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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03
The Grand Army Of the Rcpub-
IiCft'

AsCAt,
This tail of the Radical party met in
semi annual Convention at Sandusky, o.,
on the 2lst ult A late issue of the New
York Tribune contains the following:
Prom this Grand Army of the Re-
public now parading through political
conventions in the West, commanded by
the captains of the caneus, the lobby
and the bar-room, we appeal to the
Grand Army of the Republic which cal
ried our banners over hundred fields,
under the eve of Grant, Sherman and
Sheridan. We denounce this secret as
sociation as out of sympathy with the
true Republican party, and as inimical to
the Constitution and the Union. 1t will
be a sad day for our party when soldiers
find no better work than to prowl over
the battle fields cf the past, and dig up
the bodies of the slain The country
wants peace, and rest, and harmony and
justice. These men rant distracted
country that office may begaincd."
The Grand Army which carried our
banners" have declared fer Che white
mans party. The Radicals have left
them "the captains of the caucus, the
lobby and the bar-room," who lately pa
raded at Sandusky. Democrats don't
mix with these ''captaius of the bar.
room," therefore the Radicals have the
scramble for who shall be recommended
to GRANT, for position, all to themselves.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03
To the Democracy.

! Gen. RoSECRANS, the hero of Mur.
frcesboro, is Our candidate for Cover.
nor.
He is opposed to Negroes holding
office and voting.
He is opposed to ruling ten Southern
States with Carpet Baggers, Negroes and
Bayonets.
He is In favor of allowing the White
men of the South the privilege Of gov
etning themselves.
lie is opposed to the Firtecnth Negro
Amendment
He is opposed to paying the Bond
holders in gold.
He is opposed to the present ohnox.
ious tariff which robs the Western labor
ers to enrich the Eastern manufacturers
He is in favor of paying the Bond
holders iu greenbaclSs, the kind of mon
ey they bought their bonds with.
He favors taxing the Bonds the same
as other property is taxed
He is opposed TO the Radical system
which makes poor mon pay the taxes OF
rich mcn
He favors abo,ishing the 1,600 Ma.
tional Banks now engaged in robbing the
people.
He favors paying the Bondholder the
same kind of mchey--greenbaeks that
the farmer eeceiNes for his produce.
He is opposed to the thieving and cor.
caption of the party in power
He favors a reduction of taxation.
He favors the total repeal of the pres.
ent odious laws which compel farmers to
take oat license to sell few hogs or cat
tie.
He is opposed to the whole batch of
unconstitutional Reconstruction acts
passed by the Rump Congress.
He favors white men, low taxation and
peace.
That he will defeat HAYES, the Radical
candidate who upholds all the absur6i-
ties of Radicalism, is believed BY the
bitterest Radicals. Large numbers of
the Conservative Republicans will vote
for him.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03
From the McMinnville New Era.
Negro Outrages i'm Tennessee.

Last Sunday night a week several nc!
groes left town on their way to Central
Factory, about three miles out, where
most of them lived. Among them was
one Dave Williams. This negro parted
from the Others at the factory, remark
ing as he left them that if they heard him
"holler' they must come to him. He i'm.
mediately went to the house Of Mrs Mil.
ley J. Barrett a respectable widow lady,,
forced open the door, laid violent hands
upon her, carried her little ways from
the house, where he accomplished his
hellish purposes, and left the premises.
He was afterward arrested and identified.
and is now in jail, awaiting the sitting
OF our next Criminal Court. There is
another negro-Henry Smith-in jail
here for an attempt to commit the same
ofense on the daughter of Mr.. Owens,
of Ohio, now residing near Mud Creek,
about eight miles from town. Miss
Owens was out gathering blackberries,
when she was attacked by the black mon
ster; when, with supernatural effort
tearing her clothes nearly off-she
made her escape to the house OF Hickory
Gribble, near neighbor.i This occurred
fortnight ago. The negro was cap
tured, and now awaits his trial. Bat a
few weeks since we chronicled similar
attempt upon the body of Mrs. Cruise, in
which she was saved, and the negro shot
bya Mr.. Meade. Such occurrences are
becoming too frequent not to warm the
blood of our people; and unless there is
speedy discontinuance of such conduct
the slow process of law will not be await.
ed to bring its punishment. e E a.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03
The Homestead Bill.

Our readers no. doubt recollect the
noble action of the Democratic Legisla-
turc Of Ohio, last winter, increasing the
Homestead, exempted from execution
and sale, from 5000 to 81 900.
This was to benefit the poor but hon
est workingmen from having their prop
erty sold TO satisfy claims of the money
sharks. While the Democratic Legisla-
tire of Ohio was passing a law to beHe-
fit the workingmen, the Radicals in power
were devising ways and means to rob
them in order to enrich Eastern manu-.
facturcrs and Aristocratic Bondholders.
But in the face of this righteous act
for the benefitof honest worth, the Rad
ieaIs shout that Democratic professions
of friendship for laboring men amount
to nothing. The above will prove that
the Democratic party of Ohio stands by
the working1nen and oppose the grasping
rich who would sell the last foot of the
POOR mans land to satisfy their usurious
claims s-.re
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03
Fire at Cambridge.

We take the following concerning a
destructive fire in Cambridge, on the 22d
ult., from the Guernsey Jefersonian:
None of the property destroyed was
insured The losses, as far as ascertain
ed, are about as follows
Mrs. Shaw, dwelling and store house,
both two story frame buildings, 81 500.
Samuel McCulley, goods, from $500
to $1,000.
2. E. Burt, two story frame house,
81 1000.
Nyce d Burt, wool stored in the house;
$500.
Making the total loss Of property de-
stroyed about $4,000.
A great deal of furniture was damaged
in being removed from the surrounding
buildings.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03
"The Rich Grow Richer and the
Poor Get Poorer"

The following reveals the scoundrelism
of the party in power:
"For many years our country was to
the laborer the happiest home known to
humanity The absence of debt, the
consequent light taxation, the wide do
main of unoccupied land with its deep,
rich soil, made life easy, and opened re-
sources to- everv industry Since the
war, all this has changed We are buried
under mountain load of debt. Our
taxation is fearfuly heavy. Our chan
nels of trade are clogged and stagnant
with deprecated currency and unjust
legislation, and capital and labor are rap
idly assuming toward each other the
deadly antagonism that marks their eX-
istence in Europe. The rich grow richer
and the poor get poorer. Between the
greed CT the larger capitalists and the
corruptions of our Government, the
man of small mealrs and the laborcr and
mechanic arc being ground as between
the upper and neither millstones A dis
tinguished statesman told me in Wash
ington, last winter, that, after careful
study Of the facts, he was satisfied that,
for every four dollars taxed directly and
indirectly, one was stolen outright, two
were paid as bounties to moncyed inter-
ests, and one found its way into the
treasury of the Government. ."-DoNN
PIATr, Radical, at 3enia, Ohio, July A,
1869.
The Radicals don't publish facts like
the above. They are afraid to let the
people know the truth.
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The Court Journal.

On the Goth ult. we were informed
that
1.-The President took a stroll along the
beach after breakfast"
Again:
"Ex-Senator THOMAS MURPHY sent his
team for the Presidents use, which was
accepted, and long drive was taken
along the sea shore"
But few recognized the President, he
being alone"
That is exactly the way the Queen of
England's movements are recorded. I'm
perialism is progressing.
Are the people satisfied?
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03
ReOpeHIng Of the Radical War
Against General Grant,

Wendell Philips discourses as follows
in the Anti, Slavery Standard of this
week, under the head of Forgotten
Promises -
General Grant was commended to the
country as man Of few words, but sure
to mean even more than he said, and to
do far more than he would condescend
to promise. The few words he had ut
tered were all carefully gathered up and
made the most of. The weighty senten.
ces Of the Delphic oracle were never
studied with more anxious care than were
lkS rare and brief sayings.
/ man who speaks so seldom and with
such deliberation may fairly be presumed
to weigh all he says, and each sentence
so treasured and built on is q pledge, to
which the nation may not unreasonably
hold him. When he said, in 1866, 81
never could have believed that | should
favor giving negroes the right to vote,
but that seems to me the only solution Of
our difficulties men felt assured that or
this point he might be trusted, and
hence almost expected the countenance
which his inaugural gave to the Fifteenth
Amendment. Indeed General Grant
may be said to have been elected more
on the promises he had incidentally made
than on any express contract with the
Chicago Conve ntion.
Why then, is not martial law proclaim
ed ? Is the promise forgotten? He car
not claim that circumstances have chang
ed Georgia, Texas and Mississippi re
main still i'll the same condition, so fal
as their relation to the nation is con
cerned, as they were when General Grant
recommended this course to Andrew
Johnson. Has life grown any more Sc
cure there? We know that every trus
worthy witness who gets audience of the
President,brings HIM evidence that the
same anarchy prevails. Does the great
captain eat his own words? Are there
any influences in the White House tha
blind the eyes which saw so clearly while
in the camp? We have sometimes wish
ed that some clear and kee1
sighted adviser could approach the Pres
ident. But, after reading this, we know
no one who could put the duty in
clearer light than the President himsel
has placed it two years ago.
Assassination for opinion is as fire
que. loyal men flying, or hiding, fo
safety, while rebels are firing salute
under Confederate flags in Southern
capitals Is it a King Log with a pape
sceptre that sits in the White House
We were told that if we made a soldie
President we should lave strong Gov
ernment, full Of decision; one that coulC
not be bullied For all we have seen il
four months, we might as well have ha'
in the White House, clumsy James o
England, who always tainted at the sigh
of a sword, Gloomy prophets feare'
that under Grant we should have cou,
detat, and that be would take possession
of the Government. Thus far it seem
more likely that Beauregard will make
coup detdt and take possession of Grant
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03

Uncle Sam owned UP to June 50, 1868
undisposed lands to the extent of ], 400
366,67S acres, of which Kansas had IL,
976,3l0.
Capt. J. H. Bogardus, the champion
marksman of the West, has accomplish
ed the wonderful feat of killing one hun
dred consecutive birds.
The United States contains an area O.
two billion acres, which, if peopled as
densely as Massachusetts, would accom-
modate in the neighborhood of six hun
dred million inhabitants a
John W. Depsey, who lost an arm il
the engagement between the Kearsarg'
and Alabama, and the last survivor o
the wounded among the crew, died OF
Saturday night, at Boston.
The London Court Journal states thai
George Francis Train "has offered tc
take contract to sack London in sixty
DAYS with Fenlan soldiers and sailors
free of all cost but that of transporta
tion." 4.,
Mr.. Eugene Schuyler has been cause
lessly dismissed from his post as Consu
at Moscow, for which place he was emf
nently qualified, being one Of the yer,
few Americans who both write and speal
the Russian LANGUAGE.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03

"The desolate and ruined ScatA, the op
pressed taxpayers Of the West and North
generosity, mercy, love Of country, apprehen.
sion of evils to come. every motive thai
ought TO move .he hearts Of true and noble
men, appeal to Us to say by our votes that We
win STOP that hopeless toly Of attempting TO gor.
ern the Southern States By sohat is called LOYAL
nLAcKs,' and give the people under just guar
.,ntees, the right peacefully and legally to re-
organize their own governments within the
Union.
with such convictions,I hold the man who
would not express and act upon them, A
TRAITOR tohinsslf and count,y,and despise the
partisan who would find fault with any rea.
sonable steps he might take TO bring about SO
great good to the nasion."-Gen. WILLIAM
s. RosEcRANs' Letter 70 The Soldiers and Sal
1ors' Convention, Sept. 81, 1858
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03
Abraham Lincoln on Negro Equal
lily and Suffrage,


During the Senatorial campaign be-
tween Mr.. LINCOLN and Mr. DOUGLAS, in
Illinois, in 1858, the "Martyr' of Radi-
calism said:
81 have no purpose to introduce po-
litlcal ana social equality between the
white and the black races"
There is physical difference between
the two"
Il am in favorof the race to which
belong having the superior position"
81 am not, and never have been, in
favor of maiing rote,s OF jurors Of ne
Sroes, nor Of qualifying them to hold
office" -.. .... ........ ..
There is aphyslcal difference between
the white and black races, which, / be-
lieve, will forever forbid the two races
living together on terms of social or po-
litical equality"
There must be the position of supe,
rior and inferior, and l, as much as any
other man, am in favor of having the
superior position assigned to the white
race"
Conservative Republicans The above
is from the late leader and first President
of the Radical party.
The Radicals Of today propose to
force, yea, drive you te the support OF
the Fifteenth Amendment, the provls-
ions of which give Negroes, Mulattoes,
! Quadroons, Octoroons, Indians and Chi
nese the right to vote and hold Office
The Radicals have progressed in Ne
groism since Lincoln gave utterance to
the above.
They now say the Negro is the white
mans equal and must vote and hold
office. He must be made ruler in
America ..
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03
From the Barnesville Enterprise July eathl

from the Barnesville Enterprise July 29thll
Lieut.. James B. Mackall, of the q. S.
Engineer Corps, who has been home on
sick leave, is ordered to report at the
headquarters of the Department of New
Mexico. He will leave for that place
next week.
Work on the railroad bridge at Bellaire
Ohio is steadily progressing. One pier
on the Ohio side has already attained the
altitude of fifty feet A large force of
workmen is constantly employed On the
work.
CHEAP.-Some wheat in this vicinity
has been sold as low as 81 10 per bush
ell, by farmers who refused $500 a few
months ago. They "held on in hopes
of high prices. Another illustration of
the uncertainty Of the "bird in the
bush.'' .1tfifs3,
A RICH MAN-oN PAPER 1t is an
nouced that John Fordyce, Esq, of
Cambridge, owns as half interestin three
gold mines in Wyoming Territory,
which give him an income of $3.50 per
day. He expects soon to realize
$500 per day! rrb
A Camp Meeting will be held near
Washington Guernsey County, commenc-
ing on the 25th of August Ministers
and people of other charges are invited
to attend The committee will meet on
the grounds on the 9th of August, when
lots for tents can be secured.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03
Watering Place Notes.

White muslin dresses ornamented with
gay colored sashes, are very much worn
by the young ladies it the seaside.
The window panes of the Catskill
Mountain House parlors are covered
with names and poetical quotations,
written by visitors, with diamond
rings.
A Young lady at one o. the prominent
summer resorts is said to have thirty
breakfast, afternoon and evening dress
es, half dozen Jockey hats, parasols in,
Vulnerable, and two boxes of kids.
At Newport the fashionable program
me at the hotels is to rise at nine or
thereabouts, as the previous nights oc-
cupation will allow. After breakfasting
drive is taken to the beach, bath is
indulged in, and the ladies go down to
shop. After an elaborate toilet they dine
then dress for drive on the, ave1ue or
wherever fashion may dictate, and at
night there are hops, parties and various
ways to pass away the evening, even to
the wee small hours The intervals are
filed up with dressing and undressing,
firtations, gossip, promenades, &c.
AT the watering places the finest dress.
ing is reserved for the latter part of the
season, though MANY handsome toilets
are seen Every thing that wears an ua
der-dress also wears an over-dress
nowadays. The Greciai bend still
clings to some of the fair ttes,
though not to so great an extent as last
season, yet sufficiently distressing. Ey-
cry thing is punched and gathered and
puckered up in the rear, and an absence
of crinoline is noticed. Chignons are
worn much smaller than formerly, and
seem undecided as to the direction to take
but it is rumored that they are to be-
carried quite low in the neck, and few
of the most daring have already adopted
the style. A fashion which prevailed
last year, and is seen this, is for gentle.
men to carry black silk um brellas
tc protect them from the heat of the sun.
This is very sensible, and there is no rea
son why a gentleman should not carry d
sunshade as well as lady, or wear vail
or carry muff, too, if he pleases.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03
DOnn F'iatt <<On Radical Tlievfns
at WASHINGTON,

At Xenia, O., on the 4th day of July
DoNN exhibited corrupt Radicalism as
follows:
ooh? no, it is too much for us to ask
for brilliant men. Let us be content with
honest ones, if such can be had. Last
fall distinguished journalist sent me to
Washington, with instructions to look
impartially at the transactions there, and
write the trath, regardless of conse-
qucnces. / did my best TO comply with
his request. I strovc to lift myself above
partisan considerations and feelings and
to give TO print a fair statement Of all
that could he seen. say it now as
wrote it then with a sickencd heart, that
WE HAVE THE MOST CORRUPT GOVERNMENT
IN THE WORLD. 1t is run 10y rings. There
is no moneyed interest in the land that
is without its ring in Washington, They
ill the hotels, throng the avenues, and
crowd the lobbies. The old Greek arith
his tabled lantern rould die exhausted IN
his search for ONE honest man, l would
exhaust my hour and your patience were
| to attempt even to enumeratc these in
terests. We have the railroad rings
land jobbing rings, the Indian Bureau
rings, whisky rings, the protection rings
that branch Oh into every conceivable
direction. And they are intriguing, eau
cusing, boring, and, through wine and
women, batting without cessation
PIArr went to Washington as cores
pondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
the leading paper of Radicalism. in Tho
West.
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Gre at is retrenching Radicalism

IgThrough the foolish policy Of
boutwell,, reports are frequently sent
over the wires that "money is easy in
New York"
The secret is, boutwell, purchases
four or five million dollars worth OF
bonds with about one and a fourth times
that amount of currency. But no such
reports come to us from Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Cincinnati or st Louis, be-
cause New England, and the East gene
rally,run the machine to suit themselves.
The Western people have been left to
take care of themselves.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03

A Michigan editor commences a lively
personal THAT miserable public dead
head, orphan court thi eff, notorious liar
known embezzler, prejurer, common
nuisance and recognized editor of the
vilest 7x9 sheet published in Michi-
gan"
Mrs. Kiser, at Piqua, Ohio, ran to de-
fend her child against vicious COW, a few
days ago, When. she was herself caught
npon the cows horns, thrown across a
fence and so hurt that her recovery Is in
doubt.
Colfax, the grinnist, has taken to writ
ING for the weekly newspapers, and hop.
es by careful study and strict attention
to business, in time, to rival the excellen.
cies of Ned Buntline and Sylvanus
Cobb. .z-
Pho Mono has now reigned longer than
any ofhis predecessors since St Peter
except Plus VI, Sylvester, Adrian / and
Plus VII. His health is at present said
to be good. His two brothers are res
pectively four and seven years older than
heis,
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"THE UNION AS 1T WAS, AND
THE CONSTITUTION AS IT IS"
"T hold thatTn1s Government was made
su the WHITE BASIS. by WHITE
MEN, for the BENEFIT of WHITE MEN
end their POSTERITY forever. Ste
rken A. Dexglas.
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RADICAL VICTORIES. C. Brewster
of McConnelsville, Ohio, large dry
goods dealer, made an assignment few
days since. His liabilities will probably
reach $4,000; his assets perhaps s1S,-
600. The failure of this firm has affect
ed the entire business relations of that
town, nearly all merchants to some eS-
tent, being involved. S, Finley, Of
Ringgold, Morgan County, made an as
signment on the 21st inst. Liabilities
not stated.-Guemsey Jefersoaian.
The Radicals have only just COM
menced to reap the bitter fruits grown
from their own planting.
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wThe cost of changing the gauge oi
the Missouri Pacific Railroad aggregate;
nearly S1,l00,500, including forty-siS
new locomotives, S635,S75; $50 new
cars, SS22,761 altering old engines and
cars, $3.50 900; altering gauge of track
S52.500. There were 1850 men engag
in changing the gauge, and.so complete
were the preparations and facilities fol
doing the work that the feat was accom-
plished in the incredible short time o.
twelve hours, and without the delay
Of SINGLE train.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03

zs,EF- From November, 1867, TO Novem-
sber. 1858. the Debt bearing currency in
fferest. was decreased, by making the
Bonds bear gold interest, in one year,
from s426,76s,640 to s1l4,5l9,000
a deduction in one year, because the
Bon,lholders demanded an exchange
goldbends for currency bonds, Of 1912
c49.640.
Why don't Radical editors inform
tlieir readers Of these outrageous pro
Nceedings? Arc they afraid to tell the
truth
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EFThe Democratic Legislature in its
two years of existence were in session
t,so hundred and si1ty-sir days-longer
than was ever known in Ohio. aud at an
expense Of two huhdrcd and .fJty thou
sand dollars Morgan Herald.
The appropriations made by the Dem
ocratic Legislature in its two years of e1'
istence were" sl,o3O,7 100 90 less than
the appropriations of the Radical Legis'
lature sin Its two years of existence" :"
Radicalism is hard up for capital this
campaign, any little lie like the above
repeated every week, will work wonders
they think. ,t
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-03

gThe editor Of the ". Y. Tribune
thinks the financial condition of Brazil
very bad. Her revenue for the coming
year will he s2s,000,o00. while her ex,
penses will amount to 100000. Hcr
debts are considerable
If Brazil with her yearly expenditure
of S32,000,000 is in a bad way, how
does the United States stand with an an
nual expenditure of s7o0,0O0,O00?