oberlin. Mrs. w. took in washing
About one o'clock in the morning of the
10th or 18th of August, Mr.. Wagner was
wanted. He inquired who wanted wash
ing done, and was informed Mr.. johnson
wanted it. He began to "smell a mice" "
and shouted, "Tll give you washing
Hand me the gun John,' and made start
ling racket. When he opened the door
he beheld Deputy Marshal Dayton, and
yelled "Kidnappersl Robbersr' and rush
ed out. The Marshal fed, firing pistol
as he ran, having been put 10 ignominious
flight by Sambo in his shirt-tail, armed
with a broken, unloaded old blunderbus
Another adventure of more serious
character has Just befallen the despised de-
tested U. s. Deputy at Oberlin. Mr.. James
Smith, native of North Carolina, hard
working young stone cutter, and so bleach
ed by Democratic amalgamation that he
would almost pass for white man, set
up for himself year or so ago. On the
7th inst, Smith received letter from some
friend left behind in the old North State,
telling him to be on his guard, as letters
from Oberlin had informed his former
master and probable father, of his locality,
and promising the return of the prodigal
son as soon as the necessary documents
should be received. As the U. S. Deputy
had some time before visited Smith at his
work, and under the guisc of friendship
wormed from him his Slave history, and
the perfdy being in keeping with the case
of Wagner, he very naturally concluded
that the U. S. official was ins.igated to
interest himself unwarrantably in his affairs
by the fee bill of the Fugitive Law. With
good hickory in hand he met Dayton in
the vicinity of the Palmer House, and
made such free application of its oil that
the Union was again dissolved, and the U.
S. slave hunter ran howling into the Pal
mer House, and closed the door against
the second Sanbo he had encountered who
was ''ardent as a southern sun can make
him." Smith paid fine of S. for the
castigation, and is already free man on
British soil.
There is no dictate of humanity, there is
no law, human or divine, which requires
such superogatory debasement as this DEM
ocratic Deputy Marshal exhibited. He
probably hoped thus to commend himself
to the favor of the slaveholding aristocracy,
but they despise slave hunter as they do
a slave trader.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
True to His Calling and to His
Feelings.

The editor of the Burns organ in oul
town vilifies Mr. Hemick for attending the
West Bedford Methodist Camp Meeting
last week. Asa is peculiarly unfortunate
in this petty attack-for everybody about
here knows that be himself is not much Of
church-goer, and that his favorite candi-
date for Congress never attends religious
meetings, except at the funerals of deceas-
ed relatives. Ask men who have known
him for thirty years, and they will tell you
that General Burns has been very seldom
inside church-perhaps dozen times in
that long period, He had right to stay
away from church for thirty years if he
chose to do so-we have no particular
complaint to make about that: but we do
think the General can and should prevent
his mouth-piece, the Democrat, from abu-
sing those who choose to persue different
course in religious matters.
Mr.. Helmick bas been an officer in the
Methodist Church for many years, and had
right to attend that Camp Meeting, and
Gen. Burns organ had no right to abuse
him for so doing.
But the Burns organ charges Mr.. Hell
mick with going to that Camp Meeting for
the purpose of "electioneering," and ex-
claims that it is ''scandaous" The editor
of that sheet should remember that "to
the pure in heart all things are pure;;" and
if he had been "pure in heart" he never
could have mustered up sufficient courage
to impugne an honest mans motives and
tell so base lie. ....--....
+ But we understand Gen. Burns himself
made preparations to attend that Camp
Meeting, and invited an intimate old friend
of his in the country to accompany him.
What was taking him there! Had he sud-
denly became impressed with the idea that
he ought to attend church, or was he going
there to ''eiectioneer?'
The whole matter is just this: Burns
intended to go to that Camp Meeting to
''electioneer; discovered that Helmick had
gone there before him; concluded be would
stay at home; have his organ pitch into
Helmick and Methodists generally, and
thus gain very weak advantage over an
honorable, high minded competitor.
Is it not so? Is it not escandalous ?"-
Progressive Age.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16

@ The State Board of Agriculture
have received communication from the
Secretary of the Millersburg Brass Band,
which was engaged to play on the grounds
during the Fair, stating that they cannot
possibly be present, owing to a severe acci-
dent that has occurred to several of the
members. The Band were attending a
pic mic few days ago, and when returning,
the horses attached to their carriage took
fright ran away and upset the vehicle, spill
ling all the members upon the ground
The leader and another member had limbs
broken, and number of the others were
severely bruised. The accident is peculiar
ly unfortunate and is to be regretted. The
Board, however, will Immediately take steps
to procure the services of some other good
band iSandusky Register.
We are happy to announce that the above
is wholly without foundation. About ten
minutes after reading it yesterday we heard
martial music upon the balcony of the
johnson House, and upon inquiring the
name of the band, learned to our astonisli-
ment, that it was our ''broken limbed,
bruised and injured" Millersburg Sax
Horn Band, on their way to Sandusky to
play upon the grounds during the Fair
Not only was their talented leader, G. Kol
be, in possession of all his limbs, but the
entire twelve members were sin good order
and well conditioned" How the above re-
port arose is hard to conjecture. The band
has attended no pic mic since the Sd of Ju-
ly, and their astonishment may be conceiv-
ed when we showed them the paragraph
in which they were so badly mangled. l;
is to be hoped that no other band has been
engaged in consequence of the above re-
port, for, from the specimen playing our
Millersburg friends gave ul yesterday We
think the public will be well suited at lie
Fair.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
One of Gen. Burms' Promises.

We have before us copy of General
Burns "letter," printed and circulated
among the people of this Congressional
district Just before the last election, in
which he makes several very important
promises 20 the people, none of which he
has redeemed, or even attempted to re-
deem. .-
Prominent among those promises is one
that: if elected, lie would introduce bill
and vote for "reinstating the pay of MEM
bers of Congress to the old standard"
This solemn promise be did not even at
tempt to redeem; but on the contrary,
pocketed the present almost thribble pay,
and then comes home 10 insult honest vo-
ters by asking them to again vote for him.
Now, if this promise secured to Gen. Burns
hundreds of votes-and we believe it did
his base conduct in not even attempting
TO redeem it, should and will consign him
to that retiracy he deserves.-Co Coshocton
Age.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16

Our telegraph column has contained dis
patches announcing the seizure of the brig
Echo with cargo of slaves, and the bring
ing of said SLAYER and cargo into Charleston
From the Key West correspondence of the
New York iSmss of August 22d, we get
particulars of the seizure:
The U. s. brig Dolphin, Lieutenant
John N. Mafit, Commander, which has
been cruising on the northern coast of Gu
ba, called at Sagua la Ground on the goth
and left again on the 2lst. Early in the
morning of the same day she deserted a sus-
picious sail ahead, steering in the same
course. The unknown vessel outsailed the
Dolphin while going free, and toward eve
ming he hauled his wind and showed by
other maneuvering his wish to escape from
the special attentions Of the vessel In
chase OF him, though as yet she had shown
no colors. Immediately on observing this
movement the Dolphin tackled and stood
on In chase OF the escaping vessel, which
now packed on all sail. The Dolphin
then hoisted English colors, and fred
blank cartridge; but no attention whatev-
er was paid to it by the escaping vessel
1t was now about the middle of the after.
noon, and it was apparent that she would
escape under cover of the approaching
darkness unless brought to at once. At
Al P. NJ. another gun was fired, which
being unnoticed, in half an hour afterwards
shot was thrown across her bows, when
the suspected vessel hoisted the Anerican
ensign at her peak, She still refused to
heaYe-to, however, but made every effort
to avoid being overhauled. Capt. Maffit
then gave the order to fire q shot at her
hull, which struck the forerigging and
passed over the brig. This had the desir-
ed effect; the vessel hove to, and hauled
down her colors. Lieut.. J. NJ. Bradford,
with crew of marines, then weut on board
and found the brig to be from the Congo
River, with three hundred and twenty slaves
on board. The crew were Immediately
placed below and confined, and the vessel
was taken in charge by First Lieutenant
Bradford and Second Lieutenant Chas. C..
Carpenter, and sixteen men. On the same
day they proceeded on toward Charleston
under orders of the commander ofthe Dol
phin, viii, h has arrived here. The cap
tain of the SLAYER was taken on board the
Dolphin, which will sail from here to-mor-
row for Boston. The name of the brig
was formerly Putnam, but had been chang
ed to Echo, which was painted out. The
captain is an Eastern man, and refuses to
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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
The Berlin Free Lover. Again.

The Free-Lovers at Berlin Heights,
Ohio, not only refuse to leave their prem
ises, but the last Age of Freedom, discuss
ing the question, "How shall We bring
peace to Berlin?" indulges in the following
plain spoken language
Let Berlin say to the men who propose
to send lot of drunken bigots aud bulies
from the neighboring cities to sape the
people here, that Berlin feels fully compe-
tent TO take care of her own nuisances-
that she can and will take care of her OVID
mobocrats, and all that may be imported.
Let the men who are expected to be the
dirty pork of Berlin bigotry be informed
that the men who think to use them, are
guilty of the meaaness of asking them to
incur risk which they are too aceary to
encounter themselves
Let them be informed that a0e are pre-
pared for Mem!-.hat the citizens from
different sections have supplied Us with
arms, and promised to help US use them,
too if necessary!
Let them understand that an attack up
on US is the precursor of certain death to
some of the morauders! that unless
powder looses its peculiar properties, hell
will stand chance for quite reinforce
ment from their numbers
Let the liberal sitizens of this vicinity say
as much TO the world as they have said to
us,-let it be known, that while the great
body of the citizens have no sympathy
with "Free Love, as it is called, and as
they understand it, five-sixths of them arc
opposed to mob law in civilized communi-
ty, and ariH not permit it. !"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
General Burns.

Our representative, Gen. Burns, has vo
ted for the "Lecompton swindle." We are
all told that he assigns as a reason that il
he voted against Lecomptou he would not
be able to obtain any favors from the ad-
mnistration for his friends, and if he voted
for it he would. We have only to say
that if he values the smile of the Executive,
more than he does the will of the people
acho made him what he is, and expects
their endorsement, he is greatly mistaken.
His constituents sent him to Congress to
speak their voice, not the Presidents, and
they will take no excuse for willful, delib-
crate violation of their will. Let Linn
look 10 the executive for his reward.
The above article was published in the
Mt. Vernon National, good Democratic
authority, soon after the vote in Congress
on the "Lecompton swindle' and shows
the feeling of the Generals Democratic
constituents in that neck of woods.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
SOverSrOWn Infants that Have
Never Been Weaned.n

DR.. Drake, n venerable Old -Fogie-Ad-
Observation-Disclosures -Swindle-Lecompton-
Bogus-Democrat, residing in GAINESVILLE, op-
poses the election of Col. Manypenny to
Congress, on the ground of the latter's al
ready long term in Office. The Doctor says
the Colonel has "had the teat of office in
his mouth all his life, and must now be
nursed like an overgrown infant that had
never been weaned."
If DR.. brakes objection to Manypenny
is allowable-and we'think it should be-
why not apply it to Gen. Burns in this
district? He, too, has, "hnd the teat of Of
flee in his mouth all his life-ever since
about the year
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
MOI Denied.

The last Holmes County Former copies
long article from the Ohio Democrat
which proves most conclusively, that VIII
LIAM HELaIcK, Esq, the Republican can
didate for Congress in this District, was
once Democrat, and that the Democrats
of Tuscarawas comfy thought him then a
most excellent man and labored hard, on
several occasions TO have him nominated
for Congress. losE EaEs
Why bless their silly souls, that's just
what the Republican papers have been lad :
mitting all the time, and further, that he
would probably belong TO that party yet,
had it not sold out to the slave drivers of
the South. The passage of the Fugitive
Slave Law was sumner to him, but he
stuck to the party thinking that this prob
ably was all that woald be asked of it, but
he soon discovered his mistake, and found
out that having once surrendered to the
South it would have to continue subject to
the Slave-drivers command, and that The
constant cry with the latter was, "give,' give
Did Mr.. HELMIcK turn for the sake of
Office? If Mr.. SMITH, or any other man
in good standing in the Democratic party of
Holmes county were to leave it when that
partys majority was near thousand in the
county, would it be reasonable to charge
him with having left it for the sake of Of
fee? Just as much so as to make such
charge against Mr.. HELMIcK, for at the
time be left them, the Democrats had
large majority in the District. So much
for that charge.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
Democratic Convention.

HARR1sBURe, Sept. 8.-The Democratic
conferees of the Sixteenth Congressional
District, have not yet made nomination.
They first met on Wednesday morning last,
at Bridgeport, when they adjourned over
until this morning. To-day they again
commenced and balloted several times with
the same result. The candidates are, Fish
er. Of York county; Ahl, of Cumberland,
and Mcintyre, Of Perry county; each have
the conferees of their respective countless
They meet again tomorrow for balloting
and some of the conferees express their de-
termination to leave in the evening if tho
nomination is made or not. II is gener-
ally believed, however, that the nomination
will be made tomorrow. The meeting
has created considerable excitement among
the politicians generally.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16

g We learn by passengers over the
the Covington and Lexington Railway last
night, that a shocking murder took place
at Tait's Creek, in Madison county, Ken
lucky, on Wednesday evening last. 1t ap-
pears that man named Wade and his
wife Sarah Wade have been living very
unhapply together, on account of an alleg-
ed intimacy existing between Mrs. Wade
and a nan named William B. Margrave,
alias Rice. On Wednesday evening Wade
returned home and found Margrave at his
house. Wade demanded that he should
absent himself and never again return.-
Mrs. Wade took sides with Margrave, and
both commenced a TRADE of abuse on Wade,
to which the latter replied, using very Sc
were language. From high words the par
ties came 10 blows, and Mrs. Wade and
Margrave, with barrel slaves in their hands,
beat Wade to death.
The murderers left their victim lifeless
on the floor, and packing up all the cloth
ing they wanted, eloped to parts unknown.
A colored boy who witnessed the conflict,
gave the alarm, and the neighooss: la and
near were soon collected. Wade was vel
tering in pool of blood, and was beaten
and cut in most shocking manner. Pur-
suit was made for the murderers, and
description has been sent to the police Of
this city, but neither had been arrested at
latest accounts. The affair has created con.
siderable excitement at Tait's Creek where
MIR. Wade was esteemed as very worthy
citizen, and Margrave regarded rs a dan
serous man; this being the third murder
he has committed. We understand that
the murderers, have been traced to within
thirty miles of fCovington.-Cin. Gdx-
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
The Republican Doctrine.

Gov. Chase and Gov. Corwin occupied
the same stand at Columbus the other day
and both addressed the Republican con-
vention on that occasion. Gov. Corwin
made one of his old fashioned, inimitable
speeches. He said he had been driven in
to the Republican ranks as matter of con-
science, and that there was not an article
in the Republican platform lie could not
endorse.
After Corwin had closed, Gov. Chase
was called out, and we find bis speech re-
ported in the Journal, from which we ex-
tract as follows:
Indeed, fellow citizens, as to the practi-
cal issue of the day and of the bour-the
only issue which ought to determine the
position of honest men and sincere patriots
what ground Indifference is there among
earnest opponents of the present National
Administration? l, as Republican, in
sist that Slavery ought not 10 be permit
ted to exist in any territory of the Repub-
lie. (Gov. Cor 2in-"that's my doctrine" y
AS Republican 1 take square issue with
the Dred Scott decision, and whereas the
majority of the Supreme Court assert in
that case that slavery exists under the Con-
stituton eUrywhere within the jurisdiction
al limits of the United States, except where
prohibited by State law, renew here with
equal confidence, the declaration made sub
stantially at Philadelphia, that slavery can
exist under the Constitution nophere with
in the jurisdictional limits of the United
States, except where established by State
law. Corwin-That's the old doctrine.
l have always held that.) 1t is the old doc
trine. 1t is the doctrine of the Constitu-
ton as it was understood by the NEE who
adopted it. 1t is our doctrine of to-day,
and we will stand by it.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16
Cass Slaughtered in his Own
Butcher Shop.

The Democrats of Michigan held their
State Convention on Thursday, and the
14dUertiser says:
The result has been most disgraceful
and ignominious defeat of the Administra-
ton, and terrible rebukes to Buchanan
and Cass-Henceforth they must be rank
ed amongst the things that were. The
Administration is saowhere in Michigan
The whole party, with the exception of a
few Insignificant Postmasters, was in the
Convention, and was shamefully beaten en-
an issue it had sent orders from Washing
ton to be raised. That issue was the oues-
ton of Chas. E. Stuarts nomination.
man more cordially hated by the Admins
tration than the most inveterate Republi-
can in the Union. .....
The Administration party was so des-
peraie in its efforts to controll the Conyen-
ton, aud defeat the Nomination of Senator
Stuart for Governor, that they picked up
men in the streets of Detroit, to represent
Manitou, Newago, Ontonagon, Mackinac,
Isabella, and other distant counties. About
twenty delegates were thus manufactured.
Mr.. Stuart, the Anti-Lecompton candidate,
was nominated ON the third ballot, over
Mr.. Fenton, the Administration man.
Ths Douglas men were ready with their
cannon, and as the last ballot was counted
the big gun beloved out their joy. A
motion to make the nomination unanimous
was defeated amid such denloniac yells as
Locofocos only can get up. The fight
amounts to nothing SO far as Republicans
are concerned, except as personal war in
the Democratic camp, which, of course,
will be all quieted before election day. =
Cleveland Herald. I-..
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16

~ A despatch from the United STATES
Marshal for South Carolina announces the
death of twelve of the negroes captured by
the Dolphin. Secretary Thompson has di-
rected the employment of the best medical
assistance. The negroes will be Yturned
to Africa under the act of 1919, so soon as
the ship has been libeled and condemned,
and Sufficient evidence is produced that
these negroes are Africans, as contempla-
ted by the law" The Administration con-
siders their return obligatory under the act
named, but there is no provision for their
protection or support after delivery to a
nominal agent ON the coast of Africa
They must be turned loose like wild ami
mails to destroy and be destroyed. The
Attorney General will determine what evi-
dence is necessary 10 justify tho President
in sending them back.