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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21
Now and Then.


What has become of the war-whoops
of the Republican party? Has support
the Government" lost its power? Has
'the Union lost its magic?
The men who beloved these slogans
most loudly when they served a party
purpose, now ind it to the interest of
their party to oppose the Government
(which they claim is identical with the
Administration, and the leader who can
throw the greatest obstacles in the way
of ''the Union" is the pole star of the
party.
There is nothing more iudisputable
than the fact that the Republican leaders
are doing all in their power, and success
fully too, to keep the South in its present
condition, at least until after the next
Presidential election. oh g e
They will learn to their surprise and
dlsmay that the people have intelligence
enough to estimate such patriotism at its
true value. r
s@-It has been justly remarked that
President johnson has done more by his
policy, in eight months, to reconcile the
South to the. Union, than England has
done in four centuries toward ~reconciling
Ireland by the policy now advocated by
the radicals.
England has ground ireland down, and
perhaps We are strong enough to keep the
South ground down in the same way. But
Ireland, Hungary, Poland and a score Of
other examples prove that a people thus
oppressed will always be restless, trouble
some and rebellious.
The question for the people is, shall
we have an Ireland or a Union?
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

The NEGROES AHEAD.-Don't forget
that the Ohio Legislature, to show their
love for the negro, and to properly scent
the hall of the House of Representatives
with pure negro perfumery, vacated 1t for
the use of the darkies, who had a public
meeting in it, and discussed the negro
questions in the true, black spirit-abus
ing the white man, who has no rights the
darkies are bound to respect.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

Mrs. SENATOR SPRAGuE.-The leader
of fashion this winter in Washington is
Mrs. Senator Sprague, the only lady who,
when she gives a ball, builds ball room
expressly for the occasion and ~remoyesit
the next day; and we'll she might, for the
Government and Congress have been at
work for a year or two in getting up a tar-
if to suit the views of the Sprague fam-
lily generally, and the Rhode Island Sen
ator in particular, and millions of dollars
have the cotton lords pocketed by tt
Statesman.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

The CAMPAIGN plIe OF 1866.-The Con-
necticut Democracy made their ticket on
the 9TH of February. Indiana and Penn
sylvania will put their tickets in the field
in March, and the Ohio Democrats will
make their nominations on the 24th Of
May.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

Ono CoNaREssMEN NEXT FAIL
Every Abolition member eff Congress
from Ohio voted for the bill comforting
suffrage upon the negroes of the District
of Columbia, though at an election held
in Washington, 1900 white men voted
against and seventy-fve voted for negro
suffrage. Every Democratic member of
Congress voted to respect the wishes of
the white people, and against making
the untutored African the political equal
oe the whites. The vote for this measure
will end the political career of several
members Of Congress from Ohio. The
people in the districts of Bingham. Hub
bell, Buckland, Clarke and Plants will
drive them into obscurity, with over
whelming majorities.- Wyandotte Union.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

ByeThe indianapolis Herald Says
''The winter is. so far, favorable Ato1ths
country. We do not think the wheat IS
injured much. Stock is doing inelyI
much better than last winter. The roads
favor the hauling of wood to market and
logs to the saw-mills, and labor is abuhds
ant for the accomplishment of whatever
is desirable in the farmers iipeA Ne
think lumber and labor, and possibly
produce, will be lower next year than
this, unless a foreign market shall be
opened to u.s."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21
Gov. Cox on treason Trials.

Governor Cox, Of Ohio. is somewhat in
advance of his party. During his can
vas,it will be recollected that he declined,
under even the pressure of some of his
supporters to commit himself to negro
suffrage He has now gone further from
his faction by taking ground, with some
thing like statesmanlike foresight against
the trial Of Southern gentlemen in the
position of Mr.. Jefferson Davis, In his
message to the present Legislature of
Ohio he says that the facts of the last
four years show 1.-The absurdity Of raising
the question already settled by the high
arbitramept of nations, and putting it in
jeapordy before trial by! iuryu Gov.
Cox has the capacity to see thataas the
case stands now the verdict is with the
Federal States;s aud he points attention,
under these circumstances, bto the fact
that it would be absurd, in, order to graf
ify a feeling against Mr.. Davis, to oEensa
new issue in which the world will con-
slider two parties In the box-the Fsderal
States and the Confederate States-undet
trial for what Mr.. johnson calls "the
highest crime known to the. laws""TNeas
York Ne,os. aAstliN
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

gag-sAre you a, Christian indiana
asked a benevolent gentleman of one of
the Chippewa tribe. ''No, SIR was the
answer, "Me big whisky Ingen'n
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

EXECUTION AT PARKERsB6kGs-Two
men, Grogan, and Boyce, were executed at
Parkersburg, WA, on Friday, the
9th inst, for the murder in 1864 of
Deems. a farmer residing in the vicinity
of Parkersburg. 0neGother named Glib
bon, was convicted of the murder jointly
with the two above named, but succeeded
in making his escape from the Parkers-
burg Jail a short time before the day fixed
for the execution.
The only thing about the execution
worth notice is, that after the drop fell,
the ropes broke, and both men fell to the
ground They were not much injured
by the fall, says a.reporters as they were
able to stand up. A stronger rope was
procured. and they were hung one at a
time. A great crowd Of people witnessed
the execution.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

brThe crazy rate at which rents are
advancing in New York is. exhibited in
the following incident, related by the
Journal Of Commerce; "a dry goods firm
have rented a store for the current year
at $4,000. The owner cal!edyon them a
few weeks since to ask their intentions
for another year. They expressed a wish
to remain if the terms were made agree
able. He offered to treat them fairly,
and suggested that $40,0 600 per annum for
a three years lease, would be a reasona-
bic advance. They Indignantly. refused
to treat, and he left. After a few hours
search for another place, they concluded
to pocket their indignation and accede to
the terms. Calling on the owner for this
purpose, they learned that they were too
late, the premises having been leased for
three years at $4,000 per annum. A
further search left them hopeless of Sc
curing anything more eligible, aud they
have purchased the lease of the new par
ties for a bonus of $40, 000."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

GEORGIA SENAToR.-Hon Alexander
II. Stephens was elected United States
Senator by the legislature Of Georgia, but
he positively refused to accept, and there
upon Herschel V. johnson. who was the
Douglas candidate for the Vice Presidency
in 1860, was elected by an almost ananis
nous vote. ~
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

CoLoRED FEMALE ARIsToCRcY.-The
following characteristic ease Of aristocra-
cy is recorded as having come off lately,
at Staunton, Va: One of the Northern
.'school marms," who is there employed
in teaching freedmen" told q sprightly
negro girl that she ''must not call the wo-
man with whom she lived, mistress-that
she was just as good as anybody" Pretty
soon the girl asked her teacher what bu-
siness she followed before coming South
to teach, was a bonnet-maker," was
the reply. "Well!" said the girl, gather
ing up her books and making for the door,
Il am not going to '%sociate wild you any
longer you say I is ekal to my mistress,
and she don't '%sociate wild bonnet-mak-
ers."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

IL sHf HL FA.
NINE-TENTHs ofthe Republican papers
of Ohio have heretofore strenuously as
serted, especially about election times,
that neither their party, nor its leaders,
were in favor of Negro Suffrage. Not
withstanding this fact, not one of these
papers has, dared to d~enounce, or family
disapprove of the late action of the House
of Representatives, comforting the elect
i've franchise upon the blacks in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Every one of their
Representatives from Ohio voted for it,
and though, with few exceptions, the en-
tire list of journals in the Republican
party bitterly denounced allwho charged
them with favoring the doctrine of re-
moving all "distinction on account of coll
or we have yet TO hear of the first one
entering its protest against this bill which
placed the negroes of the District on a
footing with the whites. d a;R iii
Either they were deceiving the peo-
pie and Disgusting their real sentiments
last fall, in Ohio, or they are now so lost
to all manhood and independence that
they idare not support their own convict
ions when they do not accord with the
views of a radical Congress. Do the Re-
publican newspapers in this District sup
port Bundy in his vote for negro equality?
Speak out, gentlemen, all of you. Don't
dodge the ssue.-PortSmouth Times.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21
''I'm q Pardoned Rebel, Too

In conversation with a clergyman the
other day, he informed us that a day. or
two after the assassination Of President
LINCOLN be had preached a sermon sur
charged with vengeance toward the South,
and that almost ever since the thought
has been present, to. him, "I'm a pardon
ed Rebel toosna and that, therefore, there
was no propriety in his. invoking ven
geance upon the Southern people who
had been engaged n rebellion, while alone
through pardon from the Almighty can
he hope for salvation, There is christ
ianity in this view, and We have been sur
prised that men assuming to be divinely
ordained have not inculcatedfit from the
pulpit. tits not too late to do SO even
now.-Stq,esman. utkaz.rt5a
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21

THEPooR OF New YoRK.-Humanity
cries "Shame!l' when in those days oflux-
ury and extravaganza such facts, as the
following come to light. Would that
there were somelaw by which those WIN
thus ''grind the faces Of the poor could
be brought to speedy punishment, That
they will eventually "reap as they SOW
there is no doubt During the recent in
vestigation into the sanitary state of eur
city, was a so-calleds improved tenement
house, whose owner stated that the halls
were never lit, and that they were almost
totally dark during the day. ,a4sIf.
"What rent do You pay2" asked 2 OF
the visitors, n go. ~
aSeven dollars a month, answered the
mother, Sand wefnd itpretty hard tomake
things meet and pay our expenses"
"You work at artificial foyer-makingg
I see,' remarked a gentleman; chow much
can yeumake a day at that?" 81
"Well," said the woman 'sthree can
make-by working from seven o'clock in
the morning until nine at night-about
one dollar aud a quarter. We get flee
cents for erery toefye gross we make
This woman said thatsshe was obliged
to- live in such a place, but that she knew
that it was one of sthe most horrible
places on the face ofthe earthr'-Harper's
WeeElB. tsrfg 81 - f.ek "a
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21
Do You Endorse President john
1asiasaf lfe s0n9 fs.

h8 8fa3E 81 s-----gE rfa as
To thisrquestion we answer distinctly.
No; but we do most cordially endorse
what appears from his recent converse
tons to be his policy and we shall con-
tinue to endorse it whether President
johnson realizes the hopes of the true
friends of the Union or betrsys them to
the radicals.
Should President johnson permit the
radicals to force their unconstitutional
aud odIous negro equality measures upon
the States. without interposing his veto,
we shall support him just as we do the
fOppish fanatic, Sumner. Should he use
his power; to preserve to the States the
rights which Washington and Jefferson
and Madison and jackson and Webster
and everybody else till the days Of Sum
ner and Garrison and Stevens, conceded
tosbe sacred, he will deserve and receive
the support of the best friends of the
-fss. 10 Rge- THr
country.
We may add that We have great conf
dence that President johnson will not
follow the two branches~of Congress into
the pockets of Sumner and Stevens, and
when he confirms this confidence by We
tong their deyilish measures we shall no
longer suggest doubtsasto tie unselfsh-
ness Of his patriotism or the thorough
ness Of his craftsmanship. -
@-The only effective charge the Re-
publicans can bring against the Democrats
is the false one that they, some time ago,
opposedithe Union.
Yet the same men who make this
charge to damage the Democratic party
glory in the fact that they now oppose
the Union. and boast that they can and
will keep it DIVIDED for years to come.
B@. ADemecratic member of Congress,
q few days since, intensely Disguised the
House by offering a resolution that one
day Of each week be devoted to public
business, and that it be called the "white
mans day"
OF course It was Indignantly voted
down.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21
ronNMnN1cArEnl

RUSH County, ND, February 9.
Editors Ctacianati Enquirer:
l.. as a subscriber to your paper, re-
quest you, in behalf of Humanity; to pub
.lish the following notice:
Henry Hegarty is alive. He went out
under General Nelson as dispatch bearer
in 1862, Gin the twelfth year of his age)
from Lexington, Kentucky, where his
father, Michael Hogarty, then lived, and
after three years service he returned,
last June. to Lexington, and there learned
to his sad disappointment, that his pa
rents had moved away more than a year
before, and he could not learn certain
where; they having heard that he was
killed in the fight near Richmond, Ken
lucky, of course never thought that he
would returnthere to- hunt: for, them. asF
Ho followed in search Of them to In
dianapolis, Indiana, but could get! no fur
Their trace Of them. Besides having spent
much time in searching for them, he has
spent all his money. He is now in Rush
County, Indiana, eight miles north foi
Rushyille, at Jefferson Zion's, and knows
not where to find any of his relatives.
His father, Michael Hogarty, is a stone
cutter, working in marble. He made the
monument for Henry Clay's grave.
All publishers of papers, as friends Of
humanity, will please copy. 80 ta
Yours, as .a.triend of theopoor lonely
boy, .,qasas'ab 4o5 - ~ Ia4fral
tyea 2 70 HARVEY WRIGHT.
P. S, If the friends. see this and wish
Ia mrito =, VI nnrt &c "a l. OnLan Honrr
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-02-21
y ~ TITFUFN - TT-@TTt /. :
The Oppression of Taxation.

~ .ANA ~E las Erf kL. Af-sa.
"The receipts from internal revenue,to to-
day, were S725,G00. The receipts from
July l up .to. date are S1S7, 100000. The.
Commissioner is confident that the re-
ceipts will reach $500, 600, 600 for the fs-
cal year Washington Correspondence. 4
How long will the people submit to be
bled in this manner? How long will they
submit to have industry and trade bur.
dened with such intolerable taxation?--
This is only n form, too, of our taxes
OF the oppression of the other, the New
York Post Republican, says:
"Readers have seen what princely prof
its are divided among the shareholders in
our cotton and wooden mills-thirty forty,
fifty per cent. yearly on the money they
have invested quarter OF a million of
dollars in some instances annually diyi-
ded among the members Of a single COM
pany. From whom comes all this mon
ey? From the poor people, who SILVER in
the bleak blasts that sweep our streets,
and in the unwarmed and ill-ventilated
cells of what are called tenement houses
at is well known
that the difference between the cost of a
suit of clothes purchased here and one
purchased m Canada has become SO great
under our system Of duties as to defray
the expense of a journey from many parts
of this country to Montreal or Toronto.
We may judge by the enormous amounts
Of the dividends made By the Eastern mill
owners with what a crushing weight the
Indirect tax on the material of garments,
levied at ous custom houses, falls upon
the American laborer."" al aE
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tgFa 20 HARVEY WRIGHT.
P. S, If the friends see this and wish
to write, my post-ofice is Ogden, Henry
County, Ind. isqsi r., 7ueY H. w.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-03-13
THE SOUTH AND THE WEST.

The intimate trade relations that existed
between the Southern and Western States
before the war, are likely soon to revive. The
high price of cotton has turned the great mass
of the labor in the cotton districts to the cult
walton of this staple to the neglect of the
Ger calls.
The commercial and political effect Of such
a state of affairs at the South, seems to be
clearly understood by the principal organ of
one of the heaviest interests known to our
country. The following article from the "Ane-
rican Flour and Grain Reporter" of New
York, sets forth the case very, clearly:
Corn AND CoTToN.--A Macon exchange
states that little or no corn will be raised 10
the South this year, owing to the enormous
profits which are expected to be realized from
the growth of cotton. In view of the fact that
the South must buy all the breadstuffs it needs
the same paper says: I" The West must now
feed US; and if the freedman turns out to be
faithful laborer, the trade between the South
and West will exceed anything ever before
known"
There is scarcely any doubt but that the
South will devote its whole energies to the
raising Of cotton. 1t cannot possibly cost more
than eight cents pound in gold to grow it.,
while, if the crop turns out at all fair, it must
sell for over twenty-five cents a pound. So
large and SO certain a margin is rarely offered
for an agricultural product and all accounts
agree that, with the freedmen or without them,
very large amount will be raised if the sea-
son is at all propitious.
So great is the demand for white labor to
90 to the Southwest, that there is an absolute
scarcity of farm hands at the West, notwith-
standing the stoppage of the war; and wages
rule so high that farmers are holding meetings
to induce laborers to come from the East. In
deed, there is fear that the high price Of la
Dor and the rates charged for transportation
Of freight on the railroads will discourage the
growth of breadstuffs this year, when they
will be so much needed to feed the South.
The heavy trade which will spring up next
summer and fall between the South and West
will have important political as well as bust.
ness consequences.
1t will give great activity to the ship yar6s
to supply the immense feet of steamers which
will be needed on the Southern rivers to re
place those destroyed by the war while cities
like ST. Louis, Memphis, Cncinna
and Louisville, will add enormously to their
trade.
The more intimate commercial relations be
tween the South and West will not be with
out their influences on the fall elections. i
the present Congress persists in keeping the
South out of the Union, the West will bs
revolutionized politically when Congressman
are to be chosen. The Western people are
too generous as well as too shrewd to needless.
ly humiliate the section which will be theil
best customer.
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GEN. PRIM HEARD FROM.

General Prim, some time leader of little
revolt in Spain, has remained quiet since his
troops left him. He has just issued new
proclamation, dated at bis retreat in Portugal,
in which he explains the causes of his failure.
He says he counted on several regiments OF
the Spanish army, but only two came he
waited for two days in the suburbs OF Madrid,
but no supports arrived then he did the best
he could with the limited force at his conf
mand, and, being unable to do anything, with
drew into Portugal But he does not give up
for he adds: ... ......
" Because have entered Portugal, have !
terminated my work Do l acknowledge
myself vanquished =? Mo- thousand times,
no! The material obstacles which obige me
to stop will soon disappear. Tine forces of the
revolution remain the same, and change is
as indispensable as ever. Courage, Spaniards!
The day of redemption is approaching. We
have on our side strength and right. We
have commenced the struggle for the nation,
which cannot die. Our adversaries cannot
count ON themselves they only hope in our
weakness. A single victory will lead to our
triumph. Liberty, progress and the National
sovereignty forever"
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Exciting scene in a Church.

The First Presbyterian Church in Cincin-
natl has been the scene of hot beligerency.
The church has been much divided, during the
war, on political questions, the pastor being a
Radical Republican, while many of his con-
gregation were of the opposite persuasion.
At Church meeting, last Monday, for an
election Of elders, a squabble arose for the pos
session OF the Chair. The pastor was called to
occupy it. The opposition protested, and a
conflict ensued, which extended through the
entire assembly The fight waxed warm,
Female skirmishers advanced to the front
and delivered random fire at each other,
while~the sterner sex encouraged them for
ward, occasionally, by way of variety, tossing
a shell over the pews, or discharging broad
side of hymn books Above the roar Of con-
tlict were heard the cries of "order, "ayou abb
olitionist," sit down" ''get out, copperhead,"
&c. AT length the radicals came off victo-
rious, and DR.. Anderson retained the chair.
During the quiet which followed the storm,
the regulars and "copperheads" announced
their tickets, and ballotiDg commenced This
was a signal for the renewal of the contest.
Who should vote and who should not. now
became the question at ISSUE
The ladies screamed, and the gentlemen
used very strong language. The din was i'm
mense, but high above it was the voice Of MIR.
Cory crying tor his rights, and reterating
that he was baptised in that church. A ladys
voice exclaimed, Little good it did you, you
Internal copperhead." Mr.. Cory was seen to
extend the whole length of his bony arm, and
with clutching tinger-tips reach" again for
one of the gray-halred fathers of the church.
"..Ihere was much catching hold of gentlemen
by ladies, and many cries of ''Now, let me SO,
| tell you; just want to get at him." A
pew-holder, who had just voted, pronounced
the scene "the - row lie ever saw, even at
political meeting" Chairs were overturned;
the 'lie direct" was given by two gentlemen
at the stand a lady, slapped another lady's
face-sentIy the other 'iorgave" her !; the
pressure from the street became almost insult
ierable, for the excitement in the church soon
spread to the most fashionable thoroughfares
by a rumor that there was a fight in the YES
try. st So q,a
Finally, the affair eliminating, the regular
ticket was declared elected. and the laity dis
persed to their homes. IS - q Z