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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-03-21

The present State Senate will be com
posed of Democrats and Radicals.
This is one of the greatest revolutions
in popular sentiment that has occurred
at State election since 1860. And il
portends the complete decentralization
and overthrow of sthe partylin power =
Its corruption and despotic acts have
alarmed and awakened the people to ac
ton. The same views are entertained
throughout the whole country, by the
people. as were entertained by those,
who, in New Hampshire. walked to- the
Polls ana voted their condemnation OF
the party that has legislated ruin and
bankruptcy upon this country.
LArER.-The election for Governor
will have to be decided by the Legisla.
ture. as WESTON, the Democratic candi.
date, lacked about 200 votes of having
a majority Of all the votes cast There
were three tickets in the field.
The Legislature is Democratic in both
branches. The House by 5 or 10 ma.
jority, and the Senate 6 Democrats to
Radicals with 2 vacancies. The Senate
itself fills the vacancies, therefore thu
Senate win stand 8 Democrats to 4 Rad,
icals. ss, $,
This makes WEsroNs electionaa Gov
ernor certainty. ii.sE
The entire Democratic delegation t
Congress, three members, b elected.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-03-21

The N. Y. Post. one of the ableS,
Radical journals in the country, says o.
the Outrage Committee:
uAs q matter Of mere political expedi
eucy, the Republican leaders can dc
nothing SO ,inwlse as 70 continue tnell
spec,aI ieg'sla''ve in.e'ieleice ~ wy
,es's ), ~ ~ % o,, 1nJ saS
.const;futional rs forms and ( guards q and nd ,cil
resent further entra coastitatioaal legis
lation. AS q matter Of policy IN the
SouInern ola1es' expel'ence -, h1a = saoml Sow
Mani ., o,sl,, ,sr,,et,,atss and increases dis.
orders; q and that the Quickest way to
peace is to- canse all parties in those
States to understand that they must hve e
s. sr syan, ,ha i, Ia e;sordsrs cord theu create "a tha, m
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-03-21

ET Senator D. Isl WADE, who has re-
ceived the appointment Of Chief Justice
of Montana Territory, is not, says the
Enquirer, "a good lawyer or even a fair
one, but he is fully endorsed as nephew
of old BEN,' who Is reported in favor
Of San Domingo go,and is . relation Of the
smiling CoLFAxs wife. He win hold on
to his Senatorship until ready to start
for Montana, for he gets five dollars per
day for so doing. nfaa8 ol
So it appears that GRANT has com
menced appointing CoIFAx's relations to
Offices they have not the, ability to FILL
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-03-21
The Last slonsfros,,v.

The last Bayonet Act proposed by tho
Radical leaders in Congress, and which
viii pass, exceeds all Others in the tvran.
ny by which GRANT and his military
lackeys mean to drive the people under
the yoke of actual despotism. Here is
the bill in full as offered by SHELLABAn.
GER. of Ohio, at the dictation of the oc
cupant of the White House:
@Be II enacted, dc, That in. all cases
Iof insurrcction or obstruction to the
laws, either Of the United States or of
any individual State or Territory, by
combinations too powerful to be sup
pressed by the ordinary course of ,judi-
cial proceedings and in nll Leases where
the constitutional authorities of any
State or Territory shah failuor refuse to
so execute the laws thereof as to secure
to all persons the equal protection Of the
laws, it shall be lawful for the President
of the United States to employ such part
of the land and naval forces of the Uni
ted States as shall be judged necessary
to suppress such combinations and to
cause the laws to be duly executed; and
this although the Legislature and Execu-
tive Of any such States may omit or re-
fuse to call for such forces" "2o@ 500
Let it be remembered, this is general
law,not merely to quell pretended South
ern disturbance, or conquer Southern
action, or passive repugnance, but to
reach every Northern State-Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio and New York as directly as
Texas or South Carolina. 13eti g flsFl
Under this bill the President may in
wade any State with his armed battalions,
whenever he thinks necessary, whether
the Governor or Legislature require aid
or not. Soldiers will be everywhere =
experimenting everything, protecting
everybody. 1t is the yeriest quibble to
find authority for this in the clause of
the amendment which gives Congressthe
power to carry into effect certain consti-
tutional provisions. No such construc
ton ever was pretended. II would, in
deed, have been resentfully disavowed.
We trust the Democracy and the Con
servatives of the land will take warning
in season, and crush this monster in its
cradle. 1 20 l..le eafr1
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EEThe Radicals have de2osed SUN
SER from the Craftsmanship Of the Com.
mittee on Foreign Relations.
& The people will shortly depose GRANT
and his whole retinue of domestic rela-
tons.
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what the New Hampshlre Flee.
atiOn In n0tcates. IS sf

The defeat of GRANTS partyin New
Hampshire is deeply significant. There
is probably not another State in the Un-
ion in which the, people are more staid,
or in which they make political changes
more slowly. When they do move there
must be very strong propelling power.
There were no local questions involved
in their late campaign. The issues were
precisely what they would have been had
the election been for "a President
This proves chat the careful, th mixing
Republicans are abandoning GRANTS
administration, and plainly indicates that
in the approaching elections, in other
states, we may confidently expect glori,
Gus triumphs. IN
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-03-21

NT Our Congressman, Mr. SPRAGuE,
voted against BEcK's amnesty, proposi-
tion, although, it excluded from its pro-
visions all members Of Congress and
officers Of the army and navy who
withdrew tlerefrom to aid the rebellion.
and all members of state Conventions
Who voted therein for ordinances Of Sc.
cession. @ sis
We place those little events in pickle
for Mr.. SPRAGUE's future benefit.
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How We arc Represented In Com
Sress. M

Mr.. sSPRAauE, who misrepresents this
district in Congress, voted agaiastplac-
ing salton the free list. 81
Mr.. SrRAauE, who misrepresents this
district in Congress, voted against plac-
ing coal on the fee list.
Mr.. SPRAauE, who misrepresents this
district in Congress, lodged the vote on
placing tea and coffee on the free list.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-03-21
sharp Practice.

|; Governor ScoTT, of South Carolina,
recently vetoed the appropriation lbill;o
S265. 600 for legislative expenses.
The Negro members repaired to the
Governors bank where their claims were
cashed at ten per cent discount.
That veto realized the Michigan car
pet-bagger several thousand dollars 49,
GRAsr's Gift Enterprise can't equal that
transaction.
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CoLUMBUs CORRESPONDENTS.
CoLuiiBus, o.. March Is, 1871.

i
EDS. SpIRrr: The Trustees of the Ag-
ricnitural College have some time since
accepted the donation of 100000 from
Franklin County, and have selected a
farm about two miles North of Celum-
bus on which the College will be erected
during the coming summer The funds
of this institution now amount to over
300, 900; afterthe farm! is paid for and
the buildings erected ythere;will be an en-
dowment fund of $50O,000. Last week,
at a meeting of the Trustees, Gov. Cox
(who was too honest to remain in
Grants Cabinet, was elected President
lof the College, good selection. He
is an experienced teacher, statesman
and scholar
/ IA bill has been introduced to allow a
Judge to admit a man to serve as 4 juror
in criminal cases when he has formed
and expressed an opinion from general
report, and not from conversation with
the witnesses; provided, the iaror ex-
pressed himself able, notwithstanding,to
renller an impartial verdict upon hearing
the testimony; also bill to protect life
by preventing the careless transportation
of nitro, glycerine; it provides it shall
only be carried in wagons having. the
name intro glycerine) in large letters on
them, and it shall not, under any circum-
stances, be carried through any towns or
villages. a
There are two bills regulating the
loaniDg of money by building associa
tions. As the law now is these associa.
Itions pay in q a.certain amount eaclI-week,
the money is then sold out to the high
lest bidder or to the member of the asso-
citation who will pay the highest premium
for it. None but members or deposit
tors are allowed to bid. These associa-
tons are doing much in the way of
building up our towns and cities; but as
they now stand they have too much adj
vantage over those who belong to them
and want to improve or build, and pay
too heavy d per cent to those who only
Ego into them for the purpose Of invest
! ing money. The bills introduced are to
guard the rights s-ef the purchasers of the
money and prevent an excessive premi-
umgon the bids. ( :, g .i.ss1es
IS A bill has passed the Senate which
lprovides that when an administrator has
a claim, against the estate OF. the dece..
denst the Probate Judge Shall, before al
lowing it, give poticeto the heirs ofathe
estate who may come in and contest the
|ciaim5 its further provides that either
party may appeal from the decision of
the Probate Court to tlle; Court OF Com
mon Pleas. ess sss
The death ofMr. Williams, of the
House, has given the Governor another
opportunity to show his partizan hand,
and he has ordered an election to ill the
vacancy, although the person elected
cannot possibly Elm his seat before q
time at which the Legislature ought. t.
adjourn. Mr.. Williams was elected by q
bare majoritv Of thirtytfve. If the
Democrats Of Jackson County 20 to
work with determination they win lie
able to overcome that majority and elect
10 Democrat his successor. IL In case they
do the House will be equally divided,
The colonization society held its an.
nual meeting here last night Bishop
McIlvaine, its President, aud Hon E, e
4
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tioa OF the committees Of this body are
to he determined by the personal rtla
tions Of \ Senator With any one under
heaven. Hc (Mr. Trumbully hal diff
tered witlI:the Senator from Massacl,u
|setts. and he was sorry to say some
times bitterly, hut be had and always
would, insist upon justice being done to
that Senator. He stood by the Senator
when he was struck down by The advo-
Gates of slavery, and he stood By him
TO-DAY when the blow comes from those
who have beea put into power as much
through the instrunientality Of the SEN
ator from Massachusetts as any other
mau living. (Applause in the galleries J
From the Newark Couricr1
Mr.. Summer is not only the iAolized
Senator of great Republican State, but,
to a greater degree than sny of his COL
leagnes, the acknowledged leader in the
Senate of large portion of the Repub-
lican party of the country. An insult
aimed at him will reach thousands who
will, wisely or unwiselv. consider them
selves insulted through him., Such a
complication should by all meons be
avoided bv the, administration. The
President can but i'll atfold to incur the
'displeasure of the legion who are Mr..
|, N ~ wise aoA m'e'.,
from the washington onronicies1
The comment ON the action IN Ms.
summers case was quite general last
n'gnt' ana as a RUE, anlsVo'ape. " 9
w,,i % na,1a ao ~ =. I hat We We esmnot ,,s;st the 70
faaI;ng that Il il np;thar w;sa nor rioht
r. ~. c.sa;,,,,...; ,,.,s,,s,.;.,1
T,.a .J ..a;a :, ~, aaa ~ Till nrov
a, as,, =. s Az, :, ~. ' h;s sanas;t;on
v.ss,el !; I Wy y uass s;,;s' sas -. oese
:; 49, u ns .,.p Ipos, ",,,a nv ~ naedlass .o a~
nend;,nra ,,a. IT, 30 ,o, Of millions @ @ Of monev tor
pI; ph;oh ,ho,o = = ny ao ,onas.;tt,
rrha laast harn, dana hn !, w;I, ho "a
rendar Tho. sSsno,n;nst;on m Of Grant. Or
NJ lsast .h,s r. election ;mnoss;bla
fr..., ~. ,,u;.... T.;,,,,n.1
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=. in.s sApuls,o: u MT. sa.nnst aouf ~
.nc !. e'allsas"sn.p =, ~. u on,.' .hanas, -
wu'o,l NJ na.. oee:. % lo.s .Ae- ao'e
.' a,.s d., = r. ,;s4ss h.o.,,sn : i
! i,,.,u, a;n,.d a. = ~ ,vho desn;,a of
so,,o : ny ,,orsnms, S - wa.snass .;s lnown and
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-03-21
A Wall OF woe,

That the revenue reformers are in q
majority in the lower House Of Congress
is indicated, not only by the vote to
place salt and coal on the free list, but
by the pitiful wall Of the arch monopo-
list KELLEY, II am In the minority now
So will his party be IN the Senate, as
soon as the people can reach that body
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E@JoHx w. JOHNSON, Conservative,
has been elected u. S. Senator from Vir-
ginia by a voteiof los to so for JOHN r.
PoPHAM, Radical. .'a M
That's the result, sum total, Of Recon
struction Perhaps the bayonet law will
enable GRANT toregulate the votes of
the South in the future. That's what it
was passed for. ~ ~ - ~ = ssf,s e
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EEOhio, New York and other States
propose to change the time for holding
their Fall elections, in order to-ayoid the
internal interference Of GRANTS Bayonet
Election Law. 10 ssseh s
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RAt Columbus, Ohio, one day last
week, DAN RICE paid 500 fora locomo-
tive to enable him to oyertake passen-
ger train. is.n t,ste 1.,ts
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RH. j.. and THos, L. JEwErr have
retired as Director and President Of the
Pan Handle Railroad and its leased
lines.
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EE isn't that a fine rooster growing
over the Democratic victory m New
Hampshire? ;g.,,sss
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EESuMsER is planting his batteries,
loaded to the mnzzlc and double shotted,
for a pitched battle with the San Domiinl-
go ring. No quarter to be given or re-
ceiyed. 81
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EEA pungent writer says, ITO ex-
change SuMsER for CAMERoN is to swap
an eagle for toad
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eE,rher Imbecili,y or Dlshonesty

Either ImbeCility or Dlah0nesty.' ?
Doxx PrArr in his WASHINGTON letter
r;.a;,,..; r.u,...:,,, l,,,.a;as,a
y .ne .ta''nl'a'' oo"''0'u' 'a'''l2
ot Inc iotn INST, SAYS sc sc,
sf "This man, General Grant, has
brought US to just that pass that we ere
forced to look TO the opposition for help.
y Is very olIncsls ior 11e people 20 Rlow now
Nv sS an - imnsrs;al s,ndv of ,ha fam;lv I aas ,,s
can make q pretty correct estimate
Take the Orville Grant letter, for ex
ample, and the atrocious history con-
aee'eo Mitn u ihere Is Drc sler VINO
.h u,u nu' .oo;S. oo.1 - v.,ns ~. oeus oeuso -
West Point. Then, again, take that
Stoms transaction, where the Father, Of
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EEFor the year ending December 81,
1870, the total number of immigrants ar
fiving in this country vas sa0,a75.
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SAN Domingo and the Negro Race.

| The administration papers are just
now gushing with elaborate accounts Of
the natural advantages of San Domingo
Correspondents were sent there, selected
with. special view to their ability FOL
writing mp that speculation, and they
seem wholly bent on outdoing each other
in that capacity. Their glowing descrip
tions read like the paid puffs which the
land grabbers employ in extolling the
merits of their stolen lands.
| Although this same San Domingo was
the first discovered and first settled land
| in the Western Hemisphere, one might
suppose from reading these peans OF
praise that it was an undeyeloped earthly
paradise unknown until these fluent wri-
ters spread knowledge Of it before q
gaping and gulliblc world.
/. OF course they are too shrewd to
boast much Of what that coveted coun-
TRY has done. or what it is now doing;
because well authenticated statistics
show that the whole of it does no more
business than respectable corner gro
Gerry. Their gloriiicatious are therefore
in the future tense, and their imagina-
tions have free range in prophesying its
magnificent possibilities.
But is there not danger that these
Radical eulogists are OVERRIDING this bu.
siness to the injury Of another favorite
subject of their pancsyrics-in more
vulgar phrase-that in making this
spoon they are spolliug a very useful
horn2 q IS IS
If San Domingo is that Eldorado, that
paradise, that paragon of earthly per.
fectioh which they represent it to be,
what are we to think of the vaunted Ne
gro race? These colored brethren who
fight 50 nobly for the Radical ticket, we
have been. told ten thousand times, have
needed only tie opportunity to show
themselves the equals In every respect Of
our native.born whites, and vastly vsupe,
rior to the whites who immigrate to our
country. 5s @
The negroes have had exclusive con
troll Of San Domingo for generations,an and
yet three men in the United States dc
more in agriculture, manufactures and
commerce than half-a. dozen San Domin.
gos combined. =
Here, then, is the nut for the Radicals
to crack If the negroes have such en-.
llarged capacities, and San Domingo has
such immense resources, why is there
not something to show for such golden
opportunities
II all that's said, by the Radicals, Of
that region and Of the negroes, be true
San Domingo should have been the
wealthiest country Of its size on the face
Of the earth; while The truth is, it is less
cultivated and less populated to day than
when discovered by Columbus nearly
four hundred years ago. ls
To a plain man this is very strong
proof, either that the alleged capacity ol
the negro race is false pretense, or thai
the alleged resources Of. that country
are asham and a fraud
either Imbecilisy or Dishonesty. !.
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The Pail Of sulnner--lts. E6ec,
CpOn the RadIcal Party. ~

The Pail OF sumner--Its. Effec,
Cp0n the Radical Party. ~
Tho agency OF President GRANT il
striking down and degrading Senats
SUMNER has fired the Ra,licaIheart mucl
as the fall Of Sampterlred the Northern
heart. Among all the cgregrious tblan.
ders, discreditable pracliccs and acts o.
petty despotism of GRANr,none has pro-
voked such storm of Indignation IN his
party as this humiliation of SUMNER.
& More than any other living man SUa
NER contributed 10 make the party which
made GRANT all that he is above the po
silion of assistant in tan yard The
chances are more than even that. but fol
CHARLES SUMNER. ULYSSES GRANT wonlt
to-day be an obscure Democrat handling
hides in Ga.ena,
But the base insraHtnde of the pro
teeding provnkcs less censure Than the
disreputable object sought by it. 1t is
notoriously true, Notwithstanding some
feeble. shuf1ling denials, that the dirty
San Domingo affair ilnpellei GRANT to
this act of gross injustice SUMNER op'
posed the annexation Of that barbarian
colony, or at least he disapproyed Of the
sinister means by which GIaaSr was en-.
deavoring to obtain it. SUMNER, atthe
head Of the Committee on Foreign Re
lations,w would have great influence upon
the success Of this scheme, and GRANT
wanted him out of the svay. If any ev.
|idencc were needed that. this was
FGRAxr's object II is to be foundsin the
fact that SIMON CAMERoE, universally
conceded to be the most corrupt aud dis
honest man in Congress, is elevated to
the vacant chairmanship. There is nc
kind of doubt that GRANT can bribe
CAMERON to do anything, however near
or however scoundrelly, that he may
want done in the San Domingo,or any
other rascally business.
AS to the qualifications Of the men fol
the place it would be the baldest absurd
.
|ity to make comparison
For C1ARLEs SUMNER we have nc
warm feeling There is not an inch b
him that We do not heartily dislike. I
fairly and henorably done We would b
glad to see him not only deposed from
that craftsmanship, but excluded from the
Senate entirely. Nevertheless as We
could NOT approve Of BRooKs beating
him nearly to death with acane, neither
can we rejoice when GRANT humbles and
degrades him solely to further corrup,
speculation,
SuxNER's pccunlary, integrity is un'
questioned by anybody, and this is. in
directly the cause Of this indignity being
put upon him. II he could have been
|brlbed to GRANTS purposes BY Presiden-
tial patronage he would have retained
his position. 1t was because he could
Ne neither corrupted. caioled OF bribed
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The New Hampshire Election.
Democra,ic fsr the First Time
e since 1853.

The election held in New Hampshire
onsthe l4th inst, resulted in complete
victory for the Democrats, the first time
since 1853.
The following are the latest previous
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EEIfthe Radicals desire consolation
for their crushing defeat in New Hamp'
shire they can end il IN the dictionary,
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EEO Old JESSE GRANT was offered
$500 for his inHuencein in behalfiofa chap
who wanted to he Whisky Gauger; he
took with it and applied to Assessor
SroMs for the, appointment and was
snubbed by that official. Then Old
JESSE informed his son, the President,
that SroAs' head must fall; thereupon
SroMs head fell into the. official basket
marked-dead heads. s,1 q. .s8l.,.ss.,, II
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WIt is proper at this time fer Radi-
cal editors to furnish chapters upon the
dead Democratic party, is.3.aa
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S Ig There are, good grounds fol
articles of impeachment to be present
ed in Congress against GRANrfor wink
ing at the $500 job Of Old JESSE, who
by the way, is Postmaster at Coyington,
Kya An act of that kind on the part Of
President JOHNSON would have certainly
ensured his conviction by the Senate
but where the President controls the
Senate, the Radical portion Of it, the re
suit will be approval. siag m .s.s
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The returns in another column con
firm the election of Governor, Railroad
Commissioner, three members of Con-
gress, majority in the State Senate. and
in the House of Representatives. Last
year the Legislature stood: Il
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Senator Trnmbull, liSad-- III ssit
Has it come to this that the compost