The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-03-26

kind are hpmah brothers; and,
thougKs Vast N6inber..o the Amer
lean people are now mad for war;,
all are not so. Still, the war is on
hand, and as neither the North nor
the Seuthris-willing-to TO yield, both
must fight it out. We are an hon
est member Of the "Peace Society,""
and have no sympathy with war.
We are a lover of mankind, but o
hater of war; still, if the American
people choose to fight for the next
hundred years, we have no right to
hinder them. ..r. p.
The publication of the Jefferso-
MAN has been stopped, for the pres
ent, on account of my Printing Of
flee having been destroyed by a
mob, on Sunday night last. The
material has been completely ruin.
ed-the Presses broken to pieces,
the type and cuts scattered, broken,
and carried off. ,rs. ..,.a55..,u'
The Jeffersonian office had been
threatened with mob violence,fora a
week or two before the thing was
done, by some cowardly, vagabond
scoundrels here, who, l regret to
say, were encouraged and,urged on
by persons of pretended respecta-
bility and character. These fell
flows, however, were found too cow
ardly to undertake the work till
Sunday last, when 800 paroled pris-
oners, taken at Murfreesboro, on
their way to st. Louis, arrived
here. These soldiers were original.
ly from Wisconsin and Illinois
none of them from Indiana. They
had never heard of the Jeffersoni.
an, or knew that such a paper was
PUBLISHED here till after their arr.
yal. They had been at Annapolis
Nd, for some time, They arrived
here about one or two o'clock or
5 Sunday, by the Dayton & Western
t Railroad, and the running arrange
/ ments heretofore existing between
, that road and Indiana Central roaG
having been dissolved last week
they were delayed here for want o
transportation, and remained owe,
till Monday forenoon. Those VIII
, had been anxious to have tho JEFF
fersonian mobbed, embraced thi
u opportunity of getting these sol
k diers to do what they were to-
cowardly to do themselves. They
therefore, went to work to falsel,
represent that the Jeffersonian
ct published here, was a secession
le paper" hat it was opposed to tn
war, abused soldiers, &c. BY sue
> representations, and the distribu
ton of considerable whisky anon
y, them, o portion of them were work
s. ed up to the point OF destroying tn
.at Office. The Office was pointed, on
:, to them by the miscreants here
the names of some of whom W
is, have, who first went up to the ofic
,al to ascertain whether any one ws
Nv there. ! understand the work
~ destruction commenced between
CO. and 10 O'Clock Sunday night.
BIS knew nothing of the mob till aft
We the work of destruction was accor
vi, plished, as I was at home with n
family. lc: s.A..uot..,
'h' A sneaking attempt is now ma
zen to make it appear hat the mobbil
ng, of the Jeffersonian Office was t
,ce work of soldiers. This is done
the Internal scoundrels who ins
'"s gated the mob, to shirk the respo
md sibility of their dastardly condu
he No one possessed of ordinary ser
div supp9ses for a moment that a
81 blame is to be attached to the 8
diers for destroying the office, f
'ers Their than allowing themselves
aid be made the tools and instrumel
are to do what those who misled a
bus instigated them had not the co
80 age to do. The only man in
'cn crowd, 1 am informed, who
and tempted to dissuade the seldi
till, and others from going ahead W
for the destruction, was one of the {
diers, who said to them: W HI
'on' been treated by the people of |
the city with hospitality; theyhave
and us with libcrality when we W
mo hungry, and treated us with ev
.o.s kindness, SO far as we know, W
so' out regard to any political feelli
our- If this printing office you are i
God mobbing is, as represented to
GER by a few persons, o "secesa
Who Office" it is the business of the
~ ;zens to suppress it, and not o
- 1t is a disgrace to soldiers to eng
} to in such business, as we may tn,
y, 81 nv ha ontrapin0 the hoanitolitv