The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-08
The Columbus Crisis has been

The Columbus Crisis has been
merged into the Statesman since the
adjournment of the Democratic State
Convention, and there is but one En-
glish Democratic journal in that city
now. This is an indication of harmo-
ny in the ranks in that county which
is encouraging.
AT Oberlin, on Thursday last, Miss
Gillette. young lady about eighteen
years of age, while attempting to kim
die fire by pouring carbon oil on it
from two-gallon can, was so badly
burned as to cause der death in about
five hours after the occurrence.
VANDALIsM.-A Versailles telegram
of the Sd inst, SAYS: &c A notable in
surgent boasts that the burning of
Paris will be insignificant, when the
London docks, with all their wealth
are consumed, as grand lesson to the
middle classes of Europe. London,
Liverpool and Bristol will, it is said
be the next scenes of secret operations.
Papers have been discovered which
show that the operations of the COM
munists were directed from London.
The amount of the ':Alabama claims
is S13, 662,000 On the other hand, the
amount of the claims of British sub
jects against us is estimated at $780,
100000. Most of this is to be paid for
cotton seized by our Government
which had been previously assigned
by the rebel government or the owners
to British subjects during the late civil
war. As compromise, the Commits
sioners will probably agree that both
alo hoi l. \ 1. TT,1s
ted States in debt to England to the
tune of $7,000,000. Such is the great
Alabama treaty. 1t looks a little as
though John Bull got the better end
of the bargain in that little arrange
ment.
The Radical majority in the U. S.
Senate refused to consider the amnes-
ty bill passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives at the late session of Con-
gress. Six years have now elapsed
since the war, but the legislation of
Congress, under Radical control, in
stead of restoring peace and brotherly
feelings, is all directed toward keeping
up the hate and vindictiveness engen-
dered by the bloody strife. Nothing
short of another war and the total
destruction of liberty in America will
crafty the leading Radical politicians.
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The Hon. John Quincy Adams. who
was lately the candidate of the Dem
ocracy of Massachusetts for Governor
of the State, being asked his opinion
about the XVIII Amendment and 9TH
Ell matters, in his reply said:
The Republican organization can
rally to no cry but a slogan, and con-
quer under no standard but spear
That party needs strife to insure its
success, but good feeling is necessary
to good government.
Now, the hostility to the Fifteenth
Amendment is the stock in trade of
the fomenters of strife; is it worth
gratifying at tie risk of permanent
subjection !?
The South is CALLED to. day, not by
the presence of that amendment to the
Constitution, but by the utter absence
of the Constitution itself. They feel
Congress which assaults them, but
they find no Constitution to protect
them.
Is it not silly, then, to squabble
about an amendment which would
cease to be obnoxious if it was not
detached from its context?
1t is quibbling upon a technicality
of law, and relinquishing the sub
stance of liberty.