The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-02-20
Paragraphs from the Bycyrus
F0rum.

"DACHED 1HlNGS.-ln0 NatlOnat
Debt and Dan Rice's Cattle.
The two meanest looking men in the
Lower House of Congress, are Sehenck
and Plants, both Republicans, and boih
from Ohio.
FATAL.-It is announced that Grant
is to make n speech Let him remem-
Der the fate of the first Ulysses, who,
when very near to port, was, by the
opening of his windbdgS, blown far away
from lthica.
THERE is, beyond question, o heavy
decline in Grant Stock within o week
or two. A little time ago his nomlna-
ton seemed assured; but he dishon-
ored himself so much by his falschood
TO the President, that ever Republicans
look upon him as no longer available.
THE great Carlyle must have had the
era of the Rump Congressi in view when
ho wrote at was the very ago OF I'm.
'posters, cut purses, s%windlers, doub.
~"legaugers, enthusiasts, ambiguous
"%persons quacks simple, quacks COM
pound crack Drained, or with deceit
"pretense ; quacks and quuckerics Of
.tall colors and kinds"
UsURERs P~LoTTING.-lt isnot enough
that the people are crushed by al in,
tolerable weight of taxes. An effort
is being made-in view Of the inovita.
able coming of hard times--to put
the pubic at the tender mercy Of Shy.
lock money.leuders, who are beseech-
ing the Legislature to legalize ten per
cent. as the ratio Of interest. We hope
that nothing ofthe sort will be done.
JOHN SHERMAN.-Tho Enquirer
scourges Jcha Sherman as no well dc,
serves. THIS "starveling lawyer" of q
few years ago, 10 the pOssessor Of a
%prlncely fortune, made hls wealth out
of tho caldmitics Of his country. WhIlo
he was shouting "War for the Union
and goading better men to the field of
death, :his groveling,grasping, housing
miscr was filling his pockets out of the
public Treasury. Whether he COM
mitted technical larceny or not, mat
tors little. The turpitude of his gains
is quito rs iniquitous as theft, though
/, his money may have been made under
the namo Of "speculationS, contracts
[ &c.-means 10 we'll known and 50 sue.
cessfully employ ed by loyal politicians
during the war. They all enacted
, the part of thieves at q great fire.
THE Radicals ia Congress have beer
threatening to Impeach Judge Fields
Of the Supreme Court, for expressing
unoficially, the opinion that the Re.
construction business IS .%unconstitu
. tional. A smelling committee Sc
! about investigating the matter, and 4
: the great CONSERVATION of themselve
and Congress, discovered that Cbas,
e had expressed the same opinion in III,
mOttorl This will probably end tn
matter.
o MoRToN, in his last speech says: %
3 "use the word loyal although it is no
"used in the Constitution" OF cours
= /. is not used in the Constitution. Tn.
. trainers of the Constitution abhorret
tho word, as do all intelligent patriot
now. When the Constitution was fra.
I med, q "loyalist" was q Tory, aud al
the "loyul people" We're Tories an,
"loyalty" meant then what it docs now
4 namely the advocacy of lawlesS
abitary, despotlc power. There is n
I word in tho English language whicl
4 was so hated by the patriots VIII.
: founded the Government as this wore
"loyalty."
1 IT IL one ofthc most hateful traits @
g Thaddeus Stevens, that he is insensibi
n Of the duty of dying decently, Publ
men have sometimes been smittel
n with paralysis, or other disease. fatu
and sudden, and surrendered life Will
d in the discharge of public trust. Sue
8 q death, perhaps, might be coveted
5 But he who, IN the last stages Of dis
O ease-consciously northumberland
by death until familiarity with it
| presence has robbed it OF terror-ob
9 trudes himself in official and otho
n public places, knowing that death i
s imminent, and likely to occur Mt an,
{ moment, commits q most disgustinj
$ and offensive iinpropriety, which eve
r the instincts Of a beast teach it I
AVOID.
AN infant with three noses has bee
u been born IN Connecticut. Ever.
. Yankee ought to have three noses I
7 do his talking with, Tho Now Eng
land nose, like the New England oper
ativc, has been shamefdlly overworked
d THE Republicans, having creates
National cemeteries for the dead WHOM
d they have slaughter ed, would do wei
}; now to Build National poor-hoases 70
G tho living whom they have Impover