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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08
Failare Of spanish Nations.

The Spanish people, everywhere, are
just now exhibiting to the world some
remarkable evidences of their unfitness
to govern, and their unwijiingness to be
governed.
Spain banished her sovereign,and now
finds it utterly impossible tt. establish q
republic or monarchy. She has neither
government nor form of government -
Fschons are quarreling, instructions
breaking out, rulers changing, and every
body in blind uncertainty as to what it
may all result in.
Cuba is exhausting sll her energies in
fighting and chasing insurrectionists and
fillibusters. About once month the
Spanish authorities proclaim the insur-
rection suppressed, and about as fire.
quently the revolutionists announce
overwhelming victories; while to outsi-
ders the struggle seems to be about
4
where it was six months ago.
The South American States, in which
the Spanish. element predominates, are
nearly always at war. They change
State lines, and wipe out States with
such rapidity that map-makers can
scarcely keep up with them. Half a
dozen have been at war, and one COM
pletely annihilated in the last year.
Mexico is like bag-full of tom cats
fighting all the time. just now she
seems to be in worse condition than
ever before; for five or six Of the States
in the north end have seeded, and pro-
pose to set up for themselves; but divi
ded or united, Mexico can never be a
prosperous nation until another race OF
men controls her
The Spaniards more than any other
people on earth have mixed and misce-
genated with the Negro. And whether
this is or is not the cause of the failure
Of their governments, it is absolutely
certain that those of their governments
which have the strongest Negro element
in them, are in the most hopeless state
of anarchy.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

Gen. SHERIDAN has "the honor to re-
port" that on the 18th Of January his
troops killed l73 Indians. Ninety Of
these were women and City were chill
dren This glorious victory was achiev-
ed By surprising an Indian village which
was terribly rayaged BY the smallpox.
Our civilization seems to have gone
back to the point which the Indians had
attained two hundred years ago. His
tory records how the Pequods fell upon
the defenseless inhabitants Of Salem and
butchered them, sparing neither age OF
sex; which reads exactly like SnERIDAs's
report.
This cold blooded massacre of women
and children is disgrace to this age and
q burning disgrace to this Republic. Il
is simply horrible.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08
Henry ward Reecher ON Unclcan
Faces.

Henry Ward Beecher is again writing
for the Independent. In his last article
he discourses Enthusiastically as fol-
lows
wish the poor would speak to me. !
cannot remember all my church, certain
" not all my Sunday-school. But they
never try without finding / am glad for
one. / have the same form of trouble
that you have, Brother H.-pride. !
know all the ins and outs of that But
/ can trnly say there Is no person so
poor or lowly that it does not give me
more pleasure to. have them speak tome
than it does them. l meyer have chill
dren speak to me on the street that il
does not make me feel good all the day
long. 1t is not troublesome to me to be
interested in a clean face. / like the
self-respectful, decorous poor, who are
my equals, and often my superiors. That
| is no trouble. It is these dirty and Of.
ten lousy things that find it difficult to
see the Master in. This dirty boy, who
halloos after me,
Henry Ward Beecher.
He's the screecher,
and sometimes puts in stone by way
of punctuation. Laughter.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

1EThe committee appointed to in
yes igate the gold panic refused to call
any witnesses upon the charges against
the Presidents family, and then reported
that there was no testimony duplicating
those parties
If GRANTS friends are satisfied with
that kind of an acquittal, GRANT himself
should not be. Its effect is TO excite
suspicion III those who believed him
guiltlcss.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

when a secret political organization at
tempt to force the State into measure
Of spending s2,0oo,ooO for the interest
of that or any other organization it is
time for the people to speak out.
Several bills have been introduced for
the protection of sheep and to tax and
destroy dogs, and from the amount of
complaints from all parts of the State
this is very necessary. A.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

- =. ...a. = - sssac cFe e. the Pie
Tie erribIsand uncalIsd for mass.
ere IF men nen and children, by Col.
onel Baker q Tie United States Amy
acting under orders III General Sher'
idan has no lIsl aince The DAYS of
the fgmously Infamous Glencoe massacre
in Scotland, he reading of which -
histog, Gauss The blood ID curdIe With
horrf The Cincinnati Gasett Ithouch
3 RaIical she'd, denounces il in { man
ntr 4at giyesevidence that even 4 Rad
cal eator canaot be totally deprayed
that5qe bitterfeeIings of the heart Min
tsho Themselses, despite the yoke ofl
partPttachment. That sheet says:
iH PIEGAY BUrcHERY.-The Gazettsl
nis. allied the attention OF the country
T. = l1' fact that the dispatch forwarded |
~ General Sheridan from Colonc. Bal
5: 81 announcing bis victory over the|
hgan indians, showed on its face that
was simplya q bntchery of women and
aldfen and ssse aged. This ateractssi I.
general tastipn The {aceohnfS nosr
coming in prsvc fEe 5e<cfd6z y 80
view. The blowing letter, publlshe'
at Washingten, shows the character Q
I this affair:
"DEPlRTMENT OF TEE INTERIOR,
aboard OF INDIAN CoMMIssIoNERs,
"W isHINGToN, d. c., Feb. %. !
'To Felix r. Irunot, Chairman, Pittsburg:
!. aDEAH Sn: At last the sickenlng d,
tails of Colynel Bakers attack on th
village of tile Piegans in Montana, o
the 23d of January last have been n
lceived. o, the 173 killed, oaly Is wer
what mishtbe called fighting men, thu
I is, men between the ages of 12 and 8
] years. Tea we're FROM 81 to so years
and eight additional were over 60-i
all. fifty .thlse. There we're ninety wt
men killed, hsty-fyc, Grover one-half, (
whom wereoyer 40 years of age, an
the remaiali3 tliirty-dve were betwee
IL and 40i years. LASTLY, there wei
fifty children under u years of age xii
ed many Of ten were in their parent
arms. The whole village had been sui
ering for over tSo months past wit
smallpox, some hslf-dozen dying dali,
The above facts we're received to-da
from Lieutenant w. b. Pease, u. S. A
the agent If the Biack-feet, and is indoI
sed by Geseral Sully, U, 5. A.
with regards, faithfully yours,
"VEcENT CoLLyEls, Secretary
Our attention was more particular
drawn to this affair by the conyicsio
that the destruction OF Black Kettle an
his village isss year was simply mas 81
ere of peaceful ana uas,lspectlng ;nhal
itants, when was covered up by The sam
t kind of lying dispatches, announcing
victory and pretending a fight with
{ band of w.rriors on the war path, whe
lit was tr,acherous descent upon vii
E age of observation-disclosures, who had t
, ken up their residence upon a reserve
they had Leell directed By that an
5 this instance we are alle TO see what OF
r system of Indian warfare is, and VIII
Lying is u Jed by army officers to COW
, up these .trocities and turn them I'M
fights and victories for which honor an
: promotions are reqnifed and received. :
5 And we nay also see the moral beauti,
/, of policy which puts forward the Gu
a ker CARL Of peace and follows it wi
$ these surprises of peaceful villages al
Y massaces of unrcsisting men, wome
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08
"Bonds at Parc..The Triumph OF
Grants Administration.

Some Of the Radical papers are re.
joicing over the fact that the Admins
tration of Grant has raised United States
bonds to par in gold. Now, let us see
who has cause for jubilation-the .priyi-
legged few or the tax paying many. In
1863 Mr.. A., bondholder, lent the Gov
ernment $4,000 in greenbacks, when
they were worth forty cents on a dollar
in gold The Government gave him its
bond for that amount, with the interest
at six per cent, payable in gold. Re-
duccd to gold standard, upon every
forty dollars lent there was six dollars
paid-that is, fifteen dollars hundred.
As there was but $4,000, in the loan, it
would be $500 a year upon the entire
amount. In seven years, from 1868 to
1870, that interest is equal to $4,000
Thus Mr.. A. has already received In in
terest from the Government 5000 more
in gold than he loaned to it. But this
does not tell the whole story. His 81,
600 has been exempt from the two per
cent State and local taxation. That is
$50 year, or $3.50 in seven years. fhis
added to the 5000, makes S760 surplus
that which went out of his hands. He
has got his principal back, with nearly
twenty per cent. in addition. But still
he has not been paid Jtis proposed to
pay him the face of his bond In green
backs when they were worth, not forty
cents, which was the bargain when he
loaned them, but eighty cents on dol
lar. He refuses to take it, and the Grant
Administration, hearkening to him, en-
ploys its whole force to bring his bond
at par with gold. Thus, if it were to be
paid now, the account would stand:
Loaned Governmental gold $4,000
Received from the Govern
ment interest in years, 4,200
Exemption from, Taxes, $50
Face Of the bond, 10000
S14, 76C
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

E4-It seems that Butler, of Tennes.
see, is to be the next victim of the ca
detship investigation. He is said to have
disposed of his purchase money for pc
litical purposes, whereas the unfortunate
Whittemore gave his to the poor. i
now remains to be seen If politics GOV
er a greater multitude Of sins than char
ity.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

EE One day, when Prince Pierre Boz
naparte was driving to the races, some
part of the harness gave way. Fortn-
nately saddler's shop was near By; and
while the broken harness was being ~
paired, the Prince regaled ahimself with.
. glass Of water, and discovered how
marvelously pretty was the saddler's
daue ehter. He decided to maEry her, and
SO placed her at school, from (which she
emerged with the necessary acquired
graces. She was quick and apt, and 20
extremely good looking that when Rrinco.
Pierre presented his wife to tie Empefs
or, Hrs Majesty was gracious enough TO
forget her origin, and received her QoF-
daily. But Eugenie drew her robes
about her in scorn at the presumptzoa.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08
A Revolving Battery to be Worn
ON the Person.

We clip the following from the Pari-
sian correspondent of the New York
Mercantile journal:
ssThe newest inventions of double re-
peating pistols and impenetrable breast
plates, are totally and very amusingly
eclipsed by the suggestion of faceti-
Gus machinist, who proposes to furnish,
at comparatively light expense, revolt
yer battery belt, which the individual
using it has merely to fasten around his
body in order to be nearly as formidable
as whole squad of armed men. He
may have as many as six rows of revol-
yer barrels, one above the other, issuing
from the belt, ,and by the aid of spring,
can fire and reload them all as once
There would be pleasant customer in
a crowd!!'
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08
cadslsS,ps a cabinet omess.

r. f<SSu0sSnvQ9 ~ OuUt
WAsuINprox, IS. a5.-Poor White
mon HI 4 ane where the WOOD
birae tWinesh- ! week ago mona q
brave as he in1s1lse OF his countfys
cause none sivdlant in rebuke Of tns
| foul lpirit offebellion which be we
quite sure yet hfked abroad in the lsnd
under the nam6f Democracy none 90
ready to rush 1.-THE breach to combat
the hosts Of treson. How little did he
think that Logal was about to rush Tor 5
Ills bresoh and thrust him unceremoni-
ously ,6ut Of bis ,eat! Whata pity that
one. ho is SO ssessative Of the nations
hond kould han besa so careless Of.
bis 6riN Vet he 7E6s the least g.
concerfisl n mher Of the Hol5
sa he 1 seat end ~
to,lhe di3( ~
SIS sxpuIS 0hS BE eyIdcnff
h marty -an innocent Ia
= a: bladghter. kIIe persists I6 tell
- lends that he had done nothing
that he had but followed an sx-
- pie set by Others: S. s,
'Vhristians have burned each oder, quito par
| suaded.. !.
f All the apostles would have done = thsy did.
Well, suppose he did sell q csdetship.
Hasn't Grant sold Cabinet Offices |? And
should we not, instead Of having our
moral sensibilities outraged at an sdyer-,
tisement offering a West Point scholar,
) ship for sale, rather expect, one OF these
e days, to meet something like The follow.
q ing in the New York and Cincinnati dai-
! lies:
e EOR SALE--A Cabinet oiioe with three yesru
t L to run. VIII be sold with or without III
? patronage Of the Department. Terms cash =
improved reaf estate. Address q. 8. q, Ma
Or THE:
I'll Ef0R SALE-0r will exchange fora Bull fup,
! apostefice in a pleasant country town Ssl.
ary $l, 600 Per annum- Address Dent Wash,
n ington, D. G. S1
e The sale of cadetships il, but one 81
|. the "llttle foxes" that spill the political
yines--a thing to be guarded against ,sol
course, but not to the extent 0f Si4fne
b utter impunity to the bears and volycS
!. that prowl around to carry Of fhe llvo
y stock, Let us not waste an our ANNA.
:, milton on the extermination Of the Mos
: bys Of political corruption while tie
commander r-in-chief of the grand army
of bribery roams at viii through the
public domain, kvying tribute every
v where, with that ,Aptter indifference to
n public sentiment with which Lord Clits
d |'on his return to India is said to have r.
! piled to the charge ofmaking too frds
J. with the diamonds and pearls of the na-
e tives. 'Upon my word, said his lord
a ship, "when l think of my opportunities,
a. | am surprised I took SO little "--MAcK,
n in Gin. Eng.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08
rHThe Mount yernon Banner an

EEThe Mount Vernon Banner an
nounces that it will under no circumstan-
ces raise the name of Chase as Demo.
cratic candidate for President, NOR will il
give him comfort or support We do moi
think it will ever be necessary to put
friend Harper to the test, in which case
he would certainly be as good as his
word, and in its fnlfllment he would be
backed by the united Democracy of Ohio
Chase's towering ambition is aimed in
the wrong direction, and he cannot real
ly1expect to succeed. Crisis.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08
A Few Figures Tor Farmers.

II farmers find any difficulty in ac-
counting for the fact that they cannot
save money as they did some years ago
that .'thc winter consumes all the sum-
mer doth yield"-perhaps the following
figures may aid than in their calculations
These figures are all taken from reli-
able sources, and present the New York
prices Of the articles quoted. To make
the comparison perfectly fair the prices
for 27() are giyen in GOLD.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08
The DInerence.

Tho price of labor, according to the
best authority, has advanced % per cent
since 1860.
The price Of plain living, according
to the same authority, has increased so
per cent. since 1860.
That shows where the laboring mans
money goes.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08
Dare Not Answer.

Neither the Commercial nor the &c,
zette win answer our repeated a6eri65
whether they are in favor Of GiviI -
soldiers, who enlisted be(bf6 - - -
of the Legal tender act, the back pay
they are entitled to by the late decision
of the Supreme Court. We sre very
sorry that they can not summon up
courage enough to meet this issue. They
don't like to say that they arc against
the soldiers claims, yet, Il they are u
favor, they must go counter to the po.
litical leaders Of the party, who rule
them with rod Of iron.l But what =
base and contemplate pnblic journal .
that which dare not give its opinion up
on prominent question that is now ag-
itating the public mind They boast
occasionally of their independence, but
where is it?-Gin. Eng.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08
Henry Ward Beecher.
He's the screecher,
and sometimes puts in stone by way
of punctuation. daughter.

The Unitarians have in. this country
three hundred and twenty-six churches,
and two hundred and forty-five minis
ters.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

Ex-senator Reyels has been placed
on the Committee of Education and La
bor. What ne will do on the Education
al Committee is doubtful, but we should
think he would be shining light and a
splendid working member on the Labor
Committee. Probably he will be put in
charge Of subcommittee on cotton
picking to work during the recess.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

EEpresident GRANT, after trying al
sides of the Cuban question, seems to
have made permanent choice Of the out
side.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

FIGuREs.-These figures lado a plain,
and unvarnished tale unfold,a and are
reliable:
The White House under Lincoln, S94 ,050
The White House under Grant, l32,S00
Grant over Linen (peacc vs. war) $3.50
An increase of $3.50 per day for every
day in the year.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

~THE UNION AS 1T WAS"
isI hold that THIS Government vas made
~ ths WRITE BASIS. by WHITE
INN. far the nEnEr1T Of WHITE MEN
ssa their POSTERlTT forever. See
rhea A. Douglas.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

For the barrel he exchanges for boots
in 1861 he would have got one pair,and
rcceired 70 cents in coin. Now,in 1870,
to get the same boots he will have to
give . barrel of -four, and gire in addi-
ton 81 65 in coin.
Examples Of this kind might be con-
tinued to I'll q volume; but these are
sufficient to show any farmer why he
can not save money now as he did in
1860. We desire our Republican far
mers, especially, TO reflect upon these
figures; and having done SO, We want
them to answer honestly to themselves
the question, What is the cause of this ?
and the question, What is the remedy Z
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

The MEAsLEs.-T There are now two
hundred pupils absent from the Barnes
vile Schools, with the measles. There
are yet about thirty who have not had
the disease. Add to the above spotted
n umber, the probable number of cases
not belonging to the schools, and there
are in the town at least two hundred and
fifty cases, among whom there are known
to be many parents.-Barnescille Enter
prise.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

= a unisn of hearts, union of hands.
a unien that none may sever;
Union Of lakes, union Of lands.
The AMERICAN Union FOREVER"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

NJ Senator WILSON has introduced a
bin to punish prizc-fyhting.
Nov if MonRrssEY would introduce a
bill p,ish canting hypocrisy they
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

MgRDER. is peculiar commenta-
ry on our state of society that murders
succeed one another SO rapidly that the
majority are lost to popular remedy be-
fore trial day comes, so that when the
papers announce the conviction of a
criminal it is difficult for the people to
recall the circumstances Of the crime
N. Y. Herald.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

CoNGREss TAxEs.-The States gave to
the United States power to lay taxes 10
pay their debts and expenses, and for no
other purpose The taxes are to raise
revenue for these objects. The man who
favors a tax purposely made so high as
to prevent revenue-lends himself to
tknavery; !or the revenue so prevented
has to be made up by a higher tax on
something else.
MISPLACED Power. I'm the House OF
Representatives the power of making
committees rests entirely with the
Speaker, which is wrong. 1t gives one
man the power to shape and frame the
whole legislation on any given topic
An abuse of this power is obvious now
in the present composition of the Com.
mittec on Banking and Currency, which
is made grossly in the interest of the
national banks.--N. +. Herald.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

Saxony wool sold for 26 per cent. less,
merino wool 24per cent. less, and pulled
wool "a per cent. less Jan. |, 1870, than
Jan. i, 1860.
How is it with whatfarmers tuy2 We
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

Now suppose farmer BIS six barrels
of -four which he wishes 10 exchange for
the above last enumerated articles, re
ceiying that amount of each which one
barrel of -four will now buy. And side
by side with this, let US place the result
Of a similar exchange in 1860.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

The custom officers at Ne4 Qs
have 5000. 900 lbs. of sugar CO.. ls
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-08

VI tu0 "i1o "uu oHS DSos ~ PAiSssssOAA - os@ss
can be made Of it, unless it be the plar
of transferring to the school fund. Sew
eral towns have proposed to furnish the
necessary grounds and buildings if they
can get the college located within taeil
limits, but thus far the Legislature have
failed to agree upon a location, and il
looks as if this disagreement would con
tinue.
A plan now proposed is to appoint
committee OF one from each Congress
sional District to locate the college
There are several otfse plans but they
have but few friends and are local il
character.
The effort to establish Soldiers Or
phans' Home, to which l referred in my
last, eliminated last week in the rejection
of the majority report of the COMMITTEES
and adopting the minority report. Thil
is the pet of the Grand Army of tn
Republic. They sought to make it pure
| ly political and force it. through in tina
way. In this they have thus far failed
but have again opened their batterie
both to renew the contest and on Repuh
licans who disagree with them. On Fri
day Root and Everett, both Republicans
had quite ga disagrecable" over it. Th
substitute adopted in the Senate is no
what I prefer, but l look upon it as tn,
best that can be adopted to save the ex
pense that measure must incur if force,
upon the State.
An Orphans Home. if established, NJ
doubt would accomplish much good, bu