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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-04-15
April goth to April 25th, 1869,

inclusive, relative 10 any erroneous or excess
i've valuations, assessments or enumeHtions
returned bv the Assessor or Assistant Assess.
Ors Of the Eleventh District OF OHIO in the cur
rent annual lists. And during said tune the
proceedings Of the Assessor and Assistant AS
SCISSORS, together with the annual lists taken
and returned MS aforesaid, will be submitted to
the inspection ofany and all pers ons who may
apply for that pnrpose. And all appeals to the
Assessor, as AFORESAID snail be made in writing,
and shall specify the particular cnuse, matter,
or thing, respecting Shlch decision Is re.
luested, and shall, moreover, state the grould
or p rinciple of error complained of.
ELIAS NIGH,
Assessor llth District Ohio.
apr 25 2w
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-04-15

TIE Republican State Con-
vention meets on the % oi
June, at Columbus.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-04-15
TO THE TRADE /!

blis he'd by HARHER & DuorHERs, New York.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-04-15

TOWNSHIP TICKET.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19

A conservative correspondent enquiries
if there is any inconsistency in his attend
ing as delegate the Convention called
by the National Republicans on the 9Th
September? None whatever. The inyi-
tation embraces all who are opposed to
the DISTINGUISHING policy ofthe Eggleston
party, and are in favor of such constitu-
ton and laws as will secure the civil and
political rights of the people of both
races; and this we understand to be the
creed of all true conservatives.
Nor there will be inconsistency in re-
spending to this invitation, and subse-
quently attending State Convention of
the Conservatives if one should be called.
The whole preparation looks to the exist
ing State canvass on purely local Issue,
and effects the status no one with refer
ence to national parties.
But we are not particular about con-
sistency. In life and death struggle for
the liberties of the people, we had rather
be right than consistent
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19
The Argumen. strepgrhened.

The Tarbell revelation from Washing
ton that the weight of the Administration
by consent of the President would be
thrown with the Radical Extremists in
this State, is not pleasant intelligence to
the friends of Universal Suffrage and
Universal Amnesty. But it forms an
additional powerful reason for the demo-
cratic or conservative element in this State
to carry out the programme indicated in
the Address of Hon. Amos r. Johnston,
and his one hundred and thirty-six CO.
signers, representing public sentiment in
all the geographical divisions of the State.
If it be true that the Administration pre-
fer the triumph of the Eggleston party
SO much the greater reason why We should
accept all the aid we can possibly receive
in other quarters.
The Administration sided with the
Wells party in Virginia. The Washing
ton Chronicle, its organ, was fierce in its
hostility to the Walker movement: but
the people adhered to it the more closely.
They elected National Republicans to fill
the State Offices, and to Congress, and
saved the Legislature and Judiciary. For
their unselfsh and patriotic action, they
have since been compensated by the NOR
al support Of the New York Tribune and
other leading Republican journals; and
even the Washington Chronicle has aban-
doned its opposition to their prompt ad-
mission into the Union.
In Tennessee, the opposition of the
Administration to the National Republi-
cans assumed shape even more practical.
But it only served to consolidate and Vi
talize all the elements. of antagonism to
the extremists.
1t was not news to us that a majority of
the Cabinet were Extreme Radicals. The
fact had been stated in the columns of
The CLARION. But we have believed
that tho the President, yielding to out
side pressure and misrepresentation may
have been drawn into position of appa-
rent antagonism to the National Repub-
licans, having given the people anoth-
er opportunity to vote down the objection
able features of the constitution and to
make choice of officers, would secure
them fair election. This hope We still
confidently entertain.
If the reasons in favor of carrying out
the Virginia and Tennessee plan advoca-
ted in the Address, were strong before it
was known that the moral weight of the
Administration would be thrown with the
Extremists, recent events have made the
argument irresistible.
With this outside influence against us,
we must accept all the aid we can
command at home And above all, we
must so manage as to disarm opposition
abroad and to command Republican as
Sistance, in order that we may realize the
fruits of the victory which by prudence,
vigilance, and activity, viii be ours.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19
The Alabama ELECTION.

We don't like the news from Alabama.
1t is chilling as blast from the hyper
borean regions. The Democrats, or Con-
servatives in that State, insisting that this
is free country, would hear to nothing
else but the nomination of straight-out
tickets. They did not want the aid of
Liberal Republicans who had renowned
Radicalism. They would not support a
Liberal Republican any more than Bit
ter-Ender. They could not see the differ
ence. And so they went into the fight on
the straight-out line, and were badly
beaten. 1t is doubtful whether they have
carried two or three of the six Congress
sional Districts. The Bitter-Enders are
claiming four. If the example of Vir-
ginia and Tennessee had been followed.
they would have been defeated in all. As
it is, Alabama remains in the gall of Ex-
treme Radical bondage, while the Old
Dominion and the Hickory State are re-
joicing in their great deliverance. For
neys Chronicle, the metropolitan organ
of the Eternal Damnationists, shouts ssall
hail Alabama" and In the fullness of its
joy, renders honor to whom honor is due
for the victory Of his sort. He says !:
Let rs thank the Democrats for discard
ling the conservative mask, and as
Stunning their true position" OF course
Forney is glad; but how do the Demo
cratss feele
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19
Preparation for the Canvass.

Our Yazoo contemporaries contain full
accounts of a meeting in that county to
appoint delegates to the Convention of
9Th September, under the invitation to
all persons who are opposed to the Egg
gleston DISTINGUISHES and for Universal
Suffrage and Universal Amnesty. Hon.
Robert Bowman, presided. Speeches
were delivered by Messrs. Bowman, r.
S. Hudson, w. d. Gibbs, Major r. Bell,
DIR. j. w. c. Smith, and Reuben Polk,
(cOloredD. A sound platform was adOp-
ted. Upon this platform" says the
Banner, 1--WE hope to see before next No
vember, the great body of the citizens of
Of Yazoo county, white and black
Among the colored delegates present,
and who was also member of the COM
mittee on resolutions, we were glad to see
James Dixon, man of great influence
among the people of his race, and who
possesses the esteem and respect Of his
white neighbors. Heretofore he has af-
fliated with the Radical party, and is at
present memberof our Board of Police
under appointment from Gen. Ames.
One by one are the thinking colored mer
of the Radical party are coming over tC
those against whom in their ignorance they
have been embittered-an embitterment
that forms the cornerstone of Radical SUI
premacy and power in the South"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19
Is Rogers to be recalled?
Is Hopkins to be re-instated?


A correspondent asplaced at our dis
posal the following extracts of a letter
from Hon. Louis Dent, the prospective
tive nominee of the National Republicans
and, We may add, the accepted candi-
date of the people of Mississippi-for
Governor 1t will be seen that he is in
full accord with the movement in Vir-
ginia, having for its object the reconstruc-
ton of our State on the basis of consti-
tuition DISTINGUISHING none, and secu-
ring the civil and political rights of all.
Joined to this purpose is the motive to
advance the material interests of our
State, which in spite of the utmost efforts
of her people have languished under the
pernicious influences of the agents of dis
cord whose chief occupation is to foment
strife between the races.
The National Republicans have chosen
for their leader a man who writes like a
patriot and a statesman:
"Iam gratified at the election in Virginia,
and earnestly hope for Mississippi like
happy result. 1t is upon this basis that we
may hope tor a speedy restoration of good
government in the South, with her discord-
ant elements reconciled, and her true men
of all parties reunited. On the basis of the
election there is the commencement of a
new era in the politics of the country and
it Is gratifying that-so many good and wise
men are laying hold of it as the panacea for
all our political ills.
The time has arrived for breaking boldly
| away from the ,prejudices and precedents OF
the past. The policy adopted in Virginia is
the dawn of a better feeling. 1t will change
! the whole surface of Southern politics, and
transmute what has been under the recon-
struction acts, an element of discord into a
resource of reconciliation. The question Of
| negro suffrage pending the Fifteenth
Amendment becomes fixed and irrevocable
and if wisely managed the measure may
happily become the means of more nearly
adjusting the balance of power between the
North and the South. The great agricultu.
raj and commercial interests of Mississippi
in which my whole soul is enlisted, -theiI
resuscitation and development-are yet to
constitute no small share of the political
topics Of the future of our State; AMI ii
view of this tact, together with the earnest
| appeals which have come from so many
sources no less respected than patriotic,
have consented to become a candidate for
the office of Governor. 1 am not without
| distrust of my fitness for SO distinguished
and responsible a position: but am cheered
A.
the hearty and earnest cooperation Of
wise and virtuous men of all parties in es-
tablishing good government, harmonizing
her every interest, and restoring the State
once more to her proper relations to the
| Federal Union.
have the honor to be,
Your friend sincerely,
LOUIS DENT.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19

Mme mammu pa tnhn Mmrpr nnnArn IhHen
mm6 nIme slManMi NmAM NgKM Aaks
9ssca ahe 4ar1e nfe4m1t-
We do not impsts such design, but We
do affirm that the plan Of impracticable
Democrats to run none other than q
straight-out Democratic ticket In the pres
ent canvass, viii have the same result rs
the triumph of the Radical Extremists.
The effect in each case viii be to keep our
State under Radical government
Even il straight-out Democratic tick
ct could be successful at the polls, under
the rule Of the Radical party, the victory
would have the effect tmcontinue the pres
ent Radical military despotism. The
Administration of Ames has all the dis
advantages of Bitter-End carpet-bag
government, such as exist in Arkansas,
with none of the advantages of civil rule.
1t is the fixed purpose of the Republi-
can party of the nation to admit no State
into, the Union with Democratic Ad-
ministration, for the reason that in the
Northern mind Democracy. means opposi-
ton to the reconstruction acts, and that is
synonymous with disloyalty. The ruling
power Of the nation, which is the Repub-
lican party, prefers that we shouldremain
under Radical military despotism as
grinding and hateful as that of Ames,
rather than come into the Union with q
Democratic State government and Demo
cratic members Of Congress.
But you reply that the Republican par.
ty cannot afford to keep US out of the
Union and under the terrors and horrors
of this disgraceful despotism of Afhes.
But they can afford it. They viii make
capital by postPoning reconstruction and
keeping open the questions connected with
it until the next Presidential election
These Questions contributed largely tt
their success in the last election. To
close them up takes away the occupation
of demagogues and fanatics who fire the
Northern heart with reports of Southern
disloyalty.
PROFESSIONALLY to some people there
will be luxury in nominating straight
out Democratic tickt. 1t may be an
agreeable entertainment for the men
whose names would figure upon it, and
they may have particular friends who
would delight to pay them the compli
ments of victory at the polls whether ii
amounted to anything in the end or not,
but can the people, oppressed, harassed,
insulted, plundered, by set of vagabond
adventures, afford to get up such an en-
teatainment at so great cost?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19

what has become Of tho '.pariiament
~ beastsv that made the capitol q MIS-
s;ss.ippi hideous with their Disgusting or
eies in the beginning Of 1863
Railsback has fed the scene OF his eX-
rlo;ts and is but too glad 70 escape obser-
vation.
Mvpatt. who thundered his edicts a.
chairman Of the Republican (so-called)
STATE Executive Committee" burrows
IN his cavern and is mute.
Gibbs. infamous as the manager-in-chiei
81 the Committee that proclaimed the
adoption of the defeated Constitution, ana
Who asserted authority superior to the viii
Of the Military Commander has been
shuffied out of sight.
Musorove seeks protection from pun
isbment by protesting that he IS not as
entity as his wretched associates.
.Jamison has been voted worse man
nv his former supporters than he was de-
ciared to be by his opponents.
FoOleston, the Lion of his tribe, IS en-
Joined to hide himself away and to keep
his tongue silent that he may not awaken
UNPLEASANT memories Of the faction with
which his name is connected.
Flournoy, discOnsolate as a lost spirit
exclaims in his retirement: Are the true
blues of the Radical party-the pioneers
of the faith-to be driven as scape-goats
into the branded with mia
NV" by their friends
Alcorn was called to the front, but was
shufied off the stage with more haste
than he was brought upon it, when 1t wai
seen that his record would sink a ship OF
the Cunard line.
STAFFORD only remains--the last rose
of summer, left blooming alone-faithfu
among the faithless. Now at water
Valley, and then at Memphis, advertising
for sale, the effects of the carpet-bag and
.scalawag MISUNDERSTANDING th'
death and burial of Gibbs, of Eggleston
of Mygatt, and Of Musgrove, and beg
ging as the only hope Of the resurrection
of the Martyrs, the boon Of "Hom'
Ticket"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19

The Carrollton Conservative and Val
den Times publish accounts of Radical
meeting in Carrollton which broke up in
a row. The freedmen we're called togeth-
err by an official, under various pretences
manufactured for the occasion by an Off
cial who wears the Ames color, but real
ly to organize Radical party in the coun-
ty. The freedmen became somewhat, dis
contented at the imposition, and in their
righteous wrath would have inflicted sum-
mary punishment on the imposter but for
the interference of humane citizens who
advised against it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19
The Tennessee EIection--Thc Moral


Nothing has ever been known in the
history of politics to parallel the revolu-
ton that has taken place in Tennessee
The Liberal Republicans and Conserva-
tives have literally swept the State and
annihilated Bitter-End Radicalism as rep
resented by Stokes. The sins of that fac
ton against liberty and humanity have
been indeed fearful, and fearfully have
they been atoned.
In vain did Stokes, in imitation of the
Wells clique in Virginia, and the Eggle-
ston-Alcorn Ring in Mississippi, profess
repentance for crimes against the
rights of the people and promise reforma-
ton. The people, borrowing the idea of
Boutwell, in his letter endorsing Stokes,
replied ''men are to be judged by their
acts more than by their words, and your
deeds plead. trumpet-tongued against
you"
In vain did Stokes change his platform
and cry aloud, Universal Suffrage and
Universal Amnesty" But the outraged
people said, "this is the last dodge of a
criminal, who is not to be trusted" Nor
did they'll The majority of Senter is set
down at fifty thousand probably sixty
and the Memphis Post, Ultra Radical,
says that it may reach as high as hun
bred thousand.
The Legislature has been carried by
the opposers of Radicalism with major
ity proportionally even more sweeping
The Senate, according to the latest &C
counts, stands:
Bitter-End Radical-00.
Liberal Republicans and Conservatives
-25.
The House of Representatives stands
Bitter-End Radicals.
Liberal Republicans and Conservatives
-64.
| Doubtful-3.
Is not that a glorious prospect to be-
hold? The verdict here recorded strikes
the manacles from the hands of seventy
five thousand taxpayers. The moral of
the election is that party embarked in
a good cause deserves success and will win
it, when it divests itself of partizan feel
| ing so far as to unite with all good men
without reference to political designation
who are honestly seeking the achievement
of the same end. If the Democrats had
kinsisted on running ticket of their own
I-if they had claimed for party what be-
longs to their country, to their posterity,
to humanity itself-if they had declined
the generous aid and the leadership of
Senter, saying that he is ''no better than
Stokes, we will vote for no Republican,
one is as good as another" who does not
know that God would have chastised
them for their perverseness and that their
deliverance would have been postponed ?
Mississippians, there is a moral in this
election. If we neglect it, we are lost.
Mark our wordsI
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19

HoN. j. w. c. WATSON AID THE
CONSERVATIVE ADDREss-A ComEc-
TIoN.@On further inquiry, the editor
of THE Ola moN is assured that he was
in error in stating that Mr.. Watson had
authorized his name to be signed 10 the
conservative address. Ii is proper TO
state that Judge Johnston, with whom all
correspondence on the subject is ON file,
and who furnished the address for publ
cation, did not authorize the statement,
but the information was derived from
other sources, and it was believed 10 be
confirmed by the fact that in a confer
ence held in this city in the spring or ear
ly summer Mr.. Watson expressed
his decided opposition to the nomination OF
a straight-out conservative Cor Democrat
ic) ticket; and in letter dated July 18th,
to the publishers of The CLARION, he
appreciated the objects of the Address,
and only indicated belief that it would
be wise to postpone the movement. Re
ferring to the proposition to issue it, he
wrote
''Would not this be premature at his
"time. think our true policy for Ule
'tpresent is mastery inactivity. Let the
Conservative Republicans and Radical
Extremists bring out their tickets, and
"then we may properly declare our. pref
terence. Think Virginia has acted ,Oisely
''and 1t may be 'ceH for as to folio'c her ec-
"a,nple, but to take sides now before the
tissue is made up, think would be un-
"wise."
Hence it will be seen, that the object,
of the movement are favored by Mr..
Watson; his name was withheld on a
question of time. He Is now in Virginia
in quest Of health and we doubt not
that his original opposition TO the nomi-
nation of an exclusive Democratic ticket,
and his opinion that we should '1ollow
the example of Virginia" have been con-
.frmed
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19

a
TNfm mefarmmaf@m RrOmAse9.
The Pilot. organ Of the Ames refine,
notifies the public that its chief has re-
turned. From bushel of generalities,
we gather the following substantial grain
in connection with this momentous event
Cen. Ames viii be neither frightened
from his propriety by the howls Of ambf-
tions dissenters, nor eajoledinto an undig-
nified course by impraeticable and over
Jealous partizans. We are assured that
whatever mistakes have been made In APP
pointments will be rectified as soon as made
apnareut. THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
MISTAKES MADE IN THIS RESPECT IS
APPARENT.
The Military Commander, it seems, was
nut through course of wholesome treat
ment at Washington. Though his head
was not taken off, he returns a wiser, if
not better man! 1t Is even intimated
that this lion that roared his subjects so
savagely, has turned sucking dove. and
means to roar them gently. Ambitious
dissenters" and "over-zealous partizans"
Bitter-Enders who call for blood and still
more blood-are warned that they shall
no more tempt him from his proprety.
His steps are to be retraced. His errors
are to be corrected. Ellis mistakes" are
to be 'rectifed" "They have been
made" quoth the Pilot, ''and there is nc
use DENYING it." This will do well as a
confession, and as profession of repen-
lance, and now let us have acts as well as
words. Is McCloy, the good Sheriff,
albeit Republican of the straightest sect,
to be restored?
Is Bill MCGOWAN to be driven from the
Office from which the upright Catchings
was expelled?
/ Is Cohea to be returned to the place
which Corliss has used for the practices Of
fraud?
Is Rogers to be recalled?
Is Hopkins to be re-instated?
Are the cases which were struck by
military edict from the docket of the
Yazoo Circuit Court, pending their trial
in the tribunal itself organized by mill
tary decree, to be restored?
Are these the confessed mistakes
that are to be ''rectifed?" If not, in
what do they consist? And when Is the
work of reform to begin--when is the
Augean stable to be clemsed?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19

Hon. JEFFERSON DAvIs.-The Plea
yune has information that in very re-
cent letter Mr.. Davis spoke of his health
as by no means so precarious as has been
lately represented.
In addition to the foregoing, We have a
copy of the Glasgow News of July 10Th,
containing report of the Highland
Agricultural Society show in which
it is mentioned that special interest was
excited among the spectators by the
presence of Mr.. Jefferson Davis, the
President of the late Southern Confeder-
lacy, who drove about the grounds with
''the Marquis of Tweeddale.n
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19

1t is reported from Washington that Gen,
Logan is to stump Mississippi in opposition
to Judge Dent assisted by several Ohio
ongressmen.-Northern Exchange.
Well let him come; he and Gen. AL
corn would make good team. Logan
raised company in southern Illinois for
the Confederate service and then Joined
the Federal service because he was offered
better position. Alcorn commanded a
brigade of ''60. day troops; and stated
in his recent speech here that he would
have continued in the service of the Con-
federacy if Mr.. Davis had made him a
Brigadier.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-19

The anti-Radical press of the State
have generally endorsed the Conservative
Address. The dissenters who have assail-
ed it with most intemperance, have not
had the fairness to publish it. They only
copy detached extracts for abusive COM
ment and misrepresentation. 1t is waste
of time to reason with people who act
thus unfairly. Besides, our replies would
never reach their readers, as we are sure
their comments are not seen by ours.