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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-09-30
20 unwritton Hiatorv.


After Col. Forney had finished hi.
speech, some extracts from which va
gave last week, Mr.. Haskin related an in.
terview he had with Mr.. Buchanan prior
to the passage Of the English swindlo
He says:
Col Forney had said in his speech
that The Executive was not in the habit
of having the truth told him. There
was a great deal of truth in what Col
Forney had said. But on the Saturday
before the President sent in his Kansas
Message to Congress, he had called upon
him, his little daughter with him. He
said to the President, "Sir, I was elect
ed as a friend to your Administration,
and l am your personal friend ] desire
TO be a friend to your Administration.
when it is right; but upon the subject
Of the admission Of Kansas under the
LeoOmpton Constitution, permit me to
tell you, Sir, how you stand in the pres
eut House Of Representatives. There
are twenty-five Democrats from the Free
States who are not factiOnists. They
have met at my house, night after night,
aud | am proud to say they met at my
house They will not 60 for the ad-
mission Of Kansas under tho Lecomp-
ton Constitution, because We believe il
is a cheat-a fraud; 1 am one of those
men; there are twenty-five of US. -
President-"Name them and the States
they represent" and after he had nam
ed them the President said: You make
some mistakes; some Of those men lcU go
for my policy for the admission of Kan
sus. L believe you desire to be a friend
to my Administration, but if you do not
60 with the Administration l tell you
from my long political experience, yoD
tgU be outside the Democratic party, and
10 lgai be bad for you He had replied
TO this. "Sir, when I was nominated
in the convention which nominated me
1 told my people that l was not for tho
admission Of Kanses under any Consti.
tuition, unless it be sustained by a ma.
jOrity Of the people, and had been fair,
y submitted TO them for their approval
or rejection (Cheers) And if. L an
out Of the Democratic party, should
prefer to be there to having that daugh
ter disgraced by going back and having
a hung-dog couutcnance, and not dar
ing to look my constituents in the
face.
Mr. Cookerill the Representative from
this district, was among the twenty-five
upon whom Mr.. Haskin relied to defea
Leoomptou; but Buchanan knew hi.
men, and confidently said: "You make
some mistakes; some of those men will
go for my policy for the admission of
Kansas" The result showed that Blu
chanan was not mistaken, and thai
Douglas and Haskin counted without
their host.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-09-30
A Dnmaainr Disclosnre.


Hon. F. p. Stanton, Secretary of
Kansas under Gov. Walker, in a late
speech at Lawrence, made the following
statement:
"He (Mr. Stanton) came to Kansas
in 81, believing it to be the intention
of Mr.. Buchanan to deal fairly with the
people Had this not been his opinion,
he would never have accepted The posi-
tion Of Secretary, nor Walker that Of
Governor of the Territory. Justice de-
mandcd the admission that he still be-
lieved the intention Of the Administra-
ton to have been good originally. Its
present line Of policy was an after
thought Until the month Of Septem-
Der he and Governor Walker were sus-
tanned throughout by the Administra-
ton. He would mention one circum-
stance which was not generally known,
ms showing this conclusively.
"On the 1st Of September, General
Whitfield and DR. Tebbs, Of Kansas,
who were then in Washington, signed a
letter expressly stating that the course
Of Governor Walker and Secretary
Stanton was acceptable to the people OF
Kansas, inasmuch as an undoubted ma
jorty we're in favor Of a Free State
This letter was written at the special
request of Mr.. Buchanan, who was anZ-
ious to shield himself from the assaults
then being made upon him by the
South Through Mr.. Buchanan's agen-
cy the letter was sent to the Union Of
flee, and was actually in type, occompa-
MED by editorial comments, endorsing
the character of DR.. Tebbs as a gentle
man Of ofuuimpoachablo veracity, when
it was seen in proof by a Southern
member of the Cabinet, who ordered its
suppression. From that day to this the
course Of the Administration toward
Kansas has been a most INSCRIPTIONS
aud shameful one"
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More Dcoantion.

English, the author Of the swindle Of
that name upon which Messrs. PEN
dleton and Groesbeck sacrifice their
standing as politicians, says he will vote
to admit Kansas without regard to her
population. He finds it difficult to
stem the current Of public sentiment
in his district, and he is resorting TO his
old game Of deception to help himself
along. He cannot cheat the people
twice. Unless Buchanan can give him
somewhere in the uoighborhood of the
thousand votes" which he said no
would cast for him if he bad them, the
rcPuted father Of the swindle will soon
be in his political grave.
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The Albany Evening Journal tells
the whole story in a few words, as fol-
lows
He enters the White House with a
promise of freedom to Kansas on his
lips, and a scheme for enslaying it in
pocket. He declared war against circu-
lating notes, and in six weeks was issu.
ing them himself Before the printers
we're done stereotyping his inhexible de-
termination never to borrow he was in
Wall street soliciting a loan
He congratulated the country on the
final end of slavery agitation, and he
has been agitating it ever since. He
ordered Paulding to stop the fillibusters,
and then recalled him for doing it.
Walker of Kansas he furnished with
written instructions, and then turned
him out for obcying them.
lie withheld the troops from Utah.
where he proclaimed there was war, in
order to keep them in Kansas, whore he
insisted all was peace. He sells forts at
the West for tithe of their cost, in or
der to buy sites at the East at ten times
their value-his subordinates in both
cases pocketing the difference He is
continually asking for new steam frig-
a,es; but he will not use those he has
either on the coast Of Africa in the Gulf
Of Mexico. He sends out a steamer,
ostensibly to catch the Styx, but with
private orders in the Captains desk to
do nothing of the sort. Claiming to be
the most frugal Of Presidents, he has
spent more than any Of his predecessors.
Assuming to be above party prejudices,
he makes partizanship the basis even
OF his invitations TO dinner.
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WouIdn't Sneak.

The Ripley Bee says that Capt. VIM.
Howard, Democratic candidate for
Congress, was at Georgetown last week,
but did not make any public speech
We know no, what private "declara-
tions" he made to persons Of the differ
ent factions
But Capt. Howard did not speak in
publio-tho managers did not think it
prudent. His hybrid Democracy would
not bear open discussion. He might
have been interrogated as to his views
Of the English bill, Lecompton, Kansas,
and the State platform, and so he was
Fmum."
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From the AtchisoD tKansas) Champion.
Horrible Accident.

Over 2,4OO People Smoiheredi-Sad
Netgs from Southern KaasasH
It is our painful duty, as a public
journalist, to record the most heart
rending and terrible occurrence that has
ever come under our notice. That our
readers may understand the nature Of
this terrible catastrophe, we give the de-
tails:
Last winter there existed in the ooun-
ty Of johnson, Southern Kansas, two
populous cities,-Oxford and Shawnee
At the December election, these places
polled vote Of 2,4OO, or about 200
eachi Oxford the greatest number On
tho I'd inst. an election was held 10
Kansas, the result Of which has al
ready been kindly forwarded to James
Buchanan, an anti-credit and anti-paper
money advocate, who lives at Washing
ton. At that election these formerly
populous cities cast an aggregate vote Of
$50; Oxford polling 20, and Shawnee
l2l. OF these votes, 90 were PROPOSE
ton rejected"
We we're at first at a loss to know
what caused this great falling off, but a
strange foreboding Of something dread
full, together with an anxiety to lay be-
fore our readers the earliest Intelligence,
impelled us to dispatch special messon-
gers to Oxford and Shawnee, to ascer-
tain if our prcsentiment were true
The oouriors returned late last night,
and our worst fears are confirmed.
1t is well known that Oxford and
Shawnee contain but seven houses each.
The inhabitants arc advocates Of the
doctrine Of Phalansteryl In order to
accommodate the large population with.
in their limits, which, as their vote
shows, amounted to nearly 1000 each,
their inhabitants were compelled to
sleep 1000 in each bed. Although
this custom answered very well during
the winter, it was attended with differ
ent results in the summer, as the sequel
shows Only $50 inhabitants of those
devoted places remain! The rest have
every one been Smothcred to death, and
thus paid the penalty of their folly in
sleeping 900 in a bed.
We trust this lesson will prove as a
warning to others not to follow the Gus
tom the unfortunate Oxfordans and
Shawuces adopted. Their melancholy
fate is horrible To cOntemDlate
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The War on Donplns.


The Administration continues its
War on Senator Douglas with the most
yindictivo spirit. It's organ, the Wash
ington Union, daily devotes its columns
to denunciation and abuse of him and
his friends, which the President backs
up by removing every Douglas man who
holds Office under the government A
late number of the Union thus emphat-
ically declares what is the duty Of all
who wish to be regarded by the Admin
istration as "good Democrats"
"It becomes the duty Of every good
Democrat, both in and out Of Illinois,
to guard against any misapplied sympa-
thy for Douglas, whilst in his present
defiant position. Between him and De-
mocracy there must continue to be a
deep gulf until he shall choose to close
it, by a ready acquiescence in the decis-
ions of the party on any great ques-
tion."
It is an important question whether
the Douglas Democrats Of Ohio will
support the candidates of the Admins
tration which persists in thus bowling
down their leader.
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abe YgBrnob g1cos.
HILLsBoRoUGH. OHIO;
Thurgday, illll Sept. 30, 1858.
"SunsetD Cox.

Mr.. Cox, the Lecompton candidate
for Congress in the Columbus district,
is having a "hard row to hoe in his
canvass. Mr.. CASE, Of Newark, is his
opponent, and seems fully equal to the
task Of exposing Coz's changes and in
consistenoies before the people, Tn a
discussion ct Newark lately, he asked
Cox If he would vote to admit Kansas
if she should apply with less popula-
tion than that required in the English
bill. Cox replied that he would not,
but would insist on her having the pop
ulalion necessary for member Of Con-
gress. Since this declaration his
chances for reelection have been
growing small by degrees and bcauti-
fully less" The idea Of allowing a
Stare State TO come in with less popu-
lation than q Free State, is little too
outrageous for honest Democrats to
subscribe to, and hence We see that
nearly every Democratic candidate for
Congress in this State has been compell-
ed to come out squarely and repudiate
the odious doctrine, notwithstanding
the English bill, which contains it, is
endorsed in their State platform.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-09-30

Russell & Waddoll, the pet Govern
ment contractors for transporting tho
stores to Utah, have been offered $780,
GOO bonus for their contracts Of this year.
They obtained the contracts without be.
ing opened to competition, and probably
would not take a million Of dollars for
the same. When We state that these
contractors get $50 for transporting a
single barrel Of -four from Fort Leavn-
worth to Utuh, the reader will soon be
able to determine the tatness of the con-
tract, No wonder the Administration
has had to borrow thirty-fye millions of
dollars, when it has such a set Of leech-
es to feed Hardin Republican.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-09-30

THE WAY TuE MONEY GOEs.-The
water works Of Washington City, we are
told, will cost S6,OOO,0O0l Unlike the
local improvements Of other cities, the
whole people Of the country have to
contribute towards this round sum-
And as &c to aggravate the extravaganza
Of the project, those entrusted with the
work send to Europe for the iron to be
used init Truly Buchanan Democracy
is an expensive oOmmodity.-[R Rich
mond Whig.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-09-30
From tho Ohio State Journal.
ANTI.WERVIL WHEAT.

Lines Suqgegied bv the recent Of bag Of Anil
WeeDH Wheat from Hon. s.. s.. Coz.
Ye sons Of men, Incline an ear,
A story I'll repeat
About Sam Cox aud lager beer,
And AHti- WssUh Wheat.
Sam Cox, as you are all aware.
Our honest CASE 10 beat,
Has bad recourse 10 lager beer
And Anti Wee0H Wheat.
First. Froemans rights be did oapouso,
Then beat a sad retrenti
And when asked about that letter, cries
"Hers's Ani- WssUh Wheat"
To be both pro and con you see,
tls tries 10 ron the heat,
And iho not snti.Slavery ho
Goes AMI WesOH Wheat
The Wheat, like Sem Is bUdly mixed
With Weevil and with cheat,
Yet still he thinks our CASE he's fxed
With ANTI-WEEUL WHEAT.
October next the Scene 10 end
Wen give our G ST. a seat,
And Cox will iheh nave time 10 send
More ANTi-WEEviL WHEAr.
Some kind advice dear SAN, pll give
u YOU would yet be neet,
DoU't ne'er agpin while e'er you live
Ty Anti WEEuL WHEAT.
Sept. 2lsl, 1858. LICKING.
That our readers may better under
stand the foregoing joa desprit, We copy
the following explanation from the Gin.
cinnati Gazette:
A pretty good story is being told on
S. S. Cox, in his district, for the truth
of which we will not youch, though
aware that he is not above the perform
ance of trick of the sort 1t appear,
he has been sending little packages of
wheat to the farmers Of the district la
bclod 'Anti-Weevil Wheat" and repre-
scented as having come from the Paten
Office. The point Of the story is thai
Cox purchased tho wheat in Columbus
and that much Of that sent to the farm.
ers was actually full Of ,oeeUH. Mr.
Sunset is now called the "weevil candi
datcl'
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SfLlstCLLanrONs.

GRAVY DprlNG.--We were not long
since amused by a couple Of Hoosier
girls, who came on board tho steamer
-, at the little town Of Mt. Yer
non They had evidently never been a
thousand miles from home, and were
making their first trip on a steamboat.
The elder one was exceedingly talka-
tive, and perfectly free and unconcerned
with regard to the many eyes that were
scanning their movements. The other
was of the opposite turn of mind, in
clining to bashfulness. At dinner, our
ladies were honored with a seat at the
head of the table; and the eldest one,
with her usual independence, cut the
bread into small pieces, and with her
fork reached over and enrolled each
mouthful in the nice dressing on a
plate of boefsteak before her. The
passengers preserved their gravity, dur
ing this operation, by dint of great ef-
fort. Pcrceiving that her sister was
not very forward in helping herself, she
turned round to her, and exclaimed loud
enough to be heard by half the table,
"Sal. dip into the gravy; dad pays as
much as any on eml"
This was followed by general roar,
in which the captain led of. The girls
arrived at their place of destination be-
fore supper, and when they left the boat,
all hands gave three cheers for the girls
Of the Hoosier State.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-09-30
'1Equai and EXACT Justice. .

Kansas can come in as Slave State,
with 35 600 or 10000 iuhabitants-to
be admitted as q Free State, she must
have 93,3OO inhabitants. This is the
latest phrase Of modern Democracy, as
ezpounded by the Washington Union,
and the Ohio State Platform, for which
the Standard says, Capt. Howard voted.
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The Enelish Bill.

Here is the restrictive clause in the
English bill, Of which so much is said
just now:
"But, should a majority Of the votes
be cast for the proposition rejected it
shall be deemed and held that the people
of Kansas do not desire admission into
the Union under the said constitution,
under the said conditions set forth
in said proposition; and, ia that event,
the people Of said Territory are hereby
and empowered to form for
themselves a Constitution aud a State
uuder the name Of the
State Of Kansas, according to the Fed
eral Constitution, and may elect dole
gates for that purpose whenever AND
NOT BEFORE, It is ascertained, by a
census duly and legally taken. that He
population Of said Territory equals the
representation required for a member Of
tbo House Of Representatives Of the Uni
ted States, DEC.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-09-30

FREE LABOR VS.. SLAVE LABOR
Gov, Kinks, Of the Windward Islands,
in reply to some inquiries of Charles
TapPan, Of Boston, speaking of the re-
suits Of the West India Emancipation,
says that sugar is made cheaper with
free labor than it was with slavery, that
smaller number Of hands obtain a
greater product from the same planta-
dOns, and as an important test Of the
general prosperity, the price Of land has
materially advanced. A great improve
ment has taken place in the African
race, in education, in religion, and
civilization generally
Gov. Kinks was formerly Governor
General Of Canada, and is man Of
great intelligence and good sense.
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npThe Democratic candidates for
Congress in Ohio are asserting that
they viii vote for the admission Of Kan
sas under any 'legal" constitution,
without regard to her population
The Washington Union, the organ Of
Mr.. Buchanan, declares thatno 'legap'
constitution can be presented until af-
ter the duly authorised census, by
which it shall be asoertained that the
Territory contains tho full representa-.
tive ratio Of inhabitants
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-09-30

BS-This thing of Democracy hes be-
come a very curious compound The
only uniformity of feeling in the party
is in regard to Che perpetuation of its
power, All PARTICLES Of the party con-
tend that it must and shall, now and
forever, rule this country, Concerning
all other things Of which men can have
diversity of opinion, the party is di-
vided and disoordant The great prin-
ciple of Democracy is to rule the coun-
try for the benefit Of the party In
power The Democrats Of this day do
not know whether they are for High
Protective Tariff, a National Bank and
Bankrupt Law Or against them.--
They do not agree in their interpreta-
ton Of .he Dred Scott Decision, Of the
doctrine of Popular or Squatter Sover-
eighty Of Internal Improvements, or
Of any question, past present, or loom-
ing in the future Of materinl impor-
tance. They are doctrinally in utter
oonfusion Their sole common cement
is a blind and INSCRIPTIONS devotion to
the parity, for its own sake They
accept it without reason and in spite
Of reason, with all its infamies on its
head. They endorse and defend its
prohigacy and tyranny, and fight for
the party as the party,-[Cinciunati
Commercial
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r. w. CIarke. ESQ.

The Ripley Bee thus speaks Of the
qualifications of our candidate for Con-
gross. The people Of this district would
honor themselves by eleoting such a
man to represent them in the National
councils:
Mr.. Clarke is we'll known throughout
the district as a talented and reliable
Republican and an able, popular speak
er. lie has served two terms in tho
State Legislature, representing a dis.
trict Of which this county was part,
with distinguishable ability, and in q
manner highly acceptable to his con-
stituents and credible to himself He
did GOOD service In the campaign Of
1856 which the people have not forgot
ten Mr.. Clarke was never yet beaten
as a candidate before the people and we
hope, that the prestige Of success will
not fail him on the second Tuesday Of
October
lt is hardly necessary to say that Mr.
Clarke is opposed TO Lecompton senior
and juuior--to the original outrage pro-
posed to be perpetrated upon the people
Of Kansas, and to the sugar-coated swim.
die embodied in tbe English bill he
is not afraid tosay so, anywhere or TO any
person. He is also opposed TO the ex-
travagaut expenditures Of the general
government, which have distinguished
Mr. Buchanan's Administration, and ha
will, If elected, exert his influence and
give his votes in favor Of economy aud
getreuchment.-[ Ripley Bee.
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BG-Wo positively do not know what
is to become Of the Democratic party.
if this war between the Washington
Union and Senator Douglas cannot be
brought to a close. The Enquirer says
it has "the best reasons for saying so,
and the most painful evidence of the
fac" that the course Of the Washing
ton Union sis exciting deep indigna-
ton all over the West and South West"
that the Union is furnishing am
munition to the euemy"-"comfort to
the Republicans" has for some time been
"crowding the mourners too far" The
Enquirer says in italics that it "bno,os'
that!the Union 'is doing so" 1t wants
Che Union 70 take nap until the first
Monday of next December" But the
Union will not take a nap. 1t fills the
post Offices with circulars declaring it.
self the organ Of the President, and ev-
cry day fills its columns with articles
aimed at Douglas, making the war be-
tween the President and the distinguish
ed Senator from Illinois every day more
bitter, more personal, more doctrinal,
and more deadly and relentless. What
will the Democracy who are injured by
Al % Al 4
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The three Washburnes have all been
nominated for reelection by the Repub
@. in Wisconsin, e. b. in H.
linois, and Israel, Jr., in Maine. Israel
is already "out Of the woods" and the
prospects Of the other two are good for
reelection.
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A NEW TEsT-The Chicago Times
states that William Fitch, clerk in the
Post Office of that city was discharged
because ho5pohs 70 Senator Douglas.
BWThe Washington Union calls
Mr. Buchanan "tho rock Of DemOc-
racy" Ho may be considered such o
rock as the Irish are supposed TO be par
tial to--a sham rock Lou. Joug.
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Prentice, Of the Louisville journal,
says that the difference between the two
great parties 10 respect TO Kansas may
be briefly stated. One Of them demands
the submission Of the Leeompton con-
stitution TO the people, and the other
the submission Of the people to tho Lo-
compton constitution.
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A FOOLIsH MAN.--In Boston, last
week, Edwin Corey, a bachelor, aged
forty-two years. committed suicide by
taking laudauum, because the object Of
his affections, a married woman, would
not listen TO bis VOWS,