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I AIDES Spring Dress Goods, just received By
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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
WHY Is TT

We ask the careful reading, by
every qualified voter Of either pos
litlcal party, of the following qucs-
tions:
Why is the burden of taxation 10
oppressive, and employment 80
scarcc2
Why are there to~day hundreds
thousands of white men and wo-
men in the North living in dread of
starvation within the present
year2
Why arc thirty millions of white
men taxed for the special benefit of
class who pay no taxes on the
great bulk Of their property?
Why should thero. be over two
thousand millions of dollars exempt
from taxation?
lfnegr0es are 6t for freedom,
why has a great poor house system
Tor their support to be kept up ut
tho expense Of Northern indus.
try?
II tho war was prosecuted for the
preservation Of the Union, why are
ten States kept out OF 1T?
Let the answer, as your own
heart and intelligence suggest, be
gwen in November next-Er-
change,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
Anna DiCkensOn OH General
Grant.

The gentle Anrp is one of the
most ablcst and popular orators ia
the pay Of the Radical party. She
has done good service for the party
in times past. just now she ap
pears TO be s.umping il in behalf oi
OF those Radicals who do not favor
the nomination OF General Grant
Anna spoke ut Eimira, New York,
and took occasion TO hit tho man
who does not talk some severe blows.
She warueI ana threatened IN her
loving way. She SAID:
The Radical party cah not live
upon the memory of ITS good deeds.
Your works in the past woa't
save you.
You Radicals shirIl the unpopular
necessity ofputting tho black raco
forward.
You want to cover up the negro
with Grant.
Unless you give tho Northern no.
gro tho ballot, you won't get tho
support OF the negro South.
ltlf not sufficient that Grant was
II soldier Mcclellan was a soldier
-FItz John Porter was n soldier.
Is it not sufficient to write against
any man s nNme-soldicr.
BY nominating Grant, you show
yourselves cowards aud paltroons.
Grant is no standard bearer when
principles are to be fought for.
You want Grant without q plat
lo'm for the sake of exped!oncy and
wlnuing the next election.
wouldn't have a personal quar-.
rel with General Grant. dare to
say what IL great many are think,
ing.
l don't want Grant for Presi-
dent.
"speech is silver, silence IS go,d.
Gu " Grants siIonco is leaden.
Ho must speak before he gets the
election.
You can't hurrah for Grant aud
win on that issue.
Shame, shame on those Ropnbli.
cans who say: II believe black man
shoHld vote in louisiana, but undor
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
The Law OF .Vevyspapers.

Mr.. Justice Parker, Of this Judic.
ial District,thas just rendered II de-
cislon fully affirming tho Ii, bility of
newspaper subscribers 10 pay for
papers ent them, until all arrears
are Pdid Mr.. Justice Murray rem
dered a like decision when county
Judge. Tho following is the case
decided by Justice Parker
NoRwooD BROWNE AGAINST MARY
MoNsoN, Xxx, &c.-ThIs was am
action brought to recover, among
other things, for about thirteen
years subscription TO tina plaintiffs
paper-tho DeLa,oare Express The
defendant set up the Statue of Linn
ilatlons, claiming that tho PLAINTIFF
could recover only for subscription
to the paper for the last six vearg
previous TO tho commencement OF
suit, The case was iried before JUS
tlce Parker at the October Circuit
without a jury. Tho case has iasb
been decided, Judge Parker holding
,hat the contract between the pub
Usher and subscriber was a oontm-
ueIng contract and tho defendant
was liable for tho whole time tho
paper was sont and received thus
following The decision Of Judge
Murray at tho County Court IN the
ease of Browne agt. Hit. Judge
ment for plaIEtl9, S72 08 and costa
Mhlto Il Jacobs for pltff; Geo. w
clark for deft- Erprcss, Deih,,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
The i'la form OF Chief Justice
ChaHP.

\ Washington Democratic paper
publishes the following MS COM
prlsing the platform Of Chief Jus.
tice Chase:
Universal amnesty and complete
removal of all disabilities on account
of participation in the late rcb, lion, Is
not only Il just and wise measure of
public policy, but is necessary To n bon
eilcial administration Of the Govern.
mcnt in the States recently involved
IN civil war with the United States. and
to the full and satisfactory rc-cstab-
llshment of the practical relations of
thOs States with the other States of
the American Union.
No military government in any
State Of the Union, in time of peace, is
compatible with the principles Of civil
liberty, established by decentralization
nor can the trial of private citizens bv
military commissions bc tolerated by
4 pcaplc jealous of their freedom and
desiring to be faithful to IT,
Taxes should be reduced as far as
practicable, collected impartially and
with strict economy, and so apportion.
cd rs TO bear upon wealth rather than
upon labor, and while all national oLli-
cations should be honestly and exactly
fulfilled, no special privileges should be
allowed to any classes Of individuals or
corporations
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
From the Spirit Of Dcmocrncy.l
The Poor Man Pays the Rich
DOndnOldcr's Taxes.
4. s Bonds Exempt from Ia xa.
tiOn.

Upon examination Of the hudi.
tors books of this county, wo find
that there are untuxcd Bonds With
ia the boundcros ol this county to
the amount Of Sl31,75T!
he holders OF these Bonds arc
exempt from paying one cent Of
taxation on them. Taking Monroe
a. an average cOgn:y, and we are
very certain that lt will tail below.
and there are in tho hands Of the
Bondholdcrs in the State SlI.GS3.-
GIG OF taxation retained in their
pockets every year, which the la
boring men Of the State have lu
pay.
The total amount OF taxation I'M
posed upon the honest, hard-work
ing farmers and mechanics of the
State Of Ohio for the benefit of tins
bonded aristocracy. created bv the
Jocobin party, amounts TO 100000
900!
In this system Of robbery legal
lied by Rump Congress, far, IL it
honest, Is il the equal taxation tho
JacobiIs prato so much about in
their platform? Yes, they tell the
pcopiU incy are in favcr OF cqualiz
ing the taxation, but mt the same
time they have the Congress, which
has the power to eQualiz9 It immc.
diotely, but are very careful to pre-.
vent that sauc Congress from dong
anything towardslrelleving the bur.
dens OF un ovor.taXed laboring-pco.
pie.
The, Jacobln party is owned by
the aristocratic Bondholdcrs und
Whisky rings and tho only relief is
to upset the whole rotten. corrupt
party at the baIlo:- box, Until that
Is done the people will bo oppress.
ed and ground down for the pur.
pose ofpaying gold to support a
body Of reckless men supported in
their uourpations by a Dictator who
says: Let us have peace - which
IN plain terms, means that tho la.
boring, tax.paying, Uvcr-bnrdcned
people must srbmit TO the demands
of the Bondholdors, Whisky thieves
and Negro rulers or to do 50 at the
points Of Dictator GRANTS bayoncts
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
Mark TIvain On Fesmafe sun-
rage.


"Mark Twain" writes to his "Cou.
sin Jcnrio' Oh the subject of "Fe-
male Suffrage" as follows
There is one insuperable obstacle
IN the way Of female suffrage, Jcn-
lie. approach the subject with
fear aud trembling, but il must out.
y woman would never vote because
she would have to tell her age at tho
! polls. Aud even it she did dare to
vote once or twico when she was
just of age, you know what dire re-
It's would flow from putting this
aud that together" in aftor times
For instance, IN an unguarded mo-
mtnt. Miss a. says she voted for
Mr.. Smith. Her auditor, who knows
that IL is seven years since Smith
ran for any thing, easily ciphcrs out
that she Is ut least seven years over
age, instead OF the young pulIet sho
has been making herself out 30 be.
No Jenny, this new fashion ofrogis-
toriag The namo. age, residence, and
occupation OF every voter, is fatal
bar 10 female suffrage.
Women will novcr bc permitted
to vote or hold Office, Jennie, and it
is Il lucky thing for mo ard rAanY
other men that such Is the decree OF
fate. Because, you see, there arc
s)me few measures they would all
unite on--thcre ATE one or two meas
urcs that would bring cut their on
tire voting strength, in spite of
their antipathy TO making them
selves conspicuous, and there being
vastly moro women than men in
this State, they would trot these
measures through the Legislature
with velocity that would 6e up-
palling. For instanCc, they woaid
enact
] That all men shorld be at home
by 10 +. NJ, without fail.
,. That married men should be.
stow considerable attention on their
wives.
3, That it shOald bu hanging
ohenSo to sell WHISKY IN saloon,
and that fine and disiranchismen.
should follow drinking in such nla
ccs.
i. That the smoking of cigars 10
excess should be forbidden, and tho
smoking ofpipcs utterly abolished.
o. That the wife should havo "A
little properly of her own, when
she married man that hadn't any.
Jennie, such tyranny as this wo
could never; our FREQ souls could
never endure such degrading thran.
dom. Women, so your way SeeI;
not to bcgullo us OF our imperial
proIlileges. Content yourselves
with your little feminine tribes
your babies, your benevolent socie-
ties and your knitlng-and let
your bosses do tho voting. Stand
back ; you will DO wanting TO- 90 To-
war next. We will let yoa teach
school rs much as you want to, and
we will pay yOu half wages for It
too; but beware 4! We don't want
you TO crowd us TOO much.
II get tinfo, Cousin Jenny, v win
furnish yon picture Of female
legislator that will distress you-I
know it will, bocaus you can not
disguise from mo tho fact that Won
are no more ia favor of female saff-
rage, really, than / am.
MARK TWAIN.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
Defaming the Dend.

The following editorial gem is to
be found in Wednesdays Ohio State
Journal, the central organ Of party,
which III former years, claimed to
cmbody within Its ranks "all the dc q.
cency" of the land. 1t is n brief
paragraph, but lorg enough of the
kind:
"DEFuScT.
James buchanan, cx-Prcsident Of
the United States, is dead. His cpl
taph should be: Here lies the man
who had it ia his power TO save the
Republic from civil war, and thereby
the lives Of million of men, and vet
disgraccfully failed to perform his du-
ty. We have no eulogy to pronounce
upon this pusillanimous wretch. A
mans death doesn't alter the recordofliis
life. The popular verdict concerning
buchanan is correct Let it remain
through all time"
The above ~ not from the La
Crosse Dcmocrdt, but irum the pnn
OF one who assumes TO be the supo.
rior Of Brick poncroy ASIDE
from the infamous taste that would
dictate such " paragraph, its sole
and only material allegation is n
stupid falschood that none but n
blinded partisan or an igmoramus
would be guilty Of nttcriug. 1t was
not "in the power of James Buchan.
an to save the country from civil
war" An insignificant army of
10000 constituted the whole militia.
ry force of tho Government until
six weeks after Mr.. LiEcoln's Inau.
gnratlOn. In the north of Fcbru.
ary, while Mr.. Buchanan was still
in office, Congress, on motion of
Governor Corwin, refused to author.
lze an increase OF the army, belicv-
ing as Corwin declared, that Liood.
shed could be avoided by modera-
ton and calmncss. II was tho dec.
lnration, too, Of Mr.. Lincoln's Prime
Minister. that in ninety DAYS (tho
incoming Ot Lincoln's aGministra.
tlon,) tho whole secession excite
ment would he over. Yet, IN the
face ofhistOrical facts hike these, we
have limitations that James Bu-
chanan should have taken the mat.
ter out of the hands of Congress,
aud at the worry close of his admin
istratlon assumed the power Of in.
augnrating war which tho Prime
Minister of his successor h ad taken
n public occasion to declare to the
world could and would be avoided
Ncrdrk 4drocate.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
From the Columbus (o.) Crisis.
PLATFORM OF TIE AROLI-
TION CANDIDATE,
Hiram U,S Grant and What lie Stands On
'I'n Fight 1t Out on This Line. :,
PLATFORM.


Gold for the bondholder-Grccn
backs for the farmer, the mechanic
aud the laborer.
Suspension of the liberty of the
press and freedom of fspeech.
Suspension Of Habeas Corpus and
enthronement Of the military over
the civil power. o.
Reduction OF ten States to Militia
ry dependencies under the rulo of
hcarUlcss and brutal satraps like
Siekles, Sheridan, Candy and
Meade
Removal ofwhite officials and the
substitution of Niggers therefor.
The overthrow OF Constitutional
freedom and the establishment Off
military despotism.
The political elevation of the bru.
tai and half savage negro over tho
white man.
Tho inauguration ofa war Of rae.
es and the destruction Of the most
fertile portion OF the Republic.
The oppression of the working
classes aud the final overthrow Of
white citizenship by tho rulo of The
bayonOt,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
John N. Langsion, OF OberiIn.

Among tho published proceedings
OF the Chicago Convention is The
following:
General Davis then introduced
ono ot their brethren from the South
Mr.. Langston, Of Louisiana, ono oI
the most eloquent advocates of Re
publicanlsm IN his section"
This man Langston, a resident Of
Ohio, is far sample of the carpet
baggers who were takcn to Chicago
to represent the Southern State, m
the Convention. Not many years
ngo, (say in 1882 no was .ricd
convicted and imprisoned, for re-
sisting an officer in the discharge of
his duties under n law Of the United
States, and, while in jail, he was
toasted and petted by The loyal men,
who then publicly proclaimed that
no man was bound TO obey any law
that, in his conscience, ho believed
TO be wrong, and who prated about
Estate Rights" and that "citIzcns of
Ohio had right to resist the en-
torcement Of any law of the United
States in contravcrtion with law
of the State"
Langston made speech, in which
occurs the following language, COM
plimentary to our Irish ani Cor
man citizens;
The timo w0s when they loved
to court the voice and vote of the
lrishmen, and when they loved TO
draw IN the vote Of the German
citizens, but, thanks to God ana
Grant, they now called on tho neqro
Tor his vote p
AS many of ourreaders have been
led to believe that tho negroes Of
the South were an unrcllgious de-
praveu set of human beings, depriv.
cd OF all religious teaching, We give
the following testimony of Mr..
Langston to the country
He SAID: "IIe represented 500.
0OC negro voters who knew no re-
ligioD but Christ, and in politics,
Grant and tho Republican party
Wherever the negro voted, he gave
his ballot as he did his voice for tho
party that stood on tho Bible, the
Constitution, and the Chicago Plat
form. If there was man in that
Convention who represented con-
with record more hon
orable than his, he wouid like to
SEQ him. Thoy all stood upon the
Bible and the Constitution.
AS Langston had only been in
few weeks before he
was sent to Chicago, wo would not
advise anyone TO attach too much
importance 10 what he says as there
is an apparenC inconsistency IN
the Bible and tho Consti.
tuition with the Chicago Platform
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
InCrease SO, ,7I7.O59JS.

The statement of the public debt
for May has been published. 1t ex.
hloits an increase over the report of
the previous month ofs9,7l7, ,059.lS.
The Chicago Convention passed II
resolution about cconnmy. This Is
the first installmcnt the public have
had dished out by tho officials of
that party. How do the tax. pay
ers like tho economy that Increases
their public debt in one month nine
millions, seyen hundred and seven
teen thousand and fifty nine dollars
and eighteen cents GreenrWe
Democrat.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25

second count charges conspiracy
with the same parties to capture
tho Presidcnt ana deliver him n
prisoner to the robels; and the
other counts make the same churg-
es in the usual circumlocutory style
closing with an accusation of con.
spiracy ut common law.
The published statement that
Mr.. Chase would accept the Demo.
cratic nomination on certain plnt.
form mas been attributed to the pri.
vate secretary of tho Chief Justice
Tho secretary denies all responsl.
bility for the statement, and snvs n.
know nothing of IL until ho saw IL
in print.
Hon. William NJ. Evafts, Of New
York, was nominated t5 the Senate
for Attorney General. IL was un-
derstoot, day or two ago, that he
had written letter declining the
offer, bnt the refusal was probably
not poremptory.
The following Democratic nomi-
nations for Congress have been
made IN Pcnnsylvonia First Dis.
trict, Samuel Randall; Second D:s
trict, Thomas B. Florence Third
District, John MoiTat.
The Democracy oil Maine held
their State Convention Tuesday.
and nominated Hon. 4. r. Plllsbury
for Governor with = ticket for Pres.
identidl electors.
The Committee on Claims of the
House OF Representatives have re.
ported II bill distributing tho no.
ward Of 100000 offered for the can.
'urc OF Jefferson Davis by procla.
nation 1T tho President, issued on
May 2, 1865. The money is ullot-
ed us follows: To Muior General
james III. Wilson, Of Illinois. 81. 900;
to Benz, ID. Pritchard, of Michigan
Lieut.. Col. of the lth Michigan Cav.
airy, $4,000; TO Jos A. o. Yeoman.
OF Iowa, Captain of the LIST Ohio
Cavalry, $4,000. The balance of
Sel 900 is to be divided in propor-
tion to tho respective monthly pay
of one tndrcd and forty -four Off.
GERS and men OF tho 1lh Michigan
Cavalry that were on tho ground
on the morning Of May 10; of sew
enty five officers and enlisted men
ofthe First Wisconsin Cavalry, and
OF twcnty-sevcn others, being the
detachment accompanying Captain
Yeoman, principally of Obio.
In the Senate Tuesday the Com.
mittco on Foreign Affairs reported
the bl'l for protection OF American
citizens abroad, with substitute
for tho stringent retaliation clpuse
OF the bill AZ il came from tho
House. Tho substitute requires the |
President, instead of taking any |
action himself IN any case Of out.
rage upon II citizen, to report the
facts to Congress for its decision
The Arkansas Senators presented
themselves, were sworn in and took
their seats. The credentials of the
Representatives from the same State
were presented in the House and
referred. The entire day and eve
mug were consumed in conslGera-
ton of the new Tax Bill. A score
OF propositions. wcro offered fixing
the tax on WHISKY at ns many diff
ercnt figures and succcssively voted
down and at length the rate was
established at fifty cents, by a very
heavy majority.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
$500 A YEAR.

no cum,tances here in EImlra.
Disintegr: ton starcs the Radicals
in the face because they arc asham-
ed to come ont boldly and openly
for negro suffrage.
Don't hide your PRINCIPLES, il you
have got any. behind the smoke Of
one mans cigar.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25

Ina private letter 10 gcntlo,
man in Washington City, John @
Adams, Jr., says;
VI can say, IN respect to tho men
tion OF my name, in connection
with the second place on the Demo
cratic ticket to be selected by the
Fourth Of July Convention, that
am an applicant for no Office under
tho sun, My course at homo has
been dictated by the most dlsinter.
csted obligations of duty and pref
crcnce. feel that tho accident of
birth has thrust mo upon the public
attention rather before my tlme,
ard, also, that this prominence, con.
nvcted with the accident Of birth,
involves great deal of II certain
kind of responsibility. 1t l can ae-
quit myself crodltably under those
circumstances, and come Off with
the old family honors FREQ of tarnr
ish, i shall be content, and tho Vice
Presidency may find some one
worthier and m9re anxious than
myself
This need not be regarded in the
light of positive decllnation. When
politician declines he finds more
direct language IN which to express
himself. 1t is sate to say that IN
tho present case "Barkis is w,llin'."
- Gin. Gem.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
SOLDIERS, DEW ARE.

Soldiers, who place the proper esti-
mate on thoir right Of suffrage should
beware of an organization called the
Grand Army of the Republic No
matter what are the assertions of those
who are working to get the soldiers to
join this secret political order, the fact
is that the main and only real object is
70 control the soldier vote in the inter
cat of the Radical, Bonded Aristocracy
Every soldier should avoid it, as he
would avoid that which would rob him
Of the higcst privilege of freeman.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25


The National Police Gd-ctte, of
juno 20, in referring to n produc.
tion ofthcir artist, illustrating the
horrors OF n negro riot recently in
Washington, ID. c., makes the fol.
lowing very appropriate and sug.
gestivc remarks
THE BLACK SuEEP.-Our artist Of
this week has hit upon very happy
idea. IL is u truthful dclincatlon Of
tho present condition of the country,
in relation TO the feeding and paup-
crizing Of the negroes of the South.
IN order to use them us an element
Of political strength, to serve those
who desire to pcrpetuate their pow
er and revcl amid tho loavcs and
fishes. 1t IL of but httle consc-
quencc to the people who get the
lOavrs and ihos, if the hungry
hordcs arc to be retained IN Office !;
but what tho people demand. is that
the laws creating ,hcsc places be
abolished ut once and that tho lazy
ncgrous be compelled TO work and
earn their own livelihood. We have
10 work for our hrcud and so docs
every mechanic and laborcr IN the
Northern States and # they cam
not earn two dollars adny, they will
work for one and a half, or any oth-
or sum, rather than become prupers,
and 80 it should bu with tho South,
srn negroes. There is work enough
Tor them 20 do, and there IL no ex-
cusc for the government to be en.
gagged in keeping II standing army
Of officials, spread all over the South,
10 feed and pet them in their !azi~
ness. The Northern States nro be,
ing heavily taxed 10 support thus
monstrOsily ih our National Cows
crnmcrt, ann We are threatened
with II continuance Of it IN long az
the negro exists, and lac il entitled
10 IA vote, Tho people must shake
off this incubus. OI they will be
crushed beneath its weight.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25

Henry a. WISE Is not satisfied
with any Of the candidates yet NAM
ed for tho Presidency by tho De
moerucy. II WISE werc proposed,
what would his opinion be about il?
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25

A RIcHNosD Democratic editor says that
Mr, Colfsx isnOt in the true acceptance OF
tho term ga gentleman" because he begun
as printer III Dayton jour- al.
Mr.. Colfax never was printer. lfedon'I
know thin space from printers devil. =
statesman.