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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-09-17
None But Paupers 10 Vote For
Hudson"

That is reported as the expression of
the leader Of the Athens County Radi.
Gals.
The People, who have been robbed
and almost beggared by the LEET, MUIR
PLY, CASEY policy of the GRANT admin
istration, and by the course of W. p.
SPRAGUE and other Radicals in Con-
gress, voting to make them pay exhor.
bitant taxes upon the necessaries Of life,
in order that the Monopolists might be
come wealthy, hare become Uery poor;
and at the election on Tuesday, the Sth
day of October will cast their votes for
the Reform candidate for Congress-
Mr.. HUDSON pledges himself to work
for the Peoples interests. The Revenue
Bummers, and their allies, at Athens
can insult the People because they can
not help paying the tribute levied by q
corrupt Congress, but the Ring cannot
coax, bully or buy their votes to longer
continue in Congress, W. 2. SPRAGUE
the Radical candidate, who by his votes
declared himself a warm supporter OF
the Monopolists, Land Grabbers, and
those favoring Bayonet Rule, and the
corruption of GRANTIsM.
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fI'rom the New York Tribune.
An 7lt-ThrOwn Boomerang.

The Evening Post does not hesitate
to say that
"Mr Horace Greeley, II or Is years
age, was, as we'll as Mr.. Henry Wilson,
n Know Nothing. Yielding to the po-
iitical exigencies of the time, he, as we'll
as Mr.. Wilson, drfted with that tide,
and used his influence to aid and com,
fort the Know-Nothing party"
Every word of the above extract
is the exact opposite of truth. MIR
Greeley never in his life attended either
a secret or open meeting of the party
termed "Know Nothing" He was al
ways an open, unqualified opponent of
that party. There are scores yet living
of the active founders and promoters
of that organization who know the facts
to be as here stated. Messrs. John j..
Doane, Frederick G. Wagner, Thomas
C. Acton. John B. Wandell, and other
Jealous Grant men Of to day, will doubt
less attest that such is the truth.
"In September, 1854 or 1855, but in
which year we are not quite certain, a
Know Nothing meeting was held at
Kingston, Ulster County, in this State,
and at that meeting Mr.. Greeley was
one of the speakers. Resolutions were
passed, and though they are not given
in the brief report of the meeting which
we remember to have seen, it may be
fairly assumed that they were of the
usual Know Nothing character. Mr.
Greeley, in his speech, avowed his ap
provai of them. He attended the meet
ing, not as an opponent, but as friend
and an advocate of Know Nothing doc
trines."
Every essential statement above
quoted is untrue. The meeting referred
to was called by 26S citizens of Ulster
County, who sought the ce operation O.
''al who are in favor of united actor
against the Kansas policy Of the Ad
ministration, Of additional safeguards
for the ballot-box, and of rigid econ
omy in Government expenditure" The
only report at hand says truly that 81
was addressed hy Horace Greeley { Re
publican), Joel 7 Hca Hey { American,
and Thomas r. Westhrook (anti-Le
compton DemocraO.'
Mr.. Greeley never. voted nor asked
Others to vote a Ienow-Hothing ballot
He voted the aati-Neblaska" ticket a
every subsequent election In 1855, hi
voted the Westchester County ticke
made up Of Republicans and Democrats
in opposition to the ''Know-Nothing'
ticket In 1858, he voted, along will
the Republican" State ticket, for th'
Hon. John B. Haskin, an "anti Lecomp
ton Democrat for Representative il
Congress.
Such have been his acts and votes. l
he was ever reported or understood d
favoring "Know-Nothing" ideas, thel
he was misunderstood and unsupported
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-09-17
Bound Over to Court.

Gen. GRosvENoR, the Radical candi-
date for Elector in this District, was
bound over to Court by Mayor GOLDEN,
of Athens, on the 30th ult., for striking
Mr.. H. G MARTIN, editor of the Athens
Journal, and knocking him "down some
two or three times" The bond was
5000. What is the opinion of the Rad
icals of this District of their candidate
for Elector? Mr.. MARTIN has "been an
invalid for two years" He says:
'sThis attack on private citizens is not
the first knock down argument of the
Ring 1t is done for the purpose of
intimidating the people and soaring them
out of their rights in voting for whom
they please"
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There will be
speeches i'm Ger.
man and English
ON Thursday, the
9th inst.
The Maine Election.

The election in Maine on the 9th inst.
resulted favorably to the Radicals by a
reduced majority from that which prece-
ded the Presidential election in 1863
At that election the Radical vote was
1884; Democratic 55, ,43l; Radical ma
jority 2O,403.
As this was the vote that preceded the
Presidential contest, and was taken as a
sign of the times four years ago, it is
undoubtedly the true vote with which to
make test comparisons this time
GRANTS mojority in the State was 2S,-
O3S.
Their majority this year is about 16,-
600, which is gain on the election of
1868 of over 4 900 votes to the Demo
Gratis and Liberals. The five Congress
men are Radicals We can stand that
kind of Radical victory.
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Our AdviceS

From Athens, Meigs, Morgan and Wash
ington counties, warrant us in announ-
cling to the Democrats and Liberals Of
Monroe, that RICHARD r. HUDSON, our
candidate for Congress, will be elected
by majority of from 900 to 800 votes.
The Democrats and Liberals of Mon
roe must work to give him 2,009 ma
jority. We can do that easily.
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some Things Tint Greeley Never
hid

1t is quite true. as the GRANTEES tell
US, that Grant has done several things
that Greeley never did, and never could
have done. These short comings and
liabilities extend quite beyond the
sphere Of battles and seges to which
the GRANTEES wish to restrict them
Greeley never won a battle, nor con-
cluded siege, nor crushed the eggshe1l
of Contederacy, latter the meat had
been sucked out by other lips,) nor re:
ceived stocks, bonds. and houses, nor
plucked the Government geese to feather
the nests of his relatives, nor interpreted
the Constitution on drum head, nor
made laws odious by enforcing them
odiously. Greeley never fought it out
all summer (by the flank on one llinci
nor starved thirty thousand men to keep
the enemy from being reinforced. nor
let US have peace-in Yorkville Jail and
Albany penitentiary. Greeley never
was in the army at all, and consequent.
ly could not have had to resign on &C,
coint Of en- unfortunate confusion of
ideas in regard to mess table soup
tureen. We are quite sure that Greeley
did not capture Vicksbtlg, and conse-
quently he could not have celebrated the
victory by descending the stairs of the
St. Charles at New Orleans headfors-
most, and doing koto,O with his forehead
upon each individual step. Greeley is
confessedly a bumptious fellow, but he
never decorated his sinciput with bumps
like that. For all bis light headedness,
Greeley was never e1efl charged with
needing to steady his erraft and sinu-
GUS footsteps by a lamp.post in his
evening meanderings. Greeley has,
travelled good deal, but was nevet
dumped into baggage car like Shot
rubbish. He has taken part in good
deal Of high old junketing and been
conspicuous at good many panquets !;
but has always kept his legs under the
mahogany, and never permitted the legs
of the mahogany to stand above his
neck and shoulders. 1t has been the
regret of Mr.. Greeley's life never to have
gone fishing when he does get time to
go, we do not think he will 60 off after
trout to Pennsylvania, while his confed-
crates and relatives lay their nets in
Wall street for gold fish iaul, Mr..
Greeley never owned blooded trottsr
nor thorough bred bull pup; he has
never ridden behind Dexter, nor pat
ronized the late Christopher Barns; but,
in compensation for these deficient ex.
periences, it is possible that he may
think Republic is better led than driv-
en-, and may make some distinctions be-
tween the political arena and sdog-pit.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-09-17

A discharged California convict has
set about carrying out the laudable am.
bition of killing all the jurors who rem
dered verdict against him. He has got
away with one or two, and more are to
hear from.
Miss Martha Goforth has gone forth
from her house at New Windsor, fiji
nois, and was last seen at Quincy AS
no man knoweth what day may bring
forth it is feared that Miss Goforth has
come to grief, DC,
Saratoga gossips say that Cornelius
Vanderbilt has won $4,000 this summer
by playing euehre aud withstand is more
delighted with this success than if he
had drawn another railway in Wall
street lottery,
Swiss papers say that the ordinary
trains are not sufficient for the increased
traffic caused by the unprecedented num-
Der of American tourists, and that the
railroad companies have supplemented
the usual service by putting on extra
trains.
Mr., Stanley has sent to the editor of
the New York Herald, by an American
ship direct from Zanzibar, a superb
brown dog. The dog is mixture of
the st, Bernard and some African breed.
Louis Napoleon's boy is long, lank,
fellow, with swarthy complexion, a long,
narrow, unprepossessiDg face. He parts
his hair in the middle. He grows more
and more like his mother, but has not
the slightest resemblance to his reputed
father.
Among the many artistic objects that
will figure at the forthcoming interna-
tional exhibition at Vienna, one of the
most interesting will be a model of Sol
onions temple, carved in lime tree wood,
from the descriptions of Flavius Jose.
phus.
Sir John Lubbock has the strangest
domestic pet ever heard of. 1t is tame
wasp, which has been in his possession
for about three months. 1t eats sugar
from his hand, and allows him TO stroke
| it.
This is the last month that internal
revenue stamps will have to be affixed
to legal documents as the new law abol-
ishing all stamp duties imposed by
schedule B, except the tax of two cents
upon bank checks, drafts or orders, takes
effect on the 1st of October
Georgia has negro child, Just born,
which bears curious resemblance to a
turtle, 1t is without a nose, and the
legs are flexible at the knee joints in
front as well as behind. The child can.
let nurse, ald has = be fsl,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-09-17
KNOW NOTEaENGEsM.
Henry Wilson. the Grant Candi-
date for Vice President,
THE OATHS TAKEN BY IlzM EN
1854.
LET FOREIGNERS REMEMBER.

Our readers are invited to peruse the
Know Nothing oath taken in 1854, by
HENRY WILSON the Radical candidate
for Vice President:
In the presence of the true and ever
living God, and on these sacred Scrip
lures, His Holy Word, l DO DECLARE
that ! will truly fulfill all my obligations
toward my brethren of the order Of
Know Nothings, and that l will keep
sacred all the signs, tokens, pass and
degree words, emblems and proceedings
of said or0er.
And l further declare and solemnly
swear that l will not KNOWINGLY
VOTE FOR, APPOINT, OR ELECT
ANY PERSON OF FOREIGN BIRTH,
OR A ROMAN CATHOLIC, TO ANY
OFFICE IN THE LOCAL OR GEN
ERAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT; and |
further declare and swear THAT |
WILL USE ALL THE MEANS IN
MY POWER To COUNTERPART
AND DESTROY TIE INFLUENCE
OF FOREIGNERS AND ROMAN
CATHOLICS IN THE ADMINS
TRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, AND IN
ANY AND ALL PARTS THEREOF,
BOTH LOCAL AND GENERAL. To
all this, free and voluntary. obligation
on my part, without reservation, pray
that may ever be able to remain true
and steadfast, SO HELP Me GOD.
Though this oath seems comprehen.
siye enough, it was explicitly under
stood to comprise more; because on the
occasion of taking it the formula was
that ''the President of the Lodge viii
address the brethren as follows :"
GAS member of this patriotic Lodge
it will become your duty to disregard
all personal interests and predictions
in the service of your country, in orde
that the corrupt and evil influence o
foreigners may be effectually combatte(
and destroyed, and here it will be un
derstood, sons of foreigners and of Ro
man Catholics are included" ..
Foreigners are asked, yea, urged, t.
support GRANT and WILSON. First
deeply insult and persecute Foreigners
and then ask them to indorse and sup
port their prosecutors, is the record o
GRANT, WILSON & Co.
] Let Foreigners remember their perse
cutors at the Polls in October and No
yember.
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"NsOrtOn Put That In"

The evidence is indisputable that
GRANTS messages to Congress are the
patched up productions of MORTON &
Co, and that the President don't know
very much about them or their contents.
An instance of this was related re-
Gently by Gen. FARNswoRrH, of Illinois.
A Message sent in by GRANT contained
a passage about the condition of affairs
in Georgia. Mr.. FARNswoRTH read it
and failed to comprehend its import
He went to GRANT and said:
"Mr. President, find a passage in
your message here which I do not quite
understand. Will you be good enough
to explain to me what you mean by it;
and l read him the passage have read
to you. The President took his cigar
out of his mouth, after deliberate
Whit or two, and looked it over, and
answered me thus: well, | really can
not say exactly what that does mean
Morton PIT that in "
Such imbecility is considered, by
MORTON, CoNKLING, WILSON and Others
of the Radical leaders, the highest quail
i6cation for the position Of President,
because, with such an incumbent in the
White House, their dictation and man
agement must be submitted to in the
preparation of all State papers. They
are the Presidents.
With HORACE GREELEY in the Presi-
dental Chair does any sane nan believe,
for moment, that he would require the
aid Of corrupt men to patch up a mes
sage? No, his own massive brain would
put forth to the world State papers of
which the Nation would be proud. No
character like MORTON would even be
thought of, in consultation. much less
be permitted to insert clause to suit
his own corrupt inclinations.
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The Game OF Rrag.

The brag game, made use of by the
Radicals in this campaign is very weak
and trifing one.
They fail to publish the names of the
Democrats who, they assert, will not
vote for GREELEY and Brown.
On the other hand, the papers support
ing the Reform party publish columns
of changes of men who formerly sup
ported GRANT, who now support GREE
LEY and BROWN and Civil Service Re-
form
The Reform movement is gaining
strength every day, and the 9th day OF
November, 1872 will witness its glorious
triumph over the corrupt corporation OF
GRANT, MORTON & Co.
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IN FINM III DIRECTOR,
j. G.. MIERS.
From the Athens Journal, 9TH inst. |

ltroh Ire AthehS journal, 9TH INST,
'tTo day we place at the head of our
columns the Peoples Ticket nominated
last Saturday. 1t is good one, and
one for which every good citizen
can conscientiously cast his vote. This
movement by the people of Athens
county has nothing to do with politics.
1t is simply an effort Of the people to
throw off from their necks the load of
corruption with which the worst of men
have been loading them down with for
years. 1t is an honest effort to take
their own affairs into their own hands
again. AS it is now, q half dozen Of
the worst political characters in the
whole county run and control every
thing. The people have become tired
of having their affairs managed by such
men, and hence tie movement Which
eliminated in the enthusiastic Conven,
ton which met here last Saturday, and
the nomination which we hoist to day.
Let the people think we'll of the object
of this movement and give it their ear
nest support"
The old Ring Masters at Athens are
furious because the People desire Re.
form. That nest ought to have been
cleaned out years since; and we hope to
publish in October that it was thorough
lily routed and defeated
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The Result i'm Vermont.

The Tribune says: 'If our friends
will do as well in other States as in Yer
mont, we shall have nothing to fear
Look at the following table of the vote
of Vermont: Republican vote of 1868,
44,167; GRANT vote of 1872, 43,1S6 !;
loss, 9S1. Democratic vote Of 1868, H.
045; Liberal and Democratic vote of
1872, 1854; gain, $3.50.
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The n. Y. Express ON the Cam
paiSn.

The Express says: "The campaign,
like ship under full canvas, is now
fairly open, and nowhere, not even in
Vermont, now that we have fuller re-.
turns, is the news discouraging. If the
Grant majority turns out to be $4,000
in 1877, (it was over $4,000 in 1868 for
Grant, and over $1,000 for Governor in.
1868 few such votes in close States,
will leave Grant in hopeless minority
in the Electoral yels of Eoysnbsr."
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Greeley I'm West Virginia.

New YORK, September "a letter
read at the Democratic Headquarters,
from Senator Davis, of West Virginia,
says: "We consider the State certain
for Greeley, by from eight to twelve
thousand majority. Enough is heard to
make the adoption Of the new Constitu-
tion certainty, giving very consid.
cradle majority, Camden and Jacob,
and all State officers elected are for
Greeley. None bat Greeley men voted
for the nsw CONSTITUTION"
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From the Meigs County Telegraph.

4
7 s'Mr.f Sprague truly represented the
= wishes of his Meigs County constitu-
snts in all matters concerRine the tariff,
and we have yet to meet with the first
man who will oppose his e-election on
that account.
Exactly. But when ia Woodslield, the
I'd inst., he instructed one of his polti
cal followers to inform the people of
Monroe County that he was in favor of
"a strictly rcrenue tariff. Ha! hal.
hal!
The editor of the Fclcgrdph will find
part of Mr.. sfRAGUE's tariff record on
our frstpage. 1t is not for a revenue
tariff; he is Proteetionist in Congress
and in Meigs County, hut Revenue Re
iformer-for votes-when lie sets foot
supon the soil of Monroe.
OBJ The dodge is too thin the record is
against him. ~
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"Grant PaYs fer This Thing.N

"MAoK," of the St. Louis Democrats
GRANT paper of the bitter Radical stripe,
was in the Louisville GRANT-DUNCAN
Convention working to have EDGERToN,
of Indiaua, nominated for Vice Presi
ident. DUNCAN noticed his motions and
went to him, when the following CONVEX
sation took place;
MACK" said he. lyon are not dele
gate, and if you don't quit interfering
IN call the attention OF the Convention
to the fact"
"But want to help Grant in Indiana,
persisted Mack
'This is not Grant Convention
said the Colonel
Mack looked up into his face with a
sort of quizzical smile, and said in a
confidential tone:
"pshaw, now, Colonel, what's the use
of talking that way to me? That's too
thin. The Convention is either for Grant
or Greeley, and YOU know ycu are not
for Greeley. ItIl do to tell outsiders
but it won't do to talk to an old stageI
like me-"
Col Duncan looked at him for mo
.ment with .'speculation in his eyes," and
walked off, not too soon, however, tC
hear Mack's parting shot:
"Graat pays TOR TINS thing, and he has
q right to be ceaSidered,"
"MAcK' fully comprchended the "sit
uation." But GRANT knows now thai
his effort to defeat GREELEY has FAIL
URE stamped upon it in letters so large
that the stampede from his party t
GREELEY and Reform is greater thar
ever. .;...... .....r.,
HORACE GREELEY will be elected Pres
ident by q majority of three-fourths o
the electoral votes. The GRANT MoR
TON party is losing votes every day.
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Greeley and the Soldiers.

Mr.. Greeley has written the following
reply to an inquiry from Mr. P. II. Ba-
der, of this city. as to whether or not,
in his estimation, the soldiers of the
Republic we're not entitled to especial
consideration in the matter Of official
appointments:
"NEw YORK, September 8, 1872.
DEAR SIR: Yours of the 11th ult.,
only found me to day.
In appointments to Office, capacity
and integrity should be the in1ispensa-
BILE qualifications Next to these Ire
gard faithful service rendered to the
country in some sphere of patriotic de.
votion and self-sacri6ce. I know no
class whose claims to preference are su-
perior to the disabled soldiers of the
Union. Yours,
HORACE GREELEY.
Mr.. P H. BADER, Cincinnati, Ohie."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-09-17

S The Democratic and Liberal Re-
publican Speakers are doing good ser
vice all over Ohio. The people attend
by thousands. They are anxious to
learn the true situation of affairs. Come
up to the Mass Meeting at Woodsfield,
on Thursday, the 10Th inst.
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Dem OCratic and Liberal Repub.
lican State Tick ct i'm New York.

SYRACUSE, Sept. 5.-The two Conven-
tions completed their work this evening,
and the result is the following ticket !:
Goreraor-Francis Herman of Oneida,
Dem. Lieutenant Gouernor-Chauncey
NJ. Depew of Westchester. Republican !;
Canal Commissioner-John Hubbard
of Chenango, Democrat, State Prison
Inspector Enos G. Brooks of Cat
taraugus, Republican; Congressman at
Large-Samuel S. Cox of New York,
Democrat.
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Ayoiee from ,tlle.Tonln.

l KNOW GEN. GRANT RgrTER THAN ANY
OTHER pERsoNIN THE eeEsERY CAN KNOW
HIM.. IT WAS MY DUTY To STUDY HIM, AND
DID SO NIGHT AND D4r;S WHEN SAW
HIM AND WHEN / DIb NOT SEE HIM, AND
NOW | TELL. you WHAT ! KNOW: He CAN
NOT GOVERN THIS CovHTRr,-1he late
Edptn II. Stdaton's Dying Words.
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A Disguised Delegate to the Grant
Duncan Convention Comes Out
for Greeley.

Fort WAYNE, IND, Sept 5.-Mr
Samuel Glen, an old citizen of this
county and a lifelong Democrat, and
one of the two delegates from the Ninth
Congressional District to the Louisville
Convention, has returned from that city,
and this evening publishes a card in the
Sentinel saying:
81 went 10 Louisville as a delegate
honestly believing that the Convention
was called for the furtherance of sound
Democratic principles. Intercourse with
the managers of that affair at Louisville
has satisfied me that it was instigated
and managed by men wholly for selfish
purposes and to secure the re election
of General Grant"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-09-17

EFHoRAcE GREELEY gave utterance
to these words, in the Tribune Novem-
Der Z, 1854:
"THE PRESCRIPTION OF FOR
EIGNERS IS A TOKEN OF BARBA-
RIANISM.'
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-09-17

~The Athens journal, (Grant) is
doing good work for RICHARD R. HUD-
SON, the Democratic and Liberal candi.
date for Congress, in Athens and Mcigs
counties.
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Richard II, Hudson

Is the Democratic and Liberal candidate
for Congress in this District He will
receive the support Of the Democrats
and Liberals of Monroe county on
Tuesday, the Sth day of October.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-09-17

Speaking now for my
self, | have to say that my
vote will be given for HORACE
GREELEY. u Senator Summers
Letter July 20.
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Richard II. Hudson,

The Democratic and Liberal candidate
for Congress, favors Amnesty. The
war has been over seven years and he
is opposed to Bayonet rule. Vote for
him on Tuesday, the Sth day of Octo-
hor
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-09-17

E RICHARD r. HUDSON, the Demo-
cratic and Liberal candidate for Con.
gress, favors a Tariff for Revenue, and
not to I'LL the pockets of the Monopo.
lists.