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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22

ton of the United States. We have
said nothing of the presents received
by Grant, ranging from a 100000
residence to a bull terrier pup-noth-
ing of his shameless partnerships in
swindling joint stock companies-of
his prostitution of the appointing
power by filling important public of
fees with incompetent and thieving
relatives-of his continuance in Of
fee of men under criminal indict-
ment by a Grand Jury-of his com
plicity. in the gold speculatlons OF
Wall Street, the Credit Mobiliers,
and Sutler posts in the northwest,
for these things are known of all men
and yet instead of impeaching this
man, the Radical party in Ohio, in
their Convention which. nominated
Hayes for Governor, endorse all these
infamous acts by proclaiming Grant
to be q wise and capable states
man." and asking the voters of Ohio
to swallow both him and his fitting
representative, r. B. Hayes. Will
the laboring and producing men of
Ohio do it?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22
Shel'iT'S Sale.
ICnsn No Q

case NO. 20JJ.
James B: "elsh' 8 9rdGs r . of
Samuel Ridenour, ct ally Mortgage.
DY virtue of all order ofsale Issued
ID from the Court of Common Pleas,
of Preblc county, Ohio, in the above
stated case, and to the Sheriff of said
county directed, l will offer for sale
at public auction, at the door of the
Court House, in Eaton,
On Saturday, August IA, 1875,
between the hours of l and 4 o'clock,
p. IN, the following premises, situate
in Prcble county, Ohio, and describ-
ed as follows, to-wit:
Being the south half of Section 80,
Township 6, Range l, east, of a line
drawn from the mouth of the Great
Miami River, except II acres, more or
less, decided to James Ochaltree by
Joseph Ridenour, sen., and excepting
10 acres set off to the said Samuel
Ridenour as n homestead, and de-
scribed as follows: Beginning on the
west line of the southwest quarter of
section 80, and So poles from the north
west corner of said quarter; thence
due EAST % rods; thence south paral-
lei with the section line "a rods !;
thence west 25 rods; thence north Ga
rods to the place Of beginning, con
tanning 10 acres. Appraised at s65
per acre. Terms cash.
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff.
MILLER & HARRIS and j. II. Zoos
Att'ys.
July Is, 1S75-tds prf $3.50
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22
CONSISTENT

In a former issue we copied an ed
itorial from the Eaton Register of
January, 1874, on the corruption of
the Grant administration. This ar
ticle was written by j. G. McNUTT,
Esq, who then had charge of the ed
itorial columns. The Register of
last week repudiates this editorial,
and rather insinuates that Mrs. Nc
Mutt was hired to play Grant ring
stealing music, but betrayed the con-
fldence of his employers by setting
the organ for honest Democratic
tunes. Well, now that editorial hay
ing been repudiated by the organ,
we have the pleasure of presenting
below an article taken from the same
paper, which article is editorial, and
published while Probate Judge j.
W. King was in charge of the Regis
ter. Judge X. is q radical office
holder, is still in full communion in
the party, and the people of the coun-
ty will be glad to have the opinion of
the present orthodox editor of the
Register on this article. Does he
repudiate or indorse it. 1t was GER
tainly the sentiment of the Register
then, how is it now, Robert?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22
SHERIFF's SALE.
SherIH's Sale.
Tease No, 36ll.l

James Elliott,
VS.. Order of sale on
Jas. Allison, ct al. Mortgage.
DURSUANT to an order of sale issued
i from the Court of Common Pleas,
of Preble county, Ohio, in the above sta
ted case, and to the Sreriff of said coun-
ty directed, l will offer for sale at PUB
lie auction, at the door of the Court
House, in Eaton,
On Saturday, AuguSt IA, 1873,
between the hours of l and 4 o'clock, p.
m, the follc wing premises, situate in
Dixon township, Preble county, Ohio,
and described as follows, to-wit:
Being a Fart of the south west quar-
ter Of Section %, Township Z, Range l,
east, and beginning at a corner 5S poles,
south AZ west from the northeast cor
ner of the Luarter also is IL poles and
20 links south of the north line of the
Quarter !; thence south AZ degrees, east
IS poles and II links to n stone corner,
which is David Morrow's northeast
corner; thence south SGl4 degrees,
west &c poles and 10 links to a point
in Fourmiie creek witness n boulder,
north S6l4 degrees, east 81 links; thence
north G degrees, west 60 poles to a cor
ner; thence north 77la degrees, east %
poles and 20 links to a corner in centre
of Fourn.ile creek, witness a boulder
north SCI degrees, east II links; thence
north 6 degrees, west 60 poles TO a cor
ner; thence north 77ia degrees, east %
poles and 20 links to a orner in the cen
tire of / ourmile creek; thence north
llIs degrees, east lG poles and ~ links
to the place of beginning, containing
1034 acres of land, ore or less. APP.
praised at $4,000 .Termscash.
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff.
MILLER & HARRIS, Att'ys.
July Is, 1S75-tds prf 1910
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22
Communicated.
TOO THIN.

The p~laintiye appeal from the Ia
boring mans would-be candidate for
Treasurer, simply because
he can speak and read the german
language, is sufficiently transpar-
ent to every german mind with two
grains of sense. But one short year
ago, when those stomach regulators
came down with their cohorts. wag-
ing the crusade against the ID
dutch, supposing then, the principal
ingredient in the german nature to
be lager beer. And now, in order
to secure that same german vote, the
"Laborers FRIEND steps down from
'his exalted position, and cheerfully
places himself on a level with this
sourkrout and lager beer element.
What man has ever made a great
er sacrifice for his country, and the
welfare of his fellow man?
In kinddess we would advise this
great Ameridan-Germa Philan
thropist to save his soft soap fol
other purposes.-GERMANY.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22
THE CONTEST IN OHIO.

The National banks and their Or
CANS are making the samekind ofwar-
fare on William Allen that the United
States Bank made on Andrew Jack
son, and for precisely the same rea-
sons which influenced Nicholas Bid
die, when "Old Hickory throttled
the money power. The United Sta
tes(bank claimed q "vested right" to
furnish and regulate the currency,
and the National Banks assert the
same right now. No Democrat is
opposed to q currency of gold and
silver, if we could have it exclusive
lily and in sufficient abundance to
meet the demands of the business,
trade and commerce of the country;
but it is utterly falIacious to talk a
bout it in the present condition Of
the country with the National Banks
acting IS government brokers grad
TALLY absorbing the circulation and
locking up the gold and silver.
While promising a return to specie
payment, gold is steadily advancing
and the currency decreasing; manu-
factories are dying out; vessels are
lying idle at the docks along the
whole chain of lakes; the great min
ing interests are languishing and the
idle men are accommodating in all the
cities and towns of the country. To
check this general p~rostration, to
loosen the blighting grip of the
money power on the vast industrial
and producing interests of the coun-
try, the Democrats of Ohio under
the lead of William Allen have de,
clared war. against the cause of hard
times and will maintain the interests
of the people as Jackson did his
fight with the old National Bank.
The people know that there is q
scarcity of money in all the depart
ments of business and trade and
they are convinced that it is the f.
nancial policy of Grants administra-
ton that produced this lack of cir
culation which is whitening and
hlighting all the industries of the
country. The manufacturers know
that there is a scarcity of money
that is cu%rtailing the demands for
their fabrics; the farmers know that
it is the want of money that detains
millions of bushels of grain in West,
ern warehouses and the mechanics
and laborers know that they are idle
and when they do get employment
are obliged to work at low wages,
because money is scarce. What
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22


The outlook is encouraging for the
future and the people must wait pa
tiently for the change. Incompetent
and dishonest officials must vacate
their places, and allow the reforms
to become thorough and permanent.
More work must be provided for the
masses, and less stealing by the
rulers and rings. Economy in office
must be demanded, and a reduction
in taxes will follow. Restore conf
dence in business circles and give
to the country a new spirit of certain
prosperity.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22

makes money scarce? The present
financial system, which under the
management of the National Banks,
controls the currency in the interest
of bankers and bond holders. What
will relieve the people from this
money monopoly? The substitution
of greenbacks, the peoples money,
for National Bank paper, which rep
resents nothing but greenbacks, and
compels the people to pay millions
for the use of it. This is what the
Ohio Democratic platform proposes
that the people shall do for themsel-
res and the bankers and bondhold-
ers say it is a proposition TO water
the currency-to make paper money
cheap and valueless. They r not
afraid that it will make greenbacks
cheaper, but they are afraid that it
will cheaper Natianal Bank paper
by reducing the interest, as it I'M
doubleday will, if the policy is adopt
ed. Is that not just what the peo-
pie Ieed? Every citizen OF the state
who wishes a return of general pros
perity is interested in the success of
the Democratic party and should
vote for Governor Allen and all the
other Candidates running with him.
The issue in Ohio is not on the can
didates, personally. 1t is on the
platforms adopted by the two con-
ventions, with the issues on national
politics which are to be effected by
the result of the election. Grants
administration is on trial before the
people of Ohio, in this contest, and
the result in the State will be either
an approval or a condemnation of
his policy.-KeRtOR Democrat
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22
RELIGIOUS PRESCRIPTION,

The war being over, and the sol
diers having in unmistakable Ian
guage told the radical stay-at-home-
shoddy-stealing howlers to dry up
the ubiquitous and much capitalized
colored brother having no longer a
positive and certain marketable pol
itical value-the prohibitory liquor
business having become somewhat
funky and barren of "true inward
ness"-and having no well-settled
political principles on which to rely
in a canvass before the people, the
GRANTEES have been forced to find a
new hobby to ride, and they think
they have it. 1t is the Catholic
Church and foreign voters. During
the war of the rebellion, when the
very life of the nation was trembling
in the scale-when the destiny of a
government by the people was the
stake, hundreds of thousands of for
eipn-born citizens and catholics
shouldered their guns and stepped to
the front to defend the land of their
adoption. For several years the
great majority of these voted and
acted with the radical party, and all
this time no praise was too great, no
names too sweet for the patriotic
German and Irish Americans who
barred their breasts to the storm of
battle, and offered their lives to save
the nation. The homes for disabled
soldiers contain hundreds of these
gallant men, wounded, limbless,
health shattered. Now that these
men have in q great measure aban-
doned the radical fold, forced so to
do by the corrupt legislation tat is
making the rich richer, and the poor
poorer, it has suddenly dawned on
the radical mind that the foreign Gle.
ment is dangerous, and the Catholic
Church especially is conspiring tc
overthrow the republic; consequent
ly the ra1ical leaders are organizing
the old Know-Nothing party, and the
radical newspapers are full of infa
nous lies concerning the Catholic
Church. The Internal Revenue pur
chased Register of last week COPIED
an article from some kindred sheet
the object of which is to create thu
impression that money is being uset
in the purchase of books DC. for thu
Catholic inmates of the State prison
and for none others. We shall sa,
| nothing further on this subject now
l but content ourselves by printing tn
l following letter from the Warden @
the prison, and stating that he is
4 Methodist in good standing:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22

to the true policy of its founders.
And now the down-trodden and
bought-up Republican party. still
true to the interest of its masters,
the bondholders, contend for and
place it in its platform, n legal
compulsion to return to a specie ba-
sis at a specified day in the near fu-
ture. This is a preposterous idea,
under the circumstances now sur
rounding the nation, and it is pro-
posed to deplete the circulating me-
dunn by retiring all the legal ten
ders, and leaving the bondholdeas in
the exclusive control of the finances
of the nation. This policy, it is evil
dent to every thoughtful man, would
d~epreciate the price of labor, cripple
all enterprise and bankrupt the ma
ton; but what of that, for if the gov
eminent has to be administered in
the interest of the bondhoiders this
is the true line of policy to pursue,
for the harder the times and the
scarcer money becomes the more
valuable the investments of the
bondholders are rendered. They
now have control of the government,
and have had it since the clCse ofthe
rebellion, and under their rule more
taxes, incomes and revenues have
been collected from the people than
sufficient to have doubly paid the
entire national debt, and vet the
principal remains unliquidated. In
this connection the enquiry natural
ly arises, what has become Of these
vast revenues? But n response
can be made, they have been stolen
and squandered by official thieves to
keep the bondholders in power.
The policy asserted by the Demo
Gratis and Liberals is to revise and
undo this class legislation. To re,
peal the whole batch, and remit the
b~ondholders to the position they
originally occupied, and pay them
off in the same kind of money which
they themselves used in purchasing
the bonds. Why have a Nationa
Bank currency, redeemable only il
legal tenders, except for the benefi'
of the bondholders. Why pay ovel
twenty millions per annum for fur
nishing a currency inferior to lega
tenders, which can and ought to b.
provided by Congress for nothing
And in fine, why maintain this mo
MED aristocracy, vastly more imperi
Gus and domineering than the OLE
aristocracy of slavery! The peopl
have no interest in its maintenance
and therefore every Democrat ant
Liberal who desires to advance tn
prosperity of the country SHOULD
vote against Che radical republican
rule which now governs the natio,
in the interest of the b~ondholders.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22
From the Eaton Register, Oct. p, "a.
THE STATE ELECTION.

Some of the influences which swell
ed the Democratic vote in Ohio at
the recent elections could not have
been avoided by the defeated party,
But arhdt had much more to do IN
causing Republican defeat in Ohio.
Indiana and else,chere IN the recent
elections than the questions Of tenn
perance and CicH Rights Bill, aoas
the ldmenta6le failure Of President
Grant to shoW AZ much concern for
his party and his country IN defeat
ing the Salary Grab as he did in de-
.feating the Finance Bill; aohich not
unreasona6ly proposed to increase
the currency to four hundred mil
millions. No President since Wash
ington had a greater opportunity to
immOrtaLize his orn name and to gre
prestige and life to the party that
had honored him as did President
Grant 9rhen that OdjOus Salary-Steal
Bill was presented for has approval.
He WAS NOT EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.
The disappointment ofBoss Shepard
as one of the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia, was, in view OF
the surroundings, most unfortunate.
The west and south gerry generally
asked Congress for but a slight in
crease of the currency. This de-
mand, whether founded on sound
financial principles Or not, was not,
under the circumstances at least un,
reasonable. For the President to
hare shown difference enough to the
people Of the Vest and South as to
hare dUoued this increase, no posi-
bic eUil, as are be1iere, could hare re.
suited, Uhile 1T Would hare WideneG
and deepened the popular conrictiOn
that he oUdS controlled rather by TIL
interests 0Me many than those q
the few.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22
THE CONTRAST,

1t will be remembered by all, that
Andrew johnson, while President of
the United States, was placed on trial
before q Constitutional tribunal for
malfeasance in the discharge of the
duties of his great office. The in
dictment against him was drawn and
presented by the same Radical lead
ers who now pronounce Grant a "wise
and patriotic statesman" One of
the charges of this Indictment was
criminal neglect of duty" in that
he was absent from the seat of gov
eminent at Washington, was "sweep-
ing around the circle" and "the gov
eminent was running itself" The
small fry demagogues called him
"the great traveller" DC, and no term
of abuse was too strong to be used in
his condemnation; and yet during
the entire ofhis Presidency, johnson
was only absent from Washington
sixteen days. Now, and for six
years, the country has had Grant,
and it is notorious within the knowl-
edge of everyone, that Grant is alb
sent from Washington and his Off
cial duties considerably more than
half of each year. He goes to Long
Branch the 1st of each June, at least
one month before the usual time for
the advent of visitors, and it is more
than surm!sed that he ispaid for 60
ing thus early by the hotel keepers,
who use his kingly presence as an
advertisement to draw custom.
While at the Branch" he lives in
royal magn:ficence, in an elegant and
costly house, presented to him by q
man, who, in return received al
Grants hands the best paying office
within his gift. With tho exception
of the three or four months during
the Congressional session, Grant is
scarcely ever in Washington, and
even during the session, fully as oft
en- as every two weeks he is off tc
New York or Philadelphia on his pc
riodical drunk. More than this
Grant receives $4,000 yearly more
salary than has ever been paid tt
any other President, and in addition
during the last fiscal year received
"perquisites" (which means steal
ings) of $4,000.
Grant has negotiated treaties will
foreign powers without the knowl
edge of Congress, (see St. Domingo)
has conferred on the same fayorite:
three and four federal offices at tn,
! same time (see Rabcock and Ores
well), has used the military power t.
; break up a legal State Legislature
, (see Louisiana), has promoted hi
royal son from I'd Lieutenant of In
, fantry to Captain of Cavalry, ant
then to the Staff, with rank Of Lieut.
Col, and this acithOut his euer hdU
l ing serred one hour UiM his Com
pany or Regiment-has forced tn
Ministers of foreign powers to trave
to Long Branch in order to transac
their official business, each and ev
cry one of which acts are in direc
and open violation of the Constitu
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22

The editorial on the failure of the
administration of Grant, written by
Mr.. McNUTT, and published in the
Register, January 1874, we are pre-
pared to say, did at that time reflect
the sentiments of large number of
the very best men in the radical
party. The article in question was,
we are informed by Mr.. NJ, in the
hands of the then proprietor of the
Register, at least three days before
the day of publication, and conse-
quently appeared in the paper after
due deliberation. 1t was believed
then, that there was enough of hon
esty and true patriotism left in the
Republican party to leaven and puri-
fy it, but it seems this idea was false,
the party as well as the administra-
ton, like the whited sepulcher, fair
outside, within full of r%ottenness and
dead mems bones. Mr.. McNutt left
the Register tripod, not at the request
of the proprietor, but solely and sim
ply because the financial condition
of the paper was not then i%ndcpend-
ent, and furthermore because the
Ring publicly demanded that the
Register should sustain Grant,
drunkenness, debauchery, theft and
official perjury, or feel the opposition
of a new organ to be started by them
in the interest of Grant, and for
which purpose money was at that
time publicly rendered by the ring
of office-holders and office-beggars.
Of course, the Register under its
revenue editor, repudiates this arti-
Gle, and endorses in toto the admin
istration of Grant, salary-grab and
all-he has to do it or ''step down
amp out of the revenue department
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22

We have been shown a small
pamphlet now being privately circu-
lated among the leading radicals in
the State. 1t contains the necessa-
ry form DC, for the organization of
the old Know-Nothing party, under
a new name. The GRANTEES are in
a bad stage of political constipation,
and nothing but the smell Of a for
eign born citizen or Catholic viii act
as 4 laxative.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22

The silence of Hayes as to the
charge that he gave $500 to assist
the crusade may be accepted as an
admission that the charge is true.
The excuse that the Fremont Jour
nal makes for Hayes giving his hall
free to the crusaders is, that he is
so liberal that he would give his hall
free to the ladies for any laudable
purpose. Hayes considered the cru
SADIE a laudable object.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22
a CARD FROM THE WARDEN OF
THE OHIO PENITENTIARY.

To the Editor of the Columbus Dispatch:
Since so much has been said about
the few Catholic books purchased for
the Prison Library, thought proper
to make an examination as to their
number and character.
Prior to the recent purchase there
we're no such books in the library.
The following comprises a list of
those recently purchased, viz:
Think Well on 1t; A Manual of
Prayer; The Poor Mans Catechisms;
Introduction to a Devout Life.
Of Protestant books l found in the
library two Histories of the Reform
alton, by DeAubigne and Martyr;
Life of Martin Luther; Life of John
Knox; Life of John Calvin; Kir-
wen's Letters; Popery the Foe of the
Church and State; Our T. Prospects;
The Forgiying Kiss; Almost a Nun;
Almost a Priest; about 1920 copies
of st. James Translation of the Holy
Bible, and many other Protestant
works.
inquired for a Douay Bible, and
was informed there was not one in
the library.
The Ohio Penitentiary is q public
State institution, and not designed,
neither does it teach Judaism, Cath
olicism or Professionalism. There are
not to exceed five Jews in the prison,
yet they have the works of Josephus.
There are about one thousand Pro
testants confined in the Penitentiary,
who have more than two thousand
volumes that it would not hurt their
consciences to read. Why should
not the two hundred Catholics have
one hundred and forty-five volumes,
which they can read without inter
fering with their rights of conscience,
especially as the Constitution of the
State provides; "Allmen have a natu.
raj and indefeasible right to worship
Almighty God according to the die.
tates of their own consciences. Nc
person shall be compelled to attend
any place of worship against his con,
sent" But the officers of the Peni.
Tertiary, believing that religion, NOR:
atty and knowledge are essential tc
good government, are trying to pro.
tect every religious denomination il
the enjoyment of its own mode Of
worship. What would a library be
without religious books?
G. S. INNS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22

The 10th Ohio Regiment, COM
manded by the lamented Gen. Lytle,
had no superior in the army of the
Union-yet they acre all Catholics.
They suited the stay-at-home Radi-
calls well enough, as food for powder
and ball-but as voters, the pious
RAIDS. tremble, for fear they will de-
stroy the government.