Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-04-25
WHOLE NUMBER 956.


know the intensbehsz nv his errglencv
we reeoihmeRds the holdiilc nv icorycy
sashens'with the eerrespondnet NV Il g
Nooif a ori0f Herald fegleriy, at least once,
perliay, Till this crisis hez passed. zs III
I. Il Es0IyED,. That ifs need be- to pre-.
vent the power NV the government fror,
parsin entirely into the hands ,rv a ab-
llshn .Cepgrls, we the democracy NV tn.
Corners, pledge ourselves, cur -forehoons
and our Sacred honor, to maintain the
Executive by aIta3ssilm al the means in our pow
BiissSe05mT3 complained that them resoloo-
shens wasn't strong enufr. Good Lore
he trembled when, ne thot NV the con-
sciences that Wodfd ehsoo ef the Pres
dent .shood be removed w coorse the
| cheerHan nv this hieetin wood be ousted
| from his Post Offs, and wat wood b.
come NV the corners 9then {? What wood
become of the debt eh (the Postmaster
owed him p tBasconf Wat wood become
Nv the debts he owed every citizen uv- ~
the Corners who he'd ANYTHING wicii cool
be borreredh0r bottom credit !? Ny God,
he remarked, ststhe. Corners would be
roGind ~ Il! s1ra81 uls1
; And lTeaIizin zmysef the. awful couse:
kenees Hv .destrqyinsl the hope they wus
/ lyen on lebustid iuto teers, atswieh tbef
wuz all visably Affected. .a.-e ba,.,zs ,st ias7
Zoe, Bigler ross, and, sed he perpose,l
that tbs mee4tin m4j .neyerj adjouru, butts.
keep IN seonilnyooal session, passia reS1
olooshens, that beein the entire extent,
NV aid the President wood get from ken
tuckY. IF resolooshens wood do a.. j..
any good, he WIZ III favor Nv -'is gisin them
to him by the Yard Nv coofse, coo @ eff ther.-
wUrz a'strusgie, Kentucky wood remain
Inootral. 1t pays best, ez ,yoo kin, there
by rifle the corpses NV both sides. But,
p;iyin no attenshen to the words nv the
scOrner, we saparatid sadly, waitin for
further Developments tirsF' o. -,a- % N
PETROLEUM V. Massey, p. NJ, -Hf1-i
81 'sr. 81 .a1dii (Wieh is Postniaster.}
4eARKANsAs.-Ths- new constitution In
Arkansas has heen ratified by 1msjori.
ty which probably exceeds 20O0, AMI
the triumph is .oecasioning great joy
among the Unionists not only OF, ,ArkaIr-
sas but Of fthesueighboring southern states
in which the work of reconstruction will
be greatly helped by this cheering victo-
ry. As in Alabama, the most desperate
efforts have been made by the contum;-
cious rebels Of Arkansas to defeat the
constitution. The RgpesbEca's of Little
Rock, says: - - -. =
'..The old rebel leaders confidentially. .ex.
pected to carry some counties in the,
South by exciting their brutal and de.
graded masses against the freedmen, and
their plan proved pretty successful
That this was their intention, and that the
plan was carefully premeditated, was
admitted by some of their drunken and
indiscreet followers at Little Rock
'''IIad it not been for the resolute en-:
ergy, indoinitable courage, s unswerying
loyalty of the freedmen the constitution
would have been defeated As it was, hun
dreds of these humble, but courageous,
cOlored men walked and rode miles to
where they could vote fairly. ColoretE
men were threatened, in some instaHceS,'
with death if they voted the Radical
or Republican ticket, and to be discharged
and turned out of house and home, as
the least penalty they could pay tor
fearless devotion to principle at theibal-
lot box" es7ry
''Thof roads are guarded by member
of the ;N bite Mans Club and freedmen;
approaching the polls are turned back.
Every white man capable of voting has
been got cut. Even some Uuion (white}-
men have been compelled to vote againse
the Copstitution-a deputation Of tho
White Mans Club having waited upon
them and persuaded them to vote. 1
look upon The election as farce ~
Some OF the Registers write that the
blacks, after they had voted on the Coz.
stitution, followed them from the pre-
cincts, not daring to remain at their
homes. -'''' '.'-'s " ''
The IaPEAcnMEr yTE1AL-Resumedi
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