The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-01-20
The usurers Again at Work.

their bill upon it. House Bill NO. g.,
introduced by Mr.. Mower, provides
that sit shall be lawful to contract in
writing for payment and receipt of
any rate of interest on money due or
to become due, in any contract. In
case there is no express contract, then
six per cent. is to be the rate to be le-
gally enforced" This is mons. Tom
SON come again" We are all familiar
with him. He has been before our
General Assemblies for years and
although we have had some very poor
and miserable ones some that were
very corrupt-there. has not been one
that had so little regard for the inter-
ests of the people as to adopt meas
ure of this character. Now, of all
others, is the worst time to take off
restrictions from capital, and to place
the poor debtor and the man of labor
entirely in the hands of the avaricious
and unfeeling capitalist. All such
bills should be Indignantly spurned
as unclean things from the halls of
legislation. Put more restriction upon
capital, but take none off ] ts9sa
AFTER The PLUNDERERs.-Mr. Mum
gen recently offered resolution in
the House of Representatives of Con-
gress, directing the Secretaries of State,
Treasury, War, Navy and Interior De-
partments, and also the Postmaster
General and Attorney General, to. re-
port the number of carriages and
horses, and the amount of harness
paid for by the Government and used
for the convenience and pleasure of
the heads of such departments and
their families, or by the heads oftheir
respective bureaus, and to, state by
what authority such property has been
appropriated, &c. 5a 3 .;I5.l
The House refused to second the
previous question, and Mr.. Benjamin,
Of Missouri rising TO debate, it went
over under the rule. a93o tss 10 $50
There is very little hope of the pass
age of this resolution, as an honest
report under it, would expose lfhe cor
rupt use and appropriation, of public
property by Radical favorites. a9sae
RADICAL. DIsUNIoNIsMr-From the
official report of the proceedings of
Congress, July rs, 1896 80 Mr.. Dawes
II am instructed by the Committe on
Elections to report back the creden-
tiaIs of j. w. Cliff and G. H. Prince,
members elect from the State of Geor-
gia, that State having ratified the
Fourteenth Amendment. to the Con-
stitution, and in all otherIrrespects
having conformed to the requirements
of law In regard to the admission of
that State. These gentlemen will take
the oath prescribed by the act of July
2, 1862" The report was agreed to.
MIR. Gift and Mr.. Prince appeared
and qualified. ! i2.a s 9 ~ so I.
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Then Georgia was Q State in the
Union by the action of Radical Com
gress. ilssaa 3i5 aasns i--ss59gi
: ATLANTA, Ca, January 8, 1870, =
General Terry to-day issued his order
assuming command of this State as a
district under the Recon struetion acts.
Now Georgia is out of the Union
again and guaranteed the republican
form" of Radical military despotism,
by the usurpations of these Congress
sional despots. Where does Congress
obtain the power to eject States from
the Union? 1t used to be claimed
by these despots1 all through the war
that there was no way provided by
which a State ccnld get out the Union.
yet they are accomplishing BY theil
usurpations what the rebellion failed
to accomplish by armed foree-the
overthrow OF the constitution and the
dismemberment Of the Uni on. .......i,l sso4z
WHoy ARE THE REPUDIAToRs?r-Ir
the Senate of New York, ON Thursday
a resolution was introduced that the
principal and interest of the State debt
contracted before February %, 1862
and not held by the Comptroller OF
Commissioners of the Canal Fund il
trust, be paid in gold. 9li1 e alR1.
], The debt referred to, as, were al
the debts qof all the States incurred
prior to that date, were contracted
linpona specie basis, to be paid in coin
but the Radicals have been paying
these debts, principal and interest, il
deprecated paper, while they;demand
that the $50 bonds for which thu
Government received only depreciat.
ed paper worth from 40 to SO cents
only on the dollarg shall be paid il
gold tosthe uttefmost farthing. And
when Democrats insist upon payins
these debts exactly according to, the
terms under which they, were created
these Radicals baWl HFepudiationlYa
i BY the amended rules of the Ohio
House of Representatives only a ma
jority of the members voting is; re
quired to ratify an amendment to the
Constitution the United States BY
which the control of suffrage lis takeI
from the State anthorities and vested
in Congress, while to pass. a, law o
the most trivial character, requires 1
majority of all the members elected
l'Suchiis Radicalism. 5ot}itt ieF2
An Editor KiiIetlsby Prince Bonaparte
+ "A Cable telegram from Paris on fh
evening Of the 10th inst, says: Thi
afternoon NJ, Touyielie and Yicto
Noir, of the editorial staff of the MaT
Esetllaise, Rochefort's journal, pro
fceeded to the residence Of Prime
Pierre Boueparte, as, seconds, in
contemplated duel between the Prime
and PossaI Gronssett, and editor o
that journal: They had an Interview
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