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The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22

The Personal Representation Society of
New York have presented a memorial to
the Convention, setting forth a plan for
representing the interests Of minorities in
the Legislature. Its main features are the
following: Let every candidate for the
Assembly who receives a certain number
Of votes-say 200-be declared elected
Let the number Of his votes count as so
many proxies in the decision Of every
question that comes before tie Assembly.
Tie unsuccessful candidates (of whom,
under free system Of choice there would
probably be large number would have
the the right, within fixed time after the
election, to transfer the votes Cor proxies)
they had received to any one of the elected
members, Or to complete the quota of one
or more of their own number By such
transfer. This is clearly just, since it
would not be right that those who had vo-
ted for unsuccessful candidates should be
disfranchsed. or lose their equal weight
in the Legislature. Each of the unsuc-
ccssful candidates would thus be, in this
matter, an 'attorney with the power of
substitution" Unless such transfer of
votes were allowed, voters would be res
trictcd in their choice to the candidates of
the great parties or other prominent candi
dates, from the apprehension that the per-
son for whom they voted might fail of re-
ceiving quota, and that thus their votes
might be lost. But by permitting this
transfer Of votes, each voter is secured the
fullest possible liberty in the choice of can
didates, without any danger of his vote
being thrown away. In the Assembly
thus composed, each OF the members would
vote On all divisions according to the num-
Der of votes which he had received, in the
election or by subsequent transfer from
unsuccessful candidates. His influence in
legislation would therefore be exactly
equal to the combined influence which
would be exerted by the number of voters
he represented, if they were voting in per-
son in one vast popular legislative body.
On the other hand, every single voter in
the State would have in the Legislature
member to whcri he had (either by his di-
rect proxy or by substitution of his direct
proxy iltrusted his share of political in
1uence.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22
Conversational PrOGIgacy.

re Rochester Union, referring to Blng-
hams charge that Schcnck was drunk says:
"Schenck is fair specimen of the major
ity of our rulers in Congress. a more
profigate and dcmoralizcd set of men than
the Senators and Representatives in the
present Congress never assembled at the
national capitol We have the evidence
of Col. Don. Piatt, one of the leaders of
the Republican party liz Ohio, that com
mittee of the House, at the last session, as
certaned the fact that high officer of the
government had robbed the public treasu
nv of million dollars, but smothered the
matter for the time being, lest it might
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22
WASHINGTON CRY. March 10. '61.

w ASi1lNO OI'
My Dear Case Our matter is in better
shape to-day, The President promised me
that this appointment should not be made
until next week, and / should have fair
hearing.
shall fear defeat, however, if [ not
get your written authority to guarantee that
your subordinate appointments shall be Sc
cured to the persons who helped me through
this matter, and that you authorize me TO
pledge you to perform the promises have
made, and that the surveyors and sub-con
tractors to be employed by you arc to be
at the joint disposal Of two other persons
and myself. Please copy and send me at
once the enclosed for t5at purpose.
Now, one word as to ourselves. 1t is
agreed that my brother Eli is to be Chief
Clerk, and my brother William, who is
now in Colorado, shall have such position
as he can fill, he having always been a
farmer. The ether | shall select when |
have more time. The surveying contracts,
&C., we will fix after the appointment by
meeting at Toledo or - or by agree
ment with - and others.
Now, IT get this, wdnt TO be .f"t
co-partacr ,cith you in the purchase of all
the real estate that you may make in that
Territory. have spent a good deal of
time and some money to get this place, and
if | do set it hope you will cheerfully go
with me. Ihavc dramn mp tie enclosed
agreement rhich lrish you ~ould sign and
keep, and copy one just like it, sign it, and
forward, and return the other agreement
Let me hear from you by return mail
and hurry along any letters and telegraphs
from men who can have influence here.
In haste, yours truly,
j. Nj. ASHLEY.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22

The Springfield, Massachusetts,, Repu6-
lican, while felicitating itself upon the
great radical victory in Tennessee, has
the honesty to confess that this triumph is
the work of despotism. This Springfield
journal thinks it matter Of congratula-
ton that all the unreconstructed States
will follow in the wake of Tennessee, but,
honesty being uppermost, acknowledges
that ''thc aeoy in which this is to happen
gives thoughtful men some anriettes for the
future" We quote very remarkable
passage from this candid paper:
"The foresight that the negro vote is to
control everything is not having iavora-
bic influence upon the white people of the
South, and We can not forget that the
whites constitute two-thirds of The popula-
ton of the States that are to be surrcn-
dered to the control of Eass of ignorant
blacks, and that these whites must inevi-
tably become the dominant class very soon,
whatever happens this year We
know what the Hunicutts and other lead
ers of the negroes have threatened and
what hopes and purposes they have raised
among their credulous followers Shall
zoe see B,o.rnlo,o despot;sm and anarchy
attended orer tie entire South Jor the nert
ten years; ); ard order prcsc, ccd only by
keeping tic eight millions Of ,rhttcs qNiet
under tie rule of tomr millions Of negroes
Ly stress of Federal JGyonets? If our
statesman could have taken a glance into
the future they would have seen that ''uni-
versal amnesty and universal suffrage" was
the true solution. This would have
averted the peril which is now so obvious
reconstruction by minority incapable
of governing wisely or of holding power
permanently, except by the continued sup
mort of tho Gauoral Govarpmoot
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22
WHY Is Efe

Here are some facts which the public
ought to consider:
l. The public debt in May, 1865, was
So ,Gs2 ,593 ,526. Two years later it is 81
600, ,5Sl ,2S9' Two years of Radical peace
have increased the public debt. Why is
itj
?. In May, 1865, American securities in
London were worth 73l and now III.
Two years of Radical peace have leSseuel
the credit of the Government. Why is it ?
5. In may, 1868, gold in New Y ork vas
worth l31 now l37. Two years of Radi-
cal peace have deprecated the currency.
Why is it?
We can tell you why; Within one week
after the surrender of Lee, it was obvious
to every body that the North had won
every thing it had professed to fight for;
and that peace, harmony and prosperity
were all within our reach. Just about
that time few leaders of the Republican
party conceived the idea of keeping the
South out of the Union until its political
power could be controlled for the benefit
of the thieves in Office. All the wrang-
ling, depression aud expense which have
resulted are due to this purpose alone. a
few villains and thieves in Congress arrest
the business Of this great nation until they
can subjugatc intelligent white men to the
rule of barbarian blacks, who will permit
them to steal perpetually.
There is no other reason in the world
why our debt is not greatly reduced, our
burdens lessened, our credit enhanced,
and our currency appreciated to nearly the
value of gold. We desire that our rea-
dcrs shall keep it pcrpetually in mind that
as war resulted from wicked means to OBJ
tain power, so do the burdens we bear
now result from equally wicked persons to
keep power. How long ?-Uaion Demo
crdt.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22

A young widow of Quincy, ILL.,, met a
stranger on the street, and asked him the
way he asked her if she was not widow
she said she was he said he was widow
er. doctor from Palmyra, Mo-, and pro-
posed matrimony on the spot; she blushed
and hesitaied wouldn't he come home to
sec her friends about it; the interview
was satisfactory, the marriage was arrang-
ed for next morning, the widows cash
(s4O) got into the doctors pocket. he
went to get shaved and has snever returned.
He even left her, cruel man, standing in
the public square while he ''just ran over
to the barber's." There was no such doc
tor in Palmyra, and the curtain drops on a
woman in tears.-Cdiro Democrat.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22

"That's what want to know y" cried
Jake, struggling for an upright position.
"HalIow who's fell dowt over my lees 2"
.'I'll let you know whose up! said the
voice of Mrs Blake, and the old lady
scrambled up only to go down over chair.
Jake started to obey, and just then the
Tiger, watch dog, hearing the rptoar
managed to break loose from his lair, and
rushing upon the scene, set up his best
bow-vOw.
The Squire had mortal horror of dogs.
and neither fear nor love was strong
enough to keep him quiescent now.
He sprang to his feet with yell; Will
followed. Kate full of alarm for her low
or, hoped out of bed and appeared with
flaming tallow dip. Peggy flung her
arms around the Squirc's neck with cry
of terror, and Jake was silent with amaze
ment Mrs. Blnke was the only one who
possessed her wits She seized the corn
poper, and laid about her with vigor. Her
aim was not always correct, and in conse-
quence, she smashed the looking glass in
thousand fragments, and knocked down
the clock from its shelf, and demolished
two bowls and pitcher that were quietly
reposing on the mantle.
The Squire broke from Peggy's embrace
and dashed out of the window; Will fol-
lowed him. and Mrs. Blake would have
pursued by the same outlet, but she was a
little too large to get through with ease.
A dreadful council was held; Jake
stormed Mrs. Blake threatened; and az
last Peggy and Kate confessed. And
Jake and his wife were so rejoced at the
prospect of getting rid of Peggy that they
forgave their daughter and took Will
Dartmouth home at the end of the year.
And in due time Peggy and the Squire
were made one flesh.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22
WASHINGTON, March IS, 1861.

w lOOI.
My Dear Case :-Everything here han gs
on hair. You must use the telegraph to
obtain letters and have them forwarded to
rue at once. Let the writers send them to
me instead of you.
If | get this appointment it will be the
date has done nothing. 1 have promised
all the subordinate places under you to get
help, and you must write me at once, au-
thorizing me fully, under your hand, to
make this good. 1 ask for three of the
places myself and give the rest to other
members who are helping me.
This is considered the best appointment
in all the Territories, and is the best of all
the Territorial appointments. / WANT To
HAVE AN INTEREST WITH YOU, IL [ GET
THE PLACE, IN CITY AND TOWN LOT SPEC
ULATIoNs. The Pacific railroad will go
through this Territory, and will be a for
tune TO us if can get it. There is some
fifty or more applications it. - has
promised to help me.
Write immediatel ly-make the letter
plain and unequivocal as to the appoint
ments | have promised. SO that can show
it, and on a separate piece Of paper sag
chat you hink Of my proposition for city
aad torn lot speculatioas.
will probably be Chairman of the Com
mittce on Territories, if we can carr out
the programme to elect Grow Speaker, and
your brother, Charley Case, of Indian,
Clerk, and then will know ali the propos-
ed expenditures in the Territories, AND
POST YOU IN ADVANCE. Write one letter
for me and TIE OTHER TC SHOW.
Damn your business in the Williams
County Court. Write and telegraph.
Truly, j. NJ. ASHLEY.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22
Radical COrruption
The SubiOined letters bavo lafalv

The subjoined letters have lately been
made public. Mr. Ashley is the great i'm
peacher. ard arrogates to himself all the
Write and honesty extant This is not
the only instance in which he attempted
to use his official position to advance his
personal interests. This effort at bribery
has been endorsed by Congress, the House
having pronounced them innocent. The
virtuous Ashley is just now under cloud.
and is learning that "the way of the trans
gressor is hard" Here are the letters:
WASHINGTON, March y, 1861.
My Dear Case Il have made some
progress to-day about the Suryeyorship of
Colorado. In order to secure the Indiana
delegation, and - TO operate on Smith
the Secretary of the Interior, have prom
ised that all the sub-appointments shall be
made by us jointly, giving them the first
choice. You must write me letter i'm
mediately. authorizing me to make that
pledge for you. 1 want you to write i'm
medlately to all your friends, and let them
"iitO iC'lCio CuuoISluS you aS Il practlcal
civil engineer and otherwise, and direct to
the Secretary of the Interior, but to me on
the envelop. 1 have written to - and
- twice on the subject, to get you the
endorsement of the Legislature. l have
not got it yet. Please write them. Char
ley feels delicacy in pressing your claim
because he expects to be candidate for
Clerk of the next House, and does not
want to run across the track of any one
What you do, do quickly.
Now, Frank, this is the best office, in
my judgment. in the gift of the President,
and | would resign to-day if I were sure l
could keep it four years. IF you get it,
rant TO un'te nth .you as FULL PARTNER
IN all tand speculations and torn sites. |
have worked earnestly and hard for you,
and hope to succeed. You do not stand as
much charce for the marshalship as you
do to be struck by lightning, and Kings
bury not much better-a little. This is
on the square. Truly yours,
j. NJ. ASHLEY.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22

The present President of the United
States declared at Louisville, Ky, in 1868,
that Kentucky loyalty is thing that
does not exist" aud which we believe has
not existed since this remarkably truthful
declartion was made. To have been n
Union man, or have served in the Union
army during the war. is equivalent to COM
plete banishment from society, and is
perpetual bar against being elected to any
public position in that State.-hdianopo-
Us Journal
The day on which this was written an
ex Federal officer was elected to an impor-
tant State Office in Kentucky by something
over fifty thousand majority.-Ne,c Al
bony Ledger.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22

QUERY.-[For those who are camor
ing for the maintenance of the faith Of tn,
nation Wasn't the faith OF the nation sol
emnly pledged, 1st that the war was no
waged for the purpose of interfering Will
the domestic institutions of the South
I'd, that it was not wagcd for the subjuga
ton or conquest of the South; Sd, that
the States of the South should be read
mtted into the Union with their sover
eighty, rights, aud even their dignity un-
impaired Wasn't the faith of the nation,
we ask, pledged to each of these proposi-
tions, and each ofhem broken! And by
whom? BY the very brazen villains who
are now appealing to the betrayed and beg
cared toilers ofthe land, and, in the name OF
the nations faith, forcsooth, asking them
to pay the bonded Shylocks their accursed
interest, and this, though their own little
ones shall 90 hungry and in rags!
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22

CHANGING THE TIME.-A person in
quired at one of the railway stations what
time the Z .45 rain would start, and was
told quarter to eight.
"Bless me, he exclaimed, "you are al
ways changing the time on this line"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22

An Irishman enlisted in the Sixty-eightl
Regiment, so as to be near his brother
who was in the Sixty-niufh.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22

A writer in the Paoli Eagle urges the
nomination of Hon James Nj. Hanna of
Sullivan county. as the Democratic candi-
date for Governor.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22

We think this extract from a medical
advertisement is entirely correct: "Caugh
while you can; for after yo1 have taken
one bottle of my mixture you can't.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1867-08-22
NOI,I.
BUT Err,
LILO TpR g.

INSURE YOUR LIVES for benefit of your
l. family with good LOCAL AGENTS, and nor
TRAVELLING STRANGERS. Policiesissued and losses
paid, through c.. REEVE.
March %, '65-vl0n3Otf
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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-24

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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-24

SArras AND MIS- niSaa. Persons
desirous Of haviag a view of tho plan +.
o. sstsrs and his circular ornaments.
cen chtsin Il by q good perspective
glass towards the Southern heavens.
II Ia rather an interesting spectacle
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rings sre Psssssted to the observer
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circumstance that will not again oc.
CUR for several years. On = clear
night good opera glass viii disclose
the ring.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-24

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vssl, Who ~ ~ ass,sy - ssrribly
eAss ~ vasss ssssa sssstsatiy ftom
H. pssss u ~ skia al over his
Seay.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-24

Caliiornians arc sdd,ns cheese
Manufacture 10 their othsS products
Judge Steele. Of Mann sounty, Who
owns . ranch Of 400 900 acres, man.
aisc.ares $50 pounds per day from
tho milk Of 100 cows. This sells in
San Fraacisco al ! $ cent. per pound,
which thus gives the manufacturer
W 300 pcr day from the article Of
cheese alone.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-24

A travelled friend informs " that
the universal Ysnk.s shows himself
u the Paris Exhibition il ono very
Characteristic -hspe, n the inventor
and mssiPulator Of = biscui, or
cracker mahisg msshine. lie il
lucky fsllow, with . rcd noss and Of
impsrtursbls cooInsss. snd his sharp
voies 10 constantly heard, saying
" Shove alosg some moss Of them air
biscuits, Hspssdish
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-24


ssd sosth As far down as tho eous-
ties Of Dal'ss and Tsrrsni IN fact,
all II the Prsr'c rcrfn". While JET
f6rs0n, by . 81 avt esnWrh 10 Mar
sAsll. wesld certainly divide With
esveport the trade lyisg vsst Of
Harrison, which trade, II these places
9ss1hs 70 20 operate together prompt.
". MI 70 ;" ISossson, II her road
hsal psasesaass thst region.
II would bs di4.SuIt to cxsggcrste
the Importance Of the Louisiana ccs-
sios. II would give The new State
tAe CONTROL c~te she improvements,
sud sbliss u TO the removal Of the
Two greatest Instructions 10 the sav'
iestios Of Red river, ta wit the diff
acultiea OF the ran region and the
clcsisg Of Tonsa bayou The grad
sal secsssissisa ~ the raft to a
ps.st above the csssl, wosld, With
out resort to some artificial means.
eonplstsly obs,ruet the navigation
above, while low water navigation Is
asw sssssssly impsriled BY the e1.
csaaivs volSne dchsuching through
Tosss bayou
When 70 consider the vast amount
of country yet TO be settled in Tex
-, Ne immense increase of its com.
nssGsl productions, the superiority
Of Ne river for all heavy freight, asd
Pslsst upon the fact, that this river
IL The only natural outlet, and how
losg u will ssAs 10 build roads 10 the
ntslssiPPi, ~ isssliiesa' people, II
vssh sssss, should spsss No rsins,
u lssst 10 Prcserve ~ psvisst'os, or
10 Improve II, and to ioin hands.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-24

II y stsasd that the seventeen
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Il AsbsAs IL ~ Ec~assisal Coaneil
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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-24

4 Fort Valley {Gs.) paper says
" Young people desiring to run away
AID marry vii ssd this place 70 II
ford I'll the facilities necessary for a
speedy anioa. Oss depot sysnt Is
an ordained misistss; our hotel keep.
o. prepares . vsddisg fssss thr.s
simss day, and half > dozen trains
leave a aiasrsat Intervals 10. differ
eat dsstiossioas."
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-24

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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-24

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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-24

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