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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
Republic or Despotism1. which ?

Senator Summer says that the sAd-
ministration of Grant has been s'a
shameless. violation of the war-power
throughout" and he adds, ''any usur-
patton of the war-power by one man,
under any circumstances, or upon any
pretext, is stepping-stone to despot.
ism-to the destruction of freedom. II
i is a direct assault upon the sovereign
ty of the people, and cannot be too
closely scrutinized, or severely de-
nounced. i,as - llssasa ~ -
Ex-Goyernor Holden, of North Car
! olina, says :"No matter how the elec-
ton may go in 1872, Grant will con-
time to hold possession of the Gov
ernment;" and adds: az hope to see
the President become Emperor; ]
hope to see his son succeed him upon
the throne" sq se
IL VIM. Lloyd Garrison SAYS: "The
tyranny of the camp has been trans.
ferred to the White House."
DOM Piatt says "Everything in
and about the Executive Mansion
sniacks of Imperialism"
Time is thus substantiating the pre-
.diction which Senator Blair made in
1868, that if Grant were elected Presi.
dent he would overthrow our form OF
government and erect monarchy In
its stead.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
Wholesale Butchery.
Three Men Murdered in Missouri-Sum
mary Vengeance upon Bond Swindlers.

mary Vengeance upon Bond Swindlers.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, April 25.-The Re
publicdn's Kansas City special gives
details of the brutal murder of Steven
son, Cline and Dutro on railroad
train near Holden, No., yesterday.
After the train stopped four of the
mob mounted the locomotive and
guarded the engineer with drawn re-
vofvers. The train was then surround
ed and Cline and Stevenson called out.
Cline appeared, and after some words
regarding his connection with the
fraudulent issue OF Cass County bonds
he was riddled with bullets and his
body thrown beside the track. Sey-
eral emptied their revoIvers into his
mangled body. Stevenson was in the
/ ggage-car.and had barred the doors
against the mob. They broke Them
in. however, with a log of d.pour-
ed voiley into the Judge, killing him
instantly, dragged his body out and
threw it beside that of Cline.
Dutro, who was in the passenger
car, was mortaIly wounded. They
then allowed the train to start but
Immediately signaled it to stop, and
several OF the fiends dragged the dy-
ing Dutro from the coach and threw
him down near the dead bodies of
Cline and Stevenson.
A report reached Kansas City to-
night that Judge Forsyth, another of
the County Justices, was shot to-day,
and his body HING TO q tree. Great
excitement prevails throughout the
county, and fears. are felt that still
others will be murdered. The perpe-
traitors of the massacre claim they
! have thousand men in their organi-
zation.
| HOLDEN, Mo-, April 29.-The reign
of terror in Cass County instead OF
abating is on the increase and the civ
il authorities are perfectly powerless
| to enforce the law, and the lives and
property of the people are at the mer-
| cy of the mob. Twelve men, old and
respectable citizens of Harrisonville,
who were bondsmen of Cline, togeth-
er with the minister who performed
the last rites at his funeral, were Or
dered to leave to-day within twenty
four hours, or be shot. They accord
ingly left, and are now exiles from
their homes. The mob is furious and
have decreed to slay all the principals
| in the bond matter, their bondsmen
and all who sympathize with them and
attempt to defend them. Nothing but
the strong arm of the law will pre-
serve the peace, and bring the muir
derers TO justice.
A company of militia arrived here
this evening from Kansas City, COM
manded by Captain Phelan. Our cit
izens feel somewhat relieved, but hope
that Governor Brown will feel that
one company is small force to con-
tend against an armed organization
of one or two thousand desperadoes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
Charles Francis Adams and the
.-s573af Presidency. sitd4tt


The Springfield (Mass.) Republican,
of the 25th nit, contained the follow
ing:1s}-sl9 s'f,asicssI fHds - - :.
!" AS arranged many weeks ago, Mr..
Adams sailed on his return to Europe
yesterday with his wife, in order to
va arbitration. Before he left gen.
tleman interested in the Cincinnati
Convention, and desiring that he
should become its candinate, wrote
him inquiring as to his views of the
movement which it represented, and
suggesting that there should be some
one in attendance who could speak
for him to which there came the fol-
to its publicity" aoasias f=sta5
80 be- a.i BosToN. April ls. :
MY DEAR Mr.. WELLS: iaa.a I
/ have received your letter, and will
answer ii frankly. do not want the
nomination., and could only be in
duced to consider it by the circum-
stances under which it might possibly
be made. If the call on me were an
unequivoeal one, based on a confidence
in my character earned in public life,
and a belief that ] would, carry out in
practise the principles which 1 pro-
fessed, then, indeed, would come test
of courage in an emergency; but if 1
am to be negotiated for, and have as
surance given that am honest, you
will be SO kind as TO draw me-rout OF
that crowd, With regard to what ]
understand to be the declaration OF
/ principles, which has been made, il
l.weHld be ridiculous in me to. stand
haggling over them. With the single
exception of ambiguity, / see nothing
which any honest Republican orDem.
ocrat would not accept. Indeed,
should wonder at any one who de.
MED them. The difficulty is not in
professions. / t lies everywhere only
in the manner in. which they are car
ried into practice. If have succeed.
ed in making myself understood, yor
| will perceive that ! .oan give no au.
thority to anyone to act or speak fol
me in the premises. never had Z
moments belief that, when 1t came to
the point, anyone so entirely isolated
as | from all political associations o
any kind, could be made acceptable 81
a candidate for public Office, but Ian
so unlikely as to value that independ
ence moro highly, than an, elevation
j is bought by sacrifice Of 1t. This il
not inconsistent with a sense of /:
| grateful recognition of the very fat
teriBg estimates made of my services
in many high quarters; !, bat l. canno
consent TO poddle them for power. l
the good people who meet 1T Cinein
natl roally believe that they need sucl
an anomalous being as ain, which
do not, they must express 1t in man
ner to convince me of it, or all thei
labor will be thrown away. an
respectfully yours. s5 ~
err CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
David A. Wells, Esq. Norwich, c
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

E q
On the oath ult., Senator Ransom.
of North Carolina, was admitted to
his seat in the United States Senate.
that now, "for the first time since
1861, every seat was filled and every
State representsd-a fact upon which
the Senate and the country might well
congratulate themselves" Its a SUBJ
is at last accomplished. That 1t has
not been done before is not tho fault
of the Democratic party. That seven
years have elapsed since the last rebel
gun was fired, before the result was
accomplished is shame and a dis
grace to the party in power during
the interval, Had it been done six
years ago as it should have been, and
a humane and liberal policy pursued,
the South would not have presented
the spectacle of ruin and desolation
which it now does. It would not
have been plundered by carpet bag
gers and thieves; there would. have
been no such thing heard of as .Ku-
Klux; United States troops would
not have murdered and overawed her
people and controlled her conventions
with bayonets and Gatling guns true
peace would have been restored and
all distinctions growing out of slavery
and the rebellion would have been
long since obliterated and forgotten.
But slow, tedious and exasperatine as
the process has been, it is at last ac-
cemplished. Now it remains to OBJ
literate those distinctions and see in
all American citizens our political
equals. Until this is done true peace
and friendship between the North and
South is impossible. The policy OF
hate has had its day, and the party
that has pursued it has pursued 1t toe
long. They must now give way to
one that will give the Southern people
the advantages of the new order Of
things instead of forever visiting upor
them the punishments for their errors
long since repented and atoned for.
q -.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
live Tssuos

Frederick Hecker, of Illinois who
is strong man, and, virtually the
leader of the German Republicans oil
his State, has issued circular which
is causing the office-holders no little
alarm. After giving history of the
Radical party and the causes of its rise
and decline,he briefly states what he
considers the only vital issues involved
in the coming Presidential campaign,
as follows:
l. Amnesty or Acknowledgement.
2. Relations of tho several States to
the Federal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tion or federation. ~. o,.s.
8. Reform of the civil service and
opposition to corruption.
4. Free trade or protection.
5. Questions of taxation and the
liquidation of the national debt,
8. Monopoly IN commerce and ffea
trade,
7. The one term principle.
8. Questions of international rights.
------ fse-<----T-
The Grant party isa genuine Dell
-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

The disappearance from the arch
ives of the War Department of q
vital portion of the, record In the
court-martial case of General Buell.,
(Which disappearance, or. to give it
the right name, theft, has beyond
doubt arisen from the fact of the rec
ord eliminating some now in high of
fetal position) justifies the suspicion
that there has been a like tampering
in other cases--how great will only
be known when the Republican party
is driven frompower. Into the gloom
lest recesses, of the history of that
party during the war light will never
be permitted to enter,ia Tho pirates
will burn their ship's papers before
surrendering the craft. iuoa aBs 81
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
The Right Sentiment.

In his letter to the Pittsburgh sth
of January Convention of 1871, Charles
Francis Adams, who Is themost prom
inent as candidate for the Presiden-
cy before the Cincinnati Convention
now in session uttered the following
sentiment, which will receive the
hearty approval of every lover of his
country: f,r ..srsf go
"tOur safety as a Nation hes an 90
sRg back to first principles, and for
getting that force has ever been resort
ed to as q painful necessity to preserce
them. What seds bitter medicine
should not be turned into daily food
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
Mob Murder.

CAIRO, ILL. April 25.-On Monday
night party of disguised men went
to the house of Isaac Vancil, near Her.
rims Prairie, Williamson County,
seized and took him to the woods and
hung him. The same party a few
weeks ago served upon Vancil writ
ten orders, threatening him with the
fate above recorded in case of his fail
ure to obey them. The nature of the
orders is not stated. Vancil was an
old man of seventy-five,q quite wealthy,
and the outrage creates great excite
ment in the county.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

A RUaoR.-It is intimated in cer-
tain quarters that Grant may possibly
decline the nomination by the Phila-
delphia Convention. The Washing
ton correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette Radical) wrote to that paper
on Thursday last:
sIt is now claimed in prominent
Administration quarters that there is
considerable doubt as to whether
Grant will accept the Philadelphia
nomination. Within few days, In
conversation with prominent men,
bers of Congress, the President inti-
mated that he had had about all the
experience in civil office that he want
ed, and that he was sorry that he ac-
, cepted the Presidencyin the first in-
stance.p 8ssg sdf aaiies iisa 3
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

The official returns reduce the great
Grant Administrator victory in Con-
necticut at the recent election to ttcen-
freight: That is big thing for Rad
1calism to make such great hellaba-
loo about ---------
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
N. CONVERSE.

n. CONVERSE,
At No. I, Etna Block, has in store and on the
way from the East, "a nne addition to his al
ready large stock of goods.
Black Alpacas.
nne goods At - and SOC per yard, t5.E5i
Felt Skirts. a5.
A new stock at reduced prices. from rs mp.
scarfs and Nubias.
new stock. Nubias from SOC to I.2s.
Gloves and NIittens.
A splendid fur top, Gent. glove at g 90. ChiI-
drens Gloves and Mittens for Christmas,
Wrappers and Drawers.
good goods, at 81, co each.
Cassimeres.
A large STOCK AZ lOW prices, hcaNy Mclton
Cashmere, just the thing to keep ont the cold
and wear good, only Sc per yard.
Mosco and chinchilla Beavers,
Al new stock for Ladies Sacks and Gents Over
coats.
Domestics,
A new stock Prints and splendid heavy Cling
hams at 12&c. Good Canton Flannel at 12ls
HRndkerchiefs aud Collars.
A fine new stock Ladies lace Collars from lee
up, 10 doz more of those all linen Hdkfs, 4 fol
CSC. also a good assortment for Gents and Boys
Gents paper collars at 10c per box new stocl
Prize Collars with watch to he drawn. AlsC
the Collegian Collar.
Perfumery. -,f..sE
A new stock Hdkf Extracts. Hair on, Ladies
Wallets Re, &C.
Groceries.
fresh stock, Best y. H., Soysonc aud Gun
powder Teas at 81 so. Our 81 20 green tea sivc
splcpdid satisfaction. Brown Sugar at 1oc, Ex
Sugar ut 12xc A. Coioe sugar at 13c, Genuin'
New Orleans MolaSscs at soc, Golden Syrup a
SOC. Splcudid Chewing Tobacco at I5c and sp'
per pound.
Come aud See,
" hat can be dono for your Ieucil. Bring along
your fresh Roll Butter, Eggs. Rags, Hickory
nuts, Oats, Poultry &c.
N. CONVERSE.
Ravsnna Dec. 10. 1871.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

Henry Ward Beeeher has recently
delivered an address in favor of OPEN
ing public libraries and art galleries
on Sundays. The world moves.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

SOME of the Southern Legislatures
are gotten up in the Dolly Warden
pattern-mixed black and white.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

80 Even the adherents of Grant are
now forced, by public opinion, to de-
clare in favor of the removal of the po-
'alitical disabilities which the amend
inents to the Constitution impose upon
those who took the Confederate side
4 in the late war. In his speech at the
9 Cooper Institute, in New York, Sen
ator Wilson said, in ailuding to Sem
ator Trumbul ~. ~ .
~ s1Ie tells us that we have kept dis
. abilities on men in. the South Well,
gentlemen, 1 stood up alone in the
s, Senate Republican caucus and voted
against putting these provisions in the
Fourteenth Amendment. Applause. ]
+, 1, did not believe it was politically
wise to do it, and [ have been for
years in favor of letting everybody off,
and any man who behaves himself as
q patriot and respectable MAJ, land asks
to have his disabilities removed, L
: will vote for removing the disabilities
from John G. Breckinridge forever.
Since the war has closed he has be-
haved himself like q fair-minded
American citizen, aud ] honor him for
it,, IApplause.
.ss IF General Breckinridge is entitled
8 to have his disabilities removed, who
should have them retained?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
\. y. NIcfntoNh,s Eetatc

y. ~ Mcthtosh's Estate.
NTOrICE Is hereby given that the uudcrsign-
as administrator tho estate of y. n. Mcintosh,
late of Portage county, Ohio, deceased l.
Dated at kent, Portage county, OHIO. this 18th
day of April A. y. 1874.
J; JAMES 5. sw ELSY, ADMINISTRATORS,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
The True Issue Briefly Stated.
DEsPoTIsM OR REPUBLIcANIsM.

The true issue before the country is
thus perspicnously stated by Judge
Trumbull, the (Republican) senator
from Illinois: el~--3 si5st
The question is whether ace are to
! recolutionize th,s government, and no
longer haze a republic composed of
sepernte States, but a centralized, con-
-Soliddted gocernntent-to strike out
thirty-seced stars and hare but one. $
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

A. BELDING, NJ. d.,
Physician and Surgeon. Ofico in Wbcelcr's
-. Block, over Bclding IL Armstrong; Drug
Store, Ravenna, D, 19l.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

The Grant party is a genuine Dell
iy y9Xarden Extraordinarily mixed,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

A case of sun stroke, the first of the
season,oc at Cincinnati OH Sun
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

Z season,occurred at Cincinnati OH Sum
day.
.sss Nearly the entire village of South
China, Maine, was burned Friday
9 night. OHiy tour houses remain.
- Cincinnati is packed full of people
5 attending the great Liberal Conven-
d ton. #s5
~ The most useless, do-nothing Leg
islature that ever convened In Ohio,
closed it's session on Monday last.
Governor Noyes has appointed Or
low w. Wolcott, of TrumbuIl County,
Commissioner of Railroads, vice r.
d. Harrison, deceased.
u "A New York special of the 18th ult.,
says : Governor Hoffman will veto
= the Seyenty's unconstitutional charter
II ON Tuesday, and it has been made GER
. tain that it cannot pass over his veto.
General Sheridan has telegraphed
( for tour additional regiments OF in
fanfry and one regiment OF cavalry,
for Immediate use ON the Plains, to
suppress anticipated Indian troubles.
14l The three German papers of Cincin-
natl are enthusiastic supporters of
Charles Francis Adams for the Presi-
deney. It looks as though he would
stand pretty fair show for the Ger
man vote. s.1i k'fss, ~
if AT eleven O'Clock Saturday a de-
structive fire broke out on Superior
street, Cleveland, near Seneca, IN the
block occupied By William Kiddsjew-
aeler, whose loss is heavy. Estimated
Z loss, fhii ty thousand dollars.
- A despatch from Poughkeepsie, N.
III fY.of the 28th ult., says: The noun
d tains opposite this city are on fire in
/. tfouf. places tonight. Considerable
wood land has been burned over. len
? arc at work successfully fighting the
- progress OF. the fsmes.o9 sao e. 81
Although il is announced that Grant
viii attend fhe Reunion of the Army
? of the Potomac, at Cleveland, 1t is not
q expected he will deliver the address
on the occasion, :.
ri senator Trumbull attended the Rad
( ieal Senatorial .caacusf q few. evenings
.s ago.. which has led some people to
his devotion to the Liberal
u cause. But it is claimed by, way OF
excuse that the .eaucus WAS called
~ merely toarrange business.
asa Senator Fenton, of New York, has
: had an interview with a Washington
correspondent, in which he says that
he wifi support Charles Francis Ad-
ans, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trnm-
bull, Governor Palmer or Judge Da-
Z Wis, of Illinois, for President, If they
"a are presented by the CINCINNATI Con-
.iavention. a1sisY q sss''i4y'e 80 =
80 Ia b.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
Come aud See.

What can be dono for your lcpoit. Bring along
your frceh Roll Butter, Eggs, Rags. Hickory
nuts, Oats, Poultry &c.
N. CONVERSE.
Raysnna Dec 10 TeTl
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

fresh stock, Best y. H., Soysono aud Gun
powder Teas at 81 So Our iso green tea gives
splcudid satisfaction. Brown Sugar at 1oc, Ex.
c Sugar at 12Sc A. Coloe sugar at 1Sc, Genuine
New Orleans MolaSseS at soc, Golden Syrup at
SOC. Spleudid Chewing Tobacco at I5o and soc
per pound.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-08-16

Sumner, asking them how they should
vote, come out and say that their names
were used without their consent. They
add that they do not propose TO be auto
nations in Charles Summers hands. If he
does not know enough to trust their old
masters, they certainly do.
Wendell Phillips is soon to harness in
again with Mr.. Garrison, and join In at
lacking Mr.. Sumner and supporting Grant.
In private letter OF last week, Mr.. Phil
lips says: "I have already written for
Grant as against Greeley, and shall take Il
more active paEt, for feel what is at stake.
Greeley is simply wax in the hands of
traitors. How sad Summers act ! can
not understand IL. 1t is the great mistake
of his life--a terrible fall"
Summers conversion does not win him
so cordial reception by the Southern
leaders as might have been anticipated.
The Richmond Enquirer says: eve have
not dreamed of merely swapping the dew
lis we now have for such witches as Sum
nor and Banks. 1t may be well enough to
have it understood in advance that these
eleventh hour" men are not to seize upon
the leadership, appropriate the fruits of
victory to their own uses, and turn the en-
tire movement into mockery.
The North Carolina correspondent of the
New York Tribune, addressing that paper
before the recent election, wrote these re-
markabe and suggestive words; "rhe
Democrats of the South, If Horace Greeley
is elected, will be the worst disappointed
set of men you ever saw. l don't believe
Mr.. Greeley has sold out to them, as they
think he has, and there's sure to be a fight
unless these secessionists down here arc
allowed TO manage him. You don't and
can't know them as we do; but mind
what tell you, this whole country will be
overrun with Ku-Klux within three
months after Mr.. Greeley's Inauguration.
Then if he undertakes to suppress disorder
there'll be such howl as this country
never heard"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-08-16

Mr.. Editor: Noticing in your last issue
road between our town and Brattleboro,
lea ding through Weatherhead Hollow,
called TO mind the many toilsome expert
ences have had in travelling over that
road to reach your beautiful village. 1t
Civ es me great pleasure TO find that the
people of Guilford have finally seen, what
has long been so palpabiy evident to all
passers over the road the a6Surdity of
continuing a road of such tedious gradients
as the resent one, when II is so very easy
to obviate all the difficulties, by following
the line so distinctly traced by the hand of
the Great Engineer. BY starting at the
north line of I,eyden, at the most favorable
point, and pursuing the best course (which
is so plain that "the wayfaring man though
fool' cannot fail to see it, TO Algers,
road can be obtained at very moderate ex-
pense, over which horse with a carriage
could take a smart T. OF and hold II on any
part of it without the least suffering. / do
not know for certainty never having meas
ured, but | feel quite sure that there are
gradients in the present road of at least
twelve degrees, over which man and beast
now have TO drag their weary limbs, while
right at their feet lies this natural road bed
over which, if improved, they could speed
away like the steed that carried Mazeppa
from the idol of his heart. The people of
Leyden feel that a spirit of comfy ought
In some measure, to influence the good
people of Guilford to push this enterprise
through. We have been to enormous ex-
pense-some s50,000-for the Green River
road, and comfy to southwest Guilford
came largely in as an influence TO push
that through, Leyden, in the meantime,
receiving, as town, no benefit therefrom.
We have paid large tax, too, for comfy,
to Guilford in building the Brook road, 50
called, TO Bernardston. Now we do not
complain of extending these courtesies I;
we only mention them as reminders. But
enough. This is case of necessity, and
the commissioners will need no arguments
to convince them of the very great utility Of
the contemplated improvement. The only
| question will be, "Why were We not called
| on beiore?" LEyDEN.