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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
Is She, OTES She Not.

Georgia has her (carpct-bag) repre-
sentatives on the floor Of the House,
helping to vote away the public lands
to railroad companies, and the people
taxes (at the rate of Il million of dollars
a day. J, to wasteful and unnecessary ex
penditures and yet the House resolved
the other day that Georgia could not
vote at the Presidential election.
The Senate refuses to permit Georgia 5
(carpet- bag) Senators to take seats in
that august body, but resolves that
Georgia has right to vote for Presi-
dent.
She is State, says the House, when
her Representatives are to be admit
ted She is not State at all, says the,
House, when the vote for President
comes up.
She is not State, says the Senate
when her Senators present themselves.
She is State, says the Senate, when
the question OF her right to vote comes
up.
This ''little joker craftsmanship would
be supremcly ridiculous, if it had not
involved under the thinble the power OF
Congress-or rather of each House-to
pass upon the question whether one OF
the old original thirteen States is in the
Union or out tofit.-PjttSbUrgh of Post
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Defying the People.

Last November the State of Of Miss
ouri gave about nineteen thousand ma
jority against negro suffrage. Now the
Radical Legislature of that State has rati-
fed the proposed negro suffrage amend
ment Of the Constitution.
Michigan last year gave forty Thousand
majority against negro suffrage, and her
Legislature has ratified the proposed
amendment.
Kansas also gave q majority against
negro suffrage in 1867 Now the Legis-
lature of that State has ratified the suff-
rage amendment.
This amendment is now to be forced
through other States in defiance Of the
people, and against their protest. The
voters are not to be consulted, and the
measure is to be carried through, if pos.
sible, by trick conceived and adopted
at Washington. The scheme will react
upon its authors.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
"Eio.Y 10 Make treason 0dsous.',

The Cleveland Leader, Radical, says
General Lengstreet was one Of the
most brilliant leaders in the Confederate
army. Again and again the caps Of the
Union soldiers we're thrown up in huz
zas of admiration at the intrepid con
duct of his corps around him; again and
again his command would reform under
the severest fire, and return to th(
charge as Systematically as though man
Guyering on a drill ground"
Gen. Grant. as President Of the Unitej
States, says that this same Gen. Long
street, whose whole fame and not
oriety was gained in the rebel service
must be made Surveyor Of the port Of
New Orleans, one Of the most response
bic and lucrative offices in his gift, an(
has nominated him to the Senate for con
Grmation Thus, after all the Radica
policy, is treason made odious. y
/ Statesman.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
j. W. STEVENSON
The Reign OF Corruption.

The Illinois Legislature has voted to
give each Of its members copy of the
Revised Statutes of the State. The Chi
cago Tribune { Republican,, in noticing
it, says that ''in SO doing the members
have plundered the treasury of $4,000
for the benefit of a private speculation,
and to crafty their own cupidity." That
ispretty strong language to be used. by
a party organ relative to legislative
body largely composed of its party
friends That the legislation of the
country has become thoroughly corrupt
probably more so than that of any
other country on the globe-there can
be no question Since the Republicans
came into power, official thieving has
been reduced almost toa science. Off
cial honesty, which was once the rule, is
now an exception. Nor do we see signs
of Improvement. Look at the spectacle
in Washington, Of offices unblushingly
parceled out to those who are able to give
the most for them.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
life In the Far VVest--A Terrible
STATE Of Society Gambling
Scenes af Helena,

A correspondent of the Omaha Re
publican, writing from Helena, Monta-
ma, referring to the gamtling hells at
that place, says:
It's no disgrace, so considered here,
to visit these dens, for there it is you
find your most intimate friends-judges,
lawyers, doctors-everybody, in fact
But now try and imagine yourself at my
elbow, and this accomplished, we will
"swing around the circle just far
enough to get a glimpse Of the kind of
life one is able to find in these hell-holes
of chandeliered crime Here is long,
low, rough-appearing frame structure,
with port-holed windows along the sides,
double doors in front, just outside OF
which band of screeching horns are
poisoning the air with unhealthy sounds.
We enter the hall, brilliant with crows
of burning candles-for remember it is
highland jammed with drunken mi
ners, the respectable element of the COM
munity, others who are cut-throats,
some who are professionally nothing
more nor less than handy tools for any
and all yillainous purposes. Every man,
we were careful to observe, had fine
looking pistol buckled to his side-nev-
er used, we understand, only when it be-
comes actually necessary to shoot a
friend
There are twentv-three tables in the
room, or hall, which is, perhaps, zoo
feet in length; some Of these tables are
large, while others are small. This,
however, is all the same, for the super
intendents of each are alike contempti-
bic to the eye of a decent man,
There is game of Faro" around
which is assembled the friends of both
winner and loser. Five thousand dol
lars in golddust is lying in sack upon
the table The unfortunate loser is fired
with gambling rage" and is just now
cursinga song by note; the lucky IDEAL
er," and his infamous "cappers," are
alive with exultant spirits.
Here, again, is . "keno' stand, seem
ingly well patronized; there a "three- card
monte trap, at which a Roman-nosed
jew is operating the tricks; here one
thing, there another, all and each bait
ed net to string the unwary fool. 1t is
safe to say that one thousand men have
returned poorer for the visit, Others
have been fed on a baited hook, that
they may be the more easily caught
hereafter. Probably $4,000 have
changed hands in this one place tonight
and there are dozens Of such sinks in
town.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
What "Nlack. Says.

"Mack," the famous Washington cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer
formerly of the Commercial, says that
he has adeclded objection to Grant sell
ing Cabinet positions for $4,000 piece
at private sale, that they are worth more
money, and in order to get the highest
price, they should be put up at auction
He further says, that the new President
offered Bonner the mission to England
if he (B. } will give him (Grant) the cele
brated troting horse Dexter" Con
corning the French mission, "Mack'
says Grant offered it to Pike, of Oper;
House and distillery notoriety, provid
ed he { Pike would supply the Execut
i've Mansion with whisky for the ensuing
fouryears. Pike declined, ON the groanc
that the capacity of his distilleries wa:
limited and if he was to accept the offer
it would ruin him financially.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
Eenu,li,c.r,uR.,a

DoNS PIArr. the Radical correspond
sn: Of the Radical Cincinnati CONNER
ofal, porSrays the beggary and starvation
Of Western taxpayers, who pay tribute
% Eastern iron rings gold rings. Bond,
holder,a rings ard the corrupt ring now
ii po*ar:
"With Boutwell, in the Treasury. and
the House organized hy Mr.. Blaine in
the interest OF the New England monop
olies aud Pennsylvania pig iron, we oi
the agricultural interests Of the WcsI
may hang oar harps on ths willows, ant
su-ier outrage and wrong fer the mex
tour yc2ra. The vast power Of the Gca
erai Government will be driven with mcr
ci!css vigor over our PROSTATE trade, tc
enriea the already wealthy monopo,ist
OF New Eagland and Pennsylvania GA
grain may rot in our barns and our sheer
be killed to save the tallow and pelt
While onc party llas nearly two-.h;rls o
amjority il Congress-. The rich grog
richer and the poor poorer.
81 can tell my political friends at tn,
West that the day is not distant, when al
the glores Of the late ar,and all the no
bic impulses in behalf Of colored hu
manity will not save us. A sickened AM
disguised people will be sorely temptet
80 hand the Government over to the ha
/ ted CoppeIhcads.
The above ha, been the policy of tn
Radical party since the first day 1t as
sumed power
| The people are disgastctt and the cha
ted coppcrneads" are boundto win; the
the kennel OF thieves at Washington wi
DO consigned to the shades Of privat
life. and reign of peacc and prosperit
to all sections Of the country will be in
auguratcd,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
FIR. E0uisyeii's appointment

AS Secretary of the Treasury is sew
erely criticised editoriSlly hy the n. Y.
Evening Post, journal of Commerce
and World.
The Post also strongly objects to the
influences which caused his appointment
and says Mr.. Boutwell, is y politician ly
profession, but his nomination puts
Grants Cabinet at once upon the same
level with previous Cabinets, 1t is no
longer a new way that Grant is travell-
ing, for he is in the old ruts. His plan
Of campaign is 10 longer fresh concep-
ton Of his own brain He is going the
old road which other Generals have
tried before him. We might express
our regrets that the new Administration
has thus, for the time, lost What prom
ised to be its distinct character But if
we consider the Cabinet as q whole, it
means nothing. 1t signifies no policy.
Its character, and the antccedents, and
the known opinion Of its members,
foreshadows nothing.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
Neto A0bertis
Sheriff Sale.
John Andrews
Vs.
Solomon Hubbs ct ais.
Sheriff Sale.
John A ndrcws
Solomon Hubbs ct ais.

DY virtue of an order of sale to me direct
| ed from the rOurt of common pleas OF
Monros county, Ohio, / will offer for saleas
the front door of the Court House in the
town of oodSfeld, on
Fedncsdgy, Mc 21st day Of April, 1869,
between the hours OF 10 o'clock a. IN. and
o'clock p. n, the following described real ss-
tate situate in said county of Monroe, tojwit:
The southwest quarter Of sectioE sevsatesn
township three range five, (except the east
half of the northeast quarter and east half
of northeast gusrter,) leaving one hundred
and twenty acres; also a part of the south
east quarter of section twenty y.three township
three range FIVE, beginning at the southeast
corner OF said quarter; thence on the section
line to the northeast corner of The southeast
quarter of section twenty three; thencs west
ten rods; thence south to the section line;
thence to the place OF beginning, containing
ten acres; also. the following: beginning at
the northeast corner of section twenty-five
township three and range five; thence west
thirty two rods: thence south eignt rods on
the south line; thence east to the section
line the sortheast corner of the northeast
quarter of northeasti iusyter of same; thenos
north to the place Of beginning except fvs
acres) containing thirteen acres; also north-
west par of section sixteen in township
three range five, beginning at the northwest
corner of the northwest quarter of said seo2
ton: thence on the section ine.to :Truax's
land, thence east twelve rods;thenoe ffsyinine
degrees east eighteen perchss; tren,e north
seventy-one and a half degrees east twent5
five perches;thencs south eighty three degrees
east twenty-five perches;theuoe south seventy
eight degrees east thirty seven perchss;
thence south thirty-seven and half degrees
east thirteen and half perches;thence south
to Tru axis line; thence north to the section
line; thence east to the place of beginning,
containing one hundred and ssvsnty-two
acres more or less. sf-s-t csyEI
J0SEPA MYERS,
mch23w5. Sheriff N. G. o.
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The Tennrc-o.-SSics Es;:l,

The 1GiiOaal InteNigenccr of the
llth inst, in an article detailing the de
bate on the question Of repeating the
Tenure of OAlce Bill, calls it "littl(
white lamb" being led to the slaughter
The article winds up in this style:
"a word or two more of debate, ant
the vote was had. Thirty-three Senator:
voted for reference; only twenty-five il
the negative, of whom seven or eight were
Democrats. The Senatorial column stoot
firm, Mr.. Sumner leading the host val
iantly, Mr.. Edmunds and Mr., Wilson
keeping step to the music. And thus
with many a pretty riband on its head
and piteous bleat, went the little lamb te
its doom. If there are any persons in
terested in its fate, and curious to have
the latest intelligence of the innocent,w we
beg to inform them that it seemed tc
have full consciousness of what was
coming.
Mr.. Stewart sent back to New York
the bill to repeal the civil.tenure act laid
out cold and dead by a stealthy and
strategetic blow! The politicians are
showing US what science can effeet-and
science we admire; but our complaint is
that they stlike below the belt
The bill will not be repealed as thai
would place the power in GRANTS hands
instead of the Senator's, but it is proba
BILE its workings will be suspended to the
next session Of Congress.
Oh, what confidence the Radical u S
Senators have in the faith of the man OF
horseback-ln the White House
.'Let us have peace"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23

EFAn apparent decrease in the ma
tional debt of eleven millions of dollars
during the past month has been accept
ed as "godsend" by the Radical press
Of the country. Like the man with the
small baby, lit is small, ''but it is all we
have" Any reducti on on paper or in
fact enables the party in power to make
an argument that may, by possibility,
deceive or mystify the masses. But
even allowing the Radicals all they claim
still the fact remains that the whole debt
is greater, by forty-fve millions Of dol
lars, than it was in May, 1868, only ten
months ago. Thus, the nation has been
spending at the rate of four and hall
millions month beyond its income
How long will it take to 'reduce" tne
debt at this rate of Republican expen
ditures Aye. .-..
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
The last sao,e ofiac Gonspirasors

Senator MoETos Offered liIl in the
Senate the other day which provides that
a majority Of the members OF a State
LsgislltuFe is all that is necessary to rat
ify al amendment TO the Constitution.
Tiis g intended to operat; on the
Stat, of Indiana in order that it ma,
have power to ratify the Negro Amend
n,sut In that State three fifths OF the
members are required to be present to
form 5 quorum for the transaction o.
business.
We live il. grave and serious times
The Radical faction in Congress is bent
upon crashing out, III this LAID, every
semblance Of State rights, or local lib
eFty, and individual freedom. 1t is daily
grasping for more power, and, rendered
bold By past impunity, places no limit
TO its audacious ambition.
We -exclaim. after every fresh.usafpa,
ton, after We hare recovered from our
amazenent, what will be the next step oi
these usurperS upon the, ladder which
leads to absolute power?
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From tho National Intelllgencer.I
The Future OF Politics.

According to present appearances the
Democrats and Conservatives will have
enough to go upon in the elections next
autumn to overthrow Radicalism in sew
eral States with much case. In our
Judgment, no party can sustain itself in
the North which supports the proposed
fifteenth amendment to the Constitution.
To say nothing Of other objections to
the proposition Of Congress, it is enough
to make it an accursed thing in the fact,
that it provides for the universal suffrage
of blacks, Chinese, Indians, &c, but not
for the disfranchised white men in South
ern States.
Nor do we believe that the party
which persists in advocating the pay
ment Of gold interest at six per cent.
upon the h0nds which were purchased
with funds that yielded only about fifty
cents in coin on the dollar upon the
average On their face, can maintain it
self before the American people. The
position of one currency for the people
and another for the bondholdcrs is ell
tirely inadmissible. To carry it out, the
people at large are taxed some eighty
millions Of dollars annually upon the
tea, coffee, sugar, and salt alone that
they consume. 1t is an Indispensable
thing that this sort of taxation should
be reduced to a nominal figure, and that
some form of tax upon property shall
be substituted A reduction Of the rate
of interest upon the bonds, or taxation
of them, would materially aid in the OBJ
ject. Real property above a moderate
amount Cike small farms) should be
taxed as well as any Others. Why not
tax the show farmers, and operators in
lands and lots for rise, as Pacific rail
way companies and the Astors Of the
land ?
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To take him first and leave / hind

A musical congress of all nations is tc
be held at Florence, Italy, on Septem
Der 20,next.
The Roman Government has purchas
ed the marble statue of Claudius, whicl
was discovered four years ago at Ciyits
Lavinia, for the sum of $4,000.
RUSSIA has confiscated the treasury o.
a Catholic convent III Poland for having
allowed insurgents to use its printing
press during the late rebellion.
Count Bisnark enjoys a salary of!SlS
600 as Chancellor of the Northern Ger,
man Confederation, and siinilcr sum
as Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs
A married Pittsburger, of Mormon
proclivities, lately performed the extra
ordinary feat Of clipping with two Wild
0Ws t H
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23

The Washington correspondent OF tht
Cincinnati Commercial makes the follow
ing good bit by way OF illustrating tht
fallacies of protection. 1t says;
Il go, like al ass, into the axe handle
business. find that it won't pay Axe
handles eau be bought cheaper in Can
ada than can make them, so hasteT
up to Congress and state my grievence
1t is 4 great interest, says the sepulchra
Kelley, and must be protected 1t is {
great interest, shriei1s the Tribune Ct al
and forthwith law is passed forcing
every man, purchasing an axe-handle, tt
pay me fifty cents instead of twenty
five. This is called a protection to Amer
ican industry. That is it protects my
industry at the expense Of the wood
chopper; but then he has no business tc
be wood-ch per. Why don't he make
axe handles ? Serves him right"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
A Free Opinion.

The Rochester, New York, Union
(Dem) expresses its opinion Of the In
augural with great freedom. 1t says:
The address is the weakest ever de-
livered by any President of the United
States. 1t is the utterance of beggar
on horseback-the talk of the money
changers of the country through pau
per of yesterday, whose pockets have
been by these Shylocks filled with gold,
and whose tongue wags at their direct
ion. Its burden is gold for the bond
holder, and its only rhetorical flourish
is reference to the precious metal with
which the demands of the taX-eXempt
robbers Of the people are to be satisfied. >
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
Hon. a. c. THURMAN.

In the Senate on Tuesday, Judge
Thurman made his first speech before
that body, favoring the repeal Of the
Tenure Of Office Bill, His argument is
reported by Washington correspondents
as concise, powerful and effective. 1t
has elevated him to the leadership Of the
Democrats in the Senate, q position he
is eminently qualified both by experience
and ability to fll.-Wheeling Register,
18Th inst
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The Negro Amendment, In Ohio.

The people demand that the Demo
cratic, Legislature Of Ohio shall refuse to
take any action on the 18th Article to
the Constitution, whereby the Negroes
are to be enfranchised. Let it be the
issue in the coming campaign, and the
defeat of i. and its party viii as certainly
come to pass as that two and two mshs
four With this abomination as an issue
the Radical Negro lovers in Ohio will bc
completely Detected in October by thc
suffrage ofaa insulted aud outraged
people. ~
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Rg-A letter to the y. Y. Hcrdld from
Nnshinntnn- 12.h ;nst sars.


Washington, 18Th inst, says:
.The satisfactory result Of the late In
dian campaign restoring peace with five
of the most hostile tribes Of the plains,
would certainly indicate the propriety OF
Gen, Sheridan continuing in command oi
the Western Department. The prospects
IF an outWeak an The North during the
eRsuiaJ Summer demand not oHly expert
ence but prompt Gction'
The Administration evidently fes.s ths
people will not submit very much longer
to be robbed and beggared to satisfy the
exactions of aristocratic rascality in
power. Shoald the people rise for the
purposeof ridding the country Of these
tyrants, not all the SHERIDAH's in exist.
ence would suffice to contend success
fully against them. There is quaking
smong the Radical thieves and .oppres
s1rs at Washington. Let them tremble
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23

AEis is noticed by the New York pa
pers that the British dag appears at the
head Of more mssts at the wharres ir
that city than our own stars and stripes
That has been the case every day since
the advent to power Of Radiealism. Such
arguments are unanswerable- The poll
cy Of That party has ruined our country
destroyed our commerce and yet has the
brazea etfrontery TO call upon beggared
PEOPLE to support its destructive princi
| les.
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EE$Gcncral Iouustrnet. sDpOinte

@Gcncral Longstreet, appointed
Surveyor Of the Port of New Orleans
by President Grant, will receive a sala-
~ Of ten thousand per year, while the
poor Federal soldier who lost his leg in
the "Wildemess" confronting Long
streets ''rebcr' legions, will continue to
grind his organ on Broadway, after pay
ing the loyal Government ten dollars
per year for the privilege It is remar-
kable how quick the faint Of "rebel'' is
removed by getting loyal, and how it
pays to be a prominent man.-New York
Paper.
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BAD FOR JoE.-An exchange says
Brigham Youngs son Joe 'smokes ci.
gars, drinks liquor, gets tipsy, plays
poker, licks his wives and breaches the
gospel" Whereat the Lebanon (Ohio
Patriot remarks that Joe ought to re-
move to some Northern State, where the
radicals have majority, or, with carpet
bag in hand, migrate to Dixie and be-
come radical member of Congress for
he has all the requisite qualifications
No, no. Joe evidently has sins enough
already to answer for without adding
q heavier burden than all
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23

GsA Washington correspondent
notes very forcibly'the influence of the
press, in defeating combinations to
force railroad measures through Con
gress. When the session began three
hundred million dollars would not cov-
er the Government aid asked for rail
road projects alone. 1t is doubtful
whether four hundred millions would
have carried out the provisions of pend
ing bills. Not one of them has passed.