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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-04-12
Eulogy Of Taxa,ioa.

A membeg.of Congress from Ohio eu-
logizcs the taxation of the country as
follows: .He said it taxed the vices of
the people, which paid almost half the
taxes raised under the Internal Revenue
Law. Second, it taxed the luxuries of
the people. and from that source nearly
one-fourth of the internal revenue comes.
Third, it taxed the actual wealth Of the
country in the shape of income and
gross receipts" " What brazen effrontery
In fact, our internal revenue system is a
cunning contrlyance to cast the great
burdens of the Government upon the
shoulders. of those who are the least
able to bear them. The rich mans bonds,
from which we ought to derive $4,000
600 year, are not taxed at all. That
deficiency is supplied by an inordinate
and oppressive tax upon the salaries and
receipts of poor tradesmen, mechanics
and clerks. The poor mans matches
are heavily taxed every thing that he
eats, drinks or wears is burdened with
impositionAin order to protect three
classes of cornoMnts; the bondholder,
the National banker, and tile New Eng
land manufacturer They are sucking
the industry of the country dry They
are prcying upon the vitals Of its pros
perity.
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TIE .sseIongation OF the war;,

Mr.. Garfield, the agent and attorney
of the bondholders, who assumes to rep
resent the Astabula District in Congress,
in late speech declared that 'sif in 1861,
every Democrat north of the Potomac
and the Ohio had followed the lead of
Grant, Douglas, Dickinson and Toe, and
all the great lights of the Democratic
party, the war would have lasted but a
little time, ard the cost of it would have
been insignificant, and would not have
exceeded S10,000.0 Never was there
an assertion more utterly sl&nderous.-
From the beginning of the struggle the
Republican Administration at Washing.
ton had the supreme control and dispo-
sal of every mans life, liberty and prop
erty in the North There was nowhere
tie least opposition 10 its behests. II
cllled for men by the million, and it. had
them. 1t called for taxation. by the hun
dred millions, and it collected it.. Under
no circumstances was it possible for il
to have had more unchecked ascenden.
cy. For the duration of the war, fol
its cost as well as forts commencement
the Republican party is alone response
BILE. But for 1T there would have. been
no war, and but for its shameful inca
pacity and mismanagement, it would moi
have lasted year. 1t was carried or
apparently to benefit thieving contract
ors. If the sources of stealing had moi
dried up, it would probably have been
in existence now. tits doubtful which
is the most execrablc, the shameful con
dact that made the war, or its infamous
prosecution after it commenced.
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Packlns The supreme Court.

The supreme Court of the United
States declared the retro active provision
Of the legal tender act unconstitutional
GRAsr disliked the decision, and ap-
pointed two new Judges, selecting them
with view TO reversing that decision.
By the vote of these new judges the
question is rcopencd, and it is fair to
infer the. same vote will orertum the
decision.
That packing a juryis rillainous, every
body agrees; is it not. then, astonishing
and mortifying TO see ,ncns sense of
Justice so debauchcd by partizan zeal
that they actually approve of openly
packing a bench Of judges in the highest
tribunal in America?
This packing process does not give
the impartial decision Of court, It SIM
ply gives binding force to tho opinion
Of UIrssEs S. GRANT upon a question in
which millions of dollars are involved.s
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Proclamation from the People
Popular opinion Of Negro Suffrage.
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
English Elected Governor.
Rebellion Rampant i'm Van.
keedOni.


New YORK, April 5.-The snow STORM
which set in yesterday afternoon contin-
ued all night, and changed to rain this
morning. The streets are filed With
slusb, rendering travel difficult. s
The Times Hartford special says q
violent storm of rain and snow prevail
ed, materially reducing the vote cast,mid
greatly retardlng the transmission of re-
turrs. Enough is known, however, to
show that English has been elected Gov.
ernor by about one Thousand majority,
and that the Democrats have probably
carried the Senate although the Repub-
licans retain hopes that they will still
have control of that body by reduced
majority So far as heard from, the
Democrats have gained in all parts OF
the State, their net gain being $50 in 46
towns. Governor Jewell comedies the
election of English, and the Republicans
generally have concluded to live under
a Democratic administration during the
coming year. The Democrats are, of
course, as jubilant as the weather per
mits.
The Tribune says that our returns
from Connecticut are incomplete, but
they seem sufficient to show that James
E. English, aud most likely the entire
State Democratic ticket, are elected by
a small majority, and to indicate that the
Republicans will have the Legislature by
a reduced majority IN both Houses.
The World says: The heavy storm
has somewhat affected the vote. The
indications are that Eaglish, Democrat
for Governor, will Lave about thou
sand majority. The Legislature is in
doubt, but the Democrats have made
gains and have probably carried the
State Senate.
HARTFORD, April 5-The Twentieth
Senatorial District, counted last night as
Republican, is Democratic by 81 major
ity and the Third District is Democratic
by 3 or 4 majority. L his gives the Sen
ate to the Democrats by one majority
unless the Sixteenth District, which is
close, should be Republican. The House
is Republican by about majority. En-
glish's majority is about GOO.
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Joking WIN oaicial oashs.

When the credentials Of AMEs were
presented to the Senate they were
referred to the. Judiciary Committee with
view OF ascertainiug whether he was
an inllabitant Of the State he claimed to
rcprcsent-thc Constitution providing
that unless Senator be such inhabitani
he is ineligible. In due time the judi
eiary Committee reported that AaEs was
sot an inbabitant Of Mississippi. The
Radicals, thereupon, voted him into :
seat in the Senate.
Tie Radical Senators regsa. d this as
good joke on the judiciary Committee
hut is it not alsp q very laugliahle lok'
ON the oaths which these humorous gen
tIemcn took 10 support the Constltu
tion?
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NapOleOn's letter. -1IagDa Charta
as Defined by Imperialism.

PARIS, March 22.-The Emperor Ma
peleon has addressed the following letter
to NJ Olivier: at
l think it opportune, under present
circumstances, to adopt all reforms re-
quired by the constitutional government
of the empire, in order to put an end to
the immoderate desire for change
which prevails in certain minds, and al
so not to leave public opinion unsettled
by creating instability.
The first place accord to those re.
forms which refer to the constitution
and the prerogatives of the Senate. The
constitution Of 1852 had absvc all things
to provide the government with tn,
means of establishing authority and Or
der, but it remained to be perfected
But it was necessary that it should re-
main perfectible, as long as the state o.
the country would not permit the estab
lislhent Of public liberties on solid ba
ses. At tile present time, when success
i've changes have gradually created s
constitutional regime in harmony will
the basis laid down in the plebiscite, i
is important to replace in the domain o
law all that more specially has reference
to the preservation of legislative order
to impress definite character upon The
latest reforms, to place the constitution
above all controversy, to call upon thu
Senate-that grand body which contain.
es SO many brilliant men-to lend tt
the new regime their most efficaciou
concurrence.
] therefore request you to come to al
understanding with your colleagues and
lay before me the draft of Senatai!
Conssltum which shall firmly fix th,
fundamental dispositions derived from
the plebiscite of 1862 and which skal
divide the Legislative power between thu
two chambers, and restore to the nation
that portion of constituent power it hat
delegated to me. NAPOLEON. /,
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Defeat of lhc Morg an Raid Bill.

The House of Representative in Ohios
by a vote Of 81 to 4S. has rejected bill
appropriating S5S0,S37 to the payment
of the damages caused by the Morgan
raid in 1868, in this State Of this,Sl30-
600 was for property taken and destroy
ed by the United States forces themsel-
yesswhile in pursuit of Morgan. AS a
matter of record we republish the vote,
with political classification.
Those who voted in the affirmative
we're Messrs. Acker, anderson, Arm
strong, AustiI, Baber, Baker of Coshoc.
ton, Baker of Fairfield, Ball, Bates Of
Noble, Bsttelon, bradbury, Bro,cn Of
Washington, Cessna, Cockerill, Corco-
ran, Dodds, Ellis, ERochs, Ford, Gas.on,
Gloreys Green, Haldcman, Hambleton.
Hughes, Leohner, Love, Mott, Parr,
Ream, Robinson, Schirck, Schocnfeldtp
Shafer, Shaw, Siford, Soule, Thompson,
Titus, Pan Vorhss. Waldron, Walker,
Ward, White, Williams of Fayette, VII
liams of jackson, Spedker-4S.
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs Adair, Bates of Hamilton, Beach,
Blukeslee, Bogardus, Bopman. Brooke;
Brown Of Morrow, Cannon Colby, Conk.
I lin, Curtiss, Dennis, Derore, Fitch, Gefs,
Griffith, Hayinard, Fill of Fulton, Hak
of Hamilton, Hitchcock, Hubbard, ,Hudl
son, johnson, Joy, Kiser, Kleinschmidt,
Lacy, Little, McVay, Milligan, Aowcr,
Parker, Park, Peckinpaugh, Price, Rite .
zeH, Sayler, Seitz, Steele, Startling, Stick,
ney, Strong, UAery, Weyer, Killiamson,.
Wilson of Warren, Wilson of Wayne,
Wing, W,nslow, Wolcot, Young-54.
In the above we have placed the Re-
publicans in italics. 1t will be seen that
lof the 4S affirmative votes only ten were
Republicans. The Remaining .3S yotes
were Democrats. OF the 81 in the neg
ative ten were Democrats, and A Re-
publicans. 1t was nearly party vote,
the Republicans who favored it being
from the counties that were invaded, and
to some extent damaged by Morgan
The upshot of the matter then is this !:
The Republican members of the Ohio
General Assembly, while they are for
paying to the bondholder sum which
he never lent to the Government, are
against the latter paying to the farmer
and mechanic and laboring man the
sums actually taken by the United States
forces for their benefit, and for which
they gave receipt at the time.
Now, if these acknowledgements Of .
just debt are repudiatcd, ,how much more
force is there in the suggestion to repus
diate the unjust bonded debt? The peos,
pie win not be slow to carry out the
principle which has thus been sanctioned
by Republican Legislature Gin. Eng.
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Municipal Elections in Ohio.

Notwithstanding the presence of the
new element, the municipal elections in
Ohio generally resulted to the satisfac-
ton of the Democracy. In Cincinnati,
the negro vote was heavy against the
white men, and much Ethiopian rejoic-
ing accrues from the result. In Dayton,
the entire Democratic ticket was elected
by 600 majority. In London, the Dem
ocratic ticket was elected by 9S majority,
for the first time since the town was or
ganized. In Cleveland, the Democrats
gained two members of the Council
The entire Democratic tickets were
elected in D.lphos, Newark and Hamil-
ten-0riSissu ~.
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l. 4 a -
The Des Moines Register has she sols
lowing; "The eastern papers describe q
singular relic of the war which some re-
constructed johnny reb exhibits at Rich
inond. 1t IS two musket balls welded
together int two fiat disks; inscparate-
ly united by meeting in full fight over q
battlefield The press of the East claim
that for this oddity there is no duplicate.
But there is a greater curiosity in ffowA
Mr.. w, A. j. Seals, Of Monroe, has
shown MS two mimic balls which were
picked up on the field after the second
conflict at Bull Run. The balls met st
right angles, and the point of one MAS
buried half way in the body of the oth-
er The ball tbatwas struck is bent. and
the striking bullet is flattsned, but the
plug end is plainly marked"
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INCREASE of Taxes

The Ohio Legislature has authorized
an increase of half mill on the grand
levy for State purposes for the year 1870,
making the aggregate levy. four mills on
the dollar. Last yearit was three and
half mills. This will increase the taxes
of the people of the State fully six hun
dred thousand dollars for State purposes
alone. What now becomes of Radical
promises so freely made last fall, of econ
omy and reform? The Radical Legisla-
ture of 1870 requires more to carry ON
the Government. by several hundred
thousand dollars than the Democratic
Legislature of 1869, against which such
a hue andery was raised, for its alleged
extravaganza and waste of the peoples
money, by the Radical press and speak
ers. The first fruits of the Radical vic
tory last fall is an increase of taxes over
last year of six hundred, thousand dol
lars. so that the pledges of the Radical
party to the people have turned out like
"sounding BRASS" and the promised
economy and reduction of taxes are not
likely to be realized by the tax payers
Ohio Eaqle.
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APIous Murderer.

One E. B. Alexander, who committed
a horrible murder near Albany, New
York, and afterward committed suicide.
wrote letter to his wife in which he
made full confession of the heinous
act. In it is this striking passage:
II am not scared / am not afraid to
die. l have never done any body any
harm. / never went to sleep without
making prayer to myself, and ! am
confident that l will so to Heaven. ]
don't think it was my fault for doing
this, for could not help Nobody in
the world ever tried to keep from doing
any thing as did from that which /
did,"
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General Amnesty.

1t was only two weeks ago that the
President Informed Senators that as soon
as Georgia was admitted and the work
of reconstruction finished up, he should
send q message to Congress recommend
ing general amnesty to all participants
in the late rebellion. The Republican
politicians are bringing to bear all the
influence in their power to cause him to
postpone his purpose in this regard, and
may accomplish their purpose. The op-
position takes the usual form, charging
that the late rebels are as disloyal as ev-
er. 1t is estimated that the. number of
persons still disfranchised under the
Fourteenth Amendment from all State
and Federal officers amounts to 250,000.
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A AMunchausen Assertion.

Baron Munchausen has found rival
in Wilson, of Massachusetts. Indeed,
the latter far surpasses his illustrious
prototype. just look for moment at
this remark, made in the Senate of the
United States: "Since Lees surrender,
more men have been killed in the late
rebel States, on account of race and col
or than were killed in battle during the
rebellion" We venture the statement
that Wilson, if his life depended upon
it, esnld not give fifty instances of, that
to which he alludes BY the hundred thou4
sand. We have never seen a more ma,
Elicious, unblushing lie.-Cinciaaati Ex-I
0Uiyer. ~ Is s.sdl5s s.e4s
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THE OHIO ELECTION.
NEGRO VOTERS

CLEVELAND, April 4.-The elections for
local officers passed off quietly here to-:
day. The Democrats gained two mem
bers of Council. Vote light.
At Lima there was slight misunder-
standing between the judges about the
rghs of negroes to vote. 1t was finally
settled aud their votes taken,
WORCESTER O.-Republean Council
elected by a small majority. Negroes
voting without opposition.
LouNDoNv1LLE, Ono Republican
ticket in the field. Vote light. Peoples S
ticket elected in borough by thirty five.
May negroes did not vote.
At Defiance Hills majority in the
township is 2GS, 9 Democratic gain OF
fifty over last fall Negroes voted at
both places without opposition
At Massillion, Ohio, an independent
ticket was run, which was beaten by the
Republicans by about their usual major
ity, the negroes voting the straight Re-
publican ticket,
LONDON, 9 April 4.-The Whole Dem.
ocratic corporation ticket is elected, fol
the first time since. the town was organ
lied. Clark, for Mayor, has ninety -eigh,
majority. "And the colored troops
fought nobly." @
MANSFIELD, April 4.-Ths election
passed off quietly to-day. A very heavy
vote was polled. The entire Democrat
ic city and township tickets were elected
The Republicans elect Councilmen anc
Assessors in the First and Second Wards
and the Democrats in the Third auG
Fourth Wards. But few negro votes
were polled.
DAYTON, April 4--The first fruits O
the Fifteenth Amendment III Dayton i.
the election cf the entire Democratic
city ticket, including j. D. Morrison fol
Mayor, by 600 majority. The election
passed off quietly. A very large vote
was polled About 1873 negroes cas-
their vote to-day, small portion o
whom voted the Democratic ticket.
At Alliance Democratic Mayor i,
elected by majority of 81 Council
Republican. qCountyticfet, Republican
Treasurcr-Majority, 2S7. Recorder
Republican majority, 253. The election
passed off quietly; negroes voting.
The Lima election went off quietly
though interesting to both parties yot,
full and close. In the city the Republi
can Mayor, Street Commission, and :
part OF the Council were elected by /:
small majority. The township wen
Democratic by light majority. The
free turnpike vote was carried IN favor
by eight hundred majority
CoLuMBUs, April 4-Richard Nevins
Democrat, and Manypenny and Ambos
Reformers are elected Trustees OF th
Water. works in this saty. The Repub
licans gain two members in the Cit,
Council, which gives them a majority il
that body The negro vote in the cit
was about 500, which went solid for tn
Republican ticket. The election was
quiet cite.
NEWARK, O., April THE regdla
Democratic ticket for Mayor and cit
officers was elected over the Citizens
Reform ticket to day by 81 majority =
The Democrats elected every Council
man hut one. The colored truops Tough
nobly,bnt We whipped them all the same
A National salute is being fred in th
park by the white boys in blue.
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From, Columbus.

COLUMBUS, o., April'6 The Govern
or has appointed the following trustees
of the Agricultural College: First Con-
gressional District, A. F. Perry; I'd,
James F. Wright; Sd, A. c. Anderson
4th, w. B. McClung; 9th, VIM. Sawyer
9th, James R. Trimble; 7th, Joseph S.
Sullivant; Sth, Thomas C.. Jones; 9th,
Warren p. Noble; 10th, James w. Ross
1lth, Ralph Lutte; 18th, Daniel Keller;
18th, NJ. nj. Munson; l4th, U. S. Town
send; 18th, v. B. Horton; 18th, John
c. Jamison; 18th, Cornelius Aultmen
18th, ] P. Kirtlend; and 10th, II. B.
Perkins.
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Esy-In the Russian District of Wiot

EE-In the Russian District Of Wiot-
lawee there occurred, the other day, the
following terrible tragedy: A father gave
to his son-sm idiot-thlrty roubles, for
the purpose of keeping them for him.
Tie son put the money into the stove
md bmnedit up. When the father found
it out he few into a towering passion,
killed his son, and then, tortured by re-
morse, hung himself. His unfortunate
wife, unable to survive this catastrophe,
stabbed herself to the heart Her young
babe, which, during all these dreadful
occurrences, had been Forgotten in a
bathing-tub, was drowned in it.
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The Connecticut Election.

HARTFORD, April 6-Full returns
show the majority for English to be $40.
The vote for Jewell, ,43, ,320; ; fol English,
44,l30; total, 81, 7,430; total a year ago
was 90,575, including 10 scattering; de-
crease, 3165; Republican vote 2l73 less
Democratic vote 952 less. The Senate
stands IL Republicans, 10 Democrats
Last year il stood Is Republicans,S 8 Dem
ocrats. The House stands 127 Republic
cans, 112 Democrats. Last year, 130
Republicans, 10S Democrats.
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..Dat,s what Nv sIuddef said %

81 call the attention, therefore, of the
newly enfranchised race to the import
ance of their striving in every honorable
manner, to make themselves worthy oil
theirnew privilege. .'-Granfs Message.
A tolerably frank admission that the
Negroes are rot now worthy of their
new privilege" just what the people
have said every time they have had q
chance to vote on the subject.
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Poor CarlOtta.

The Paris Temps, speaking of the
condition of the health OF the KIN
press of Mexico, says: us =
The physical state of the Empress
Carlotta has altered so for the worse that
she can no longer pay her visits as usual
to the Chateau of Caeken. She has to
be closely watched at the palace of Ter
vueren, where the Queen OF the Belgians
goes to see her twicea week Her meh-
tai alienation IS now accompanied by
fever, which confines her to her bed in a
state of complete prostratlon. lit2fi5ai
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The State Department has advices that
the British Government desires again to
discuss the claims arising out of the AL.
ALBANIA question. Lord Clarendon would
prefer that Mr.. Fish should propose the
terms of settlement and make an offer
10 that effect The Secretary Of State
is of the opinion that better terms can
be agreed upon by waiting, than by i'm.
mediate action.
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Eg-The attempt to get the benefit Of
the Negro vote in Connecticut was I
failure after all. The law of that Stat.
require voters to be registered a certain
number of days before the election, and
the proclamation of the ratification o.
the fifteenth amendment was a few da
too late to let in the sugar-curcd slices
of Ham. - Bss =.
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The City Ticket.

The Republican city ticket is elected
by large majority, with the exception
of Street Commissioner, and on that Of.
flee the Republicans have succeeded al
so, but by a smaller majority.
Last fall, under the fusion arrange
ment, the Democrats and Reformers car
ried the city by several hundred. The
result this spring shows the wisdom that
was then evinced, and indicates that we
would have been badly beaten if it had
not been for it.-Cin. En0.
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LOUISVILLE, Kr., April S.-Therc was
a disastrous fire at the Indiana State
Prison, at Jeffersonville, this afternoon.
The cells of the prison are entirely de-
sroyed One convict, a colored boy,
was suffocate,l in his cell. The shops
and factories are not injured Factories
of Hall, Moore & Co. and Hall, Moore
Il Bufkhardt, in connection with the
prison, not injured. Fire ragged from 3
tl'S 80 2. NJ. Loss not yet known
The State of Indiana suffers entire loss.
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An Indiana paper reports that a young
i lady in that state was recently licensed
to marry two gentlemen, and adds that
fshe made only one happy. The paper
+ does not state which one. that was, but
the Boston Advertiser suggests that 1t
must have been the one she did not mar
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An AMENDMENT THAT BEATS THE FIR.
TENTH A Democratic Governor in Con
necticut instead Of Radical.
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EE-T The lobby al the Capitol passes
more bills than Congress docs; and Pres
ident GRANT don't veto them. These
bills have greeniink on their backs.