The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1860-09-06
samuel Craiehead. Ed.

From present indications we are
Inclined to the belief that the gen
tleman whose name stands at the
head of this article, willhave troub-
lie ! nrunning overthe strength ofhis
party to that extent which his ar
dent admirers would fain believe;
and indeed, our honest convictions
are, that he may retire from the po-
litical arena, satisfied, ifhe succeeds
in polling his party vote. In our
first number we published o COM
munication from "a true Republic
can''which placed Samuelin rather
an anti-republican position upon
the "Fugitive slayelaw." Itwould
be worse than useless for us tosay,
that, in our opinion, Mr.. CHS right,
and "a true Republican wrong,
from the fact that we are aware TO
our sorrow, that our Republican
friends do not regard our teachings
upon that subject as orthodox
Our correspondent reasoneth well,
however, and we are willing that
Samuel shall stand or fall under
his standard of Republican meas
urement.
"a true Republican" is not,'alone
in exposing blemishes in Samuels
political character? We have re-
ceived q communication from ga
subscriber which, if any odds, cuts
deeper, longer and exposes more
tumours than his predecessor in the
perforating process. "a subscri-
ber'' seems to be a temperance
man, and starts out by giving us
"Craighead on Grog Shops"
He sends usa sentence clipped
(for be it known that our cores.
pondent is a reader, and is handy
with the shears as with the pen,
from one of Samuels speeches in
which he says:
}, "But I say that he has Alright to
say whether A. B. shall keep
grog shop in it or A. G. shall keel
a gambling shop" upon tho sub
iject Of this quotation our CORES
: pondent takes the liberty of hav
ing a little erparte familiar CONVEX
sation with the author of it. FL,
says certainly Samuel, that's it
you are not so much opposed t.
"grog" as the Eaton Registe
would have its temperance read
ers hereabouts believe practical,
you believe in it Samuel right smart
IT,"
: Now there is a good opening 70
some of Samuels friends to defenI
his temperance principles, let then
: "pitch in."
Our correspondent simply give
the above by way of INTRODUCING
himself. The remainder of tn
communication, we give withou
comments. 1t relates to the posi-
ton of "Craighead on Old job;
Brown." 9i
! "The following is from one of Nj
Craigheads speeches. "They tall
: a great deal about John Brown
We repudiate him. John Brow:
was no Republican, They talk c
him, that mailman, driven on b
madness, and deluded with the ST
perstitious notions that he wa
. commissioned by the Almighty
: X x X X
| John Brown was one who di
not believe there was any law fo
Slavery. But this is not the dot
y trine Of the Republican party.
do not undertake to say that til
: Constitution does recognize proper
ty in slaves as it recognizes othe
property. The trainers Of the Coz
stitution knew that there was
y kind Of property which was recoe
nized as property by the commo
b law-by all nations, everywhere
So they did not say any thing abor
:, that kind of property. But thel
was another Kind Of property tn,
they did speak Of; and they spok
: Of itas existing according to 9TH
laws thereof" 1t was not propert
according to the common law, ne
] internationa law, nor according
any civilized law, but it was pro-
erty by the laws thereof WI
did they not say that if a man
horse should escape and get int
9 another Statet that "the horse shoul
be delivered up" 1t was becaus
y the Constitution recognized IL
horse as property, according to tt
common law. Then 7 saw thas