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The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
NOTHING LOST.

Nothing is lost the drop Of dew
That trembles on the leaf or flower,
IL but exaied, 20 fall anew
In summers thunder.scower;
Perchance 70 shine within the bow
That fronts the sun NJ fall of day
Pefchancc TO sparkle in the fioW
OF fountains far away.
So with our deeds, good or ~,
They have their power scarce understood
Then tot us use our better will
To make them rife with good
Like circles on a lake they 20,
Ring within ring and never stay,
oh, that our deeds were fashioned 80
That they might bless Away
--Ckassbsr's yonrnal.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

For many years before the war,
Southern Democrats dictated the
policy and the nominations of that
party. The New York Convention
showed that they are fast regaining
their ascendency. F. P. BLAIR was
nominated through their influence,
and the success of SEYMOUR is cs.
pecially gratifying to them.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

How do those soldiers and sailors
now feel who assembled in New
York the other day, and appealed
to the Democratic Convention to Sc
lect neither rebel nor rebel sym
pathizer as their candidatef How
many of them will support the man
whose whole sympathy was with the
rebels during the war?
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

With such a ticket and platform,
Victory is almost assured, and we
feel confident that the first Tuesday
in November will see it triumph
antly elected.--AdUertiser.
Bully for Victory! Isn't there a
little of Mercer street in the above,
neighborl Acknowledge the corn,
and victory shall be yoursl
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

TuE CANADA THIsTLE.-rhe Csu-
ada thistle whi,h has been long
known as great pest to tha farmer,
has steadily gained ground in many
aud perhaps nearly all parts Of our
State. Whoever owns. rents, or hss
control Of land, should not fail to
have whatever Canada thistles may
be growing cut. There are two pe-
riods when this can be deIe to the
best advantage: these are from the
lst to the 18th ofJuly, and from the
lst to the 18th Of September. The
work should commence at ouce snd
be thoroughly performed, aud II Il Is
persisted 10 for few years eSteS-
mination must follow.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
YnLMER a KIRcHNER.

NIHRCJIANT TAILORS,
A M DRALBRs IN READY MADE CLOTH
"A ing, Gents Furnishing Goods, Hats Caps. sc.
Constantly oni hand. Broad Cloths, Cassi-
'neres and vestings, Warrington street. Tinin, o
Particular attention given to Custom Work.
All orders viii meet With prompt attention.
% N. 1--WE have the Agency for the best
.ewlnR Machine now In use. nov6nitf.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

JOHN MoRGAN's MEN--Among
the visitors to the New York Demo-
cratic Convention, passing eastward
yesterday, were several Of the men
captured with John Morgan and son-
fined with him in the Ohio Peniten.
liary. This was their 6rst visit to
the place since their release, and they
had many comments 30 make on tha
prison and their treatment while
there, They were with tho Kea-
lucky delegation. and proposed 70
vote for Pendlo,on. - Cbiamblss ionT-
Rai.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
TO TEACHERS.
70 SCHOOL TEACHERS,

THE SCHOOL EXAMINERS OF SENECA
! County, will hold examinations In the Grand
Jury Room, In. the Court House in THIN, com.
meneing at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. on each Saturday OF
oetobcr and November, and on the 7th and 18th
DAYS Of December 1881.
No certificate win granted except on an exami-
Nation day.
.I IouS McCAuLEY,)
JAMES PILLARS, Examiners.
s. J. krRKwooD.
sept. &c, 'sT.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

"Down with the Bourbon" was
the rallying cry Of the Eastern
democrats at the National Conven-
ton. And the Bourbon went down
the throats Of the Pendleton
menl
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

"You pays your money and takes
your choice" }" seems to be the 6pan-
cial construction of the democratic
platform. In the west, il means
greenbacks and reputation; in the
east, payment in gold and nOn-tax-
alton Of bonds. What a free and
easy political age we live inl
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

The Ku Klux Democracy Of Bell
Buckle, y station on the Nashville x
Chattanooga Railroad have ordered
Miss Carrie Richardson. a student Of
Fisk University aud teacher Of a
public school at that place IN leave
on pain Of being taken TO the woods,
stripped aud logged. She dismissed
her school aud Asd 10 Nashville.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
MisceLLANeOUs.
RnaERT IYsLE& co

CteueraI Insurance Ageats, Life, Accident,
" Fire, and Marine Insurance done one the most
favorable terms once in Commercial Row, op-
poste First National Bank, Tim, Ohio.
Nor T. al w.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
LUMBER AND COAL YARD,

OUcCEsSORs to L. Huddle & Co., Dealers 10 all
- Kinds Of Lumber, Lath, Shingles and Coal. A
good assortment OF dressed lumber constantly on
hand. Flooring siding, pickeis &C. for sale ensAp
for cash. Give us call. once opposite Cum
ninghapn,s warehouse. f..,--.H..
Tlfan Ohio, Aug. q, i0G7.-tf
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
DENTISTRYi

nr. q. q BetIharz. has removed TO
u Commercial Row. above 81. Johns Drug
TEaS, where he ls prepared to do work in all
phe various departments of D-ntistry In ths most
approved manner OF Dental acenee.
Reduced RateHt
Prices hsve come down IN moat all Depa rtme q nta
of buspnees. and must Ia pentiatry. weATe fully
lstetmined TO suit oar pFices to the sbiity OF ali
Teeth extsaoied iElth0ut charge. for those who
RARt artidcial teeth. We are prepared TO extract
teeth without pain. BY the agency OF any Of the
foeth filled With pure gold fnA superior manner
AilaperAtions warranted. Come and see us,
TtffA. July n, t5df.-en. c. G. nIiLhAbZ.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
POLITICAL.

For sale cheap large edition of
Bloss' Life of Penudleton
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

The condition of affairs in Ten
nessee, is alarming. The rebels are
seeming determined to act upon the
suggestion of BLAIR in advance,
and inaugurate a war for the over
throw of the State Government
Governor BRowNLow has convened
the Legislature in extra session.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

"The time has come" said Pres
ident LINCOLN, to MONTGOMERY
BLAIR. And the old man packed
up his traps and went out of the
Cabinet into the cold. "The time
has cOme," the people will say to
another BLAIR next Novembe, and
he too will be left out in the cold.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
n q MARTIN I'M n

Il Surgeon In the Army--has Permanently loca-
tsd In Tifnn and having HAD pfteen years expert
ence In the practice OF NlediSlhe, he hopes to
merit and share the public patt6bsge.
Ef- once in National Hall building.
All calls attended TO, either at night or Day.
Also, Examining Surgeon for Pensions.
ApriSi6stfl II. n. MARTIN, NJ. d.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
DIR. J. D. o'c0NNER,

DH. j. d. U'CONNER,
tfAvIk9 PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN
IL Thin, has opened an office In Tomb's block,
immediately over the Postofhee. He hopes, by q
strict attention TO business, with twenty -four
yeats expetienee In the profession, to merit lib
tfal share OF the public patronage.
y once houta-from A. n. to ,. N.
So Residcnce-one mile South OF THIN, on the
Plank Read. fnov29n6ms.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
THE TIFFIN WOOLEN MILLS
nIRKCT0Rsi

DIRECTORS;
n W sHAWHAN, J. A. MCFARLAND,
n N NAYIOR A, q. SHEATH,
A EHFkTH G.. w. BUsKlRK.
JOHN C. GROSS, Prssident
Manufacturers of Flannels, Tweeds, caSsimeres'
Satinattn, Cloths, Blankets, and Stocking Yarn.
CASH PAID FOR WOOL.
s'I-Ft-t W. c. HEDGES. Secretary.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

Gran'-sd-,ha. Ulysses shsll BE-
President,
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
KLINE, LOWE q CO.,

KLINE, LOWE 4 CO.,
NLnnufactu rers and Dealers in
SASH.
Doors, Blinds Work cd Flooring, 40
LTAND RAILING, SCROLL SAVING AND
G1MOuldihg OF al, kinds Ane Sizes made 70 or
snr a. Ehott notice aud on liberal termn'
-
Those desiring 10 build will do well to call on
Is before purchasing elsewhere.
~ AL orders Alied on the shortest notice.
shop on Market Stree west OF the Court House
and near the wooden bridge,
TIFFIN, OHIO.
ianl'6sni2vI,
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MEDICAL.
W: H. SLOWER.

HONIEOPATHIC
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
TIPFIN, OHIO.
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Saturdays, from 10 4. N. to J ?. ".
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-26

AN obvious fact that the so-called "popu-
lar vote" with substantial accuracy rep
resents the will Of the electoral people
and, hence, the electoral vote does not.
But graver defect in the electoral
college remains to be considered, name.
", that it may conceivably be compelled
10 elect the candidate rejected by the
people, so far as the popular vote indi-
Gates rejection, and reject the candidate
accepted by the people. To illustrate
most palpably this defect, let us examine
the election of 1864. AS this was an
overwhelming defeat of Mcclellan, who
carried but three States, and but twenty
ono electoral votes of the 237, it will fur
nish good example for experiment.
The electoral college cast 237 votes, OF
which majority, i. e, ll9, were neces-
sary 10 a choice. Now, had Mcclellan
received an accession Of 10000 votes Tor
a change of about $4,000 from Lincolp),
distributed according to the following
table, he would have carried every one
of the States enumerated; and their
electoral votes, added to those of the
three States he did carry, would have
uiven him the election.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-26
How the People ara Taxed.

The rates Of taxation in the United
States in the years l860-'6l will be given
in an interesting table, now in course Of
preparation by the Board Of Statistics
at Washington. The exact figures, sup
ported by documentary proof and going
into minute details will appear in
the tables when published. The rough
estimates, as given by the Philadelphia
LedQer, are as follows: "In 1860, the
Federal tax paid by the people OF the
United States was $50, ,000. 600; the State
tax, $24, 100000, and county, town, spe-
cisl, and other taxes, $54. 600, ,OO0-makine
a total OF $l34,000, 900, or about 81 -
for each individual l. 1858, The amount
of Federal tax was $500,000, 900; State
tax, SIS, zoo, 900, and the county, town,
special, and other taxes, $216. 600, 600
making total of SS5l.0O0, 900, or S23
for each person in the United States
This estimate does not include the
high tariff tax paid by the people on tea,
coffee, sugar, and everything they eat or
wear, nor the amount charged BY the
manufacturers on the articles made BY
them in the United States, on which
there is a tariff duty on q like imported
article, nor the per cent. charged By each
dealer through whose hands the article
passes All these are paid By the con-
sumer, aud they prove, when added to-
eeiher, that the people Of the United
States are the heaviest taxed people on
the face Of the earth, while a large pre-
portion Of the money thus raised is
squan5ered and stolen By Government
oficiais. or expended 10 efforts By The
Radicals 10 force negro sufrage upon an
uuvilliue people A. the point OF tue bay
onet When the Governnent bonds come
70 be paid in gold. these taxes must be
greatly increased
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-26
1hs Wars Of the Factions Attempted As.
aaReination

The contests between Radical aspi-
rants for Congressional honors in this
State, are waged with degree of bitter
ness and personal invective to which the
people of Tennessee in better days were
wholly unaccustomed. There is no ex.
oeption from the rule. II we believe
what these gentlemen and their support
ers say of each other, we must inevitably
come to the conclusion that neither one
is fitted, morally or socially, to represent
any portion Of this people in Congress.
The latest phase which the contest be-
tween Arnell and Buck in the Sixth Dis
trict has assumed, is an attempt to assas.
sinate the latter by some hirelings of the
former, as charged. The Clarksville
Patriot of the 2lst inst. makes the fol-
lowing statement:
While the senior editor Of this paper,
Col Buck, was quietly moving over his
district, an attempt was made last We'd
nesdsy night TO assassinate him. Some
colored men, loud and blatant for Arnell,
attacked one of our physicians, who was
dressed at the time like Colonel Buck,
and therefore mistaken for him. The
Doctor stood upon the defensive with his
only weapon, q jack-knife. Now these
men were hired and set on by some white
men-that is, some villains in white
skins. The senior editor is a gentleman,
and has always been kind and courteous
to both white and black, and does not
deserve this treatment. 0, how rotten
must be the cause, when assassination is
planned and attempted to further it ]
This is but in keeping with the canvass
as first inaugurated in Wayne county,
where the leading Arnell delegates told
E. 7. MCGEE to 60, with his friends from
Hardin county, to Johnsonville well
armed, saying, We are going, too, and
if we cant get Arnell nominated one way,
we will another" And one of them took,
in addition to bis pistols, his Henry rife.
We have the names of two of these vii
lains who attacked the Doctor, and ex-
pect to learn the others.
An equal amount Of this savage fero-
city is shown in the attempt of Zack
Slaughter (colored), to murder Frank
Green (colored) for no .other offeuse
than that he was for Col. Buck for Con.
gress.
This new species of political warfare
is peculiarly the offshoot Of RadicaLrule
in this State. The people have but to
study the canvass between these Radical
candidates 10 realize how near an ap-
prosch we have already made to anarchy
in its worst and most insidious FORM
Nashville Nnion 1nd DjsD1fch.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-26

Thus, under the present system, an
Accession of 70 665 votes Tor transfer
of 35 1881 would have made General
Mcclellan President in 1864, and yet he
would still have been in the enormous
popular minority of $40 600 votes. Make
what allowances we please for differences
10 the elective franchise, this result
(which either is perfectly supposable
now, or could be made 30 by drawing on
the spare margin Of 100000 votes)
shows how the Electoral College mi ght
be compelled to withstand and violate
the pslpable will of clear majority of
the people.
President Lincoln's majority in 1864
was the largest in forty years, at least.
Hence, if changes so slight would have
lost his election, while he still remained
the choice of the people, it may easily
be imagined that contests in which pepu-
lar opinion was more evenly divided,
would show a similar result. For ex-
ample, in 1856, with the accession to
Fremont of about 10000 votes in the
States of Pennsylvania, Indiana and IL.
linois, be would have swept the electoral
college by large majority; and yet he
would still have been 100000 votes be-
hind Buchanan The turning of one
State from Taylor to Cass in lS4S, and
of one State from Polk to Clay in lS44
this last by mere handful of votes
would have made Clay and Cass Presi-
dents, though Polk and Taylor would
still have been the obvious choice OF the
whole electoral people.
That these are easily conceivable cases
of course needs no argument. For IT,
in place of the minimum of votes needed
to alter the result, we use the whole mar
gin of popular majority (say All 900 in
Lincoln's case, in 1851 it will be still
more evident how a candidate may be in
a minority before the people and IN a
majority before the college. And this,
be it observed, is solely defect in the
system itself, since the electors may
strictly represent their constituents, and
yet nullify the majority g iven by the peo-
pie In 1924, Jackson heat Adams be-
fore the people in the ratio of three to
two, and the total Democratic vote (tor
there were four chief candidates) bore to
the total Federal vote the same proper
ton. And yet, under the electoral sys-
tenn (including its appeal to Cougressl,
Adams was made President. la 1860,
an instance of electoral injustice not less
striking was manifest. This remarkable
vota atood as follows:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-26

Here we see that Lincoln, with popu-
lar majority of million against him,
swep' the College by a rousing ms joriiy
that Douglas, though be got two-thirds Of
Lincoln's popular vote, got only one-hi-
teenth of bis electoral vote; that Breck-
inridge, who fell 100000 votes behind
Douglas, received six times as many
votes 10 the Electoral College; that Bell,
Who fell near 500, 900 votes behind
Douglas, received three times as many
votes in the College. Indeed, these dis
proportions are so ludicrous that without
iurtber argument, the table may be LETT
10 stand as a glaring example OF the
actual occurrence Of what We bsve
hitherto expressed only as . clear pos
sibility-namely, a majority candidate
before the people being q minority can
didate before the Electoral College.
In presence of such historic facts, II
becomes a fair question whether the de-
vice Of the electoral college should not
be abolished, leaving the President 10 Be
directly chosen By the people. Ordi-
narily, Il would be regarded BY the die
interested student - q safe propo-
siiion that, above all other officers,
the President Of the United States should
be, as nearly as practicable, the inme-
disie choice Of the people Of the Re
public. One political school viii reply,
hoseVer, ttat this is not 90 that the fouu-
ders of - Federation designed the
President 70 be chosen. DO, sy the whole
electoral people, bat By the people Of the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-26
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Mr.. Beeeher on Grant and Seymour.

Mr.. Beecher wrote letter several weeks ago
expressing himself very plainly in favor Of Gen.
Grant. His language, however, was not 50 plain
but what it was possible for Copperheid paper
to interpOlate forgery in it. This-a regular
habit with Democrats-led to the following letter
to a friend, which it will take several forgeries
to distort
PEEKsK1LL, Aug -, 1868.
DEAR SIR: You ask me whether | wrote the
following sentence
''Rey. Henry Ward Beecher, in the closing
sentence of letter to the editor Of the Boston
Daily .4dreTtiser, utters an honest sentiment in
the following
"There will be no third candidate between
Grant and Seymour. Ii will be a fair fight be-
tween rugged (Democratic) honesty and plausi-
bic craft. ~ osh0cton Democrat
did not The word (Democatic) was inter-
pOated by the editor Of the paper from which it
comes on purpose to deceive his readers ! re-
gard Grant as an upright, honest man. Of good
administrative skill-the very man to be Presi-
dent in times which require steadiness, clear
sense kindness and tried patriotism. I not only
believe that he will be President, but that his
civil administration viii be as remarkable as his
military career
Since all the men who sought to destroy this
Government are ralyiEg around Seymour, it Is
fit that all the men who stood up for the Union
should gather about Grant. IL !, an honor that
will not happen twice to vote for such "a man a-
Grant No young man can well afford 20 throw
away his chance EScn if done, it ought 20 be
II favor Of some better man than he who, through
all the years from 1860 to 1868, studied how 90
help Southern treason without mourning the
risks and pains Of overt and courageous treason
able acts. I am very truly yours,
HENRY WARD BEzCuER.