Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-21

1 tempted TO defeat his nefarl0uS Scnemes,
language not at all calculated to prevent a
breach of the peace. This has been en-
dured until patience has ceased to be vir-
tue. The Democracy can find nothing in
the constitution allow ing men as black as
tlr to vote, and they are determined they
shall not.
Yours, &C., JOHN BROWN.
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR About eleven
Io'clock on Monday night two men with
hack went to the residence of Judge Pugh,
and one of them, after waking him from
his sleep, demanded that he should go
with them to Springfield via Urbana, say
ing that he "had paper" for the Judge,
but refusing to say what kind of ''pa-
! per" he had, or why he wanted him. The
; Judge didn't banker after midnight ride,
specially with man who could not or
would not tell what he wanted, so he dis
nissed his visitor without ceremony. The
nen had a consultation at the hack door il
, very low tone of voice, from which we
gather that it was their intention to take
the Judge to Cincinnati and there hold
him on some trumpet up charge, to annoy
and worry him for issuing naturalization
papers to voters in this district. Failing
to get the Judge on Monday night, the
fellow called at the Probate Court room
yesterday, with what purported to be
copy of a subpoena from the Mayor of the
/ ity of Springfield directed to j. Donovan,
City Marshal. When the Judge demanded to
see the original, the chap didn't have il with
MIN. As the Judge was about to hear two
very important cases, he concluded not to
,bey the mandate of the Lord Mayor of
springfield, and the Marshal, if he was
that official, was obliged to go back with
out his witness. The reticience of the man
with the paper" and his suspicious ac-
tions at night, together with his strange
way of doing business, justified the Judge, |
we think, in not paying the least attention
% his subpoena. He should have quietly |
popped him into Jail for contempt of court
yesterday morning. That would have
brought out the facts of the case. a ia
THE business MEN" ON THE WAR
PATH-In pursuance of notice published !
the Journal for the past two or three
days. quite crowd of people assembled at
the Union Club Rooms last night. The
meeting was called to order by j. M. West.
water and Geo. Metcalf was appointed |
Secretary. Highly intlammatory speeches
were made by DR.. Coulter, Henry Noble
B F. Martin, Thos. G. Donaldson, Geo. w.
McCracken and other "business men," The
following resolutions were adopted:
charged, and the violence which occurred
at several polls of this city at the recent
election, demand not only the indignant
reprobation of all good citizens, but their
active interposition for prevention and
punishment. +aaR ata-
: Rtsolved, That it is the right of every
person believing himself voter to present
his claim to the Judges, and have it decided
without threats, molestation or injury.
/ Resoloed, That the Republican County
Executive Committee are hereby requested
to agree upon and adopt measures, with
the proper committee. of the Democratic
party, to secure the rights of all voters and
peaceful citizens at the next election, to
give every reasonable and practicable IA
cility for the protection of legal, and the
challenging of illegal votes, and to ensure
peace and good order generally, and that
they publish such agreement as they may
make on the subject in the papers of this
city. f.o.-a ~s 'H l.1re'
Resoloed, That in aid of law and order,
and to protect the rights of all voters at
the polls we, together with all order low
ing citizens who will join us, will organize
and attend in body at the polls of our
respective wards at the ensuing election,
and peacefully and infleXibly maintain the
law, the rights of voters and the purity OF
the ballot box so far as the same is possible
for freemen. sa
Resolued, That when this meeting ad
iourn, it shall stand adjourned to meet next
saturday evening, to hear the report of the
County Executive Committee.
Divested of all bosh, the above resolu-
tions mean that if negroes are permitted to
vote the Democracy may peaceably remain
at the polls, but if not, then comes Comly's
war.
THEATER LAST NIGHT.--The thrilling
play of Leah was very well played at the
Opera House last night, though, after hav-
ing seen Jauneschek, Mrs. Waller and Ma