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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30

The Wellsyille Ilsriotlhss discovered
that the PRESENTS an epoch in our polite.
al history, when man who is rational, and
q man who possesses as much political
power as resides in a. ballot. cannot con-
sistently with pptriehamEand good cou-
science, remain a neutral. Accordingly il
doffs its hitherto strutly embraced non
com batism, and. contes sodt squarely aud
manfully,, takesvaspls; ton In the Demo-
cratic ranks, audhoists the name of Val
landigham and the Democratic ticket. It
Is thasthssipie endsC 6 lark defines slais posi-
don. .uww
~ i'Reretpfere weahave endsasored To priut
an COMMON @ psarlapce a v neutral papers.fs-
but the days Of neutrality are over. Ayhsns
but two Questions present themselves TO the
Ar1cTisanipeo eopieAAa I yfantsrule, sever
ed Union and devastated country; of -
restored Government -ssitil all safeguards
for personal hbertyk secured, ,@-no mar.
sunless he has lostall sense ofmanheod and
iidepend dnnce. and IS wilhrg to become sa
'hpmbie suppifdnt at the foot Of a tyfaiiss.
Throne, canhesitats which side to espousc.
lOnr Union must Jbs maintained, despite
IsAe machinatieps ~ Awicked aud Ieorrupt
men, and we gan see no, swayJby which
those, nobts stfuctpFes, reared by,our fash,
|er',7sre tel epetpesnstad, unle j tie REQ.
|pls in their majesty hafl froll power the
dominant party, who, for-two long years,
haye cursed the nai;qn and ground ths,peo-
pleto powder, We then, as an, Aniericau
lcitizch, ana pitbtsher Of an IN ,ensient
Iahd untramWeled journal without ioHs,iit-
fingsany nfaster lcyri reiag reed, to okex
apsEb set oidpen lrem mere s''bresdrhd l,sit-.
iferh considerations this dsy hlr' st ,hs
name sofo that pure patriltsnd iheoraptibls
statcspana Hon. Clcpisai Lsal ss&,nasg.
hans at thessry. mentilu ofsNh,se nans
domestic tIEuts fairly ir..nhle, the nom
iineea Of aths sDemearacynfs Qasos sGrr. Coy.
ernor, and tlfs req o. tie Iemocratie
State tickot
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30
THE SOL DIERs GETTING RIGHT

At the head of the Dover sprocessiong (
marching to the Democratic Mass Meet
ing on last Tuesday, we observed large
wagon-load of soldiers, cheering for VAL
lanligham and Pugh. zsseei t.9d $50 su !
At the meeting were about thirty re-,
turned soldiers, principally, from, the S0th,
Ohio, and every man for Vallandig CHAM.
Ohio Democrat. tt'''h' '7'A'' : -" Gus -
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30
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a CALL TO FREEMEN.
From the Age.
THERE'S DANGER IN DELAY.

2's HiW IAcALL TO FREEMEN. 9g3 ~a
| Up, 'Ffs&emeenl Upl in Freedoms cause
r. Why sleep the PEOPLES powers,
Whilerights. through struggling ages won
/ Are heeting with the hours2
Our rights our brave foretathers forced
& From tyrants' greedy sway,
| Are fast returning to their grasp
a There's danger in delay.
Time was when every humble home
Sheltered a Freemans head:
] It's bare floor never Shook beneath
| A Provost Marshal's tread, 5fz
| But plenty. blessed It's tenants tolls,
| As And cheered them. day by day.
Now Powers rude hand is on the latch
There's daugeriin delay.
Then, Innocence malignod could brave
It's foul accdser Ban,
For LIBERTY called JUSTICE in
To right the injured man:
Twelve peers redrcsseJ the wrongs of one
r. Now, dungeon-forts display
Their victims tettered by one hand
II There's danger III delay.
Then, with the sacred power of thought
The power. which GOD has given
We, man to man, spoke out our thoughts,
~ Free as the breath of Heaven
Our rulers owned our will was law
70 hear was to obey. s.fl
The PEOPLE were not TRAITORS then
=, There 8 danger III delay. sea -
The ballot box was sacred then, 4. 49,.
Aud that is sacred still; f5. - rs4
Woe TO the tyrant who shall dare
g To thwart the PEOPLES 5 will. So, 4.
The rights of freemen once resigned,
Foreverlpass away. $50 -,v..5 .s5..-
Then strike for freedom while you can
5 There danger in delay. ~,
The Constitution still is ours; f f..,-
The Stars aud Stripes still fly. ~.
The, good old Unios SHALL pc saved, "
And with it Liberty.
To morrow it may be too late;
Begin the work to-day,
And trust in GOD TO guard the right
q There's danger in delay. As "a
istggo. af1 aIesf -siag 3&4f sa,5 ~
a gallant host is gathering fast:
e VALLANDIGHAhs leads the van.
Risel ye who will not materwith slaves;
Rise! every free-born man;
Rise! and declare the PEOPLE S will
They brock no despot's sway.
Our will shall be our Country 5 Law
There's danger in delay. l.iy ..i.3 s.
t1e.ftosl Efearft$ har .,tt ..-.s tsf,
And you, who in your pride of power
e Would work the PEOPLE wrong,
Remember that your powersis theirs;
q THE bade. the weak be strong.
Remember! in their strength you rules
Take Ewerning while you may; es5se,
No longer violate their trust
there's danger in delay. IA
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30

r@- The Newark ADVOCATE Of Fridsy
says, set of Abolitipnists coming dswa
the Mt Vernon road last Tuesday, called
cut to soldier, "Hurrah, for Broueh."
eBlae coat replied 'sDlAzn Brough;
you d better shoulder yeur nusket and 70
to war" That soldier should be dismiss.
ed from the army for disloyaltyl
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30
Significant. t.

tits said Governor Tod won't vote for
Brough since he has heard that Brough
has had the Infinite meanness to accept =
fund raised for him. Tod dontslike thi:
thing of a public man carrying around !;
hat like beggar.
Disinterested Brought This is the mar
who charged sick soldiers full fare on hi.
road. Pain Dealer = :
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30
Eacss for the People.

Let the people of both parties, conside
the brutal abuse, which the Republicans
have bestowed upon Democracy, aud re-
member these facts
That. when Pennsylvania was invaded
by the reoels, the only states which gave
her aay asststaneet were New York and
New Jersey, both or which have .Demo-
cratic IoyernOrS. CO.'S tr{f .a,ss
That IN MasSachu }etts, an overwhelm-
ing Republican Stale, tke draft, by one
expedlent or another, is nuilIhed-the
iUoyesnment not being able to get'oae in
fifty OF the nel drafted. S r va
That when Ono was invaded by John
Morgan, the Democracy Responded with
Ell thuSlasm to the Governor call aud IN
no locality wefe reluctant to take up
arms. at<tg t.fffe,
That the Democracy last year elected
the following State olhcers, viz: a Su,
preme Judge, Secretary OF. State, School,
commissioner, Attorney General, and
aIembsr OF the Board ro1i Public Works
aud al housh they were all stigmatized a,
traitors wnile candidates, yet, since they
have been IN oifice, even calumny ,itsell
has not yet dared TO mpeach thei.is ispatriot-
ism. b5tesI2s sa-94 bsiH TtTaq"T4
That in Ohio. the Democratics party
and every leader OF the Party, haye, in
caieated obedience to every Law as q sacred
duty; and that the violence and even
bIoodshed, which dissraces the State, is
III every instanee the work of Leagners
ins,i gated by Republican ofice-seskess
L2ya@ y GaTettfc' ssf Sc aelsessa siai sbi9sa II
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30
OLD KING ABE.

V1AU EA1N u IAA1ALs =
Old King Abe,
Was Jolly eli blade, e! q g
And jolly old blade was he;
He called for his Fremont,
His Hunter aud Pope,
And he called for his generals three
And every general to catch fiae nigger
And very fine niger was he--ay4 =
Niger, dear nigger, my brother niger
1911 s' . lovely niggerl 'siaa e'sai
How merry wen all be-
When the darkies are free
! For there's none so rare az
As can compare - S'ia fis'l g s''s
With the adarkies when they are free.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30

otr-R RASkEp!- few days sine. Gen.
sral Rosecrans was dining with his sta Il at
one eefi our h9tels.l lie unfortunately
tasted the Tennessee butter. when he. inlt,
medlately arose oud ,saluted the plate be,
hfore hun, remarkiug:: ..Gentlelnca,. that
butter outranks me- 81 'i'a" ''A'' t''e"t :
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30
5 -. " " olI. Unole sam. do YOU m ses e.sI an

"Tell, Uncle SAM do you see . n.
difference ip Mr.. -r-7---;7 SINCE he )oaippseas ppsea
the church z" - ~. :, grS;s,g..f :,
i ts.0h, yes. said Uncle sam, "a great diff
ference; Before, when. he went out
mend the fences on Sunday he carried h
AK on his shoulder, now hs carries it un
der his overceat.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30
Hear q Trait0r!.

ss1f Mr. ,Vallandighsm were elected it
would be tho inauguration of civil war in
Ohio. For [said Brough1 there IS a
mighty party in this State who cling to tho
Union cause with suehtenacity that they
wonld MT submit to such a thiagsd This
IS the substance, ,,ifonot the. Language, gsoi
what John Brougn, said !, on the Capital
Iateps in. the. city of Columbus, on the
evening Of September z, 1868. E'''' Z 'e@'
/ Gov. Andrew promised that if the Adj.
Inipispatron would adept an Abolition
policy, the roads of Massachusetts, woulj
swaT IA with, volunteers | The promise is
taihlled The roads 70 Canadas swarm
With thousands Of Massachusetts, yolun
saqts TO escape the draft.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30

a@ The 4"GeYernmentsp paaMifeo itltis
stated, has recently, pprehssed neg.
shawl and bonnet preparatory to visiting
Cambridge College, where the govern.
ment's' son is now at school. .Bn yTev nj
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30
1GOV. SEYMoUk'S /, SPEECH
The Policy OF. Cancellation.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

From the Report of tho Albany Argus,
sept 10th. ,og.r -lif s5g.z-.ze., .q4,.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30

The Chicago Times gives the defn .tion
of a Brough Democrat, ,Itsays:I :; -
"a Brough Democrat is white; black
bird, ravenous dove; fend anselical,
i sanity devil aud an ih6def christiah'
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30
WHO ARE THE dEFFE DAvIsIrEs

tx - Nt3E hANt YN1hOff n kfttf
They are the men v no threatena blsody
civil war in case they are defcated At shs
polls.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-09-30
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The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-23
Southern News.
From the JAG kson Mississippian.J
WHAT M1ss1ssIpp1 HAD DONE.


In the the Military department command
ed by General Pembertou there ore more
troops than any one depar eDt outside of
Virginia. When 1t Is remem bered that the
territory comprising this department has
ever been remarkable only for the growth
of cotton; that every year large supplies of
corn and bacon were imported into it; that
manufactures were almost totally ignored; !;
that the agriculturists devoted their atten-
tion mainly to the production of cotton, it
will be q subject of surprise that so large an
army could be clothed, subsisted and par
TALLY equipped in country the habits of
whose people were so lily calculated TO sup.
ply the wants of an army.
Yet such Is the fact. The subsistence,
the clothing and the camp equipage for a
tremendous army have been almost exclu-
svely drawn from the State of Mississippi,
and this, too, when several of her most pop
ulous and productive counties have been
under the control of the enemy. Mississip-
pi manufactures have made nearly all the
material used for the army in the whole de-
partment.
A brief mention of the Mississippi factories,
many of which have sprung up almost like
m agic, will not be uninterestipg to our read
ers. The Jackson mauufactory makes five
thousand garments weekly. The material
is cut out ia the city by experienced and
industrious tailors, and distributed over the
country in Kinds and adjoining counties to
be m ade up. Soldiers wives and destitute
families are always supplied with work first,
thus enabling them to support themselves
W bile lending helping hand to the cause.
Similar factories at Bankston (Choctaw
County,, Columbus, Enterprise, Natchez and
Woodville make up five thousand per week,
the sewing of which is distributed in the
same way.
The hat factories at Jackson and Colum-
bus make two hundred hats per day. We
also have manufsctory at Jackson which
turns out fifty blankets per day.
The Pemberton Works at Enterprise, and
the Dixie Works at Canton, make not less
than sixty wagons and ambulances per
week.
These factories are all new, established
within few months past, and their capa-
city is being constantly increased.
The Chief Quarterm aster has now private
contracts with parties in the State which
supply eight thousand pairs of shoes per
week. Arrangements are now being made
to start an extensive shoe-shop in jackson,
with capacity Of turning out six thousand
pairs oil shoes per month.
The tanneries in the State are sufficient
to tan ali the leather that can be procured.
The most extensive tanuery In the Con-
federacy if situated at Magnolia, and sup
plies six hundred hides daily.
Tents manufactured from Mississippi
cloth are the best in the Confederacy, and
enough of them are made at Jackson and
Columbus to supply the army.
All the horses, mules, wagons and har-
ness, for the transportation of the army
stores, &C., have been supplied from Missis-
sippi. ~.
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any supposed unconstitutional enactment OF
State Legislature, it is the Presidents duty
to sne out from the Supreme Federal Court
a writ of Quo Warranto and Mandamus
Niisii, and cite the State before that court, to
hear and determins the validity of such State
enactment--for example an act of Secession:
This being decided against the State, the
decision recorded and published, and the
President armed with apsrenlptory Mandamrs
against the Seeding State, would have given
him more power to execute the laws than
all his armies, and weakened the power of
the Seeding State, SO as to make resistance
hopeless; for the masses, both North and
South, are law abiding people. As it is,
each party is stimulated by facticus leaders
aiming at the same thing, the dissolution of
the Union, and the interference of the
Federal Court would have been damper on
each. 80 @
In this controversy. Kentucky once de-
clared herself neutral. She ought to have
remained SO. She should return to her
neutral position, by convening her legisla-
ture and passing resolution to that effect,
and another citing the President of the
United States and all the Seeded States
before the Supreme Federal Court, to hear
and determine, judicially, the matters in
controversy. In this way the Union may
yet be saved. 1t will save billions of trea-
sure and hundreds of thousands of lives to
the nation, and at an earlier period might
have saved what Is already lost by war, a
war that will never save the Union, no
never. saN- PAX.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-23
The Right Of. Habeas corpus


The Marietta (Ohio) Republican makes
the following just comments upon Governor
Tod and the writ of ha6eas corpus:
Governor Tod, of this State, having been
indicted by the Grand Jury of Fairfield
County fer aiding in kidpsping Dr.. Olds
aud having him conveyed out OF the Statss
the Sheriff of Fairfield County upon war
rant to that effect, arrested the Governor at
the Capitol, in Columbus, on the % inst.
The Governor sued out writ OF hobeGs eo7-
pms. and was released on giving bail to ap~
I,sar at the next term of the Court Of Oom-
mon Pleas for Fairfield County.
What comm entary it is on the action OF
Gov ernor Tod that he was compelled to OBJ
tain writ Of hdbeds corpus for his own rec
lease when arrested for the crime Of foRclbly
ssising the very man whose rights he had
violatsdl The right which he had tsampled
upon was the one which be claimed when
arrested therefore.
1t il, indeed, cause for thankfulnsss thss
there is still power in law in the Commons
wealth 81 Ohio
If DR.. Olds had had the benefit OF the
writ, he never would have been sent to Fort
Lafayette. Governor Tod has been IN favor
of the suspensions of the hdbsas corpus even
IN the loyal States, where there was DO re-
bellion or invasion; but when his rights are
tsopaEdissd, he flies to It quickly enough.
- Gin. Eng.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-23
From the "old Guard"
The Lin coin Catechism.

Question. What is the Constitution?
Answer. A compact with hell-now OBJ.
solete. e..
oues. What is the Government?
Ans. Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sumner
and Owen Loyejoy. a.-a
Cues. What Is President?
Ans. A General agent for negroes.
CUES. WHAT'S Congress-? s--,.
Ans. A body organized for the purpose
OF appropriating funds to buy Africans, and
TO make laws to protect the President from
being punished for any violations of law he
may be guilty of.
Ques. Whatis is an army?
Ans. A provost guard to arrest white men
and get negroes free.
Ques. Whom are members of Congress
supposed to represent?
Ans: The President and his Cabinet.
Cues. What is understood by "coining
money!"
q Ans. Printing green paper.
Ques. What does the Constitution mean
by freedom of the press?"
Ans. The suppression of Democratic
newspapers.
Ques. What is the meaning of the word
9ibertyr
Ans. Incarceration in bastile.
Ques. What is a Secretary of War?
Ans. A man who arrests people by tele-
graph.
Cues. What are the duties of Secretary
of the Navy?
Ans. To build and sink guuboats.
Ques. What is the business of a Secre-
tary of the Treasury?
Ans. To destroy the State banks, and
I'll the pockets of the people with irredeem
able q. s. shinplasters.
Ques. What is the meaning of the word
'patriot?'
Ans. A man who-loves his country less
and the negro more.
Ques. What is the meaning of the word
'traitor?'
Ans One who Is a stickler for the Con-
stituLion and the laws.
Ques. What are the particular duties of
a Commander-in-Chief
Ans. To disgrace any General who does
not believe that the negro is better than
white man.
Ques. What Is the meaning of the word
GswT
Ans. mhe will of the President.
Ques. How were the States formed?
Ans. By the United States.
Oues. Is the United States Government
older than the States which made it?
Ans. Itis.
Ques. Have the States any rights?
Ans. None whatever, except what the
General Government bestows.
Ques. Have the people any rights?
Ans. Nose, except what the President
gives.
Quss. What is the habeas corpusF
Ans. 1t is the power of the President to
imprison whom he pleases as long as he
plsases.
Ques. Who is the greatest martyr of his
tory2
Ans. John Brown.
Ques. Who is the wisest man?
Ans. Abraham Lincoln.
Ques. Who is JEFF. Davis?
Ans. The Devil.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-23

OJThere is kind of conservatism which
we can't understand. We mean that which
violently protests against the destruction of
the writ of habeas corpus, and yet prociaims
that martial law m ust still be maintained
everywhere in kentucky; that declaims
about the freedom of the press, but insinu-
ates that some papers ought to be stoPpcd;
that favors the freedom of elections, but as
sumes to be the sole judge of the loyalty OF
candidates; that is devoted to the protection
of State Institutions, and yet says If the ne
gro comes between it and the Government,
the negro must go down; that says to arm
the slaves is SO atrocious crime that officers
ought to surrender their swords rather than
carry it ont, and yet is for voting money,
knowing it is to be used for that purpose.
In short, we cannot understand q species OF
conservatism which, in all its words, is for
the Constitution and humanity. but IN all
its acts is side by side with the ultra radical
of the blackest and bloodiest school.-Loa.
Democrat. a
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-23


OTWhat shall the Legislature now do?
In our judgment, the people have answered
this question in advance, aud the answer ex-
PRESSED in every conceivable form Unpopular
expression, and finally clinehed by the glori-
Gus vote of Saturday. is:
ARM KENTUC KY EFFECTUALLY,
BUT RIGHTFULLY AND FAIRLY,
WITH A CLEAR DECLARATION THAT
THE ARMING Is NOT FOR OFFENSE
AGAINST EITHFR THE GOVERN
MENT OR THE SEEDED STATES;
BUT PURELY FOR DEFENSE A
GAINST ANY POWER THAT SETS
HOSTILE FOOT UPON THE SOIL OF
THE COMMONWEALTH In other words,
the Legislature, according to the manifest
will of the people, should declare the neu-
trality of kentucky in this unnatural and
accursed war of brothers, and equip the
State for the successful maintenance of her
position at all hazards.--L Louisville Journal,
Nay 8, 1861.
The capitals are the Journals own. The
editor set out to write down the doctrine
exactly, logically, rhetorically and other
wise, and put it 10 big letters that all might
road without spectacles. Kentucky was
bound to whip one side or the other. or both,
ifthey came on her soil.-LOssisviHe DEMO
eTat.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-23
ROSS & RossHR Publishers.

Mature Of the Federal 0overnment--
The Judiciary Department a remedy
for all evils disturbing its authority
and operationa----NeutraIty of Ken
tucky. M efs, go,f,
The following communication Is from the
pen of an aged citizen Of an nd jacent coun-
ty, venerable not only for bis years, but for
hism entail vigor and his habit of much read
ing, thinking and rejecting. We publish it
with pleasure and commend 1t to the
thoughtful consideration of our readers
In his private note to Us, he intimates
willingness to discuss. the subjects embraced
in this essay still further. Without mean
ing to commit ourselves to all his views, but
at the same time withoutiintending to COM
bat them. we have only to say that we shall
cordially welcome him to our columns
whenever it may please him to embellish
them with his communications, assured that
they will be read with interest and profit
even by those who may not adopt all the
ideas of the writer. 81. - ts-..--