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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06
EXECUTIVE Usurpations.

The New York San, Radical, COM
menting on Grants recent message TO
Congress, calling for extra provisions
to preserve life and property at the
South, calls it fresh evidence of Grants
ignorance. The editor reminds the
President that Congress has nothing
to do with passing laws for the pro-
lection of life and property. That is
tine duty of the State Governments.-
There is no authority in the Constitu-
ton for the passage of any laws to
protect the life or property of citizens
in any State. That power belongs eN-
clusively to the Legislatures, Of the
several States; and when the Presi-
dent calls upon Congress for the en-
actment of laws of this description,
he calls for legislation which trans
cends the powers of that body. AS
for the carrying of the mails and the
collection of the revenue, which the
President says are now dangerous, he
already has as much power. for the re-
moval of that danger as he should de-
sire. The army of the United States
is under his control for precisely this
service; and if its forces are not suf-
ficient to protect the mail carriers and
revenue collectors, he has a right to
call upon the Governors of the States
for the militia for that purpose. When
he invites Congress to pass laws
upon this subject, he simply gives
conclusive proof of his own igno-
rance and incapacity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06
War forrhe Suggestion.

President General Grant who was
elected to the first Office in the gift of
the American people on the euphone-
Gus aphorism ffLet US have Peace, is
anxious 10 unsheath The sword again,
as if to work up another civil war.
Perhaps we ought not to be surprised
at this, says the \. Y. E,spresS. But
for the last civil war, in all human
probability, he would never have been
heard of in public life, and now that
he is there, it looks as if he wanted to
continue there, by rekindling the
ashes of a strife that profiteG him so
well. This may be a hard thing to
say, but look at the facts. He cannot
wait the tardy but safe process of leg
islation, whereby it is proposed to
discover by actual inquiry what truth
there is in the alleged Ku-KIux out
RACES South, but he sends first a mes
sage to Congress invoking that body
to do thus and so-and then, scarcely
waiting to afford them opportunity to
discuss that message, we now have
proclamation calling upon certain per-
sons and combinations in South Caro-
lima to disperse within twenty days,
or he will employ the land and naval
forces of the United States to ''protect
life and property" to "securo public
order,' etc., etc. fa
Now, if there were really any ac-
ceptable evidence Gas there is not that
life and property We're in danger to
the extent (which the Presidents par
tlsans represent-or, if it was not. as
clear as the Doon-day sun that this en-
tire hu-Klux outcry IS part of the
Radical plan for retaining power in
the reconstructed States after the next
Presidential election-this hot haste,
on the part of the Executive to re-
march the army down. South, might
pass without criticism. More than
that, it would be endorsed by Demo-
Gratis, as upholders of law and order,
as heartily as by Republicans. AS it
is, however, we repeat the conviction
that the war, to which the President
would thus seem to be feeling his way
is simply a acdr for the Presidential
succession. 1t is absolutely necessary
to his own reelection, OF the election
of the Republican candidate, whoever
he may be, that a firm Radical grip
should be retained on the Southern
arpet-baggeries, and hence the Ku-
Klux cry with the message and proc
lamation which have followed it. The
result in New Hampshire and the
whole drift of public opinion, North,
being dead against Radicalism, now,
it is a matter of prime Importance,
hence, that the south should be held
to its, fealty to the powers that be, by
the only way it can be held by. the
employment meanwhile of bayonets
and bullets. -... st...5-.
That, we take it, is the true interpre-
tation of the motives which inspire
these arbitrary stretches of Executive
power. Anon, we shall see what will
come of it. 80.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

CAPITALIZATION one who has
one particle of respect for the system
of Government established by the fra
mers of the Federal Constitution, can
fail to contemplate with alarm and re-
gret the tendency towards centraliza-
ton of power under the rule of the
Radicals. With our vast territories
and varying social habits and interests,
it is impossible to subject the whole
to one uniform system of local gov
ernmeht without injury to every part.
If the general government dictated
our local laws, they would be made
with little reference to our wishes, in
terests or happiness, but rather in ac-
cordance with the will and prejudices
of the constituents of those who are
Ignorant of our local affairs, and who
have in the Senate of the United States
a representation and power so much
greater than our own. Under such a
system of absorption of state powers
under one federal head, corruption
and legislation would soon become
synonymous terms; the liberties of
the people would be overthrown, and,
in the effort to regain them, the re-
public would be destroyed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

For the purpose of testing the sim
cerity of the Radical professions of
love for the oman and BROTHER" the
Democrats of the First Ward in Cleve-
land nominated a colored man for
Assessor on their ticket named p. r.
Freeman, who accepted the nonlina-
ton. AS might be expected the Rad
icals denounced him as a renegade
and traitor and they and all their ne
gro allies went back on him. They
are the friends of the darkies just as
long as they can use them as a cats
paw to rake their chestnuts out of the
fire. So long as they can employ
them to perpetrate their system of
partial, unjust and oppressive meas
ures, but when one of them thinks of
asserting his freedom from party die
tation, and favors equal taxation and
equal laws, they stralghtway begin to
denounce and persecute him. That
is all the regard they have for the me-
gro.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

TERRIBLE BOILER ExPLosIoN.-A A
Cincinnati telegram dated April 1st,
says: The boiler in Uriah Mccall g.
Cos. distillery,- at McCalls Landing,
Brown county, Ohio, exploded yester-
day, greatly damaging the building,
and killing six persons and wounding
nine others, two of whom have since
died. The loss on the building is
about $4,000. The cause is not ascer-
tanned. Among ahe rumors is one,
that number of the hands had been
in drunken state for two days. The
distillery had been running day and
night, Sunday excepted.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

AT the latest advices the San Do
mingo Commission had not made
their report and it was quite uncertain
when the document would come to
light. There have been so many
amendments made that the whole
complexion of Wade's report is ma
terially changed, and it is limited that
there may be more than one report
Summers speech is apparently having
some effect to make the Administra-
ton " go slow on the calculation"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

Ben. WADE's name has been men-
toned in connection with the candida
cy for Governor OH the Radical ticket
this fall, and Bluff old Ben," is sur
prised thereat, and has authorized the
statement that he does not desire the
honor. He needn't be at all alarmed.
His connection with the San Domingo
job will render him among the una.
Hailables.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06


On the 18th of December last the
House of Representative directed the
Secretary of the Treasury to furnish a
statement of balinces due by ex-col-
lectors of internal revenue, and the
cause of removal in each case. To
this Mr.. Boutwell, responded Febru-
airy Is, 1871, by some tabular state
ments, quite vague enough, and the
curious declaration that "the records
in this department would, in some
cases, furnish reason for removal !;
but it is not possible to respond to
that part of the resolution in the man.
ner apparently contemplated; )" which
is fiat refusal to obey the House,
there being surely no impossibility in
compliance so far as regards those
cases in which the records furnish
a reason for removal" On the 18th
inst. Mr.. Morgan, of Ohio, introduced
another resolution calling attention to
this contempt of the House, and Mr..
Boutwell,, by sending i'll anew his let
ter Of the 18th of February, justifies
his contempt by its repetition. He
will not allow the records to say why
the ex-collectors were removed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

The election in Cleveland on Mon
day resulted in the triumph of the
Republicans by decided majority.
L. w. Pelton has about 1900 majority
over Buhrer, for Mayor. The Repub-
icans elected nine and the Democrats
six Councilmen-giving the Republic
cans Is and the Democrats u in the
Council.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

CoNNECrIcUT.-The election which
took place in Connecticut on Monday,
resulted in the election of Jewell, Re-
publican, for Governor, by a small
majority. Two Democrats and two
Republicans are probably elected to
Congress.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

p Z
HARMoNIoUs.--The Republican State
Central Committee of Ohio. which
recently met at Columbus, resolved
that they would carry the State this
fall, but they were evidently deter
mined not to carry the "dead weight"
of Grants administration. The Gin
cinnati Commercial says, sit was pro-
posed by them to indorse the admin
istration of President Grant by pass
ing an unqualified resolution of ap-
proval; but the movement originating
in few feeble federal Office holders,
was frowned down." Areport of the
meeting which we find in Radical
journal contains the following:
.'The hit of the evening was, when
a prominent Republican said that if
he had occasion to speak to the peo-
pie this fall in behalf of the Republi-
can party he did not propose to trou-
BILE himself in vindicating the Grant
and Dent families, of whom but TWEEN
ty-three held Office, nor would he de-
vote himself to illustrating the glories
of San Domingo. He was not aware
that it was part of the creed of the
Republican party that the whole of
the family of the President and his
wife should be provided with fat pla-
ces. or that it was necessary to annex
tropical island in order to obtain a
fresh supply OF earthquakes and yell
low fever. And the speaker did not
expect, either, to give any portion of
his time toe showing why Charles
Sumner could not be permitted to re-
main at the head of the Committee on
Foreign Relations in the Senate
These were the utterances of the eve-
ming that excited an uproar of ap-
plause.' ..ssss
The RAIDS are beginning to find that
Grant and his numerous family are
about the bitterest pill they ever un-
dertook to swallow, They are not
any of them anxious to claim the
empty honor of having been the first
to suggest his name.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06
Valuable Lots for Sale.

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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

JEs So.-A few days ago, Senator
Blair in his confab in the U. S. Senate
with Senator Scott, of Pa, pronounc-
ed Congress the original Ku-Klux.-
True the higher law, radical leaders,
Beast Butler, Morton, Chandler and
company, who control Congress are
the real and original Ku-Klux. They
are the conspirators against liberty,
the violators of constitutional rights
and laws. A
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

For Paints, Oils, Varnish-
es, Dye Stuffs, Brushes, Pa
tent Medicines, Perfr1meries,
Toilet Articles, Pocket Books
Pocket Knives, OF anything
in the Drug or Fancy Goods
Line, go to Headquarters,
which is at
RICKEY,S Drug Store.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06
"A Pure Negro Government.

Pure and simple negro government
is that of Hayti, with currency that
beats that of the French assignats all
hollow, as it requires $1,000 in paper
10 buy pound of tea! In five years
it has had three revolutions and 4, 1000
Army Major Generals. We are not
surprised to learn that even Fred.
Douglass regards it as failure, as do
DR.. DR.. Howe and Ben. Wade. Ter
rible is the ignorance of the people,
while their low civilization is barbar-
ism. They do not know the meaning
of a republic. A wholly conpetant
and trustworthy gentleman connec-s
ed with the Commission, who was
there thirty years ago, says he calnot
see the slightest improvement. The
Hayt tians are better and wiser peo-
pie than those in Santo Domingo, and
yet the Commission will cry, "Annex
land, idols, ignorance, barbarism and
ALL" 1t will please the President, and
consumate good World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

SToP Now.-The New York I3t-
6une, which is high authority in the
Radical party, in commenting ON the
declaration of principles put forth by
the new organization headed by Ex-
Secretary Cox, Hon. Stanley Matthews
and others, in favor of universal am
nesty, civil service reform, specie cur
rency, and tariff for revenue only,
says the last named plank +" iacolces
the utter distntegratioa and destruc-
tio'a Of the Republican party" There
are very many of the leading men and
a number of the newspapers of the
Radical party, especially in the West,
which have been declaring for free
trade. Let them listen to the admo-
milton of old Drab and prepare to
= come ommediately down."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

THE New Hampshire Democrats ev-
identity have proper realization of
their position. and are determined to
maintain it. The Manchester Union
says: #
"The Democrats are coming into
power, and ale coming to stay. There
is not the least danger that they will
be displaced until they deserve to be.
A great many good men voted with
us this year who have not done so be-
fore, at least not recently; and we
have only to do right to attach them
permanently to our organization, and
attract others who care less for party
than peace and prosperity. We have
not the least apprehension in regard
to the immediate future aHa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

A NYTHING you want done in the line
"A Heads, Cards Posters Pamphlets. &c, be
sure and come 20 the Press Office, on Chestnut
stroet, north end of Empire FLOCK.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

LNOR Posters, Hand Bills, Bill Heads, &c
Il como the Press Office, on.Chest stnut, Street
north end of Empire Book
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

THE st. Paul Dispatch, one of the
ablest among the Radical journals of
the West, says:
History has such propensity to re-
peat itself, that thoughtful Rcpub-
licans are aroused to the dilemma
they are in, and do not hesitate to pro-
nounce that the only course of safety
is to drop the present Administration,
and the coTTuptneSs that as grouped
about ii, and strike out anew. This
indeed is the only policy on which
there can be any hope for success in
1872. The Republicans are crippled,
and the struggle Tor victory will be
precarious. The position must be
taken firmly, and at once if the disas-
ter ofa Democratic triumph is to be
arrested. This is the duty of the
hour.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

Z The total subscription to the new
five per cent. loan to the 1st inst, wss
$50,O15, ,0JO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06
Th. Pnlitic.I Horizon.

There is much in the present polit-
to action, and if they do not sweep
everything before them in the elec-
tons of 1S7l.- it will be because of
their own inactivity. The result of
the election in New Hampshire, the
quarrel between Grant and Sumner,
the gladiatorial combat, on the floor
of Congress, between Speaker Blaine
and Spooney Butler, all have their
significance and now to cap the eli.
max, Congress is engaged in extraor
dinary session attempting 10 enact
laws that are revolutionary III their
character, and that, TOO, against the
solemn protests of the ablest and most
influential of the Republican Journals
throughout the country. We agree
with a Western exchange in IFS re-
mark that 'therc are signs all round
the horizon of rapidly progressing
political change that should kindle
bright hopes in every Democrats
heart and stimulate him to put forth
every effort to hasten the day of vic
tory that is so auspicuously announc-
ed" We can only give our readers
tithe of the history of the outrageous
proceedings of the party now in pow
er. 1t is safe, however, TO say, IL at
they have never been equaled in the
history of the country, for wasteful
extravaganza, unequal taxation, un-
lust and bnrdensome legislation, exec
utive domination and general viola
ton of all political principles that
guarantee a government, Republican
in form, to the people of the United
States.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-04-06

The editor of the Lynchburgh Re
publican is in receipt OF the following
letter, which it copies cerbatim ct lit
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-06-23

SOLDIERS OF 1912.

- War Of lsi2 eaEsfsG or drafted, who served in
Army or Navy, are By law, now entitled 70 receive
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Albany, n. Y, viii give prompt and personal
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any information desired furnished, on the applca-
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CHARLES HUESDON,
- State ST., Albany, n. 7.
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SILVER GOODS &c.

4 GOOD ASSORTMENT Of solid Silver Goods
u Reed BartOn's Simpson, Hall, Miller Co,
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Plated Goods in great variety, which vii be sold
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Black Jewelry; Gold Pens and Pencils
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Goods viii prove good as represented, and we
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Casters Cake Baskets, Vases urns, Napkin Rings
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Silver Door Plates. and Badges 70 order. Watches,
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We ain 70 give satisfaction in.sales and work. At
ths OLD STAND, Church Street established 1873.
J. 2. BRINSMAID.
Nav T-dku.f
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-06-23

Some bsd little colorei boys ST OmShs told
their mothers, the other Sunday, that they were
going 20 read the Bible 10 a sick companion. but
instead went oil 10 a secluded spot ana put q
quxntity Of powder ana lighted match into a
bottls together None were seriously injured
except the operator, who had his front scalp, in
GLIDING his eyebrows. neatly taken Of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-06-23

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After two or three applications the dent or bruise
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