The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-11-27

1t may be satisfaction to Il!
resder--it certainly was TO me--t
know that the mutinous crew of tn.
wrecked bark never came to Ian,
and that thus the sea avenged tn
cruel murder of the captain.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The Political Dead Of 1868.
! Seymour and Blair will have the
requiem sung by mourning friend
throughout the land. Instead OF I'll
traditional skull and cross bones, tI
Ku Klux Klan will hereafter adoI
the heads of Seymour and Blair-a
forcible illustrations of death as Ca
be needed on political banner.
is not, however, of Seymour an
Blair that we propose TO speak, bu
OF some Of their comrades-the me
who did the work, who faced til
enemy, who carried the banner, VIII
defended the platform, and who pei
formed the active duty Of the cam
psign. The first in order, as he wa
in deeds, was the great Ohioan, who
in addition to his titles of Marty
and Exile, bore that of Nominator-
and almost Observation-Disclosures
This brave and heroic man, who ha.
the remarkable faculty of defcatin.
himself, and of defeating everybody
whose cause he advocated, was anon.
the slsin. He fell at his own thresh
old, bravely but vainly trying to be
come member of the "Rump,' ant
ar unwilling participant in the en-
actment Of unconstitutional laws
Inexorable fate snatched him from
such a crime, and now his ghost vii
walk forever the Elysian nfields--whert
there are no elections, no mileage
no nominations.
Then we have Pendleton, the great
financier, who proposed to pay of
the public debt by giving therefor its
notes, bearing no interest, and never
pay able. This. brave man fought the
good fight in Maine, in Massachu
sets, in Connecticut, in Pennsylva.
mia, IN Ohio. in West Virginia, in III
inois, and In Iowa, and at the close
of his labors, was compelled to hear
his chief sneeringly ask him: "Where
are the victories you promised us p''
With Pendleton fell Pugh, who made
very offensive and very revo-
lutionary without any provocation.
He was wont to telihi hearers, when
ever he spoke, that he "would not
give three-cent postage stamp for
the fourteenth amendment to the
Constitution,' which he would never
nor respect To-day an
adhesive stamp OF the smallest de-
would purchase all that
remains, politically, of ex Senator
George E. Pugh.
Wisconsin, too, has to mourn her
illustrious dead. The bread-and but
ter brigade have been cut to pieces,
and Randall, and Doolittle, and
lay side by side, victims of
The peoples wrath, consigned to a
tomb whose portsls, once closed upon
hem, will open no more forever
The Senator, Cabinet Minister, and
.he aspirant for Congressional hon
ors--each knew the others worth
md prize companions and partners
IN life, it was poetic justice that buri-
sd them in the same grave.
In the monuments erected to CON-
the Democratic dead of
1868, there should be none with
more brazen front than that which
bears the name of Andrew johnson.
His was terrible death. He died
lot in the field like the others, but
ne died in hospital, whittier num-
Der OF complicated and fatal dis
,ases compelled his removal
It is hard TO say Of what he
lied, because no man ever lived
Who was afflicted as he was. There
we're those who thought decapitation
would have been merciful interpo-
'ition; but the poor creature was
permitted to suffer through TO the
End, and died, proianely protesting
o the last a faith in "My policy
Following close upon the Presi-
lent, departed the man OF Cincinnati,
Cary-him OF the horny hand, who
,ook upon his shoulders the cares,
oils and interests of the working
men OF the country. Like Stonewall
Jackson, there is too much reason to
believe he was slain by disgustcd
nen belonging to his own following.
no more will the working men turn
,ut to vote for Cary; no more will
Gary lead the in-bucket brigade to
1ictoryl .. 7.
Turn we now to Illinois, and with
'everential breath speak the names
II McClernard, o Brien and Eden !!
Though the departed O'Brien, while
living, repudiated all faith and mem
in the Catholic Church, we
IAN not forego the happy privilege
u hoping that he may rest IN peace
For years he had been afflicted with
! strange disorder. While tho war
aged he was for peace when peace
vas restored he was for war. He
has fought his last battle, and has
,een sent as Congressman-at-large
o that land of exile from which the
Democracy will never permit a re
urn. Illinois mourns one Democrat
C Governor less. Eden has gone to
DIN Allen, and Richardson, and Rob
nson, and with them realize that
OF all the sad words of tongue or pen,
The sadsest are these II might have been
YOUTHFUL DIssfPATIoN.--It is un-
undoubtedly true that dissipation has
! most injurious effect upon the
minds of the young. Speaking upon
his subject, James Parton, in Pack
rfs Monthly, says:
0If Won look into the early life of