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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02
The Purpose Behind the Veto.


tits hoped by the majority of Con-
gEess, and by the people, that the work
Of reconstruction will steadily progress
to its cOnsummation, so that the Union
will be completely restored. within a
year. We hope so, too. We sincerely
nope that the Presidential election, next
year, may be participated in by all the
states, fully restored to their cOnsti tu-
tIonaL relations. This desirable result
Will close up and preclude all questions
as TO the cnnstitutiOnality of the cleo
tiOn. It viii take from the canvass the
dang erous heat of revolutionary pas
sion. Better than all, such result will
forever conclude and finish in the most
appropriate and happy manner the
great work of reconstruction. All the
jealousles, the eXcitements, the wrang-
ling and the perplexities Of the present
era OF reconstruction will die out in a
popular as well as loyal reunion of the
states, aud the old oneness of the peO-
pie VIII be everywhere restored in the
great net Of electing q new chief magis-
tTate III which the whole people shall
have choice and Il voice. The most ap-
propriate conclusion of reconstruction
IS a general election and that such an
cnnnOt be doubted.
But it is as evident as the darkness of
midnight that the President, and the
party, or combination of which he is
the puppet, do not mean that this shall
occur. For two years, Andrew john
son has succeeded in battling and post
pOning reconstruction. The nearer the
Presidential election approaches, the
more determined he appears that the
matter shall not be concluded until
after the event. The purpose Of the
clique of which Secretary Seward is
the head and Andrew johnson is the
mouthpiece is plain to prevent, at all
hazards, the accomplishment of re-uhI-
on until after the Presidential election.
in order to, give the Democratic partv-.
of whose revived strength they will be
the managers and wire-pullers-the
benefit of the excitement, the benefit of
the constitutional doubts which may be
raised of the validity of the election,
the benefit of the revolutionary plots
and tire benefit of the legal bubbles
and questions that may be raised both
during the canvas and after the election;
and the crOwning benefit Of the disap-
pointment aud jeaIousies that may and
naturally will arise in the South, even
among Union men, at their exclusion
from an election which is to choose the
rulers who are to govern them for the
ensuing four years.-DetrOtt Post.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02
MOre EthnOIogy.

A Committee on the part of the
State "Rights Society,"" consisting of
Mr.. r. G.. Horton, editor of The New
York Day Book, Mr.. John Mulally, edi-
tor of The Metropolitan Record, and a
Mr.. NJ. II. DuckWOrth, of whom we are
ashamed to say we never heard before,
have presented a memorial to the Con-
stitutiOnal Convention against negro
suffrage. Candor compels us to state
that the arguments set forth in the
memorial are not Of that sound and
convincing character which we might
have expected from such distinguished
siRnefs. They may be reduced to these:
l. Thomas Jefferson says that 'all men
'sre created free and equal" therefore
he meant TO say Gall aDhite men are ere
ated equal 2. Negroes are not like
white men therefore they cannot be
politically equal TO white men. 3. If
you admit black persons to the polls
you must admit them to the parlor; If
they once get into the parlor they Will
inevitably marry your dRug htPrs. 4.
Every normal white man is competent
TO be Chtet-Justice or GenerRl-in-ChIef
Of the Army; every normal negro is
not therefore no negro ought to vote.
The first of these arguments Is alto
gebher beyond our comprehension, and
we shall therefore not try to refute it..
The second might apply quite as wellt o
the Saxon and Celtic as to the African
anu SaueaSiah races Inere DelhGs as
every body knows, a good deal more
difference between say a Sixth Ward
lrishmHn, newly nHturalized, and q
Boston or South Carolina gentleman,
than between a Southern planter and
his octoroon offspring. Something like
the third argument we have encounter
ed before in the sermons of the Rev.
Petroleum v. Nasby. Ifthe daughters
Of good Democrats find a negro who
can vote perfectly irresistible, and a ne
gro who can't vote utterly 1oathsome
and abominable, they must be different
ly organized from other girls, and quite
unlike any young ladies whom we ev-
er met, To the last reason Of all we
might object that the sequence. of the
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

HEM !-This is what our old clock
says, just before it is going to speak.
If you wake up in the night, and hear
somebody say Chem 70 then you may
know that the old clock i5 going to say
ing-likely tell you what hour
of the night it is. This arrangement is
very. convenient for us to keep our ears
open to hear the story, whatever it is
Our neighbOr, Jack, come iD, some
times, to see us, and he never can talk
much. It is because he hasn't much of
anything to say. But as soon as you
hear him say Hem 3" you may expect
him to say something in few minutes.
de does that, so you may be on the
lookout for what is to come next.
Benny was one Of those who were ap-
pointed to speak at the next school ex-
hibition. He could do very well, when
there were only familiar faces around
him. But now there were likely to be
many new faces, and many sharp eyes
looking at him. The hour arrived, and
he went out upon the stand. He stood.
Byand by he said ffHem I" This was
a good sign. Something WAS coming
That is just the way the clock always
did. After awhile he said "Hem !"
the second time, which / had never
heard done before. / never heard the
old clock do it, nor neighbOr Jack. I
trembled for the boy, and had good
reason; for it was all over with him for
that time. So it proved. The old clock
is the standard. Never say "Heml" but
once, then go ahead. ". O. G.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02
I Conservaf1sn.

The political unfaithfuIness in the
Republican party which calls itself
-COnservat tisn, so far from conserving
Constitution and law, has invariably
supported she traupling on both by ar
bltrary power. It resisted COngression-
al government of the rebel States by
law, because itwas Radical, and sup
ported military government because it
was Conservative. 1t resisted the en-
actment of laws by Congress to govern
reconstruction, because that was Rad
ical, and supported JohnsOn's arbitrary
and illegal recOnstructiOns because that
was Conservative. It opposed the legal
creation of provisional civil govern
ments in the rebel States, because that
was Radical, and at last il supported
the creation of absolute military gov
ernment. It opposed the exercise Of the
constitutional power to impeach John
son, because that was Radical, and it
supported at last the stripping him of
the executive power. It is this Con-
servatism, which is but another name
for unfaithfulness, that has prolonged
and enlarged the exercise of arbitrary
power, and prevented the restoration
of law, security and tranquility.
--Ct7l. GGz.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02
Praxiteles and Phryne.

A thousand silent years ago,
The starlight faint and pale
Was drawing on the sunset glow
Its soft and shadoBry veil;
When from his work the Sculptor stayed
his hand and turned to one
Who stood beside him, half in shade,
said with sigh, H 'Tis DONE
'Phryne, thy human lips shall pale,
Thy rounded limbs decay,
Nor love nor prayers can aught avail
To bid thy beauty stay
"But there thy smile for centuries
On marble lips shall live
For Art can grant what Love denies
And TX the fugitive.
Lhade
''sad thOughti nor age nor death shall
The youth Of this cold dust; [made,
When the quick brain and hand that
And thou and I, are dust
when all our hopes and fears are dead,
And both our hearts are cold,
And Love is like a tame that's played,
And Life tale that's told,
'sThis counterfeit Of senseIess stone,
That no sweet blush can warm,
The same enchanting look shall own,
The same enchanting form.
"And there upon that silent face
Shall unborn ages see
Perennial youth, perennial grace,
And sealed serenity.
And strangers, when we sleep IN peace,
Shall say, not quite unmoved,
So smiled upon PraxiteIes
The Phryne whom he loved
W y. stony.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

BEN. WADE AND JOSHUA r. GIDDINGs
Benjamin Wade and the late Joshua
r. Giddings used to be constant COM
petitors at the bar in "old benighted
Ashtabula," their place of residence
In the early part of his practice, Wade
was defending a man against an action
of slander, and, after having concluded
a very effective speech to the jury, sat
awkwardly leaning backward, his feet
on the council table, and facing Gid
dings, who was attempting to be elo-
quent In behalf Of his slaudered client.
"Old Gid,' as he was familliarly called
knew little smathering of Shakes
peare, and now determined to bring
that great author TO his aid.
Gentlemen of the jury" said he,
with much ardOr,
s'IIe that steals my purse, steals trash;
But he that robs me of my good name-'
(Ahem y
At this point, to his great discomfi-
ture, Shakespeare deserted him. He re-
peated,
Is But he that robs me OF my good name %
(Another pause)
Takes that / never had, >" whispered
Wade, as il prompting him, and so
distinctly as to be heard by all in the
room.
Amid the laughter and his own con-
fusion, Giddings brought his speech to
such lame and impotent conclusion"
that HIS client recovered but six and a
quarter cents for his lost character.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

TEE CONsTTTUTFoN.--hI Montgomery
Blair is stumping Virginia in behalf of
Democracy, and in a late speech accus-
ed the Republicans Of being the only
party that ever existed in this country
that. did not at heart profess to act in
difference to the Constitution. We beg
leave to inform Mr.. Blair that the Re
publican party has done more to pre-
serve the Constitution than all the other
parties combined; that had il not been
for Republican energy and wisdom he
would not now have a Constitution to
talk about. Where would the COnsti-
tuition be If the Democratic party had
been entrusted with its care Probably
in some old paper shop. We have no
ticed that the noise about the violation
of the Constitution generally comes
from the men who did the most to de-
strOy or the least to preserve it. The
rebels who abjured its authority and
tried to slash it 10 pieces with the drawn
sword, are now eager to use it as the
means of getting into power. Mr..
Johnson, who once had the effrOntery
to say, FNVhenever you hear a man pra-
ting about the Constitution, spot him
he is a traitor" now talks more of it,
aud does less for it, than any public
man in America; Mr.. Blair's new
friends, the Democrats, throughout the
war gave all their sympathies to the
sworn foes of the Constitution. The
Republican party not only preserved
the sacred instrument, but improved It..
Let it never be forgotten that to Repub-
licanism the Constitution owes Article
XII, prohibiting Slavery throughout
the United States.-N. 7. Tribune.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

BIRTH AND DEATH RATE or THE
Notwithstanding have calculated
that if the population of the world
amounts to between i l.200. 600 .0oO. and
1900, 000, 900 persons, the number of
deaths in year would be about 80 ,O0G,-
600. Assuming the correctness Of this
calculation, says the London Lancet,
the deaths each day would be nearly
$1,000; 5000 per hour, 90 per minute,
and thus-every second would carry iatO
entornity one human life from one part
of the world TO another. But reproduce
tion asserts its superior power for on
calculating the probable annual births
on the globe, the result shows that
whereas so persons die per minute, 20
children are born, and thus the increase
of the population is kept up.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

WEEDS was once walking with
farmer through a beautiful field, when
he chapced to see a tall thistle growing
on the other side of the fence. In an
instant he sprang over the fence, and
cut it off close to the ground.
t'Is that your field p I asked.
go no." said the farmer. Wbut bad
weeds don't care much for fences, and
if I should leave that thistle TO blossom
i'm my neighbor's field, i should have
plenty in my own"
wish all the fathers and mothers in
our dear little CUrporals Army would
think Of that. Tie eyU weeds ig9 yO9lT
HeighbOT'S field lgiH scatter seeds into yOur
0t0n. So it is worth while to pull them
up IN self-defense. Try to influence the
little, untaught child 10 follow the
Good, the True, and the Beautiful, not
only for his own sake, but lest he SOW
evil seed in the heart ofyour own child,
in spite of all your careful tending.
Every weed pulled up in your neigh
boris field, is dangerous enemy driv-
en- away from your own. I.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
School Examiners Notice

YTEREAFTER, and until further notice, the
~ School Examiners Of Delaware county VIII
meet at TEMPLAR HALL, in the town Of Delaware
on the First and Thud Saturdays Of March, the
First, Second aud Third Saturdays OF April, the
First Saturday OF May the Fourth saturday OF Sep
tember, the Second and Fourth Saturdays OF Oc-
tober, the First Second, Third and Fourth SAtUF-
days Of November and the First Saturday OF De-
cembeF.
They will meet at the SCHOOL HOUSE, in DEL
HI. on the Fourth Saturday Of April, and the First
saturday Of October and at the SCHOOL HOUSE
i1 STINBURY, on the Second Saturday Of May, ana
the Third Saturday OF October.
Candidates must present satisfactory testimO-
mails OF good moral character and the law re-
quires. q condition o. examination, that each
applicant for certificate shall pay q fee Of so
cents.
No certificate is granted uaisss the candidate is
'tqualhed 70 teach All the branches na med in the
law namslY Orthography, Reading, Writing
Arithmstie, Geography, English or amman and
possusses an adequate knowledge OF the theory and
practice or teaching.'' -
Examinations viii commence at 10 O'Clock, A.
n. and will be conducted 90 far possible IN
writing. Zach candidate tB requested 20 bring
two sheets Of cap paper, and pencil and q stamp
ed envelope directed TO himself, which the
certificate awarded will be mailed TO him, or no
tice OF failure.
,. S. CAMPBELL,
Jan. Is 1s67.~tE Clerk.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02
NO. 19.

/ conclusion from the premises is not
| clear but we might also demur to the
/ proposition that every ordinary white
man is fit to be judge or a general.
We have tried several white men in
both capacities, and have found them
conspicuous failures. We are not with
out serious misgivings that Mr.. Mulal-
ly himself is not exactly a Kent or a
Marshall, and that had Mr. NJ. Fl. Duck
worth commanded the Army of the
Potomac, Richmond would never have
been taken.
For sweepingand aUdaciOus assertions
we never met with anybody equal to
this committee in the whole course of
our lives. Here are some specimens of
their impudence The educated negro,
whenever he gets a chance, relapses in
stantly into his original A frican barbar-
ism. He "caunot be included in the
''same government with white men"
He never has comprehended, and never
can comprehend, the principles of ciYil
and religious liberty. Unless govern
ment can confer powers Of mind upon
him il can do nothing for him whatever.
There must be one law for women and
another law for men, one law for blacks
and another law for whites.
We are not very fond of comic resolu-
tIOns Of Congress, but after reading the
views of the States Rights Society we
are halftempted to approve Mr.. Broom
all's proposition fer the appointment of
a standing committee of Political Eth
noiOgy, to take cOgnizance of all mat
ters pertaining to the origin, difference
and political rights of the various races
Of Americs.--M 7. Tribune.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02
4 RESOLUTTON

Relative to an amendment of the Constttu-
ton providing for the extension Of the
elective franchise.
Resolved By he General Assembly qf the State Of
Ohio (three-hfths OF she members elected to each
House agreeing thereto), That it be and is hereby
proposed TO the electors Of fhis STATE to vote at
the next annual October election, upon the ap-
pToyal or rejection Of the following amendment as
a substitute for the rst section OF the hfth Rrti-
Gle of the Constitution Of this State t0- It: Every
male citizen OF the United StateB, Of the age OF
twenty -one years. who shall have been R-resident
OF the State year next preceding the election,
aud Of the county, township, or ward in which he
resides, such time as may be provided by law,
except such persons as have borne arms in support
Of any insurrectton or rebellion against the Cow
ernment OF the United Staies or have led from
their places Of residence TO avoid being drafted
into the military service thereof or have deserted
the military or naval service Of said Government
in time Of war and have not subseQ Quently been
honorably discharged from the same, shall have
the qualihcat ions Of electOr and be entitled to
vote At all elections.
I'D. A. PARROT,
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
ANDREW 6. McBURURY,
President Of inc Senate
Passed April 9, 1857.
April s, 1s67-sm.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

General HAYES, the mongreI candidate for
Governor of Ohio, is said to be a large stock
holder in a New England wooden mill, that
yields him profit of 90 to 80 per cent. This
fact will explain why Hayes voted i'm favor
of conferring special privileges upon the
manufacturers, sOas TO afford them addition
al protection" thereby increasing their al
ready cnorn ous profits; and refused TO vote
enc cent toward protecting the wool growers
Of Ohio. No farmer, to be consistent, can
vote for r. B. Hayes for GOvernor.-Art. Ve7-
non Banner.
General Hayes is not the mongrel candi-
date Tor Governor of Ohio, or any other
Statei he is not q stOckholder in a New Eng
l{lnu or any other Woolen mill; he does not
draw dividend Of 90 TO so per cent, or any
other per cent, from a New England woOlen
mill or any other woOlen mill; he did not
vote IN favor of Couferring special privileges
upon the manufacturers, did not vote to ot-
Iofu them additional or anW protection, md
utu not increase their already enOrm0uH
pronls, beyond what increase might be de-
rived nom the gorgeous rRtment worn by
the General .habitually, and paid for By him;
ne did not refuse TO vote one cent toward
protecting the wool growers OF Ohio but
voted expressly for the protection of wool
growers, in q bill drawn for that express
purpose; ana finally, every farmer, to be
consistent must vote for r., B, Hayes for
Governor. Beyond these trlfing inaccurO-
cies OF the Banner, its article is correct
Columbus Journal.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

"a LEX. AUSTIN, respectfully inforFre shs citizens
Al Of Delaware, that he is sill pr.par ed TO at
tenQ 20 All their FequiremsRts ia any department
OF tAs 5aF oeTing profession. Particular !. lssLiop
paid % Hair Dressing, COurinE, &c He elso has q
Laundry where everything from a coarse flannel
garment 70 the huest Ia Q Handkerchief viii be
washed and done up in the most approved rlyle
aRd Witb great care Sc The most reasonable rates
The patronage q the public is solicited. shop
under TemplRr Hall.
jan. IS '67-6 A AUSTIN.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02
Wife and L

She who sleeps upon my heart, --
Was the first to win it;
She who dreams upon my breast,
Ever reigns within it
She who kisses oft my lips,
Wakes the Warmest blessing;
She who rests within my arms,
Feels their closest pressing.
Other days than these shall come,
Days that may be dreary;
Other hours shall greet US yet,
Hours that may be weary;
Still this heart shall be thine home,
StiII this breast thy pillow, -
Still these lips meet thine as oft
Billow meeteth biIoW.
Sleep then on my happy heart,
Since thy love hath won it;
Dream, then, on my loyal breast
None but thou hast done it;
And when age our bloom shall change
With its wintry weather,
May we in the seIf-same grave
Sleep and dream together!
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

a Lone PAUsn.--A story is told Of a
soldier who, about one hundred and
fifty years'0Eo was frozen in Siberia
The last expression be made was.-
sit is eN--," He then froze as stiff as
marble. In the summer Of 1850, some
French physicians found him after hav-
ing laid frozen one hundred and fifty
years. They gradually thawed him,
and upon animation being restored, he
concluded his sentence with sie2edingly
cOld."
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

SEvERE.-The Paris correspondent Of
the Boston Transcript, thus speaks Of
the working girls of Paris
There is something rotten at the core
when the girls in every worEman's fami-
" walk the streets each night ia shame
after having worked all day for thirty
five sous.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

THE CELESTIAL. STATE.-Old Ricketts,
was man Of labor, and had little or
no time to devote TO speculation on the
future. He was, withal, rather uncouth
in the use of language. One day, while
engaged in stopping hog holes about
his place, he was approached by a col
porteer, and presented with tract.
'What's all this abOut'3'' demanded
Mr.. Ricketts,.
''That sir, is a book describing the
Celestial State, was the reply.
Celestial State ~ said Ricketts, Tin
what section is that ?"
"My worthy friend, fear you have
not" .Ir
s'WeIl, never. mind" interrupted
Ricketts,, 81 don't want to hear about
any better State than Pennsylvania.
intend to live and die right here, if
can keep them darned hogs out !"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

HBIa, heard an angel speak, to-
day - said little girl, one evening.
"What did the angel say ? and why
do you think it WAS an angel % asked
her ma.
''I was hurting kitty, and the angel
said sDontr No one was by but tho
angels"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02
Sherifs Sale.

Grattan 3. Cave Plaintiff, I IN pursuance Of the
~ c1mmau de uf ore
Wilson HoCsrty, h. al der Of sale iss9ed from
Defendants, the Court OF Common
Pleas OF Delaware County, Ohio, and 70 me dirsc-
ted, shall offer for sale AZ public Vsndue. the
door Or the Court House, in the Town Of Delaware
n said County, on
The 9th day ofAUGUST, A. D., 1867,
st O'Clock, P. n, the following described Real
Estate, 70 wit ''situEfod in the county Of Della
ware, and STATE Of Ohio and in Sec 1, Township A.
Range 18 being the undivided haIf OF the follow
ing described tract of land IN said section. Be
ginning At ehs center or the stats road leading
through Berlin Tp-, 20 the Town Of Delaware, 10
ths osnter Of Alum Creek eastWardly parallel with
said road 70 an Ash stump thence n 60 degrees
r. 80 rods 20 the center Of Alum Creek, thence
80uthWardly and down the Center OF Alum Greek,
% the place Of beginning. Also the undivided
half Of another track Of land In said section be-
ginning in the North side Of the state road SIX
rods south east Of the corner Of land formerly
owned By HeurV Robson, adjoining on the north
side Of the Stats road, thence n. Z. AZ right an.
Eles with the road (9l rods, thence east 10 the
center Of Alum Creek, thanOs do va 8 aid creek y
the center or She other stahs road, thence TO the
place Of beginning. Supposed % contain four ~
acres in all.
JNO. W. LADD, sberig,
July5, 1915, spf.slO,Bo and Haster Comir.