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Democrats in the Union Army.

MIR. Nallandigham and other Dem
ocratic leaders have great deal to
say about the large number of Dem
ocrats in the army of the Union du-
ring the rebellion-eyen asserting
that majority of the soldiers were
from their party. 1t is due to truth
snd to thousands of brave, patriotic
Democrats, to say that, laying aside
party ties and prejudices, they did
enlist in the Union army, and, de-
spite the disloyal protests OF such
men as Vallandigham, and their cries
about an abolition war," they did
glorious service in accomplishing the
''failure" which the Chicago Conven-
tion of 1864 declared the war to be.
We cannot and would not withhold
the special honor due for the marked
disregard OF the protests of disloyal
leaders which characterized the pat
riotism of Democratic soldiers. But
what right have those leaders now
TO claim for their party the credit
due services rendered the country
against the protests of the partyf
Mr.. Vallandigham claims the distinc-
ton of being the author OF the Chi
cagO TIaIiOrIu, WHICH pronounced
the war failure" and boasts that
"not a man or a dollar" ever went to
support the war with his approval,
while at the same time he claims, as
matter of honor to his party, that
majority of those engaged in that
"failure" were Democrats! He m-
sists that the Republicans shall not
alone enjoy the honor of the "great
crime against liberty" which he has
uniformly declared the war to be. 1t
was not in accordance with ''Dem-
ocratic principles" from '6l to 90,
to be in the loyal army. Why is it
so in '67?
But there is a significant fact in
this connection, to which we desire
here to refer, to wit: That Of all the
hundreds of thousands of Democrats
asserted to have been IN the Union
army, not a single one is among
dose now making speeches in behalf
of the Democratic ticket! Why is
this? Why is the work of enlight-
ening and stirring up the pure
minds" of the Democracy left so ex-
clusively to those who during the
war were employed in getting up
Chicago Conventions to declare the
war "failure,' and denOuncing
those who took part in it as ''Lin-
coins hirelings?" This lisa peril.
nent question, which it would do well
for those to answer who clam for the
Democratic party credit for the SER
vice of the Democrats who went into
the army.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-20

:, .,cluding Wallachia, Moldavia, Servia
and Montenegro will heartily de.
sire her success.
4 If there be no intermeddling
Russia will drive the Turkish flag out
OF Europe in the course of two cam
Ipaigns. But Austria and France
are known to look with jealousy on
any extension Of Russian power
southwark, and it is wisely supposed
that the recent meeting of their two
Emperors at Salzburg had reference
to this matter. Suppose, then, that
Napoleon and Francis Joseph should
unite in saying to Alexander, "You
must not cross the Danube; we can
not allow you to seize Constantine
Iple"-what then?
Prussia-tO- day the most formida-
BILE military power OF EurOpe-is un-
derstOod to be in secret alliance with
Russia, and ready to say, whenever
the occasion shall be presented, "If
Russia is assailed from the West, her
quarrel Is mine" And, should
France actually throw her sword into
the scale, 1t is even hoped that Italy
will make common cause with Prussia
and Russia
In that case, the war will be prac-
tically one between the Mohammedan
allied with the Catholic and the non
Catholic powers; for Italy, owing to
the stubborn resistance of the Papacy
to her unity and nationality, is sub
stantially Protestant in her political
sympathies. Spain will be in SYM
pathy with France and Austria,
though unable to render them any
real assistance. England leans to
the Turkish side, but will not engage
in the war. Denmark may be drawn
into the French alliance, in the hope
of recovering her lost German prov
.inces. Sweden will remain neutral.
OF the South 6 erman States, Bavaria
may side with Austria; Baden with
Prussia. On the whole, the parties
will be pretty equally matched; but
the finances of Russia, though hardly
in fourishing condition, are in far
better condition than those Of Tur-
key; while Prussia is in this { as in
every other) respect an Overmatch
for Austria. France, if she should
enter the lists, will have to open her
purse to her needy and thriftless al
lies. How she proposes to make the
contest pay, is not apparent to the
disinterested; but the recent aggran-
diZement of Prussia and his own
misadventure in Mexico have made
Napoleon exceedingly sore, and he
is evidently bent on a restoration of
his damaged prestige at whatever
risk or cost. The greater Napoleon
fought himself back from the Elbe to
the Seine, and so to Elba and st.
Helena, because he ''could not sit on
a dishonored throne" His sue
cessor may follow his example rather
than profit by its lesson.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-20
The eLieutenant Generals.

We are asked by correspondent q
Byron, Illinois, for a statement il
reference to our Lieutenant Gener.
ais. The facts are follows:
George Washington, of glorious
memory, was the first Lieutenant
General appointed by our Govern
ment. He was nominated to the
Senate by President John Adams,
on July 2, 1898, was unanimously
confirmed the next day, and accepted
the appointment July 13, 1898, but
declined all the emoluments attached
TO the rank.
Winfield Scott was not full Lieu
tenant General, but Brevet Lieu
tenant General. He was brevetted
Lieutenant General February %,
1855, for eminent services in the war
with Mexico, to take such rank from
March 30, 1S47, the day upon which
the troops under his command cap
tured Vera Cruz. This brevet rank
expired with Scott.
Ulysses S Grant, under the act of
Congress approved February 90,
1854, reviving the grade OF Lieuten-
tant General, was nominated as such
to the Senate by Mr.. Lincoln, was
confirmed by the Senate March 3,
and March 10 was assigned to the
command of the armies of the United
States. The grade of General was
created by the act of July %, 1866.
and Grant was Immediately promoted
to that grade.
William Tecumseh Sherman, July
25, 1866, upon the promotion of Grant
to the grade of General, was also
raised to that of Lieutenant General,
which is now permanent grade in
the regular army of the United
States.
Thus the honors of the Lieutenant
Generally have up to this time been
attained only by the sons of Virginia
and Ohio, Washington and Scott
having been Virginians, and Grant,
although now of Illinois, was born in
Ohio, as was also Sherman.-Me
Great Republic.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-20
DOings Of the Democracy

Who robbed and murdered sol
diers in the streets of New York
City?
Democrats.
! Who shot soldiers in Crawford
county!
Democrats.
Who murdered soldiers in Mercer
county?
Democrats.
Who murdered soldiers in, Fair
field county?
Democrats.
Who shot out a soldiers eye on
the streets of Celina?
Democrats.
Who refused to arrest these Mer-
Ger county assassins?
Democrats.
Who got up instructions in Ohio
and Illinois to resist the draftf
Democrats.
Who said soldiers might "rot and
tester in southern prisons for all they
caredY'
Democrats.
Who voted against furnishing 9
man or dollar to prosecute the
war?
Vallandigham.
Who voted for Vallandigham for
the. highest office in the gift of the
people of the State?
Democrats.
Who declared the war "failure?'
Democrats.
Who oigAnized secret societies all
over the country TO assist the rebels:
Democrats.
Who refused to loan money to the
Government to pay sOldiersf
Democrats. ..
Who now call those that did loan
the Government money "bonded ar.
iistocrats?'
Democrats.
Who would now repudiate the
debt?
| Democrats.
Who passed resolutions favoring
the recognition of the rebelsf
Democrats.
! Who swore they would die fight
ing in their door yards before they
would go into the army?
/ Democrats.
Who bought revolvers to shoot
,. down officers of the Government
while enforcing the lawi
/ Democrats.
Who wished every man In the
Union army would be murdcredf
/ Democrats.
Who murdered Abraham LincOlni
Democrats.
i Who assisted the murderers TO es
cape?
Democrats.
/ Who stigmatized those who hung
the assassins as murderers and swort
that their lives should be taken?
| Democrats.
Who forced the war upon the
country?
| Democrats.
Who, lastly, were the leaders, ranE
and file of the Rebel Armyr
Democrats.
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time, and try that party that has SC
ably and faithfully governed the
State.
Do II. Brown and his supporters
and stumpers tell wilful and delib-
crate falsehood, when they make
such assertions ? Do they mean to
insult the intelligence of the voters
of our county by presuming that we
are so grossly ignorant ? Or they
themselves so inexcusably ignorant
and yet have the brazen effrontery to
ask to legislate for us!
MIR. Brown may be as exceedingly
popular as he fancies he is, but we do
not think him just the man to repre-
sent the Esd District, or that he will
be able to overcome its 2200 Union
majority. JUSTICE.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-20

with the elemental principles OF sur
ply and demand, haye been followeo
by riots, bloodshed, suffering anc
hunger Have you yet to learn
what the experience Of the world
teaches that Capital and Labor must
be harmonious are necessarily de
pendent one upon the other, and
must go hand in hand in order to Sc
cure the success and prosperity OF
either! Have you yet to learn that
if there were no capital the laborer
and his little ones must starve for
want of employment; that if there
were no labor, capital must be idle,
and riches worthless that capital and
labor combined, mighty harmon
Gus power, have built our railroads,
cities, palaces, and made us all We
are as a nation.
But we are tired. Mr.. Brown s
letter is long and heavy, and as he
says of our State debt don't "grow
beautifully less" (Another quota
tion.) At some other time we will
test his truthfulness, or ignorance,
regarding our State and National
finances. Let us enter into MIR.
Browns mania for poetical quotation
snd say of his letter sit is stale, fiat
and Improbable"
Before closing, we want to ask you,
Mr.. Brown, one question: You ex-
pect to be elected State Senator
We know, as you know, that the
Democratic party are determined TO
elect Vallandigham to the United
States Senate in place of that old 10y
al war horse, Ben. Wade. We know,
as you know, that, in 1868, when our
army, crushed but not conquered
at Chicamauga, penned up in the in
trenchments of Chattanooga, still
dauntless, making of their bodies a
living wall to stay the mad rush of
treason, sent their imploring pray
ers to the North for reinforcements,
and not only for reinfOrcements, but
for clothing to cover their nakedness,
and bread to satisfy their hunger !;
that in that dark and trying hour OF
of our country's peril, you sympa-
thised with, aided and voted for Val
landigham, a man tried and convict
ed of treason by the laws of his
country, for Governor of Ohio
Now, if elected TO the Senate, will
you vote fojVallandigham to repre-
sent our great and loyal State in the
National Senate Will you so vote
for a man repudiated by the loyal
people of Ohio, in 1868, by over
100, 600 majority?
Dare you answer this question ?
Will you answer it3
JUDGE.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-20
Democratic Principles as Ex.
pounded by III. Clay Dean.

i Dean, who is now running tn,
Democratic party in Iowa, delivered
q speech to the "faithful" at Knox
vile the other day. The Ottumws
Courier delivers from a full repor,
of his remarks o number of elegant
extracts: There is not 8
single rebel or traitor in the South
disfranchised. = God himself
dare not punish a man without q
trial, and yet our Government does
this all the time. The Re
lpublicans now license even houses
of ill fame, and put picture OF the
Virgin Mary on the license. =
There has not been a fair and free
election in this country for the last
six years. Every election in that
time has been vile farce, and there
has been no Congress in that time
either. Who have been ben
Gifted by the late quarrels in this
country? The soldiers who went
down South and burned cotton and
stole sugar, were burning their own
shirts and stealing sugar from their
own children. These MethO-
dist preachers! Why, I learned
most of them to preach, and now
they preach my old sermons over
till they run out of them, and then
they go to preaching politics. Let
these two penny preachers be driven
off, and let US have some who won't
meddle with politics. No
such debt as the public debt of this
country ever was paid, or ever ought
to be paid. = = If you have a
ten dollar greenback you have one
lie; If you get ten ones for it, you
have ten lies instead of one.
Washington, Adams, and the old
Revolutionary fathers repudiated the
old Continental currency. Old Moses
himself repudiated every fifty years.
= = Nine out of every ten men in
the world die without paying their
debts. No one generation
has right to fasten a debt ON the
succeeding generation. Ell
ther am the biggest fool that ever
was made, or else this country is
governed by the cursedest set of
IscOundrels the world ever saw. :
4 These National Banks are all
going to explode, and smash every.
thing. My closing advice to
you Is: Pay NO more taxes, do moth
ing more to support these bond hold
|ers, 60 home aud vote the Democrat
ic ticket, and you will 60 straight to
heaven"
"Tll tell you about jeff. Davis.
Abe Lincoln had a little difficulty
with him, and / make it rule never
to interfere with blackguards. There
never was crime perpetrated in the
history of the world that has not
had its exact counterpart in the con-
duct of Mr.. Lincoln. Abe Lincoln
was liar and perjurer, and has petit
larceny written all over his body,
from the crown of his head TO the
sole of his foot"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-20
An Ancient Coin.

In a jewelers. establishment inv ash
ington, there is ON exhibition a golC
coin, most remarkable in appearance
and OF the purest metal. 1t is abOu
.Ls siae ef half eagle. remarkably
fresh looking, the inner side fwhicl
is cOncave, with raised chariot, hav
ing seated in it skeleton pointing
ahead with rapier, and drawn by
two spirited horses. The outer side
bears an elaborate profile of a female
with her head decorated in the man
ner worn by the crowned heads a
the time the coin was issued, 2,20(
years ago. Its weight Is five and-a a
half pennyweights, or, as near a:
may be in value, about five dollars
The coin was at one time in possess
ion of Rev. w. w. Eddy, missionary
to Assyria, who thus describes how
he came iu possession of it:
A coin of Philip of Macedon, faith
er of Alexander of Macedon. who
reigned about three hundred and
forty years before Christ, and conse
quently is twenty-five hundred year:
old was, found in a garden adjoin
ing Sldon, Tyre, among the ruins o.
the ancoient city. Two jars contain
ing coins of Philip and Alexander
were found in the ground by the
workmen digging, and the contents
divided among them. The Turkish
Government claim all such treasures
and hearing of the discovery, impris
oned al! the workmen till they gave
up nearly all the coins. These they
Immediately melted up for new coin,
age. A Mohammedan woman who
was with the workmen obtained some
of the coins, and swearied out the
government by her endurance of
while denying the pos
session of any treasures. After hel
release / obtained the coin, with very
great difficulty, from her, through heI
fear of another arrest.
Some time since this coin was de
posted with Mr.. c. r. Brown, q
jeweler of Saratoga, who was offered
by q well known antiquarian, the sum
of 81, 200, but being instructed not to
part with it at any price, the offer
was rejected.
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Impeachment.

The New York Nation is forced to
take the following advance step re-
garding Mr.. Johnson:
We have opposed with such argu-
ments and with as much earnestness
as we had at cOmmand, the attempts
made during the past year to i'm
peach the President. We did so
from the belief, which we still retain,
that up to this summer he had done
nothing to justify resort to so dan
gerOus a precedent. But we have no
hesitation in saying that should he
attempt, as he seems now likely to
do, to prolong the conflict between
himself and Congress-; should he per-
sist in claiming for himself the right
either to legislate or to Judge what
laws are constitutional or expedient,
and by that judgment regulate his
official conduct; should he, in short,
either by the kind of men he selects
for cabinet ministers or for military
commands, or by the instructions he
gives them, show unmistakably that
he aimed at multiplying a law of Con-
gress, or executing it in manner
different from that in which the leg
islature intended it to be executed,
it will be the bounden duty of the
Legislature to remove him, even il he
has not proved himself guilty of any
technical violations of duty. He
might stay within the letter of the
law and yet pardon Jefferson Davis
and Breckenridge and put them both
in his cabinet, and put Robert f. Lee
in the War Department, but the
country would not tolerate it come
what might. If he obstiEately per-
|severes in refusing to acknowledge
his subordination to Congress, every
consideration of safety and duty calls
for his removal. The spirit he is
displaying is the legitimate result Of
the extraordinary extension given TO
the power executive during the war.
1t must be crushed at once, and
crushed so sternly and effectually
that no future President will even
allow it TO take possession of him.
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Retiring Champions.

The Chicago Tribune thinks the
example set by Bonner, in purchas-
ing and retiring from the turf of the
horse Dexter, at the moment he had
reached his zenith and the highest
point yet attained by horse flesh, is
suggestive of what might be done in
behalf of the great men who succeed
one another in the struggles upon
the political course. "An association
of humanitarians," says that paper,
"might be Organizad, and when the
great man has reached the point
where he s.ends without rival
when any further victory by him
must be over himself, and not over
others--it should interpOse kindly TO
withdraw him, and place him among
the nations idols, an object of venera-
tion and homage for all time, and an
example of greatness upon which the
ambitious may gaze without rivalry
and without detraction. There are
at this moment at least q scorc o:
public men who have had recorded in
time past to their honor bright deeds
of craftsmanship and public service,
but who, by too protrscted contin-
nance upon the course, are losing
character by comparison with young
er and better rivals. We have soci-
eties for the Preservation Of Game.
let us have one for the Preservation
of Fame. G @ I
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EFFECT OF JoHNsoN's Policy
The Salisbury Md. } New Era says;
''The effect OF the Presidents re-
creancy is being made apparent,
even on our streets. The "hurrah
for jeff. Dayisr" again greets our
ears, and those who have for some
time smothered their antagonism for
Republicanism are now growing de-
6ant.h --L Sc .il- ,-,ss
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e. Il. ID U N N,
ATTORNEY at Law.

lITILL practice in Hancock and adjoining
w counties, will make collections at very
reasonable rates. AHregular authorized
sy. Bach PAY, Consultation OF Ratfons. LOST
Dor es, or any other claims against the Gov
ernmspt.r A Justice of the Peace, will make
Deeds and Mortgages, and always promptly
attend to xll business entrusted 10 his care
and solicits share OF patrona once IL
Wilson'S Block, Main street, FinTT Ohlo-
decaspo32ly
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BANK,
CARLINS G. CO., Bankers.

nFFICE at the old stand, West end Of Tay
lor'e Block, opposite the Court House.
OS5ce open for 6usine Inn so'clock 10
l2a. M, and from O'Clock 10 p. NJ.
Exchange, Coin and Government securi'
ties bought and sold, ana . General Banking
Business done.
N.B-Interest paid on special deposits on
Agreement st the rate Of frou eight 10 ten
per cent. per annun, as per length Of time.
Also, Special Agents for Jay Cook Co.,
for the conversion OF 7-s0's into Government
Consols. or 5.20's as they are generally cali
ed. -...-rs-...s q - apr26no49.lyr b.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-20

General Sheridan is expected in
Washington this week. He will pass
through Chicago and New York on
his way.
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New Law Firm.
'''' LAW i,'A' OFFICE. 1l; T :
THROWN 6 BOPE

Is Having formed a co-partnership. VIII
nromntly afterd 10 all business, in and out OF
Eourts. requiring the services OF an attor-
aey. and to the collection OF all Claims
.rsinst the Government, or otherwise.
Ofice over ..Head- Quarters" Findlay, o.
Aug. .2l, 1s65-12i4lr.
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HENRY BRovE J.P. BUREET.
nROWN. & BURKET.
ID Attorneys at Law,
will attend to ali business entrusted to theii
sare in Hancock and adjoining counties.
OFFICE:
Deer Green's Drug Store, opposite Court House
FINDLAY, OHIO,
srParticulsr attention given TO Coliec
lions; Foreclosures of Mortgages. PartitioDinl
OF lands, Guardisn and Administration mat
ars 'TTI tEE Jan. ~. 6S
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. Senatorial NOMINATION..

Henry Brown, Esq of Findlay,
o., has been appointed by the cop
perhead Democracy for State Sena-
tor in the place Of ]. G. Haley, Of
Henry county, who "backed out, ~
because he did not consider himself
capable of "lifting the veil" Mr.
Brown, we judge from his long.
winded letter of acceptance, ha:
more self esteem than solid sense
Waxseoa RepEkltesn,
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Notice.

tNNHE Undersigned nss been appointed and
Il qualified administrator of Sarah A. Nc
flntirs. late of Hancock county, OHIO, de-
ceased.
| septenol6.3w LoRENZo SHiPPf.
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ERtrikin & Ballard,
Physicians & Surgeons,
FIND Az, OHIO.

~ OFFICE-In the room formerly occu-
pied by DIR. Entrikin.
:. eloaed by cash or note. In future, settle
@Syill be promptly made every SIX