Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-05-23
The First Book of lie Chronicles
Of ZaleskA.
BY SOME OF ZEN.
CHAPTER II.

assembled together, at one place, and Of
one accord, that they reasoned among
themselves, and said one unto another :
It must needs be that we invent some
scheme whereby We may DO able to defeat
WILLIAM, whose nan is BAUaH-
MAN, and ell of his constituents, even the
Buckeyes and Irish.
2. And. after this wise they reasoned,
and said 1t seemeth unto us, that Will
lam, inasmuch as he is a man Of much
enterprise in the cause of education,
which to US seemeth good, and the PEG.
pie ore all of the same opinion : and in
asmuch as we are the pOssessors Of about
all Of the city, it becOmeth us to look
after our own interest, weiwill, therefore,
notify all Of our tenants by printed
circular, printed at our ever memorable
"Printing Press that unless they vote
against this enormous tax, or else not
vote at all, we will, most aSsuredly, raise
the rents upon them, and by thus doing,
we may, peradventure, intimidate the cit
izens and make them afraid, and thus
defeat William. io 1.a .l,s
3. And when they had thus reasoned
among themselves, they all agreed among
themselves-and said We will Of mes
cessity be compelled to adopt the laws Of
our another Country" even the laws of
England.
4. And it came to pass when they
had thus reasoned among themselves,
thatthey forthwith indicted q very plain
and pointed communication, and then
straightway had the same printed, for
the reason that the people might the
better read and understand the same
And thereupOn the 'Chief Ruler" took
the same and directed them, severally, to
every person as he saw proper.
s.. Aud it came to pass that upon .he
reception of the Chief Rulers orders,
and when the same had been fully read
and fully understood by the people, that
they grew sorely vexed at the orders of
the Chief Ruler, and then reasoned
among themselves, and said We believe
the fact, thatwe are american Citizens
and live in the lard of America. Are
We therefore to submitt to the British rule,
as is directed to US by the Chief Ruler
thereof? Are we to be made slaves and
submit to the rule of Englishmen, even
as our fathers did in tho carly days OF
this, our noble land of Stree America r.
Are we to be the dogs and lickspittles of
our "Cbief Ruler" and submit to English
Tyranny, like unto that Of Queen Vic.
toria,I and wen unto him who is toe
proud to wear the name of an AMERI-
CAN? And the great multitude answered
in one voice and said: MOI NO NEv,
ER will We permit the blood Of Our glo-
rious Fathers Of the Revolution, to be.
come a stain and stigma upon our char.
acter, by submitting to English Tyranny
We IRE no SLAVES neither are zoe dogs.
g., Now when the day Of contest haG
come, and the harvest was fully ripe
then did assemble together all the inhab'
itants of the city, and severaIly did MAKE
good their resolves upon the issue Their
before them.
Z. And when that days labor wa
ended and the multitude had dispersed t.
their several homes, then it was determ
ined by The Judges Of this days labor
that the people Of the city was yet a FREE
people.
8. And again it came to pass, wher
the lsbors of. that day was fully ended
that the "Chief Ruler and all OF hii
officers assembled together the second
time, and thus reasoned among them.
selves ard said /: OFFS certainty it appear.
eth that we have tosdsy been defeated in
this our undertaking 1T therefore, be-
hooVeth us now, seeing that our orders
have been set at naught, and been disre'
garded by, our subjects, that w set our.
selves about o compromise with these oul
subjects, and yet defeat them, ~peradvens-
ure they will accept our proposition.
o. And they further reasoned among
themselves and said We perceive of q
certainty, that some Of our Subjects, whom
we thought were intimidated, and would
prove true to us, and work for our inter
est, have most wilfully deceived us, and
have not only voted against us, but have
used their limited influence against oul
cause, and against our own interest, anG
have prevented some Of our subjects
fSom coming up to the work. We will
therefore, place . mark upon all such q
do not work for our interest, and we vii
hereafter reward them for their labor &c
cording to their work. 's'u' @4 -
10. And it came to pass, that whel
these several propositions had been sub
mitted, as appears by the Echo, the orgal
Of the Chief Ruler, (Which contains til
!, laws, orders, andorules Of the Chief Ru
lor thereof of all the city, and yet n
compromise was effected, then the Chic
IRuler bPeathed out threateninps an,