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The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
The Sincerity of their Friend
ship for the Soldiers.

The Democratic majority of the In
diana Legislature has bills before them
appropriating 50, 600, 900 as advance pay
to Indiana troops; 100000 for the re-
lief of the sick and wounded of that
State, and joint resolutions asking the
United States to advance the pay Of
non on-commissloned officers and priVates
Of the army twenty-five per cent, and
to make that pay equal to goldl These
bills for the relief Of the soldiers all failed,
and were defeated by the secession from
the Legislature of the Republican min =
nority. The latter had rather cause the
soldiers to suffer than be beaten in some
of their cherished party schemes. They
would use the soldiers as they would the
negro, merely to make party capital. -
They are bis worst enemies.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
From the South.

The New York Express says that a
conversation with United States off.
Ger at home for short time on a fur
Tough after being recently in Charleston,
Columbia, and Richmond, gives addi-
tional PROOF that there is . loyal Union
sentiment at the South. The officer was
a prisoner in all these places, but at
Columbia he conversed with many per-
sons confined in prison there because
they would not take up arms against the
United States There are one hundred
and fifty of this class held in Columbia
alone, and hundreds who are silent as
non. combatants, and thousands who are
reluctantly in arms would be glad to see
the Union restored and the rebellion put
down.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27

Rebels Fixing for Flight from
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Reb-'
eIdOm--The Beginning of the
End.
WASHINGTON, March 2O.-Three hun
dred and seventy released prisoners ar
rived from Richmond to-day. One of
them, Mr.. Seed, of Cincinnati-a New
Orleans pilot, mentions that there is
steady and significant removal Of ma.
chinery for manufacturing ordnance and
small arms, from Richmond to Northern
Georgia. The removal of ordnance
stores in large quantities has also been
going on for some time.
That there isa possibility Of the trans.
fer of the seat of war below Virginie,
is recognized by the authorities at Rich
mond.
Upon the interesting point of the du.
ration of the war, Mr.. Seeds Aaid it
might last six months after the next
crop, but he thoughtit world be ended
with that crop; if Vickst,urg should be
taken, it would end alrAost Immediately,
tor the armies would be cut off from
their supply Of me at, which is in Texas
d he SAID eVeiy .ound of meat eaten ii
the 1Klchriond. prisons came from there
he pient' .oned conversation between
tov' Wider and another officer, vel
au'hen' ,lcated, in which Winder said il
"oui'A be ended by August.
Mr.. Seeds declares that there is
! general feeling among the soldiers, from
all the Southern States, favorable t.
ending the war and returning to th
Union.
The prisons in the South are full q
> deserters awaiting trial by Court Mar
E tial. Military executions are so CON
t mon as to cease being commented upor
Gems. Willicb, Stoughton, and I
officers of various grades are in Libb
prison. Seventeen of our officers, hel
as hostages for COL Zanona, the "Frenc
Lady" are at hard labor in the Peniter
l tiary at Richmond.
The Army to b , Paid in Full.
The Secretary of the Treasury ht
, placed in the hands of che Paymast'
! General here sufficient supply of none
q to pay the entire army up to the lSt
4 March. Sufficient has also been sen
: and reached its destination, to pay I'll
n entire army Of the West.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
Hard Names and OpprObrIOus
EDithets.

Will the friends-professed friends
of the Administration inform us what
advantage they expect the country vii
derive from their denuneiation of Demo.
Gratis as "Oopperheads,n disloyalists, and
enemies to the Union2 The Democrats
have furnished their share of men for
the war, and money to meet its expenses.
They are as honest and as loyal, and as
sincerely attached to the Union as any
Republican, and more so than the noto.
rions ,Abolitionists, who daily, openly,
and unhesitatingly denounce the Consti-
tuition ehd Union, without reproach from
the Republicans, in or out of Office =
True, the Democrats differ, in some
things, from the theories Of the Repub.
licans. Have they not right to do sol
Is it more a crime for them to differ from
Republicans and Abolitionists,' than for
the latter to differ from the Democrats!
Have net both the same rights? Is not
freedom of thought and speech guaran-
teed to both alike p?
You want the Democrats to volunteer
in the army, and to hazard their lives in
putting down rebellion and restoring the
Union. You wish them to pay taxes,
to loan money to the Government when
they have it to spare and to give it a
moral support against our enemies.
Can you reasonably expect these things
to be cheerfu1ly and promptly given,
when You villfy and denounce them with
all the harsh epitbets which you can
commandH Do you expect them to
abandon their settled convictions of duty
by the use of hard words? The Demo.
Gratis will stand by the Constitution and
laws, and sustain the Administration
when they think it acting wisely and
within the Constitution; and as honest
men they will oppose it when it does not
do so, because they are devoted to the
Constitution, the laws, and the Union.
Constitutional Union.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
Soldiers and Politics VS.. Their
Officers.

OmCerS.
The Cadiz Sentinel, in excusing itself
for not publishing the "oflicers' political
harangue," adds, by way of Postscript,
the following rich statement of facts:
"Since writing the above, we learu
from the gentleman who brought tue
resolutions above referred to, to w., that
they were passed in the following ma n
ner: The l26tk Ohio was ordered m,
on parade without arms, in che sr ,ow to
hear the resolutions read, Tbs gentle.
man says he was not more than ten feet
from the officer who REID them and all
that he could hear TIE officer say, was, as
that tn the m resolutions had been passed 5y
the oincerS, ard ttat the men must all
vote for them t.co. Just as be commenc.
ed tesslns them, a band Of the New
lGrk regiment commenced playing, and
a locomotive .whistled for about ten min.
utes, so that the men did not hear to-,
words read. And to show the nteres
the soldiers took in them, he saws wb;,
the reading was going on, ttley arapse
themselves by throwing rsnow oaIls q
each other. He aske,Ii the men wbe
they returned to their quarters why the
did not pay attention to the reading G
the n resolutions. Their reply was.-'the
didnt ca'te d-n.' And yet we wi
oe toio these resolutions were passed b
the entire regiment, unanimously. Wht
! pinmbuggery."
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
Discussion of Public Affairs and
the True Object Thereof:

1t is no more possible for all men to
think alike than to look alike. Every
rejecting man has standard in his own
mind, by which he tests everything that
transpires. His standard may be erron-
eous, or he may misapply it, But while
he thinks he is right, no one can honest
ly censure him for his conclusions. The
same rules apply in politics as in relig!
ion. No one can assume that he is in.
fallibly right, and that all others should
be punished, or even censured, as wrong.
A Republican has no more right to sill
in judgement upon Democrat and con-
demn him to infamy, than the latter hat
to sit upon the former. Each ought tt
encourage discussion, in order to secure
all the light that different minds cal
throw upon any subject.
Truth never shrunk from the investi
CATION Of facts, nor law from argument
nor wise public policy from an homes
criticism.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
REPUBLICAN TESTIMONY.
"By Their Fruits shall ye Know
Them"

II do not know bat l may overeSti.
mate the character Of this transaction,
(the Morgan contract but tell You,
sir, l believe, and l declare it upon my
responsibility as Senator of the United
States, that the liberties of this country
are in greater danger to-day, from the
corruptions and proaigacy practiced in
the various departments of this Govern
ment, than they are from the open ene-
envy in the field. "-Senator Hale.
"In the first year Of a Republican Ad-
ministration, which came into power up
on professions of reform and retrench.
ment, there is indubitable evidence a.
broad in the.land, that somebody Ia;
plundered the public treasurj well pirf
in that single year, as Euch ~ the c1r
rent yearly expenses Of. me Government
during the i..alstration which the
people earler-. rom power because of it
c@.ruptMons. ."-Da,OeS' Report
1.-THE bill is utterly worthless. Th'
Senate have deliberately voted that
desires the present state of things to g.
on, or that our Generals shall becom
deiaoralized'by plunder, that thieves shal
take possession of this vast amount Q
property, and divide it among themselves
They have deliberately voted fron tw
to three hundred million dollars ont
} the Treasury of the United States al
} into the hands Of these thieves AMI ro
bers. Now, sir, move to ley the b
; on the table. 1t is QtterlT worthle.
and l hope it will be laid on the table
Senator Chandser's (of MschSqa
speech on the Bill for The collection
abandoned Property in Lnsurrectio
ary Districts,
His motion was not agreed to, but
Bill was passed, Notwithstanding
protest.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
Are the ADolitionists Going Mad

A,o,be AbOlitiOuists Going Mad!
II ia said that those whom the gods
intend to destroy they first make mad
Some fatal infatuation, at least, seems
to have taken possession Of the minds Of
the leading msgnates Of Abolitionisn.
A few days ago Mr. Dressed, Repre-
sentative from Franklin county, offered
a series Of resolutions in the House of
Representatives. in language subStan-
italy the same as used in the resolutions
adopted by the Democratic State Con
yention OF its recent session in Hartford.
These resolutions, which we have every
reason to believe will be adopted in a
few days by q majority Of the people in
one Of the New England States, were
made the prete1t forfa onslaught upon
Mr.. Dressel by Mr.. West, of Logan
county, who was repudiatsd last fall By
the people Of his district when he rar
for Congress. West had the impudenc'
70 offer o resolution expelling, Mr.. Dres
sel from his seat In the language o
the editors Of the Cincinnati Enquirer
we say if Vests resolution of expulsion
be adopted, it would be terrible blo1
Al reuresentative popular Government
II the majority can expel a minority DC
cause they do not like their sentiments
then eur legislative bodies are gro'
humbug, and we shall never have on
other one entire 10 Ohio. The OH
Legislature has as much right to make
King, as they have to expel MT Drei
sci for his resolutions. The idea tbs
the fastidious majority should brand 3
fadisloyalo resolutions that are approve
by the people Of such State as Coz
pectiCut, Is rich-extremely sol "
wait the upshot Of this matter with gre'
interest. Iftbe Ohio Legislature can
stand upon the platform Of Oonnectic0
;tbad better At once come home and
70 Africa. Ohio more extreme 'n'
Gonnecticut--that is o good jokel
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
A"e Sov1sc riptiOn1 Act--PrOtest OF
" .ermanS i'm Chicago.

H"e COEsc FiptiOMAct--PrOtes of
" ,ermans in Chicago.
II, va S'Aturday evening last the German
" OFF .lngmen's Association, of Chicago,
ass embed, to the number of over one
thousand, at their hall in that city, and
adopted an emphatic protest against the
$500 clause of the conscription law lust
passed by Congress. They declare this
proviso by which all persons who can
pay $500 are permitted to buy themselves
free from the blood tax due to their coun.
try-a proviso by which $500 are placed
at par with the !ife,bloed of the poor
man, who is uDable 20 send substitute
into the field. srch privilege granted
20 money they regard as subversive Of
'he iu'ldamental principles Of the Re.
pup',lc-bdilding up distinctions which
will necessarily array one part Of the
population against the other, and may
lead to a war of classes, so much to be
deprecated. The exemption of the rict
from the burden Of military service and
laying it on the poor, is characterized az
an injustice which does not prevail il
the monarchcal countries, as in Prussia
{ where no citizen can escape militar,
' duty. The resolutions also call upol
Congress to repeal the $500 exemption
? clause, request the President of the Uni
/ ted States to take care that the interest
of the laborers of the North are no
sacrificed to the interests and cowardl
demands Of capital and riches, AMI no
;, tify the Illinois representatives in Con
;, gress that the Germans. will hold then
responsible if this obnoxious feature Q
the conScription bill is not repealed -.
b They further allege that the neglect witt
). which the peoples interests have bee
}, treated by Congress and a majority q
i, the press is fact significant of thei
corruption, and resolve that it is big
h time for the people to awake from thei
II lethargy and to make known their wi
), clearly and pointedly to their public sci
n wants, who seem to have become unmind
If fhl Of their masters, the sovereign pei
,r ple.-Oin. Eng.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
For GOVERNOR,
Our True Position in Relation
TO the Rebellion.

The assumed friends Of the Admins
tration avoW that every Democratic pa
per is either secession, diSloyal, or Grim
inal in disguise. We denounce all such
charges as frauds intended to deceive
and mislead the public.
To prevent all future questions, we
deliberately state:-
H. We are the fast friends Of the old
Union Of the States, and deny the right
Of secession.
2. We believe that the best interests
of each and every State demand COM
plete and perfect restoration of the old,
time.honored, and perfect Union under
the Constitution.
3. That we. are in favor Of all and
every measure that will certainly lead to
such restoration, and opposed to those
that we think will not
4. That while we are in favor OF the
most efficient, perfect and complete ar
rangements for putting down the rebel
lion, we favor whatever we deem best
adapted to bring our erring brethren
back to their constitutional duty, to Sc
cure Union majority 10 the seeded
States, 20 carry on State governments as
a mart of the Union, aud to secure pop
ular and State representation in Con-
press here, without violation OF our
Constitution.
S. We believe that duty requires us
TO respect the Federal Constitution in
all its provisions, and to conform to all
It's requirements, without exception
and that if we fail to do SO, we strength
en- those who have ceased to respect it,
occasion divisions among its admirers.
and forfeit the respect Of foreign govern
ments.
6. We know of no law higher than
the Constitution, and of no rule of duty
that requires us to violate it, or to SCI
the law Of the land at defiance.
I. We hold that the Federal Consti
tuition is supreme SO far as it conferS pow
ers, and that in all other things those o
the stsa sS.s.es are equally so; and that whe'
the Federal aud State governments.keel
within their constitutional limits ther
will be no conflict of authority but pei
feet harmony will exist.
8. Thatthe attempt 10 exercise que'
tionable power by either, occasions dl'
respect and weakness, and UNIVERSAL
defeats the object for which it is exe'
cised. 49,.
We have specified these Objects
order that our readers may understan
our true position in relation to certal
points in our public affairs. Cons''f'
tional Union.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
Partition Notice.

DENEDICT MESSER and Nicholas Messer
ID are notified that on the Oath day of March,
1861 Joseph Kinsey fled his petition in the
Court of Common Pleas of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio, praying partition of the following prem
ises Lot No. 4, in quarter township 8, town
ship 1, Range q U. s. Military lands in Tus.
caraWas County, except three acres sold there
from. Said petition will be for hearing at the
next May term of said Court. y
READY & KITCHENER,
Atpys for Petitioner.
March 81, 1868. w.. 'ce
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27

A SOLDIERS letter from Baton Rouge,
in Banks command, makes the following
queer statement: "The Southerners who
live outside of our picket line have to
pay $40 into the pocket Of the provost
Marshal, "the Rebs can send man into
our camp and learn all they want to for
that figure, Some days there are hun
dred day; so you can see it is q money
making business"
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27

IT is said to be ascsrtained by the
War Department from the army rolls
that the deserters amount to one hun.
dred and thirty thousand men. The
Presidents recent proclamation, it is
said, spplies to this whole number.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
Death of General Sumner.

SYRACUSE, March 2l.-Major Gener-
al Edwin V. Sumner. died in this city
at half past one o'clock this morning, Of
CONGESTION of the lungs. He had been
sick but few days.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
The Army to b Paid i'm Full.
General Burnside takes Com
mand of the Department of the
nhin.
CINCINNATI. March 81.

CINCINNATI, March 81.
The Herald's dispatch says General
Burnside to-day received his 6nal orders
from the War Department, aud left this
afternoon for Cincinnati.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
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The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27

Democratic majority, -, $500
Or in all difference from the estimate
of 1890. Bad.gIeSsing all this. Now
let us have an estimate about Connecti-
cut World.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
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The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27

WHAT THE CoNscRIPT BILL MEANS.
Money or your life."
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27

The New Hampshire Election.
Previous to the New Hampshire elec-
tion, the Republican State Committee
published what they termed an "accu.
rate" estimate OF the probable result in
that State This estimate was publish.
ed far and wide, and was as follows:
Republican, =. S5,006
Democratic, .... 32,l72
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27

An Eye Opener for the Soldiers
All the Republican Office holders in Tus
caraWas county, are subscribers to tht
New York Tribune, and take it as theil
standard organ, and do all they can tC
get subscribers for it.
Greedy and Thurlow Weed have got
into a controversy, and we give the fol-
lowing extracts from Greely's paper as
exhibiting his sentiments on the war
and of course they are the real sentiments
of all who swear by Greely.
Extracts from Greelys Tribune.
If the Cotton States shall become sat.
iS6ed that they can do better out of the
Union than in it, we insist on letting
then goin peace"
II reiterate every word of this, as
have often reiterated it, with regard to
the Pacific States and Territories. Let
them present themselves at Washington
next Winter-next .year--any time
saying: 1--WE have deliberately can.
Vassed tie matter, and very generally
arrived at the conclusion that we can do
better in Confederacy Of Of our own
than by remaining in the Union," and
my response to them shall be, "Wayward
sisters, depart in peacep
lido not admit the right Of Nautuck
ct, Of Staten Island. or Of South Carroll.
ma, to become independent with a view
of enriching itself by harboring and pro
tecting smugglers across our lines; bu
do insist that people possessing with
In themselves the elements of an inde
pendens National existence have a right
to have such institutions and enter into
such relations with other political com
munities as they may deem most condu
Give to their own well being"
II am driving at" peace by the speedy
and utter overthrow of the rebellion; bu
if that be impracticable, I am not ad
verse to peace through mutual submis
Lsion to the arbitration of our differences
by friendly, unambitious Republic
like Switzerland; knowing we'll that
whatever conditions she may impose
none of them can possibly favor slavery
No "infernal compromise" whereby sla
very can profit could possibly be pre-
scribed by a European non-slaveholding
power which holds itself amenable to th'
public opinion of Christendom. rmigh
enlarge on this head, but need I?
? We ask if ever. Vallandigham wen
as far as Greely does? And yet the yer!
men who denounce Valandigham as
traitor for talking about peace, uphold
Greely and take his paper and do al
they can to extend its circulation. LIE
the soldiers ponder over this, before the.
demolish any more printing Offices.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27

Republican majority. d. 1884
The actual figures, as given by the Re-
publican telegraph agent, and which are
less favorable to the Democracy than the
truth, are as follows:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1863-01-08

One of our government officials Just returned
from Peru, tells us that among lh-frsl AID most
frequent inquiries made of him tn re about our
pub ic men was, whether he knew or hal ever
seen the celebrated American Chemist, Dr. j.
{. Aver of Lowell His remedies are found in
every village from the elevated slopes of the
Andes down to the coast, and their remark able
than in this country. The >enlmen, OF wonder
al their effects, takes far deeper hold on half
ci,iz",. and super>ti,iuus people than it does
with US where the rationale OF medical problems
is so much more = morally understood No
other American has made himself so famili,rly
known 10 the masses of the people in foreign
countries or excited in them so Ii, ely an inter-
est in himself Ms the Doctor has by his skilfnl
application of chemical science to The treatment
of disease
That must he dull man who does not feel
so ne pride Of country when he fCdS he is al
ready known aud welcome there through the
labors of our Statesmen. Merchants aud Schol-
ars whose reno rn has became national property.
AMI consequently in some measure his own.
Whether Dr. Ayers remedies do actually cure
mnre than Others ar not, they have secured the
reputation of being Gnl- send to those afflicted
with disease, and where great numbers in any
community believe that they owe their health
ard lives to ones skill. they are sure To feel an
interest in him which will find expression when
they meet his clunirymen.-Ndt Era
IPuShiHqtOn, d. {.