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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
DenyIt..sfYOu Dare:

Charles Hoy, Esq, Democratic Prose-
citing Attorney for this county, has re-
peatedly told it-that Gen, Burns said II
he Burns could only Be renominafed he
didn't care d--n whether he Was re-
elected or not-fhat he was PROVIDED
FORM case cf dstsat!U
Mr.. Hoy is fast personal friend 70
Gen. Burns; visits his family has deep
common interest in his reelection, and Of
course had no other object in view, IN max
ing the above statement tnan TO tell the
truth. And, if Hoy does tell the truth, il
shows that something is rotten somewhere,
and the people would like to know where.
Could anything be more insulting or de.
iiant to the people-could anything be
more disgraceful to hitnself-than such a
remark as the above from Gen. Burma,
who is now seeking reelection 70 Con-
yress H. Coshoeten Aoe.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
Vermont and Maine Election.

"The Star that never sets" shines bright
er than ever! Last year the Republican
majority was over 10000. This year it is
10000, bv which the entire Republican
State ticket is chosen. Lecompton Bu-
cbananisln has so feeble hold among the
Green Mountains that the U. S. office
holders party number only about one to
three of the voters. The Legislature stands
Senate 80 Republicans, no Buchanan
ties House, 1919 Republicans, 80 Demo-
Gratis.
"The Star of the East" shines equally
bright for Freedom. Gov. Morrill, is re-
elected in Maine about IL 900 majority
All the Republican State afficers are elect.
ed. All the six Republican members of
Congress are chosen. They are Daniel +.
Somes, John J. Perry, Ezra B. French,
Freeman H. Morse, Israel Washburne, and
Stephen c. Foster.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23

Four months ago and there was NO: to be found
in the District a man calling himselfs Democrat,
but acknowledged that BURNS was Leeomptop-
lie. that he had voted With that party in Con-
gress, dc. There were differences of opinion
as to what induced him to change after he got
to Washington, everybody knowing that be
went there strictly Anti-Lecompton. but no
man, no not one, denied his guilt of voting to
fasten upon the unwilling necks ofthe people of
Kansas, the curse ofSlavery. Some few iustif-
ed his vote. q few others tried to offer excuses
for him, others cursed him outright, but no one
man then thought of denying that he had voted
for Lecompton. That was an after considcra-
ton. When BURxs, was re- nominated. the ques-
tion was asked, what will We do with his vote
for Lecomptons DENY III" was the response,
and "deny it," it is. Nine-tenths of those so
loud in denouncing him for that vote, charging
him with having been bought, de-, no. deny
that he ever gave it, and are utterly oblivi-
ous of The curses they heaped upon his head at
at the time. What new light have they had7
Have they on the examination of the records of
Congress, discovered that BuRys voted with
the % Anti-Lecompton Democrats from the
North, dgaina LecomptOn. No, that is rot
claimed. Well. have they discovered that he
lodged the vote? No, that is not claimed either,
Will then, you say he did not vote with the
Anti-Lecomptonites and that be did not dodge,
and you acknowledge that there WIS test vote
taken for and against LecOmpton. now tell us
hon did Burns rotc? The Holmes County Far
mer ofApril 8, says he voted with the Leeomp-
tonites. The Coshocton Democrdt, Of April 9Th
says that he voted 10 "adnit Kansas under the Le-
compton Conait,dion." The Ohio Statesman of
April Sd, said "BrRSs had betrayed the Democ-
racy of the 18th District, by his rote for Lecomp-
ton." The Ashland Union. classed him among
the "solid men" in Congress, for having stood
by the President in cndeavoring to get the Le-
compton Bill through. The Mt. Vernon Nd-
fio'aal said, "our representative, Gen. BURNS,
voted for the Lecompton swindle" and that
his constituents would take no excuse for a will
full, deliberate violation of their will, &c.
Every Democratic paper published in his Dis
trict, admitted at the time that Burns had voted
for Lecompton, and all, with the exception of
the Coshocton Democrat, denounced him for it,
Now what do we hear. Every one of these pa
pers deny it! They offer no proof. They do not
dare TO publish the vote, but in the very face
and eyes of admissions scarcely three months
old, they deny that Burns voted for Lecompton.
Which statement, are the people going to be-
lieve3 That that is backed up with proof from
their own papers at the time the votes were Civ
en-, on their denial nowf We shall see.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23


.tT Gen BURNS was at Millersburg, Monday
night Last. Little Holmes is in blaze Huzza.
-Coshocton Democro
Yes,two blazes. The first one was visible about
the time the news of BURNS vote to fasten slavery
upon Kansas, reached Holmes county.-
You ought TO have seen how the faces of the in
dignant, the insulted, the injured, the BETRAYED,
and forsaken democracy of Alillersburg were Int
up then. 1t would well nigh have cost man
a kicking to have even insinudted. that these
men would vote for BURNS again, if again can
didate. Butt has all come TO pass. though they
are not voting for him this time from principle.
but from personal favor" The second "blaze"
will be visible about the ID Tuesday of Oct,
when will be ssen written upon the outer wall,
'''T'o'n'cle', which, being translated, meaneth,
"Burns your not wanted"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
From the Cnshocton A.

From the COshocton Age.
Mr.. EDrroR.-In docket 8, ia of Re-
cords of the Court of Common Pleas, for
Coshocton county, there is case in which
J. D. Basset is PInin'iff and F. Dean, de-
fcndant: in which case tor services render
ed by Carsen Porter, former Sheriff OF his
county. there is taxed $3.50 fees due him.
AT page los, same docket, there Is anotli-
case F. Mussman Us A. Ballantine, IN winch
there is taxed fees due estate of Mr.. Por-
ter 81 so, making trgethr $3.50. that has
been collected number OF years since,
and purports to have been collected by
one 10 Burns, who was then either Cierx
Or Sheriff of the county; and at this tl!ia
mis-representing the district of which Co
shocton County forms part in the Con-
gress of the United States, TO which by
his conduct on the Kansas question he GER
tainly has done no credit, and neither has
he treated the matter of the above fees due
the widow and orphan children of c. Por-
ter, deceased, in gentlemanly or becom-
ing manner.
After l was advised hy authority had
no reason to doubt, that the fees were in
bis hands, l wrote to him respecting the
same, but received no answer. Being in
Coshocton, in the fall 1855, called on
this man, at his house-he promised me
he would examine into the subject, and
write mel never TO this day received
line from him touching the matter. Whilst
in Washington last winter, wrote three
times TO him respecting the fees, and the
10Th, of August last, l wrote him to Co
shocton-but so Far the gentleman { has
no, seen fit 10 answer one of my letters
And can this man, who is withholding
from the widow of Mr. C. Porter, and five
orphan children, this small pittance, Justly
due them, and he getting at the rate Of
Twenty dollars per day, the whole year
round, and receiving eight dollars for every
twenty miles travel gong to an2 returning
from Washington, ask the suffrages of
generous people to send him again to Con-
gress. Would any gentleman act in this
case, as Burns has done-is he deserving
or worthy the continuances ofa Ii ,eral pub
lie, or, is he not deserving of their frowns
and contempt?
A member Of Congress, truly-collect-
ing the fees due late Sheriff, and that
would benefit the widow and orphan chill
dren to whom it is now due; Withholding
the same, and when respectfully written to-
as much as tour times on the subject, treat
The matter with silence Is such man
worthy of beinv trust..,l with In. ip,.r,sSts
Of the people he has happend to be elected
to represent! should think uot-an6 T.
do sincerely hope thal the people ~.il elee.
him, to stay at home. after such unworthy
and ungentlemaniy conduct
ADAM PETERS,
Administrator G. orier, deceased.
GAINESVILLE o. Sept.lO, 1858
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23

PERILoUs SITUATIoN.-Two gentleman,
MesSrs. BannIstcr and Thurston, ascend
ed ia a balloon from Adrian, Mich, on
Thursday last. After being in the upper
Regions long enough TO please themselves.
the gas was allowed to escape and u decent
WAS made near Knights Station. After
the car was on the ground and while tine
two aeronaut> We're delachng the car, and
otherwise preparing it for removal, The bay
being still filled with gas, it suddenly arose
with Mr.. Thurston upon it and sailed off in
TO the air. The car had been detached
and Mr.. Thurston WAS at work upon the
escape valve when he was thus suddenly
taken from the earth. The balloon ascend
ed out of sight of the Mortified Bannister,
who was watching the course of his friend
with intense anxiety. Having no means
of holding on to the bag save by tue casing
Mound the valve, it is scarcely possible Mr..
Thurston could long cling to it. No IL
dings had been received on Saturday of
his whereabouts, and but little hope of his
restoration to his friends is enteltained.-
He leaves family at Adrian.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
The Ocean Telegraph.

1t is probabe-judging from what is
concealed as well as from what is disclosed
that the people of the United States,
and the rest of mankind, will have to make
up their minds that the Atlantic Telegraph
is failure. Whether the failure is acci-
growing out of some defect in the
conductor or some causuality which it
has encountered-or is intrinsic in the
nature Of the undertaking, can only be
known 10 the public when the facts of the
case are disclosed.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
Burns, Votes

In Congress, are troubling him. In ev-
cry instance where there was contest be-
tween the North and South, he yoted wiM
the South! He could not have done bet
ter had he been representative from South
Carolina, instead of Free Ohio. Take for
the present, one example, his vote for the
English Bill, Che hasn't denied that yet, we
believe,) by the terms of which, Kansas was
to be admitted as SLAVE STATE,
withom regard to population, but if she
desired to be admitted as a Free State, she
must wait until her population amounted
to ninety-three thousand Had he been a
representative from Slave State his vote
for this bill would have been consistent, as
carrying cut their doctrine, "the whole loaf
or no bread J" but coming from a Free State,
representing people that have witnessed
with anger and regret the sacrifices that
have for years been made to the South in
order to keep them on good terms with us,
the question with intelligent, honest men,
is, why he voted fora Bill offering such in
sulting terms to the Freemen of Kansas
and through them to the Freemen of the
entire North! Why if $4,000 people are
sufficient to form Slave State, the same
number are not also sufficient TO form q
Free Statea It's an ugly question, but it
very naturally comes up in the mind of an
honest man, as does another, which is,
whether man who will cast such votes as
these of Burns, is proper man to send
back to Congress from Free statea
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23

the Lecompton Slave Constitution, they
could come in with population of
35,OOO-but if they rejected it, they
could not be admitted rs Free State un-
til they had population of 1920, to be
ascertained by census. Now we would
ask the voters of Tuscarawas, whether they
can sustain Gen. Burns. with his votes
staring them in the face? He has proved
treacherous to the principles he professed
to support, and if elected, would again
shametully misrepresent his constituents
1Mscarawds Adrocate.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
Let il Work.

The matter Of Gen. Burns attempt to
bribe the editor of the German Republican
paper in Tuscarawas county into his sup
port for Congress, we are willing to leave
as it now stands before the people. The
right opinion is now being formed by the
people in reference to that matter, and if it
don't tell against the "Old War Horse" on
election day, then We will acknowledge our
mistake. Let it work. -Coshocion Age.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
r. Cen Ecx,v of Co,,u

@ Gen. EcKLY, of Carroll county. who
never brought anything but his excessive
vanity into the Republican party, has left
!, because disappointed in getting an Office.
ne . IS IN every respect good yoke fellow
LOT Tue Eloquent srAMBAUeH.n It is to
De ,, arden'ly desired that the Republicans
will go on kicking such fellows ont un,;,
their ranks are clear of them. Every co,n
ty has more or less of these vain and am
bilious creatures in it, and they are worse
nuisance than hundred open enimies.-
So goodbye EcxLY.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
The Meeting on Mondax

Evening at the Court House was we'll
attended and the Speeches of Messrs. COL
L1ER and HILDr, fully came up to the high
est expectations of their friends. Circum-
stances prevented our attending, but We
have the best reports as TO the character
of the speeches, the attendance, interest
manifested, &c, by those who were pres
ent.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23

~ The Southern Democratic Press Is
generally honest in its utteranees. This
policy requires no concealment. Hence We
find tn, key TO the opinions and purposes
of the party in the Southern newspapers,
while our northern Democratic press is al
ways mealy mouthed and careful of its out
giv;ngs.
The following, We think, is worth Pc
serving for reference:
From the Richmond South, Aug. 18th.
The Victories of the South
A few years ago an active and powerful
Anti Slavery element existed IN the bosom
of our own community. Now lfe citizens
of the South are unanimous and enthuslas-
tic in support of their institutions. A few
years ago, not an individual in the North
was disposed or would venture to protest
against the principles of the Abolitionists.
Now they have fallen into such disrepute,
that the names of Giddings and Garrison
are byword and reproach; even in the
Anti-Slavery States. From the days Of
Washington and Jefferson. down 10 a
uery recent period, 1t soas the policy of the
Federal Government to repress and restrict
the expansion of Slavery. In 1855 the
current of legislation was reversed, and, by
the passage of the Kansas Nebraska bill,
the Ordinance of 1857 and the Missouri re-
striction were repudiated as the prejudices
of an obsolete age. From the reign of
Marshal to the succession of Taney, the
South regarded the Supreme Court with
disturst and hostility; but the Dred Scott
decision exhibits that ancient citadel of Fe-
deralism as the champion of State rights
and SLAVERY. From its organization till
the Baltimore Convention in 1852 the De-
mocratie party, albeit the only reliance of
the South, was compelled to observe sig
niicant silence in respect to slavery
Then for the first time, 1t pledged itself dis
ti1actly and decidedly, to the supporters of
Southern rights, and by adopting the Res
olutIons of 1898, signalized its remuneration
of the old equivocal policy.
This then, is the sum of the NATTER
The Federal Government has renunciated
the power of limiting the extension of SIa-
very to0 Oooen 10 Su"dHtieu ahu equal
participation in the common domai; bv de-
cision of the Supreme Court, Slavery is
projected in the Federal territory, rs well
against the usurpatiens ofthis local Legisla-
ture as against the unconstitutional inter
vention Of Congress; and lastly, by the
judgment Of the same august tribunal, the
personal and political subordination of the
negro is established as principle of Amer
lean Jurisprudence. So much for the reac-
tionary policy ofthe Federal Government
in favor of slavery and the rights of the
South.
Meanwhile the public opinion of the
North, as we have already intimated, has
worked clear of the old Abolition element,
and is daily becoming more propitious to
the interests of slavery. In fact, the Abo-
lition party is almost extinct, and the
Black Republican organization which has
risen upon its ruins, expressly repudates It's
most obnoxious principles. So, too, IN re-
gard to the Northern Democracy, ecs ac-
knowledge Nth peculiar satisfaction that
they hare yieded to the utmost demands of
their Southern associates.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23

.eF The Washington Union has recently de-
clared that the Southern Democracy must not
allow the Democratic organization of the North
any latitude of opinion on national questions.
1t also declares that the people Of the Territories
have no right to exclude slave holders and their
property. The Union speaks by authority.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
Three Cheers for General Burns.


The following is, as near as We can make
It with the type, a fac sinaile of the three
Gneers Judge Simmons proposed for Gen.
Du1ns at their club meeting Saturday
night The Judge promised that General
burns was as good an anti Lecompton man
as the State afforded, and therefore he pro-
posed three cheers for the ..Old War
Horse" Suiting the ac;ion to the word
the Judge grabbed his hat and motioned
10 the audience to 'get up and howl;n but
the audience stirred "nary inch.n Ths
Judge proceeded, solitary and alone, to
"H-r, hur--rah for; hur-
rah for--Gen--, Still nobody
got up, notwithstanding he kept up his
motions with his "beaver." He persever-
ed, however, and hur-rah--ed again. Fl
nally, seeing that the Judges phiz indica-
ted fears of failure, the man what Asa
says ''has heart as big as the OK that was
roasted between the bridges some time ago.
sprang to his feet-opened his mouth,
(Jehu, what an opening for spoiled or
and hurrahed for--"Dirty Scamps."
That won't do, thought John; so he
hurrahed for be--"Dirty Hessians." !"
Treacherous memory, he thought and
agsin hurrahed for--"H Helmicks Dam,
phool." Seeing he had made n mistake,
"Oid S"ggy," quick as thought, ins rted
the name of Gen. Burns, making it read !:
"Helmick's DamphooI, Gen. Burns!"
Awful. Whether that was a s.mucijation"
of the bill, or merely making it read cor
rectly, in the way of "a joke" we leave Asa
and Billy to determine.
But po,r Simmons, we left for him
about the time he was feeling for his hat.
-Progressive Age.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23

TIE CoNT.-A star. with dull appearing
tail of couple Of yards in length, appears night
ly in the hearens in the northwest 1t grows
palmer each succeeding night, and it is said by
those who pretend to keep track of such bodies,
to be travelling at lightning speed toward the
sun. Let 'er ripl
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23

~ The Lecomptonites met at Shelby,
Richland county, last week, when JOHN S.
PATRICK, of Norwalk, was nominated for
Congress, to be badly beat by JOHN
SHERMAN.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23

sE Steam canal boats are in successful op-
Grafton on the Erie canal. They are said to be
run cheaper than by the old-fashioned institu-
tiop of horse-fesh.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
S14,4OO 90

The estimates are liJeral. In this con
nection we give the following general state
ment of the Financial CO. diion of the
Board:
Amount on hand in Dec. 81, $4,000 90
Receipts from Show Licenses es-
cheated Lands ds--4,O 1000 90
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23

- The Cincinnati Price Current estimates
this years potato crop as below an average. and
of inferior quality. r.f
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23

No disorders have employed SO manv
quacks as those that have no cure: and NO
sciences have exercised so many quilts as
those which have no certainty. -
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23

eB AT Wheeling. September 3, John Burns
was executed for the murder of Mary Montony
in May last.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
MiIlersburg. Brass Band.

The letter sent from Millersburg 10 the
Secretary KLIPPARE detailing the particu-
lars of an awful accident which should have
happened this band, instead of doing them
an injury, bas resulted quite differently
The motives of the writer of the letter are
well understood in this quarter, and the
self satisfaction he must have over this fail
ure of his meanness, must be very great
indeed. Here are few more extracts
showing the estimation in which the Band
is held abroad. .
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
Ninth ANIMAL Ohio s,a,e E.;r

The Holiday Week Of the Year is over.
and the Exhibition has been a grand sue.
cess. The People congregated toit by the
thousands and tens of thousands, and with
the exception of the injuries, none of them
fatal, sustained by few persons on the I'd
day by the bolting of 4 frightened horse
from the ring, not an accident occurred to
mar the universal enjoyment. The rail
roads were so carefully conducted that the
multitudes were promptly transported with
out the slightest injury to life or limb; and
all thy arrangements Of the Fair Grounds,
as well as the management Of the Exhibi-
ton by the State Board of Agriculture,
their officers and employees, were usually
good and satisfactory to Committees. Ex-
Hioltors, and the People. The citizens Of
o"hausky spared no effort conducive to the
comfort OF their guests, and very many
VIII long remember with pleasure the hos
pltalltles enjoyed and the friendships form.
ed or frightened. The conduct Of the in
telligent masses on the Fair Grounds ,vss
nnexcep,ionable, and the entire sobriety
and decorum which prevailed from day to-
day spoke volumes of praises for the present
and of hope for the future. Ohio has hon.
ored Sandusky with a great State Festi-
val, and the Men and the Women of SAM
du>ky have honored their City and the
State with spirit, an enterprise, and sue.
cess commensurate with the occasion.
The attendance during the Fair was
large, the receipts for single tickets amoun-
ting to slO,1Ol. We clip the following
facts and figures touching the financial con-
dition of the Board from the Sandusky
Register, which exhibited much tact and
enterprise, in giving full and accurate daily
reports as the Fair progressed. The re-
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-23
Did Burns vote for the LecomptOn Bill?
Look at the Proof.

LOOK AT the FrOOI.
"Mr. BURNS voted against this
(Harriso Resolution, and in favor
ofreferring to the regular Commit
tee on Territories, which was the
Lecompton side of the question:
Holmes Go. Farmer, Feb. Is.
"Gen. BURNS seems to have at
tracted generalnotice from thefeck
less and mprincipled Black Repub-
ican papers, because being COM
aadtted against the Lecompton con-
stitution he voted with those I'm its
fauor."-Holmes Co. Farmer Feb
Is.
"It will beseen by the votes that
Gen. Burns of this District voted
in the Negative, with the LecOmp-
toniteS' S'-Holnaes Go. Farmer, A
pril s.