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, 1875-10-30

1t ou'y neaded the plus-ugly plat Of Inst
evening, and it's eosap3ota failure, 10 sottle
tho result Of next Tuesdays election in Cook
County beyond peralyeuture. Mr. 1fxs,sa'.
political career haa beeM FIJI! Of gross Iup.
dess, but this last cbullition OF rowtlyis,u was
the most damaging OF ull. seyeral well.
known citizens, who entered Farw.ll Hall
with tho intention Of voting for 3Ir. HEstsa,
were heard to distinctly declare that thcy
would no longer support, even for old frieu,t.
ships sale, my man with such following.
'iisat feeling viii! prove 10 hs contagious, aud
the next tlree days will ses tho Deyil-F Fish
Ticket forsalea BY the larger part Of ita tsw
, 1875-10-30
Once more NO would urge upon the homes

Once more wo would urge upon the honest
and respectable people Of Cicero, Leyden,
Like, Riverside, Lyons, and Proviso, to spot
tho ringster JouS CRAWFORD, who il running
for County Commissioner III tint district on
the Dovil-Fish ticket. 1Io is not only rene
guido, but n member Of tile corrupt County
Ring. Ho has bcen up to lis eyes in all tic
jobs, Rwindlcs, mud steals that llaye made
that Ring infamous. IIe il not q TT repro
ssntatiso for aishtlorwarl, honest coup-
Try people. Vote him down.
, 1875-10-30

Mr.. g. G. L. HOLDEN, bankrupt, anu nseul-
bcr Of shy Deyil.Fish Ring IN tho uoard Of
County Commissioners, 1nado himself odi-
onsly conspicuous last evening by attempting
10 obtrude himself upon the 1nass-mcetiug Of
merchants mud businessmen. IIo wus
entirely out os place in such gathering,
ulnce he IL neither q merchant nor business.
linn, hut merely Il tax-eatcr. Obsrurity and
not notoriety Ia what s1r. Ho1pEs should
court. Prominence like TINT OF last night Is
liable to revive ccrtnin unpleasant ro,uuia-
ceuces OF carriage.risles and hugo liycry.Lills
Mt the expense Of tho Relief Fund in tl1o fall
of 1871.
, 1875-10-30


Tile following arc somo of The PERSONS why
the Republican ticl;ct should bo elected:
/. Becauso it IN in tho interests Of dcccncy,
OF responsibility, Of honesty, and of politicnl
purity.
.. BECAUSE tic Devil-Fisl ticket IL s1p-
ported by MI tho thieves, gamblers, l,nn&o
rascals, bnmncrs, and ruln.holc yasabontls
in tho city.
.. Because tho succcss Of tho Republican
ticket will smash tho infamous tax-enti,,g
County Ring this fall and with it the City
Ring next spring.
!. because the bril,c-taking md hlacklnail.
ing County Commissioners have refused ia
allow Republican judges Or clerks 1T the
polls, which is tnntnnount to II public lt c1a.
ration that they intonl stufilug tho ballot.
boxes.
t. Because the SUCCESS Of tho Dcvl-Fisl
tickc9 meaus moro swi1,illcs in Poor-lIonsc
supplies, more cheating md corruption it
contracts mud further increase Of taxation
i. Because Americans are completely os
tracizcd by tho Opposition from holding Of
hco.
I. Because the Success of the Hepublica!
ticket will insure protection to person aut
property.
, 1875-10-30
A DEVIL.FISH DEFEAT.


The meeting Of Chicago merchants nntl
businessmen at Farwell Hall last night cost
Mr.. a. q. IIEs1So 2,000 votes directly, aud
probably two or three times rs many i,tl-
rccsty. Every respectable voter who was
present aud saw Mr.. 1fEs1Sa occupying a
front seat in company with gamblers, thieves,
b,1uko men, aud rowdies Of oil descriptions,
black, gray, and white, felt that tho public
money wonll not be safo in tho keeping Of
luch u,au. There is no better menus of
Judging candidate for office than by the
company lo keeps. Mr.. uEs1Nu cousorts
with tho worst cla :ses in the community; 3tr,
IIEsHa could not have secured the support
OF these classcs except by making pledges
tlnt no honest 1nan can keep; therefore
3Ir. HEs1Sa must he regarded, from
this time forward, as a defender Of
dishonesty mud consort Of villains.
There il no use in 1nincng matters.
Ne cannot pretend to entertain my respect
for INN who makes his bed with MIKE
ConcoRAS anl MIKE MCDONALD, and the low
rutilans controlled by them. We cannot
believe that n mat who Introduces sucl 1lla-
terial into meeting Of respectable merchants
nnd business men for the purpose Of break
ing it np has any comncndab1e designs upon
the public money. 1t il time that Mr.. HES"
mo Should throw oil all Disguise. Let him
proclaim himself the fric'!l Of tho down.
trodden gambler, tho lifter.up OF tho opprcss-
ell bunko-stecrcr, tho GAMAL1E1 of political
| thieves atltl Hcountlrela.
Fortunately the meeting Ind advanced far
| enough before it WIS iutcrrunted bv Mr.. HE'S
,so's rowd;cs 10 accomilish its pnrt,oso. It
had considered a,,tl ,assca resolutions tlcclar-
| iug tlat Mr., IlEs1sc had forfeited tho conf
denco Of honest pcoule. and pro,,ounc;ug I'M
worthy Of sunport auy ,nau WIN seeks to ob.
tain control of puLljo moncy in orflor Ia re.
liovs his private embarrassnnnts Tho ecn.i-
ment of tho meeting on these resolutions wos
uuct,niyocal. They were received viii, n
l,urrnll, snl passed before tho astouishcd
friends Of II Es1Su could rs;sc a voice in uro.
lest but as soon rs Ho,..e speeches wero Of
ferel IN ratification of the resolutions aIr.
1'Es,so himself roso frulu front scat, under
tue gallory, OIL thu right huul, anll offered
some rc,nurks in yin.lication Of himself.
lto WIN strongly intrsncl.cd BY q pickct
band Ut ward no!i,iciaus and ran,b
, lera, whom 10 na,us in this placo would b.
to lgnity. lle and l,is associates soupht te
, 1875-10-30

IIra.Sa is trying to intimidase stonc~eusten
and other laborers ,uto voting for hu, by 1hreir
ening not to gsyo them work on tho noT cis3'
Hail, in case lc IL elected, II they do not so'
for hin. Laborera need not foar hia tnresA
however. Tho lar provides as follows;
Whoever eiteavoss 10 procure tic vote of ans t'ees
or, thu influence Of any 1crsoi, or the influence q
my per4n elector at cleet11n tot hlmesa:
favor, BY means OF violence Ur thre1tf 81 no.
lcncc ahrets uf Withdrawing custom Or deatne -
business trutle, enforcing the paytnebt Of dt9i
tLrcat or Injury 10 10 inflicted BY hm of n's maui
HalI, IN conviction thereof. be ine n sa not q es
ling Fl.M1. Imprisonment u tue Coanty ~ "
mt csteetlinY one yoxr both, In tic discretion q
tho Court.
, 1875-10-30

respectable adhcrents; while The settled con-
virtion TINT Mr. IIEs,S0'a chances nre Ao1m-
less will cause general turnover by that
voting element which always lilies tn 70 will,
tue majority.
, 1875-10-30
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Corner Madison aud arhorn.sts Chicago, 1ih
, 1875-10-30

County Treasurer MILLER, who vants Dir.
1Irs1Sa, bis friend, to count tho money, said d
day or two ago TINT ho would compo1 the Ttmes
to retract its statement that he tsIsLLEn} llatl
lost $1,000 ut ono sitting at dfaw-poaer. Wo
have fa,lod to dscoyer the ratFactiop. Iiaa
Mr. M,L1rn thought batter OF his throat Ilis
failure to obtain tho rctraction certainly loo oil.
like au admission that tho Times told tho truths
Ar, s11LIEn is a warm personal friend Of Mr..
BroaEy, who, ~ Ia we'll knoxp, takes great
pleasure in cont adictlng al falscl,oods told by
hIs reporters about cltizens, Will aIr. MILLER
please rlso aud expl4n Why this Ia thns-why
tho Times editnr persists In asserting the truth
fulness os the poker story?
, 1875-10-30

Baltimore Dcmocratsaduil TINT tho Reform
candilntc for Mayor WIS defeated by election
frauds, nnl they also aelulit that there is no
longer my probability Of defeating tho Re-
form Slate ticket next Tucst!ny.
, 1875-10-30

Prominent Pennsylvania Libcrals express:
the belief that Gov. lIA7TnASrr. tho 1io-
publican candidate, will be elected, md Re-
nuhlicans throughout the State nrc fully coll
ti1cut of SUCCESS.
, 1875-10-30

p.o and the i1nmcnse following which Tho
Parliamentary Deputies le1'l in their 'ntest
will, Tho Ministry. tim hitler holy ~ not
without u strong support. Tho King him
aelf, who ia negative oil Utmost everything
e1ae, Hympatllixes decidedly with l,is Min
iatry. The minority of the wealthy an1 i'll
tcllfgent Davariann support the Nalfonn1 tsov~
ernn,ent. Tho acat1etnical c1asnes, students
Of tho sol,oo!a mud colleges, who aro vrry
FREQ tl,inkorH, have natural haired for tho
elurgy, who wnnld restrict their frca inquiry
within narrow bonllda. Tho wllo1n military
society il also on the side of tho Government
nnA Prussia, The Ultranlontanoa nro slpc-
rinr in numbers hut tho National party is
much the strongest It, influence mud intcltl-
gcnro and III arranging the tactics Of rara-
paigns Tlo latter advantage las been shown
repeatedly III ths elections since 1864. ih NIL
of which tho Liberals hnyo prevented Tho
Ultramoutanes from gaining n single decisive
victory. III tue present struggle there in
portnnt part. The Ultramontanes in their
nllress say tint !" lie rights Of the connsry
nro to l'o swallowed up pieer'nonl by m i'll
tcrest which is far from being nlsogctlcr
German" Tllis Of course means Prussia, SO
TINT tho war is declared not nfnno nBainst tho
Liberal party in Dnyaria md Tho Ministry,
but ngninst 1}isMAHcE himself nnd PruHsia. It
is hardly possible TINT 1,1HarAncE will orer.
look this threat ii the address is adopted. II
is possible flint the great hnttle Which lns
been fought in Pr1tssia between liberalism
, 1875-10-30

WILLIAM ALLEN, AFTER making single sgs*,.
IN peuusyIyauIs, lss beeu persuaded to duaaea, =.
~ call to mind that he hHs the temA4pasf ~ nr,t
tsr1n OF office ~ Governor Of Ohio 10 se1Ts oos
and In. rat,1rned 10 TINT Stats esa the achoes "
, 1875-10-30
Ule UbiraDu Ua.ibn,le.
saturday Morning, October 80, 1875.
1TII'H SUPPLEMENT.

GieenhGcks at the Now York Gold Ey-
eEnpgo yestcr'1oy fell from st;a TO ~, closing
ut the hitter price.
, 1875-10-30

nooLEr's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. street, hst*stn
,,i.rk and lassltc. Engagement Ut tho California
alins,reis, Afternoon aud evening.
, 1875-10-30

McyrcEEna TI11,ATnE-sfal'tnn street, lclwern
Dearborn and stase. " Tho Sea Of 1cc-" Afternoon
and evening.
, 1875-10-30

ADEIr'l1 T11EATNE-Dtathorn ttreet, cnrnrr
I1onror. Variety performance, Afternoon hnd evening
, 1875-10-30

WOODS afC9EUM-Sonroe street. bttwecn Deas.
born and Stale. I" Tie lionlance Ut ElAn Tower. y
Afternoon aud evening.
, 1875-10-30

MCCORMICK tiALt-North C1ark atrcet. corner of
Einze. Entertainment by 1rof. Topper. Afternoon
xn4 xreniuK.
, 1875-10-30
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

SOCIETY MEETINGS.
ILLINOIS ESCAArrMEST No. ?, !. q. o. F.
PariaFelis Of th!s ncaimcnt will meet at tlirr hail.
eorner Washington anl Carksa.. ut ~ o'clock Hun"
pny morning, to attend TIM funeral Of ratr. Z. v. II.
Nifn,uefBseit. ly order Of
r. 4. BERGMAN, c. I.
I. o. g. F.-Tha ChscaBo n,tta1tsn nf fA:F:st'h'
arc hereby notified 10 meet Ut tho corner Of tsn
tim md Clask.atr., Sunday snurninK at ~ nt."eE
shnrp, to csrarl to tho remains VI lat Patriarch
c. ". II. NlnmerHtedt. AL nrn,.rtA ARE fxIscft! o
be present. MoluberS Of ali ncanl;tMcH'a hrc n'ite"
10 attend, ]. e. sailTli, Eapl. den-
I. q. o. T.-Firrt Fwtfisls J.tta Nj. 1'a, ]. T. T.
r Brothers Ut this 1"!t;a yiil trt At thcir Aal,
rn1ner Washington and cla:k-r.,., M sunday morn.
inn ut 10 eclocs ti,arp. IN nst!t tAe s"'ssTat 81
1>rnsAtE c. ". It, Wimrrrsrs!' f3fo'hsfs or slstef
LodEea invited tu Ee rToarht ~ nr.srr e
j. r. I+I'HnsTRIM. u. g.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-08

THE SCHOOL QUESTION IN OHIO
The prominence of the school question
in the Ohio campaign has been some
what lost sight of in the importance
which has been given to the financial IS
sues. In Northern Ohio, where sound
views Oh the currency question prevail,
the only issue about which the people
are really excited is that Of preserving
the school fund against sectarian en-
croachment. The solid Roman Catholic
vote of Ohio is pledged to the Demo
cratic party, in return for their influence
in favor of admitting the parochial
schools of the church to a share III the
school fund. i Democratic triumph in
Ohio would unquestiOnably result i'll
putting an end to the unsectarian char
acter of the public school system in that
State. Tie Romish hierarchy eXuorted
from the last Democratic Legislature the
bill relieving the inmates OF State pris-
ons from all obligation to attend relig-
ious service. The are counting on get
ting from the next, if not a constitution
al amendment for the concurrent en-
Gowmeut' of sertariau schools, at least
a concession in iavor Of giving schools
controlled by priests their proportionate
share of the tax ra ised for educational
purposes. -Ne5g IoTk Times.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-08
GOODBYE.

The New York World, in All editorial
on the coming election in This State,
thus disposes Of the Democratic leaders
here:
But the saIue corrupt cOterie repre-
sented by the Cincinnati EHluiyeT
which has thrice cheated the Ohio Dem
ocrats and the national Democracy, too,
Of victory within easy grasp, this time
also intervencd and threw away il ad-
vance "A triumph which il required an
ingenious fatuiry not 70 win. he very
men who bawled for peace in the midst
Of war and defeated the election o. Mc.
CleIIan in 1864, the very men who Of
fered their howl for a reputation Of 'h"
pledges Of government as credentials o.
their fitness To make the government
pledges thereafter, and so defeated the
election Of Seymour in 1865, the very
men who pointed the Cincinnati iiasco
in 1872 and persisted in lis repetition at
Baltimore, when nothing else but wise
nomination al Cincinnati and is in
dorsemenr at Baltimore were necessary
to the defeat oC Grant, these same men
comtrived and completed the only peril
that could eudanger the defeat Of the
Democrats this year in Ohio or the har-
mony of the National Democracy II
1876. The legal tender act, nOtOriously
unconstitutional, these laundering luna
tics approve and accept; the packing Of
the Supreme Court in order to reverse
its righteous decision against the legal
tender act, these red-mouthed statesmen
condone and indorse; the successive in
hations which have aggravated the evils
of that violation OF the law of the land
and of the laws of trade, these cOTrup-
tionists commend and would renew, thus
Hvuting the principles and proposing to
reverse the policy of the Democratic
party as declared without break from
the first word OF Jefferson to the plat
form of its latest National Convention.
Nothing less monstrOus, nothing less in
defensible, nothing less violent and obi
Gus than this, could have periled Il vic
tory of the Democrats in Ohio, or be-
cIouded the fair and Frightening pros
poets of national Democratic victory
in 1876.
But the corruptionists Of the Demo
cratic party have usurped its leadership
for the last time. The blind guides,
heroes of every ditch dug for the defeat
of the Democracy since the war begun,
have had their last following. The Me-
Leans. the Voorheeses and the Vallan-
dighams who bIighted the promising
career of Pendleton, who slaughtered
Hendricks when his time was ripe, and
who now have poisoned cup for Thur
mans drinking may conduct themselves
to perdition by whatever road they
please; the Democratic party will nei-
ther follow them, nor yield to them, nor
sacrifice one syllable of the Democratic
doctrine and principle which they have
betrayed and forsworn.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-08
An Ordinance

To construct plank Side1cdIk on the north side Of
East SdndiLSky Street, from the east line Of The
grounds Of the EtndIdU Onion SrhoOL buiif7tnq
edd tOthe loeSt end Of The bridge Orer Eagle creek
SECTION l. Be IL ordained on The Council of The
sidewalk shall be cOnsi ructed on the north side
OF Sandusky Street, in said village from the
east SIDE OF The groun S OF the Findlay Union
School building east to, and connecting with
tne west end OF the bridge over Eagle creek
SIC. =. said walk shall be five feet wide.
made OF one and one-half inch plank laid
crosswise, and securely nailed on striugers of
proper size, and be raised TO a proper grade by
posts, planted in the ground, and said srringefs
nailed thereon, and to correspond with the
sidewalk heretofore along said part of said
street. Ihere shall also be cOnstructed all prop
erIstreet crossings leading to the south side Of
SAID street, the Council deeming IL necessary TO
build such walks on one side only.
SEC. ). Said walk shall be constructed under
the supervision of the Board of I'm provements
by tie owners OF lots abuiiing on said i'm mprOve-
inents as hereinafter assessed. within sixty
10 law, In de fault whereof the anne SHIii b,-
constructed by the Street Commissioner and
lhe costs and expenses there .fsnall be assessed
as iollows, and collected according to law, viz:
l ne Inst three bundled and sixteen feet OF the
Mesi END shall be assessed upOn the lots and
lands on the north side OF said street, abuttfng
! : pom said walk and the remainder Ofsaid walk
thShce east, upon the lots and lanes upon both
~ ~aIues OF said Street, abutfing upon such re-
nalnGer Of said walk
. =! ms ordldance shall take effect in ten DAYS
-''ieI IeT ILs nrst publication. WM .GRIBBEN,
HAhhEk, Clerk, pro team. Mayor.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-08

TIMES have been hard in this country
since 1873, and It is a startling fact that
we have had more currency in circala-
ton, Notwithstanding, in the past three
years than evsr before in the countrys
history. 1t is not more money, but bet
ter money that the country is needing.
Sam. Cox struck the keynote to the sit
cation in a speech made at Columbus
some time ago, when he said, gtce as tie
1n0ney that chinlS?" THAT'S it, the bus
iness interests of the country demand
gold or its equivalent. We have to pay
gold for all our imports gold for reve-
nue-and the sooner ,re pay gold for
home labor and home manufactures, in
stead of promises to pay" the sooner
Will trade and commerce resume its
wonted channels and prosperity walk
hand in hal.d with industry and the me-
chanic arts.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-08
Notice.

NATHARlNEC. GARRISON, Cornelius Carl
" son, residents OF the State of Indiana and
James Shirley, residents of the State of Nebras.
kar heirs at law OF Cyrus Shook, deceased will
iake notice that Joseph Dillery. administrator
OF the estate OF Cyrus Shock, deceased did on
The ZIin day OF September, 4. ID. lS75 file his
petition N the Probate Court, within and OF
leging at the personal estate of said decedent
is insufficient to pay his debts and the CHARGES
of administering his estate. That he died seized
in fee simple Of the following described real
estate, tO-wit: Inlot number one hundred and
thirty eight (l5S) lin the village OF Arcadia
county of Hancock and State of Ohio. and
that Mary A Shook AS widow of said decedenf
Is entitled 10 dover in said premises. The pray-
er OF said retItion iS Tor the assignment of dow
er to said Mary 4. Shook, and for the sale ot
said premises, suhjccI to such dover estate for
the payment of the debts, and for charges
Aforesaid. said petition will be for hearing on
The 5,h day of November, A. ID. 1875 or a. soon
thereafter can be ohiained.
sept. -, IS75 OcfIW4
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-08

THE workman who bought his little
home few years ago and has it partly
paid for, now finds that contraction has
taken away not only half of his daily
earnings, but made employment hard to
obtain. -Norroalk Experiment.
The above is fair specimen of Dem
ocratic argument in Ohio. The holdest
lie ever uttered is the everyday Demo
cratic assertion that the Republican Ad-
ministration has contracted the curren-
cy.
We will not ask our Democratic neigh
Dor to take our word for it that there
has been no contraction. hut We will
give the statement of the New York
World on the'subject. The World says
and the official figures prove its state
nent to be true-that ''we have to-day
two millions more paper money in cir
culation than in 1874; twenty nine mil
lions more than in 1873; forty millions
more than in 1872; forty eight millions
more than in 1871; ninety one millions
more than in 1865.
We have-says the IVorl6--to-day,
one hundred and sixty-seven millions
more of paper money than III 1864, the
last full year of the war, and then ev-
erybody was prosperous in business, and
there was no cry then that money was
wanting. -CIeUeIGRd Herald.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-08
Aoitifal.
RFPVRLICAV Duty,

The issues to be decided at the election
to be held on the 18th inst. are 80 plainly
and peculiarly fraught with interest to
every Republican voter that We conf
IDENTIFY appeal to each, urging him TO
full and faithful discharge OF hi duty as
a Republican and citizen.
The audacity of the attack Of the
Democratic party upon the financial
policy and system Of the Government II
only equaled by the wide spread tinan-
cial ruin which would inevitably follow
the success of their dishonest scheme Of
flooding the country with "A legal tender
currency, which, by its very bulk, must
depreciate our circulating medium TO
degree rlinous TO the business interests
of the country. Aside from this, our
national faith, upon which depends
whatever value the legal fender curren-
cy may have, will be sIaru-iully viola
ted by the proposed scheme The Gov
ernment. by act Of Congress, ia 1863,
solemnly pledged its faith to its credit
ors that the volume Of the legal tender
currency should neoer exceed four hun
dred millions of dollars. The demand
of the Ohio Democracy now Is that the
three hundred millions of national bank
notes be retired and legal tenders issued
in their stead, making, with our present
outstanding legal tender notes, oCer SeCen
hundred millions II dollars. What
would be the worth of the promise TO
payn of Government which would thus
violate a sacred pledge, made at the
time it was a borrower in the market,
and made, too, for the express purpose
of buoying its credit?
Another question, which forces itself
into the campaign, and which appeals to
every friend OF the American institutions
is that of the perpetuatiOn of our COM
mon school system. Disguise it as they
may, deny it az they will, the fact is
patent to every man who has taken the
trouble to examine the matter that the
Democratic party, last winter, leagued
itself with a sect that openly avows
deadly hostility to our system Of free
education. 1t has been proclaimed pub
licly by the press of that sect that its
t'solid, unbroken vote" would be given
to that party. The man Geghan, au-
thor of the bill, by which the fealty of
the Democratic Legislature to the de-
mands of Catholicism, was tested, was
renominated by Democratic Conven-
ton. He obtained the passage of his
bill, as well as his denomination, by hold
ing over the party the Catholic whip,
thus demonstrating that his boast that
the Catholics had "a prior claim" upon
the Democratic party, Was 10 idle one.
Already in Democratic localities in this
State, there are Roman Catholic schools,
taught by Roman Catholic teachers, and
in which the Roman Catholic catechism
is taught as part of the exercise, sup
ported by the Common School Fund.
We make mention of these matters
that each Republican may realize the
Importance of defeating this coalition at
the polls, and placing the seal of public
condemnation upon the party that
threatens national dishonOr, while IL
clasps hands with those who would
trample under foot the very 5ulwark
of our free institutions-the Common
School System IF the country.