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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
Did YO3L Tle1' :?

The Ohio Patriot asks these
these impertinent questions,
for doing which, the Radical
press will have the right to
have the editor of that sheet
indicted for extreme cruelty to
animals:
When the good old Demo
cratic party was in power, did
you hear ofspies nosing among
your private goods to see if
you have compiled with the
provisions of an unknown and
unpublished law?
Did you ever hear ofstamps?
Did you have to swear as to
how much money you made ?
If q manufacturer, did you
have to make a monthly report
to some lazy official at five or
ten dollars per day ?
Did you hear men Gas you
now do) advocate the policy Of
paying the laborer with paper
rags and the money shavers
with gold a?
Did you hear of a tax on ev-
erything you eat or wear i'll
addition to State, county and
municipal tax -?
Did you hear Of a President
riding about in a steamboat
wholly to his own use at the
expense of the people, wher
he was receiving a salary O
1925, 900 per year ?
Did you ever hear that /
negro was better that a white
man
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
Ult 10 Crack,

Ifthe reduced tax of three -fourths
on whisky, or from So to so cents a
gallon, increased the revenue from
s13,0OO,OOO to s43,OOO,OOO in ono
year, what may not be expected
from lower rates of taxes on other
articles?
High taxes lead todircct taxes
lead to erect frauds upon the reve.
nue..
They drive honest men out of
business, as the tobacco tax did by
the hundred during the first years
of its imposition, and leave trade
and the market under the control
of dis honest officials and dealers.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
Increase of the Pu0lic Debt.

Governor Hayes, in his speech
at Wilmington, on the 18th
ult., where he opened the cam
paign ON the Republican side,
in conjunction with Senator
Morton, Of. Indiana, claims that
the public debt is being rapid
ly reduced under Grants ad-
ministration. But the follow
ing table, from the official
report Of Messrs. McCulloch
and Boutwell,, Secretaries Of
the Treasury, shows how the
public debt, instead of being
reduced, has been increased
under Radical management
since April 1st, 1865, when ac-
cording to Secretary McCulloch
the war was substantially
closed:
April l, 1865 81, 1866, ,935, OF
September l, 1865 2,z57,69O,571
November 1, 1867 2,4O1 ,504, ,45O
November l, 1868. 2,527,129,331
July l, 1869. .,..,2 2,645,17O,283
From this showing, it appears
that the debt was larger, by
over one hundred millions of
dollars, on the first of last
month, than it was on the first
of November, 1868. At this
rate of increase, how insulting
to the people is the claim of
of Gov, Hayes and other Radi,
cal leaders, that the debt has
been reduced since Grants ad-
ministration came into power.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
"SIinkin0" G,sd "Dodgi9ag''
Y Ol NeGrO SltfrQge.

"Lct us have no sinking or dodg-
ing on the Fifteenth Amendment
%. S. Journal.
The above appeared in the
Journal a'few days previous to
the meeting of the Radical
State Convention .
After the nominations were
made, the Journal, fearing that
the tide of public opinion was
against that same Fifteenth
Negro Suffrage) Amendment" :"
publishes the following;
"ITon J, D. Cox, Secretary.-of the
Interior, writes to the Republican
Executive Committee of this State,
that he hopes and expects to be able
to labor in the coming canyass in
Ohio"
No man in Ohio made his
mark, broader or deeper against
negro suffrage, than did this
same Hon. j, d. Cox, Secreta-
ry of the Interior, i'll his ia.
nous Oberlin letter. Is not
this a Sinking" and "dodging"
on the Fifteenth Amendment?
If not, what is it?
Surely, in the face of his able
letter against the right of the
negro race to have o partner
ship with the whites in the
carrying on of the State gov
ernment, Gen, Cox will not
dare sustain it. If he does,
that letter will be rightfully
thrown in his face wherever he
pOes.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
TAXES,

The three most notable rev.
olutions of modern times have
grown out of oppressive taxa
ton.
This brought Charles I. to
the block, Louis XVI. to the
guillotine, and made "these
Colonies free and independent
States"
The people will bear much
before revolt; but Elet our rul-
ers remember that the people
have already borne much.
There is a limit to endurance.
Revolution, when the cause
is ripe, often comes with swift
and terrible vengeance.
Let those most interested
ponder. the perfect quietudo
which pervaded France when
the States General met at the
close of the last century; and
let the American bondholder
contemplate the. fate OF the
French aristocrat.
Outrage upon outrage AS
if to tempt fate by experimen.
ting on the patience Of our peo.
pie, sneaks and informers in.
fest every neighborhood, and
arrests are being daily made.
And what for q?
Not to meet the crushing
weight of taxation which OPP
presses the laboring man an1
leads the wolf to his door. r !
In no case that has come un
der our observation has more
been done than to arrest the
party accused, take hUA before
a Commissioner at Cleveland
and discharge hilp. on tie pay,
ment of costs. This is the Oh
|ject. Costs to feed Federal
Cormorants. Costs to keep
up Detective, Informers and
Commissioners @
Dcw'h with this bloodssuck.
lngG orood The sooner the
better.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
A WarfItn0 from Thomas
EaCiHO,

Much is said by Republicans
of making q paper dollar worth
a gold dollar, by repeating the
legal tender act, and other
schemes in the interest of the
bondholder. 1t was the Re-
publicans who deprecated the
currency to its present standard;
but to hurry presumption Zone
Of the most difficult problems
Of Gnance) would bring bank
ruptcy and ruin. 1t is easier
to tear down than to bnild up
easier to destroy than to re-
store. Read what Mr.. Ewing
says
"Thc man, whatever his vo-
cation, who owes $1,000, owes
it it legal tender notes; but re-
peul the act and his debt is at
once increased, by the differ
ence between gold and green
backs. What was $1,000 be-
fore the repeal is increased in
value to about 81, ,300-so much
taken from the debtor and Civ
en- to the creditor without any
reason or equivalentexcept that
the one is rich and the other
poor. This same repeal, when
it shall produce its full effect,
would make our national debt,
including legal tender notes,
now equivalent to $2,2OO,OOO,-
900 in gold, rise at once in
value to $2,965, 100000, and
it would at once involve the
payment of interest on gold
borrowed to take up our green
back currency, amounting on a
reasonable estimate, to $l8,-
100000 q year. This looks
like sinking the ship, and / am
afraid of it. 1t were certainly
better to let the laws of trade
regulate the currency than to
hasten measures fraught with
such consequences"
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
"DrtVe Rtgl.t Oyey Thea,s t'

"DsTCe Right Over Them l''
Tax-Payers- what Drive
over the widows and orphans
Of the soldiers who died for tho
Republic ?"
Bondholder--"Ye curse
them, if they do not get out Of
the way Of my coach," says
the Radical Bondholder, 'I'll
drive right over them"
Tax-Payer--"You would2
Listen, sir. If you were to
be so unfortunate as tc cause
the hoofs Of your horses to be
driven over my wife or child, 1
would lay your body with
theirs, instanter."
We give this incident merely
as an Illustration of the spirit
which, through the evils of
Radicalism, seems to be grow,
ing in all quarters, and which.
unless speedily rebuked by the
people, must lead, when the
people tire of Radical wrong
and oppression, not long hence,
to direlul consequences.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
READ F! READ!! READi!
a Rather Speaks.

We seldom read an article
that hits the nail on the head,
or contains a volume in 80 few
and plain words, as the follow
ing which we find in the Logan
Gazette. 1t should be printed
in letters of Gold, and stuck up
in every corner. Who is there
who will not say "Amen" to
every word?
Mr.. Hubbard VIII you
allow an old man to speak to
your readers upon a subject of
interest to them and to all F? If
50, [ will say that when the
war broke out in 1861, | was
the father Of three SONS, one
fully grown and one nearly
grown, and a little son five
years old. The two older boys
enlisted with the sound of the
first drum, and the second was
killed at the battle Of Shiloh.
The other, my eldest, was kill
ed in the last fight with Hood,
Thus, | am left desolatc and
comparatively helpless in my
old age. l appeal to all if |
haven't made great sacrifices !?
How am | to be repaid ? What
do I get for the loss Of my two
brave boys ? Nothing! No
gold interest for me. But the
bondholders of the country
the men who loaned their mon
ey to the war, they must be re-
paid and [ must help to do it.
l am taxed upon everything l
use for their beneft-and they
are not taxed upon their bonds.
Is this fairs it just ? /, ap-
peal to my fellow citizens. Is
there any bondholder in Amer.
ca who would for the sum he
has invested in bonds, sacrifice
two noble sonS-agree to have
them shot down as my poor
boys were, upon the field of
battle =? If SO, [ will be pleas.
ed to hear from him.
Finally, Ihave sacrificed two
sons, dear to me both of them
as my own life-and now 1 de-
mand that those who loaned
money TO the country IN her
need, shall offset against: the
lives of those that we're given
away in the same cause
against blood that was shed
for it.
Give me back my sons,
Messrs. Bondholders, my sons
that were slain in the war, or
else cease to oppress me with
taxes for the restoration of the
money you loaned. God knows
[ owe you nothing in justice.
Your sacrifice, (if you never
got another cent of your mon
ey) is no compassion to mine.
IF | held every bond to-day
ever issued by the Government
oh! how gladly would Igive
them all for the restoration to
life, and my heart again, of
even one Of my boys. And
what father would nut?
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29

The tax payers Of Ohio
would save thousands of dollars
each year,.were they permitted,
through. their County and State
Treasurers to collect what tax
is due the General Government
and pay the same over at
Washington City. We have
no more need for these Gov
ernment Assessors and Collec-
tors than would a wagon have
for q fifth wheel.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29

The two thousand million
dollars of five twenty bonds
were bought with greenbacks,
at the rates of forty or fifty
cents on a dollar in gold. They
were to be paid in greenbacks'
Nevertheless the Republicans
propose to pay them in gold
In other words, they make .
present Of six or eight hundred
million dollars to the bond
holders. .saaaSsA !!sstsA ta-
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
Under the law creating tn

Under the law creating the
bouds they can be taxed by
the United States. If the tax
was imposed, similar in amount
to that which other property
pays, we should derive a reve-
nue. of forty million dollars a
year, enabling us to dispense
with the income tax, that yields
about that sum.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
Keen it i'm Mind !

l. That the gabble' and fab
relations Of the Radicals, con-
corning the expenses of the
last Legislature, are intended
to divert public attention from
the frauds and villainies of their
own party.
2. Keep it in mind, that ev.
cry Republican Legislature
elected in fifteen years, has held
an extra session.
3. Keep it in mind, that the
per diem of no Ohio Legisla
ture can be increased or de.
creased by its own members,
and that the pay of the last
Legislature had been increased
to five dollars per day BY a law
passed by the preceding Re
publican Legislature in the ex'
pectation that their own party,
and not the Democrats, would
be in a majority.
A. Keep it in mind, that the
Republicans in the last Legis.
lature strove to increase the
salaries of the Supreme Judges
and other officers; that they
voted solidly in favor Of this
increase, and that it was defea-
ted by the com bined and de.
termined action Of the Demo
cratic members.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29

Those who favor paying the
bonds in greenbacks, abolish
ing the Radical tariff and a
Government ruled by white
men, will vote the Democratic
ticket.
Those who favor paying the
bonds in gold, continuing the
present odious tariff, and a
country ruled by Negroes, will
vote the Radical ticket.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
Committeeman.

Committeeman in the differ.
ent townships should talk to
every lvoter between this and
election day.
Poll every vote and victory
will crown your efforts.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
Look Here!

The Democracy favor the
interests of the laboling classes.
The Radicals demand Suf-
frage for the Negroes and op-
pose the interests of the labor
ing white men.
Vote for the White Mans
party.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
Radical TacatioA.

Previous to the war, in.
augarated by the advocates Of
High Taxation and Negro
Suffrage, the People were
lightly taxed under Demo
cratic Administrations
Now they ae taxed to
death to make the rich richer
and the poor poorer.
Go to the election aud
vote against every man on
the Radical ticket.
Let us have a change. !.
The people want a chang.
e--......--.s..-.y ..=..m.
Subscribe for this papor
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29

Under the Radical tariff law
the poor man pays a duty of
800 per cent. on the blanket
that protects him from the
cold.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29

"Parigoric weddings are
the latest. 1t is the first an
piversary after the birth of q
descendant. err ..2a....izs...
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29

There are thousands Of acres
Of Corn, that will notyield ter
bushels to the acre, What our
farmers are to do we know lot.
Many Of them will not raise
corn enough to fatten tl..eir hogs
for family use and Keep their
teams through Inc winter
Corn or no Corn, their taxes
must be paid. The Bondhold-
ers must nave their gold inter.
est if the last hoof is sold TO
pay it. The crops may fail,
but tax paying never does.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29


Negro Suffrage in Ohio means
Ignorant Negres in the Jury
box.
Ignorant Negroes in the
State Senate and Legislature.
Ignorant Negres in the Su.
preme Court.
Ignorant Negroes ruling
White Men.
Voters, vote this measure
and the Negro tick down on
Tuesday, the 18th day of Octo.
ber.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
POLITICAL & MISCELLANEOUS.
BOndhOIGer A0djnSt the
Farmer.

Governor Morton, in his ar
gument against the taxation of
Government bonds, gives, as
one Of the reasons why they
should not be taxed, that "the
income on the bonds. is already
taxed like the income from any
other species Of property
This may be true, but let us see
for q moment the difference in
taxation between interest-bear-
ing obligations of individuals,
both bearing six per cent. in
terest, the former in gold and
the latter in paper money. A
farmer sells his farm to a neigh
Dor for $4,000, for which he
takes notes bearing six per cent
interest. When the County
Assessor comes along, he must
return under oath, as "monies
and credits" the whole fifteen
thousand dollars. Upon this
he is taxed for State, County,
School, and other purposes,
(taking the rate in Cuyahoga,)
say 3 per cent, amounting to
$4,000. And when the Ma
tional Assessor comes around,
if he has an income from other
sonrces to the amount Of $1,000,
he must return the interest
which he receives on his notes
as income, amounting to 5000,
on which he must pay an in
come tax Of 5 per cent, making
the sum of $46, his whole tax
on his $4,000 in note, being
four hundred and ninety-ive
dollars.
And what does the bondhol,
der pay on his property
He holds $4,000 in Five.
Twenty bonds, upon which he
is not required to pay one cent
of tax for County, School,
Road, Poor or other purposes.
He receives 6 per cent. interest
in gold, amounting to Six Hun.
dred dollars, on which he pays
an income tax to the Govern.
ment of forty,fve dollars.
The account then will stand
Amount paid by farmer S495 OC
Amount paid by bondholder As 90
In favor Of Bondholdor $3.50 90
Surely, the farmers of the
State of Ohio should be under
great obligations to Gov. Hayes
and his Central Committee for
bringing Governor Morton all
the way from Indiana to make
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29


The leaders of Radicalism
think they can bully and drive
the masses of their party to
the support Of Negro Suffrage
in Ohio.
They are mistaken in this.
Large numbers of their party
in every county in Ohio are de-
claring for Democracy and the
White Mans Ticket, headed
by Hon. George III. Pendleton
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
Gbe enquirer,
POETRY
RESOLUTION.

If you've any task 10 do,
Let me whisper, friend to you,
Do 1t.
Ifyouve anything to say,
True AMI needed, yea or nay,
Say it.
II you've anything to love,
As blessing from above,
Love It.
If you've anything to give,
That anothers JOY may live,
Give it.
If some hollow creed you doubt,
Through the whole world hoot and shout
Doubt it.
If you know what torch to light,
Guiding Others through the night,
Light it.
If you've any debt to pay,
Rest you neither night or day
Pay 1t.
Ifyou've any JOY to hold
Next your heart, lest 1t grow cold,
Hold 1t.
Ifyou've any grief to meet,
At the loving Fathers feet,
Meet 1t.
If you're given light to SEQ.
What child of God should be,
See II.
Whether life be bright or drear
There's message sweet and clear,
Whispered down to every car
Hearit.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
lsHAM HOUSE,
Corner Main and Broadway Streets,
JACKSON, OHIO.


L been thoroughly renovated and beauti-
fully furnished. Having superior facilities,
everything will be done TO make guests com.
Portable. Table always supplied with best
clcanest Beds. Good Stables. Every effort
made for hecomfort ofpatrons. All charges
moderate.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29

Let every voter go to the
polls on, the 18th Of October.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
HOTELS
LINDsLEY HoEsE,
zALEs SKI, OHIO.

d. DUNCAN, Proprietor.
TINnIS House, having been very much improv-
l. ed and repaired, Is lar superior in size and
comfort to any Hotel in this part OF the State
the proprietor being prepared to accommodate
one and oil with good sleeping apartments and
furnish the table with the best the market affords
Its location 10 convenient to business and tc the
Ralroad Depot, which makes II O desira stop.
ping place for all visiting Zaieski.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29

Vote for Pendleton! Tell
your neighbor to do SO.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29
DEPOT HOTEL,
cHILLicoTHE, oH1o.

M. MERKLE, Proprietor.
THIS Hotel, n few feet from the Railroad
4 Depot and whore oil travellers upon all
trains can take meals, has Just been greatly
enlarged aud thoroughly repaired, painted,
DC, and ~ now In complete order for the re-
oeption ofguests DDTrains stop ten miu-
utes for meals. D1rTERMs MODE RATE.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-29

Vote against Imperialism.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-31

yWHosoEvER,-.'I thank God,"'. said
Richard Baxtef, f,asfo afat 1swolfd ssAoso
ere,:. If God had said that there was
mercy for Richard Baxter, am 80 vile q
sinner tiiat would have thought He
meant some other Bichsrd Baxtsr;. bpt
Wien 'Hdssys s5hosoeuer. H;kAow, that in,
,lndes me, the worst of all Richard Bsx-
tefs!"' VI i1}f
Is nI have enlisted in the army of Zioni"
said n Young man tn DR.. Bethnne.
''IE what church?" asked the doctor,
.T"In the Baptist" was the reply.
II should call that joining the nary"
was the response.
= BIBLE NAMES OF CHRISTIANS. The
Scriptures give fonr names to Christians,
taken from the four cardinal Cruces, 40
essential to mans salvntion; Saints, for
their helinesa;, Believers. for their faith !;
Brethren for tlieir love; the Disciples, for
their knowledge. -FyAer.
r Rev. WI NJ Lea for several years O
minister Of the Gospel, and formerly Pre-
sldent of the Bnptist Convention, of the
State of Arkansas, has been excommuni-
Gated from tue Baptist Church, ut Little
Rock, for gross immortality.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-31
HKINITsH's

oDNoub IetbOn IL, tDht
1t Ia 3 more reliable and far more efiectual
remedy than any other. 1hos. who have
tried 1t, know that it cured them; those " no
nave not, Know that it cures their ntighbors
ana friends, and all know that what 1t doea
once it does always-that it never fails
through any fault or neglect of it's cornpo,i-
tion We have thousands upon thousands uf
certificates of their remarkablc cnres OF the
following complaints, but such cures arc
known In every neig hborhnod, and we need
not publish them Ad opted to ail ages aud
conditions i'll all climates; containing neither
calomel or any deleterious drug, they NAV DO
taken with safety by anybody. Their sugar
coating preserves them ever trehh and makes
them pleasant to take. while being purely
vegetable no harm can arise from the ir use in
any quantity.
They operate by their powerful influence OH
the internal vscera to purify the b.cod and
stimulat" it into healthy aciion-rrmove The
other organs Of the body, restoring their lire
|nlar action to health, and by correcting,
wherever they exist, such arrangements a. aru
the first orig in uf disease.
Minute directions are given i'm tho wrappcr
on the box. for the following complaints.
which these PILLS rapidly cnrC:
For Dyspepsia or Indigestion, LislcssneSs,
LG"guor anu Loss Of Appetue. they should ho
aud restore its healthy tone and action
For Lirer Complaint and its various svmp.
fnrl-. Buious Headache, Sick Hcaduche, Jan,-
dtce or Green Stcktess, Baions Coiic and BIZ
Tor each case, to correct the diseased action
or remove the distractions which cause It,
For Dyse"terry or DiorrhTa, but one mild
dose is generally required.
For he"mattsni. Gout. Hrnrcl Pa1nitation
~ he Heart, Pain in NE Side Back and LO.ns
they should bn continuously taken, as re-.
quired. - change the diseased action Of tho
.,ystem. With such change those complaints
disappear
For Dropsy and Drorsicni Seedlings, they
should be taken i'll large and frequent doses
to produce tho effect OF q drastic purge
For Suppression largo dose shonld bc
taken, as it produces the desired effect by
sympathy.
AS Dinner PW take ono or two pirs to
promote digestion and rcieve the stomach.
An occasional dore stimulates the stomach
and bowels into hoalthy action, restores tho
appetite, and inviG"rates the system Hence
1t is often advanta ""nus where no serious de
ranSement exist One who feels tolerably
well, often fluids lat a desc of those I'lUs
makes him feel d. |. "dIy better. from Their
apparatus.
DR.. j. &. AVER & rO.. Practical ChemI.s.
Sept DWELL. MASS u s Il. +4mo