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The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24
The Humbug Reduction Of the Public
Debt. :

The New York Trf5uns informs a
subscriber that the debt of the United
States. on the LIST of August, 1865,
was s2,757,ooo, 900, and that on the
1st of March, 1869, it was but 3d.
544, o00, 900. The Tribune, npon this,
remarks: paid eff in fhree and-a-half
years, of principal, at least $213;o90,-
0oO."
This, indeed, lisa very fattering
state of affairs. IF We have paid off
over $200,0o0,0Q0 debt in three years,
why, of course, we can pay the bal
ance of it, ~, 500, DOC, 600, in about
sixteen years, without increasing our
taxes a cent. This alleged fact is
stated by the. Tribune as -affording
great encouragement for the future.
Now, there is some humbug in this,
which will Immediately be preceived.
It is here that it will be found. On
the expiration of the war the Govern
ment had hundreds Of millions-of dol
lars of perishable stores collected at
various points for the use Of the SOLD
iers. They consisted of clothing of all
kinds, provisions, tents and other eq-
uipages for the field.
The United States Store.keeper in
this city, in 1865, as we. happen to
know from his own statement Ito. us,
had under his care over S80,oo0.0 900
worth of Government goods They
ultimately were sold to- the highest
bidder, and the Government probably
received some forty per cent. upon
their cost. Throughout the United
States the sales amounted to an enor.
nous sum. The money arising from
these sales was applied to the liquida-
ton of some of our floating debt,
which was then payable. But there
has been really no diminution of the
public debt, for the amount of these
stores on hand in September, 1865,
should have been deducted as credits
from the debts then existing.
1t is a poor and paltry piece of de-
caption to represent this settlement of
S2Oo,000,0 600 by s200,000,000 of
money which then happened tohbe in
the Treasury, in the name in which
we have stated, to prove how easily
the public debt can be discharged.
For the last few months the debt has
been really increasing, not decreas-
ing. 81
There is no instance in history of a
debt of thousands of millions of dol
lars being paid. The holders of the
debt, in fact, don't expect it to be
paid All they look for is the col.
lection of an annual interest, which,
in sixteen years, in this country, pays
a sum equal to the debt itself. AT it
is agreed, on all hands, hat the prin-
e;pa, of such debts al that of Great
Britain aud the United States can no.
be paiai, the OILY practical question
is, whether the interest Of the debt
shall be repudiated OF not, 1nether
the whole community are wiling to
be "hewers of wood and drawers of
water" to a privileged few? A gov
eminent of the people, in Great Brit,
ain and this country, will make short
work with their respective Gebts.-
Enquirer.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24
SHERIFFS SALE.
Richard Winbigler,
John Melheim .t nj

John Melheim, ct al.
State of Ohio, Ashland county, IS.
By virtae of a certain order of sale
vs., defendants issued from the Court
of Common Pleas, of Ashland county
Ohio, dated March 10, A. d. 1869,
and to me directed, l will sell at pub
lie sale at the door of the Court House,
in said county, on Saturday, the oath
day of April, A. D. 1869. at two
o'clock P. NJ. of said day, the follow
ing described lands and tenements to-
wit Bounded on the south end by
William McNulty's lot, and on the
east by lot sold by Sampsel to Potter
said lot herein mortgaged is so feet
front and supposed to be 100 north
and south in the town of Ashland in
said county, together with the privi-
le yes and appur.enances thereunto be-
longing. Appraised at 5000. Terms
of sale cash,
VIM. o. PORTER, Sheriff.
March "a, 1869 Ashland, county.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24

nation from his first acts. His ad-
ministration seems to have begun with
out wisdom, and promises 10 be con-
Quoted without dignity. and end with
ont glory to its head or good to the
country. The smailed warrior" who
guided his army to success by his
recklessness and himself to power BY
his reticence, does not find those quail
tiles which distinguished him in the
military available in the civil service.
The very modification which he must
feel after the humiliating defeats he
has met renders him the more danger
Gus, for they serve to drive him to the
selling of the imperial robe which his
sycoPhants are so anxious to bestow
upon him, despite their recent ridicule
of FRANC Blairs prophecy. He is
completely defeated in his war upon
the politicians of his own party; but
he has recourse in his military educa-
ton. His first proceedings are like
those of a military dictator putting
his camp in order. rather than like
the proceedings of a statesman called
to the Presidency of a plain and sim-
pie republican government. Instead
of n clerk or two in his Office, such as
suficed the last, and all preceding
Presidents, we find him filling the
White House with Brigadier Generals
by the half dozen, who perform tie
functions assigned to those who sur
round a king. He has his Lord Cham
berlain a Brigadier, his Abide Camp
a Brigadier, his Private Secretary 4
Brigadier, and his clerks, his messen-
gers and his solutions all bearing mill
itary rank, and being paid out of the
public purse. His Cabinet he evil
IDENTIFY regards as his military staff,
and not as c~ounsellors learned in the
laws and accomplished in State craft.
His official household is a burlesque
upon all preconceived notions of a free
republican government. It is simply
the organization after the manner of
European monarchies of regal estab-
lishment made up of members of q
family and personal friends, having a
perpetual and hereditary lien upon
their Offices. The offices of General
and Lieutenant General, given to
Grants personal favorites, Sherman
and Sheridan, correspond to the posi-
ton of arch-dukes and dukes in mon
archical governments where orders of
nobility are understood. We are hay
ing the anne things under other
names. To such an extent has this
imperial nepotism gone, under the new
administration, that it is seriously
doubted whether there is at this time
any member of Grants extensive fam
lily of relatives out of office, or a par
ticular personal friend who has not been
assured of a fat place.
1t would be unfair to omit to say
that the developments of Grants first
fortnight in the Presidency have crea-
ted profound and widespread dissatis-
faction among those who aided to
place him in power. The Abolition
lists do not undertake to defend his
actions or excuse the manifest defici-
encies of bis first start; but the better
sort of them-tho&c not particularly
anxious for ofice-are Nnralng with
Indignation and disgust. They SS'eer
at the Grand Gift Enterprise, with
head quarters Mt the White House, and
predict for it the fate of all bogus lot
terry schemes.-Crssis.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24
Country Girls.

Meta Victoria Fuller said a long
time ago:
"The farmers daughters are o to
be the life as well as the pride of the
country. glorious race of women
which no other land can show. Iseek
not to flatter them ; for before I can
do this they will have to make an ear
nest effort ofone or two kinds. There
are some who ~deprecate their condi-
ton, and some who have a false pride
in it, because they demand more con-
sideration than merit. A want of in
telligence upon all subjects of the day
of a refined education, is no more ex-
cusable in a country than in a town
bred girl, in these days of many books
and newspapers.
"Many girls are discouraged be-
cause they cannot be sem away from
home to boarding schools butmen of
superior minds and knowledge of the
world, would rather have for wives
women well and properly educated at
home And this education can be
had whatever the desire is lot want.
ing. A taste for reading does won
ders ; and au earnest thirst after
knowledge is almost certain to attain
a sweet draught from the, 'Pierian
Spring There is a farmers daugh-
Ter in this very room where I am
writing-a beautiful, refined and in
telligent woman, in whose gir1hood
books were not so plenty as now, and
who obtained her fine education I'M
der difficulties, which would have dis
couraged any but one who had a true
1--we for stuGy:
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24
An Amnesty for the Past.

We are pleased to see that not only
has General Grant nominated and the
United States Senate confirmed, but
that the Radical press are all highly
delighted with the selection of Gener-
al James LoDgstreet as Collector of
the Port of New Orleans, one of the
most important and lucrative offices
in the United States. Whether tits
so intended or not, this is a complete
recognition of the fact that ''by-goncs
are by-gones )" that the only question
is where a man stands at present, not
what his action Was during the war.
General Longstreet was one of the
ablest and most distinguished of Lees
Lieutenants. second only to his great
commander andt to "Stonewalp" jackson
in the glory which he achieved on the
Southern side during the var He
has been, it is true, somewhat "recon-
structed" since on the Republican side,
but this does not change the aspect
of the point which we desire to make
The Republicans are satisfied with such
of Lees old soldiers as are at present
in harmony with them on existing
political issues. They are willing to
confer upon them important functions
under the Government. ~
If Wade Hampton wishes to be
Collector at Charleston, or General
Forrest at Memphis, all that is neces-
sary for them to do in order to wash
out the "stains of the rebellion, and
obtain what they geek, is to be baptiz-
ed in the Radical waters of 1869. In
the twinkling of an eye they become
changed men. AL their sins will be
forgiven. They become apostle the
true faith at once.
Now, ought not our Republican
friends, no, we will not say that, hut
must they not allow the Democracy of
the North equal latitude in the their
selection of Southern allies ? Ifzthey
can forgive 1ongstreet, may We not
forgive Leeurand Breckinridge,2 If
they say that Longstreet accepts the
situation" so we-Tcan say with equal
truth that Lee, Breckenridge, Beaure-
gard and all the other Southern lead
ers do the same, They, it is true,
may sympathized with the Northern
Democracy. and therefore we forgive
them their trespasses against us, as the
Radicals forgaye Longstreet his tres
passes against them.
There is no chance hereafter Of
fighting over in a political campaign
the war of the rebellion which,
since the peace, as well as before it,
has contributed the main staple Of the
Radical harapgues upon the rostrum !
and in the press. They have practio-
ally told us that the Southern man
who is now acting with them is as
good as any body. We have a right
to say that those who are now acting
with US afeaworthy of tho same Re
eogmtIon:l ss-
5Thisis the only way in which We
can secure EpeaceUobiyien forthe
past and promises for the future III
are to- keep up the old distinctions
in the South growing out of the war;,
hat country will never be Racifced, I
but will be- the worst sort of . sore
upon the body politic-Eq.n a <
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24
Is She, or is She not ?

Georgia has her (carpet-bag) rep
resentatives in the House, helping to
vote away the public lands to rail
road companies, and the peoples tax
es Cat the rate of a million of dollars
a day., to wastetul and unnecessary
objects and yet the House resolved
the other day that Georgia could not
vote at the Presidential election.
The Senate refuses to permit the
Georgia (carpet-bag) Senators to
take seats in that august body, but
resolves that Georgia has a right to
vote for President.
Is Georgia in the Union or out OF
the Union? Which?
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24

SALT.-The beauties ola protective
tariff are well illustrated in the case
of that indispensable article to mar
AND beast, salt. In 1860 there were
.hout fifteen million bushels of sal
imported into the country. The
amount IF SILT made in the Union
was twelve h.illion Snshels. Therei is
a protective duty Of sixteen cents q
bushel upon it. At this rate the tax
upon the people is over four. million
dollars a year. This four millions q
tribute goes to four huLd ed salt manu-
tacturers, who employ about twenty
five hundred persons. We submit
whether it would not be a great deal
better to pension literally each one OF
these four hundred manufacturers
than to give them their present enor-
nous tribute in the shape Of q tariff!
A large part of this tax is skinned
off the hard earnings of the people Of
the West. 1t is only one of the many
Illustrations which might be given
showing how the masses are plundered
for the benefit ofthe privileged few.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24
ROAD NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that / will
present a petition to the Commission
ers of Ashland county on the first
Monday III March 1869, praying for
a road in Hanover township, begin.
ming at the state road leading from
Loudonville to Mount Vernon, on
the line between the lands of James
Carnagy and John Feichter and run
ming due east to the terminus of said
line, thshce bearing north of east
about twenty rods, thence south of
east about sixty rods through the
lands of James Carnagy, thence in a
a north easterly direction across the
corner of forty acres of land owned
by Adam Raby, and continuing in
said direction through the lands of
George Fulmer to intersect the Ball
Alley road.
ISAIAH VERNON.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24
SALE OF REAL ESTATE BY
ORDER CT PROBATE
COURT.

On the 18th day of March, A. D. 1869,
between the hours of one o'clock p. m. and
three o'clock p. M, on the premises herein
after described will be sold to the highest
bidder the following real estate as the prop
erty ofDaniel Boon, deceased, situate in the
township of Lake in the county of Ashland
and State of Ohio, and more particularly de-
scribed as follows: It being the west half
Of the north west quarter of section number
eight in township number twenty of range
number fifteen to contain eighty acres more
or less. Appraised at S.
Terms of sale one third cash on day of
sale; one third in one and one third in two.
years from the day of sale with interest
from the day of sale; deferred payments to
secured by mortgage on the premises.
PETER TREASE,
Administrator ofeDaniel Boon, decd.
By 4feBomba & Curtis his Att,ys
Feb. 18th 1853. = 4wS2 j
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LETTER FROM MACK"
Chances at G~reatness.
Special Correspondents Of the Enquirer.
WASHINGTON, March II, 1869.

H
GRANT THE SMALLEST GREAT Man
OF THE Century.
Rochefoucaulds maxim, nothing
succeeds like success" though fals(
as to many things, is true rs to wal
and the ~generalship that leads it. The
man who puts TEN thousand to flight
with 3 hundred thousand achieves Q
renown which will be sought in win
by the gallant but unsuccessful resist.
ance of ten thousand against a hun.
dred thousand and while the people
are great fools to furnish the raw ma
terial for battle, there must come out
Of every war between thirty millions
of people and ten millions one or more
great Generals." Especially must
this be the case in struggles which,
like that between the North and the
South, after victory had fuctuated
from side to side for three years, I'm
ally became q question of arithmetic,
and are decided on the principles of
'tattrition."
But the time has passed, , or else
has not arrived, for n criticism upon
q OOAiOllObAOl TIC snuI.
1t is sufficient for us to know that he
came out of the contest the .recogniz-
ed champion of the Federal cause in
the field, andthat the republican par
ty took advantage of the popularity
thus acquired to make him President
and keep i,self in power. For.
four wears we shalbh have to deal with
Grant the man and Grant the Presi-
dent, and not with Grant the General.
The caption of this letter expresses
my estimate of Gram, formed several
yearssagog andalever changed since
-not even when the North was
deiiriouss owe that triumphant attri-
ton which reduced Lee and his rag
mullins to capitulation.St1Gra may
lbeaa very great General, but he is a.
small man." He is lcapable of more
petty malice and personal prejudice
than can find Judgment in the breast
of true greatness, intellectual or NOR
al and when nstalk with fear and
trembling of q military dictatorship. |
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Security Insurance Co.
AUDITOR OF STATES OFFcE,
[sEAL] Department of Insurance,

AUDITOR OF STATES OFFcE, ! /.
[sEAL] Department of Insurance;
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. q, 1868. j.
1t is hereby certified that the Sc
ECURITY INSURANCE COM
PANY, located at New York, in the
State of New York, has complied, in,
all respects, with the laws of this State
relating to such Insurance Compan-
les, for the current year, and has fled
in this Office a sworn Statement, by
the proper officers, showing its con,
dition and business, at the date of
such statement, as follows:
Amount of actual paid up =
Capital 81, 000,0000)
Aggregate amount of
available Assets GIL 81
Aggregate amount of Ii
abilities, including re-
insurance 6io, sos IL
Amount of Income for :.
the preceding year 1,61S, 931 25
Amount of Expenditures
for the preceding year / ,493,47346
In witness whereof, I hav e hereunto-
subscribed my name and
[sEAL caused the seal Of my office
to be affixed, the day and
year above W ritten.
JAS. H. GOODMAN.
Auditor of State <
j. D. JONES AGENEJa&sRA -
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24
INDIANA.

The Democratic members of the
Indiana Legislature, in a body, resign.
ed their positions in order to defeat
the ratification of the negro suffrage
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, which the Aholitionists
are endeavoring to put through State
Legislatures before the people have
had time to pass upon it. This act
ton, which should, and will, be en-
dorsed by the people of Indiana, oc-
casions a prolonged howl of disgust
from the loyal organs and orators, and,
s%ingularly enough, they base their OBJ
jections upon the grounds of economy.
The most profigate, corrupt and ex-
travagant party ever organized, howl
ing about economy to a majority in a
State Legislature who stop the bust
ness of the body in order to defeat
one of the most nefearious frauds ever
attempted, is an illustration of the
prevalence of that last infinity of evil,
where men ''cease to justify their evil
deeds unto thepselves.', As a sample
of what the Abolition papers say of
the matter, we quote one extract from
a journal of the most odorous loyalty:
Democrats may defeat all business
at a cost of $4,000, and keep defeat
ing it at that price to the end of time,
rather than allow a respectable negro
the same right that is given to an ign
GRANT, filthy, rascally white man, or
uncolored beast, rather"
Such stuff as this, showing that the
author has eaten of the insane root of
mongrelism, makes up the staple of
the InCiana- Abolition argument Mt
this time. lit is known that no such
puerile stuff can affect the determina-
ton of the Democratic members, any
more than it will the people, who owe
it to themselves and to the credit of
their State, to sustain the Democatic
members in their efforts to defeat this
and fraudulent amend
ment at any sacrifice Crisis.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24
The First Round.

The first round between General
Grant and the politicians in Congress
has been fought. We were disposed
to champion the General, but we must
confess that the result of the first
blows is decidedly damaging to him.
We must say, indeed, that he ~retires
to his "corner" from the center of the
ring, in which he so lately 'tshied his
castor" with such gallantry, with his
eyes BACKED and with wind broken.
He proposed to get along without
the politicians. especially with those
who are in Congress belonging to his
party. He did not consult with them
in his Cabinet selections, and his ap-
pointments fell like a thunderbolt up
on them. But the politicians /; as soon
as they had recovered from their sur
prise, rallied. They set their wits to
work, and rendered the formation of.
the Cabinet, as General Grant desired
it, impossible. For q short time the
General appeared disposed togive them
q battle We were in hopes that he
eight It out upon that line fit
took all Summer. Relying upon his
reputed pugnacity, we confidently ex-1
pected It's 64ss 82ag Rsa1zs |
But tie blows which have bseng
N him, on the first round appear tof
nave disconnected him, and the man
whose watch-word vas mo surrender
vas compelled to surrender his dear
st friend, Stewart. and perhaps 9TH
"a ofhisC abinctt to the Vengeance of
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