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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18
THE c~oEsPiRAToRs.

mat the treason the Radical lead
ers and conspiring thieves are now
engaged in was premeditated and
planned long before the election, adj
mits of no doubt whatever. Those
who, during the campaign, watched
the curse of the prominent speak
ers and editors, could see at a glance
that revolution was to be resorted to
after all else failed. Blaine, in ex-
press words said-"Come what may,
Tilden never shall be President,
never" Ingersoll, the inidel, said
|-"You may make up your minds to
one thing-Samuel j. Tilden will
never set foot in the White House."
Forney, editor of the Press, said in
one OF his speeches shortly before
the election--"We will meet them
with cold steel rather than see them
in possession of the government"
By this Forney meant that the U. S.
army would be used against the peo-
Pile should amajority of them declare
for Tilden. And this is being done.
Mckee, editor of the st. Louis Globe,
who, during the campaign, edited his
paper from the penitentiarv-a man
who had robbed the government Of
$4,000, 600, and who has since been
pardoned by Grant-said in a leader
a few days before the election-"At
all hazards and at every cost, this
man Tilden must be defeated. Il
not one way, then another can be and
uiH be resorted TO-" Whether Nc
Kee in his prison uniform, was hint
ing at revolution or assassination, il
for the reader to determine. Other
speakers and editors of less note, al
over the country, uttered Language
similar in tone-language at one
reasonable and revolutionary. An
other circumstance goes to show tina
Grant was deep in the plot. He fel
from the hour of Hayes nomination
. that defeat stared the Radical part,
in the face. He felt that his admin
istration had been profigate, col
rupt and infamous, and that it was
stencil in the nostrils of honest me-
of all parties, and that the peopl
yearned to condemn it. He mus
, therefore prepare for revolution an
treason. Hence it was that he re
g moved Jewell and Bristow-bot
Jealous Republicans-from his Cal
e met, and appointed to their place
> those two desperate adventures an,
VIGOROUSLY bad men, Don CAMERo
and ZACH CHANDLER. Jewell an
Bristow were regarded as honorabl
7 men, and this being their character
S ruined them in the eyes of Grant. I
the removal of these two eminer
e statesmen, and calling to the Cab
. net those desperadoes and politics
gamblers, Cameron and Chandle
Grant published to the world his il
tentions, and they were treason, re'
o~lution and bayonet rule. With a
his low cunning, Grant has, by HI
, own acts, placed before the peop,
the projects he entertained before th
election. Before any honest tribl
nal in the law he can be convicted Q
a traitor to his country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The idea of q Democratic Conven-
ton in Washington city on the 18th
of February, the day on which the
electoral count will be made, is SIM
ply foolish, and we hope it will be a.
bandoned at once. We don't be-
lieve there would be two dozen Dem
ocrats west of the Alleghenies that
would attend it, unless "dead head
ed" there and back, and as there is
10 prospect of such athing, i would
be a complete fizzle. Drop it, ifyou
please, Mr.. j. G.. T.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18
The NEGRO IN THE SOUTH.

In a temperate article reviewing
the results likely to follow the late
political revolution, the Lexington
VA. Gazette touches upon the "ne-
gro question" as follows:
Let us deal gently with him, help
him on, try to make him a better cit
izen. The North claims to have set
him free; it remains for us to keep
him from degenerating into his an
cient barbarism. We have commcnc-
ed a grand missionary work. The
whites of the South can point with
pride to what they have done for the
blackman. The Northern dema
gogue who is trying to continue his
power by the vote Of the negro has
done nothing for him. We have
opened our purses. We I educat-
ing the young, giving employment to
the middle-aged, and shelter to the
old. 1t is a grand work. Let US
not falter just now because the negro
has been forced into such sharp an
tagonism with US. We have over
come it. Let us be kind, SIS we have
always been; possibly the scales will
fall from his eyes at last. W. have
to live together as employer and en-
ployee. Shall that relation be a
kindly one or not? 1t remains fol
the negro to say. This problem
must be worked out here in the
South. We point the negro to the
consequence of continuing a state
of agitation. 1t means on your part
humiliation. The whites intend &c
rule this country. They wi it and
they constitute its intelligence. Il
you desire to compete with ten
you must lift yourselves out of the
plane you now occupy by honest in
dustry and honest effort, and witt
the help of the white man. The re
suits abide with you.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

IT'S q pity Grants collar-men arc
not pleased with the proceedings of
the Democrats at their 9Th of Janu-
airy Conventions. They should have
gathered 'tninety thousand strong
and bull-dozsd them. Democrats
have no business to meet and protest
against the innocent amusement of
these fellows in plundering and rob-
bing the people.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

Some county in this State is rep
resented in the Legislature by a jack
ass who is braying to have the law
repealed requiring County adver-
tisements to be published in two pa
pers of opposite politics. Instead of
this fellow having a seat in the Ohio
Legislature, he should be in some
Iunatic ASYLUM.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18
A cARPET-BAa PRESIDENT.

Should Hayes be counted in..by the
vote of Louisiana and Florida, he
will be, in every sense of the phrase,
carpet-bag President. The throw
ing out of the Democratic majority,
will be the work ofthe carpet-bag Of
icials acting under the long-since
given instructions of the Republican
managers at Washington. 1.-THE 10y
al North will then have the pleasure
Of tasting the cup it has so often
commended to the lips of the South.
The Chief Magistrate of the nation
will be as much the offshoot and Gre
alton Of that sum of all iniquities,
Republican reconstruction, as is Pat
terson of South Carolina, and Spen-
Ger of Alabama. He will owe his po-
sition to precisely the same infuenc-
es that have thrust this precious pair
Of political scoundrels into the Sen
ate; and he will no more be the choice
of the people Of the United States
than Patterson and Spencer are the
choice of the people of the States
they profess to represent. Begotten
by bayonet rule and foisted upon the
country by the same machinery of
despotism which so long put the en-
tire South in the hands of desperate
and unscrupulous Northern aaven-
%turers, Hayes must necessarily be
the supple tool of the party which
has ridden rough-shod over every
principle of right and justice to give
him an office which belongs to an.
other. No thoroughly honest and
honorable man would accept the Of
fee under such circumstances, anC
should the Republican candidate con
clude to sacrifice his hocor and hi:
honesty there is likely to be very Lit
tie of either in his administration.
Thus the policy which the sole
North Endorsed as the proper methot
of treatment for the South returns Il
plague it's inventors and i%ndorsers.-
We shall have a President who vii
represent in his own person the cen
trail idea Of all the tyranny the worlt
has ever seen-the idea that "migh
makes right" What effect such
triumph of Tyranny will have upoI
the present and future liberties ofth
American people we leave the inte'
ligent reader to determine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

Theparty of reform is compelled to
fight the phalanx of fraud ard force
over every inch of the field, but it is
gaining ground every day. A Gov
ernor and a Congressman in Florida
are within the last lines of intrench-
ment that have been unquestionably
carried.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

Mrs. SwIssHELM is of the opinion
that all rebels, especially if they be
of the Democratic persuasion, should
be shot, drawn and ~quartered. Jane
is becoming slightly irascible in her
declining years. But she's hardly
accountable--she's n of these
chemiloonatics.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The oath of the President of the
United States requires that he will
~''preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States"
and does not mean that he will sim
ply protect the Republican party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The Republican party had a major
ity of 727,S63 of popular vote in
1872. At the recent election It was
in a minority of nearly 100000, loss
for that party in four years, with its
army CT ofice-holders to stregthen
it, of over one million votes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

Don't lose sight of this important
fact: Grant didn't ask one single
Democrat to visit the doubtful South
ern States to insist upon a fair count.
Buthe did ask plenty of Republicans
to go. and then sent the army to en-
force whatever they might agree
upon.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The times will not improve so long
as the Grant and Hayes conspirators
have power to threaten the country
with civil war. Tilden's Inaugural
tion will give peace and prosperity.
Nothing else will.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The breap-up of the ice on Sunday
last in the Ohio and Mississippi is
the most disastrous on record. The
great loss in coal will be all on the
Pittsburghers, as fully one hundred
and fifty barges have been wrecked.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

"The Republican rebels-are not so
rampant as they were a week or two
ago. They begin to act more like a
minority party Tin. Eng.
We have a few of that sort of reb-
els in this county who have kept up
the shout ''for Hayes right or wong
They sent negro substitutes to the
front or stayed at home crying aloud
to the brave volunteers who were
defending them, 'tis sweet 10 die for
ones country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The Radicals are indebted to the
negro vote for the great States of
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois.
Without this vote Hayes would have
lost the electors in every one of these
States. And now the Radical con-
spirators want to count their defeat
ed candidate in by the imaginary
votes of negroes in Louisiana that
we're never cast.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

There has been a decrease in the
valuation of personal property in the
State of Ohio within the last year of
nearly $15, 10000 oO while the de-
crease of valuation: in real estate, and
personal property is only about one
million dollars.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

COURIER JoUNAL (Dem.) 1t was
Senator Sherman's voice which vas
lifted up the loudest last year in be-
half of an increase of the army "to
fight the Indians and defend the ex-
posed settlers of the frontier" The
army was not reduced as proposed but
increased, and the Republican con-
spirators then sent regiment after
regiment not to fight the Indians, but
to perform the reasonable office max
ing war on several States of the I'm
ion. Senator Sherman, like Morton
is as Inconsistencies as the devil
and as cold blooded as a sea-serpent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18
SheriH'S Sale.
lCase No. 3960.1

l\asc NO. oVuO.I
Lewis Finney Order Of sale on
VS.. mortgage.
Kate Finney, ct ally
PURSUANT to an order of sale is
L sued from the Court of Common
Pleas, of Preble county, Ohio, in the
above Will
offer for sale at public suction. at the
door of the Court House, in Eaton,
On Saturday, Jan. q, 1877.
between the hours of l and 4 O'Clock
p. M, the following premises, situate
in Lewisburg, Preble county, Ohio.
and described as follows, to-wit:
Being Lot number 70, as known
and designated on the plat Of said
village. Appraised at $500. Terms
cash.
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff.
CAMPBELL & GILMORE, Att'ys.
Dec. @, 1376-tds prf $500
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The political situation is improv-
ing, and the honest people say the
scoundrels shall not rule the country
through fraud and rascality and dis
horest Returning Boards. Tilden
will be inaugurated on the 9Th of
March.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The scheme of giving the Presi-
dent of the Senate the power to count
the electoral vote has been abandon
ed by all decent Republicans in the
country. The more ultra still cling
to that revolutionary plan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The N. Y. World estimates that
the next House will organize with LA
Democrats and 1913 Republicans
This does not include the Congress,
sional delegations from Florida, Lou,
isiana and South Carolina, the sup
position being that the Clerk of the
House will follow the example of his
predecessor, MACPHERSON, and refuse
to place the names Of members elect
on the rolls where two delegations
appear, each certified to by a rival
Governor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

Who will be the next Democratic
candidate for Governor of Ohio is ag-
itating the average rural newspaper
already. Just wait, gentlemen, until
We know who will be President be-
fore you give us any more political
problems to solve or worry over.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The Logan Sentinel has changed
hands. Messrs. GREEN and HosHoR
will Intricate the machine while Mr..
WILSON takes q rest. Success to
you boys.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

That the Republican party is on
the decline and it's mode of admins
tering the Government become OBJ
noxious to the people, east, west,
north and south, the vote in the late
Presidential election abundantly
proves. Ohio in 1872 give Grant a
majority of 43, 000-this year Hayes
received only $500. Preble county
that year give Grant a majority of
624 and this year Hayes a plurality
of 397! Washington township give
Grant in 1872 a majority of II and
Hayes this year only a majority of
7! Then look at the figures of other
States. Pennsylvania give Grant a
majority Of la, 5000; this year Hayes
carries it by only 10000! Illinois
lost $4,000 of her Republican major
ity of four years ago; Indiana lost
$4,000; Iowa 10000; Michigan 5O,
900; Wisconsin $4,000; Maine 49,
900; Massachusetts $4,000 and Yer
mont 10000! These figures speak
for themselves, and show that the
Republican leaders have by their
corruption, rascality and robbery OF
the people, forfeited their confidence
and should no longer be trusted. If
the election was to take place to-day,
with the attempted scoundrelism and
frauds of Cameron, Morton, Sher-
man, Chandler and Kellogg before
the country, there would be an over
whelming vote cast for Mr.. TILDEN.
The idea, therefore, that it was by
intimidation or terrorism in the
South, that the large vote was cast,
is VIGOROUSLY absurd. 1t was simp-
ly because the people there are tired
of being ruled and robbed by the
Republican party and carpet bag
thieves representing and controlling
that organization.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18
The Republicans claim that South

The Republicans claim that South
Carolina, Florida and Louisiana af-
ter eleven years Republican rule
could not have a fair election. If
that is true is it not time q change
had in the officers Of those
States? But the usu:per Grant says
no-Returning Boards must purify
their elections!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The rascality Of the political
gamblers and Presidential thieves is
working to the surface and will be
decently disposed of by the honest
men of both parties.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The Ohio Prohibitionists have
called o State Convention for the 22d
of February. Fiddlesticks! "Shoot
it on the spot"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

There are 400 malt houses and q
900 breweries in the United States,
producing $4,000 900 gallons of
malt LIQUOR annually.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

Confederate brigadiers in Con-
gress" This is terrible. But, after
all, it is not much worse than Union
brigadiers in the penitentiary.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

TIAVING removed to and occupied
II our old room in the Odd Fellows
Building, which has been greatly en-
larged and thoroughly +. furnished with
a view to accommodating u business
wants more thoroughly. We do
A General Banking Business,
in all its various forms: Receive Depos-
its for either LONG or SHORT time, and
allow INTEREST on T ME Deposits as
per special agreement with parties max
ng the same.
c. z. Cashier.
June II, ls74-tf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The crusade has broken out in the
village of South Charleston, Clarke
county, o.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

Give us . rest on Vanderbilts
death and on the Bennett May
nonsense.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The 9Th of January Convention
don't seem to please Grants bench
men. Sad, amt it2
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

The sandis drifting from the foun-
dst.on of that radiual "fair count"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

1t nil, be SAMUEL, you can bet.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18
Notice.

ON the 2sth day of November, 1875,
~ the Probate Court of Preble coun.
~ declared the estate of J.. d. Sites,
decd, to be probably %iusolvent. Cred
ftors are therefore required to present
their claims against the estate to the uu,
dersigneG for allowance within six
months from the time above mentioned
or they will not be entitled to payment,
WILLIAM BROWN,
Admir- with the will annexed Off. D,
Sites, decd, dec. Z, re.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

Liz OIN ANoSS tHoO VIII x uSC
fall out honest men get their due, is
having another practical illustration
in the police investigation here. W. ].
Murtagh, proprietor of the National
Republican, kitchen-organ, has been
"high muc-a-muck" in the District
ring affairs, receiving upward Of
$4,000 for public advertising dur
ing Boss Shepherds reign. He has
also been President OF the Board Of
Police Commissioners, and is gener.
ally regarded as a political rascal
Lately he has not been able to control
the Board of which he vas President
and his paper recently took on al ex'
ceedingly virtous air, pitching into
the gamblers, the detectives and
the police generally. To those famil
lar with the circumstances, his course
appeared simply to be an indirect as.
sault upon Major Richards, superin.
tendent of the police. An irregular
sort of an investigation was begun,
ostonsibly to ascertain whether there
was any truth in the charge that the
gamblers paid the police to let them
alone. Nothingof consequence came
out, and President Grant came to
Murtagh's relief by demanding the
resignation of the members of the
board, and Immediately appointing
a new lot, with Murtagh at their
head. 1t is oneo of Grants old tricks
to hack up his ring friends, but this
was too much even for the Republi-
cans in Congress, and the President
got one of the hardest slaps in the face
he has vet received in the house of
his friends bv unanimous repeal of
the law creating the policaboard
And then the House appointed a
committee to investigate the whole
proceeding. But the sequel is the
interesting part. WA. Cook, a shy
| ster lawyer of Washington, who has
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-03

A ST. LOUIS hotel keeper, alter giving
the Southern Hotel disaster some thought,
hit upon notable eXpedient, took his
trusled'employes into his confidence, and
chuckIsd as he thought Of the immense
success he was going 10 achieve. About
. a. II. on Friday an alarm Of ERE was
suddenly given in the hotel, bell boys
galloped to and iro along the halls arous-
ing the guests, well trained brigade OF
por!crs few-ro the Baggage room, the
clerks, like 50 many automats, seized the
books and other contents Of the safe, and
the burly head waiter stood at the top Of
the stairs politely ushering the gueats,
in their VARIOUS stages Of distaJiRe, to.
wards the Office. Whey they had all
assembled there the proprietor, who had
been anxiously watching the scene with
his watch in his hand, jumped upon the
counter and said: Ladies and gentle.
men, l have been industrious OF having
the comfort Of my guests impaired
Ey u repetition of the sad scenes
at the Southern Hotel, which, doubt.
less, are fresh in your remem-
braEcc. To this end 1 have thoroughly
drilled my employees, so that each one
knows his duties in the event Of a fire
breaking out. OF their efficiency you
have had sufficient proof tonight, when
in four minutes and seventeen seconds
from starting the alarm.corps Of bell.boys
out from the Office, the last guest-the fat
gentleman from GS3, dressed in an under.
shirt and sheet-rolled down the grand
marble staircase into the rotunda. And
this has been effected without confusion
or accident. Ladies and gentlemen, l
thank you. II ever fire does break out,
display the same coO!ness you have
shown tonight, and your safety will GER
tainly lie secured. Good night. Bless
you As you retire to your virLuouB
couches tho head bell.boy at the foot OF
the grand staircase will give you each a
package OF Cards advertising my hotel,
which you may be DESTROYS OF circulating
among your friends, adding your own
testimony rs to the efficiency oil our pre-
cautionarysystfm aeainst AZ He was
never allowed to finish the sentence, for
n transient guest from Delaware, Ia,
fetched him down with.a long,range shot
with hand-satshcl, and then the whole
assembly, with cry Of rage, fell upon
him. =. We will draw a curtain
over the scene that Cnsued.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-03
NcnI Estnte Depreciatlon.

,.,I ,,,,.,..I. ~ ~
= 't"' ea'''S sue 'ooE pace IN Nc"
iolA '1'' week. "n'ch is regarded as In
u.'A,''e "' present yatue', ana as lHr
n 1l.a !, some i'ea oil Inc charges sinc'
100 Inc property referred. to ia re
garded as the most eligible ior building
purposes that Las been offered Tor sal,
under forcc,o,u,a nrocosdir,, h, ,o,,
-. ''" ~ P'V,''uis' 'Vi 3" W"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-03
WnsIlinrton Nomntl NeWs.

The hail storm at Washington, Pa, oil
Saturday evening last was really ter
rife affair in small way, and did great
deal Of damage, The Reporter allndes to
1t as follows:
"For little time rain iell in torrents,
followed by such a fall OF hail as ia sci.
dom witnessed in this latitude. When
the storm was over, bushels Of solid hail
stones IA large az hulled walnuts could
have been gathered. Hail sometimes
falls in uneven, jagged Jumps, but in this
instance every piece was round and solid
as bullet. OF course great destruction
followed in the wake Of the storm. Had
it been later in the season the ctops
would have suffered seriously. Gener.
ally hail storms are confined 10 narrow
belt. Not 30 with this one. The whole
region OF country round about was WIS.,
tied. Al Bellaire, Ohio, gentleman in.
forms us, the storm consisted Of rain and
snow. Along the Hempfeld twas hail;
ut Canonsburg hail fell, but not in as
great quantity as here. The storm was
also severe in the Ten Mile region"
The Washington s Waynesburg Mar.
row Gauge is being built and no mistake.
The Reporter Of Monday chronicles the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-03

CHEAP INSURANCE. - The National
Board OF Underwriters as . regulator 'oi
insurance rates has ceased to be OF much
avail, and has come down to the standard
OF an annual convention OF the "cGuse.
The expenses have been reduced to Sl5,-
600, against, it is said, 100000 prcvi.
ously. The reduction in insurance rates
goes on at New York and is thence re.
Elected over the country, kind OF insur'
nnce market being recognized. Some Of
the english companies in this country
are said to be giving three years insur,
ance for one years rate, as computed not
long ago.