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The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-06-26

race In the known world, are to be made
and considered our equals So much
for honor and, as for credit, we are run
In debt more than we can ever pay
And as for liberty, We are safe to speak
what we conscientiously believe to be
right and truthful. And as respects gold
aId silver only being a lawful tender,
bits of green paper, with the profile of a
blockhead stamped on, together with the
amount Of gold or silver for which it
must be taken, is now o lawful tender
And ifyou refuse to receive this paper
as gold or silver, you lose your claim
Now, a party carrying on this kind Of
government, In considering how much
more just and honorable matters were
conducted when under Democratic rule,
may rightfully call the Democrats Cop
perheads in comparison with themselves
meaning wise heads, as already shown;
and in this meaning only can the name
Copperhead be applied to our Demo
cratic rulers, comparing their ruling with
the present Abolition ruling.
P. KNAPPENBERGER.
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For the Ohio Democrat.
ID. w. Stambaugh-MOb ViO-

Last Friday evening Maj. Stambaugh
made one of bis best speeches in Dover.
As usual be urged obedience to all laws
until they should 6e changed in the le.
gal and constitutional way. He exposed
the many falsehoods put forth by the
enemy, and offered $95 to any one who
would prove any one of the falsehoods
enumerated. Smarting under the effect
of this speech, Ross, an irrepressible,
announced at the close of the Republi.
can Mass Meeting on Saturday an un.
mitigated falsehood in reference to that
speech, with the manifest intent to incite
m65 violence toward Maj. Stambaugh.
After the people came from the grove to
to town, appearances of fighting became
rife, when Mr.. Stambaugh, as Prosecu,
ting Attorney of the county, did all in
his power to prevent it; and when the
fight had commenced he was command.
the peace and endeavoring 10 stop it, o
rush was made upon him by three or
more persons with the murderous intent
to kill him; and as be was passing away
from the crowd, large stone was thrown
at his head, which, had it hit him, wonld
hnve killed him instantly. Cries Of
"Kill him d-n him, he is a copper.
head" and the like were distinctly heard.
However. he esceped unhurt.
Since the war commenced, no man in
this county has made a greater effort to
sustain the administration in all proper
efforts to quell the rebellion than Major
Stambaugh. His health, as is well
known, would none of the time have jus.
tilted him in going into the service. If
it had, he would have gone long since
But no demand Of anything was by him
refused. He has given, and still gives,
one.fourth of his salary to support the
the soldiers families, and be has donated
over and above that as high as S. at a
time for the same purpose. He has
made every effort in his power to prevent
resistance to the Conscription Act and
enrollments. He discharged the duties
of Of provost marshal last year, and for
his entire services received $l9, Isl per
day. He rendered all the services and
gave oil the advice to drafted men and
soldiers that was desired of him, free oil
charge. He hired many substitutes fol-
drafted men, free of charge. He has
never charged one cent for any service:
rendered to soldiers or their families
But because he is Democrat, and sees
fit to enjoy his constitutional right o.
supporting the ticket of his choice, thi'
Infamous, foul, murderous attack wa'
made upon him, and that, TOO, while be
was in good faith doing all in his power
to save the Republican Mass Meeting
from winding up in general disgrace
ful fight. X.
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Good for COShOetOn.

The Democrats of Coshocton nomi
mated the following ticket, and passed
the following among other resolutions:
Resolved, That as information has
just been received from Western Virgin.
ia, that Eastern Ohio is about to be in
vaded by the Confederate troops, we
hereby easteruly request Governor TOD,
10 send the United States Troops now
in Coshocton, Holmes, and Knox, to
repel the invaders, and that we recon.
mend our young men who are liable to
Conscription, to volunteer to protect
the soil Of Ohio from the tread of rebel
troops,
The following is the Ticket nominated
Representatives.. W, Thornhill,
Sheriff-John Heskett,
Clerk-Charles K. Remick,
Probate Judge-M. @. Mcfarland,
TreaSuer-Samuel G. Burrell,
Commissioner-Tbomas Darling,
lnirmary Director-Jaues Brier
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-06-26
For the Ohio Democrat.
Mr.. EDITOR /:

Mr. EDITOR:
While the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return"
The Rev. Mr.. Mower, of Canal Dover,
is entitled to our compassion. His ami
able and pious nature appears to be
tempted beyond what his stock of grace
can bear. But our uncouth Sbakspear.
ian pulpit.actor friend should remember
that "the way Of the transgressor is hard"
and that in almost every case of dclin.
quency, moral, religious, or street, store,
and political. babbling, getting men ex.
cited by attacking them with foul cpl.
thets, the sin Of transgression against
perfect rectitude may be charged upon
the head Of him who has chosen bis own
way.
Our neighbor Of the black coat and
white neckerchief has turned the white
Of his eyes heavenward, entered the
thorny path ofpoliticS with large stock
of pharaSaical pride, for the purpose, it
is presumed, of converting wayward pol.
iticians to the faith of an unholy, illlb.
eral and anti republican cause. The
world, the flesh and the devil, form pow.
erful influences to tempt the saints 10
their journey to the promised land. -
Many a noisy professor has fallen sacri.
fee to the devices ofthe wicked one, and
therefore our sanctifed neighbor had
need to watch and pray more. Won.
ders will never cease, while we have the
evidences of q meek and lowly profess.
ing Christian vicegerent Of our blessed
Savior assuming the arduous post of q
leader of the street, store, grocery and
post. Office political brawler and men
taunter in the highest style of infdelity,
Loyal Leagues, &C., to kindle a fame Of
religious hate and persecution against a
respectable body Of citizens, for availing
themselves of constitutional rights which
no power on earth can question,
Persecution for conscience sake is oil
hell; and its chief instrumentalities have
been, and still are, such canting, praise.
god.bare. bone time.servers as the Rev
Mr.. Mower. We have, however, the
consolation to know that the blood OIL
the martyrs is the seed of the true church;
AMI that the silly attempt to draw a line
Of demarkation between descendant o
Ham and the descendants of Japhett
for the purpose Of securing the loave'
and fishes Of certain political hags of par
ty tofeed a hungry army Of psalm. singing
saints will utterly fail in Ohio; and w
may further add that, before many months
the pious Mr.. Mower will find himself q
much bothered in the conflict of polite
as was John Bunyan's devil in the strug
gle to impede and interdict Christian
and Great Heart, in their onward cours
to the land Of Buhla. ...
Will not our neighbor be admonishe,
before his day Of grace passes awsy?-
"Cease to do evil and learn to do we'll
Is wholesome doctrine in political as vel
as in private life.
Was not Christ's mission on earth t,
i preach peace and good will to mani
0, ye hypocritical vicegerent Of ou
blessed and lowly Jesus ! Get benin
= us, Satan P. II. HAAG..
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The Advance Of the Enemy---
Telegraphic Statements and
Surmises.
After many contradictory rumors, such
as the statement on the goth, via Har-
risburg, that the rebel Gen. Rhodes had
10000 men at Williamsport, which on
the next day was put at 5000, we have
statement, traced to a Maj. Beazell of
the United States volunteers, that the
rebels in heavy force were advancing on
Pittsburg, via the National Road, lead
ing from Cumberland across the Alle-
ghany mountains, which statement we
yield no sort of credence to, our own
opinion being still firmly that these
troops which are now foraging in Penn.
sylVania and IN Hagerstown and Will
Transport, Md, will in time, instead of
passing in threatening column along the
National Road toward the Iron CITY.
unite with Gen. Lee in grand attack
upon Gen Hooker. If the feints in the
direction of Pittsburg turn the new
troops in that direction instead of to.
ward Hooker, Lees purpose will have
been well served.
The latest telegraph contains multi.
fariods details, which are confused but
interesting. The cavalry raid of Jen-
kins seems quite promiscuous. We hear
ofhim for awhile passing through Green.
castle and securing the country like one
of the old Moorish marauders whom Ir.
wing so felicitously paints in his "Siege
of Grenada" He had, according to ad.
vices received by Governor Curtin, ar.
rived at Waynesboro and thrown out
pickets. The same advices report the
rebels 10000 strong at Hagerstown and
tortyying. This doesn't look like a,
march along the National Road to
PittSburg.
At noon on the 2lst, there are further
.advices, that the rebels entered Freder-
lex, Md; they had some skirmishes with
o portion of our cavalry, but at S P. M. .
their occupation became permanent
Baltimore is now fully alarmed, and
earthworks, with lines Of barricades, are
going up on oil sides. The report
comes that the rebels are fOrt!tying at
South Mountain.
All the indications are, therefore, that
the great battle is once more to be fought
on the old ground in Maryland, or near
it, for the possession Of our National
Capitol l-Plain Dealer, 22d inst.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-06-26

highly Important Letter from
Gen. FremOnt-He Declares for
Freedom Of Speech--He Re-
Dukes the Administrator for
the Arrest Of VaIIaHdigham.
The following letter of Gen. Fremont
written to the late Loyal League meet
ing in Concord, N. H., is most signi6.
cant. 1t shows that the General is still
true to the Republican Platform Of 1856
when he was o candate for President -
That platform was free speech, a free
press, free soil, free homes and Fremont
We wonder if the Republicans OF the
West will denounce Gen. Fremont as a
''Copperhead" for bis being true to the
creed that they have abandoned. Here
is the letter:
New YoRK, June l6, 1868.
Nv Dear Sir: find that l must
give up my hope to be with you to.mor.
row. The engagements Of which I told
you, as l anticipated, obliged me to re.
main here. To this is now added the
critical condiio Of public affairs. If
d had been able to attend the meeting,
l should have add essed it mainly to the
point which recent events 10 the West
have made the uppermost question of the
day, and which the people consider so
vital that in Ohio they are in danger Of
accepting as its representative a man
who uses the doctrine Of free speech as a
defense.-a shield and the flag under
which he has served--and the conduct
of whose life shows that be is not willing
to accept it aS o complete principle
comprehending all men and aiiSuestlons
and covering all territory. In this coun.
try men will 60 with principle, and il
you allow false leaders to assume yours,
the people will 60 with them, because
the principle carries them. l should
have urged the Republican Democracy
of New Hampshire to assert distinctly
their old principles and to maintain the
noble position which belongs to them.
l hope. my dear sir you will insist up
on this, and not allow men who are open
ly thwartiug the vital principles Of your
party TO be used, in the Confederate
fashion, to mislead our own people and
our own flag, With it5 oiG inscription of
free speech and free press. But, while
reaSsorting those principles upon which
the Administration went into power, and
against which the South rebeled, trust
your people will mark plainly the bread
line which separates them from the men
who are really opposing the war, by ma.
king equally distinct their determination
to support the Government in putting
the rebellion down. This done, free
speech ,Oould be secured-free speech
for Wendell Phillips as uell as for
Mr.. Vallandigham.
Since saw you, events have brought
more peremptory duties. No words Of
urging to consolidate action could have
the force which is given by the advance
Of the rebel troops. Your people will
feel tnat they have now more need for
action than discussion; utwhatever they
arrive at, trust they will recognize that
whether it be against the rebleS in the
field or in elections at home there is
neither victory nor safety in halfway
measures or compromises.
Yours truly.
[Signcd J. G. FREMONT,
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CoMMUNIoATIoNs.
For the Ohio Democrat
To the Citizens of New PhiladeI-
Dhiu.


On the evening of Saturday, June Is,
1853, 1 had the honor, by invitation, to
attempt to address the Union and
lsw.abiding people of your town at
the Court House. At 4 O'Clock in the
afternoon of said day received note
from friend in New Philadelphia ad.
vising me that there was a band Of
trained Union (?) men who intended to
break up the meeting. will not dis.
guise the fact that / went fully prepared
to defend myself from personal violence,
II any shonld be offered. For this pre-.
caution have no apology to make to
any individual or party. No citizen Of
New Philadelphia regrets more than l
do that there exists among you trained
band of gentlemen (7) that hang upon
skirt of society, and upon oil public oc.
casions put themselves forward as the
vanguards of the Abolitionists, to in.
suit any man that cannot subscribe to
their peculiar views. l have been per.
Sonally acquainted with many Of You
for the last thirty.6ve years. You have
always treated me with kindness, and l
have always, to the best of my ability,
reciprocated your friendship 1t is
some satisfaction to my feelings to know
that you have but one man among you
who has descended to that low scale of
public morality as to undertake to cover
up and defend the inelegancy of these
blCViating, pusillanimous, stay.at.home
Union men. That individual is no less
parsonage thar the rev. Porter Wilson,
the present editor Of The Advocate, but
at present time devoted to sustaining
those persons whot under the guise Of
patriots, defy civil law.
If the reverend editor had devoted his
half column to rebuke of these disturb.
ers, rather than cover up their lawless.
ness, it would be more in accordance
with bis ideas Of universal salvation in
another and a better world. l hope
these men and their advocate NAV
all he saved by the law of universal sal.
vation for / firmly believe that, il they
had to answer for the deeds done in the
body, there would be no salvation for
them.
Your Friend and Ob't Serv't,
V. P. BONHAM.
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THE MILLERSBURG TROUBLE
The, DimcuIty Settled sand the
Soldiers Left.
A Reliable Account of the Affair.

The following account of the late diff
fculty in Holmes County, is sent us by
a friend who resides in that county, and
can be relied on as truthfal:
MILLERsBURe, June 10, 1853.
Some ten days ago, Elias Robinson,
who is very unpopular, was enrolling
Richlan6 township. He went to four
men who were digging cellar, and soon
commenced calling them "bntternuts, "
&c. The men drove him away with
stones. A few days after, Provost Mar
shal Drake and U, s. Deputy Marshal
Anderson, with posse of six men, ar.
rested the four men, and while taking
them away, some fifty of their neighbors
stopped them, compelled them to deliv.
er up their arms, which were discharged
and returned to them, and released the
four prisoners. Fearing a return to re.
arrest them, number of men kept guard
to give the alarm, should force come
III 10 make arrests.
On Wednesday about six hundred sol.
diers, under command of Col. Wallace,
of the lis Ohio, arrived and distributed
through the woods. One squad of them
shot man named George Butler, who
was passing along the road on his way
to Knox County. HHis knee was badly
shattered, and it is feared amputation
will be necessary, and possibly may cause
his death. he was taking no part in
the fracas.
On Thursday Hon. D. P. Leadbetter
and others went out to compromise and
settle the difficulty. By this time some
Two thousand men had assembled from
various points TO defend their neighbors.
They did succeed in compromising the
whole affair by giving up the four origi.
nal prisoners who were willing to go,
and military and all have left the "Seat
of war"
The rebellion" was not a political
matter. Men of both parties were en-
gagged in it. Most Of them, however,
were Democrats Abolitionists at Mil
lersburg and other places did all they
could to prevent compromise and set
tlement of the trouble. There were no
cannons, no entertainments, no drilled
forces, nor anything Of the kind. Most
the Herald has said about it is pure ic.
tion. Yours truly, H.
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For the Democrat.
Redeemed Ills Pledge Of Re.
trenchm

In looking over the ADVOCATE Of the
9Th Of May, l see that Albert Bates has
paid $225 for the relief Of the suffering
families of our brave volunteers, it be-
ing rs per cent Of his salary as Repre-
sentative Of Tuscarawas county, and now
holds certificate of full memb srship in
the Retrenching Party, and as trust.
worthy and competent member, we COM
mend him to the care and protection of
the god Of Office. Long may he live |!
Wo be unto those who are elected under
the pledge that they will give IS per
cent Of their salaries towards the SUD.
port Of soldiers families, and, notwith.
standing the Widows wall and orphans
tear, baSely refuse to fulfil the pledge
The soldiers are not all dead, and when
they are permitted to vote, these deceit
full villains will be hurled from Office and
forever banished from the public crib.
JOSEPH SKULL.
We suggest that Bro. Shull include 10
the above U. s. officers also, and make
them paw one.fourth their salaries fol
the benefit Of the soldiers families.
Judge Baruhill Assessors Office,
worth 2.00(
Il. Alderman, Dep. Collector, 1,OOt
D. @. Mccartney, Provost Mar
shal, 3,OOl
@. j. Albright, Collector, 400,
r. Powelson, Postmaster, 60I
i Call on these gentlemen, Mr.. Shull.
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THE "GREAT RERELLION" IN
Ea0LMES COUNTY.
A special correspondent from the seat
of war in Holmes county, says:

A special correspondent from the seat
of war in Holmes county, says:
MILLERsBURa, June 90.
Upon nearing the rebel territory
discovered fellow sitting by the road.
side with gun in his hand. At the
sight of the chap | began to feel tri
ae shaky, for there, thought I, was one
of those fearful 'pickets' of which l had
heard. 1 stood still and yelled: Hell
loah can approach you 2" to which
I received the following answer: For
all l care; ; you must be devilish fool =
I therefore approached the picket when
the following conversation ensued:
'Arn't you one Of the pickets p
'Pickets what pickets p
why, one Of the Holmes county
pickets, stationed to keep the enrolling
officers from coming into your neigh.
borhood p
'Ha.ha ha.ha.he. he. hi.hi Wall, you
are fool sure. We hain't got any pick
cts around here. I've bin out hunting
pigeons, and that's why I've got my gun
with me- asked the chap-wth whom
l commenced to walk along the road
if could visit the seat of war, stating
that l was a reporter, &c. 60 to the
seat of war Why you can go for all
me, but supposed everybody mad to
get pass from Gen. Burnside or some
Of those fellers before they could visit
the seat of war' l explained to the
man that | meant the seat Of war in
Holmes county, the inhabitants of which
had determined to resist the draft. Re
sist the draft !! screamed he, the man
what says we've bin resisting the draf
is sneaking liar; we hain't resisted
any draft, and we don't mean to reslst
any draft, providing they will send {
decent man among us to do the enroll
ing. They mustn't send Elias Robinson
round here any more to call us Butter
nuts cause we don't vote the Republi
can ticket. If that cuss comes among
US agin we'll appoint his funeral and tn,
corpse shall be ready!
But said l, why have you been drill
ing, arming and fortifying?'
I'VE hain't done any of those things,
said my companion.
If you speak the truth retorted ]
for what purpose have those rife pit
been thrown up over in the lot there
i pointing to a very scientific lookinI
f line earthworks in a neighboring field
Them hOiat rife pits said he, that
a ditch that Squire Baxter's bin diggin
so that he could drain his cranberr
, marsh y
A little further on discovered wha
I took to be block house for riAemer
Of which fact acquainted my compar
ion. Block house = exclaimed he, that
not block house, that's hog penp
By this time my eyes had become pre-
Z ty effectually opened to the fact that th
D whole story of riotlng and bloodShed !
) Holmes county was nothing more nc
s less than gigantic humbug, and I az
f cordingly bade my friend goodbye, an
t retraced my steps to Millersburgh.
n Yours, very much disgusted,
4 REPORTER,
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The Issue in Ohio.

The Abolition secret LeaguerS and
journals charge that the Democracy Of
Ohio, by their recent action in State
Convention, have placed themselves
squarely upon peace platform, and
made the issue whether we are 10 have
an honorable war till we have an honor
able peace, or peace ou any terms
This is simply false, as those who make
the charge well know There is no such
issue made by the Democracy of Ohio.
The question they raise is not one of
peace or war, but Of constitutional lib
erty against despotism, order against an
archy, law against usurpation.
In the language Of the Boston Post,
1.-THE nomination Of VALIANDIaHAM for
the office of Governor of Ohio is man.
ifestation Of the stern determination Of
the Democracy Of this great State to
maintain their legal rights, and to ren
der the condemnation Of his persecution
the outrage upon bis personal privil'
eges-the test question at the polls |;
they appeal from tue arbitrary power Of
individual will to the honest and inteli.
gent voice of the people; they ask each
voter in the State to say if he would be
willing to submit to the treatment Mr..
TALLANDIGHAM has received; if be Is
resolved to sustain the Constitution and
the Laws Of his Nation and State, or is
disposed to sink, like craven wretch
under the assumption Of military deSpot'
ism? The result Of the election will be
the response to these interrogatories, and
as it is recorded, yea or nay, will the
liberties Of millions upon millions de
gpend. "-Statesnan.