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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-20

CINcINNAT1, Feb. I9 The river has fallen
10 inenes. Tuere are IL feet inches wa
ter in the chapAel. The weather is clear
Thermometer 40. ~ rfs4 4.F
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05

Rio Grande as ten years ago. II the
Republican, party could have beeh
stricken from existence when the
banner of rebellion was unfurled,
and when the response "no coercion
was heard at the North, we wouid
have had no nation 10 day. But for
the Republican party daring to risk
the odium of tax and draft laws
our flag could not have been KEEP,
fiying in the field until the leng hoped
for victory came. Without Repub
lican party the Civil Rights bill, the
guarantee of equality under the law
| to the humble and the defenseless,
as we'll as to the strong, would not
be TO- day upon our national statute
book
With such inspiration from the
past, and following the example OF
the founders of the Republic who call
ed the victorious General of the Revo
luton to preside over the land his
triumphs had saved from its enemies
I can not doubt that our labOrs will
be crowned with success, and 1t will be
success that shall bring restored
hope, confidence, prosperity and pro
gress South as well as North, Wes'
as well as East, and above all, the
blessings under Providence, of ma
tional concord and peace.
Very truly, yours,
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
SECRETARY OF WAR.

Gen. Schofield has been confirmed
Secretary Of War, and has taher
possession of the office.
The first proposition towards con.
firmation, was
Resolced, That the Senate advise
and consent to the appointment ol
John N. Schofield, as Secretary oi
War, in place Of Edwin NJ. Stanton,
who has been forced to retire from
the discharge of the duties of said
Office by reason of the illegal and un-
constitutional acts of the President
1t was lost. This was followed by
a proposition of Mr.. Edwards, as fol.
lows: =
WHEREAS. The order of the Presi.
dent removing Secretary Stanton
from Office was unconstitutional and
illegal, bat on account OF Mr.. Stanton
having on Tuesday relinqnished said
office therefore,
RcsoiUed, That the Senate advise
and consent to the appointment of
General Schodeld.
The vote was first had upon the
resolution, which passed. The pre-
amble passed afterwards.
This ends the Secretary of War
matter.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
RADICAL IDEA OF EQUAL
SUFFRAGE.u

The following contradictory posi-
tions are assumed in the Chicago
Convention Platform:
"The guarantee by Congress OF
equal suffrage to sll loyal men at the
South"
1.-The question of suffrage In all the
loyal States properly belongs to the
people of those States"
in what part Of the Constitution do
they find authority for Congress to
establish one rule of suffrage for tha
South. and another for the North2 P
Courier.
Old age affects the memory Of the
eiitor of the Courier. He don't re-
member that the States of the South
withdrew FROM the Union as far as
possible, and waged var gpon the
armies of the United States. ff he
does remember it he wilfllly wishes
to mislead his readers, to make them
stick to the sold time -honored prin-
ciples sfGemocracy" the cant phrase
that none of them csn explain.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05

The recent session of the Ohio
Democratic Legislature has cost the
State of Ohio FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS EoRE by actual count,
than any one session Of any Legisla-
tnre that has ever convened since
the State was brought out of its ter
ritorial condition.-Elchange.
Wonder where tho retrenchment
comes in. This Legislature, accord
ing to Democratic papers, was to
have lessened all expenses and bring
abont financial matters into such
a cenditoa as to preclude the proba-
bility of any one paying taxes. We
believe also, they were to tax bonds
Why have they failed
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
LANES BUCHANAN.

James Buchanan died on the 1st
day of June. He was born at Stony
Batter, Franklin county, Pa, April
23d, 1871 He was lawyer by pro-
fession. He served at one time in
the Legislature OF his State, and was
afterward a member of the House OF
Representatives. Then he was Min
lister to st. Petersburg, after which
he was elected U. S. Senator. Again
he was Minister to Great Britain
In 1857, he was elected President OF
the United States and administered
the government in such a manner as
to leaye the country at the mercy of
the rebels.
He had last words. They were
" God bless my country" He evi-
IDENTIFY wanted God to do something
he had never done himself, notwith-
standing long life of public service.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05

The Union Republican voters of the sew
eral towrssips are requested to meet at onos
and make tkeir selection of delegates TO at
tend the Convention, and send the names ol
those selected to the Hancock JEFFEEsosIAs
for publication.
Let us prepare at once and thoroughly foi
a vigorous and effective campaign. Grant
and Colfax are already in the field With
such men fer onr leaders, men who declare
that they VII have no fixed policy, contrary
TO the rights and expressed will of the peO-
pie. men who respect too much the intelli
gence, patriotism and virtue Of the people
70 trampIs upon their rights. or thwsrt their
expressed Will, we must succeed. Let us
then, strip for the fight let us strive once
again 70 win. and with our motto. ''often
beaten but never conquered" we will yet
redeem our county from The corruption OF
those who SO long have ruled us, and do our
part as fresmen, TO give the final blow TO
treason and rebellion, rsstere peace and
Union to the country, FIRE esdCm TO the people,
economy to the administration, and wisdom
TO the councils of the nation.
By order Of
UNION REP. CENTRAL CON.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
VISIBLE ADMIXTURE BILL
DEAD.

DEAD.
The following decision of the Su-
preme Court kills the Visible Admix-
ture Bill, and causes several
weeks hard labor of the Democratic
to go for naught. The
case was one of Geo. w. Collins VS..
JAS. B. Monroe, ct al. in the Green
county District Court, Collins suing
because his vote was refused. IL
was decided against defendants who
Immediately carried it up to the Su-
preme Court:
BY the Court--WELCH J--held:
l. Male citizens having a visible
admixture of African Blood, but in
whom the white blood predominates,
are white male citizens within the
meaning of the constitution of Ohio,
and have the same right to vote as
citizens of pure white blood.
2. The legislature have no power,
directly or indirectly, to deny OF
abridge the constitutional right of
the citizen to vote, nor, unnecessarily
to impede its exercise; and laws
passed professedly to regulate its
exercise or prevent its abuse, must
be reasonable, uniform and impartial.
8. The act of April 16, 1868 (65
o. L. 81 Supplementary to the act
entitled ian act to preserve the puri-
| ty of elections passed March Goth,
lS41, and to protect the judges OF
elections in the discharge Of Their du-
ties :" and also the last clause in the
proviso in section of the act OF
April IL, 1868 (65 o. L. 1O0-l04), J,
"To amend sections 2, 4, 5 and % OF
the act entitled 'an act to preserve
the purity of elections, passed March
3Oth, 1s4l," &c. providing that
clerks and judges of elections shall
not be liable for damages for reject
ing the votes OF persons having a
visible admixture of African blood,
are In their spirit, scope and effect,
calciT.lated to impede and in s great
measure I'd defeat the exercises OF
the right of suffras~e by legal voters
having such visible a. iA'ate "
African blood, by imposing :.
them unreasonable burdens of proof,
and limitations as to kind and amount
Of evidence required of them, by i'm
pliedly authorizing the uncondition-
al rejection of their votes; by deny
ing to them the same right of action,
which is accorded to others for the
violation of the right; and by dis
eliminating against them and in fa-
vor of all other classes of voters as to
punishment and penalties for viola
ton of the election laws and are,
therefore, unconstitutional and void.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
UNION REP. CENTRAL CON.
ANXIOUS.

1t is astonishing the anxiety the
Democracy feelin regard to the Union
Republican Presidential ticket They
feel terribly for Republicans in the
East because the two men are nomi-
nally Western men. They forget
that Grant Is a national man-that
every part of the country has a claim
on him-that each part Of it owes
him q debt of gratitude. They also
forget that Republicans everywhere
are perfectly satisfied with the ticket
that Grant and Colfax are the most
popular men of the Union, and the
ones who will preside over the desti-
nies of the country in due time.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
For ths JsffersOnian.
~

For ths JsffersOnisn.
L. L. O.
70 tte most noble, high toned and
ehicqlrous ''Zed" we sepd greeting
A few more such questionable dstfng-
ers (?) and we should tremble for the
welfare of the Ladies' Literary Or.
gsniaation. Those persons invited
to the recent entertainment given
by the ladies, at the residence of W.
II. Wheeler, were all gentlemen, which
at once proves that "Zed" could not
by any possibility have been pres
snt, heaee the bitterness of his attack
upon the more fortunate IN" The
exceptions which "Zed" takes to the
grammatical const ructiOn of a SEN
tence in "N's" communication. we
dare affirm, can be shown to have
been E typographical error. AS to
the lack Of sense sAiSh be processes
to discover in some of the remarks
"a certain amount Of sense is always
requisite to the comprehension of
even simple staten ents. Hard in.
deed would be the ta SIX of those who
write, if they were obliged to furnish
brains to those who may read their
productions. Again, having no mu-
sic In his soul, "Zed" scorns the idea
of its having an enlivening effect
be is fit for tight boots and straight
jackets" only. But ''zed's' honesty
Is the most surprising feature of his
effiusi0n. Here are his words to
prove our assertion: "Now it is
generally understood that the Ladies'
Literary Organisation Of Findlay, re-
quires literary culture, as condition
of membership. That condition of
membership, of course, excludes
from their organization, all such ig-
noramgses as this correspondent"
Now IT this edhfessian .has NOT i'm
proved the condition of 'Zed's"
soul, we are afraid there is no further
hope for it. When we began reading
"Zed's" article, we were strongly
impressed with the opinion which
be sets forth concerning himself, but
we had no thought that ont of bis |
own mouth he would cond emn him.
self. Truly none but an unmitigated
ignoramus would even hint at the
idea of member of the L. L. o.
writing complimentary notices Of its
own entertainments. When yon are
older, "Zed," aud have reached years
Of discretion, you will, we hope, be
wiser. But until then, we would ad-
gise you not to assume the mantle of
} critic it fits goA paS paorly, and
you must learn, too, how foolish it's
or you to take offence at not being
invited to entertainments, the nature
If which you could not comprehend.
ss patient; you may learn in time. &.
- GARNET.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
HOME AT LAST.

Ben. Wade and Senator Wilson,
since their defeat at Chicago for the
Vice Presidency, have come to the
conclusion that the "party has gone to
hip Courier
And there it met thousands of re-
liable Democrats OF the Iaar.e,
tripe.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
THE WAY 20 WORK.

The Democracy astonished them
selves by their success last fall il
this State. The success was due tC
the liberal distribution, by the com
m,.tees, OF Democratic newspa
pers, more than te any other agency
The hint of success has not been lost
as will be seen by the following from
this weeks Crisis. We commend its
lesson to Republicans everywhere:
Our Campaign Ils Edition
From present indications the Cam
paign Crisis will be Q magnificent
success. In our regular issue, two
weeks since. We inserted our cam
paign' prospectus, and within that
short time we have received several
Thousand subscribers. Each days
mails" btings Us frnp three to five
hundred new names 'accompanled by
the cash. On yesterday we received
three clubs, amounting In the aggre-
gate to two hundred and tifteen sub
scsihers. BY single mail this morn
ing we received nearly four hundred
subseribera.
There seems to he { discrimination
on the part of onr friends.to s?feaa the,
Crisis broadcast among the Rep4bli-
cans as well as Democrats through
out the State, from which we
trust, much good may result.
. We are s,so indebted to our regu-
lar subscribers in Massachusetts,
Indiana,H Illinois, Mis-
so4ri and Arkansas for a numberi of
clubs of from fftesa tG forty each.
Would it not be productive pfl
much good IL Democrats throughout
the State would club together in |
and school districts, and
furnish Conservative Republicans
with the Campaign Crisis free until
alter the election 2 There are mum
Der O: Republican eoanties in the
State, in which, if this course was
Democratic majOrities might
be secured.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
WHITE BOYS In BLUE.

A Committee recently met in Co
lumbus to appoint delegates from this
States to attend the Conservative
Soldiers and Sailors Convention" in
New York City, July 4th.
Col. o. H. Payne, of Cleveland
Gen. Morgon, of Mount Vernon; Col
L. d. Campbell, of Hamilton and Col
w. T. Haynes, of Saadasky, were
appointed Delegates at Large.
For delegates from the 5th District,
Col. Andrews and Col. j. IL. Neib.
ling, were appointed. We sincerely
hope that Col. Neibling will not &C,
as he did when he was sent as a del
egate to similar convention in Cleve-
land, in '65. He went there and
looked in upon the Convention once,
and seeing a beggarly array of empty
seats, took the next train for New
York City, on business. This time
he must face the Thing through if his
companions are few and shame faced.
The Convention must be made to look
big somehow, and the end will iusti.
fy the means.
Conservative Soldiers and Sailors
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
Book Agents Wan ted

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The Springfield Republican says. this sdi.
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The Congregation alist ssyg, whoever wish
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They are new and original works by these
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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
A handful of White Bows in Blue

A handful of White Boys in Blue,
recently passed the following reso-
luton at meeting in Columbus.
ssResolved, That the present organ
izauon known as the White Boys in
Blue be extended over the State for
the time being"
They vii have to spread them
selves to do that, more than the hen
did that tried to cover fifteen dozen
eggs Let them make one grand
spread.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05

Nothing sets so wide a mark be-
tween s4lgar and noble soul as the
respect and iesrre.t;al love of wo-
mankind. A man who is always
sneering at women generally is a
coarse prohigate or coarser bigot.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
BENTON ITEMS.

We feel under obligations to friend
Mungen for the interest and labor he
expended in establishing a tri-week-
ly mail route from Findlay to Lima,
via. Benton Ridge. The necessity of
the same has long been felt by the
citizens of this place and vicinity
For nearly Eve years we have paid
! by individual subscription for the
carrying of an extra mail from this
point to Findlay, and VIC feel as
though the burden should, in justice,
be shouldered by the Government.
/ understand that the route has
been surveyed and that we will re-
, ceiye our mail on the new route
by the first of July.
BENTON wooLEN MILLS
Will be ready for operation by the
10th of June, when they will be pre-
pared to do custom work In all its
variety. In looking over their ma.
chinery the other day, noticed sev-
eral great improvements over ordi-
nary machinery. The business will
be conducted by Mr.. Eli Wheeler, OF
Holmes county, O., who is an expe-
rienced workman. having worked at
the business for about thirty years.
There is no better way to develop
the resources of a country than by
building machine shops and factories
1t will save freight and keep the mon
ey at home.
coNTRABAND.
Last Wednesday 3 colored man
passed through this place, for the
Iron Works, in Guyandotte, near
Detroit. He started from Charles
ton, South Carolina, and ate his first
meal Of victqals, at . table, in Gless-
ner's "Loysl blanchard" since he
was travelling in Ohio. While pass
ing through copperhead nest south
Of this place, he stopped at one Of
their houses for q drink of water,
and asked young Miss for a cup,
but instead of getting the cup she
ran in the house, and in boistorous
tone said, "Oh, man, come out and
see a damned black niger" She
had probably heard or read of "nig
gers" in the Courier. She is a fit
subject to carry that well worn ban
ner that reads. Fathers "Protect US
from Negro Husbands"
AN APOLOGY.
Local items are scarce and ] am
somewhat unwell, and II you ever
get the Spring Fever you know what
is the matter. it is rather prevalent
just now, and as ! am naturally in
clined to take anything / can get, l
hsye taken it. The symptoms are q
strong inciipqtion to do nothing, and
absence Of all interest in anything
requiring attention. ] used to have
it when / was q boy, when an un-
sympathetic parent used to say it
was lazlness. aud proposed to thrash
ii out. l never liked violent reac-
tionary remedies and was too consid-
crate to put him to the trouble of
trying this remedy.
OasppVrp
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
SLEEPLESs NIGHTS.

As remedy TO sOothe all nervous excite.
ment, and In It's truest sense, n nsTpins. thers
Is, perhaps, no medicine exiant whioh is re-
ceived with SO much favor AS Roback's Sto
mach BItteIs; n wine glass full on going "a,
bed is all that is required to produce sound
and heslthiui siesP. Frey 3 Ettingsr Sole
Agents, FindlsY, Ohio,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
Clubs.

CLUBS
AS we shali soon commence thu
publication of History of Hancock
County, we would like to receive
many new subscribers at once, tina,
all may commence with the first
chapter. .F
To any person sending us a club
of ten new subscribers at our regu
Oar rates, we will send the JEFFERso-
MAN free for the same length of time
for which the club is made up.
Go to work and see how easy it is
:toraise q club.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-05
julie p. Denui,
sAerif's Sale of Real Estate.

sasrif's Sale of Real Estate.
ELIZA JENNINGS j-Ia A4honing Co.
~ Court of Common
"iLLiAh h1ENSiNG,etai.) Pleas In partition
In pursuance of decree and order of sale
issued In the above entitled cause and To me
directed. will offer for sale at public ONT
cry. on the premises. at the times following
the feiioHlRg lanss OF the late simeon Jen'
nings. deceased. 10 VIII 'ifin fuesiry the ,. "a
day OF June. A. ID. 1868. beta cen the hours
Of nine O'Clock A N. ons O'Clock p. NJ. tbs
following lands, situate In the township of
Orange, County OF Hancock and State OF
Ohio, being township No. 2, Section No. 4.
Range 3, to-wit: the north west O uar,er of
said ssSu2n. containing l5s ls-l00 acres ap-
praised at s2.3l3,Ot.
ALSO,
The northeast quarter Of section No.
township No. ., range .. containing l62
s-loo acres, appraised at o., ,28s,OO.
ALSO,
On the premises. on Monday the 22d
day OF June. 1868, between the hours of nine
O'CLOCK A. u. and nve O'clock P. M, the
following Other lands. situate in the tOyrship
"f Onnge. Comfy of Hancock and State of
Ohio, being township No.'2. section No ..
range No. 8. and containing $40 acres of land.
Appraised ~ $s,96O.0O.
Also,
Tn. northeast quarter of SECTION No.
81, township No. ,. range 3, In said Count of
Hancock conlsiaing ls0 acres. Appraised at
s., 10000.
ALSO,
Also the east half of the north-west
quarter OF section No. q, township No. 2.
range 9. In said County of Hancock contain.
ins so acle es. excepting, however, thersfrom
so acres of ot The north part thereof, con.
ssyed to Jacob Luer by tbs sdninistrsIor
of simeon Jennings, to which reference IA
made tor more perfect description, thereof.
appraised at $3.50 o..
The sale viii commenge at The north. east
corner OF section No. u, in Orange toNnship
Terms OF sale: One third cash in hand on
day OF sale, one third IN one year, one third
in wo years thereafter with interest. the
deferred payments to be secured by mort
gage upon lhe pEeIaises s0lq, 10 Ine In trust
tor the parties ~ ipterssf. IA "
ca ARIES TOWNSEND.
shsrif OF Mgh0ning Co., ONO.
F. q. SERvIs J. Il. q. LKsLIs,
Canfeld, u May 0, 1868. e.
mayl5no52x5.