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The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19
Taxes Must be Reduced.

In the midst of the demand for the
reduction of taxation, on all hands, We
fnd-Mr. DICKSON, the Representative
from Lorain, introducing the following
bill:
"H. B. No. 26, Mr.. Dickson-To
provide for fixing the salary of the
Governor at $4,000; Judges of SUI
preme Court at 5000; Judges of Com
mon Pleas at $1,000; Members of
Board of Public Works at $500, and
Comptroller of the Treasury at $4,000,
but not to affect the salaries of the
present incumbent"
While we regard Mr.. Dickson, a a
very clever gentleman, we neverthe-
less doubt the ~propriety of passing his
bill at present. From one end of the
State to the other, the people are
groaning under the burthens of taxa
ton The money pressure is fearful
and bankruptcy and ruin are staring
thousands in the face. Why then add
to these burthens, by raising the Sala-
ries of State Officers?
When the per diem of the members
of the Legislature was raised two
years since, the people were astonished
because the party that passed that law
had gone into Office under a plea of
retrenchmentl The violation of their
pledges on that and other subjects, gave
the state to the Democracy. Let a
lesson be learned therefrom.
The present salary of Supreme
Judges, and State Officers, is sufficient.
The plea that a greater salary will
bring greater capacity upon the bench,
Is very seductive, but nevertheless,
false.
.!f Let high salaries, and sumptuous
living be dispensed with, till the peo-
pie are relieved from their present
slavery to the tax-gatherer. Taxes
must be reduced. Do you hear?
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19
Progressive Development.

On the first page, we publish a very
able article on the races, by Z. G.
BURR, of New York, who has Civ
en- the subject much study and atten-
ton.
Since the days of Lamarck, and the
author of the "Vestiges of creation"
the discussion of the subject of pro-
gressive development has remained 81
lent, until Darwin, an English author,
of much ability, some years since, res
directed the whole subject, and added
many new speculations upon the old
hypothesis.
Political necessity, and clerical apOs-
tacy have siezed upon the Darwinian
theories, as applied to the human race;
and the subject is about to become Or
thodox in the pulpit? That man, in
~tellectual, proud-the master-work of
all the races, originated from the mo
mad or tadpole, is about to become
part of the Beecher theology!
Beecher and his followers contend
that the African is a black-white man
and that his dusky skin is the effect of
climate and exposure? The same the
DRY will elevate a Mopaa into a Mon
key, the Monkeyinto an Ape, an Ape in
to the0rang, the Orang into the Chin
panzee, the Chimpanzee into the Ne
gro, and the Negro, by change of eli
mate, into a White man!i
When the subject was first intro
duced, by Lamarck, and his followers,
the orthodox pulpit was shocked at its
infdelity. Now it quietly embraces
the idea: and stoutly contends, that
an Indian, a Negro, and a White man
are the same race, only changed a lit
tie by mental and physical develop
ment, the effect of climate and social.
habits! To what length will fan
atheism lead the Radical pulpit, and tie
negro worshippers?
Read Mr.. BURR's article, and think
for yourself.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19
Life of Daniel Webster.

The first volume Of this great ma
tional work is now before the public,
and is in every respect worthy the
head AMI heart of George Ticknoi
Curtis, the literary executor of the
'.Great Expounde-." In the arrange
ment Of the biography, Mr.. Curtis
has so skilliully interviewer the every
day scenes of the gifted statesman,
lawyer and husband father and friend,
that the reader has before him, as it
were, n life picture. The author has
not confined himself to a mere biOg-
raphy, but incidentally introduces
many important political facts, which
to the student of political history will
be of great value. In a Literary point
Of vie v, the work is one Of exalted
merit, and its author has nobly dis
charged the trust committed to him.
The publishers are D. Appleton &
Co., New York, from which fact it
may be inferred the work is publish
ed in the best style OF the printers
art. The first volume contains six
hundred pages, illustrated with al ele-
CANT steel portrait of Mr.. Webster.
and views at Franklin and at Mans
field. The second volume Will be is
sued in February.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19
SPRING N SUMMER.

These examinations will commence at
10 O'Clock A. NJ. and close at 4 p. NJ.
No applicant will be admitted after II
O'Clock A. NJ. Written testimonials OF
good moral character. signed at least by two
responsible persons will be required. which
testimonials will be kept on file. No GER
tificate can be ante-dated. and the School
Law prohibits Township Clerks from Civ
ing orders to teachers for pay. unless they
have certificates embracing the whole term
of service. The School Law requires teach
ers to un 1erstand the following branches
and be abieto impart instruction on them
all: Reading. Writing. Photography.
Arithmetic. English Grammar. and Geog-
raphy. A failure in one. isl failure in all.
and those not having a fair knowledge of
each and every one of the above branches
need uot apply for a certificate. Particu-
lar attention will be paid to Photography.
and those not having studied it will be
prompt iy rejected. No private examina-
tions will be held. and no application ~
letter" will be answered. Only four grades
of ~certii- Gates will be issued viz: For 6
months. II months. Is months and "a
months. A certificate for 6 months is a
trial certificate and will not be issued the
second time to the same applicant. Those
having certificates for six months must be
able to procure certificates for IL months
or none. School Directors are requested to
furnish us reports of the success of teachers.
as they will aid US materially in granting
certificates only to those who are successful.
Those expectingto teach the higher branch
es will be examined accordingly. The
standard of Ashland County Teachers must
be advanced. and applicants will bear this
in mind.-There will be 10 adjournmen;
after examinations commence until they
close !; and n fee of so cente is required as
n condition of Examination, and must be
paid in advance.
BY order of the Board
r. NJ. CAMPBELL, Clerk.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
From Exchanges.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. l5, 1870.
A SENATE TUMBLE.

n ocNa1fs JON1DLC
The Senate pail its alteration to
Virginia all day, interrupted only by
the presentation of petitions 10 abol-
ish the ranking privilege and a per-
sonal attack on Commissioner Della
no. Mr.. Wiley introduced a bill do.
ing away with the ranking privilege,
aud establishing the letter carrier sys-
habitants. Senator Cole spoke in
very severe terms against Mr.. Delano
for his action in revenu affairs in Cal
ifornia, in sending carpet bag super
yisors from the east to look after the
revenues. Mr.. Sherman defended
MIR. Delano with much spirit, ami
very effectively. The session did not
adjourn until nearly five O'clock, and
all evening SESSION was orde ed for
the purpose of having the talk out on
Virginia.
THE HOUSE SESSION ON VIRGINIA
The House, to-day, after q contest
of six hours, marked with great bit
terness on both sides, finally disposed
of the Virginia question by adopting
Bingham's bill admitting the State
without imposing any new conditions.
This proposition was carried by only
three majority, though alter it had
been accepted in the way of q substi-
tute, forty-eight Republicans we're led
into line and voted for the bill. There
was quite an exciting conte owe the
closeness of the first vote, and a round
ofapplause from the over crowded
galleries greeted the triumph of the
Conservatives. During the day six
teen set speeches We're made on the
bill, and six more are to be printed
that we're not delivered, enough in
all to cost the government several
hundred dollars in the printing. The
opponents of Mr.. Bingham's bill were
much incensed at Mr.. Buffers absence
and declared that if had lie been pres
ent Mr.. Bingham's substitute would
have been defeated.
TENNESSEE.
The movement to lave Congress
Interfere in the Tennessee matters
will be fully developed in a few days.
One part OF it, made public to-day.
proposes the passage of a general law
enforcing the third section of the
Fourteenth Article of the Constitu-
ton against persons d~isfranchised un-
der that section exercising any Off
cial trust, either of a State or National
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
COLUMBUS Jan 10, 1870.

NOLOADCS Jan ~ y
STATES & UNION:
The past week mas been somewhat
exciting in politics. The discussion OF
the Fifteenth Amendment in the Sen.
ate occupied some time, and brought
out considerable bitterness upon the
Republican side, which was repealed by
the Democratic side. 1t is singular
that we can have no discussion coz
corning the pending issues without
meeting a spirit of intolerance AMI in
suit. The discussion finally closed,
and the question being on the adop-
ton of S. j. r. No. 4, Mr.. Yeatman
-Ratifying the proposed Fifteenth
Constitutional Amendment.
Mr.. Campbell offered a substitute
for the resolution, embodying the pro
visions of his bill, for submitting the
question of ratification to a vote of the
people.
The substitute was disagreed to by
the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Amos, Boesel, Bnrt
Campbell, Cowan, Daugherty, EN-
mitt, Hibbs, Holden, Hubbell, Hunt,
Jamison, Jenner, Leeds, Lord, Proph.
ct, Winner, Woodbridge-1S.
Nays-Messrs. Bartram, Bell, Cor
ey, Dunbar, Everett, Catch, Cooper,
Howard, Jones, Mckinney, Odlin,
Potts, Root, Stimson, Streator, Wade
Welsh, Woodwork, Yeatman-19.
Mr.. Campbell moved to postpone
the further consideration of the reso.
luton till the second Monday in Jan.
uary next. Lost, yeas Is, nays 19-
the vote being the same as on the pre-
ceding question.
Mr.. Yeatman's joint resolution was
then adopted-yeas 10, nays IS. The
yeas were the same as the nays, and
the nays the same as the yeas or Mr..
CampbelPs substitute.
The Democrats voted solid against
that infamous measure; and the Re
publicans, and a sufficient number OF
Cincinnati Reformers voting for it,
to carry the measure, by one majority.
This ends the matter so far as the
Senate is concerned. 1t is at present
difficult to tell what the result may be
in the House. If the Williams Coun-
ty member should be ousted, and Mr..
Newman obtain a seat, it will be re-
jected by a clear and positive majority.
I do not think much reliance can be
placed upon the Hamilton Reformers.
They are disposed to look chiefly to
the interests of Hamilton County. and
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19
COLUMBUS, Jan. II, 1870.
THE INAUGURATION.

On Monday the 10th, at 1 o'clock,
Governor Hayes appeared on the Ro-
tunda of the Capitol in accordance
with the programme for the purpose
of taking the oath of Office; after a
brief address, Judge Day administe:-
ed the oath. He recommends a Ju-
dietary for Observation-Disclosures
and finally a President for lite-and
we have reached the end to which the
government is fast drifting under Re.
publican mis-rule.
THIRD READING.
H. B. No. 1, to repeal the Steam
Boiler law, was read 4 third time, and
passed the House by a very decisive
vote, and went to the Senate, it con-
Cured, and the law is swept from the
Statute.
COMMITTEES.
The speaker announced the stand
ing committees, there being 81 in num-
Der their peculiar construction does
not seem to suit anybody. They are
ABOUT equally divided between Demo
Gratis and Republicans.
The most important committees
are given to the Rads. Chase, piac
ed ON Finance, Roads and Highways.
Rules.
The House had a very animated
discussion on the adoption of the
sixiy-tir.t rule, which requires a ma.
iority of all the members elected to
pass a Joint Resolution, instead of a
MINORITY of a quorum. This substi-
tute would have an important bear
ing on the passage of the Fifteenth
Amendment, and hence, the fight in
the House came to Il dead lock three
or four times, the RAIDS finally carry
ing their point, by N majority.
Bills.
There have been thirty two bills
introduced into the House, and their
r visions are as various as they are
numerous
There has not been much business
of Importance done as yet The Fit
teenth Amendment is the all absorb
ing subject, and will remain so until
disposed of.
The House is very evenly balanc-
ed. and there will be a desperate
struggle for the ascendancy. The
outside pressure is tremendous, still
our line stands firmly.
PnILANDER.
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will vote, in all cases, so that they may
retain the balance of power. Never
theless, if they are to be instructed by
the voice of the people of Cincinnati,
they are in honor, bound, to vote
against the adoption of the Fifteenth
Amendment.
A large number of bills were intro
duced in both Houses during the past
week ; the most prominent of which
are as follows: A bill to increase the
salaries of the Supreme and District
Judges, and other State Oficers-a
bill to repeal the visible admixture
lava bill to repeal the steam-boiler
lava bill to re-enaet the law to allow
inmates of the National -oldier's Home
at Dayton to vote-a bill to legalize
the dissection of human bodics-a bill
to enable married women in all actions
concerning her separate property to
sue jointly with her husband-a bill
to increase the pay of witnesses in civ
il and criminal cases-and a bill pro-
viding that Trustees shall be elected
for three years, and township Clerks
and Treasurer for two years respec-
lively.
The lobby gentry are on hands as
usual /; and have many schemes to put
before the Legislature for speculative
purposes. So far as 1 can see, there
is a general disposition to retrench ex-
penditures, and cut off all needless
Legislation.
/ trust the session Will be a short
and industrious one; so thot we may
return home early in the spring.
Yours,
WARD.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19
OHIO NEWS.

The Wayne county Democrat says
On Monday evening of last week,
the Jury 10 try Valentine Seib on the
charge of having murdered George
Livingstone, was empanelled. Tie
time Of the Court was taken up in the
trial until Friday evening, when the
the cas- was given to the jury The
case was ably argued in behalf Of the
the State by t. Y. McCruy, Esq,
Prosecuting Attorney, and Hon. l.
Il Critchield, and for the defendant
by Messrs. insolvency & Parsons
After having been out all night, the
jury brought in a verdict of man
slaughter. Yesterday (Tuesday) af-
ternoon, Judge Reed sentenced Val
entine Seib to two years i'll the Peni
Tertiary. +,
The Bucyrus Forum SAYS: can
affray occurred near Mr.. Retting's gro
| Gerry on Wednesday evening between
MIR. Karg oi Oceola, and John Saners
south OF Bucyrus. in which Mr.. Karg
was considerably injured by being
stabbed with a knife. He was taken
to the office of Messrs. Cuykenda | &
Keller and his wounds were by them
examined and dressed He received
three superficial stabs in the back.
one on the shoulder blade, the other
two near the spine: also, two cuts on
the scalp of his head in the right lem
poral region, the other behind and
above the a on the same side. There
was considerable loss of blood on ac-
count of several branches of the tenn
poral artery being cut. But the
wounds inflicted will not endanger
life. Sauers was arrested and bound
over to Court in the sum of 81, 900 in
default of which he was incarcerated
in Jail.
The Holmes Co. Farmer says: On
Friday last, James Thompson and his
wife, of Berlin, in this county, started
to Massillon, and when within a mile
of their destination Mrs. Thompson
fell down, completely exhausted by
travel and cold. Thompson went for
assistance, and on his return she was
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19
Reasons why Ohio should not adopt
tie Fifteenth Amendment

That our readers may be fully in
formed as to the scope of the propos-
ed Fifteenth Amendment, We give it
in full. 1t is as follows:
ARTICLE XIV.
1.-THE right ofcitizcns ofthe United States
to vote shall not be denied or abridged by
the United States, or by any State on ac-
count of Race, Color or previous condition
of servitud,.
The Congress shall have power to en-
force this article by appropriate legisla-
ton"
This proposition comedies the ques-
ton of the equality OF the races; and
enforces the delusion, that the Negro,
the Indian, the Chinaman, and the
Hottentot, are bv nature, and raceal
derivation, equally fit for self-govern-
ment; and should, therefore, be plac-
ed on an equal footing with the civil
lied and cultivated Caucasian
The history of the Negro, from the
earliest periods shows, that at no time
has that race evinced any capacity tor
self,gorernment. They have built no
eities-nade no rail roads-had no
commerce and no ships-made no dis
eoveries ia seieaee-have written no
books-knox nothing of the Printing
press-nexer had q written constitu-
4ion for government: IN short, have
always been content to kennel in huts,
feed upon tropical fruits. bugs. snakes,
lizards, and roots and go half clothed,
dirty and debauched.
Nevertheless. the Radical party in
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19
ROW Stands it with the Fifteenth
Amendment.

The following States, By the action
OF their Legislatures, have rejected
this obnoxious measure, viz. New
tYork, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Cali
fornia and Oregon. Here are nine
States that are right on the record.
Georgia has been ordered by Congress
TO adopt it in the following imperial
language: "And be it further enact
ed, that the Legislature shall adopt
the Fifteenth Amendment proposet 10
the Constitution of the United States
before Senators and Representatives
from Georgia are admitted to seats in
Congress" A ratifi alton procured IN
this way will be constltutlonally null
and void. The eason of the passage
of this revolutionary bill la in the
tact that, if Georgia rejected it, as she
was sure to do, it made the tenth
State against t, just enough to secure
the defeat of the Amendment, there
being thirty-seven States in the Union,
and ten being more than a quarter o.
them. Desperate MEASURES require
desperate remedies, and a desperate
revolutionary party will do any thing
to maintain power. But, i'll addi-
ton, Indiana has never legally ratified
1t, as is we'll known, there not being a
constitutional quorum in the House OF
Representatives when it vas adopted.
The Legislature of Texas, chosen at
the late election, is conservative, and
will never ratify it, unless, as in the
case of Georgia, they may be forced to
do so.
The truth is, that the Amendment
can never be declared ratified without
counting New York for it when she
was OH the record against it; or In
diana as affirming. it when she has
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Christopher MIGRANTS
Samuel Riddle, ct. al.

Samuel Riddle, ct. al.
State of Ohio, Ashland County s..
By virtue Of a certain alias order
of sale, against defendants issued from
the Court OF Common Pleas CT Ash
land County, Ohio, dated January ST.
a d. 1870, and to me directed l
will sell at public sale at the south
door of the Court House, Ashland,
Ashland County Ohio, on
Saturday. February l9M A. d. 1870.
, o'clock of said day, the following
real estate, situate in the County OF
Ashland and State of Ohio, to-wit /:
Lot number fifteen $50 il MIGRANTS
addition to the town OF Ashland, the
same being sixty 600 feet front. and
one hundred and fifty Q50) in depth.
Appraised at 100000. Terms OF
sale cash.
VIM O. PORTER Sheriff
Ashland County o.
Burns & Dickey Plaintiffs Atty.
January 10 1S7d-5w
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-19

SMALL FRUIT RECoRDER.-Tht
january number of this most valuable
Monthly Paper, is upon our table
1t is brim full of practical instruction
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ofthe home. 1t should be taken by er.
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for iruit and flowers. Price only sc
cent per year, The ] nuary number,
(Which alone has that worth of in
struction,) will be forwarded to ali
applicants free, although a stamp
would not be refused to pay return
postage. Address, A. M. Purdy,
Palmyra. N. Y.
N. B.-Post Masters will find this
a good paper TO obtain subscribers for
while the premiums offered are very
liberal.
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Ohio cannot be content until it has
demeralized the State by inviting the
ignorant and stupid African to assist
in enecting and enforcing our laws,
and giving shape and direction to our
institutions! This i~nfatuation arises
more from spite and revenge, than for
any good will that party en:ertains for
the African. They would willingly
sacrifice the country to crafty their
malice towards the people of the South
and the Democracy of the Northl
The Negro race has never partici-
pated in the government of auy
try, without dong infinite mischief.
In the West Indies, once the garden
spot of the world, the mingIing of tine
,wo races, resulted in destroying not
only the government, but converted
those Islands into a home for indolent
aud worthless hyLrids, whU navegone
back to a barbarism ~equaling that of
their ancestors in Africa, while the
white race is nearly exterminated.
To entranchise the Southern Negro
who in many places is the dominant
race, is to give up that section of our
common country, to the possession of
a rae already rapidly sinking into a
condition resembling that of the West
Indies. We believe the people OF
Ohio to he iEfexibly opposed to the
Inauguration of such a hybrid system
here or elsewhere.
But the amendment possesses other
features more obnoxious 10 an Amer
can citizen, If possible, than the en-
reimbursement of the negro. 1t di-
prives the States, hereafter, of the pow
er to modify, change or amend their
constitutions, touching the elective
franchise? This, no state can sub
NIT to, without surrendering its right
to regulate its election laws, and at the
same time permitting the general gov
ernment to place a squad of soldiers
at its discretion at the polls to carry
it out in the spirit Of a Radical?
Again, the amendment is a com.
plete surrender of eve y State, to a
great consolidated. centraldespotism,
in which the President is to be the
puppet of Congress and in which the
people will be shorn of their rights,
by conceding to that Congress the
power 10 ~''enforce the amendment by
appropriate legislation"
And, what is appropriate legisla-
ton? 1t may mean a standing army
in every county in the State to beat
down, and trample out the mani God
of the people, and compel them to sub
NIT to brute force, and Negro-carpet-
bag rulei
Are we wrong? TO concede this
unlimited aud underlined power, by
surrendering tue rights of tine State
to regulate her own election laws, Is
to abandon the whole question TO the
keeping OF a venal, cowardly and ty-
rannical Congress.
Ii a man would not be robbed, he
not keep The company of high
waymen and thieves; and if We would
preserve our liberties, we should not
submit them u the custody of Con-
gress and the African. 1t we do,
and thereby become slaves, We shall
have only our W supineness and fol-
" to blame when our calamities come
upon us.
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taken no action; or Georgia as adopt
ing it when she was allowed by Con.
gress no discretion in the matter. Even
if Ohio should rescind, which we can
not believe probable, all these ques-
tons will have to be settled before the
Amendment can be declared ratified.
What would a declaration under such
circums ances amount to more than
the usurpation of a party temporarily
in power, to be treated as a nullity
when a constitutional party came in
Emo.