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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16
ROCK ME TO SLEEP.
BY FLORENCE PERCY.

Backward. turn backward, o, Time, in your
flight; .s 2
Make me child again just for to-night; ~ 'i
Mother, come back from that echOless shore, Fl, s,
Take me again to your heart as of yore, '' .
Kiss from my forehead the burrows of care, .q !!
Smooth the few silver threads out ofmy hair.
Over my SlumberS your loving watch keep; liy q,
Rock me to sleep. mother rock me to sleep.
Backward flow backward o, tide of the years I;
am so weary of tolls and of tears:
Toll without recompense, tears all in yains s.7
Take them, and give me my childhood again;
have grown weary of dust and decay, Q GTIT5H
Weary of hinging my soul-wreath away;
Weary of sowing for others to reap, s'a f-'
Rock me to sleep. mother, rock me to sleep. d
Tired of the hollow. the base the untrue. E1i
Mother, o, mother, my heart calls for you.
Many a summer the grass has grown green, ' (
Blossomed, and faded our faces between. l,....
You, with strong yearning and passionate pain,
Long tonight for your presence again i.,r
Come from the silence so long and so deep,
Rock me to Sleep mother, rock me to sleep. e,
Over my heart in the days that are flown,
No love like mother-love ever has shown. 81
No other worship abides and endures,
Faithful unselish and patient like yours. % 3 ID
None like mother can charm away pain. $50
From the sick soul and world-weary brain;
Slumbers soft calm DER my heavy lids creep
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep. =,
Come. let your brown hair just lighted viii
Fall on my shoulder again as of old. 59 BliieI
Let it drop over my forehead tonight; -
Shading my faint eyes away from the light Il -
For, with its sunny edged shadows once more.
Happy will linger the visions of yore.
Lovingly, softly, its bright pillows sweep, 20 :
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
Mother dear mother; the years have been long
Since last listened to your. E.lullahy-song-
Sing, then. and unto my soul it shall seem,
Womanhoods tears have been only n dream;
Clasped to your heart in loving embrace,
With your soft lashes just sweeping my face.
Never hereafter to wake or to weep, --:.
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep. '
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

Politics AND THE PULPIT, says
Burke, ARE terms that have little agree
ment. No sound ought to be heard in
the church but the healing voice of
Christian charity. The cause of evil
liberty and civil government gains as
little as that of religion by this confu-
sion of duties. Those who quit their
proper character, to assume what does
not belong to it, are, for the greater
part, ,ignorent both ofthe character they
leave, and of the character they assume
Wholly unacquainted with the world
in wh ich they are so fond of meddling,
and inexperienced in all its affairs, Oh
which they pronounce with SO much
confidence, they have nothing of poll
tics but the passions they excite. Sure
ly the church is place where one
days truce ought to be allowed to the
dissentions and animosities of man
kind.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

OFFICIAL power is a trust for the
common good, sohtcb no p7abttc officer
has q right to use for his pTiUate 6ene-
fit, ang aohosoeUer does as u greater
scoundael than he a0ho misappltes. funds
in his trust, because the official trust is
more sacred and the wrong more diff
ficult to detect and -Ectract
from RoSecrans' Letter.
The Radicals profess to be highly
pleased with Rosecran's Letter. How
does that suit them? Who is using
official power for his private benefit
There can be no mistaking who is re-
ferred to in the above extract.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

The Cleveland Leader publishes a
speech protesting to have been made
by Gen. Sherwood, at Fremont re-
Gently. The Fremont Messenger says,
Sherwood did not make speech in
Fremont" There were no people to
speak to! He attended to make a
speech, and so sent the stolen stuff to
the Leader for publication. 1t was a
laughable surprise on the part of the
people of Fremont, TO read about a
meeting that never took place, and a
speech that never was delivered.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

REsUMPTIoN.-There are 81 100000
600 of our government bonds held in
Europe, on which we pay annually, in
gold, $60,O00,00o interest. The Radi-
Gals profess to be in favor of a return
to specie payments. Don't they re-
gard the prospect as very fattering
for that purpose while we are annu-
ally being drained of more specie
than the entire productions of all our
mines to pay the interest alone-to
say nothing of the balance of trade,
which is largely against us?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

the negroes have been in the minority
They cannot elect man of their own
color to any office to bring up that
prejudice of race. l believe what l
have stated will-be the way in which
the question will work itself out. But
under the policy of Mr.. Sumner, we
are to exclude twenty out OF every
twenty-one white men in the south
ern states, and bring forward colored
votes to fill the places ofthose exclu-
ded. The inevitable result of that
policy would be to establish colored
state governments, and colored bal
ance of power in this Republic-a
thing which l think most desirable to
avoid.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE NOT A REMEDY FOR
ANY OF OUR ILLS.
In addition to the above extracts
from public speech before his own
partisans, Governor Morton is also
officially on the record against negro
suffrage, In his message to special
session OF the Indiana Legislature in
1865, we find the following para
graphs:
"The question of suffrage is by the
National Constitution expressly re-
ferred to the determination Of the Sep
eral States and 1T cannot be taken
from them aCithout q 0ioIation Of the
letter and spirit Of that instrument.
But without stopping to discuss theo-
ries or questions of constitutional law
and leaving them out of view, it
would in my opinion be unwise to
make the work OF reconstruction de-
pend upon condition of such doubt
ful utility as negro Suffrage"
The Governor goes on to say:
"It is fact SO manifest that it
should not be called in question by
any, that people who are just emerg-
ing from the barbarism of slavery, are
not qualified to become part of our
political system, and take part, not
only in the. government of themselves
and their neighbors, but of the whole
United States. So far from believing
that negro suffrage is remedy for all
our national ills, doubt whether it is
remedy for auy," &C., sc.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

Hon. THOMAS EWING, has written a
very able and elaborate letter against
the whole policy of the Radical party,
and particularly that of Mr.. Boutwell,,
the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr..
Ewing has, with but one or two ex-
ceptions, acted with the Republicans
since the organization of that party,
but their late outrages have been too
much for him.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16
ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO CONE.

Who'll press for gold this crowded street
4 hundred years to come?
Who'll tread yon church with willing feet
A hundred years TO come?
Pale, trembling age and fiery youth.
And childhood with his brow OF truth,
The rich and poor, on land and sea-
Where will the mighty millions he
a hundred years to csme;
We all withfa our graves shall sleep
A hundred years to come;
No living soul for us will weep
\ hundred pears to come;
But other men our land will till,
And others then our streets will fill,
And other words will sing as gay,
And bright the sun as shines to-day,
A hundred years to come.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

A ''Lou." MAYoR.-The doll" May
or of Washington was charged at a
Radical meeting held in one of the
wards of that city, with having swim
died the city out of eleven thousand
dollars. The Baltimore Sun says that
the property-holders of Washington
are selling out at sacrifice and NOV
ing to Baltimore. Isn't negro rule a
paying institution?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

" A Coon REAsoN.-An honest old
Dutchman, III training up hisssena in
the way he should 'goyfrequentlgs eN-
ercised him in Bible lessons. On one
occasion he asked Him :aEiasys1A
5on Who yos dat Sotimeuld not sleep
NIT Botipher'ss syifs,sS lad, aw6 laa
4! q OATS 3 good noy. Veil vot 3os de
reason he would not sleepimft herr"
"Don't knowi;si replied tho hoy,
"shpose he vosn't shleepy."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

GEARY, the Radical candidate for
Governor of Pennsylvania, was the
manager of n ball on the Gettysburg
battlefield the other evening. What
delightful place for a dance! A
GRAVEYARD!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

THE Chinese alphabet is vastly DIFF
ferent from any used by Europeans.
ForIinstanpe, the English alphabetais
composed of but twenty-six signs or
memory; but to learn the Chinese al
phabet the student must commit to
memory, not .twenty-six, but seventy
five Thousand signs or iettersi each
representing a different accent or OBJ
ject. - .tl :. .b,,, - -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

GENERAL GRANT paid q flying visit
to the Capitol one day last week, and
had brief interview with few
members of his Cabinet, and then was
off again "whepe pleasures found" to
spend couple of weeks or more at
Saratoga.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

THE Southern rebels carried on the
war against the Government attempt
ing to destroy it for just about the
period of four years and were defeat
ed. The Radicals have been warning
against the Constitution for the same
length of time since the close of the
war, and have succeeded in accom-
plishing through fraud and force what
the rebels failed to effect by war.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16
EFFECT OF THEIR ENFRLNCHIsEMENT-
NEGRO BELANcE OF POWER.

EFFECT OF THEIR ENFRLNCHISEMENT-
NEGRO BELANcE OF POWER.
Very well, say some that is all very
we'll if we can gee the negroes to go
there. But let me say that the colored
states would be balance of power in
this country. I ask, is it desirable to
have colored state Government? /
say it is not. It is not. for many rea-
sons. One reason is that such states
would perpetually constitute bal
ance of power. They would be held
bound by the strongest tie that ever
held men together-the tie of color
and race-the tie of a -trodden
and despised race. AS three hundred
thousand shareholders, by common
tie, were able to govern this nation
for long time, so four millions of
people bound together by q much
stronger tie-despised by the whole
world, as they have been-would con-
stantly vote and act together, and
their united vote would constitute
balance of power that might control
the Government of this nation.
I submit then, however clearly and
strongly we may admit the natural
right of the negro-I submit it to the
intelligence of the people-that COL
ored state governments are not desira-
BILE; that they will bring about results
that are not to be hoped for; that,
finally, they would threaten to bring
about, and 1 believe would result in a
war of races.
THE SOLUTION OF THE DIFFICULTY.
Now the question turns up, how
can this be avoided? If / had the
power would arrange it in this way
l would give these men period OF
probation and preparation; I would
give them time to acquire little
property and get little education
time to learn something. about the
simplest forms of business, and pre-.
pare themselves for the exercise Of
political power. At the end of ten,
: fifteen or twenty years, let them come
into the enjoyment of their political
, rights. BY that time these states will
have been so completely filled up by
emigration from the North and from
f Europe that the negroes will be in {
| permanent minority. Why? Be
5 cause the negroes have no emigration
: nothing but the natural increase
while we have emigration from al
| the world, and natural increase be
5 sides. Thus, by postponing the thins
t only to such times as the negroes arr
l qualified to enjoy political rights, th
: dangers 1 have been considerins
Q would have fully passed away. Thei
= influence would no longer be danger
Gus in the manner l have indicated
o and conflict of races would not b
: more likely to happen than it now !
0 in Massachusetts,. In Massachusett
n the negroes have exercised politics
c rights for twenty-five years, and ye
o there has been no disturbance there
II no conflict ofraces. Why? Becaus
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16
. ARnETTsv1LLE HOUSE.

@ GAhnHl1s',,'IH p n noosn' :,
Having purchased the Hotel in the village of
Garrettsvile, recently known the llutchn-
son House. shall take possession of the same
on the 1st of September, which will be put in
complete condition for the accommodation of
the travelling public. The patronage of the
public is respectfully solicited.
i. l.. WHITE.
Garrcttsville, Aug. 49, 1863, 51-Gm.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16
CARPETS.

CARPETS.
We are now receiving our
Spring Stock of Carpets, COM
prising Tapestry, Bruss els,
Three-Plys, Extra, TwO-Plys, In
grains, Wool Dutch, Venetian
Stair Carpet, Stair Oil Cloth,
Floor Oil Cloth, IA, 5-4, Cd
and S-4, all of which were
bought for Cash, and will be
sold as low as any House in the
trade.
J. S. SMITH Sc co.
The largest stock of Silks ever
offered in this market, cOmpris-
ing 1000 yards Black Gr0s
Grain Silks, 1000 yards Fancy
Silks. The largest stock of Irish
and French POplins ever bought
to this County. We are the on
ly parties in this County that of
fer a fine line of Paisley ShaWIs.
those in want of these Goods.
will do well to examine our stock
before visiting other markets.
j. S. SMITH Sc co.
Prints, Cottons and DOmes-
tics, by the cord, at
j. S. SMITH Sc co.
March 81. 1869. s1-tf.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

We have a very large stock of these Goods on
hand, ranging in price from 40c to 81 % per
yard. j, S. SMITH Il co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

THE place to buy your Watches, Clocks an
Jewelry, is at NJ. MowEN's, No 2, Etna Bloc
where you will always find good assortmen
and lower prices, than any other House in the
county.
warranted sep3. 1s6s,tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16
DHE RICHARDSON
Farm for Sale.

Farm for Sale.
A very desirable farm of eighty acres locat
N ed on the town line of Ravenna and Roots
town A good barn on the premises, and plen
ty of young fruit trees in good growing condi
ton Also, four acres of pasture land situated
VIENNA. lust the thing for man wishing place
to pasture COW or. two. For terms and par
ticular description of the premises offered fol
sale enquire at the Office of
RANNEY s. HATFIELD.
May 10, 1869, S7-tf.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16
c. S. STARR,
Farm for Sale.

Farm for Sale.
FTlHE undersigned having other business re-
quiring his attention. offers his farm for
sale Is situated q mile from public square,
contains about 124 acres fine arabic and grazing
land. Plenty of fruit and timber, a never fail
rooms, good Barns and other outbuildings.--
This farm has almost the entire milk trade of
Ravenna which, as the city grows will become
more profitable. This property offers great in
ducements for a party with some means to en-
Re sold with a moderate payment in hand and
sufficient time on the balance.
H. d. SEYMOUR.
Ravenna, May 90, 1859, ss-tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16
ANSON w. BEMAN.

Attorney and Counsellor at Law, and No
tary. Office, east end Phenix Block, lover
Beckiey's Stove and Tin Shop,) Ravenna, %.
Collections promptly mede. Sept3. 1858, 1y.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

$50 you see that politeness gained.
husband for. one woman; and it will
bring happiness to alfif they will but
practice it; for true politeness springs
from the heart, and is but the efferVes-
cence of a kindly, christian spirit,
anxious to. promote the well being of
those with whom it.comes in contact.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16

Repairing and Engraving
We have several first class workmen, ana All
the new and improved machinery and tools for
doing work in the best style known to the trade
All work entrusted to our care shall be done
tion guaranteed to all.
E. r. WAIT.
Pavenna, Dec. 10, 1868.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-16
NEGROES UNFIT TO VOTE.


I believe that in case of four mil
lions of slaves, just freed from bond
age, there should be period of pro-
baton and preparation before they
are brought to the exercise ofpolitical
power. y What is their condi-
ton? Perhaps not one in five hun
dred-I might say one in a thousand
can read, and perhaps not one in five
hundred is worth five dollars in prop
erty of any kind. II
Can you conceive that body of
men, white or black. who have been
in this condition, and their ancestors
before them, are qualified to be i'm
mediately lifted from their present
state in the full exercise of political
power, not only to govern themselves
and their neighbors, but to take part
in the Government of the United
States? Can they be regarded as in
telligent and Independent voters? The
mere state OF facts furnishes the an
swer to the question. X
To say that such men-and it is nc
fault of theirs; it is simply their mis-
fortune and crime of this nation.-te
say that such men, just emerged from
slavery, arc qualified for the exercis,
of political power is to make th,
strongest pro-slavcry argument eve
The New York herald., 1869-02-28

RI LEI PROM NAY 1. THE BROWN STONE FRONT
Store ~ bndspu street. good location,
eprIns ttInat An1 ~ lIAA street Aarket
The New York herald., 1869-02-28

TTorsE on LORDS, CORNER or HoysrUn t,o As0
III Crosby rrreis near Brosdwayftcska, CooE Cu0s.r
foachcd Eggs Wssh Rarcbs, English Hscon hsan r,s1
Oame fin sens6n Trirc wednesday and Saturday T
Hot Joints nj III NJ and r. =. Aios Winea bY,vts Nv
Cigars Of the choicest sslccion. - - HS~
, 1869-03-24
sure OF ten millions Of dollars, OF sne-

sure OF ten milliona OF dollars, or ono
filth Of what Ii e Eric Railway alone has
ocst would accomplish this great work.
ard convert twenty lake cssies into ocean
ports forever. This would reduce
lreights from Chicago to Liverpool to 21z
mills per ton per mile, white the ex-
pendi,u1c of the five hundred millions OF
dollars already invested In railways be-
tween Chlago and The seabpa1d, and Of
the hundreds Of millions still TO be In.
vested by private enterprise, can
Fever reduce our freighu below
four times the cost OF ocean
i.eigh,s. 1a 1t not cbehper in this
Instance TO give a natloral charter and
direction to private enterprise, than to
let 1t drift! Or must hundreds OF N H.
ions Of private capital be squandered
In the vain fl IT 10 sasisfy the demand
Of the Wtsl for free course and cheap
f1eigh,s TO the OCEAN! Every increase In
cur railroad facilities will only Intensity
the demand, until at las. the capital Law
ished upon railroads will be stripped OF
half its value by the attainment OF what
nattaiped earlier, weu'd have spared the
necessity for its prof Less inves;neu',
viz, \ Niagara Sh'p Canal.
, 1869-03-24

now pending In The American H7use OF
Representatives, It IL but right that the
irRscrious 1rpudiatiou Of the measure
should be considered also.
It is time that men protesting 70 be
s,ate,meu should abandon tho idea that
every little imaginary evil requires and
csn be cured by specific act Of Con-
eresa, This ia but the tiuulneas OF the
tyrochor driac who to1meuts his daye,
psd finally poisons himself with little
po,'1umt. The House OF Representa-
t,yes and the Committee Of Elections
have very plain duty. The constitu-
ZION prcscribes sbc qualifications of mem
hers. I, is the duty Of the House to give
seats to these persons who have these
qualifications and who have received the
b ghcsl number OF legal votea. There she
power and duties Of the H>usc aud its
ccmnit,cc erd. How and for whou
the perrle should vote, and when legal
votes, legally polled, shall not be counted,
s1e matsers beyond the constitutional
province OF Congress, to meddlc
With &htch Is dangerous, If not dis
uOEest
, 1869-03-24
MON TANA.
WorHir G or Snec ssful Lodes W. ere
lho Best odts arc r. Ut d-Tne Neee1-
Atty OF Conducs1nE - IrtnZ Like OH "
BuaiNess-CAns<s OF kal1urDs
Correspondence o. The Chicago Tnb7re-
uKIRoIr, Mich, March = 1859.

WORTH G or Snec ssful Lodes W1 ere
lho Best L odts are r. u1 d-Tne Ntee4.
htty OF Conducs1nH % IutnE Like OH "
Buai1ess-CAns<s OF Fatlurss
From Oar Steclsl Correspondent.
HnESA, u. T., March l, 1869.
IHrotc Jou In ny LAST short description
ot two OF our lodes. the Parkisou aud the
Dnrant. In the y,ciuity Of the Parktson are
a rumfee OF 1odes considered very valuable.
The Union No. has been well known ut the
East for sevesul years as yalu ab]e and pay
Ing lode. An Immense amount has been
taken from 1t, but some parts o. 1t have
been worked on the Wall street principle. or
rather As the celebrated miress Of Wall
street, Sew York, think best, which sone-
how or other don't work as we'll in Montana
as It does in Wall street.
Mr.. J. c. Kicker. known to bis friends As
Pony Kicker" three years ago had one
claim 1n the Union No. 3 lode Of two hur-
t1cd teet and not one dollar IN money He
went TO work gxtiing cut rock II 4 hiring It
crushed itll he Was able TO buy mill for him
teu. He, With his partners, mixing the l.
\. l. Ccnrauy, now own enc oi the finest
mills In The Territory, and count their mopey
by the tens Of Thousands. All Of theae lodes
are paving loles, arc the only drawback to
l0EN LUZ 6QCEtke Is luGApSl1fQCE AUG N6ll
street.
The Park lode lying about one mile from
The rarkison IS rot 80 fully developed as the
Cn{cu, though It is generally supposed to he
m exten.ion OF that lode: Most p=rso1s Of
experience who are acqualnted With the lode
suppose that The NAN creyice has not yet
been struck, though the nrst mill in thtt
SECTION was built upon 1t, and has run ever
since with much success. Eventually II will
undoubtedly be very good lode, bnt, at
present. Is can sesrcely be considered one OF
onr best. In the sane vicinity lies the
Wtcon.in Lode, awred, / asn told, by New
York company, OF thEtr AGENT, NJ. John
Addi., and ss,d to be remarkably inc
lode. fhzEe not examined 1t, but ahail
h few dAss, One run has been made from
top rock inst paid t19-5o per toy, yesy
Known Is lbs NoJaw. No roek has been
crushed from this, but the prospects, ara
ser5 fne: Its the most peculiar gold BEAR
Il & rock have erer seen. Al aIst tight It
would be called granite, and IN tact +, con
tains all thc' Component parts Of granite,
though qusrtx largely prcdomloates Many
utIL. Lid ><.s: z IL :l:ltt..c r..;.!:T.
, 1869-03-24

Dr.. John Il. Ranch, Sanitary superin-
tendent Of our city, has Just published,
through 8. c. Gr,9gs 4 Co., pamphlet on
Public Parks-thelr effects on the moral,
physical and sauttry condition Of the In
habitAnts Of large cities, with special refer
ence to the city Of Chicago. The pamphlet
Is the text Of paper read by the Doctor be
fore the Chicago Academy Of Sciences, at a
recent meeting, and contains large amount
Of valuable Information on the lea ding parka
Of the Old World, and the East, aud then
describes ut length the olimatolog'ca1 con-
dltlons Of this city. giving sc.ies Of highly
interesting tables. in which the temperature
and the dis are compared with the mouth
u death zatc for series OF years. The ap.
pendi1 contains the text Of the bills for parks
In each division of the city.