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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

The rich man is getting
richer and the poor man poor
er. This is the prize the poor
man won in the Black Repub-
lican lottery.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

The poor man used to get 81 SO
to So per day In gold or silver,
Now he gets about the same in pa
per, worth about 20 cents ON the
dollar. Howevr, hc pays more
than twice as much for the food his
family eats. This is the tothelegied
upon him by Moilty."
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

Given under my hand, at my Office, In
Macarthur, this ID day of September, A. ID.
1858. n. JOHN J..SH0CKEY,
Sheriff Of vinton County,O.
Sept. 5, lS68-tde
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03
Merchants Protective Union
MERCANTILE REFERENCE REGISTER.


THE MEEcHAETs' PROTEcTIyE uHtON, organized
10 promote and protect trade, by enabling It's sub
scribers to attain facility and safety IN the grant.
ing Of credits, and the recovery q claims az al
points, hisse 10 announce that they will, on or
about September lst 1888, publish In one large
TaE MERcHASfs' PnorEcTIvE UsIDN MERc4NrfLE
RWEREEcE REqlsTsa, containing anong other
things, the names, nature OF bnHnesa, amount oi
eapIih financial Standing, and -atlng as to credit,
Of over 40O,OO0 Of the principal merchants, ira
ders, bankers, manufacturers, nul public com,
panies, in more than 10000 Of tiA eities, towns,
villages, and settlements, Throughout the United
States, their territories and the British PTovin.
ces Of North America; and enbuicing the most
important information attainable and necessary
to enable the merchant to ascertain at q glance
the capital, character, and degree OF credit OF
such Of his customers as are deemed worthy OF
any graduation Of credit.
Tile reports and Information to be given IN the
REGISTER will lie confined TO those deemed wOr-
thy Of some line Of credit and rs the same will
be based, so far as practicable, upon the written
statements Of the parties themselves, revised
and corrected by well, ll,known and reliable legal
correspondents, whose character will prove
guarantee Of the correctness OF tho Information
furnished by them II is believed that the reports
will prove more truthful aud complete, and,
therefore, superior to, and Of much gaeater val.
ue, than any previously issued.
BY aid of the Merchants Protective Union
Mercantile Reference Register, business men
will be enabled TO ascertain, at q glance, the
capital and graduation of credit, aa compared with
financial worth, of nearly every merchant, man
ufaCturer, trader, and banker, within the above
named territorial limits,
On or about the first Of each mbbth subscribers
will also receive the Monthly Chronicle, contain.
ing among other things, record Of such i'm.
portant changes In the name and condition o
firms, throughout the country, as may occur
subsequent to the publication oi each half yearly
volume Of the Mercantile Referenee Register:
Price of The Merchants Union Mercantile
Reference Register, fifty dollars, $50 y for which
II will be forwarded to any address IN the United
States, transportation paid.
Holders Of five $40 shares Of the Capital Stock,
in addition to participating in The profits, will re-
celve one copy of the Mercantile Reference
Register free Of charge holders Of ten shares
will be ent tiled to Two copies; and no more than
ten shares Of the Capital Stock will be allotted to
any one applicant.
All remiinnces, orders, or communications
relative to the book, should be addressed to the
Merchants Protective Union, In the American
Exchange Bank Building, No. l2s broadway,
(Box 25G6,) NeW-YOrk.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

IF the lahoring man owns
no house, still he pays taxes
on the one he lives in, in the
way Of enhanced rents.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

ALWAYS 60 where the best Of everything
can be had Al the House Of o. Down 4
sos you can get LerillArd's Century Fine
Cut Chewing Tobaeoo -bsat in the world,
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

THE most beautiful lot Of Dress Goods
and every other article Of latest style of
Goods at o. Down g. SoN's.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

PRrNTIsG.--Havihg received large lot
of Fine Colored Inks Of all kinds, we are
prepared to execute every description Of
printing, on short notice, at the most rea-
sonableraLes.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

THE Democracy Of Elk township met at the
Court Eouse Tuesday night and organized a
Club o. 4. Cunning, Esq, made u noble
speech, which all present. Proceedings next
week .
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03
PTT,T -

Rl1IlIS.
VOTERS of Vinton county, look
up your tax receipts Of 1860 and
1868, and compare them, and see
the difference in the amount you
paid in those two yearsl A citizen
of this county calls opr attention to
this matter, InfeGO BE paid So in
taxes, and this year he has to pay
S23,36. There, you see is differ
ence of $17,0O in this State and
County taxes only. Besides that,
look at the Internal Revenue tax
that has to be paid-on all that you
eat, drink, and wear
THE RAIDS are saying that "Dem-
ocrats can be bought cheap this
fall" Wilson, the eighty-thousand-
dollar bond candidate for Congress,
boasts that he has $4,000 to pay for
his election. He has sent thou
sand dollars to Vinton county, and
it ig, as we learn, being used in buy
ing the votes of those opposed to
the unequal system of taxation.
Vote the bondholder down at the
polls Pay no attention to his
money!
WILSON voted in Congress for the
wicked Funding Bill; and the
workings of the bill impose So, 1885,
100000 of gold debt upon the tax
payers of this eountry-a debt that
can't be paid by our children's IS child
rem. The Radical Congressional
Convention, and the Vinton County
Radical Convention, and all the
candidates on the Radical State and
County ticket indorse Wilson's S vote
in Congress on that bill.
Go to the polls on the 18th Octo-
ber Vote to abolish Gold interest
for Bondholders, Bureaus for worth
less negroes, and the Jacobin party
from place andpowerl Vote against
every man on the Grab Tax Ticket n
Don't scratch a Democrat ticket
Votefor every man Makeacomplete
job ofthe day 'swork Work all day
In 1859 a workingman could
clothe himself and family in de-
cent, comfortable manner on the
proceeds of one months work.
Now it takes all that the same man
can earn in three months to put him
in like condition. This change
has been effectedlby eight years of
Radical rule. If Grant is elected
and the Radicals continue in power,
in short time the workingmen of
this nation will be as poorly fed,
clothed, and lodged as those of the
most despotic nation in the old
world. Go to the polls and vote
against Grant, Wilson, Fry, and
every other man on the ticket that
is in favor of grinding down the
poor working men!
ONE of the Freedmen's Bureau
Agents in Alabama, Capt, Burton,
a carpet Dagger from, the North,
(pretty much like the ecarpet-b -baggers
from Chillicothe who run the be-
smeared paper opposite the public
stable in this town. obtained fraud
ulently all the money from the
half-starved negroes in his district
and ran away. Q, ye carpet bag
gers
VoTERs of Vinton county, every
vote you deposit for the candidates
on the Radical ticket is a vote to
add So, 1885, 100000 additional taxa.
tion uponthe taxpayers, the farm
ers, the mechanics, and the laboring
men of this country, and to aid the
conspirators now destroying the
Government. Don't vote for them
this fall Just 60 and vote for,
happy and prosperous change
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

The taxpayers demand
that J. T. Wilson's National
Bank, and all others be abol-
ished, and greenbacks be es-
tablished for their currency.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03
WORDS TO WORKINGMENl |

Only Two Parties In this Country The Rag. .BarOnp
Party, ard the Party Of Rags Msstsss on the
One Side, Slaves on the 0thsr-1hs Day Of Reok
oninR at HandI
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

DISTRICT OFFICERS
One Member of Congress for the
Eleventh (11th) Congressional
District-composed fthe coun-
ties of Vinton, Jackson, Gallia,
Lawrence, Scioto, and Adams;
One Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas for the Second Sub-Di-
vision of the Seventh Judicial
District-composed of the coun-
ties of Vinton, Jackson, Pike,
Scioto, and Lawrence;
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03
DEMOCRATIC MASS
MEETING!

TnE Democracy Of Swan and adjoining town
ships will have Grand Mass Meeting at Bethel,
in Swan township, Saturday, Sept 18th, 1863
Hon. A. J. Swain, Dr.. I, T. MOnahan, and P.
DuHadway, Esq., and other speakers, Will be
present and Address the meeting
Let there be full turnout Of MI political par
ties, and hear a hill discussion Of the political
issues,
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

COUNTY OFFTCERS.
One Auditor for Vinton county;
One Treasmerfor Vinton county;
One Sheriff for Yinton county;
One Recorder for Vinton county;
One Commissioner for Viuton coun
ty;
One Coroner for Vinton comfy.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

STATE OFFECERS-
One Secretary Of State for the State
of Ohio;
One Judge of the Supreme Court
for the State of Ohio;
One Member of the Board of Public
Works for the State of Ohio;
One School Commissioner for the
State of Ohio;
One Clerk ofthe Supreme Court for
the State of Ohio.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03
SHERIFFVS
NATION.
Second Tuesday in October, A. D.
1868,
Being the 18th day Of said Month,
sHEREFF's OFFICE,

between the hours of o'clock In the forenoon
and O'Clock In the afternoon Of said day, and
then and there proceed to vote by ballot for
the following Officers, to-wlt:
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

Go to the polls on the 18th Octo-
ber! Vote to abolish Gold interest
for Bondholders, Bureaus for worth
less negroes, and the Jacobin party
from laceandpowerl Vote against
every man on the Grab Tax Ticket |
Don't scratch a Democrat ticket |!
Votefor every man Makeacomplete
job ofthe day'swork ! Work all day /
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-03

stp q wii i.si ~ $3.50
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28
CAN Do NO RETrER.

The Pittsburgh Post, the leading Demo-
cratic paper of Western Pennsylvania said,
on the 2Sth of June 1867:
What better thing can we do in case OF
General Grants nomination by the Repub.
liean party than to vote for him for the Pres
idency? Our aim should be to strengthen him
as much as possible independent OF party and
to elect him as the President of the people,
If unanimously so much the better.
''We solemnly believe that if the people
generally of the United States can come to-
gether with real unanimity on General Grant,
in regard to the Presidency it viii be the hap
piest thing for our country that could posi-
bly, occur. The future good effects of this
course are almost incaleulable. We earnestly
ask our Democratic friends everywhere to
consider this subject carefully
Yes, consider this subject carefully, hon.
est Democrats You can do no better thing
than to vote for General Grant for the
Presidency Make him the President Of
the people and the questions of the war and
the rebellion will be forever settled. Let
Democrats carefully consider this most I'M
portant matter. Grant will doubtless be
elected by a very large majority, by Repub-
lican votes alone. But its moral effect will
be as nothing compared with what it would
be if Democrats and Republicans were to
join in elevating him to the Presidential
chair and thereby making it the emphatic
voice ofthe nation. and not of a mere party,
proclaiming that the issues of the war are
settled and the reconstruction of the States
affirmed, and that the exciting and danger
Gus questions settled by the unanimous
voice of the people shall be no more opened
or revived to distract our people and en-
danger our liberty The moral effect of
such course, by the honest and patriotic
portion of the Democratic party, would be
almost magical. 1t would at once give per-
manent peace and security throughout the
South, to be followed quickly by prosperity
and plenty. 1t would at once settle the
currency question, for greenbacks would
rise to par with gold and our government
bonds would command premium in the
money markets of the world. The labor
problems Of the day would thereby he soIv-
ed. The peace and security Of the country
being secured we would at once enter upon
a career Of unprecedented prosperity. On
the other hand the election of Seymour and
Blair would be the signal for new war,
with the President arrayed against Congress
and the people The terrible results of the
anarchy and civil war that would thus be
inaugurated afresh in behalf of the "Lost
Cause Of the rebellion, we will not under
take to portray. But one thing is assured.
1t would be even worse than the late rebel
lion, for it would devastate the whole eoun-
try instead of only part Democrats con-
slider. Take the advice of the Post and
make the peace and prosperity Of your
country secure. Ignore party ties, defy
party leaders, and do the work Of patriots
by elevating him to the Presidential chair,
who so gallantly and triumphantly led our
armies to victory and our nation to Peace.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28
ANSWER THEM.

When copperhead talks about the great
burthen of taxes under which the people
groan, tell him that they are the heritage of
Democratic rebellion. They are the price
Of American Liberty paid to redeem it from
the parricidal hands of such Democrats as
JEFF. Davis and Robert E. Lee. When he
talks of the $4,000, ,000, ,0G0 of debt, rolled
up as he declares by Republican admins
tration, give him the same answer; and don't
forget to add that copperhead aid and sym
pathy made necessary double expenditure
of blood and treasure in saving the life of
the nation and the liberties of the people.
Tell him also that Republican administra-
ton in spite Of Andy johnson and his COP.
perhead allies has already paid off $780,,
100000 of that debt and is annually paying
hundreds Of millions more, although the
Southern States as yet have been able to
pay nothing, because of distractions laid in
the way of reconstruction by Andy johnson
and the whole copperhead party. Tell him
also that, while so rapidly paying off the na-
tional debt, a Republican administration,
or rather Republican Congress, has al
ready removed more than one half of the
direct taxes that it was found necessary to
lay during the war. Tel him too that those
taxes have been removed from the necessa.
ries Of life, which the poor man must buv.
and lald upon incomes and luxuries. for the
most part, SO as to protect the poor and lay
the burden upon the rich who are able to
pay il. The Republican party is the poor
mans friend. Grant is the candidate Of
the party pfIaw and Order, Liberty and
Peace,
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28
BEWARE OF COPPERHEAD FALSE
HOOD.

Copperheadism makes but small preten-
sions to even ordinary morality, but false
statements are made SO confidently and
presumptuously that the unwary are con-
strained to believe them without examina-
ton. In their present desperate straits
even their most prominent leaders are
STOPPING to deliberate Misrepresentation and
falsehood Horatio Seymour in recent
speech asserted that it viii cost this year
more than $l5O,0oO, 600, to maintain an
army to keep the South in suJjugatioR. He
well knew, at the very moment he made this
assertion, that the whole expense for the
year just closed as shown BY the official
records was less than $40, ,000 900, and that
this included, the military Government of
the unreconstructed states. Reconstruction
expenses, the freedman s Bureau and the
guarding Of the Texas frontier against In
dian and Mexican raids. In speech made
by Seymour at the Cooper Institute, New
York on the 25th Of June and published
in last weeks Gazette he asserts that the
cost Of the Government from July l, 1865
to July l, 1868 was $500, ,39o, POS. Yet he
very well knew that this estimate covered
hundreds Of millions of dollars expended in
paying off and mastering out the soldiers
of our armies during 1865, aud that other
hundreds Of millions were since expended
in paying bounties to the soldiers. These
facts are all ignored in order that charge
of extravaganza may be trumped up against
the republican party and that the truth
may be perverted or hidden, in order to
make political capital.
In the same speech he trumps up a similar
false charge against the Navy Department
and compares it with the expenses of the
navy department during four years of peace
under Buchanan, to make out case of Re
publican extravaganza. Can it be possible |
that be thought to deceive the people by
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28


Words Of cheer come to us from every
section of the country, If we ara yigilant
Grant and CoIfax win be triumphantly cleo
ted But we must not allow false seeuri.
ty to lure us into idleness and indifference
Idleness may lose US all. Our enemies are
active, stealthy and INSCRIPTIONS. They
viii leave no tricks of fIaud or deception
untried. We must be prepared to meet
them at every point. See every lukewarm
Republican aud stir him up to the dangers
that threaten US. Show every reasonable
and honest Democrat the yawning gulf of
anarchy and civil war into which his un-
scrupulous party leaders are endeavoring to
lead the country See that your neighbor
is well supplied with papers from which be
can learn the Importance Of the impending
contest. Circulate the INQuIRER for the
campaign. Get your neighbor to take it.
If he won't subscribe for it send it to him
yourself IfYou cant afford to send it to
him send US his name and address, and we
will see that he is supplied, BE active and
vigilant Keep sharp lookout for tricks
and frauds. See that every Union man is
assessed in good time. Remember that the
State election in October will have an i'm
portant influence on the Presidential con-
test Remember also that two gallant sol-
diers are our candidates on the State ticket
and that they have not only acquitted them
selves creditably on the field of battle but
also in the respective Offices which they
now fill, and for which they are candidates
for reelection. To work then with will
and never cease till the polls close or the
Sd of November and Grant and Colfax will
be elected by so triumphant a majority that
rebels and ooprerheads win forever after be
consigned to well merited oblivion.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

such trick. Every one knows the enor-
nous difference between the naval expenses
in time of war and in time Of peace, yet
this aspirant 10 Presidential houors hopes
to make the people believe that the increas-
ed cost in time Of war is the result Of Re-
publican extravaganza, when every one
knows it is the result of Democratic treason
and rebellion, Verify Seymour already
shows signs ofinsanity.
Again he asserts in the same speech, falsely
and with the most unblushing impudence,
that the present tariff policy of the govern
ment has swept our commerce from the
seas This is direct stab at the vital in
terests Of Pennsylvania. while the malicious
falsiier well knows that the loss of our com
merce is only one more Of the disastrous
results of the late Democratic rebellion to
which he himself rendered all the aid and
comfort in his power. Let not the people
be deceived by such specious falsehoods.
They are scattered broad cast over the land
and are in the mouth of every pot house
politician. They can all be refuted by any
one who has the least knowledge of the his
tory of the past seven or eight years. AL
most every charge of taxes, debt, extrava-
gance &c, trumped up by these falsifers
can be shown to be the legitimate result ol
the rebellion brought on by Democratic
dough-facedness, perpetuated through foul
long years by Copperhead aid and sympathy
and now attempted to be renewed by Cop
perhead candidates, Point them to then
own shameful record as refutation of then
falsehoods and to the history of our gior.
ious achievements as a rebuke Of theil
treason.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28
Mississippi Bandits.

The Memphis 4c0laacbe states that a re-
cent preliminary trial at Senatooia, llissis
sippi, developed what had long been sur
missed, namely, that ever since the close Of
the war a thoroughly disciplined band Of
horse thieves have been actively at work in
North Mississippi, often extending. their
operations to adjacent States They have a
captain, a first Lieutenant and second in
command, and regular runners, who had
their routes of travel, like the celebrated
Murrellites, who were the terror Of the
South west forty or fifty years ago. The
captain of this band is named Cage PhilOpot,
a middle-aged man of stout build, and
coarse features, shrewd and roguish looking.
His followers are men of low instincts, some
of whom hid from conscription during the
war and lived by pillagiDg theiI neighbors
The war being over, they came from their
dens in the thickets and swamps, and
migrated to fields where they were not so
well known. A number settled in De Soto
county, near Senatobia They put in little
crops, aud appeared to make a precarious
living by tilling the soil and working about
as day laborers Over twoyears ago they
began operations as horse thieves. Suspi-
cions were long directed to them but
they were too wary for e long time to be
caught They knew their crowd and trusted
nobody else But at last they admitted one
member too many, who revealed their opera
tions to the authorities, and all the gang
but two or three have been captured.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-28

Ar Harrisburg, the capital town of our
Commonwealth, in leading Democratic
drinking saloon, frequented BY the chie.s of
that party, hang in handsome frames the
portraits of jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee,
Beaureguard, Buckner, Bragg, and, to
crown all, of Wilkes Booth, This is in no
cut-throat hole, but room where the
gentlemen and leaders ofthe local Democracy
meet for social and business intercourse. 1t
is almost impossible to conceive of any more
studied insult or affront to the people Of
Pennsylvania. In Kentucky and Tennessee
thousands ofgraves are filed with Pen1syl-
vanians shot down by the impressed solliers
of these very men Bragg aud Buckncr; Zee
and Davis are the two men finally responsi-
bic for the atrocities of AndersonviIle and
Libby, and Booth is a name of fexecration not
only to every loyal but to every honest man.
1t is distasteful to speak Of such matters as
these or to narrate such incidents, but it is
becoming every hour more and more a duty.
From all parts of the country the evidence
thickens that the leaders Of the Lost Cause
are the adopted wards of the Democracy.
Not their ignorant, unwashed, unthinking
masses, but their best men, such as they
are, Systematically pay respect to and
cherish the memory of the nations foes,
even be they felons Hostility to the
country is the only passport to the friend
ship and fellowship of that organization
which has stolen the name ofan oncehonor-
ed party The Press