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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-01-30
RINGS
VEGETABLE AMDROSlA
IS THE MIRACLE Of THE AGE!

Gray-EKended People have their
locks restored by it to the dark, IustrORs,
Silksn tresses Of youth, and are happy! "
Young People, withhght, faded orred Hair,
have these unfashionablo colors changed to
Gbeautiful auburn, and rejoicel
People whose heads arc covered with
Dandruf and Humors, uso it, and have
clean coats and clear and healthy Scalps |!
Bald-Hended Veterans have
their remaining locks tightened, and the
bare spots covered with q luxuriant growth
Of Hair, and dance for joyI
Young Gentlemen use 1t because Il 10
richly perfumedl ~ fe ~,a "a
Young Ladies use It because It keeps
their Hair in placc!o be s9 III
Everybody must and etU use Il, because
Il is the sIesnsst and bsst article in tho
market! ru s7e't 2a.Giatt1E- 30
For Sale BY Druggists generally. i
And by Us. Strong, aud q. ". slsson. McArthur.
A.B Merriam Co., Wholesale Agents, Cincin
natl Ohio, lnov. 10, lss7.y
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-01-30

Or to amp Of cur Agents in the cities of the
Unicn AZ ly
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27
From the Louisville Courier.
Radical Preference OfNegrOes to
Foreigners.

Our foreign-born citizens can arrive
at correct understanding of the sent
ment entertained toward them on the
part of the Radical leaders, by consid
ering the discrimination made in favor
of negroes over them by Congressional
Legislation.
Under the provisions of the naturaliz
alton laws, the German or the Irishman
who wishes to become citizen of the
United States is required, after three
years residence in the country, and one
in the State, to file his declaration of in.
tention, taking an oath that during the
three years it has been his purpose
to become citizen, and adducing salts
factory evidence of his good moral char
acter before the court having jurisdiction
and then, two years after his renuncia-
ton of allegiance to all foreign potentates
and powers he may on application receive
his certificate of citizenship. Such is the
probation, and such the process, to which
every white man who happens to have
been born in a foreign country is subject
ed before he can vote, or exercise any
of the rights of citizenship in the United
States.
How stands the regulation with re-
gard to the negroes exercising the rights
of citizenship The reconstruction laws
have conferred citizenship upon the ne
groes of the South, who were but the
other day slaves, without any prelimin-
aries whatever Though of an inferior
race, and profoundly ignorant of all po-
litical and State affairs, the Radical par
ty has taken the debased and brutal ne
groes at once from condition of bond
age and made American citizens of them
Nothing can be more palpable than the
fact that the negroes were not citizens
when they were slaves, and yet they
have already had those privileges con-
ferred upon them that it takes the white
foreigner SO long to attain to.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27
q o { t + y
THE REIGN OF AUTUMN.

The rust is over the red of the clover,
The green is under the gray,
And down the hollow tho fcet-winged swallow
Is flying away and away.
Fled are the roses, dead are the roses,
The glow and the glory done;
And down the hollow the feet-wingcd swallow
Flying the way o the sun.
In place of summer, a dread newcomer
His solemn state renews;
A crimson splendor instead of the tender
Daisy, and the darling dews.
But oh, the sweetness, the full of completeness
That under his reign are born!
Russet and yellow in apples mellow,
And wheat, and millet, and corn
His frosts so hoary touch with glory
Maple, and oak, and thorn;
And, rising and falling his winds are calling,
Like hunter through his horn.
No thrifty sower, but just mower,
That comes when the day is done,
With warmth a-beaming and gold a-gleaming,
Like sunset after the sun.
And while fair weather and frost together
Color the woods SO gay,
We must remember that chill December
Has turned his steps this way.
And say, as we gather in the house together,
And pile the logs on the hearth,
Help us to follow the light little swallow
E'en to the ends of the earth.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27

The average of the eight counties
is 81 81 per head, Monroe being 81 IL
cents per head below this general aver
age.
Athens, by the above has population
of 4,377 less than Monroe, yet we find
the tax per head to be ninety eight cents
and fraction more than Monroe.
Morgan has a population of 1922 less
than Monroe, yet we fihd the tax to be
eighty-scven cents more per head than
the tax in Monroe.
In all of these, except Noble, whether
the population is greater or less than
Monroe, the result is the same. And in
Noble, with a population of 1880 less
than Monroe, the tax is only forty seven
cents less.
We are sorry for "Senex's reputation
as gentleman of truth,to be compelled,
by his false statements, to publish the
above expose, and show him up to the
public in so unfavorable light. But if
he cannot control his political feelings
better than to wilfully and deliberately
misstate plain facts, he must not expect
to escape unscathed.
We have seen the sheet headed "TaX-
es Taxes! Taxes r' issued by the Rad
ical Central Committee The above re-
flutes it completely.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27
How a peck Of Cornmealis Taxed

1t is alleged that the wealthy citizens
| pay all the taxes, and that those who Ia
Dor for living, pay none. A Western
paper In answer to the assertion that be-
cause man is poor he can not be taxed,
thus shows how even peck of mell,
purchased by apoor man to aid in feed
ing his family of little children is taxed,
to aid in paying the interest on untaxed
bonds. 1t says:
The corn from which that peck of
meal was made was raised on taxed land,
plowed by taxed plow, drawn by taxed
horses hitched with taxed gears. 1t was
hoed with taxed hoe, cultivated with
taxed implements, gathered with taxed
Ewagon, drawn with taxed horses, thrown
| into taxed crib, shelled on taxed ma
chine measured in taxed measure, taken
in taxed sack and ground i'll taxed
mill, sieved with taxed sieve, miHel
in taxed pan, stirred with taxed spoon,
salted with taxed salt, put into taxed
bake pan, baked in a faxed stove, laid out
on taxed plate, cut with taxed knife,
and lastly eaten by pretty heavily
taxed man. If it were not for taxes
you could buy a bushel of meal for
what that peck cost you Besides it is
not on that alone that, you are taxed,
but upon every thing you have to buy
A pound of sugar costs only three. CT
four cents, but you have to pay from
sixteen to twenty. A pound of coffee
only costs ten cents, but You have to
pay thirty, and if it costs, you three hun
dred dollars year to support your fam
lily, you may safely say one-haf of thi:
is tax. Now, is it any wonder tina
times are hard and that you find it diff
cult to live?
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27

aud no longer feared she WIS insane
when one evening my gravity gave way
utterly, and for the first time l laughed
in her face. She had been arranging my
bed and self for the night, and was jus,
leaving the room, holding in one hard
an empty pitcher, and in the other my
wrapper. Suddenly 4 drunken man in
the street called out, with a yell that re-
ally was startling, though by no means,
mysterious. Like a flash, Mary struck
an attitude One foot advanced, her
body thrown slightly forward, the pitch
er held out, and the wrapper waved aloft,
she cried out in voice of perfect ter
ror:
Gracious hevings! What hideous
screams is those ~
Gravity was gone, l fairly screamed
with laughter, and her motionless atti-
tude and wondering face only increased
the fun.
go down, Mary, or you will kill me- >
| gasped at last
To sec her brandish dust brush wo' Il
oti lNC tClIOi w Vic utctIG vi ILlC lllOSG
daring spider; and no words of mine
can describe the frantic energy with
which she punches pillows, or the grim
satisfaction on her face at the expiring
agonies of spot of dirt she rubs out of
existence. The funniest part of all is
her perfect Inconsistencies of doing
anything out of the way.
Harry found out the explanation. She
had lived for ten years with retired ac-
tess and actor, who wished to bury the
knowledge of their past life, and who
never mentioned the stage. Retaining in
private life the attitudes and tones of
their old profession, they had made it a
kind of sport to burlesque the passions
they had SO often initiated, and poor
Mary had unconsciously fallen into the
habit of copying their peculiarities.-
When they left for Europe, she found her
way into the Intelligence Office, where
Harry secured her. Long, long may she
remain "Our Gal"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27
Keep it Before the People!
The Public Debt Increased over
One Hundred and Fifty
Millions Since the Close
of the War

THE PUBLIC DEBT SAT THE TIME THE
WAR WAS DRAWING TO A CLOSE"
[Extract from Secretary McC Culloch's last Annual
Report.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80, 1867.
In conformity with law, the Secretayr
of the Treasury has the honor to submit:
to Congress this his regular annual re-
port. x <
In order that the action of the Secre-
tary, in the financial administration Of
the Department may be properly under
stoon, brief reference to the condition
of the Treasury AT THE TINE THE
WAR WAS DRAWING TO A CLOSE,
and at some subsequent periods, seems
to be necessary. On the 31st day of
March, 1865, the total debt of the United
States was S2,366, ,955, ,O77 81.
[Signed] HUGH MoCULLocH,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
THE PUBLIC DEBT NOW.
Extract from Secretary McCulloch's last
Monthly Report.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, Aug. z, 1868.
The following is the statement of the
public debt of the United States on the
first day of August, 1868:
Amount of debt less
cash in the Treas'y $2,523,534 ,4oO 81
The foregoing is correct statement Of
the public debt as appears from the books
and Treasurer's returns in the Depart
ment on the LIST of August, 1868.
TSigned1 HUGH McCULLoCH,
Secretary of the Treasury.
INCREASE OF THE DEBT AS SHOWN BY
SECRETARY MCULLocH.
1868, .S2, ,523,53 ,48O 81
1885,. ................. 2,366, ,e55 OFT "a
Increase. $156, 1910 ,4O3 33
Such is the effect of three years o
Radical rule-in time of peacel
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27

Monroe over Noble is 1890. Now the
tax in Monroe is So 99t, while that of
Noble is 50 81. Compare these figures
with those at the commencement of this
paragraph and you will discover that
ScneX falsilied again, and for no other
purpose than to benefit his party by de-
ceiving the people.
''For State $4,000, of which $4,000
was refunded to us, making our total for
county and township S9S,O00."
The glaring dishonesty of that extract
is patent to every thinking man in the
county We take pleasure in righting
the matter:
The State tax in 1867 was $40, 0,132, and
was levied by the State and paid into
the Treasury at Columbus, for all pur-
poses necessary to carry on the govern
ment of the State and pay the interest
on the debt
Monroe County receired as herportion
Of the State School Fund IN 1867, $15,
113, WHICH is A STATE FUND SET APART
FOR THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN, AND
DOES NOT ENTER INTO, NEITHER HAS IT
ANYTHING WHATEVER TO DO WITH COUNTY
EXPENSES
The State tax for 1868 is S1S,640 81.
What amount will be refunded to Mon
roe County for the education of Radical
as well as Democratic children is not
yet known.
The remainder of his article is equally
s false
But we propose to go further and
compare the tax, population and average
per head in eight counties for the pur-
pose of showing more fully to the peo
pie the base dishonesty of "Senex" IN
comparing Noble with Monroe:
"The taxes for all purposes, for 1867,
in the counties named below, were as fol-
lows, (giving Athens the benefit of over
two thousand three hundred dollars of
State taxes which she escapes on her
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27
GreenbaCks for Bonds.
One Cmrencytor the Government and
the People, the Laborer and the Office
holder, the Pensioner, the Soldier, the
Producer, and the Bondholder.

The bondholder demands gold for hi
bond the soldiers must take greenback
for his pension.
The bondholder demands gold for his
bond the laborer must take greenback.
for his daily toll
The bondholdcr demands gold for his
bond the farmer and the mechanic mus
take greenbacks for their productions
the soldier $ pcusion Of SIS is worth
but about go jn gold ), the bondholder'
s15 in gold are worth s22 in greenbacks
81 in gold will buy as much as so il
greenbacks.
The bondholder obtains his gold ant
he grows richer; the soldier, the la
borer, the farmer, and the mechan ic
must take the greenbaeks, and they
grow poorer.
The bondholder pays no taxes upor
his bonds, for they are exempted by law
the soldier. the laborer, the farmer, anC
the mechanic, pay their own taxes ant
the bondholders' too
The bondholder gave greenbacks fol-
his bonds. He llas drawn the interes,
in gold, and now he demands gold fcl
the principal. -.
In 1868 the average value of a green
back dollar was scventy-one cents in
1864, fifty cents and in 1865, fifty-nine
cents.
In 1864, the Bondholder paid $3.50 in
gold fora $500 bond. He hos drawn
interest in gold upon it, to the amount
of 5000 in currency. If his bond is paid
in gold he has cleared $3.50, worth now
1915, and this added to the interest
makes net profit of S575 in four years
on an investment of $3.50
|. The gold to pay both principal and
interest comes from the tariff that the
government lays on the poor MANS tea
coffee and sugar, for all other taxes are
paid in currency.
Every pound of tea pays twenty fiv {
cents in gold to the bondholder!
Every pound of coffee pays five cents
in gold to the bondholder!
Every pound Of sugar pays four cents
in gold to the bondholder!
The whole debt is now twenty-siS
hundred millions of dollars. In the
month of July the interest bearing por-
ton of it increased sixty seven millions
thus adding in one month nearly foul
millions of annual interest to the bur
thens of the people.
Sixteen hundred million of the debt
are, by this contract, payable IN green
backs; if this is paid in gold it adds
eight hundred millions to the value OF
the bondholder's claim, and to the terri
Bile load that now oppresses the people
and destroys their business.
The bondholders demand that labor
and production shall be taxed for theil
benefit; they claim that they are pri
vileged class, and exempt from taxa
ton.
Pay the debt in grcenbacks, and you
reduce the burthens of the, peoples Ev-
erything we cat, drink, andwear, are now
taxed to pay the bondholder.
Pay the debt in greenbacks, and you
pay it in the currency the bondholder
gave for his bond.
Pay the debt in greenbacks, and you
stimulate industry and inyigorate bus.
mess.
Pay the debt in greenbacks, ard you
pay according to the contract. .,...
The Radicals say pay the bondholdel
in gold. The Democracy say pay the
bondholder according to his contract
PHtSJurgh Post
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27
The Way the Democracy Is Grow
ing,

In October, 1854, the Republican ma
jority in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylva-
mia was about $4,000. At the election in
these three States on the 18th, the Re
publican majority was about 25,OO0-a
gain in the majority alone in four years of
serenity thousand. Is a party that is
growing with this remarkable rapidity
likely long to hold minority position
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27

Bay General Grant was the butcher OF
one hundred and seventeen thousand OF
his own troops between the Rapidsn and
the James, when he might have got TO
the James without the loss of man.
He was the destroyer of tens of thous.
ands of Federal prisoners in the South
when he might have procured their re,
lease by a word which he brutally refus'
ed to speak.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27
TO-DAY AND TOMORROW,

BY CHARLES MACKAY.
If fortune with smiling face
Strew roses on our way,
When shall we stoop to pick them up?
To-day, my love, to-day,
But should she frown with face of care,
And talk of coming sorrow,
When shall we grieve, if grieve we must?
Tomorrow, love, tomorrow.
If those who've wrongd us own their fault,
And kindly pity pray,
When shall we listen and forgive?
To-day, my love, to-day.
But, if stern Justice urge rebuke,
And warmth from Memory borrow,
When shall we chide, if chide we dare?
Tomorrow, love, tomorrow.
If those to whom we owe debt
Are harmed unless we pay,
When shall we struggle to be just?
To-day, my love, to-day.
But if our debtor fail our hope,
And plead his ruin thorough;
When shall we weigh his breach of faith2
Tomorrow, love, tomorrow.
If Love, estranged, should once again
Her gentle smile display,
When shall we kiss her profered lips?
To-day, my love, to-day.
But, if she would indulge regret,
Or dwell with by-gone sorrow,
When shall weweep, if weep we must?
Tomorrow, love, tomorrow.
For virtuous acts and harmless joys
The minutes will not stay;
We've always time to welcome them
To-day, my love, to-day.
But care, resentment, angry words,
And unavailing sorrow,
Come far too soon, if they appear
Tomorrow, love, tomorrow.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27
The Majority In Delaware.

The Democratic majority in Delaware,
at the recent election, was 2,777. In
1864, McClellan's majority in that State
was only 612. In 1865, the Democratic
majority was 1,212. Everywhere the
Democratic vote is on the increase.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27

s@-Therc was lately sold in Alabama
some of the very best land in the State,
at public auction, for one dollar and one
cent per acre. There was no incumb-
rancho anything-but the dismal
lookout ahead that had anything to dc
| IN producing this great sacrifice, This
| is the effect Of Radical Reconstruc.
ton.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27

b9~ They have some tolerably persis-
tent poker players in Detroit. Two OF
them recently played constantly three
days and nights, and when last heard
fir DIN we're still at it.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27

na- Every Internal Revenue official, On
gagged in swindling the Government,su
ports Grant
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27

To Boil CABBAGE:-lt is said .ky one
who processes to know that the best
way tp cook cabbage is to Gut it up and
boilit ina; bag. it is more palatable
and tender. -,
SWEET PoTATo PUDDING pound
Of sweet potatoes, boiled and mashed
fine, or grated while hot, six eggs well
beaten, 4llb. of sugar, the same of but
ters grated lemon rind, and nutmeg, a
wine glass of brandy; line the dish with
paste. When baked sprinkle the top
with fine sugar.
ErPresident johnson charged Gef.
Grant with falsehood and publicity in
connection with the surrendeging up of
the War Department to Stanton. Grant
admitted the duplicity, and the President
Iproved the falsehood upon him by five
members of the Cabinet.
In answer to the pertinent question,
why the, Congressional traitors propose
to arm the negro in the South, the
Radicals simply reply Let us have
| noacc.'t
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27
IN ONE YEAR,
FALsEH0ODs EXPOSED

Sc 8 Z N z x >,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27

nA. Every shoddy contractor supports
Grant
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27
S156,57o.4OS SO

Such is the effect of three years
Radical rule-in time of peace!
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27

THE PUBLIC DEBT SAT THE TINE THE
WAR WAS DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Extract from Secretary McCulloch'slas Annual
Ranorf
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Total amount of falsehood.. 81

And we find a reduction. n.........$6, 100
in one year of the county levy of SIX
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND
NINE DOLLARS!
Further, the school tax levied by the
TIP. authorities in 1867, was S27,522
and TIP. tax S23, 1886; total. .S5O,S5S 90
In 1868 the levy for school
tax is S24,602 Sc, and the
Up. tax Sl1,53S 05; total. ...36, l40 81
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-27
rHE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
HENRY q. WEST Editor and Pro-
prletor.
The Radical sheet Headed
Taxes! Taxes! Taxes! Re.
piled to.
A Reduction Of County & TIP. Taxes

$ q o 9 3 9 9 eI
The New York herald., 1868-04-22

great ruler, General Urquiza. lie always noids III
hls hands the peace or the war OF this republic. bu
OF all the provinces That one Is the most qie anu
everywhere the peaceful pursuits OF Is sepherds are
giving goOd returns. General Urquiza, 50 far iroi
stirring up STRIFE s restraining unruly spirits and
showing an example OF industry worthy OF universal
Mr.. r. Hurst, mining engineer, has discovered in
southern Bolivia bed OF petroleum, extending
Wan government has granted q privilege Of ten
years for its preparation. The Indians OF the region
use raw petroleum In lamps OF clay with wick OF
cotton. 1t Ii also used by them for tanning and
refining sugar. The distance to the Paraguay river
is 100 leagues and transportation to that river costs
terror provinces viii be supplied with this article
and as soon as the Paraguayan war is over this will
open up new trade.
Wool has improved In price and demand for the
Sheep are selling at low rates in almost every
part OF the country. When hens sell for hfty-six
cents, gold we can buy sheep by the ock for forty
The drought and the long continued low price Of
woods have effected this.
Colonel George E. Church, of New York, has arrived
here in charge Of the works OF the Navigation ana
Marine Railway Company, located at Col0nia In the
Banda Oriental, and they are not at all disturbed by
the political commissions OF that country The har-
bor the charter and the plans altogether form a
foundation for one Of the most extensive enterprises
in South America. Colonel Church's distinguished
abilities as an engineer and a man Of enterprise
point him out as the best man TO Initiate this line
work.
Exchange on London is down for this packet at
48 I'd. for the gold dollar.
The cholera has abated in nearly all this country.
occasional cases are occurring
LATEST NEWS
The Blanco party, the revolutionists, made stand
at the town Of San Jose, near MOnteyideo, and Cut
the telegraph, but were driven away.
soldiers and eight officers ded at the barracks In
M0ntevide0, among them o brother OF General
Flores. At first 1t was called cholera, but since
daughter Of General Flores died, and all the family
i'll; 1t is believed to be poison. 1t caused grea
excitement.