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THE FINANCIAL SITUATION
Grants Administration RespOn-
SfblC.

The New York Commercial -Aducrti
scr, of the 7th inst, has the following il
relation TO The financial situation:
Merchants at the West and at the Eas
lind 1t impossible TO get requisite accom-
modatlon; and Il further protraction o
the present condition of things must III
cvitably produce very serious consc
qucnccs to the mercantile community.
"1he Western merchants cannot MAKE
their payments TO tic East for mcrchan
disc; and the East cannot continue it.
purchases of produce from the West
and but few days more of this bloCl
i'll business must result in failures
"Ihe money requisite for keeping tht
wheels of trade in motion is in the Trca
SurY, and IL rests whoUy ritz the Sccre
to'Y, whose unusual operations have
placed much of it there, to dctcrmin,
whether the country shall longer suffer
from The lack of it,"
The EccniRg Post says:
The strin.cncy in the money markc
increased until after two O'Clock, and q!
high as ono quarter of one per cent. pei
day pas paid, After that hour, however
there was a marked relaxation, and The
rates at ,thc meeting of brokers in from
of the Stock Exchange declined to sever
per ccht, currency bid, and seven PEI
cent gold asked. This decline in rate.
is attributed in part TO the release ofmon
ley by the combination operating for ;
decline in prices, and in part to renewed
reports that the Secretary of the Treas
ury will purchase more bonds this week
the amount to be purchased, accord
ing to the reports, is variously given al
three to ten millions"
SO important is the action of ONE man
under the law governing the finances o.
this great people, who love to boast o
their freedom and advanced civilization
that the greatest anxiety prevails, ant
therefore the utmost efforts arc continu
ally being put forth to ascertain what art
the Intentions of the Secretary. Of the
Treasury. False rumors arc set anoat
and prices of stocks and bonds are there
upon caused to materially advance o.
decline, according to the circumstances
With q free people like ourselves, th'
present state of affairs is BURNING
SHAME.
AS specimen of the important tele
grams in regard to the MONEY AUro
CEAr, at Washington, that are sent to til,
press OF New York city and published
under boldIy-displayed headings, w
give the following:
WASHINGTON, July 7.-Rcports arr
circulated on the streets here that th,
Secretary of the Treasury is about tc
order another heavy purchase of bonds
and as it is probable they may be sen
out to influence the money market, it is
proper to say that the Secretary denies
having gwen anybody the least hint o
what Ills purposes are. He says it is NJ
part of his business to either confirm ol
contradict reports set on foot by outside
persons, and he will make HIS intention:
known in but one way, viz: through The
Sub Treasurer at New York, in the man
ner heretofore pursued. The report in
question seems, therefore, to have for its
foundation nothing more than the specu
lations of irresponsible persons who are
entirely without information rs to the
SccretalY'S cieWS.
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Eg-The South Carolina negroes, grad
uated under Radical reconstruction and
the Freedmen's Bureau, have outgrowI
all the oldfashioned balderdash Of theil
teachers about equality. They don't
propose to be but off with this sort o
thing now. 1t is supremacy they are after
AT the big menagerie with which they
celebrated the Fourth in Charleston, {
fellow, calling himself Rev. w Ii Brown
s6iciated as chaplain, and in the prayer
addressed to his sooty companions ht
said he thanked God, who had made tho
colored people free after two hundred
and fifty years of bondage, and had
placed them in triumph over the white
men, the "colored people now had Che
white men down in the dust and their feet
upon their nccks"
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Steady Democrats.

ssThe Income Tax IS one of the worst
ever levied-inquisitorial, unequal and
Offering premium for Perjury. We
trust its days are nearly numbered. y
" Y. Tribune.
So no How the CALLED jade does vince,
and yet few years since one of the loud
est trumpetcrs of this same Internal
Revenue Tax was Horace Grcely of the
Tribune.
Steady Democrats. The day of de
liverancc is neat. Horace Greely, the
Hypocritc, cries out for mercy, but the
people may expect no relief from him.
Relief will come from the tens of thou
sads of honest candid Republicans, who
realizing the danger of the disease, are
willing to apply the remedy.
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Forthcoming Revelations.

1t is stated that Mr.. j. Russell Jones'
and Mr.. Ulysses S. Grant will soon be
entertained with circunstantial charges
made in Radical papers in. Chicago to
the effect that the first procured and the
second ordered the appointment Of man
to be United States Marshal for the
Northern District of Illinois, solely on
condition that he took some bad stock
of worse railroad off the hands of the
Two high contracting parties. The fact
is not surprising, considering the mer
camille character of all the appointments
untlcl the existing Administration.
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To SflOyvmen and Svaterlng-PlaCe
PrOprietOrS.

The undersigned in the absence Of his
keeper is open to an engagement to stand
with his great moral show of bull pups,
trained animals, and other presents this
season for salary or share of the pro-
ceeds. Having just concluded an unpro-
litabe engagement in Boston, it is ex-
pected to make up therefor at Long
Branch and other places. No object
ion to performing with other trained as
scs, or occupying tent with the fat wo,
man, snakes Tin boots), knitting
Indian girls, or other relics of the lovely
past. Net proving success as a Prcsi-
dent, have decided on the pcripatetic,
perambulating show business, and can
be engaged for fair consideration.
u. S. GRANT.
Washington. D. c. President.
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b1The New Yok Tribune finds mat
ter for rejoicing in the fact that the in
come tax expires by limitation after one
more payment "It would be difficult y
the Tribune says, 'to devise another
tax so unequal, Iso widely evaded,or SC
conducive to fraud and perjury, as this
is" There is one thing about it.
however, which the Tribune entirely
omits mention: A large proportion OF
it is levied upon people who are able to
pay. In this respect it is decidedly un'
like the great bulk of the taxes levied
under the internal revenue laws. There
has been marvellous ingenuity displayed
in so arranging our entire system of tax
alton that its heaviest burdens fall mainly
upon the industrial classes. The in
come tax is in some degree an exccp
ton to the rule and in that is probably
found the inequality Ct which the Tribune
complains. Western consumers would
be very glad to know that some of the
onerous taxes upon the necessaries of
life, imposed for the advantage of Eas
tern manufacturers would terminate as
soon as the tax on incomes.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-07-20

ES-The New York Tribune, in late
article containing advice to its Republi
can friends to govern their conduct al
the elections, says; "If the only chance
lies between corrupt Republican and al
upright Democrat, vote for the Demo
crat; and if they are both corrupt
vote against them both" Things ar,
Frightening when Il leading Republican
paper thus encourages boiling from it:
own ranks. The Republican vote wouli
doubtless, be small, if its people SHOULD
act upon the Tribunc's suggestion. W,
think many oftbem will this fall.
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Ben Buffers Bitterness.

Ben Butler is credited with one o.
the hardest things yet said about Grant
When the President was attending the
'Pcace Jubilee" it was announced that
he would review the military upon Bos
ton Common. Butler, whose military
capacity is about equal to bossing mil
itia muster, had command of the holiday
soldiers. After they had waited foul
hours for Ulysses, their impatience was
relieved by message apologizing for the
absence of Grant, whose sickness pre-.
vented his attendance. Quoth Butler, 81
am tired of calling drank, sick."-Wheel
ina ReaiSter.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-07-20

From the Columbus (Ol Crisis
Public Debt Statemcut--Tncp Pro-
tended Reduction Of tic Deb. n
Eg1ud;

Fraud!
We see 1t going the foull1s Of the pub
lie press that there was n reduction of
the public debt from the 1st Of luly,
1868, to the 1st of July, 1863, Of ST.
6i0, ,l20, and 4 further decrease dirinc
The month Of June, 1869, of more than
SI6,000,O00.
This statement is fallacious, as we
shall presently demonstrate from Mr..
Boutwell, 3 own figures, ,althouah they are
made to lie most ingeniously.
The extraordinary amounts Of foreign
imports for the past few months have
increased the revenue from this source
enormously but it will be seen from Mr..
Boutwclrs own figures, which we repro,
duce below, that this surplus has not
been used in The purchase of the public
debt to any great extent 1t has afford
cd the opportunity TO the Secretary of
locking up in the Treasury between
thirty seven and thirty eight millions,
thereby aiding the Wall street gamblers
in bringing The country to the very brink
of ruin.
The following is au abstract Of Mr..
Boutwclrs statement of the public debt
on the 1st of July, above referred to, that
has just been issued from the Treasury
Department. We compare the figures
with those given at the corresponding
time last year; also, with the statement
of June |, 1869:
July 1, 1865, July 1, 1863
Total debt bear
ing coin int, s2,OG3, 10000 se,1O7 $780, 500
DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST.
Total debt bear
ing currency i'll
torcst, $I1o,13o, 700 $GG,1en,OoO
MatureI,n not p'd, 27,42O,1i 5,O6j, ,SS3
DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST.
u S. notes, $356,141,723 $35G,O56,G ,G39
FraGt. currency, 35,626,951 32,062,027
Gold certificates, 17,GiS,6l0 30,4S9,Gi0
Total debt bear
ing no interest, S406,447,314 $i1S,60S, ,499
Total debt, $780,, ,llS0i9 $2597, ,722, ,9S3
Bonds TO Pac. r.
RCo. s9,oS9,OOO $685., $50
Grand total, $2,G56, ,2010l9 $2,65l, ,575, ,303
1856. .207, ,0ig
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Take NOlICe.

The Editorof The SPIRIT has removed
his Office, to the front room of the dwell
ling house, one door South of the print
ing Office, where all business connected
with The SPIRIT will be transacted. No
tice the sign; s@-SPIRIT OFFICE.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-07-20
The Cut

On our first page represents the pres
ent condition of the Southern Whites;
and the condition the Radicals appear
determined to force upon che white pco
pie of the North. ..., .
Down with Negroes and their apollo
oiStS
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Ey-Will the editor of the Morgan
Herald inform us whether the radicals
propose to run Col. f. b. Pond on hi:
military record ?-SpirH Of Democracy
The radicals propose to run Col. Pom,
and elect him on general. principles
Col. Pond is the candidate of th,
Republican party, and as such will &c
the vote of his party. The prestige o
his military fame will be thrown into til,
scales. The military" is what hurts tll,
Spirit. What more?
No, sir, the military" don't hurt Tho
Spirit, but it "hurts" your candidate
We were with the cd Ohio when Col
PoND resigned and know the why's an(
whereforcs.
Do you want the particulars "throwl
into the scales ?'
pxy-NVho wauts; tho N,.p,o fo vote
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OHIO.

5. RESOLVED, That the Democratic party of
the United States has always been present.
neutly friendly TO the rights and interests of
the laboring man; that it is in favor of a
limited number of hours Of labor in all Gov
ernment workshops, hours dictated blythe
physical and mental well being of the labor
ers; that it is in favor of the me5t liberal
laws in regard TO household and homestead
exemptions from sale aud execution; that it
is also in favor of liberal grants of land from
the public domain to actual settlers without
cost, and opposed TO donating these lands TO
swindling railroad corporations, and is gene
rally friendly to the, measures advocated by
the Labor and Industrial Congress, and as a
party, pledges, if restored to power; its in
fuenoe to give them practical application.
While the Democracy arc thus for the
laborcr, the Republicans are for his OPP
prcssors-the various privileged classes
throughout the country.
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THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF GEN.
ROSECRANS.
letter OF General ROSeCrans 10
! General Lee.

The following is the letter written by
Gen. Ro5ccrans to Gen Robert E. Lee,
on the subject of reconstruction, in Sep
in,nf,pr. llst
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"TllE UNION AS IT WAS, AND
THE CONSTITUTION AS IT IS"
81 hold that THIS Government was made
On the WHITE BASIS, by WHITE
MEN, for the BENEFIT Of WHITE NJ EN-
and their POSTERlTY forever" Ste
phen A. Douglas.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-07-20

James Fisk, Jr. telcgraphed back the
words, "Non possumus," when Patti
sent on her terms for au engagement OF
one hundred nights. These were $780,
600 in gold, onc-half III advance the rest
III daily installments.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-07-20

LONDON, July 14.-There is reliable
authority for stating that the offer Of
globes to the Catholic priesthood, will.be
respectfully declined by the Church on
the grounds: First it is opposed, to- the
discipline of the Church; secondly, that
the proposition is unfair ,and insufficient
as a just equalization between the relfg-
ious communities of Ireland consider
ing the disproportion Of numbers, even
if it were admissible under Church reg
ulationS.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-07-20

Ey"Diln't the colored troops "fought
nobly' i'll Virginia? Iow's WELLS
Tell us, some of you Negro Amendment
editors.
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"a union of hearts, union Of hands,
A union that none may scvef;
A union Of lakes, a union of lands,
The AMERICAN UNION FOREVER"
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Eg'What party imposes tariff upon
the people of the West, for the benefit
of Eastern bondholdcrs, manufacturers
and shoddy contractors?
The Negro party in power.
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CALIFORNIA.

Rcsolped, That the Democratic party
ever has been, is now and ever will be
the champion of the rights of the me
chanic and workingman; that all the re
forms having for their object tile reduc
ton of the hours of his labor, the ell.
largemcnt of his privileges and the pro
lection of his personal liberty have ever
been demanded, enacted and enforced Ey
the Democracy; that we point with pride
to the fact that in California it was the
Democratic sentiment in the Legislature
that passed, and Democratic Governor
that approved, the Eight hour Law. and
that we pledge ourselves to use our ut
most excrtions to carry the provisions o.
that law into full force and effect, rs wei
as to labor in other directions for tho
cause of the sons of toll.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-07-20

An OK with three well developed horns
and the same number of eyes was on
exhibition a. London a few days ag5
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XYth Amendment,


on the Fifteenth Amcndment"-O. s
Journal.
The editors of the Morgan Herald
Pomcroy Telegraph, Athens Messenger
and Marietta Register will oblige thcil
readers by indorsing the above Woods
field Spirit.
We "answcr fool according to his
folly, lest he be wise in his own conccit,
and give the Amendment, as follows:
ARTICLE XIV.
SEC l. The right of the citizens OF
the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States,
or any State on account of race, color,
or previous condition of scrvitude.
SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate leg
islation.
This Amendment was proposed by
the Republican Congress !; it has been ap
proved actively by President Grant, and
has been indorscd by the Republican
State Convention. 1t has been ratified
by almost enough States, and more than
the required number will ratify it, as
soon as their Legislatures meet. 1t con
tains the lifelong sentiment of the editor
of the Register, spoken, written and
printed a thousand times, yea, ten thou
sand. Yet this ignoramus who is dis
grace to the editorial profession asks us
to endorse the XVIII Amendment! The
simple fellow don't know that, as the
Democratic Boston Post says: "The
negro is out of the fight Nor has he
the sense to know that he himself will
practically indorse this same Amcnu
ment islcss than n ycar.-Morictta Reg
lister.
The editor Of the Register would Ike
to be able to say "The- negro is out Of
the fight" by cnfranchising every negro
in the land, in order that they and the
thievins hordcs in power might retain
power; but the Radical Congress an(
the Radical State Convention have made
Negro Supremacy the. issue, and no
squirming or double shullling by the
";mall creatures, who preside over the
rural Radical press" will be allowed tt
hoodwink the people into believing that
which is false.
All Negroes, Chinese, Mulattocs, Gre
olcs, Indians, Es1uimaux,and others pure
black and mixed without regard TO grace
color, or previous condition of scrvi-
tudc," are invited TO this great Radica
feast.
When we indorsc the Negro Amend
mcnt or the Negro party in power { NoR
TON, Negro, elected to Congress from tho
1st Virginia District) it will be after W.
come to the conclusion that the editor o
the Register is a refined gentleman and
possessed of sense sufficient to edit ;
newspaper. That will not be ''in less
than year," nor in the next hundred
years.
ES-Is the Negro the equal of tho
White man in any respect?
No! Then why do the Radicals dc
sire him to vote and hold Office?
In order that Jacobinism may retain
power and continue to rob the laborins
taxpayers.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-07-20

re- The Radical party taxes poor men
and exempts Bondholdcrs from taxa
ton.
Tax payers remedy this at the Polls.
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The Democracy and the LabOring
Men.

To show how the Democracy every
where sympathize with the laboring man
in his contests with capital, we give be
low the resolutions passed by the Dem
ocratic State Conventions in California
and Ohio:
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EgrWhat party is trying to force Ne
gro Supremacy npon the .laborins .pco-
pie of this country?
The Radical party
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EvIIon. ASA PACKER has been nomi-
natel for Governor hy the Democracy
of Pennsylvania
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Es"The Radicals say the Negroes arc
as good as they are.
Certainly they arc. No person cvel
disputed that.
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Very truly, your friend,
w. -. hOSECkANS.
To Gen. Il. E. Lee, White. Sulphur
Springs, West Virginia.

A proclamation providing for an cleo
ton in Mississippi on the fourth Tues
day in November has been signed by the
President.
A lady who has been ''intervicwing"
List, the pianist, says he has six large
warts on his face, the one ON his forehead
just above his nose bcing superb ono
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Democratic County Ticket.

Democratic County Ticket.
Representative.
WILLIAM MILLIGAN.
\ b3agsE Probate Judge,s
'=A+i re- w. T. SINCLAIR.
Prosecuting Attorney,
JOHN p. SPRIGGS
Treasurer,
madt 5i WILLIAM READ.
Sheriff,
p"s ~ GEORGE CALDWELL,
agte Commissioner,
zslayg CHRISTIAN CEHRS.
A' ~. Infrmary Director,
STEPHEN DOUGHERTY.
80, af, sg34I0 Coroper,
le JOHN MUHLEMAN.
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ES'Shall Negroes vote and hold of1ic,
in Ohio?
White Men! Answer ut the polls.
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LONDON, July l4.-The following ex-
ample tries the Liberal party now Or
ganizing: A number Of meetings, in
favor. of the disestablishment of the
Irish Church, have been held in various,
parts of the Kingdom. ''7s
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Democratic State Ticket.

i73h 7i'. For Governor,
WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS
q For Lieutenant Governor,
qg - L. j. GODFREY,
eiJ OF Mercer.
Judge Of Supreme Court.
WILLIAM j. GILMORE,
OF Preble.
a. Treasurer of State
-9;syss1 STEPHEN BUHRER,
OF Cuyahoga.
.,a-a..s Attorney General,
y3..s1ga JOHN NJ. CONNELL,
sgitEg.galt OF Fairfield.
t'9 Member Board Public Works,
b. F. CHI U &c Hill L,
sa.s l7as Of Butler.
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General R0scCrans.

i. The following from the Cincinnati
Commercial, Radical, is proof that the
Democracy did the right thing at Colum-
bus on the 7th inst:
"RosEcRANs was q, brave soldier and a
capable General. Some of the best bat
ties of the war were won by him. The
first victory, that of Rich Mountain, was
his. The bloodiest and completest tri-
umph of the national armies in the Mis-
sissippi Valley was his. We refer to the
crushing defeat of Van Dorm at Corinth.
The most splendid display OF personal
tgalIantry by a General commanding an
army was his, as he gallopcd through
the fiery tempest at Stone River, restor-
iugthel day when his right wing had been
beaten. One Of the most mastery move
mcnts Of Che war was that beyond Mur-
freesboro, and there is no doubt that
nothing but a fortuights rains, sudden,
heavy, and unprecedented at that season,
saved Braggs army"
90 The little eight -by7tens like the Mari
eta Register, Noble County Republican
and Athens Messengcr,will, undoubtedly,
to prevent desertions to the Democracy,
represent RosEY asa traitor, rebel sym
pathizer, Copperhcad and Democrat.
The MAr OF 1S67-Does the Marietta
Register still adhere to the opinion That
the Copperheads Of Monroe County will
vet acknowledge the superiority of the
Negro? Be compelled to do so?
7e How9 by Grants bayonets 2 Woods-
.feldSpirit.
]. "Though thou shouldest bray fool
in mortar among wheat, with pestle,
vet will not his foolishness depart from
him." ~
II. 4Lord lord, how this world is given
TO lyins!'
The Marietta Register never said
that 'the Copperheatls of Monroe Coun
: ty will yet acknowledge the superiority
of the Negroes" H
The Register did say: "The negro OF
1867 is man. And the Democracy OF
Monroe County Qike the Rebels of the
Soutl) will yet bc forced to recognize
democratic doctrines"
And you will-not by "bayonets," but
by the settled sentiment of the country
which will give all men equal rights un,
der the law; and thts,too, before another
. New Ycar.-Mdrietta Register.
1t is not ''democratc doctrine tc
FORCE that upon a peoplc-which they
have rejected. Equal rights under the
law means, in Radical parlance, that all
the races of Blacks shall be given the
right to vote and hold office in the Uni
ted States, while Registration Boards
shall decide who of the White people
shall vote in ten States Of the Union
There arc 100000 White men in the
South denied the privilege of exercising
the right of suffrage or holding office
That is "cquh rights under The law" ac-
cording to Radicalism, because such
scoundrelism enables them to retain
power and continue their deprcdation'
upon the pocket books of the tax pay
cs.f ~