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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
HIDING THEIR HEADS.

Since the successful termination of
our war, the copperheads of the
North have become heartily ashamed
of their "war- q. failure" faces. and
they fly to various subteriuges 20
mask them. The most contemplate
is the "negro-equality" dodge. -
Ashamed of their deeds, they dodge
behind tle darkey and attempt to
divert attention from themselves, by
crying out "negro- equality"
"There is skeleton in every
house." and coperhead behind
every darkey. Every "shade" has
his shadow.
Their party, ostrich like, buries its
head lin heap of wool and thinks
its pro-sl avery, bel.sympathizing
body is hid. Crying out from be-
hind their bulwark oil African gem.
men, they would have us believe it is
the negro that seeks equality, and moi
they.
There is q "great cry and little
wool" and what little there is, is il
their teeth.
Don't datter yourselves gentleman
that yourdeeds of the past four years
..-ay riIc yourstlteS peHiLJ 10 5pa
que a substance as the gentleman
from Africa, your evil character vii
appear and no one will be deceiveC
by your hypocritical cry.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
HOW THEY PLAY INTO EACH
OTHERS HANDS.

The Democracy of the North are
clamoring for the Immediate re in
statement of the Southern States, in
all the rights and privileges they
forfeited by rebellion.
The Southern rebels are urging
their victims to 'take the OATH" for,
as one OF them remarked in a speech,
o week or SO ago, in Mississippi, "we
must get our States back, get into
Congress again, and then with TIL,
HELP OF THE NORTHERN DEM
lOCRACY we can FIGHT THIS
BATTLE OVER AGAIN. That the
two wings of the Democracy, Nortl
and South, desire a Union, is plair
to be seen and it is also plain lha
their purposes are one. To agail
get possession of the Government
to rc-instate slavery, to re.instate tin
ancient aristocracy of the South
to pave ,the way for another efior
at Southern Independence, is wha
they want. But they will get moth
ing. The experience of the last fou
years has shown that copperheadisn
is dangerous TO free institutions.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
A Dem,c ate speech.

ANY of our readers who have read
Copperhead papers, or ,listened to
Copperhead speeches, win very read
lily recognize a large portion OF them
in the following, which was inflicted
on correspondent of the New York
Tribune by one of the inmates ol o
Lunatic Asylum in Illinois, while
visiting that institution:
In this ward man followed close
behind us, making speech. He
spoke very rapidly and in allow voice
We came back the same way; still he
followed us with his speech. He lost
his senses on the defeat of the De
mocratic party; evidently he belong.
ed TO the Knights of the Golden Cir.
Gle. This was his speech:
$50 you're here, are you-Blacb
Republicans! o, you cussed Abolit
tionists! You want mig. er wives
don't you, you black hearted sons
OF -. Well fix you Well
tear your livers and hearts ont. We
can do 1t. We've got S2,00e,000 q
revolvers and keg of powder, you
internal sons Of. And we've
got 52,000,0 600 of swords: we've go
75,090,000,000 of muskets. Yes
we'll tear your lights outr we'll GU
your heads open and mash you
brains for you. And we've got 500,
000,000,000 of cannon, all on tile hill
and ready to fire; and we've got mil
lions and tens of millions and hun
dreds of millions aud thousand o
millions Of men, you black hearted
Niger stealers and whelps of -
You sons of -, YOU want nigge
wives and nigger young ones, and tt
make niggers as good as anybody
you black hearted, nigger. .lovin:
niger kissing whelps of Republican
Abolitionists. o, well tan you
hides for you we'll make yo
smoke"
The writer adds:
All this was quite familiar to INC
for have been hearing it, ever sine
the war commenced, from the Dem
ocrats OF Southern Illinois, and par
ticularly of Union county. / hav
had men come before my own doc
when my wife and children wer
trembling, and use this language
much OF It word for word. Whe
we were out and the door was lockcJ
tdP tntt Ne let this politician go, IN:
he may run Tor some office on til
Democrat ticket. With some a.
ditions 10 his speech, he coull nc
fail to run well in this county
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01

We are gravely told by the coun-
sci of jeff Davis, that that arch trai
tor is still ignorant of the charges
which are made against him, and
does not know why he is incarccra-
ted ut Fortress Monroe. We can
easily imagine that Satan when cast
out of Heaven professed ignorance ol
his offence. JEFF. Davis ignorant oi
his offence! That is delightfully."- cool
and impudent A man who for
twenty years has been teaching Sc.
cession, who for four four years, in
the Cabinet, planned for the REBEL
ion, who in the Senate advocated
revolt, left lIis seat, accepted the
Presidency of the rebel Confederacy
attempted to flee the country, was
caught in female disguise, now com.
plains he is ignorant of his offence
And his counsel, too, expect to Sc
cure sympathy for JEFF Davis on tht
ground he is imprisoned without
knowledge of his crime. or course
he will have sympathy, and the Gov
ernment will be roundly abused iol
locking a man up who is ignorant o
having committed any offence, bu
such sympathy will come from tn,
Democratic party, which would, has
it the power, restore jeff Davis t,
all his privileges as citizen, to al
his former political rights, and in
demnify him fof all his pecuniar,
losses. .-Ciuslaad Herald.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
VAIL tN;IIGlIAM.

Clement L. vallandigham was
present at the late copperhead State
Convention; as delegate. Did that
body Indignantly spurn this double
faced Southern sympathizer-this
mal who, living in a loyal state,
Ip, a2ed into the hands Of its enemies,
during the four years war? Not al
all. They received him with cheers,
with the most vociferous applause
and not content with this expression
/ of sympathy with him and his in
Iiquities, they ma le him temporary
President!
We know the leading copperhea dis
ofthis county, have been for month,
circulating among soldiers whis-
pering in their ears--that "the Dem
ocracy never endorsed Vallandigham,
that excitement forced him upon the
party"
Was it under state of "excite-
ment" that this splendid compliment
was offered him? Was it "excite.
ment' that procured for him these
honors--the bursts of applau Sc,
that greeted his appearance at the
Conventionp
Out upon the hypocrites! The
'copperhead party of Ohio is Vallan-
digham to-day, as it was in 1863
They endorsed his heresies then
they believe in them to-day, and are
in rs full sympathy with him as ever.
II not, why did they not kick him
out of the Convention, instead of al
lowing him to control it2
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
Soldiers Voting go Coppethead Re-
wardcd,

The 'Democrrtic' Senatorial Con-
vention for this District, which was
held at Tiflin on ThuI SHAY OF last
week, nominated Curt. Berry, Jr. OF
Upper Sandusky, as their candidate
for Senator. The only qualification
we know OF that this Berry possesses,
and as far as we have heard the only
ono claimed for him, is the fact that
he threw out and would not count
the soldiers vote OF Wyandot county,
in defiance of the Law OF Ohio, IN
1868, while he was acting IN the ca
paclty of Clerk OF the Court OF Com
mon Pleas, and thereby defeated the
rightful Union candidates, and foisted
the Copperhead candidates onEthe
people OF the county In their stead.
This nomination is but a sample OF
the real feelings Of the Copperhead
party OF this District. The man who
did the most to deprive soldiers of
their rights--who was most outspo.
ken and violent in his attempts to
disfranchise and oppress them, re
ceiyes from that party the nomina-
tion for the highest honor in their
gilt in this Senatorial District. And
as the nomination was unanimous,
so were the Copperheads unanimous
in their opposition to the war, the
soldiers, and tho cause of the Union.
Soldiers will vote for Supreme JUS
tice Berry, Of course" ~ Bmcyrus
Journal. r.-
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01


The Courier has bees publishing
for some weeks a call TOR meeting
OF Farmers and Mechanics to dcvisl
ways to raise the price of produce,
labor &c, which that paper belabors
us for not publishing. We have not
published it for these reasons:
l. No one has requested us to dc
SO.
2. No farmer or mechanic had any
thing to do with calling the meeting,
3. 1t is miserable Copperhead
trick, devised by the idiotio youth
who runs the Courier, the only effect
of which can be, is to excite trouble
between a very few farmers and the
business men of Findlay. This troub
lie the Courier has been industriously
string up for the past three months,
and we have no idea of assisting it.
1t has been charging that the farmers
and laboring men have to pay all the
taxes while the capitalists and mer-
chants pay none. 1t has deliberate
ly and wilfully misrepresented facts
that ignorant men might be embit
tered against the business men OF the
county, hoping, out of the trouble
that would follow, to reap some po-
litical advantage.
We nave an idea that it will regret
this course ere long. The farmers,
the laborers and the poor men kn ow
that no better system can be devised
to raise revenue, or one bearing easi-
or on the producing classes, 1t bites
file.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01

The Candidates shall be selected
by ballot TO be cast by townships.
The order of nomination shall be
as follows:
Representative, Prosecuting At
ltorney, Recorder, Commissioner,
All resolutions shall be submitted
to the Committee on Resolutions
without debate.
On motion, the delegations from
each township were directed to des.
Iignate various places in their respec
tive townships for meetings and ap
point Vigilance Committees for the
purpose of fully organizing for the
campaign. Carried.
NJ. b. Patterson and B, L. Ewing
were appointed tellers to receive and
count votes and balloting for Can
ldidates was commenced with the fol
lowing result:
For Representative, Scott Hughes
declined in favor OF Captain II. Ii
IAlban, who was nominated by &c
clamation.
For Prosecuting Attorney, james
A. Rope.
For Recorder, Samuel Powell, Jr
For Com missioner, VIM. Motif
3 On motion the ticket nominated b.
the Convention, was ratified by &c
clamation.
After the transaction Of busines
of minor importance the Convention
adjourned sine die.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
SUPPORTING ANDY JOHNSON.

The copperhead State Convention,
of which Vallandigham was the tenn
porary Chairman, in one resolution,
declared that the democracy would
sustain President johnson. There
were times when Andrew Johnson
looked to them for support, but he
did not receive it, 1t was when
he was where he was fighting with
more than jackson energy and vigor
to keep Tennessee in the Union, and
alterward to keep the Union senti-
ment in that State, in shape to be
OF service to the Government. Then
Andrew johnson was denounced by
every secesh paper In Ohio, as q
"bloated demagogue" &c. Being q
Democrat he had q right to Look for
the sympathy, but he did not receive
it. He was opposing their friends.
Their hollow pretentioAs now will
|ecai We neither him or the people.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
COUNTY CONVENTION.

COUNTY CONVENTlOf
The County Convention which met
last Saturday, was the best held in
the county for years. All the town.
ships were fully represented, and be-
sides the delegates, large numbers
were in attendance, showing that n
deep interest is felt in the coming
election.
The ticket nominated Is an excel
lent one, and can be elected if the
necessary work is done.
Capt. II. II. Alban was the unani-
nous choice Of the Convention for
Representative. The Army never
had braver soldier than Alban.---
He was out with the 2lst as pri-
vate soldier, in the FIRST three months
service. At the expiration OF that
term he raised company and was
with the regiment in all its marchings
and battles, until the terrible strug-
gle OF Chickamauga. There lie was
taken prisoner, and remained in the
hands of the rebels Is months
suffering oil the internal horrors oi
imprisonment and starvation in the
Southern prisons. The particulars
of his escape and subsequent recap
ture are known to our readers. A
man of strict probity, of good abili.
ties, lie will make u faithful Legisla.
tor.
For Prosecuting Attorney, Colonel
Jas. A. Bope, was selected.
Col. Bope resigned that position tC
Igo into. the service in 1862, as Cap
tain in the Doth. He served faithful
Ily-rising to the rank of Lieut.. Colo
mel by the hardest kind of service
Severely wounded three times, ht
come home at the end of the war
bearing marks of honorable, sacrifi
cing service. He is a capable lawy el
and has served in the capacity o
prosecutor to the satisfaction of th,
people of the county.
, For Recorder, Samuel Powell ir.-
Mr. Powell enlisted in April, 1861. II
Capt. James Wilson's company, 21s
o. V. l., for three months. Whel
t the regiment was re-organized, he re
, enlisted under Capt. II. II. Albal
= with whom he still continues t,
iight) for the term of three years.
At the expiration ofhis term, he agai
entered the same regiment as vet
t eran. He was true soldier and en-
/ gagged in every action with the regi
ment until August IL, 1864, when Ii
received gunshot wound in his lee
! which rendered immediate amputa
n tion necessary. He is therefore in
capable of earning livelihood, saw
by some such employment. Steady
well educated, and q good penmar
he is peculiarly adapted to this pos
ton, and If the people Of the count
$ ieel spa'k orgratitude toward thos
who sacrificed themselves for the.
country he.w}llhe Glaataa,rl, Is tn
candidate for Commissioners Nj
Motlit is a man OF first rate busines
capacity, and thoroughly conyersau
with the needs and wants Of the cour
ty. He viii, if elected. he yaluab!
Q addition TO the board.
@ Such is our ticket We can eleC
il If We will. Shall it be done?
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
THE CoPPERuEAD PLATFORM.

The platform adopted by the Cop
perhead Convention at Columbus. is
a curiosity in its way. We have mo-
WIN give the essentials of the con
cern.
l. Declares for a strict construct
ion of the Constitution.
2, That the reserved rights OF the
states are essential to the existence
of the Government
3. That the Democracy of Ohio
will maintain the doctrine of State
Rights; not Secession or NulNlica.
ton, but the genuine article.
4. That ordinances of Secession
being void, the seeded states are alb
solutely back into the Union, and en-.
titled to Representatives &c.
5. Niger suffrage.
G Niggers are not as good as white
men.
Z. Niggers shall never have any.
thing to do with running the Govern
ment.
8. Niger, shall not como into
Ohio.
8. That Government, having whip.
ped the rebels, it shall now proceed
to pour oil into the wounds it made.
10. That the troops they denounc.
cd two years ago as "cowardly assas.
SINS" Lincoln dogs" and Lincoln
hirelings." were really good fellows.
IL. The National debt curse.
IL. Favors taxing bonds.
13. That freedom to talk treason
has been interfered with, but shall be
no more.
IA. Demands their habeus corpus
ses.
The whole platform is as out spo-
ken for treason as it dare be. 1t will
b. seen that while they are obliged to
avow themselves opposed to seces
sion, they adopt as their creed, the
doctrine of State Rights, under which
all the Southern States did secede,
and which was inscribed on all the
banners the rebel carried in battle, In
opposition to the Stars and Stripes.
They dare not openly avow Repudia.
ton, but they denounce the National
Debt in such strain, as to draw
their followers into the whirlpool and
make it safe for them to follow.
AS Vallandigham was the chief
mgleman, the people may rest as.
surcd that tho concern was as full OF
scccsh pois'n as a body of that size
could hold. The ticket nominated
is as follows,
For Governor, Gen. Geo, W. Nor
gan, Of Knox county. For Lieuten
ant Governor Wm. Lang. ofSeneca
Supreme Judge, (full term) Phila-
delp Van Trump, of Fairfield, Su.
premc Judge, (vacancy) Thomns NJ.
Key, Of Hamilton, Treasurer Of
State, Geo. Spence, Of Clarke. At,
torNoy General, D. NJ Wilson. OF Ma.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
The Confederate Convention at

The Confederate Convention at
Columbus resolved to stand by Pres
ident johnson in all constitutional
efforts to restore the Union" II
seems TO rs that we have heard ol
That constitutional condition before,
They wanted to stand by Line in
the same way, but it so happened that
they believed all efforts of every
name and nature, for the suppression
Of the rebellion, were unconstitu.
tional.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
'EQU LILY

The Democratic Convention of
Fulton Comfy seems to- have gone
the full lenoth of tegro cquali V, in
adopting declaration of principles
starring off Is follows:
ave. Democrats of Fulton County,
in Convention assembled, dceming it
expedient on all proper occasions to
renew our fealtv 20 the great princi-
pies which uuderle q Republican
form Of Government, do this day sol
emuly atlirm the sentiments which
animate us, in the following declara
tions to with;
EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL
MEN OF WHATEVER STATE OR PERsUA-
SION, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL
Just think of it! Eqpai and ex
act slice 10 all menr Listen again:
"To ALL MEM! How comprehen-
sive this language No matter the
place of nativity, the condition in life
or euen The colo --''all,' of whatever
race or description, may trustingly
look to the "Democrats OF Fulton
touhIJ 'ol cluui anu SAdCV jus
tice = Here, at last. we have Noah
Webster's definition OF a "Demo-
crat," practically set forth-the peo-
pie or favors the extension OF the
right of sutfage to all classes Of msn." :"
1t is to be hoped that the Democracy
of the other counties in the State will
hasten to place themselves on this
sound platform, to the end that genu-
inc Democracy may soon prevanl.-
Toledo Blade.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
onGSSizr,

We hope every township IN the
county will, at once, organize their
forces for the fall campaign. A lit
tie effort this fall, and Hancock can
be placed permanently in the Union
ranks. Nothing can be done with
out organization-everything can be
done with it. TO work then, at once
Organize thoroughly, work with spir
IL, and we shall win.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01

a frightful collision occurred yes
terday morning on the Long Island
Railroad, near the town OF Jamaica,
N.-,'5.'' ~ v-,- er tha trains starting
ahead OF time. The shock was ire
mendous, and the cars very badly
shattered. The number of persons
killed was li'teen--much less than
was at first thought. As we have he.
fore stated, the accident was entirely
the result OF gross carelessness. and
the railroad employees are said to
have manifested the greatest uncon
Germ and inhumanity after the col
lision took place.
or all the railroad accidents, so nu.
merous lately. that on the Nashville
u Decatur Road, on Saturday, was
the most terrible. The Southern
bound train of Line cars. was pass ing
over trestle near Reynolds Station,
wien il gave way and the cars, fall.
ing through, were piled one on an
other Fifteen bodies have been re.
cove. ed, but one car containing thir-
ty colored soldiers has not YET been
reached, The engineer, ID w. Ma.
gee, was severely wounded, and the
fireman, James Deremer, of Oswego,
New York, was scalded to death.--
Two express messengers, Mosely and
Hszrett, of Pulaski, were killed and
one other wounded. A citizen named
Snodgrass was among the killed.
New YORK, Aug. 25.-The steam
er Geo. Cromwell, from New Orleans,
has arrived.
The steamer Ocean Queen brings
San Francisco papers OF Aug 81.
The steamer Brother Jonathan,
from San Francisco, July 20, for
Portland, Oregon, and Victoria, with
between two and three hundred pas
sengers, was totally lost near Camp
Lincoln, Oregon, on July Both. Only
fourteen men and one woman were
saved. Among the passengers were
Brig. General Wright and family,
Lieut.. Wait, Surgeon A Ingraham, of
the army, and Capt Chadwick, of
the revenue service No particulars
have been received. Gen. Wright
was en- route IT, take command of the
Department Of Columbia.
The pirate Shenandoah destroyed
the bark Susan Abigail, near the Gulf
of Anadir, it seems the Susan Abigail
had San Francisco papers ct the l0I
of July, containing accounts of the
collapse OF the rebellion; but Waddell
would not credit them as they came
from Northern papers, and announced
his intention of burning every Amer
lean vessel he could find. Alter de.
stroying the Susan Abigail, the pi
rate went towards Behring's Straits
and Artic Ocean. AT st. Lawrence
Island he burned the ship General
Williams of New London, and next
morning burned five more vessels
The bark Gen. Pike had arrived at
San Francisco with the crews of the
seven vessels, viz; Brig Susan Abi-
gail, ship Gen. Williams, bark w. G.
Nye, of New Bedford; bark Gipsie,
of New Bedford; and barks Catherine
Nimrod and Isabella, all of New Bed.
ford. ia' .-u
The Tribune's special says: Capt.
James M. Moore, Assistant Quarter.
master, who left here on the 8th Of
July last, for Andersonville, Georgia,
for the purpose Of giving decent
burial 10 the remains of our murder
ed heroes, returned to this city this
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
An Old Soldiers Opinion Of Gen. Cox
Major Gen. Thomas j Wood, thar


whom no braver man lives; and who
has very few superiors. as soldier,
in speaking of Gen. Cox in ou' pres
ence, ,'long before he was thought of
ae candidate for Governor, said
that "Gen. Cox was without excep-
tion the best volunteer General in the
service" That in all his Intercourse
with Gen. Cox he had found him
thoroughly posted in his duty, clear
headed, intelligent and brave. We
know OF no man who is better judge
of what comprises a good soldier
Than Gen. Wood, and such compli.
ment to our candidate Tor Governor
is n valuable one.
Gen. Cox has been soldier in.
deed. While too many Of our vol
unteer generals have found good easy
duties in tho rear, lie has always been
at the front, bravely fighting the enc
my in the field.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
THE MEETING ON Tur NINTH.

Let the Union men of-the county
remember the Mass meeting at Find
lay on Saturday, September 9th.
General Schenck will lie here with.
out fail. Turn out by townships and
bring in the women. Eet us open
the campaign with big meeting.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
The Cincinnati Commercial saws

The Cincinnati Commercial says.
"The Buffalo Courier is mistaken
when 1t says 'the radicals in Ohio
are in great trouble over the negro
suffrage question: So far as we have
observed, the greatest anxiety oil
mind on that subject is exhibited by
the Democratic papers and writers
They can talk and think of nothing
else"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01
FARMS FOR SALE.

The subscrl0. oilers for sale, Two desira.
BILE iarms, situated od tha sugar Ridge Road,
two niles west OF McGom Ono contains
237 acres, the ulher l60 acres. Both are i'm
proved farms ana under good state OF cult.
vau0n, wen ienOeu, good supply ut water or.
ehardS &c.,'
Terms reasonable. Payments arranged to
suit purchaser. - kl
s. RAMSEY.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01

The Democratic Platform demands
a law prohibiting the settlement Of
negroes in Ohio. Who repealed the
Black Laws, which were upon our
Statute books from 1904 till 1892
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-01

honing. School Commissioner, IT..
II. Barney, of Pickwsy. Board of
Public works, Chas. Boesel, of Au.
glaizc. Clerk of Supreme Court,
Daniel s. Dana, of Vinton.