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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-18
GOC. N'eyes ass Eaton.

According to the bills posted
all over the county, and of the
information of two papers in this
place, one weakly and the other
Independent, Gov. Noyes turned
in Eaton on the 10th inst, and
with the ringing ofthe bell and
the Leating of the drum in front
of the Court House. the RAIDS
succeeded in filing the room OF
that building with men, women
and boys. The Governor is a
very good speaker, but his speech
vas weak and unfair, and We
are satisfied done him no good.
1t consisted principally of an eff
fort to prove that Hon. VIM. AL
len supported Mr.. VallaBdigham
for Governor Ct Ohio, and was
opposed to the war, and an at
tempt to show that the Republi-
can party was not responsible tor
the Credit Mobilier swindle and
the salary grab robbery. In de-
n%ouncing this swindle, he was
very careful not to mention the
President, who alone could have
prevented it, but instead made it
a law; nor did he tell his audi
ence that this ;,l1nder scheme
was originated by the best ex-
poncnt of the principles Of the
Republican party, Benz. F. But
Ter. 1t is true, few r~eereant
Democrats helped the swindle 4
long, but if they had not done so,
it would have gone through the
same. The Administration or
dered it, and of course it was
done, and the Republican party
is alone responsible for this afro
cious piece of legislation which
has plundered the Treasury and
the people out of millions of their
money, and-the fact of certain
Democrats joining in the corrupt
work, does not relieve il. They
we're powerless even to originate
such a bill in committee, much
less pass it. The Republicans
had a clean majority over Dem
ocrats and Liberals combined of
thirty in the Senate and twenty
five in the House, and the Presi-
dent stood at the White House
with the veto power besides. IN
the face of these facts, it is futile
and absurd for Gov. Noyes, to.
undertake to shift this odious
measure or divide its responsible
ity with the Democratic party,
simply because the people are
indignant against the au-
thors and abettors of the outrage.
Gov. Noyes may set it down,
that the people of this comfy
will hold him responsible for the
support he is giving the corrupt
in power, andfor his effort
to gloss over and excuse the sal
airy grabbers. His appeal in the
name of the "bloody battle-felds
and armless and legless' soldiers,
is too thin for the .tax-riGden and
oppressed farmers ofPreble coun-
ty; they will vote for WILLIAM
ALLEN, one of their own class,
and one who knows their inter-
ests and will protect them.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-18

The voters of Preble county
rebuked one official for over
charges in the copying of re-
cords. Will they now endorse
Gov. Noyes, whom it has been
proven committed the same kind
of robbery If they refused to
place a man in a county Office
guilty of stealing, how car they
assist in putting one at the head
of our State affairs, stained with
the same crime2 Let the honest
voters ponder over this.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-18

The question of taxing church
property is now widely discuss
ed. Ohio loses $4,000 in taxes
yearly because $25, 554,725 of
church property is exempt from
taxation.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-18

The NewsYork World says, it
is a noted fact that the most cor
rupt men i'll the Republican par
ty are its foremost managers in
their respective localities. There
is Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
who was once censored by a Re-
publican Congress and recogniz
ed as the leader of the Repuhli-
can party ii that State. Their.
is Harlan, -wIro puts upthe pre-
tence Of Christians statesman, bad
~ mixed UP in corrupt jobs in
Iowa, yet is now the recognized
mouthpiece of the Republican
Administrator. Then we have
Bingham, OF Ohio. whoi is he.
smearcd from head to heels with
the Credit Mobiiier swindle and
back-saiary steal. and yet honor
ed with an important foreign
mission, Next comes Butler, the
organizer of the back-salary grab
and Athe doubling of the pay of
the President, not only occupy
ing the position of Administra-
ton leader in Massachusetts,, but
tie Administration candidate for
Governor of that State. Tom
Murphy, whose deeds have from
time to time been exposed, has
the ear of the Administration,
and is at the head of the ring
which shapes the policy of the
party in New York. So 1t is ev-
erywhere. Not a man loses the
confidence of the Administra-
tiop, or his position in the Res
publican party by corruption.
The create: tt e rascal the high
er the position in that party.
70
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-18


Is there a farmer in Preble
county that don't know his tax
es are higher than they were
two years ago-and that his
Wheat, Corn, Oats, Pork, and ev-
cry thing he produces, is lower
that it requires treble the nuns
Der of bushels of Corn or pounds
of Pork, to pay the office holders
that it did a few years ago? And
yet Gov. Noyes had the effront-
cry to stand up IN public and tell
them they never were SO prosper
Gus? If the farmers want a man
of that kind for Governor, then
vote for Noyes.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-18
There was a time in the poll.

There was a time in the poll
teal history of this country when
the counsels Of Francis L. Blair,
editor of the leading Democratic
organ at Washington, Were re
garded as swords of wisdom fifty
spoken" He is now past eighty
years OF age, an yet does not
seem to have lost any of his in
tellectual vigor and foresight.
He was recently interviewed by
a correspondent of the New York
Herald, andthe opinions express
ed Ly him on that occasion, in
regard TO the present political
situation, + interesting TO every
one who watches the progress OF
national affairs. He said.
$50 long as the people are m
mersed in business and are con-
tent with the course of things
they will get used 20 most any
encroachment on u civil rights.
1t IS so long since the Democracy
had a voice in the administration
of affairs that l DO not. wonder its
enemies sometimes say that it is
dead. What is there to give life
to Il party if it depends upon
money and Office holders, or greed
tor gain and power? 1t takes
expectation to ma e excitement,
to arouse the masses TO united
effort. As [ told you in the first
part of our conversation, l have
great confidence in the restora-
ton of the old Democratic prin-
ciples. l think l see evidences
Of Dissatisfaction cropping out in
the Republican, party that is fatal
to IL third term for Grant, if his
party is rash enough to pnt him
again into nomination. There
are thousands quite as anxious to
hold Office as those now provided
for, that is an element of weak
ness IN any party long III power.
There will certainly be antago
nism. Selfshness is. superior to
patriotism, and though the Gree
ley movement did not succeed,
within the next three years there
will be such a falling off from
the Republican ranks a to make
the defeat of the party certain.
Grant will have no inducements
TO hold out for his reelection.
Those in office will expect to be
retained, and if there is not
enough vitality in the fortunate
officials to exact that PROMISE,
thee, indeed, may it be said, orr
country is governed Gy one man.
But I have confidence in the peo-.
pie more than in the politicians"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-18

While Noyes was reading ex-
tracts from the Hon. VIM. Al
lens speeches, to show that he
was opposed to the war, why
didn't he read the dispatch from
Secretary Stanton, thanking Mr..
Allen for his war speech at Chil>
licothe, Ohio, during the darkest
period of the war;? We don't
think the taxpayers of this coun-
ty care much whether Mr.. Allen
opposed the war or not, they are
more interested in their own sal
walton now than about matters
that are dead and rotten.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-18

2. That we reaffirm conf
dence in President Grant, and in
the wisdom, integrity and sue
cess of the Administration ofhis
high ~ofice.-Repubtican Plat
form. -
"Grant's signature made it a
law, my vote did not.r-Gayfeld
an reference to the salary grab.
That don't look as if all who
had a hand in the salary grab
was denounced by the Republi-
can party. Gov. Noyes neve rsaid
one word against Grants grab
in his speech here, while on that
subject Grant got 100000 extra
pay for his signature, members
only $4,000 for their votes, and
the Republicans, true to their in
stincts, approve Of the great ras
cal, and condemn the small fell
lows.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-18

Gov. Noyes said in his speech
here that the farmers were "nev-
err more prosperous, and that
their farms were paying a net
cash of seuen and a half per
centp Several Republican farm
ers who heard this declaration of
the salary grab Governor, request
US to say that he can have their
proceeds for four per cent! Will
he take them, or would he rather
asnder!'
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-10

n--k
about the cabinet was, however, settled iast
fall. Soon after the re. election OF Presioent
Grant, at a cabinet meeting, all the members
being present, they Informed him tnal'
wishing to do nothing whatever to emoarraSs
him in his administration, they would tenaer
their designations. to take ehect on tne
4th of March ensuing. The President e6-
pressed his thanks for their friendly leel-
ings, and Informed them that he had no de-
sire for any one of them to withdraw from
their present positions, but preferred Iney
should all remain. Nothing has since occurred
to change the position OF affairs at 1t existed
at that time. The only Immediate change Will
be in the secretaryship OF the treasury, should
The present incumbent be elected to the Sen
ate of the United States. The opinion that
the President need not renominate the present
members of the cabinet for confirmation oy
the Senate Is strengthened by the fact tnat aii
of them were at their respective departments
to-day attending to their official duties, and It
is said by gentlemen in executive positions
that no such denominations will be made.
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England'S Philosophy.

The remark is attributed to Bismarck, "What
is the good OF England She won't 6ght.'
Perhaps the ''good Of England" is that she
doesn't consider fighting the chiet good OF
men or nations. She has had vast deal OF 1t
in her time, and knows what 1t costs, morally,
physically and financially. Yet, although the
result of her experience seems to lead her to
act in accordance with the Injunction of her
great dramatIst, "beware of entrance to
QUARREL" we agree with the New York Com
noercial Advertiser that II Bismarck should live
long enough to see Germany force her to the
test he will have lived long enough to find out
that vaterland may wage war without always
winning battles.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-10

OF these; pirates will still be attended by
great profit, like that Of the widow OF Sa-
repta. And even the Bible does not en-
courage the belief that Elisha replenlshed
the oil can OF any famishing maiden.
Her cake, il she had one, remained dough,
while the widows baked. But while the
whole evil is not to be eradicated, the op-
pressed might be relieved by fixing an age
beyond which widows shall cease to be dan
gerous. The unbiased mind may we'll be
struck by the whitening epithet ''old maid"
which blasts hardly matured woman at
twenty-five, while the widow, that adder OF
men among women, is attractive, surround
ed, irresistible at thirty, forty, ffty-yea,
when past, by quarter OF century, the
age when the unmarried woman begins to
read neglect and contempt in the manners
OF those around her.
A Turk meditating in o graveyard (prob-
ably on the uncertainty OF widows) was
struck bv the man euvres OF closely yelled
woman, who was kneeling by her husbands
tomb, tanning, tanning, earnestly, unhag-
gingly. Even soul that had slipped OF
the bridge of AL Serat could not fail to be
refreshed by so steady breeze. Venturing
to INQUIRE into the reason Of so unparalleled
devotion, he learned from the lady that
she had made VOW not to marry until the
mortar had dried on her husbands grave.
And Petronlus tells OF widow, distracted
with grief, who entered the cave with her
husbands corpse, resolved there to perish.
A soldier, guarding seven bodies hung on
trees, abandoned his post to console her,
being touched by her despair. He succeed
ed 80 well, that when the reviving widow
heard his cry OF horror that he must forfeit
his life for one OF the bodies which had been
stolen in his absence, she proposed to fasten
that of her husband In its place; and, as
widow generally carries out her designs, she
assisted him in the ghastly work.
Since all fables have morals, and this, II
It be fable, appears perfectly destitute ol
any, the most obvious deduction is that
widows know that 1t is not good to live
alone, and with dexterity born Of long ex-
perlence, practice what they preach. Gold
impartiality asks why should not girls have
an equal chance 10 the matrimonial race :?
Let the unmarried see to 1t, and make the
Uses and Abuses OF Widows the grand
Woman's Rights and Social Equality ques-
tiops OF the day.
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Paying the Pi7er.

It is whispered in Washington that the
recent message of Governor Walker, OF Vir-
ginia, 10 regard to the assumption by
the Federal Government OF the debts Of
the States, has not met with Official
disapproval. Indeed, some 90 30 far as
to say that the administration is more
pleased than it is willing openly to admit
and halls the appearance Of this message as
something quite timely, in that it affords a
solution 10 tremendous problem-payment
namely for the slaves OF the States lately IN
rebellion. It is asserted that the people OF
the South, though wisely reticent on the
subject, have always cherished the hope
that their slaves would one day be paid for.
Nor, it is argued, will they ever abandon the
hope. As part Of the payment will 60 to
the late slaves themselves, this hope, how
ever inhrmly based, affords the means OF
consolidating the South and OF concentrat-
ing It's entire strength OF blacks and whites
upon the party which may seem willing to
endorse that payment.
Here then Is danger Of new form OF
sectionalism-a danger, however, which
Governor Walkers suggestion dissipates In
O summary mauner. For it is obvious that
the late Confederate States would not have
the bardihood to assert any claim OF COM
pensation for lost property In slaves alter
their debts had been assumed and wiped out
as proposed by Governor Walker. Again,
as q choice OF evils and matter OF econ
omy, the payment Of the debts OF all the
States North and South is preferable TO the
payment OF the slave-debt, being at once
cheaper and more feasible. Four millions
OF slaves at one hundred dollars the head,
which would be the least that in reason
could be charged for them, would amount to
four hundred millions OF dollars, sum
greater by one hundred millions than the
debts OF all the States. Against the pay
ment for slaves the entire North would rise
up almost in arms, but when the payment
OF their own debts is coupled with the pay
menu Ot Gu6 SOutuClu SVe&so NSoSS WV
subject assumes wholly different form.
With regard to the objections to Governor
Walkers scheme which havs been 80 Tor
chilly put by the press OF both sections we
shall have something to say hereafter. What
concerns US at present is the fact that 10 the
long run people are not apt to turn deaf
ear to proposition 30 pleasing as the pay
ment OF their Indebtedness ard the relief
from taxes. II the proposition be persisted
10, objections even OF the we,ghtiest charac-
ter are likely to give way. In effect it may be
a bill OF sale alike Of the rights OF the States
and Of the individuals composing them, but
relief from existing burdens is 30 very
sweet that future independence is lost sight
of wholly. Aprez nous le deluge, and II the
worst comes to the worst, why we have the
resort not OF secession, which has proved
dIsputable right, but Of revolution, right
which is sure to be disputed, but which, il
maintained, will prove quite as serViceable
and not half so provocative OF vain theories
and discussions as that Of secession.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-10

CTATE AGRICULTURAL AND ME-
Resolution passed az the Meeting OF the State Ag
ricutural and Mechanical Society ia December
last, the Spring Meeting OF the Society Will be
held in Chareston, on the first TUESDAY 10 May
next. beginning at II O'Clock A. ID. The place OF
meeting and programme OF proceedings Will be
published In the (morning) Charleston papers OF
that date.
The following subjects have been selected for
discussion at that mt etlng, and the names at.
tsched are the appointees VINO VIII pe expected
to omen the debate on tho 'espectiye su6jecs:
The Culture OF Upland Ri3e as STAPLE Product
OF South Uarolina.-GEC. !. WlOKS, Rchland.
The comparative Advantage or Laoor.SaVing
Machinery, aud their Adaptabllity to southern
Labor and Products M. l.. DONALDSON, Green.
vile. -,.
different Seasons.-JORN q. FORMAN, sumter.
The Cheapest Fertilizer, whether domestic or
commercial, and the most Economical Time ,s ana
M,tho Of its Application PAUL s. FIELDER,
Ia an Exclusive Cotton Crop Good Policy for
aDy Single Farmer or Planter In SoHth Carollna.-
WIN, SHANNON, K.Ishaw.
the Most Economical Method OF Wintering
Stock.--rHOS. q. MOORE, Spartanburg.
ia south Carolina In Greater Need OF LABOR or
CapiIsl P-JAs. MoJUTCHEN, Williamsburg.
With Cheap Hands and Ineflcient Labor, is the
Farmer Better Remuneratvd by Superficial or
High Farming 2-R. N. SIMS, YORK.
The above named gentlemen are elEnestly re-
quested 10 attend The May Meeting or the society,
and be prepared TO open the Discussion with
Essays upon The subjects respectively assigned
By order 7. W. WOODWARD, President.
mch5-rkc d. WYATT AIKEN, Secretary.
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The Use and Abuse Of Widows.

In this utilitarian age, the problem OF the
Widows must strike the practical mind as
one OF Natures secrets, unrevealed, yet as
indlsputably existent as the Ozone which
was breathed for thousands OF years before
1t was analyzed. In period when the OBJ
ject OF all classes, from the political econo-
mist to the rag picker, is to secure the great
est possible good with the least possible
waste-when the monopoly Of any common
blessing is not advocated by the most des-
potic-When no law exists limiting the capa-
city OF each stream to turning single mill
when the very dust is siited, sorted, clas-
slfed and utilized, we'll may the profound
mind, when not absorbed by questions OF ax-
hausted coal mines and vanishing forests, be
appalled, by the more perple1lng suggestion,
"What can be done with widows 2"
Nature would Intimate that they should be
husbanded, as her forces are. And what
widow would raise dissenting voicef But
still the question would present itself-What
we're they made for? To assert that they
are providentlal institutions for the encour-
agement OF the manufacture OF Grape and
bombazine, is narrow view OF their mis-
sion; to assert that they were made as
scourge for their sex, is o popular, but per-
haps prejudiced belief. What then is their
secrels Unveiled, they stand Sphynx-lke as
ever. The eagle wing for swiftness; the lion
claw for power; inscrutable, mysterious,
towering over men. o for chemist to an
alyze their component parts, that the secret
proportions may be revealed to the WON
deringl o for some Medea to entice them
into rejuvenating cauldron, and there re-
duce them to phosphate that shall cause
the more tender flowers to spring into
stronger life o for law to abide by the
vote OF unmarried women on the question OF
enforcing the Hindoo Suffice, among nations
prolific of widowsi And, il that be too
flaming an advertisement of their perils and
charms, o for a decree, like that Of the
Medes and Persians which altereth not, that
no widow shall marry until the last girl has
perished.
Yet such is the paralysis that results from
long neglect OF acknowledged evils, that It
Is safe to predict that even this appeal will
remain unanswered; that widows, even in the
dog-days, will be at large, unclaimed and
unmuzzled; and that winter will not find
them placarded dangerous" like the less
trescherous Ice. Waging war on maidens,
sinking tho most Indifferent men, the crimes
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Mnniripal Notices.

OFFICE BOARD OF 81 EAL LT,H.
" CHARLESTON, JANUARY %, ls7a.-The
existence OF Epidemic SMALLPOX In the Northern
and Eastern States, a. well az in the interior OF
thiS State, demands that active measures be EN-.
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MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1878.

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@ SUMTER RIFLE OLUB.-MEM.
BERs will please leave Measures for their Hats
at JOHNSON & BROWNS Hat Store, King street,
Without delay. d. huGEh bAcoi'
mch8smy3 Chairman Com. on Uniforms.