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shall we Nave Tarim Reform.

II the more moderate Republicans of
this State hope,; that a new Republican
Congress would givethe people reform
ofthe Tariff, or any. hther reform, Che
nominations Of their party have wholly
lissipatea chat hope.
ScHEScK, the King of the tariff swim
,lIcrs has been renominate,l, as has also
BINGHAM, who is little, if any better
All those Radicals who distinguished
themselves in crushing the industry OF
the country lN tlle most oppressive tariff
ever borne by any peui,!s are being re-
nominated as asst IS Conventions are
held.
Brtfi !iay o9e douI,cl shat the con
trolling maj 'rity Of Che Re,lical party is
in fsvor OF the high tariff swindle, the
platform OF tire Saal Gopventionsct thc
Question ut rest. True,tbe tariff rcsolu
Etion of the State platform is on attempt
ut duplicity but tits sobunslingly done
that no man Of ordinary intelligence car
fail to see the VOLTS teeth beneath fh(
isheep's covering.
A large minority Of The Republicans
are moderately opposed to'this system
of robbing the poor for the benefit o
the rich, but the taria reform Republi
cans cannot with any reason, hope to de
feat the protectionist policy while voting
steadily'with the i5rotectionist party fot
protectionist candidates.
The tariff reform is at last,as it shoult
have been long since, the paramount
question in our politics and it will be re
markable indeed if the men who hay,
Intelligence enough to see the iniquity .
] this high-tariff robbery have not intcg
I.rity. enough to vote against it.
There are fanatics and bigots who vii
vote with their party, knowing it to b
wrongs but We do not believe this to b,
| the case even with the majority of th,
Radical party; and will not believe i
unless it is proven beyond the possibility
of doubt by the election to Congress o
the tools of the inonopolists.
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Ry@The resolution id the Radical
State Platform indorsing the Germans,
reminds us that but few years since these
same Radicals, under the name of Know
Nothings, favored keeping the Germans
in this country twenty-onc gears before
permitting them to vote or hold office
The Radicals from this county, and il
fact nearly lin the Radical District Con
yention at Marietta, on the 18th inst.
were Know Nothings in 1866 and, as {
matter of course, voted to indorse' the
Radical State platform of 1870, to make
the Germans believe they had always
been their friends
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The WoodsGeld Spirit says that
Senator Thurman's vote to abolish in
come tax was right. Why should the
Spirit be for abolishing this 'srich mans
tax T-none taxed except those with
over $4,000 year income.
Here is the answer by one of your
own political family:
s'In the next campaign the Democra-
cy will not fail to make effective use OF
the action of Congress on the income
tax; aad if they carry districts which
have hitherto been ours By pledging
themselves 10 repeal Of Mss most op
Ipressicc and hateful la,c, we trust certain
Senators and Representatives are pre-
pared to face the responsibility" ."-Nee
York Tribune.
Better. tack Mr.. Register; We advised
you to do SO about three weeks since.
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Radical TrickerY.

The Radical State platform will be
found on our first page. 1t is certainly
great curiosity The State Joarna
says of the tariff resolution: "It is nei
ther fish or tlesh," but sis protective
tariff resolution, with revenue tariff il
It's belly"
The Cincinnati Gazette says it is g;
plain declaration in favor of tariff fol
revenue with incidental protection
The Commercial thinks sit may near
nothing or anything"
The Times thinks it is "nothing."
The Chronicle claims it to be "a mere
condensation of the protective tarlf
plank of the Chicago platform of 1S60,'
under which, the reader will understand
the dozen Radical tariffs of the last ten
years have been engineered by the mo.
nopolists.
The tax payers Of Ohio are asked to
support this cheat and swindle, and 10y
so doing increase their burdens for the
benefit Of the monopolists, East and
West in the Radical party
Vote all such triokery and double.
dealing down, at the polls, on the 1lth
day of October.
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The Negroes ksemand :,a Eauas
Share Of ttae Offices,

The Radicals gave the Negroes free,
dom and enfranchised tliem with the ex.
pcctation that they would be satisfied
with the privilege of voting to retain
Radicalisn in power. But they are no
longer willing to vote, with no prospect
of a division of the spoils Demands
are now put in for an equal proportion
of the offices and profits. In the Radi-
cal Convention, of South Carolina, which
recently nominated a Negro for Licuten-
ant Governor. Negro leader named
CMN thus proclaimed their demands:
''There is q question that lies near n,y
heart, and near the heart Of every man
of my race. 1t is the question of equal
representation in the halls of Congress
and in State affairs. 1t has bceh charged
upon me and q distinguished friend that
we haye sought to raise a negro party.
Let me just touch that question with my
magic wand and transfct it, aud | lave
done. MI l ask is that the colofed vo-
tiers shall have equal representation. l
know that, two years ago, ! thought it
was net ,judicidus TO thrust ourselves
forward in office. l took the ground
that we had better send white men to
Congress, and that colored Republicans
could wait until after the election of
SEYMOUR and BLAIR. We have colored
men side by side with white men, but
since the passage of the Fifteenth
Amendment, we believe we. should take
a step higher. 1 demand that we should
have division of the sboils. Let us
have three colored by three white repre-
sentatives in Congress. Let Us have an
equal division of the offices and the
spoils, and then we shall, be satisfied
The negro was kept under the wood
lpile until the Radical party was fairly in
the trap, and then he emerges from his
retreat and demands an equal share OF
the spoils. A negro for white man in
Congress, dollar for dollar Of the plum
der. That is the negro platform, and
white Men are called upon to endorse
and adopt it, in order that the Radical
party may remain in power.
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The Public Lands.

In the resolutions of the Republican
platform we find it stated that "she poll
cy of granting subsidies of public lands
is unqnalifcdly condemned" Ali! in
deed. Whose Congress has made the
subsidies in question? The Republican.
Nine tenths of all the lands given to
railroads have been voted by that party
Are the people likely to have a reform in
this particular through the party which
has caused the mischief that requires the
remedy? The people are not to be
caught in this manner.
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ER - N @ u .
Fa.c NlllIlar, slss.a.le.a or Esr:snce.

'Fssc Military Situation Of France.
NNw YoRK, August 13.AThe follow
/ ing dispatch, received from Paris last
might by the Courier lies Etats- Unis, OF
tits city, gives a clear view of the mill
tary situation of France, as seen by the
1 people of Paris at that time The news
from the army il now awaited anxious
| ly, and the decisive moment draws near.
The information obtained by the War
| Department shows that Prussia is con
centrating q great army OF Invasion con
sisting Of 10000 men between Cologne
and Rastadt. 1t is certainly asceftained
that there arc no longer more than 250,-
600 men in Alsace and lorraine. The
/ leaders Of the French army are prepar-
| ing to meet this tide of invaders. More
I than 100000 men will be brought to.
getller between the Vosges and Moselle
within two days. The bulk.o of the army
remain concentrated around Metz, while
the FIRST detachment of the corps Of Nc
Mahon and of that of De Folly arrived
yesterday. The retreat of these corps
was effected in good order. The partial
abandonment of Alsace by our troops
gives rise to lively anxiety for the fate
of Strasbourg. The city is well sup,
piled with war materials, food and am
munition, but the limited number Of the
garrison excites fears that they cannot
| hold it long One of the first efforts of
the new Minister Of War has been to
remedy defects in the supplies, which
occasioncd the dcmoralizaton Of our
troops. Immense conveys of provis-
ions have been sent to the field Here
the situation is tie same There is less
tumu,t and more resolution in all classes
of society, and there is an irresistible
current towards the front: for example,
NJ. Du Roy, formerly a Cabinet Minister,
and NJ Paul De Cassagnac, the bellig-
erent editor Of the Pays, have enlisted,
the former in the reserve and the latter
/ in regiment of .zonaves. Paris is trans
formed into a citadel The armament
of the Notifications is completed. Five
thousand marine artillerymen arrived
this morning from Cherbourg. There
is serious, though not threatening, agi-
ltation at Marseilles, Toulouse and
! Lyons.
New York, August 16.-A special
dispatch from Newport, Pennsylvania,
announces the denomination of Hon.
Richard j Haldeman for Congress, by
the Democrats Of the Fifteenth District
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The Charleston Is. G.. Ne,ts pro-

wThe Charleston IS. c. J Nees pro-
pounds the following conundrum con-
corning an Ohio carpet -bagger, who ap-
pears to have been pretty successful in
fiecclng the people of that State: "When
Governor ScoTT left Ohio to come to
this State,he paid taxes on blind mare,
valued at s11 70, and dilapidated
chaise, valued at So. For two years he
has been Governor of South Carolina, ,at
a salary Of $500. And now, accord
ing to his own admission, he is worth
Sl30,000. Where is the man that be-
lieves that this huge sum was come by
honestly? Let him step forward"
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ESoss. .sasin a. asinsGs:s,., Ese-NonAi..-
sasGef


The Radicals Of the 10Th Ohio Dis.
trict assembled at Cambridge, on Che
l7th inst, TO nominate u candidate for
Congress.
The first ballot resulted:
BINGHAM, "A PooRMAN, u; DANroep,
u; TAYLOR, IL; FOREMAN, Ii; WELSH,
5.
Fifty were required for choice and
on the Sd ballot BiSeHAm received 81
votes and was declared the nominee.
There were ninety eight delegates
from tie five counties composing The
District, and on the motion TO make the
nomination unanimous, BiNellAM receiy-
ed exactly 81 votes, the number given
him on the third ballot. The cali, ON
the motion to make unanimous, was by
counties. The Guernsey Times Of the
18th inst, says:
"On question to make the vote unan-
imous, several voted 'sno,' and a diyis.
ion and call Of the counties was demand
ed HARRISON and Tuscarawas voted
solid for making the nomination unani
nous; Noble voted five Cor and ten
against; Belmont one for and twenty. five
against. The chairman Of the GUERNSEY
county delegation said he was not pre-.
pared to say that the delegation was
unanimous; but had they not been called
50 hurriedly we think unanimity could
have been reached. During this voting
there was some excitement, much cheer
ing both ways and some Kissing"
A motion to furnish nominee "a copy
of the proceedings OF this convention, .
was lost by rising vote.
The only editorial notice the Times
gives BINGHAM, is this
"Hon. John a. Bingham is aeair the
nominee for Congress, as will be seen
by the proceedings of the Convention
elsewhere published"
Now let the Democrats of the 10th
District nominate their best man and
they can beat BINGHAM SO badly that Mrs
SuRRATTs ghost will be ashamed to haunt
what will be left of him.
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EE-It is exceedingly amusing to see
the Radical party claim to have been the
safeguard of the Constitution, to which
it has never paid, from the day it,com-
menced its existence,the slightest respect
or attention. Its violations of the Con-
stitution have been the rule, and its adj
herence to it the exception. Originally,
to carry out the meanest partisan objects
of oppression,it deposited it in pigeon
hole in the War Department,and, though
long years have passed, it remains there
still, covered with dust and cobwebs.-
There never will be another Constitu-
tiona Government in operation in this
country until the ascendency of the De
mocracy is once more established.
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The War.

The latest news from the seat Of war
report the French army concentrating
at Chalons, between Paris and the for
trcss Of Metz.
The Prusslan army IS advancing BY
rapid marches, leaving Metz, stras-
b1rg, and other fortified places in their
rear. A considerable force has oeen
left behind to keep watch on the above
named places.
The great battle of the war will take
place near Chalons. The French will have
100000 men and 1000 cannon; the
Prussians 100000 men and 400 cannon
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WThe State Journal, a Radical Or
gan Of Richmond, Virginia, as a sort of
an apology for the poor success attend
ing the Radical party in the reconstruc-
ted States, says: .The Republican party
is beggared throughout the entire South.
Its rank and file belong to the very poor
est class, and its leaders are, in the main,
Government Office e-holders living on
their salaries, or office-seekers who have
neither money nor friends to further
their fortunes" And, worse than all,
the Journal adds: ssWe also have the
largest share Of the ignorance, and very
little of the intelligence" Il was doubt
less, to obviate these misfortunes that
GRANT furnished HOLDEN, of North
Carolina. with ten companies of United
States troops to aid him in carrying the
election,
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g The State Journd1hoped the Rad
ical District Conventions would avoid
the protection blunder made by thu
recent Radical State Convention. Bu
its hopes are vain SO far as the 15tl
District is concerned. In their Conven-
ton at Marietta on the It'll, they indors-
cd the whole platform adopted at Co
lumbus on the 10th inst The Radicals
of this District favor protection in al
its phases, else why did they indorst
MOORE?
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ESEx-Secretary of State SEWARD
has gone on tour to China. Wonder
if he will report when he returns, that
New England can make more money by
employing Chinese than white men.
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Radicals and Chinese Against
| ~ White Working Mon.

SAMPSON &5 Co., shoe manufacturers
at North Adams, Massachusetts, the i'm
portcrs of the first Chinese workinen,
have sent an order for seyentv-fye more
of thenis
|, Massachusetts imported the first Ne
groes, and held them as SLAVES, brought
to this country afterwards she sold them
South, and then organized the Abolition
party to steal them back Following in
the same track Massachusetts men import
Chinese because they work for q mere
|pittance, and the protected manufactu-
rers cannot see why they shoald give the
American worklnen any more.
Tn each and every case 4meracan, Ger
man and Irish laborers haze been and
scM be dismissed to make room for fztis
.scheap Chinese labor" iatroduced BY
Radical manufacturers.
The Massachusetts manufacturers
have been demanding protection to
American labor through their high pro-
tective tariffs. And they manifest it by
degrading labor by dismissing white men
because they live too well and receive
too high a price for their industry. The
Chinese will work for few cents day,
and live upon rats and mice, and schy
should the 4merican laborer demand
n,ore9 say these Massachusetts philan-
thropists.
Let the people answer for white work
ingmen at the polls on election day.
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Excess Of Grant,

EF Indians out West amuse them
selves by playing draw-pol1er-squaws
being the stakes. The railroad land
grabbers, aided by Congress, having sto-
len al of their lands, they have nothing
else to play for.
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The New York Sun, a paper nev-
er known to favor the Democracy, de-
nounces the shallow demagogism Of the
late State Convention, in endeavoring to
catch the German votes with clap-trap
resolution about affairs not in the least
concerning this people. The Sun says :
sApart from the fact that they say
nothing about President Grant, the reso-
lutions of the Republican State Conven-
ton of Ohio amount to but very little
They applauded the financial measures
of the Administration, which they evil
|dently regard as their great card for the
campaign, but say not a word about its
foreign policy. They sound the key
note of German unity, which is good
thing for Ohio, for the State is full of
Teutonic voters. However, we doubt
whether the Republicans are going to
make as much out of this kind of fiat
tety Of the Germans as they at one time
supposed.
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There will be an election in Gcor
gla this fall. Listen for y Democratic
triumph. Negroes, carpctlbsggcrs and
bayonets have quit winning in the South
crn States.
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fxf'hc Revenue Assessors, Revenue
COLLECTORS, Deputy assessors, Deputy
Collectors and fostmastcrs and few
others OF the fyc counties composing
this, 9TH Congressional District, met at
Marietta on the. 18th inst, to nominate
4 Radical candidate for Congrcss--to be
beaten on TUESDAY, tlle lltll day of DC.
t.,l:er ly Hon. Jefx cAErSRenr, tic
Democratic candidate
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EgDemocrats perfect your organisa-
tions in each township in such manner
that every Democratic and Conservative
voter will attend the election on Tues
day, the 1th day of October.
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EF GRANT is IN favor of GREELEY
for Governor of New York, cause why,
he wants GEgELEY TO be in favor Of
GRANT for the next President
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fy The Legislature Of Texas refuses
to grant million of dollars which the
Governor asked for. Whereupon the
Governor is organizing machinery to re-
mand the State to military despotism.
This is merely new way of making
the old demand 1Yoar money or your
life"
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The Radical Congressional Com
ycDtiOn.

The Radicals have nominated as their
candidate for Congress, in this District,
Mr.. WILLIAM p. SrRAGUE, OF Morgan
County. About all we have been able to
learn in regard to Mr. StaaouE is, tAat
he is merchant and lives in McConncls-.
vile. The Marietta Register containing
the proceedings of the Convention is
silent in regard to him; probably for the
reason that Mr.. SrRAGUE is as little
known at Marietta as here.
He was nominated as acompromise
candidate = the ilet contest in the Con-
yenlion being between Mr.. HoRroN, Of
Meiss, aud Mr.. GRosvENoR, OF Athens.
The Convention, apparently through
bad temper or malice, piled such a load
on their candidate that they can scarcely
expect him to carry il through success
fully. They passed a resolution accept
ing and endorsing Their State platform,
which squarcly commits Mr.. SPRAGUE to
.he high tariff swindle. The people are
thus notified, in advance, that they can
not vote for Mr.. SrHAGUE without en-
,iorsing and aiding in that robbery.
But not content with this, the Conven-
ton actually went to the extreme of ma
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EEThc Democratic candidate for Con-
gress in this Congressional District will
CART-wRrGHT over SpR.AGuE on election
day, Tuesday, the IL day of October.
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against the enemy The railroad bridge
at Pcrgcheim, on the line between Stras
burg and Basle, was destroyed by the
enemy.
The Times says that French victory
is necessary to prcdispose- the Emperor
TO treat for peace.
The stories of the arrival of the EN-
press and Prince Imperial on English
soil; are repeated to day as untrue. It
is certain that the Prince is now in Paris.
LONDON, August T.-Last evening
the garrison at Strasburg made sortie
toward Onyard, but were driven back
with a heavy loss of men. They also
lost three guns.
The rumor that the Empress Eugene
has applied to the Belgian Government
for permission to traverse that country
on her way to England is confirmed
PARIS, August 17-In view of the
public impatience to know the result of
the battle, the Constitutional this morn
ing publishes an article saying that the
brave generals now risking their lives in
defense of their country cannot, while
thus engaged. know all the results gain
ed, besides the more inconsideratc, in
view of the operations so multiplied and
Icomplicated,to give partial details, which
might prove tosbe premature. We en-
gage that the citizens will await The re-
suit with confidence. The government
viii be faithful to its promise, and will
communicate Immediately all the news
| that comes to it. 1t will be more than
ever prompt on this occasion.
LONDON, August 1.-THE growing
unpopularlty of the Emperor at Paris is
altogether due to his interference with
the army instead of leaving it to the
command of military experts.
The Post says the telegraph wires
have been cut in the rear of the Prus,
slams. The French are chary in their
news at present. Fighting seems to be
good for a week, without decisive re-
snlt. The French are ready to fight till
the end Paris thus far is unadvised: of
any reverses. If the Prussians approach
Paris a revolution is inevitable
The Times says the Emperor now
knows how grossly he has been misled
as to the war establishment and how the
public money has been misguided as to
the 2russian feeling in Hanover,
Bavaria, Saxony, &c.
PARIS, August 1.-THE Minister oof
War has received news from the army
/ which continued to carry out the move
ment combined after the ight of Sunday.
1 Two divisions of the enemy sought to
intercept their march and were repuIsed.
! The Emperor is at Chalons organizing
| the troops. The main army is concen.
Itrated at Etoin twelve miles cast of Ver-
i dun.
4 NEw YoRK, August 17.-F. Gaillardit
telegfaphs 10 the Courier Des Etats
I Unis that the battles of Sunday and
Monday were both fought between Metz
land Vertlun; that these attacks, howeS-
er, did not check the retreat. On the
contrary, the Prussians sustained so Sc;
were reverse that they we're compelled
to halt on their victorious march from tht
MoselIe. He adds that this check, will
enable General Trochu to re-orgaEize
his new army at Chalons, already mum
herring 100000 men. lie complains thai
I, the Paris authorities do not, however,
confirm oil this news.
LONDON, August 17.-Advices from
!, Paris state that the Emperor is actively
organizing large force at ChaIOns.
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re- Hon. 2. VAN TRUMP has been re-
nominated for Congress by the Demo-
Gratis of the 18th Ohio District. He will
be elected.
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EE-The World thinks it q great pity
that Gen. SHERIDAN IS away. A large
party of Piegan Indians are loafng
around Fort Benton. The Indians are
all drunk, which the World thinks would
afford SHERIDAN abou. as good a chance
as he had at the women sick with the
smallpox.
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Ey yGnosvENoR, who was understood
to be a free tride candidate, was mcrci-
lessly slaughtered In the Radical Con
grcssional Convention at Marietta
Pile on your taxes, gentlemen, the
peoples turn win come before long.