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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-22
UNION STATE PLATFORM.

The Uuion Republican party OF
Ohio, in Convention assembled de-
clare,
lst. That one of the great lessons OF
tie war is that the American people
are Il nation aud not COnlederlry OF
sovereign and independent States.
ID. That our existence rs Il nation is
based on the great principles an
nounced in the Declaration of indie
pendence, aud vindicatcd by the pro-
clamation ofcmancipatiOn the cUnSti-
tutional amendment aboliShing slave
~, and the spirit Of republican Dcnl-
ocracy and justice, which underlies
the reconstruction policy of the 30th
and 10th Congresses, which we here
by fully indOrse, and which we de-
mand shall be carried into complete
effect by every needful act ofauditlon-
nj legislation.
Sd. That while We will always cher
ish and defend the American system
of local and municipal self-gOvCrn-
ments for local purposes, and ma
tiOnal government for national pur-
poses, aud while we are unaltcrably
opposed to all attempts ut ccntraliza-
tion or consolidation of power any
where, we hold that liberty and hui
man rights constitute our great ma
tional boon, which local or State or
ganizations must not be allowed to
lbridge or take away.
4th That imbued with the spirit Of
true Democracy. and believing that
the powers necessary for the purpose
ofattainimg the ends Of governments
ought not to be restricted to Il
privileged class, but should be vested
in the whole people, without unjust
or odious distinctions, or qualitica-
tions not equally attainable by all I;
and further believing that these sem
timents are in strict accordance with
the spirit and tendency of modern
civilization, we place ourselves on the
simple and broad platform of fimpar-
tial manhood suffrage, as embodied in
the proposed amendment to the state
Constitution, appealing to and abid-
ing in the intelligence, justice and
patriotism of the people OF Ohio to APP
prove it at the ballot box.
9th. The American people owe 4
debt oigratitude to the brave soldiers
aad sailors who in the late struggle
for our national existence, 80 nObly
fought for our liberties, and for the
priYations, sufierings, aud sacrifices,
which they endured. The loyal men
of Ohio hereby pledge to them and
to the widows and orphans OF those
who fell In defense of the nation, our
sympathies and substantial support.
9th. That we approve and endorse
the military administration of our dis
tinguished fellow-citizen MajOr-Gen.
phll. II. Sheridan, in Louisiana and
Texas, and pledge him and the mill
tary commanders in the several mill
tary districts of the South. the cordial
support of the Union men of Ohio in
their efforts to protect the loyal peO-
pie of the late rebel States. and to Sc
cure the organization of loyal and
constitutional governments in said
States.
9TH. That We fully endorse and APP
prove of the administration of our
present Governor, j. ID. Cox, and cX-
tend to him our hearty thanks for the
faithful and ablemanncr in which he
has discharged his official duties and
sustained the credit and honor Of our
noble State.
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I'VE had the Measure of at.

We had the pleasure of at
tending the concerts at the NJ.
b. Church, gwen by Miss TIM
MONS and her pupils, assisted
by some of the home talent OF
Macarthur. We were highly
pleased with the music, as well
as the good order maintained
and the disposition of our citi-
zens to patronize this class of
entertainment. We noticed
hundreds of our people patron
izing the "varieties." How
much betterit would be, espec-
Tally for the young, if these
low ditties and vulgarities of
the circus ring were discoun-
tenanced and a taste for the
higher and purer cultivated.
We have no time or space for
critical mention. The enter
tainmehts were successes. The
parents and friends of the dit
tie folks" should be proud of
them, and they should be proud
of their teacher.
At the close of the entertain
ment on Wednesday evening a
vote of thanks was rendered to
Miss TlMMoNs and her pupils
by the audience.
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--THREE cases of cholera
were reported in New York
last Friday.
--EX- X-SECRETARY STANTON ar
rived in Boston on Friday.
"A CONTRACT has been made
for rebuilding Manassas Gap
Railroad.
THE yellow fever continues
its ravages IN Galveston, Texas.
There were twenty-one burials
on Tuesday.
"Now put that back where
you took it from, Gas the young
lady said when her lover
snatched a kiss"
THE steam tug Dispatch, CT
Detroit. burned to the waters
edge, at 2 o'clock Friday morn
ing, at the dock in Sundusky.
Loss $4,000 insurance, S12,-
900.
Miss KELLOGG, the opera
singer, will not retire from the
stage, as has been reported.
She sailed for Europe ION the
Dist of August, to be absent
during the winter, but has not
decided whether to accept en-
gagement at London and Paris.
"A BOAT containing eleven
young men, going to see a prize
fight at Riker's Island, was up
set in a squall on East River,
New York, on Thursday even
ing, and Patrick Coughlin, Pat
rick Conklin, and Henry Burke
were drowned.
SPECIAL dispatches from
Washington report that it was
decided in Cabinet council, last
Friday, to relieve Judge Advo--
cate General Holt from the
head of the bureau of Military
Justice"
"A large force of English
troops is to be sent TO Canada
to repel an invasion threatened
by Fenians of the States.
Mr.. BRADLEY, of Washing.
ton City, who challenged
Judge FISHER, has been arres-
ted and held to bail. 1t is a
Penitentiary offense in the Dis
trict of Columbia, to send a
challenge.
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Our modesty almost for
bids us clipping the following
flattering notice from that
staunch old paper, the Scioto
Gazette:
Capt. JOHN T. RApER and
VIM. II. II. ROBINSON, both of
the Scioto Gazette office, have
purchased the Vinton Record,
which will hereafter be a Union
paper. We congratulate our
Republican friends in Vim
ton county. These two gentle
men served through the whole
war in the army, are of sound
political principles, good char
acter, temperate and industri-
Gus. They are both practical
printers, and good writers, and
will get up a good paper. We
earnestly wish them success,
and we urge our party in that
county to give them a good
support.
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SALUTATORY.

Agreeable to the time.hon-
ored custom Of the press, it
becomes our duty to make
known to the public the plat
form on which we intend con.
ducting the RECORD. In poll.
tics, the paper will be Repub-
lican. We will indulge in no
personal slang or abuse, but
endeavor to carry our cause on
its merits. While we recog.
nize the tact, that there are
many good and honest men in
the ranks of our opponents,
we think they do not make
themselves felt in the organi,
cation, but have allowed the
control of their party to pass
into the hands of those who
have no regard for the welfare
Of the country. Our personal
recollection Of politics does
not extend back many years;
but we well remember when
the Democracy justified the
secession of the Southern
States; how, when the war was
forced upon us, they reluctant
ly yielded a halfway consent
to the right of the country to
defend itself against armed
treason; how, IN 1862, under
the cry of a more vigorous
prosecution of the war, they
carried the election in many of
the States, only to betray the
confidence OF the people, and
place obstacles in the way Of
our army. We have forgotten
none of their efforts to break
down the national credit, nor
to demoralize the army their
rejoicing at any success Of the
rebels, aud mourning al the
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-22

The administration is the
Government, and he who op-
poses the administration op-
poses the Government, and is
a traitor.- George S. BOutaCeH
in 1864.
Where is Ex-Governor Bout
well, of Massachusetts,, now?
Is he not opposing the admin
istratlon; and out of his own
mouth, condemned as traitor?
And thousands of other Rad
ical leaders are just like him,
having made the same declara-
ton, and are now traitors by
their own showing.-Crisiis.
The Crisis does not apear to
remember the fact that the ad-
ministration, in 1864, was
working with might and main
to execute the laws of our
country, IN letter and in spirit,
while the present administra-
tion has worked just as hard to
prevent their execution. If
Mr.. JOHNSON should ever make
an honest effort to carry out
the will of the people as ex-
pressed through their represen
tatives-Cohgress, and Gov.
boutwell, should oppose that
effort, as you and your party
did Mr.. LINcoLN'S efforts, then
we will grant you, that Gov.
Boutwell, is what you and
yours W ere, in '64.
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On the Sd of August, the As
sociated Press Agent at Knox.
vile telegraphed that Govern
or BRowNLow had said in a
private conversation that he
would, in his next message to
the Legislature, recommend the
enfranchisement Of such rebels
as are at present disfranchised
by the laws of Tennessee. We
are authorized to say that Gov,
B. expressed no sentiment Of
the kind; that he will make
no such recommendation; that
he stands by the present fran.
chise law; and that he will
urge upon Congress the pro-
priety of confscating the prop
erty of those rebels who have
dismissed eolored laborers
from employment for voting
the Union ticket.---C;n. Gas.
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If any soldier doubts that
this is the same old copper
head Democracy he was fight
ing during the war he should
have been here at the THURMAN
meeting, to see the display of
butternut boughs with which
their wagons were ornamented.
There was a time when hickory
was the emblem of the Demo
cratic party; but they have for.
saken it, as well as the princi-
pies of the old sire who gave
it to them.
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Negro Suhra ge.

tone of the Democratic pa.
pers of Ohio, in their unceas-
ing efforts to prove that the ne
gro is not entitled to the same
rights as the white man, and
to defeat the extension of the
right of suffrage to him at the
next electionI that their party
has never favored the negro in
anything but always opposed
his advancement. To jog their
memory We clip a few scraps
of history in the form of a
chatechism.
Who said that all men are
equal?
Thomas Jefferson, the father
of Democracy.
Who gave negroes the right
Of suffrage in New York?
The Democratic party.
Who presided over the con-
vention which gave the ne
groes this vilege?
Martin Van Buren,, a Demo
crat.
Who afterwards elected Mar
tin Van Buren, President of the
United States9
An overwhelming Democrat,
ic majority.
Who gave the negro the right
to vote in New Hampshire?
The Democratic party.
Who permitted every colored
person owning two hundred
and fifty dollars in New York,
to become citizen?
A General Assembly purely
Democratic.
Who repealed the laws of
Ohio which required negroes
to give bond and security be-
fore settling in this State?
The Democratic party.
Who passed law by which,
in Ohio the negro is placed
on the witness stand along side
of the white man?
The Democratic party.
Who voted for a bill in the
Ohio Legislature repeating all
laws making distinction on
account of color in this State.
George E. Pugh.
Who afterwards elected
George E. Pugh to the United
States Senate2
The Democratic party.
Who voted in the Constitu-
tional Convention of Ohio
against a provision to prevent
the negroes coming into the
State?
Rufus P. Raney.
Who voted in the same Con-
vention to permit negroes to go
to the same schools with
white children9
Rufus P. Ranney.
Who supported Rufus P.
Ranney for Governor OF Ohio
in 1859?
The Democratic party.
Who decided in the Supreme
Court of Ohio that mulattoes
had the right to vote?
Reuben Wood, a Democrat.
Who, after the decision, elec,
ted Reuben Wood Governor of
Ohio9
The Democratic party.
Who refused in the State
Convention OF 1850, to change
the rule established by this de,
cision?
The Democratic party.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-22

Capt. HOMER @. JONES, of
Macarthur, has been nominated
for Senator in the District COM
posed of Vinton, Lawrence,
Gallia and Meigs. This is a
most excellent choice, and we
are glad to know that he is
sure to be elected by a large
majority.-Scioto Gazette.
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has followed the

JOHNSON has followed the
removal of STANTON by that Of
Gen. Phil. SHERIDAN. Gen.
THOMAS takes his place, Gen.
SHERIDAN goes to the west and
Gen. HANCOCK to Tennessee.
Gen. GRANT protested against
the change, and finally in max
ing out the order, directed Gen.
THOMAS to enforce all of SHER-
dams olders, so that the Presi-
dent gains nothing more than
the qualification of his personal
spite against "Little Phil" p
Mr.. JoHNsoN's political friends
condemn his action in making
the change.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-22

Lieutenants Cossman and
Weightman, or the u. S..
Steamer Ossipee, had been
arrested in Valparaiso by
an officer of the steamerfor
intending to fight a duel.
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Josh Billings to Contributors.


No notice will be took
from this date hereafter
wards-of letters that hain't
a postage stamp onto 'em.
Don't write only on one
side of the manuscript, and
don't write much onto that.
Don't send a manuscript
unless you kan read it your
self when it gifts dry.
We pay all the way up
hill, from ten cents to one
dollar for contribushuns ac-
kording to heft.
Aul settlements made at
the end of the next ensu-
ing year.
Poetry and prose peaces
respectfully serlicited.
The highestmarket price
paid for awful raleroad
smashes, and elopements
with another mans wife.
No swearing aloud in
this office.
NoAH-We very humb-
ly decline your essa on the
flood!
Your remark might posE
sibly lead one more to think
as you do, and we. don't
want our columns to be held
responsible for increasing
the number Of phools. The
world has already gotmore
phools than there is emmy
need Of,
There amt no doubt in
my mind but that the flood
waz a perfect success, and
[ have thought that just
such another one would pay
well now in some sections
Of the country.
IsAAC-Your article on
"frogs" is received.
made me laff like light
ming.
Yure idee "that phrogs
might be increased by pro-
pagation" il bully.
Yure idee that phrogs
waz discovered by Christie
pher Columbus in the year
1892" had skipped mi
memory.
Yu' also say that "phrogs
grow more bobtalled as
they grow older.'' This
idee is too good to be en-
tirely lost -
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UNION STATE TICKET.

For Governor-GEN. X. B, HAYS.
Lieute.ant Governor GEN. j. q. LEE.
Supreme Judge-JoHN WEIGH.
Auditor Of State-CoL. JAS. GOODMAN.
TTeas. of State-SlDNEY S. WAR NER.
Attorney General-wI. II. WEST.
Comp. OF OfTreAsury-M0SEs L. BRAn.Y.
BID of Public Works-PHlLlP HFRZlG,
The Constitutional Amendment--YES.
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Plenty.

The BucyruS Forum says:
ave are blessed with a year Of
plenty, not surpassed in its
abundance within the period of
our recollection. Broad fields
of corn--'darkly, deeply, beau
tifully green'--spring wheat,
yet standing out in crowded
shocks--and trees bending with
apples, are among the sights
which now greet those who
journey through the country.
Even the wayside has its wealth
of wild plums and blackberries,
and the hazel bushes promise
protuse abundance Of their
brown nuts. Our people have,
indeed, much cause of thank
fulness to the Giver of all
Good"
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An inhuman stepmother,
at Sterling, Illinois, has
evinced her love for a child
five years Of age, by beat
ing it nearly todeath. She
smothered the innocent with
a pillow.
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we'll known in the District as

we'll known in the District as
he is in little Vinton. We feel
confident he will carry his
county, and when elected, as
he surely will be, he will be
found ever at his post, labor
ing for the right, the welfare Of
humanity and the interest OF
his constituents.
Our candidate for represen,
tative, the Hon. JOHN FEE, is
known to every body in the
county we believe. He was
a Democrat in the days when
it was an honor to belong to
the Democratic party. At the
out break of the rebellion he
came out for the Union, and
has stood firm from '61 down
to the present time. The John
son = Randall = Doolittle- trap
could not catch him, although
it picked up many good men
by deceiving them Mr.. FEE
has served one term in the Leg.
islature, and his friends intend
sending him back to serve an.
other. Mr.. SWAIN, his oppo-
nent, is, we learn, a clever gen.
tleman,-a "a fair exponent of his
party; a firm friend and ardent
admirer of VALLANDIGHAM, to
which school of politics he be-
longs. Between two such men
we could make but one choice,
and vote and work for the man
who stood consistently by the
country when it had need Of
friends.
Lieut.. SYLvANUs BARTLETT,
our candidate for Surveyor,
served throughout the war in
the army, is a young man of
good education and will, if
elected, make an excellent Sur
veyor.
For Commissioner we have
put in nomination BENJAMIN
Esq, of Wilksville
Township, one of the most
staunch and reliable men in
our county.
And now while we are on
this subject, we will say that
the political character and
standing of the opposition can
didates are ours to talk about
and only In this light do we
propose to speak Of them. We
expect to conduct the cam
paign, so far as we are concern
ed in a fair, straight forward
manner, believing that the is
suesbefore the people are Of
enough Importance to com,
mand our attention, ,and that the
victory to be achieved by an
honorable course, is sufficient
reward for our labor.
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-DoN'T forget to come to
the mass meeting on The 30th.
Some of the finest speakers in
the State will be present and
address the NEE Ting.
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Negro suffrage has been in
vogue in Massachusetts, for
years-no harm has followed
from the practice theleby-no
"war of races" has occurred,
and the Democratic press of
that State endorses the princi-
pie.
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COUNTY TICKET.

For Representative-HON. JOHN FEE.
Com missioner BENJAMIN HAWK.
surveyor-SYLVANuS BARTLETT.
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OnrTclSet.

Tickets. The State ticket is
composed of men who have
been tried in various public po.
sitions and found true. OF
them we will speak hereafter.
Judge w. W. JOHNSON, of
Ironton, the present Judge of
the Common Pleas Court, is,
by common consent, a candi-
date for reelection. He has
held that office, as we learn, for
nine years, and has won the re-
spect and confidence alike of
the bar and people, SO much so
that the usual nominating con-
vention was dispensed with.
His learning in the law, his
impartiality as a Judge, and
integrity as a man, has won
not only the admiration of his
political friends, but the re-
spect and confidence of his op-
ponents; and he will command
a large vote in little Vlnton.
Capt. HOMER G. JONES, our
fellow townsman, is the candi-
date for State Senator in this
district. Capt. JONES is a
member of the bar and is a
young man of fine ability and
high standing. At the out
break of the war he held the
appointment of clerk of the
Court of the Territory of Neva-
da; but as he was preparing
to depart for a home in the
west, the tocsin of war sound
ed throughout the land, and
although he held u position
alike honorable md profitable,
he turned his attention to re-
cruiting for the army. He en-
tered the service as a Lieuten.
ant in Co. B, 18th o. Y. l..
While in the army, he was Un
staff duty a greater portion Of
his time, his education and
tact particularly fitting him Cor
this class Of duty. He served
for a time as Signal Officer and
Aide de Camp on the staff of
Gen. T. j. Wood; but returned
to his Regiment and served as
Adjutant, at the request ofCol-
ohel T. r. Stanley. When his
regiment was transferred to
Gen. Negley'S Division, he was
assigned to duty as aide de
camp to that General, in which
capacity he remained until the
reorganization of the army un-
der General Rosecrans, when
he was assigned to duty as Sig
nal Officer OF the 14th Army
Corps. Gen. Thomas, however,
detailed him as aid de camp,
in which capacity he served
until after the battle of Stone
River, at which time Col. Won
Schrader having taken sick, he
was assigned to duty as In
specter General of the 18th
Army Corps. He afterwards
served as Chief Signal Officer
of the same Corps until 1864,
when at the request of the men
of his company and earnest So
licitation of the field officers OF
his regiment, and with the un-
derstanding that his CON-
pany would re-enlist as veter-
ans, he returned to his compa.
ny. He served in the line
from January, 1864, until the
muster out of his regiment.
We were we'll acquainted
with the officers and men of
the 18th O. V. J., and have yet
10 hear of the officer or private
who does not speak Of Capt.
JONES in the highest terms, and
we know from experience, az
does every man who served in
the army,thatitisthe best place
in the world to discover mans
true character. Since bis re:
turn home, Capt. JONES has
been an active worker in the
Union ranks He has political
enemies as'any wide-awake man
must have, yet We have heard
some of the most extreme
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Dickens, Dumas and Sala
are expected to lecture In the
United State during the COM
ing winter.
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DISTRICT TICKET.

Common Pleas Judge, W. W. JOHNSON.
For Sen ator- CAPT. HOMER C. JONES.