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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-01-05

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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-01-05
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0IIV ENS q SAT LEY,
la Att'ys for Plaintiff.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
The Radical Policy.

One GAINES, Negro State Senator ol
Texas, talks to his darkey constituents
in this wise:
"Your old masters didn't give you
any land or horses. The United States
failed to con6scate them, and the Con
stitution failed too. There is no way
left but TO tax and sell so as to get cheap
homes. If there is any virtae is taSa
tion, zoe tDiH tdr and tar, until zoe taa
them out of their lands"
That is the policy of the white leaders
of the Radical party. They will, while
retained in power, impose taxation upon
taxation upon the People until they will
be compelled to part with their lands
aud everything else to satisfy the tax
gatherer. Then starvation will follow
and the fiends in power, rolling in wealth
stolen from the People, will be satisfied
At the Ballot-boX is the place to pu
an end to this system inauguratcd TO- beg
gar and ruin the People. r.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
A Radical Opinion Of Grant.

GAS civil officer, Gen. GRANT has
proved himself preposterous failure
He has done all that one man could do
to degrade the Government and destroy
the Republican party in this line he has
a thousand times exceeded ANDREW
JOHNSON. His presents, his bribe-takers
and worthless relations in Office, his in
suits to sound and long tried Republi-
cans, and his demoralizing and absurd
efforts to gain for himself a renomina.
ton, which is entirely beyond his reach
all these have filled the Republican
masses with disgust, and will render
GRANT, as soon as he is out of power
and no longer has Offices to bestow, the
most unpopular man in the nation. p
". Y. Sun, Radical
The ''oread and butter brigade" the
office holders, cannot be made to believe
the above; but the People, who have
been robbed, and harrassed by bayonets
by the GRANT Administration believe
every word of it, and have determined
to aid in destroying the Radical party by
electing Democratic President in 1872.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
A selt-Conyicted Falsifler.

Two weeks since the Ohio State Jour.
nal, the Radical Postmaster's GRANT or
gan, charged the following against Sena-
tor THURMAN:
"Senator Thurman has franked some
thousands of circulars, and bugle calls
to the faithful all over the State"
Thousands" mind YOU. The state
ment being contradicted, and the Post
master challenged to the proof, he willis
after this fashion:
"Thc only letter for or from Judge
Thurman, that we have ever seen, was
one drought into the Office with some
hundreds of others, as we are told,
which was submitted to us by one of the
distributing clerks of the Postolfice be-
cause it was duly franked by Judge
Thurman and addressed, but contained
no inclosure and was unsealed On in.
quiring where the letter came from, we
were told "from the Democratic Com
mittee." and the clerk was directed to
place it in their box, in order that il
might receive its inc.osure."
From "thousands of circulars" as
first charged, to one enrelope cith enc
iaclosure' is the amount of the charge
of the Postmaster Editor.
IF one of the editors duties is to lie
one week and swallow it the next, he
has more whoppers inside of his Skin
than there were iice,in the land of The
Egyptians. -
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
After the Com m une.

A Paris letter to the Chicago Journal
furnishes some interesting items of gos-
sip:
The impression seems to prevail that
beneath the ruins of private houses
something like untold wealth lies engulf-
ed, and the seekers consequently are
a very numerous body. The black car
casses of the houses are any thing but
inviting for exploring parties. The ru
ins of the Column Vendome are guar
ded by sentries, which is strange, as
there is no memento now TO prig ex-
ecpt bowlders. The demands against
the various insurance companies amount
to 700,000,000 francs. They decline to
be he'd responsible under the circum-
stances, which is to be tested. There
are also 100000 disputes between land
lords and tenants set down for hearing
so that lawyers can wax fat for long
time. The last civil marriage registered
in Belleville was on the first of last
April. The Mayor who signed the
bonds was Flourens, killed on the fourth
of that month. The bridegroom was
blown up in the explosion of the Lux
embourg, and the bride took to the pe-
troleum business and is now in the
hulks.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
A Kicking Gun.

The Investigations of the Ku Klux
Committee which were to have furnished
ammunition for the next Radical cam.
paign turns out to be disastrous fail
ure.
A Radical Congress passed the outra-
geous and unconstitutional Ku Klux act
not doubling that the report of the
committee would ipfame public opinion
sufficiently to justify it. In other words,
they hung the man and then proceeded
to try him at their leisure, but behold he
is found to be not guilty.
This Ku Klux business from which the
Radicals promised themselves so much
has turned out to be gun
(which aimed at duck or plover,
Recoi!ed and kicked the owner over"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
Funeral of the Dead Soldiers.
Grand and Imposing Procession.
NO DISTURBANCE OCC URS,
Especial Dispatch to the Enquirer.

New YORK, July 16.-The respect
shown to the memory of the dead SOL
diers who were buried to-day surpassed
any thing of the kind heretofore seen
in New York. Every body was in the
streets to pay the last tribute of respect
to Wyatt aud Page, and the funeral
cortege passed through avenues lined
with the most respectable class of citi
zens.
When the regiments who had fired on
the mob on Wednesday last marched
from their respective armories to the
church where the remains of their dead
comrades were deposited, they passed
through continuous roll Of applause
and cheers, which only ceased at the
approach of the mourners. The pro-
cession was grand and imposing, and
never before was the silent majesty of
the law so all-pervading as to-day.
Not one hundreth part of the crowd
that wished to see the remains of the
gallant dead could be accommodated in
the church, but the masses satisfied
themselves by voluntarily joining in the
rear of the procession: as it filed up the
avenue. While in the church only the
Ninth Regiment, as guard of honor
carried arms, the other regiments leav-
ing their loaded muskets outside, under
the protection of guard and police
force of five hundred men. Great pre-.
cautions had been taken against disor,
der, but fortunately no disturbance Of
the peace occurred anywhere. The fol
lowing letter from Colonel James Fisk
was read to his command during the fu.
neral services of Wyatt and Page:
"Will you say to our soldiers to NOR
row, for me, that I am not able to pay
the last tribute to the roble men who sc
willingly did their duty for law and or
der, and gave up for that cause all a sol
dier has to give-his life. God bles:
our regiment, and believing that at thi:
time of our great bereavement the Al
Powerful, to whom we so truly now pay
homage, has done that which is right
eous and just, though painful for US,
willingly bow my head and heart il
thanksgiving and prayer, and we mus
abide by the verdict which has beer
rendered by Him"
Another sad incident CONNECTED Will
the riot is the suicide to day of Edwart
Jaffney, prominent member of th'
Ninth Regiment. There are various ru
mors as to the cause that led to the sui
eide, but the correct reason has jus
been obtained from member of the
family. Jaffney was an intelligent young
drug clerk, a devoted Catholic, wht
would not turn out with his regimen
on the 18th. The conflict between tht
duty to his regiment and to his religion
preyed upon his mind so terribly tha
he became demented on Wednesday af
ternoon, and this morning cut hi
| throat.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
GreenbaCk Harvest for the POST
Office Ring.

The Post Office ring is now in the
midst of its harvest at Washington
Contracts for carrying the mails in the
West and Southwest furnish the crop
This ring has managed to get hold Of
the fattest jobs that were to be had in
that region either by favoritism or ras-
cality at the last letting, or by purchase
since. Finding rich contract about to
expire this crew would buy it at trifing
expense, the original contractor knowing
it had but few days Or weeks to run.
But when the time for re- letting az
rives these worthy exponcnts of GRANTS
administration put in straw bids away
below the actual cost of transporting the
mails, and thus cut off responsible bid
ders at fair prices. The contracts are
accordingly awarded to these straw-bid-
dcrs, who, of course, never come for,
ward 10 give bonds. The result is that
the transportation on the routes thus
juggled are continued on the old terms
for six months or year, or until such
further time as they GIN be relet to re-
sponsible bidders.
With CREswELL, of CHoRPENNING fame,
at the head of this department the ring
is in clover
So powerful has the post Office ring
become, and so completely is the post
Office department in it's grasp, that but a
very small portion of the routes recently
advertised were let.
1t would be q great qualification to
hear of some branch of GRANTS admin
istration which is not run by corrupt
ring. 1t is little hard on the taX-pay-
ers to have a huge swindle of tariff
kept up in order to furnish money fol
these greedy thieves to steal.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
Another Item for the Ku Klux
Committee,

LITTLE Rock, ARKANSAS, July 10
Quite serious affray occurred in Indie.
pendence County on the 4th. Three
brothers named Vernon, noted despera-
does, at Sulphur Rock, interfered during
the celebration, and fired into crowd of
about one thousand persons, seriously
injuring the Deputy Sheriff, and creating
a general CONSERVATION. Two of the
party were arrested. All three are Rad
ical desperadoes, who have kept the
neighborhood in continual uproar.,,
MORTON, BUTLER, GRANT & Co, will
not give the above in the report of the
Radical Ku Klux Committee. How
much would you give, gentlem en-, to be
out of that Ku Klux conspiracy to hum
bug the People?
The tables have turned on you, and
you are the humbuggers humbugged.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
From the n. Y. Sun, Rsdidal.]
The Off mce.HOsders' Humbug

''Can anybody tell us what state there
is, except perhaps New Jersey. and Indi-
ana, whose delegates to the approaching
Republican National Convention will
vote for Grant? ,..
ave hear great deal from the Office
holders about the certainty of Grants
nomination; but we defy them to name
a State, beside the two we have men,
toned, whose delegates are sure to sup
port him. At the same time twenty
States can be named that are sure to vote
against him first, last and all the time .
What have the Office holders and their
friends to say to the above opinion from
a Radical who held the position of AS
sistant Secretary of War during the re-
bellion?
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
Think of This.

Every head of family in the United
States who keeps his wife and children
comfortably fed and clothed, pays from
$40 to $50 per year into the pockets of
monopolists, through the agency of the
tariff.
This is entirely exclusive of the
amount of revenue raised from this
source which goes into the treasury.
1t is an indisputable fact, that more
than two-t thirds of the increased price
which the tariff puts upon goods goes
into the greedy purses Of the favored
few.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25

HUnder the provisions of the pos
tai money order treaty with Great Brit
ain, money orders of $50, or less, of
American currency, or e10 sterling, OF
less, may be obtained on England, Ire.
land and Scotland in the Postoffices OF
the United States, and on any portion
Of the United States in the Postoflices
of the United Kingdom. The treaty
goes into effect on the lst day of Octo.
Der rext, and will prove vast conve.
nience to both American citizens ana
British subjects. 1t will cut of some
of the profits of the bankers.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
How the Tariff Taxes.

The poor man goes to bed, draws q
sheet over him, taxed So PER CENT.
And blanket taxed 240 PER CENT.
His carpet is taxed so PER CENT.
Window blind taxed 35 PER CENT.
Window glass taxed 50 per cent.
Window curtain taxed so PER CENT
And his water pitcher taxed 40 PER
CENT.
The Radical leaders claim that this
legislation benefits the People. The
above robs the People to put money into
the pockets of the Monopolists -and
leaders of the Radical party.
Rally every Democrat in Monroe
County to the Democratic Mass Meeting
at Woodsfeld, on Thursday, the
Sd DAY OF AUGUST,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
The Truth at Last,

"lt Is not uncommon to hear threats
made here daily, against men who dare
to say they are going to vote against the
ring candidates, especially the candidate
for Representative, They declare they
have the "money and the brains," ami
they are going to rum this county or ruin
everybody acho goes against them. That
is the character Of the ku klux ring who
manage political affairs here. Ere,y
man 'oho opposes them IS folio Ded and
hunted dorn like thief Threats are
made against him, and every species of
intimidation employed to drive men into
their support, and many men are driven
in by these means. IT. +. Vildes, Ed
itor Athens Journal, Radical, July 6,
1871.
The italics are ours.
During the campaign OF 1868, T. F..
WILDEs edited the Athens Messenger,
then, as now,the Ring journal of Athens
County. In that campaign we published
communications setting forth what is
contained in the above, and were met
with torrents of abuse, viz: liar, slal =
dercr, scouudrel, villifier, and other
terms equally as vulgar. The Ring went
50 far as to prosecute the editor of this
paper for libel. Then WILDEs was run
ming the ring machine and was its most
supple tool.
Now, he has paper of his own and
contesses that we published nothing but
the truth in our articles holding up the
Athens Ring to the scorn of all honest
men.
"Truth is mighty and will prevail" 4"
even though it comes from General
Thomas +. WILDEs, former tool of the
! Athens Ring.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
Where the Taxes Go!

There have been more defaulters, and
larger amount of the Peoples taxes
stolen in one week of GRANTS admins
tration, than during all the administra-
tons of the other Presidents.
Come to the Democratic Mass Meet
ing on Thursday, August 8, and hear
Gen. MORGAN on that subject.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
Negro Ku Klux In North Carolina
Two White Men Killed.

WILMINGTON, N. C., July l7.-In Rob-
eson County this morning Lowry and his
band Of negro outlaws waylaid and kill
ed Daniel Murdoch Mclean, a promi-
nent citizen, and Hugh Mclean, his
brother, youth only thirteen yeare old
They also wounded Archibald McCul-
lom. These parties were riding along a
public road in buggy, and were fired
on from a thick piece of woods A state
of terror exists among the women and
children of Robson. County. The
Sheriff has a posse of $50 men in the
field, but their efforts thus far to capture
the outlaws have been perfectly fruit
less.
MORTON, BUTLER, GRANT & Co., are
particularly requested to have this ap-
pear, in full, in the Radical Ku Klux re-
port Remember these are not Demo-
cratic outrages; they are murders com
mitted by your own outlaws.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25

EgOur axes are taxed, by the tariff,
45 PER CENT ;hammer so PER CENT
screws $50 PER CENT :pick so PER
CENT and gimlet so PER CENT. Is
This taxation ro5s the taxpayers of
this country for the benefit of the Mo,
nopolists. Every voter in Monroe
County ought to come to Woodsfel6 to
the great Democratic Mass Meeting, on
Thursday, the Sd day of August.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25

Ey Hand saws are taxed by the tariff
75per cent; penknives 80 per
cent; dinner can 35 per cent and
an iron hooped barrel 60 per cent.
All this tariff taxation is the work of
Radical Congress. 1t robs the People
to enrich few Radical leaders and Mo-
nopolists.
Each township should form process
sions and come to the great Democratic
Mass Meeting at Woodsfeld on Thurs.
day, the Sd day Of August, with banners
flying.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25

EyThe Albany Argus asks: "Why
does not Secretary Boutwell,, advocate
the substitution of S300,o00,000 green
backs for the s3OO,OO0,O0O National
Bank notes in circulation This change
of Natioeal Bank notes into greenbacks
would save the people Of the United
States S20,000,000 per annum, and re-
duce the National debt $50, 600, 900 per-
mancntly. 1t would work out the solu-
ton Of the debt question faster than his
funding system, which is a confessed
failure"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
special Dispatch to the Enquirer.]
The Union City Negro Flend Raw
iSheS Another Young Hady--sIe c
is Arrested and Identified.

GREENvILLE,O, July ia negro by
the name of Charles Hammond overlook
beautiful young lady Of nineteen years
by the name of Mary j. Clay. while she
was going to visit nei9hbor nea,
Woodington, Darke County, Ohio, and
by brute force he ravished her, her cries
for help being all in vain. He then rob-
bed her OF pocket-handkerehief and
penknifc. She ran to the house of 6
friend and told her tale of woe,the finger
marks of violence still on her throat
The negro was pursued, caught, and the
knife aud handkerchief found OH his per
son. He is now in the Darke County
! ihil to await trial.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
The San DOmingO Rascality Not
Yet Abandoned.

When GRANT found that his San Do
mingo job was utterly hopeless he made
a great merit Of standing over the whole
matter to the judgment Of the American
people" The American people had put
their unqualified condemnation on the
corrupt project long before this transpa.
rent trick of handing the subject over
had been formed, and GRANT had been
doing his very utmo4,by fair means and
foui, to consummate his schemein spite
of the known wishes of the people.
Defeated in this he male false pre-
tense Of ahandnnin5 the job in difference
To public sentiment, ayailing himself of
the OCCASION to repeat his pet dema-
goguism about having no policy to en-
force against the will OF his constitu-
cnts. The Postmaster press of this
country, always ready, shouted hoSannas
to the man who feeds them, and never
wearied of showing how eminently
proper it was that the scheme shoull be
abandoned, and how gracefully their
master had yielded it up
Bat it seems that Notwithstanding
GRANTS ostentatious REIMBURSEMENT OF
tie scheme, and the grand chorus of hal
lelujahs by his stipenaiaries, he has all
this lime been quietly nourishing his dir
ty bantling at the public expense.
A naval squadron is still kept at Sa'
mana Bay to give moral support to the
tottering authority of BAEz through
whom GRANT has hoped to effect his
speculation. This moral support has
cost the country more Than three mil
lions of dollars. and is to continue no.
body knows how much longer.
The prcteXt under which this enor
nous expenditure is made is, that we are
keeping up a coaling station at Samana
Bay. This pretense is without any foun.
dation. BY the terms of the agreement
under which our forces entered Samans
it was to become binding when ratified
by the Senate, and within four months
from date. That time expired last
March, and the agreement has become 6
dead letter, yet our vessels are kept
there, and the people are footing the
bills.
GRANT inaugurated this precious piece
of roguery by an unauthorized expendi
ture of S149,00 drawn from the secre
service fund and is continuing it by :
palpatle usurpation of power.
In addition to the fact that he is keep
irg large naval force on the coast o
San Domingo it is known that he ha:
been endeavoring to induce certain par
ties to pay another years rent for Sal
Domingo, and thus keep up sort o
show of possession until he can ge
ready for another effort to secure hi
prize.
| The pretense that GRANT ever aban
doned this corrupt job is fraud, ,and tn
success of the Radical party which en-
l.
dorses him, will be the signal for NOR
determined attempt to consummate tn
most discreditable piece of jobbery eve
contemplated by an American President
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
EThe Columbus Journal inforl

EThe Columbus Journal informs
us that the Radical politicians of Athens
County, are just now engaged in a quar-
rel among themselves that sis utterly
scandalous anil disgracefdl;" :" and having
become "a first class nuisance" the cen.
trail organ calls upon 'every man of de-
cency and sense to have it abatcd.
/. It's Ring fight, and no imam of de-
cency and sense" will have anything to
do with il.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25

NThe Radical tariff taxes marble,
out of which tombstones are made, 20
per cent.
That is taxing man afte- he is dead.
Don't fail to attend the Democratic Mass
Meeting at Woodsield, on Thursday,
the 81 day of August.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25
A Temperate Disturbance I'm q
Tea.POt.
From the Winchester Times

A temperance meeting was held at ths
west front of the State House on Satur.
day evening last, and in the next Mon.
day mornings issue of the journal is
the following:
"Every honest man is interested in
driving the whole NANCY crew OF dead.
beat reformers and pretended sympa-
thizers with temperance and religion
and labor, into the limbo of forgetful-
ness, which is the he'll of disappointed
politicians.
Pretty well said for an editor wheha
q postoilice, which is the heaven cf "a
successful politician. '2as-
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25

RBooks are taxed by the tariff %
per cent, gloves are taxed 80 per
cent, a ladies neck tie or ribbon 60
per cent.
This is done to rob the People At
tend the Democratic Mass Meeting on
Thursday, the 81 day of August.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25

~Liberty and Equality: Equa
Rights aad Equal Burdens,are the stakes
for which we fight. The People arc
with us. Our cause is the Peoples, and
the cause Of the People is the cause o.
Coo.
Then rally to the Democratic Mass
Meeting at Woodsfeld, on Thursday
the Sd day Of August.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25

THE PRESENT-TAKER.

The Republicans Lament---sEc
Turns 10 Farming for CensOla-
tiOn.
Is there no way to save the party?
A short time since twas hale and hearty:
But now tis sick with fraud and schism.
Caused by Grants presents and nepotism.
To think makes me sad, to write still sadder,
The more reflect, grow madder and mad
der,
The state of the party is most alarming,
Suppose we try ''What l know of Farming!
?. T.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-07-25

~The Wellsburg (West Va.) Ne,cs
says, JACOBS, editor of the Herald, was
robbed of twenty dollars!
An editor with twenty dollars! How
did he obtain it? We don't believe a
single word of that little yarn.