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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06
POETRY.
The Promised Home,


We were young and foolish, she and I,
AS we roamed the summer woods,
Where the flowers grow and the brccac
sigh,
Anu the pine tree graycly mods;
And told her of n promised home,
Beyond wide, troubled sea,
Where she and together might roam
Into eternity.
And held her own III my burning hand,
AS We stood meath the n0dding plnc,
While spoke of that tnr-oif golden land,
Which flows with oil and wine;
And saw her face, like an angels face,
And her blue eyes turned on me,
81 would follow you, love, from place tC
place,
Into eternity"
We were young and foolish, she and I,
As we ro0med those summer woods
And think, with weary, bitter, sigh,
OF the place where the pine tree mods,
For the distant home that told her of,
Across wide, troubled sea,
Is the land where angels dwell in love-
Into eternity,
In my dreams alone / am with her there,
And hold her patient hand
But still keep looking for my share
or that lony-promlscd land
Where once again on her angel faco
That glad light may SEQ,
And by her side shall take my place
Through all eternity.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06
Gen. CGrey'S Reason.

Gen, Carey gives some sub
stantial reasons why he is act.
ing with the Democratic party
at the present time. His reas-
ons are good, and are sufficient
why every honest Republican
should leave his former political
associates and act with the De.
mocracy. He says
1. Payment in gold of the
five twenty bonds was never
promised or intended.
.. If disposed to pay these
bonds in coin, the people have
no coin with which to pay them,
and they cannot get it in the
world in sufficient quantities.
3. Having received from the
Government in its extremity
usurious interest for their mon.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06
More Federal IdTeS this
Year than Last.

1t is proclaimed from official
that the receipts from
imports and from internal rev.
enue this year, will largely ex-
ceed those of last year. And
yet it was announced from
Washington, on the 10Th inst,
that the indications are that the
public debt statement, oIbe is
sued on the LIST Of October, will
show very little if any reduc.
ton, SO enormous have the ex.
penditures Of the Government
pecome' ras,xsss ....-. aAA.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06

ey, q demand that the principal
shall be paid in coin is dishop4
orable, unjust and insolent, 10
embody all in single sentence
producing classes arc
under no legal or moral .obliga-
tiQRs to pay these bonds i'll
coin; they could not thus pay
them if they would and ought
not if they could,
That is the true doctrine
The laboring and producing
classes are under no obligation
to pay the untaxed bondholdors
gold for the bonds they bought
from forty to thirty cents on q
dollar. 1t is robbery. Green
backs were promised them, and
if they are not satisfied, they
may possibly get nothing.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06
POLITICAL & MISCELLANEOUS.
The FUtcenM amendment
Olld the Chinese,

The New York Tribune says
that 1.-the Democrats carried
California upon the false pre-
tense that the Fifteenth amend
ment would enable the Chinese
to become voters Now, it is
true that the Fifteenth Amend
ment does open the door to
chat result. 1t prohibits any
State from excluding any cit
zen Of the United States from
the right Of suffrage on account
Of his color, race or previous
condition. All Chinese who
are born in this country, will,
under the amendment, be vo,
ters. All who are not born
here have but to obtain the
striking out Of the word white
from the naturalization laws,
and they can then become citi-
zens and avail themselves Of
the privileges Of the amend
ment. Is it likely that when
we say that color, nor race nor
previous condition, shall not be
any bar to citizenship, that we
shall make United States citi-
zenship for foreign voters de-
pend upon these conditions?-
The naturalization laws will, Of
course, be altered by the party
in power SO that they will con,
form to the amendment. That
is the intention, and the people
of California who are opposed
to having the Pacific coast ruled
by pagan Chinese, who will de-
press and ruin American labor
have acted wisely in rejecting
it. lin ten years China can send
here, from her 400, 100000 in
habitants, enough to people a
dozen States and control their
institutions. They will do it,
too, if energetic steps are not
taken to prevent it.
The greatest encouragement
we could possibly hold out to
the organization of a new Chi
nese Empire in the Western
United States would be the
adoption of this amendment
Let every laborer and friend Of
his country vote against it.
We want the Pacific slope for
the descendants Of our own
race, and those Of the emigrants
from Europe who affiliate with
it. That man who had an Or
chard to set out, would bel
considered q fool if he should
plant the seedlings Of an old
and worn.out fruit, instead of
young and fresh varieties. 1t
is the vigorous Caucasian who
should be asked to people the
Western Continent, and not the
degraded African and Asiatic.
White men must rule America.
Gin. Enq.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06

II AHIC0- a CNtJa b1UStbtFG ~
Mc 18TH -fnRe1lCtntcat = H,
Totes the Dem OcPGtie TIck
ct.
PoMERoY, ONO, Sept. Is, 1869.
Mr.. Editor In addressing {
communication to q Democratic
journal, | assume a novel posi-
ton. l was born and raised {
; Whig. Cast my first Presi
dental vote for q. Taylor. ]
warmly supported Gen. Scott
in 1852, and witnessed with
grief the demise of the Wing
Eparty. | united with the Re,
publicans in 1856, under the
rallying cry Of "Freedom, Free
Speech and Fremont" In
1861, | entered the service of
my country for the preserva.
tlon OF the Union.
The old issues, which at
those times divided the Demo.
Gratis and Republicans, having
passing away, | must tell you
that l have gone just as far as
[ can go with the so-called Re
publican party. A party who
seek to impose their peculiar
dogmas-nay, I may say, en-.
force ! upon n free people,
smacks more Of "Imp2rialism"
than of Republicanism. In
fact, I regard the 18th Amend
ment as the open door to I'm.
perialism itself. 1t will be
observed that the 18th Amend.
ment prohibits the right of the
United States, or any State, to
deny the right OF an American
citizen to vote on account Of
race, color or previous condi-
tion of servitude.
But q thousand other disa.
bilities may be created which
are not prohibited by the
amendment, such as what the
dominant party may treat as
disloyalty holding sentiments
adverse to Radicalism, which
they claim as dangerous to Re-
publicanism or for entertaining
designs to rob the public cred,
itorS by paying them in green.
backs, &c, &c, These disabil-
tiles may, and undoubtedly will
be, created the moment tn 18th
amendment becomes a part Of
the Constitution.
The second clause Of the
proposed amendment reads as
follows: "The Congress shall
have power to enforce this ar
ticle by appropriate legislation"
This l regard as the fatal clause
in the amendment. Our Re
public could exist if what few
negroes there are in it were
permitted to vote. But it can
not exist long with the power
conferred upon Congress to
legislate for the States. Let us
inquire for a moment what
would be regarded as appro-
pirate legislation by n party
who seem so utterly regardless
of the will of the people. We
answer, it would undoubtedly
be q United States registry law,
creating disabilities to suit the
exigencies of the case. The
Registrars will be appointed
by the party in power, and if
they are not fools, will register
to retain themselves in power.
Thus they will have the road
clear to Imperialism. / voted
the negro suffrage clause
last year, and / will vote the
whole Democratic ticket this
fall if I live, and you may tell
them so, if you please. So help
me God.
A THREE YEAR SOLDIER.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06
A Secret h'R0tr3t to TIE achOIe
ReDEblic9j1 pdJf1J,

On calling the Democratic
State Convention of New York
to order, Mr., Samuel J. Tilden,
among other things, said:
Scarcely halfa year has pass
ed by Of the Presidlentia, term
of General Grant, and yet that
period has been long enough to
supplant, even in the minds of
Republicans, the brilliant an
ticipations they had formed at
the advent Of his administra-
tion, The period has been fill
ed by a rapid succession Of
movements, called by military
men surprises, against all the
watering places Of the country,
Laughter and applause, At
q time when we are just omerg-
ing from civil war, and when
there lay all about us, ON every
side, the calomities consequent
upon the conflict, this greatest
Of human trusts, which, when
we were but three millions of
people, filed the mind Of
Washington with anxious solic-
itude, now expanded to the
care Of six-and-thipty millions
of human beings, is, in the mind
of General Grant, scarcely a.
sense of serious duty. At the
close Of the civil war, in which
have perishcd q million of the
flower Of our youth, and which
has, diminished our accumulated
resources by at least two thou-
sand millions-at a time when
industry is oppressed by heavy
taxes, and when all the process.
ses Of production are obstruct-
cd by a revenue system Of tho
most complicated and a tariff
the most burdensome, forced
upon the country in the hour
of our national agony by gree
dy monopolists, who then OBJ
tanned influence in the halls Of
Congress-at such a time these
grave and responsible duties
are the occasion and incentive
Of career Of amusement, q
carnival Of holiday pleasures,
They are quite a huge joke
The instincts Of the nation read
the spirit Of government in ve-
ry little things. 1t was but q
few days ago that I met one Of
the most eminent Republicans
in the United States, and he
put up his hands in gesture
that awed me into silent atten-
tion, and said; II will tell you
one thing, between us,-Grant
is a failure!" The name of the
author Of this unexpected com,
munication is confidential, but
the secret is known to the
whole Republican party.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06

The High Taxation papers
are Boosting of a reduction Of
ten millions of dollars on the
national blessing (their debit
in this month. They lie about
it, as they always lie just be-
fore an election. The debt is
steadily increasing. L-.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06

ed sentence would alone bt
conclusive evidence, From the
adoption Of the Constitution 0.
1877 TO 1861, this incompara
bic description of our govern
ment was true to- the letter.
You could not feel it, for nc
oppressive taxation visited
yous your land was not filed
with taX-gatherers, and a STAMP
act did not wrench from you
the last pittance left in yom
pocket.
You could not see it, for nc
bayonets bristled in time OF
peace to disturb the people and
deprive them of their rights.
States in this glorious Union"
were not held in subjection by
military despots, and the des-
picablo oarpet,bagger was a
thing unheard of. Negro su-
premacy in q part Of the Union
was not the pet scheme of the
American Congress, but that
body, in the good old days of
the republic, was the subject of
praise all over the world. It's
action was then dictated by
patriotism, and love for the
Union was it's guiding star.
How is it now : Verify,
you can both feel and see the
Government ? feel and see it
to your sorrow. You can feel
it in the enormous taxes you
have to pay; in the inequality
through which the bonded ar
iStocracy of the country are
exempt at the expense Of the
toiling millions; you can feel it
in the high prices of all articles
of consumption; you can feel
it in the depression of trade,
and in all the active pursuits Of
life; you can feel it in the high
rents you have to pay, and in.
the inadequate returns foryour
labor; you can feel it on the
right and on the left--night
and day. 1t is your annoyance
through the day and the incu-
bus which haunts your dreams
at night.
Yes, you can feel the Gov.
ernment as administered by
radical vampires, and will con
tinue to feel it as long as they
are permitted to sap the life's
blood from the nation. You
can see it, too, in the standing
armies at the South where
thousands of soldiers are mar.
shaled for political purposes
only, at the expense of millions
Of money wrung from the labor
Of the North. And for what?
Simply to place the feet Of
three million of negroes upon
necks of eight millions of the
white people and thereby con.
troll the elections to save the
Republican party and its official
and plunderers from
defeat. You can see it in the
desolation, want and poverty |
Of innocent white women and |
children who are left to starve
in sight of bureaus, where idle
md lazy negroes are supplied
and trained to vote the "loil
ticket" You can see it in the
iendish outrages committed
lpon the daughters and wives
If white men by brutal ne.
5roes, who are encouraged in
heir hellish work by the favor
shown them by the Radical
oarty. You can see it in the
lot and bloodshed that took
place at the nations capital, re
,ently, during a municipal cleo
ion. Yes, you can see it
everywhere as we'll as feel it.
f the lamented Humboldt
,ould again visit the Gland of
he free and the home of the
how different would be
80 ,o,1o,,t nf tba A n,n,,ioon
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06
The PFesideNtidJ Ittnepd1lt
Gr0Itt' 8 Resignation
Cdl{e1 For.

! -
Gr0Itt' 8 ResiOl1GtiOl
! C0lieN For,
From the Anti-Slavory Standard.
The present responsibilities
of the President of the United
States are Of q grave character
With a dual function, civil and
military, it is for him to sec
that the laws are faithfully exc
cuted, that the lives and iber.
ties ofthe people are adequate
Iy protected. This care is due
alike from him to every portion
of the Union, With the best
possible official assistants, the
individual responsibility Of the
President is most weighty, We
are not among those who
sought General Grant for the
Presidency. We believe that
one better fitted for the duties
Of that office could have been
found and elected. With his
Inaugural, and his well chosen
words in favor of the Fifteenth
Amendment, and in behalf of
the Indian, we were, however,
well pleased, and glad to be
able to respond with hearty
commendation, With some Of
his oflicicial appointments, es,
pecially his recognition, to a
limited extent, of the claims of
colored men, we have been graf
flied. For all these we desire
to accord to him the full meas
ure of praise due, But a cry
of distress comes to us contin-
ualIy from the South. 1t comes,
too, from long suffering loyal,
lists, both colored and white
In Mississippi, at the present
hour, there is no word to de.
scribe the actual situation, but
anarchy. The lives ofthe 10y
al citizens are at the mercy of
the mob. Murdero4s outrages
are fearfully common, A kin
dred state Of affairs exists in
Texas. Its record of tragedies
is shockingly large, In Louis.
lana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and South kCarolina, the
same spirit of violence against
the white and colored loyalist8
prevails, The civil functiona-
ries are impotent OF in league
with the rebel mob. The mil.
itary strength has been "econo-
mically" reduced to inexcusa-
bic weakness and incficiency.
The holocaust Of murder con
tinues essentially unchecked
under Grants, as under Andrew
Johnson's, administration. -
Meanwhile, Grant rocreates ex-
ccsSively. Rational recreation
in itself is good and sometimes
very important. If he abso-
lutely needs, and is likely to
continue to need SO much, he
ought in the present condition
Of affairs to resign, that the
country may have, what it very
much needs, a President in fact
as well as in name. No thought
lul observer OF the tendency of
affairs during the past six
but feels that the pilot
less drifting of this summer
has been towards dangers with
a little later, it will be
most difficult to grapple. Not
only are cruel and needless bur:
dens imposed upon the loyal
people of the south, but while
an incompetent President gives
to the watering places,
races and jaunting, the shrewd
of the old school
Of rebel politicians, pcrcciving
heir opportunity, are marshal
.ng their forces, and by fraud
md intimidation regaining con-
,rol Of their former political
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06

The noted horse fancier, Mr..
Grant, and his family are making q
brief visit in Washington, and arc
said 10 bo much pleased with the
novelties and works Of art in that
renowned city.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06
From the Cincinnati Enquirerl
Facts MOt cannot be -DiSpu-
tr tel.

| N> ~ N' - ''SNN ANNHJ ~
litical speeches made in tn
State this Fall, by the ables
orators Of both parties. Eve
ry political issue has been dis
cussed, pro and con, and ha
been duly published; but, ofte,
an attentive perusal and exam
nation of all said speeches, tho
following facts remain proved
|. That tho Government i,
paying $4,000, 900 per yeal
for the National Bank Currer
cy, when it could issue green
backs for nothing.
2. The Federal Government
has power to tax the bonds the
same as other property is taxed
This would yield revenue Of
$50, 100000 per year, and save
the people the tax on coffee,
sugar, tea and salt; but a Re,
publican congress has refused to
do it.
3. Under the law as it stands,
the ten-forty bonds are payable
in gold and the fve-twenties in
greenbacks, but the Republi-
cans have agreed to pay them
both in gold, thus adding six
to eight hundred millions OF
dollars to the national debt, be-
sides violating pledged faith to
the people.
4. The Government is now
$1,25 on the dollar for
overdue bonds that are redeem
able at par, which is simply
steallng-nO more nor less.
5. The result Of the election
in Ohio may determine the
fate of the Fifteenth Amend
ment, and decide whether ne
gro suffrage shall be forced on
us by the action of the FEEDER.
al Government.
6. The present high protect.
i've tariff taxes goods not upon
their value, which is the only
fair rule, but upon their meas
urement and weight. Thus the
great burdens Of government
are laid upon the poor, who
the cheaper articles
The Democratic tariff was ad.
valorem and not specific.
Z. Upon every article which
comes in from abroad--tea, cof:
fee, sugar, salt, clothing Of all
sorts for men and women's
wear); lumber, spices, jewclry,
Of necessity and luxury
is now levied, on the
average, the monstrous duty of
forty-four per cent. in gold
Under an economical Demo-
cratic administration ten to fif-
teen per cent. would be suffi-
cient.
8. The war closed in April,
1868, more than four years
ago. In that time the taxes
collected from the people a.
to nearly two billions of
dollars! This, if all applied
on the national debt, would
nearly have extinguished it;
and yet, as it appears from the
official reports, the debt was
larger on September 1, 1869,
than it was on September l,
1861 What has the Repub-
lican party done with the 81
900, 100000 since the war?
8. So entirely is the republi-
,an party under the domination
If New England, thatit allows
;he Yankee fisherman to have
lis salt free of duty for pack
ng Goldfish and mackerel, while
;he Western farmer and dealer
who pack beef and pork, have
20 pay a duty Of l1O per cent.
IN that article.
lU. Inc expenses OF the az
ny are estimated for this year,
n time of profound peace, to
De $685. 100000. During the
asst Democratic administration
he whole expenses of the Go.
yernment were only $70,OOO,-
200!
These facts and figures would
Ieem to indicate the necessity |
If an early change in the ad.
of the Govern.
nent. Mr.. Hayes and his tick.
n oro oo,,,,nittad +n thoea ohu.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06


ONE Of Joe Smiths sons writes
for 200 passes for women who want
TO leave Mormondom.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06
ISHAM HOUSE,
Corner Main and Broadway Streets,
JACKSON, OHIO.
DIR. I. T. T.MoNAHAN, Proprietor.

Il been thoroughly renovated and benutl-
fully furnished. Having superior facilities,
everything will be done 10 make guests com.
Portable. Table always supplied with best
ccancst Beds Good Stables. Every effort
made for the comfort Of patrons. All charges
moderate.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06

THE King Of Prussia is going
crazy, as is the custom Of his family.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06
HOTELS.
LlNDSLEY HOESE,
ZAL E s XII, OHIO.

ID. DUNCAN, Proprietor.
'INHiS Honse, having been very much mprov.
L cd and repaired is far superior in size and
comfort to any Hotel in this part OF the State
the proprietor being prepared to accommodate
one and all with good Sleeping apartments and
iurish the table with the best the market affords
IT'S location Is convenient to business and tc the
Railroad Depot, which makes II desirable stop.
ping place for all visiting Zaleski.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-10-06
IFrom the Ohio Statesman. /

A Three Years S0It8ier on
me 18Th IDaendmcnt = IRE
Totes the Democratic TIck
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-07
HXAT THE PRESS 81 rs:

I'm cminently sound and reliable Life
Coi DoTatiOn. The management are from
.-neng orr best business men. and are note ed
for integrity and honorable dealings. The
company offers the most liberal advantages
10 members. Ven York Observer
..Nsae Of our Life Companies are making
better progress in well-doing. ''--National
Qaarf-riy Rerie'r.
We regard the Company as being under
excellent management, and in sound fnan-
cial condition. Tile NetIodiSt.
Shows first-class Management and abil:-
;v.--V. y. Commercial 4drerti~,r
y cool Company beyond contingency.
-Cttcago Tribune.
I've cordially recommend the Knicker-
booker to our citizens for safety, liberality
and fair dealing. -Nec Orieaag 7Jmes
The increase of Life Insurance in the
United States during the past few years is
unprecedented. Some Companies have an
nuaily Increased their business by onc-half;
others have done still better: and the kSicK-
EpsockER Mutual of this city. the most
progressive Of all, has actually doubled its
business and proportions twice within the
last two years. This rapid progression
is the more satisfactory because it Is made
by so staunch an institution, which, like its
name. is synonymous with the sterling quail
tiles of solidity, steadfastness, and security
It's popularity is doubtless proportionately
attributable TO its abolition of the usual
restrictions on travel and occupation. its
helpful acceptance of note in part payments
of premiums. the division of its profits. in
the shape of dividends, among the insured.
and the engraftmcnt of the non-fOrfeiture
plan on It's system. Nee York Tribune,
14prH 10, 1869.