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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-03-29
'TaisccAMbu s.:
A Glimpse at PandemOMium.

An individual who is in the habit
Of visiting the different saloons in the
city, and, whene yer he can sponge
drink, or has the wherewith to buy it,
imbibing freely, went into one a few
nights since, and taking a seat by the
stove, was soon fast asleep. All ef.
forts to awake him proved Intellectual
until a gentleman, wlro, had some ex.
perience as pyrotechnist, suggested
that a small display Of fireworks wo'd
not only arouse the sleeper but afford
some amusement for tho cumpany-
Accordingly, a wheel was procured
which, when lighted, reyolves with
great rapidly, and. throws out fire and
birthstone in a manner truly astonsh-
ing. Attaching this to the wall the
gas was turned down and the wheel
set on fire. The individual for whose
benefit the exhibition was given Jump,
cd from his chair as though shot from
o gun but upop looking around, cod
not realize where he was. The wheel
kept splitting f)e, the individual max
ing every effort 10 find his way ont,
when, to his utter CONSERVATION, huge
balls OF fire-appearing, as he after
wards averred, as large as a rum bar
rel, from a Roman candle completed
bis fright. lie fell on his hands and
knees at once and begged for mercy
from the gentleman in Black, in whose
dominiOns he supposed he was. This
was too much for the crowd, the gas
was turned on aud 2 party Of six or
eight discovered, almost in convul,
sions OF laughter. The victim broke
for the door and has not been seen in
that section since. .IA ELat,fagette z Jo,ssrr..
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ia the road to Burlipgton!n irSuk .
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aSWhK,d ,gpessedit3 II ~ lJd suia
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Bnrlipgtonf41 sretortedo the offended
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the love Of q girl Tor q cadet. ore,,,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-03-29


UAn editor had a bottle of Lon.
don Dock Gin presented to him, and
after drinking the whole of it, wrote
notice on the article. Here is what
he wrote. - .............. ....... .....
"Here is to the ladies and other
branches of business lhicl in aA
around Itown-and especially the Mes
ident's Pressage, Monington Washn.
ment, etc., all of which may be had
cheap at the Buck-(hic) Drook--57 --57
Brook aud Duck store of old Kondon
Dock Gin, for 50 year if payment
(hic) is delayed until the end Of the
Ca (hic} lantic Table, q. nysf ssi ot
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-03-29

u Uniform m,loYe ia, now defined as
the lovsof girl for d cadet. .ageIpa
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
Who Is Right Z


1T IS WRONG TO ADMIT into tie Constitution
THE IDEA THAT THERE CAN BE PROPERTY
IN MAN.-Janles Madison.
iSZaces are REGARDED AS PROPERTY, and placed
on an EQUAL FOOTING with all other property.
Hence the owner of slaves the same as the owner
Tf ether species Of RrSpTEyh RAS N
CARRY HIS PROPERTY WITH HIM-S. a.
Douglas.
Which of these authorities is cor
rect =? Both certainly cannot be. Mad
ison was the leading statesman engaged
in the frontier of our National Consti-
tuition, and knew better than any other
the scope and design of its provisions,
and declared it wrong to admit into
that instrument the "idea that there
can be property in man." This was
the Democracy of our fathers.
Mr.. Douglas, endorsing the words of
Slaveholding Court, tells us that men
who happen to be born of Slave moth
ers care regarded as property by the
same Constitution which Mr.. Madison
was so careful to guard against such
an "idea!" This is Latter-day De-
mocracy.
Between the two let them choose.
LINCOLN and HAMLIN represent the
first and the two Democratic factions
the second.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27

RECEPTION OF Gov. SEwARD.-The
most ample preparations are being
made by the Republicans of Chicago,
for the reception of Gov. Seward on
the Cd of October. 1t is contemplated
to make this the greatest political DEM
onstration of the campaign. Excur-
sion trains will be run on almost all the
Railroads and delegations are expected
from Southern Illinois, Indiana, Michi-
gan, and in fact, from every northwest
ern State. 1t is also understood that
the ladies of Chicago will present a
banner costing one hundred dollars to
to the largest, Wide Awake Company,
in proportion to the Republican vote of
the town that attends the great gath
ering. 81.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
California Politics.

Some of the papers are specializing
upon the probable result of the Califor.
MIA State election, which they suppose
takes place this month. This, however.
is an error. The State election takes
place on the first Thursday of Septem-
Der, in every year except that of the
Presidential election, when it is post
poned until November. There will be
no election news from California, there.
fore, until the Presidential vote comes
off. The latest news from California
is that the attempted union of the Dem.
ocratic factions had failed. Each will
run a separate Electoral ticket. The
party is pretty fairly divided in Cali
fornia, and this is strong reason fol
hope that the Republicans will carry
the State, though we don't need it to
elect Lincoln.-Det. Advert;ser.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
PRIMARY SCHOOL
FARM FOR SALE.

TINE subscriber offers for sale, the following
i described Lands, situated in Cass County,
lying on the road from Cassapolis to Edwardsburg.
containing 240 acres of good opening land with
1870 acres under good cultivation, well adapted to
grass or grain culture, with one mile of Usage
Hedge nearly ready for use, and Il mile of Maple
Shade Trees on the roads about the farm, a COM
Portable frame dwelling, two barns and other
necessary out buildings $50 bearing apple trees of
cultivated fruit. Said farm is well fenced and has
good timber lot Also another lot of As acres ALI
improved, TX miles east of the above described
premises. about half good moving marsh,- and
lying on the road leading to Redield's Saw Mill
Also, an excellent timber lot on Sec l6. Jefferson
Township, and has good soil and surface for culti
walton. t'-it
All the above will be sold on liberal terms, one
half or more cash down, and the balance secured
by mortgage with interest. 81 -
For further particulars inquire of c. c. Sheriff.
on the farm, or of the subscriber at Miles, Berrle
County, Mich. l-<
MARCUS SHERRIIG.
Jefferson, Sept. 18th. 1860. sepsc-2Srm3
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
n1r. Mamlin and the Homestead BIN.

HANNIBAL HANLIN AND THE HOME
STEAD BILL" The Senate finally, on
the 18th of May passed Mr.. lohpson's
bill-44 to s-the nays being Messrs.
Bragg, Clingnan, HAMLIN, Mason.
Pearce, Powelland Tombs. p Greeley's
1ert Book page ls9.
The above extract is going the rounds
of all the democratic papers and it is
the sole statement upon which they
predicate their assertion that Mr.. HAM
LIN is opposed to the Homestead Bill.
When Mr.. HAMLIN refused to vote for
the above bill, he gave his reasons as
follows: ~
Mr.. HAMLIN. / am very much
in the same situation with the Senator
from Massachusetts, with this distinc-
ton: | am against the bill, am going
to vote against it; am going to leave
a record consistent with my judgment.
/ think the bill is wrong. l do not
think there would be much harm in
worshiping it, for / do not think it bears
any sinilitude to any above the earth
or beneath. the skies that you can call
a Homestead bill. The men who have
taken it under their peculiar care are
the enemies of the Homestead princi-
pies, and they propose to pass it. am
perfectly willing they should do so;
but they tell us, and they tell us very
frankly, that it is not Homestead bill,
and it is not. Now, sir, IT BEING
NO HOMESTEAD BILL, I will not
vote for it. VOTED TO SUBSTITUTE
THE HOUSE BILL FOR THIS BILL; but
those who have control of the matter
have put it into position which 1 think
is unjust. There are things in that bill
for which cannot vote. There are
things that ought TO go into it to make
it justifable, to enable me to give it
my vote. For these reasons I shall
vote against it.
Has any democratic paper which has
published the above extract the mag
nanimity to publish Mr.. HAMLIN's ex-
PLANTATION Of his votea 1t will be noted
that Mr.. HAMLIN says in the above
speech, and the record proves it, that
he voted TO substitute Mr.. Crows
Homestead Bill, the most radical meas
ure of the kind ever proposed, for the
above bill. He also voted for the House
and Senate compromise Homestead
Bill which passed both branches of
Congress and was vetoed by the Pres
ident, and he then again voted to pass
it over that veto. We defy any friend
of Mr.. Douglas to show half as good
record for him.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
Douglas and Clay.

We have before US, says the Chicago
Press and Tribune, copy of the Dai-
ly Democratic Union, Douglas paper,
printed at Peoria, Illinois, in which we
find the following frank admission Of
the charge that, during Mr.. Clay's life
time, he was bitterly maligned and
prosecuted by Stephen A. Douglas, the
Union says:
"Some years ago Douglas was can.
didate for Congress, in the 9th Con
gressional district of Illinois, Hon. Da-
vid M. Woodson was his opponent.
During the canvass, they spoke at Car
rollton; and in his speech at that place
Douglas used the following language:
"'Henry Clay is a 5lack hearted traitor, and the
only American statesman WHO EVER SOLD
HIMSELF FOR BRITISH GOLD"
We quote the article entire from
the columns of the Union, of Saturday,
Aug. 10Th. 1t there appears as we
print it; and it must be taken as a
frank and honest confession of the hy
pocrisy of the new admiration of Mr..
Douglas for the memory of the great
statesman, the author of the Missouri
Compromise. We thank the Union
for its unwonted honesty, and COM
mend its example to the other Douglas
journals which are shedding crocodile
tears over Mr.. Clay's bones.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27

SHERIFF. p If Mr.. Schermerhorn
should be elected sheriff, and MIR. Har-
per should be his deputy, there is no
reason why an out-and-out republican
should kick in the traces. A democrat
however, who believes in the doctrine
of non-intervention, should not inter-
fere at all. If Mr. Schermerhorn and
his friends agree with Mr.. Harper and
his friends, that Mr.. Harper shall be
deputy sheriff and jailor, whose bust
ness is it but theirs, and the republican
party's ?-Cassapols Democrat.
In order to set the mind of the Dem
ocrat man at rest upon this subject,
which appears to trouble him consid-
erably, and to relieve his anxiety, we
are authorized to assure all interested
in thematter that should Mr.. Schermer-
horn be elected Sheriff he feels conf
dence enough in his own ability, and
will attend to the business of the office
personally; and what is more, will move
into the sheriff's residence at Cassapo-
lis. Try again, Mr.. Democrat.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
N@o The Detroit Ea.ee p

~ The Detroit Free Press quotes
from the New York World, an article
designed to be injurious to the Republic
can cause, and introduces the quotation
with the statement that the JVorld is a
Republican paper!" What an un.
mitigated and redemptionless liar that
Free Press is The New York World
is just about as much of Republican
paper as the Detroit Free Press.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
Our..Defeat,, in Maine.

The Portland Adyertiser has returns
from the whole of Maine except a few
small townships, which gave about 81
900 votes last year. They foot up a
majority for the Republican candidate
over Smart of ~, 764, which will
be increased to 5000, and a majority
over all others of 16, 39S Ham
Inns plurality in 1856 was trifie over
1900. This shows an increase OF
1910 since last year. Such are the
great Democratic gains over which the
doughface press has attempted to raise
howl of exultation.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27

wNow, / should like to know who
"authorized" the editor of the Repub-
Hcan to make the above declaration.
1t might have been Mr.. Blair himself,
as he was at Cassapolis on the 18th
inst, a few days previous to the publ
cation of to-day's Republican. If so,
he "authorized" Mr.. Campbell to utter
an absolute falsehood.
We clip the above from an anony-
nous communication in the Cassapolis
Democrat, purporting to have been
written at Jackson. Now so far as we
are concerned, not knowing anything
about the matter, it cannot be expected
that we can say from personal observa-
ton whether Mr.. Blair did or did not
have any connection with the eJackson
Mutual Insurance Co." But granting,
for the sake of the argument, that Mr..
Blair himself did inform us that he
never was in any manner connected
with the institution, we submit it to
our readers, and we think every one
will agree with us, if the word OF
Austin Blair would not be considered
as good in denial of the charge, as
the word of a man who dare not sign
his name to an article containing so
broad charge, but sneaks behind a
fictitious signature to send forth his
base charges. But why didn't this
correspondent give the names of these
respectable men ''both Republicans and
Democrats" of Jackson who are willing
to certify that the charge is true.
Probably for the simple reason that
there are no such persons. The Demo.
crat has evidently over-leaped itself
this time. We still deny the charge
that Mr.. Blair was in any manner con-
nected with the Jackson Mutual In
surance Co., and shall continue to do
so, until we have better proof than the
mere say SO of person who evidently
dare not lend his name in sustaining so
foul a charge.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
The Coffin berry Rally.

A correspondent writing to us from
WilliamsviIle, says that the Democrat
ic rally at that place on Saturday last.
was a grand fizzle. From 200 to ESQ
persons including the great Invinci-
bles (?) from Cassapolis, numbering 80
men, officers and privates, were pres
ent. Of whom, our informant states
more than one-half were Republicans
Mr.. Cofiinberry commenced by saying
"that the Douglas party occupied the
same ground to-day that Democrats did
in Jefferson's time" This from an
old Wing is cool to say the least.) AT
ter laboring for some time to prove this
assertion, and finding that he made nc
impression upon his hearers, he com
menced telling anecdotes, and closed
by pitching into the Republican State
Administration right and left. "The
Republicans" he said, Gin our State
Administration were grossly dishonest,
they had received the Treasury full and
now it was empty, and had increased
the State tax and debt every year that
they had been in power" How true
is it that when "demo Gratis set out to
tell a falsehood, they invariably go the
whole hog. See Cassapolis Democrat
of last week.
The whole scene reminded our cores
pendent of a funeral. Not spark of
enthusiasm was manifested until the
chagrined Speaker had taken his seat
when the Captain of the Invincibles
managed to get up three cheers (?) for
Douglas. Verify this kind of Democ-
racy is at discount in Cass County.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
An Issue of Veracity.
THE PRESIDENT ACCUSES DOUGLAS OF
LYING ABOUT HIM!


THE PRESIDENT ACCUSES DOUGLAS OF
LYING ABOUT HIM!
The Alexandria Sentinel publishes a
letter from President Buchanan to Ex-
Governor Smith, of Virginia, which
fastens falsehood on Judge Douglas in
the most unmistakable terms The fol-
lowing is the letter:
WASHINGTON, August IL, 1860.
My DEAR SIR:-I have received
your favor of the 9Th inst, enclosing a
printed extract from the recent speech
of Judge Douglas, at Concord. You
inform me that you expect to be at the
Charlottesville Convention, and would
be glad to know something of the in
terview referred to in that speech.
According to this extract the Judge
states
"The President told me if did not obey him,
and vote to force the Lecompton Constitution on
the people against their WILL he would take off the
head of every friend had in Office"
1t is unnecessary to quote the alleged
reply of the Judge. Surely there must
have been some mistake in the report
of the speech, because Z mever held
ana such conversation acith Judge
Douglas, nor any conversation aoh0t-
sver aforCling tie least color or protect
for such q statement. 1t was not in
my nature to address such threatening
and insulting language to any gentle
man. Besides, have not removed one
in ten of his friends, and not one of his
relatives. Even among those of his
friends who have rendered themselves
prominently hostile to the measures of
the Administration, majority still re-
main in Office. might add that have
never held political conversation
with Judge Douglas on this or any
other subject since the day on which
my FIRST annual message, of the 9Th of
December, 1857, was read in the SEN
ate; and did not transmit the Kansas
Constitution to Congress until the I'd
of February, 1853, the question of
slavery not having been decided by a
vote of the people until the 2lst of De-
cember, 1857.
Now, my dear sir, in writing to YOU
have transgressed rule which / had
prescribed for myself, not to contradict
any statements assailing my public
conduct or character until after the
conclusion of my term of office. A
statement, however. comes with such
force from Senator of the United
States, who is one of my constitutional
advisers-and this, too, in a published
speech delivered by him in his canvass
for the highest elective office in the
world-that / deem the present case a
proper exception.
Yours, most truly,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
To Hon. WILLIAM SMITH.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27

Nor NOMINATED BY A Two THIRD
VoTE THE Douglasite prints have
been claiming that the nomination of
that gentleman was "regular," mas
much as he received two-thirds of all
the votes cast had there been no seces-
sion from the Convention. But Mr..
Douglas himself, in his speech at Read
ing, Penn, the other day, gives the lie
direct to these pretensions. He said,
"IreceiUed q third yote inthe Con-
ce'ation after the bolt, bat less than a
t,oo-third cote Of the aohole Conve,a-
tom
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
MIR. Blair and the Foreigners.

The Cassapolis Democrat, of the
goth inst, with much gusto, calls the
attention of its readers to an article in
that paper taken from the Jackson
Patriot. scurrilous pro-slavery sheet,
printed in Jackson, Mich, charging
that Mr.. Blair, had denounced the
Germans in speech in that city last
spring. Now let us examine this matter
and see whether this calumny can be
sustained. When the charge first ap-
peared in the Patriot it stood as fol-
lows:
cit is also to be remembered that
Republicans held Notification on the
square, and that there were great re-
joicing over the successful candidates.
Mr.. Blair was present and made some
remarks, and in abiding to the election
of the Republican City Marshal, he
used the following language;
"Now THAT Col. BERRY is ELECT
ED, / HOPE THAT HE WILL PUT THE
FOREIGNERS THROUGH; AND l TELL
YOU, GENTLEMEN, AM PRosCRIPTIvE
ENOUGH TO SEND ALL OF THE DIRTY
| DUTcH OUT OF THIS COUNTRY
1--WE quote all the words used by
MIR. Blair as acritte,a dozen at the time
by listener, and We are assured by
several persons that they were correct
ly reported"
This, the reader will see claims to
have been eacritten doacn at the time"
by man who was at the meeting son
the Square" But SO far from this be-
ing true, it was proved that, Mr.. Blair
not only did not speak on the square,
at the time referred to, but that in fact
he was not present at the meeting at
all. Hence it turned out that the above
WAS NOT "acritte,a doaoe at the time
ON the Square" In short, it was prov
en- that the Patriot told an absolute
and unqualified falsehood. So the
charge is repeated, but this time it
takes the following shape:
To the Editor of the Jackson Patriot:
Observing in your paper, under date
Of August 30, 1860, an article in which
Mr.. Blair was charged with uttering
certain words in regard to foreigners,
at a meeting held on the Square last
Spring; and also we have noticed that
the american Citizen of last week,
denies that Mr.. Blair ever uttered such
language, anywhere, or at any place.
The undersigned state that they at
tended a meeting in Jackson's new
building, on the evening of the charter
election last Spring, that Mr.. Blair was
there and made the following remarks: :
"THAT THE DEMOCRATS WENT
DOWN, ON SUNDAY NIGHT, TO LIE
LAGAR BEER SALOONS AMONG THE DIR
TY DUTCH, ANE THAT HE WAS PRoscRIP-
OF CITIZENS OUT OF THIS COUNTRY.
Now THAT Col. BERRY is ELECTED,
HE HOPED THAT HE WOULD PUT THAT
CLASS THROUGH, AND GIVE THEM NO
MORE WORK ON THE STREETS.
The above are the words used by
Mr.. Blair, and we do not decline to
sign this statement, and give you the
liberty to insert it in your columns.
JOHN r. OVERHEARD.
d. A. SUBWAY.
G. 'RATH.
was present at the meeting above
alluded to, for a short time, and heard
the above remarks of Mr.. Blair in ref
erence to Col. Berry.
]. B. EATON.
Jackson, Sept. 10.
Now we ask the reader to carefully
compare the language attributed to Mr..
Blair. See how strangely different it
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
Henry Winter Davis.

The Philadelphia Neaos states tina.
Mr.. Davis was written to by some of
the managers of the Bell meeting in
Easton, Pa, and requested to favor
them with his presence and speech.
His reply was wet blanket. 1t was
to the effect that he would be happy to
make any number of speeches for them
but hereafter his speeches would fav-
or the election of Lincoln.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-27
Chairman of last Co. Conve
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