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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
Hunting Knot Holes.

Some of the Republican papers are
casting about for pretexts for excluding
the "thousand dollar darkey" of Mis-
sissippi from the Senate.
The Constitution declares that no one
is eligible to a'seat in the Senate until
he has been nine years q citizen.of the
United States; and it is claimed that
Negroes did not become citizens until
the adoption of the fourteenth amend
ment.
1t is replied that Senator'S were admit.
ted from Texas before they had been
one year citizens and that the fourteenth
amendment did not make them citizens
but simply declared the fact.
1t is both mean and cowaralY to- go
back on the darkey in this way.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
Glory IaalIeIujerum.

The Negroes are making preparations
fora general rejoicing over the success
of the fifteenth amendment.
! Negro holidays are multiplying scrap
idly that they will soon have little time for
anything else than jubilatins and voting.
It is a long, long while since Congress
has given white people q cause for re-
ioicing.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
TIUIH t1Io 4'OW IUIh SuIt'l
Bleeding A Postmaster.

lgive YOU my own experience as s Re-
publican olilce-holder for short season
under General Grant &c Co. / hold my
self responsible to prove and back up
all that / state in each and every partic-
ular. After several changes of Post
masters at this place / was appointed to
that position on the 11th day of March,
1867, and Immediately confirmed for
four years by the Senate. My appoint
ment was made by the full advice and
consent of the leading Republicans of
this city. 1t was made through the in
iuence Of a personal friend, and not be-
cause l had any sympathy with the John
son party ESQ called). / held the Office
peaceably until the election last April of
Stephen w. Kellogg. as member Of
Congress from this district then found
that, under the Administration of my
choice, Ii / continued to hold office it
must be under Congressman IN whom
in this new order Of things the supreme
control of the Government patronage
had been placed.
soon found, however, that to hold a
Government Office and be subject to the
venalitv of such Congressman was not
a pleasant position l keep drugstore,
and deal somewhat in whisky and cigars.
quickly found that my new boss had a
sweet tooth for both these official COM
modities, and his appetite seemed vora-
cious; but being his meat, was dispos-
ed to look philosophically, upon the mat
ter, and hence tried to gorge him, even
to fullness. Now, / had paid $50 to
help elect this man, which made the even
sum $3.50 which 1 had paio from the
proceeds of the Office in less than two
years to benefit the party. / soon be-
came satisfied that to fill this Congress
man would more than exhaust all the
salary was receiving, and hence, like
] any Yankee, / began to count profit and
loss, and concluded that / had better re
sign. G 81
Iaccordingly rendered my resignation
and was told by him that ! must not re
sign, but must hold my office for the bal
ance of my term. / made my arrange
ments. l was not long allowed to re
main quiet, for soon Mr.. Congressman
appeared agaiA, and this time demanded
of me the sam of 500 for continuing
me in Office. Isaw the hand writing, ,ant
paid the sum demanded. / saw it droI
!. into his pocket, which is said to be thu
"common grave Of all greenbacks." II
about three weeks. from that time, entire
lily unknown to me,this Congressman got
me suspended" and another person ap
pointed in my place. Hence one fine
morning / received little notice that
was suspended, for cause''
Now the Administration have beer
fully informed what the "real cause
was, viz, greenbacks; yet they cling t
both greenbacks and office. l think i
my name was Dent l might have show
l am not the only victim in this district
there are plenty Of lame ducks besides
me. Yours, very respectfully,
j! j. JACQUES, N. d.
WATrERr-py CoNN Dec 1869 90
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08

A writer in the last number of the
Gentleman's Magazine says: "Curing
should be as important as killing in the
arts Of war; extracting your enemy's
bullets from your own feshis the next
duty after putting your bullets into his
flesh. Now, bullet probing is a tiresome
and painful operation, one that ought to
be reduced to the perfection Of simple
certainty. So humane philosophers have
thought; and they have done their best
to give their thinking tangibility. But
we are bounded by our means and while
there were none known whereby q lump
of buried lead could be told from a frag-
ment of shattered bone, probing was
slow work.
However, the next time-far be it
that wholesale bullet extraction has to
he performed, it is to be expected that
the army surgeons labors will be light
ened by thc,hesi, that electricity will af
ford /; for two inventors have independ-
emily proposed methods of. searching
for and drawing out metallic missiles
from the wounds they have inflicted
Both men told their ideas to the French
Institute at one and the same meeting
during the past month NJ Trouve was
one; he who made the electrical jewels
that delighted fashionable Paris for q
few months two years ago. His new
bullet-probe is a double-polnted needle,
each point being connected by wire
with little electric battery and a bell,
which rings whenever the two needle
points are united electrically that is to
say, whenever they both touch "a piece
of metal. With this divining rod, bullet
searching is simple business.
The suspected part of the body is
pr0bed with it, and the instant the points
touch lead the bell announces the fact
The bullet found, the worst half of the
extractor's task is over This plan is
suggested by an Englishman, / fancy
some two. years ago, but was not put to
trial till NJ. Trouve made an instrument
The other proposed is of more limited
application M. Melsens is the author
and he promises to draw fragments OF
iron or steel from flesh wound by the
help of powerful magnets. He can dc
nothing with lead, though, because il
does not follow the load-stone. Trouve's
is the best idea. There is quaintness III
the notion of bullet telegrapbing its
whereabouts.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
ns-The Philadelphia Age relates ths

EgThe Philadelphia Age relates that
when President Andrew Jackson was
told that Purser Randolph, who was dis
missed from the navy for defalcation,had
been arrested for his assault upon him,
he exclaimed: :d"Yes, and / greatly re-
gret it, and have ordered his release If
had not been interfered with, would
have punished the scoundrel on the spot
! do not want the aid of the law to pro-
tect me, or redress my wrongs, My
dear mother, God bless her, when was
boy, gave me this piece of advice,
Never to sue for slander, indict for as
sault and battery, or permit a personal
assault to SO unpunished on the spot,'
and God knows | have most. religiously
adhered to it throughout my life;;" and
dashing a long-stemmed white clay pipe,
which he had been smoking, ,on the man
tel, piece, by which he was erectly stand
ing, he broke it into atoms 60,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
Removal Of the national Capitol.

A convention met at st. Louis a few
weeks ago, at which speeches were made
and resolutions passed favorlng the re-
moval of our national capitol to- the
Mississippi valley. The Legislature of
Kansas has requested its representatives
and Instructed its Senators in Congress
to favor measures for the removal of the
capitol to that State Several, speeches
have been made in Congress, during the
present session, in favor of removal.
But withal the question will hardly be-
come leading one for many years to
come. New England, through her own
representatives, and the, representatives
from other States who have cmigrated
from that selfish section, is alone able to
defeat the measure at this time. Wall
street, too, knows of a power which can
prevent the removal of the seat of gov
ernment further from its influence.
The tariff influence, the Wall street
influence, and other influences, corrupt
and otherwise, will not permit the CAPT
tol to be surrounded by Western at
mospherc. The aoutside pressure"
which has moro to do with legislation
than is generally supposed, would, in the
West, be largely in the interests Of agri-
culture; at Washington it is almost cx
clusively in the interests of capital.
The power which is able to draw from
agriculture all the profits of farm labor
is abundantly able to retain the capitol
within its domain. Western interests
somehow get stranded in attempting to
cross the Alleghenies; and if they can
not reach Washington with sufficient
strength to modify the plundering tariff
it is idle to hope they will have power
enough to remove the Capitol. ri ~
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
The Dilemma Of RECOMMENDATION

Southern States were required to rat
ify the fifteenth amendment as a. condi-
ton of restoration to the Union. AS
they could not be trusted to come in and
then ratify it, they ratified first and then
came in. They were, therefore, not in
the Union when they acted on the con-
stitution, or else they were never out of
the Union. Either, then, all the recon
struction laws of Congress are invalid,
or these Southern ratifcations of the
fifteenth amendment are invalid. If the
States were in the Union there was no
need to admit them, and if they were
not in the Union they could not partici-
pate in making law for States that are
inv. Y. Herald, Grant Paper.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
ryGRANr's last blunder is a harm


EgGRANr's last blunder is harm
less one, though somewhat mortifyine
to him, unless he has become like the
Irishman about hanging: so used to it
that he cares nothing about it.
One day last week he nominated, and
sent to the Senate for confirmation, the
name of FRANCIS A.. WALKER, of Massa-
chusetts, as superintendent of the next
census. Everybody but GRANT seemed
to know that neither the President OF
Senate has anything to do witt, that ap-
pointment. The law expressly provides
that the superintendent Of the census
shall be appointed by the Secretary OF
the Interior.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
Cost Of Protection.

The extent to which the tariff takes
money out of the peoples pockets and
places it in the vaults of the monopo-
lists is indicated by the suhjoined lig-
ures taken from authentic sources.
The first column exhibits the amount
received into the treasury, and the sec
oad, tile total increased cost of the arti-
cies, caused by the tariff The difference
between the two columns is the tariff
monopolists' share of the plunder:
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
s1l2,O53,375
Monopolist's share,

Monopolists share, Sl12,053,375
That s1l2,O43,375 is chiefly taken
from the pockets of the farmers, and all
goes into the vaults of the monopolists.
The process Of taking this money from
the laborers to whom it belongs and CIV
ing it TO the monopolists to whom it
does not belong is the much vaiintcd
oprotection."
Under purely revenue system the
people would pay only the amount which
actually goes into the treasury
1t must be borne in mind, too, that
the above exhibits the effects Of sspro-
lection" on six items only, while thero
are thousand more, some not so bad,
some worse. It is entirely within bounds
to say that the s1sO,o0O,ooO received
into the treasury costs the people $780,
100000 more in the way of protection.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08


ES-The Traupmann tragedy set quite
a Number of the volatile brains of Paris
mad There was Zouave, who declar-
ed himself to have been Traupmann's S
accomplice; an artilleryman attempted
to kill, in wine shop,a person of whom
he knew nothing, and on being arrested
loudly proclaimed himself to be an ac-
complice, and declared that he "wished
to be as celebrated as Traupmann;" a
respectfully dressed lady went to see the
examining magistrate, and, on being ad
mitted by that functionary, burst into
tears, and declared herself Traupmann's
accomplice; and the abused candidate at
the late elections, Al. Gagne, who haran,
gued the passers at the foot of the obe-
lisk in the Place de Ia Concorle, calling
on the public to kill tie Emperor like a
"wild beast" surpassed his former eccen-
tricities by sendingt to all the Paris news.
papers circular in which he "solicits
the supreme honor of being executed in
stead of Traupmann," of whom he de-
clares himself the accomplice.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
Reduction of the Army--A Prcsi-
Dental Veto Threatened.

1t is stated that the President has in
formed prominent member of the
House that he will veto any bill propo-
sing radical change in the organization
of the army or reducing it beyond a GER
tain point either in officers or men, 1t
is supposed that he has reference to Lo-
gan's BILL which has been agreed upon
by the Military Committee This bill is
known to be sternly opposed by Gencr-
al Sherman and a majority of the Off
GERS of the army, and it is inferred that
they have now the President or their
side. -.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
no Yo.. See In

In casting about for the reasons why
M MooRE voted first one way and then
the other upon annexing conditions to
,,e aaas;ssiou Of yirgima, We happened
mon 4 a..littlc story which explains the
matter satisfactorily:
A student, tying to puzzle 2 proies-
sor,. asked why it was thata cat in eating
cream turuesl its head first one way and
then the other.
The professor answered, Because it
eaa-l bofh rays at once : :
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
Traupn,ann Beheaded.

A telegram from Paris of the 18th of
January says: Traupmann was execu-
ted this morning at seven o'clock pre-
cisely, for the murder of the Kinck fam
lily. He walked up the steps of the
scaffold quickly and in an agitated man
ner.
The crowd assembled to, witness the
execution was immense.
During the night Traupmann rose to
write letter to his family. This NOR
ming the cries of the crowd outside the
prison announced to him that the time
of his execution had arrived, and he was
warned by the officials that his last hour
had come; whcreupon he replied, Il am
ready"
Only twice did lie exhibit any signs of
weakness first, when he felt the cold
edge of the scissors used to cut away
his hair; and the second time when he
saw the gllillotine.
However, he quickly recovered his
firmness, and ascended the steps of the
scaffold alone.
From the time of his leaving the prison
he never uttered word.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08

Mr.. Dalrymple, the great farmer of
Minnesota, is said to have made $780,
900 clear gain, in three years of farm
ing.
M. Gauddin is the name Of French
man who has discovered how to make
artificial sapphires, rubies and emer-
aids.
a husband defends himself against the
suit of deserted wife, in the New York
Courts, by the statement that his wife is
a man.
Fisk's beautiful financial figure, "gone
where the woodbine twineth," when di-
vested of lis rheteretic, means "gone up
the spout"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
Sour Grapes

Wherever Prince ARTHUR has gone,
during his visit to this country he has
been lionized by every ono who could
get near his royal person
Those who don't get near him sneer
very contemptuously at the toadyism OF
those who do.
New York is in his route, ,anlr the great
men of New York give a magnificent
ball in his honor.
Boston is not in his route, therefore
Boston very superduously refuses to
grant him the freedom Of the city.
There is not now one of those Boston
funkeys but would give his last mouth
ful of baked beans for one of the prin-
ces cigar stumps
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
The Extravagance of congress

4 uc EAtEdtdSsAuCc VA OOnS IcSSs
The New York Tribune administers
the following rcbuke to the extravaganza,
not the corruption, of its Congressional
friends:
SNOW, every member of Congress
seems to favor public economy in the
abstract, while nearly every one opposes
it in the concrete. One wants new
Judicial District made, whereof his broth
er or best friend is to be Judge, and his
cousin or next friend aspires to be Mar
shall. Another wants to increase the
salaries of United States Judges gener
ally, or at least those Of the highest class.
Another wants liberal subsidy for a
railroad in which he is interested, or
which is calculated to enrich his constit-
uents. Another goes in for river or
harbor Improvement advantageous to
his district. Another wants a steamship
line established and supported from the
Treasury. Thus from every side the
horse -lecch's daughters cry Give! Give!
and, while economy is on every lip, the
expenditures are swelled by item after
item, which might be proper if we were
out of debt, and had an overfowing
Treasury, but are, in our actual circum'
stances clearly unjustifiable.
Now, all this is very well, but the
truth is that at the next election the 1rib-
uae will favor the re election of all these
extravagant dogs.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
Model Republic of the United
a51 States. s..a -.

I &
AS illustrating how the model Repub-
lie of the United States is being govern
ed at the present time, we copy the fol-
lowing from late telegraphic dispatches:
aArLASTA, GA, january 80
'sThe Senate received communications
to-day from General Terry, through the
Governor, declaring two Senators ineli- :
gible, and the seat of another vacant. A
resolution was passed to give the seats
to persons receiving the next highest
vote. Two white men and one colored
man were sworn in to fill the vacancies"
! It win be seen that United States
General declares who shall sit in the{
Georgia Legislature and who shall not.
He exercises o power that the. French
Emperor dare not attempt to usurp.
Now read this:
.sNEw ORLEANS, La, January 49,
ssThe Election Bill to-day passed the
Senate. The bill gives the Governor al
most unlimited control of elections in
Louisiana" ~
This action of the Senate was dictated
by the bayonet, it being elected BY that
instrument; ;the Governor ditto. Into his
hands it is proposed to put the control
of all future elections. It is not neces- i
sary to comment upon these enormities.
They mark the rapid ruin and overthrow
of the Government, which is now ruled
by tyrants, worse than the French Jaco-
bins of 1793.-Cin. Eng. ;.s37
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
who's Dat Knockin, at dc Door!

w NOS DaAt nEOGkAfM az uC DOOAs
A vessel just arrived from San Fran
cisco brings intelligence that the Fcjee
islanders want to be annexed to our uni
ted provinces.
These cannibals could be made highly
useful to our country: Let these islands
be annexed, and placed under military
rule as the Southern States are. Then
send our military rulers out to govern
them; taking care to supply new ones as
fast as their predecessors are eaten.
The utility of this annexation being
SO apparent, we will suggest a means OF
securing it.
Let the King Of the Cannibal Islands
convey cargo of Congoes to his do
minions. As soon as the gentle breczes
watt the odor of the African to Wash
ington the annexation will become Ger
tainty.
What our country is almost perishin2
for now is few more Negroes; and this
administration knows it.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08

EF-Hair- cloth shirts, to take the place
of hoops, having recently been imported.
There is flounce around to bottom in !
round plaits on all except the front
breadth, and the upper part of the back
has rolls of the material, fora quarter
of a yard, in the imitation Of the hustle.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08

s A Boston magazine writer has gone
into the grocery business, saying the
highest salary a good story writer car
get is $500 per year.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08

EyBUrLER thinks it good joke that
Mississippi should send Negro to gil
lJETF. DAVIS place in the Senate.
If an honest man should be sent from
Massachusetts, to fill BUFFERS place t!kse
joke would be as good and the contrast
as great.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08

wCongress has appropriated $780,
600 to feed the lazy Negroes who are
Ioafing about Washington City These
worthless creatures are thus induced to
flock to the city and remain there in or
der to secure Radical municipal offices
in the spring.
Who cares for $4,000? As the chap
on spree said about his money, "Come
easy, 90 easy; dad made it grnbbin'."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08

GE~Judge MCKENZIE, of Canada, has
handed in to our Government little bill
Of $40, 600 for defending Fcnian priso-
ners.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-08
Extracting Bullets from wounds
by the Aid of Electricity.

WATERBURY,, CoNN., Dec, 1869.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-05-12
WHOLE NO. 1901.

work that needs to be done, aud when
You BY your votes at tho north have
pledged yourselves 10 do what | have
said, then l will allow you to remember
hog in oYcgy successive step God haa
lifted you upi | will allow you to re,
member that when Georgia in her i'm.
padence and arrogance, flung the col.
ored members of her Legislature out OF
the hall, the United States hashed her
back to pieces, as she deserves and,
at last, at the point of the sword and
the bayonet, the brother Of that Thomas
Sims who was taken down State street
between swords and bayonets, was car
ried back to the Georgia Legislature,
8here he belonged; | will allow you
10 remember that one of your race pre-
sides over the Senate of louisiana to
remember that one Of your blood is
seated on :he Supreme bench of proud
old South Carolina; l will allow you
to remember that it is one of your race
that fills the seat vacated by the rebel
chief JEFF Davis. And at last you
stand up under 4 Constitution that reeg
ognizes the equality of man with ex-
actnessi that stone which the builders
rejected has become the head of the
corner For long SUGGESTIONS of gem
prations we have been in your debt;
at last God doubles the indebtedness,
for be makes you the cause of our vie+
tory. Penitent for the guilty past,
grateful for the hopeful present, We
welcome you to the full partnership in
that nationality ana civilization which,
under God We have preserved. At last
you have enabled lis, with lips that nc
longer stammer, TO utter that sublime
boast to which our fathers only render
cd lip service that all men are created
free and equal, l thank you for the
privilege of having learned thing Of
the Government ander which / live
from your suffering, and of having been
enabled to aid iu this redemption BY
your partnership. Applause.