, 1860-09-19
TIE FRANKLIN co. DEMOCRAT,
FIE.D0)t IF THE PRESS PUT UQTN BY
1EEElT5 OF ViOLEaCF.


"a A""AAo Va sfVkL1Nfs
etRteui:nt OF the FubIlshers.
!For tic Pres ard 1ribune,1
Ix11Es seT Do n!-We lain that the tdltors Of Il
D:ma ratio paper \. Dsn,oa Franklin Coulty have lau
cd down The natues Of Douxas and Juhnson, ald run
Il1cun AID Hamln, and belck about it, Week
A. edition. Dirty Work" Logan hurried ht!es Ind coec
srs ol. compelled the pubsht to stop VII 10 wo.kr
OF t.ela:es apart Of tic wei ky isua h,ving aread
bten pftned steh tie game, and ths Democracy
game ASsd out saoaes laa thsy rste end wit
!. addsIent 1erlt-Boomtnotoa IhnaarcpA.
:, We hare seen the sbove, and amilar para
graphs to tbs came puFport, floating in The pa
. pers for about week past, and it is due to th
1 public, to truth, aad the cuuso Of law aud or
der, that tha facts shculd to correctly stated
! We, the undersigned, were the editors aud pub
j. Ilshers Of to psper in question, tie Franklu
Democrat, published at Benton, Ills, nhi:h ne
, "e.s compelled By Hon. John /. Logan ard hi.
| ifeada to cell ut very ruinous s4er!ice. OF
: saHsr Inc Consequences Of mob viole:ce. In
substance ths above paragraph il about cor-
rect, but oil the facts arc not stated.
We had been publishing Democratic paper
1 >AFV-%sAAF5 h0C CiG%tA~A " OtAktaH Huu
Johnson with all tic ability We possessed, but
alter lhc late State elections, we became con-
vinced thkt Douglas could not By any pcss ble
means be elected. Wefslt constrained in duty To
our consciences and our country, to choose be-
tween the two remaining conservative candi-
dates. Bell aud LincolD, 10 de:est rhe worst Of
eli c2IItnities, tha elcyk!lon Of Disuniosjst to
the Presidential chair. Mr. Bell being Is POW.
erless rs BIZ. Douglas with tae people, our orly
alternative WAS Mr. Lincoln. We knew that ls
had been ckarged with voting against su2pIi.s
10. sha so.diezs Willie in Mexico, ard with jaytr
INF negro equality, but in examination Of the
record Convinced ns that these stories had no
foundation il ,-u,h aad we Il. once rtocecded
10 rs:se the cames Of Lincoln aud fIamlip. which
We t!ld IN our istue for August .9l, and follow
ea th's With leader. Stating our rea.ons, that
py turthtr ad VOC Ating the cause OF Mr.. uouzla
We shoE!d be lad:rec II aiding IN the election Of
q D'suaiouist and abetling in Tho establishing Of
| slayeEJ in eli our National Territory. even
''s"'nsi Tue wishes cf the people. Looking uo-
on slavery as 1norEt social and political evil,
We could not thus consent to tuch uons.rous
Doctrine. This being the issue" SfaYery, tr
70 s'la'ery in tue Territories" and hot Popu;ur
sovre'gaty-we felt beund to 60 with that party
fAy,tlEg its psohlbiron.
Ar. Logau geitilE wind Of our chs n re by
sotne meaus, eA7e up t@nr or three of t,is M.
polat'neEts to SPEAK, and hurried home in time |
to md us ready to strike of The inside Of our |
paper, q lev sheets Of which had already been !
printed. lie ut once, With his friends. eadesy |
orea TO persuade us 10 desist, and return avsin |
10 tbe Douglas Cause. We told hira our reasons
substantially az stated above. He etl.red W |
money, Which We spuEced, snd gave htm to un-
aefs:aDd that be had cot enough to buy us TO
Dfeck'ntidge and Lane, whom he Limself d.
nounces as Disunionlsts. At this be began 10
II ttreaten, and swore By the God ID Heaven. that
We should Eoi make 4 Lincoln organ of our "a.
per, II he c'uld prevent it, and ne believed he |
eou:o: AZ ne became lauder in his threats, his
In The evening. After talking md p.rleyinp
tome time, be proposed 10 buy the pres. .od
fixtures. aud asked Us our price. We told him
sf0o-the amount it had cost us not six months
previous. This, he said, was too much, aad
inst he would not gre it. We told him he
could do - Re p1eased.-tlat i: Was cur proper-
y, and i be caoHe to give us our price, itte SO.
tuat cost,) be could hare it, hut not Otherwise.
Matters stood in this way uutll miduixht,-be
oi=rinE $500. aod we holding out tor 400,
when determinieg to bring the thing to cfi.i..
he raised his cd=r to 1850, aud only gave " {
two minutes to decide whether NC would take
II or not at the fame time adding, "Jak ~. 10
it th.N eo,ae out fer Lincoln" The 4
crowd around him Eow numbered something
like q hundred or hundred and fifty, aad hear. i
.n6 '.tM u: III lnotteFeQ threats, and Setier | =
that Mr. Logau's determination was that Il e
Should not he published, We concluded. at the q
q sos'ce ot oae OF two friends Wuo heard threats
from the crosd that If We persisted and held
on'' that We should not CINE out Of the Office /
are,' to sscriti:e tue @l50 and sare our lives. il
IS y; we we're completely II The nands of the mob
alr. Logan iu1nsdia:el; handed us $Go, saying b
nc you'd Tx 1le balance in the morning. and e.
ok Possession OF the Office The uext mor,,. a
ns; wien ne came t. settle, be aud hls friends n
1eeIaEed it was only $500 that be bud offered, q
oee'ng 1nat IL was their purpose to throw US b
a1o dispute and involve ia Ia an intermiua.
,'e iaw-suit. ard ha7ing 10 friends who heard ! h.
ne bargain TO prove the contract By, ne accsp. Il
ee 1t cs that Father than be cheated ont Of tie in
nt're amount by having, as evtdeutly was tie c,
purpose: $3.50 Was paid US down, which was d
lnos' Immediately consumed in paying our re
ungEy wolf to get bis share. We ret Eli tbe b,
Z emands presented, finding no fault with arv hf
< the claiEas, however exorbt,aut fome a. d,
hem appeared 10 be. The b4larcs was eiyen Is
= ~ Two notef' one Of six, and the other Of ks
"elve months duration. After this We en.
eaTofed to collect The several amounts due Nv. he
" with no SUCCESS at all-some tell. e,
,g us that they would pay Us when er
asy got ready, and others not at al. ar
za,gnh'ng u ghg a. as u reasen that We had changed. rt
g." Wlsh only tao Or three exceptions thia r1
as the case with all Scna was the trertmpnt liz
{ received at the hands cf Mr.. Logan md b;s ,,r
'nst'tueneJ. 10 sue for our c1s1ms, would XII
ot he'p US any, for none but Democrat ever
It on jury in that county, md yho GIN ~ pr,
ct lust.re d the hands Of such neu2 Aswru
lght We expect jury OF no5se-tujeye; 10 cnn. th.
e man ct horse steaIiug. III,
Ar. Logan may have succeeded 10 crushing | in
for :.- :H- time being. in taking from US our pc,
eanR Of subsistence anu throwing us cut Of ihe
aploy menr, but these scts Of his will have q rea
~ teit1 knat1 ip1 I
y ds we Gao utter. Go on, Mr. Loxsa: put
VII free speech, close up tic ayenuts of free
ought, gak tbs pres4, If yon can, tramo'e ur
loot the sacred Ruarautees o. tic Coastitu ~ ~
%, unt you can neVer stop the onward 1aarch ,vo
.Tn,th e,,.hed IN c,,.h III, ., Sor
~ eiefna years Of uoi ase s:f hef: as''o' as
a. a1a d. afs xa saa t. i; x.i.s1t., x.i:hip ,s ,:"
These acts will recoil npoa you. ora hesd iint
Ia reooo4ied Jury. 4 FREQ and eulxh!e:ed | Wi
opie VIII ret tamely submit 70 see tin. pro- lin.
!on ot the Consultation which says ':the lon
edonl OF the press shall not te abridged." ret nu
.onkos, "n'ca you, aa member Of Congress. bs,t
re sWCrn 10 support. r
q conclusion, we wish to say to the pab1ic sbr,
-, ~. I1e a8a'n 10 enter tue Geld for last
co!n and HAmin. and do all the good We can tai,
; righteous cauae. IN
there is 4 community in this State desrons yex,
naslng HepuolcGn paper established, We stoc
u'a oe Pleased TO publish them on. Oar | H,r
1ois. A Nr.,r,s I''
ept. II, 1850. &. sELLrns' w. tt
----- ----eA'- ing
me Anaute 10 John Sherman. bree
he Fhiladelphia Inquirer, a neutral pap.r ter
i: Z ers
J.. this
he scenes in front Of the Continental Hole, E,se
,,o1 ~ eIu'iuk' 9a tue OCCASION Of ito have
It d1sgracetul TO thoac ccnceroed ia tha 81. h;ss
pt to interrupt the speaker and breaf -, dnc;
a:semhlage, and we'll deserve the Tithe,inF tn ~
axe elected from that gentleman. Usrs f,rm
representative man, one who.e 1oftv he.n
and wonderful business abilities. manifes. n;at;'
during the last session Of Congress. when Il ~
Fas leader of the House, have won him 1ha .na.;
Giant admiration Of his bttereat nolt;r.i ~
onents; ard yet such man, whose re-. m,s4 hans'
is The property, ind should be the prda of 10 +
whole country, caanot be SLOWED to mats ~. :.
had cni.rtsJ ~ - -: ~ ~ party friends pure
& exposed to such GIT exhibition Of row6r. ~. =
as Was never witnessed among The Desd d..
6lsa Or Plug ugiies Of onr rai :hb3r;or H.
): :, Mr. Sherman had Just delivered, At M, ,rot,
Il Hall. polttlcal speech, coaciliatorr and smri
crate in its whole tone, ia which be tooF -. -,
sion to express his high regard for tho per oS H.
character of Ar. Bell. Yet when be- IT. breed
tied to inter {a~ -e-d. @-~ee