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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

The gratitude of the Republican
party for the soldier expressed
in their platforms, was always deep
and unbounded. 1t is being exhi-
bited now toward the two gallant
soldiers, Ewing and RICE. 'Rah for
Fostah?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

JOHN SHERMAN thinks the big
wheat crop of Ohio will benefit the
Republican party $4,000 votes. In
order to insure the election of Eos
TER it ought to guarantee $4,000.
Raise your figures JOHN.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

What is the matter with the Re-
publican party in Preble county,
There is a terrible sight of "kicking"
among the old faithful ones. The
sitting down on the Ring can't be
reconciled.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

We hope every Township in Pre-
BILE county will be fully represented at
the Democratic County Convention
on the 9th of August. Democrats,
attend to it. We propose to carry
Preble county this fall.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

If the taxpayers of this county
desire a change in the running of
our County Inirmary. they should
vote for a new man on the Board.
Hundreds of dollars can be saved in
that institution.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

We would like for Col. Williams
to explain the appointment of the
rebel Col. Roberts, to codify the laws
of the United States army. Was
there no Union soldier qualified for
the task?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

SAMMY TILDEN should make q de-
mand on Mr.. HAYES at the end of
his term for the 5000, 600. 1t Justly
belongs to his bar'l.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

The Republicans should nominate
HAYES for the Presidency and try
and honestly elect him. He certain
ly deserves some reward for accept
ing the big steal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

Mr.. HAYES still draws TILDEN's sal
airy and the Republican journals
howl all the same about Confederate
Brigadiers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

Prehle county has any quantity
ofloving statesmen, patriotic enough
to sacrifice themselves for their coun-
try in official positions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

The leading Nationals of Ohio are
all coming out for EWING and RICE.
BY the October election their will
not be left a corporal's guard against
them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

The number of times the Repub-
lican journals refer to the war record
of their candidate for Governor,
proves they are proud of it!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

Mr.. HAYES will contribute $4,000
of TILDEN's salary to the campaign
fund of Ohio, and civil service reform
will go on all the same.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

If Democratic policy governed
this country instead of Republican
contraction, good farms in Preble
county would not go begging for
buyers at $13 and SIS dollars per
acre, When was such the case un-
der Democratic rule? Never. Then
vote for a change.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

The following extract from an adj
dress by General Durbin Ward be-
fore the Democratic clubef the Leb-
anon School, is an eloquent and co.
gent statement of the cardinal prin-
ciples of Democracy:
"The principles of the Democratic
party may be expressed in three
grand cannons: First, the sover
eighty of the people; second, the SUI
premacy ofthe Federal constitution
third, the perpetuity of the consti-
t%utional Union. Love of the Union
is not simply an intellectual concep-
ton, it is an emotion of the heart.
The Union should bind the States
together as a great national family
Ia brotherhood of patriots-not as
q wrangling partnership of discor
dant sections. In the Democratic
party there are no sections, no north,
no south, no east, no west, 1t ex;
lists in every State, in every county,
township and village. tits as broad
as the Union, and peryades city and
country with the warm spirit of fra.
ternal love for northern and south
ern, for native and foreign. Wher.
ever the flag is there is found the
Democratic party under its folds
No section shrinks with dread lest
it gain power. No race or industry
fears injury from its laws. No caste
or monopoly expects favors at his
hands. Personal rights and person.
al property, the rich and poor, the
high and the low are all embraced
in the brawny arms of its protection.
and not a privilege or a right is ex'
tended to one class or one interest
which is not extended to all. Its
motto is: Equal rights to all, spe
Rcial p,iivileges to none" Adherine
to these grand principles, there
stands the old Democracy, as it has
stood during the century, the nh
finching defender of the people, thu
Federal Constitution and the I'm
ion"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

The people of this county want a
County Commissioners who has some
back bone. 1t won't be found in
Howard Young.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

The man who seeks an office and
works for 1t should be defeated. 1t
is the safest plan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

Iflaboring men think 81 a day is
sufficient wages for them to live on,
they should all vote for Foster.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31
Watches, Clocks & JeVe|Iv

and all other articles in this line tf
trade. | intend giving my entire Ut
tention 10 this business, and hope by
fair and honest dealing to merit ami
receive a liberal trade from my old
friends and new aequaintarces.
Repairing made a Speciality.
All Watches, Clocks and Jewelry re-
paired will be warranted to give !ull
s%atislaction. Prom ptiess being my
motto, no one will be disappoint d.
Having employed the services of Dix
Hendricks to assist met lux, by the
combined skill of botl TO be able to
satisfy MY customers beyond a doubt.
Ny charges will be reasonable and sal
isfactory. Call ami give me a trial.
JOE CAMPBELL. j.
Eaton, March 81, 1SI9-tf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

The colored vote will be badly
divided for MI. "Fostah."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

There is a great deal of s~enseless
blowing about a "solid South" "shot
gun policy" Intimidation of vot-
ers," &C., in Republican journals, all
for the purpose of frightening poor
dupes into the support of the labor
robbing party headed by JOHN SHEER
MAN and his tool, CHARLEY FOSTER.
In 1874 a Republican Committee
was appointed to go down South and
investigate the matter, and reported
as follows.
Fifth. The entire want of any
direct evidence to show any general
intimidation of colored voters. Of
course in SO large a State, La. it
would be impossible that there
should be no instance of refusal to
employ, or of intimidation. Such
occur in every State; but the evil
dence certainly indicates no general
intimidation of colored voters, and
that sucb Intimidation as did e1ist
in the State was rather in the inter
est of the Republicans than of the
Conservatives.
"The U. S. Marshals whose Chiet
was Chairman Of the Republican
State Committee, armed in some
cases with blank warrants of arrest
and aided by Federal troops, made
constant arrests before the election
but not afterUard.
Indeed the direct evidence as tt
the election of 1874, as well as thu
circumstances clearly indicate g
~peaceable and fair election.
We hold therefore, that in Novem
vember 1874, the people of the Stat
of Louisiana did fairly have free
.peacea6le and full registration. anc
election, in which a clear Conserva
tive majority was elected to the low
er House of the Legislature, of whicl
majority the Conservatives were de
priYed by the unjust, illegal and Al
bitary action of the R~eturnin!
Board"
The name of CHARLES FOSTER i
~ kl -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

The name of CHARLES FOSTER is
signed to this report and sworn to!
Now MI. Williams, did your candi-
date swear to a lie, OF are your stump
orators and newspapers Icing about
the true condition of affairs down
there?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31
Democratic State Ticket.

Democratic State Ticket.
For GOVERNOR,
GEx THOMAS EWING,
Of Fairfield.
FoR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
GEN. A. V. RICE,
of Putnam.
For SUPREME JUDGE,
w. J. GILMORE,
Of Preble.
FoR STATE AUDITOR,
CHARLES REEMELIN,
of Hamilton.
FoR STATE TREASURES,
H HoWELLS,
Of Shrk. IS.
For ATTORNEY GENERAL,
ISAIAH PILLARS,
Of Alien,
For BoARp OF PUBLIC Works,
GEr. PATRICK O'MARAH,
Of Cuyahoga,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31
- ~ M President OF the Senat
Adopted April 10, 1879. so s

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, f0HIaA /,
Office of the Secretary Of State JirGHt
/. Milton Barnes, Secretaryaof State of
the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that
the foregoing is a true copyo Of q joint res,
olution passed BY the General assembly 81
A. D. 1879, taken from the original rolls
filed in this Office.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name and
[sEALl affixed my official seal, at Colum-
bus, the 18th day OF. April, A. d
1873. MILTON BARNES,
.hr.. g5s-Hug Sr9 Ia saE Tol9-e4i
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31
JUST OPENED /!

HAVING decided to return to Ea-I
u ton, my native place, after an alb
sence Of fifteen years, to make 1t my
future home, l have opened Il WATCH.
CLOCK and JEWEIkY STORE III
Stephens building, on Main street,
where Iintend keeping a full assort-
ment of the latest make and styles Of
the hest
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION,

Proposing an Amendment to Sections
Three and FIVE, Article Four, of h
Constitution, ke0rganizing h Ju-
dietary OF b stnte.
Be it Resolred By the General Assembly of
the State of Ohio (three-fifths of all the
members elected to each house concurring
thereinl, That q proposition to amend the
Constitution of the State of Ohio be sub
mitted to the electors of the State, or the
second Tuesday of October, A. d. 1879, as
follows, to wit: That sections 8 and 5 of
article 4, entitled Judicial" be amended
so as to be and read as follows:
SECTION 8. The State shall be divided
into nine common pleas districts, of which
the county of Hamilton shall constitute
one, which districts shall. be of compact
territory, bounded by county lines, and
said districts, other than said county OF
Hamilton, shall, without division5o of III
ties, be further divided into subdivisions,
in each of which, and in said county of
Hamilton, there shall be elected by the
electors thereof, respectively, at least one
Judge of the court of common pleas for
the district. and residing therein. Courts
of common pleas shall be held by n or
more of these judges in every county Of
the district, as often as may be provided
by law, and more than one court or sitting
thereof may be held at the same time in
each district. go
SEC. S. In each district there shall be
elected, by the electors at large of such
district, one judge of the district court,
by whom the district courts in such dis
trict shall be held, and he shall receive
such compensation as may be provided by
law. District courts shall be held in each
county at least once every year. The
General Assembly may increase the num-
Der of district court judges to three, in
any district or districts, and may provide
for having a judge pro teuspore, to hold
any court whenever necessary by reason
of the failure, disqualification, absence, or
sickness of any judge, and the amount OF
pay allowed a judge pro tempore may be
deducted from the salary of any judge
ing the pro tempore judge. The times of
holding common pleas and district courts
shall be fixed Ivy law, but the. General As
sembly may authorize the judges OF said
courts, respectively, to fix the times of the
holding Of said courts.
At said election the voters desiring to
vote in favor of this amendment, shall have
placed upon their ballots the words, "Ju-
dicial constitutional amendment, Yes"
and the voters who do not favor the adop.
ton of said amendment, may have placed
upon their ballots the words, Judicial
constitutional amendment, No." and if Q
majority of all the. votes cast at said cleo
ton be in favor of said amendment, Their
said sections three and five herein speci'
fed, shall be and constitute the sections
so numbered in the said judicial article o.
the Constitution of the State of Ohio: ano
said original sections three and five shall
be repealed.
Speaker of the House Of Representatives
.szan JABEZ w. FITCH. 20
i, III President of the Senate.
Adopted April 10, 1874. al a7f
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31
N Ike THE q

AS the colored man becomes more
independent in the exercise of his
right to vote, Republican love for
him diminishes. The Sentinel, pub
lished in Plymoth county, Iowa, a
stalwart Republican paper, thus dis
courses on the niger"
While the amiable idiocy that pre-
vailed in Congress during the recon
s%truction days was at its height, the
niger was enfranchised. III
He was invested with the ballas
on the pretty theory that he was'a
man and a brother, with an infusion
of SAID in his makeup.
1t was given him on the school
girl notion that affection for the par
lty that gave him his freedom would
make him his perpetual instrument.
But the niger is less s~erviceable
to the Republican party as a voter,
than he was q slave.
He needs too much codding-too
much protection.
He can only vote the Republican
ticket when surrounded by a Gordon
of Republican bayonets.
There is no grit in him.
There is more voting energy and
party strength in a dozen raw Irish
men than in a thousand well-fed
niggers.
There is not an ounce of stalwart-
ism in a ton of niger.
The more niggar the less strength.
As o slave, the picturesque mise
ry of the Niger was an unfailing
armory of party weapons-as asfree-
man there is no romance in him
cowardice is not romantic.
All over the South he is throwing
his ballot for rebels and traitors,
when he votes at all.
He is too cowardly to vote his con
victions. F
When the Stalwarts get into pow
err in 1880, he must either be dis
f~ranchised or compelled to vote
right.
The free Niger is a fraud.
The picture thus presented con-
tains some poetry but a great deal
more truth. The colored people may
yet learn that their civil liberties are
in more danger from the party which
all along has profcssed SO much love
for them, than from the Democracy,
who have unjustly been regSrdedas
the colored mans foe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31
IS ONI
ORGAN.


) " r. g ,a at sssa ssk 20; ses
until after you hnve noroughlH
tested q at your ospx hoH<, and
are fully gnfls0ed that you
have o Genuine bnxEHfu-
II it does not prove entirely
Is represented you can rsfu5,e
the same to us. we paying tho
freight Charges both Wnys.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31

SECTION Q. Senators and Representatives
shall be elected biennially by the electors
in the respective counties or districts, at q
time prescribed by law; their terms OF
office shall commence on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday of January there
after, and continue two years.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-20
Letter from the SWAMP.

IssAQUENA COUNTY, Sept l, 10.
To the Editor of The Comet:
have not written You letter nor sent
you Sermon" fol some time. Your
columns show that you are we'll supplied
with correspondents from almost all parts
of the State; and we have newspaper
printed in this county, with which I sup
pose you exchange, and by that means You
obtain all the items of interest in this
quarter. As public speakers say sometimes
when they have to follow some one who has
spoken: 81 do not know that | can add
anything of interest to what has already
been said, nevertheless, beg leave tomake
few remarks y
We have fine crops and general good
health in this county. Our yellow fever
excitement las subsded, the quarantine
raised, our health officer has got sober AID
all is quiet once more, so far as that matter
is concerned.
As our newspaper said last week, We have
no ''Yazoo affair, nor Independent Green
back-Laborng-ma party in this county
to stir up bad blood or create scism in the
ranks of our Democratic organization
Two years ago an arrangement was entered
into to divide the county offices between
the two parties That agreement is still
adhered to, and there is a "fusion ticket
composed of Democrats and coIored Re
publicans. They took no ''suRar in theirn'
this time; no white Republican is nomi-
mated for any Office i'll the county The
only Grace issue is between two factions
of the same race; some who were cleft at
the Republican county convention feel that
their claims were not duly considered, and
they threaten to Jump in behind and run
the race anyhow
Neither faction however, is disposed to
interfere with the "fuson,' and the very
best feeling obtains between the whites and
negroes in this county in regard to political
matters. Woe be unto the man who would
try to disturb this harmony
There is likely to he some lively canvass
ing for the District Attorneyship in this
Judicial District. Capt. W. $. Parish, the
present Senator from the Doth Senatorial
District, received the nomination for Dis
trics Attorney at n Convention held at
Greenville, on the 4th of August last f.
II. Moore, of Bolivar county, complains in
card, of unfairness-he was a candidate,
his county was not represented, he was not
nominated, and he says there must be IA
new trial. or he will run anyhow With
two Democrats in the field, and only one
Republican, the chances are rather in favor
of the latter, especially as the sentiment is
very general that he has been an efficient
Attorney for the State, and aside from his
politics, is quite acceptable to many
whites as well as colored.
have learned incidentally, that Capt.
Parish has determined to resign the Sem
although advised to the contrary
by your neighbor of the Clarion, and others
who do not live in the District am fully
persuaded that for him to hold on TO the
Senatorship will be much to his disadvant-
age in the contest for the Attorneyship.
Issaquena of course goes for Parish. He
is our pet Respectfully, IssAQUENA,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-20

THE following letter from Ex- Governor
John 7. Hoffman, in which he refuses to
follow John Kelly and Tammany, is full to
overhowing with good sense and patriot
ism:
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, Sept -.
Hon. Augustus Schel, Grand Sachem;
DEAR SIR fully appreciate the high
character of John Kelly as public officer,
and as O conscientious, fearless Democratic
leader, but it is my purpose to support the
Democratic State ticket headed by Governs
or Lucius Robinson. Whenever the policy
of my party fails to satisfy me, l will leave
it, if 1 can find another which suits me
better; but while ] remain in it / will sus-
tain its regular nominations. l cannot
consent to occupy position from which
any portion of the Democracy might infer
the contrary; and as many do not under
stand the difference between the Tammany
Society and the Tammany General Commit
tee (of which am not a member,) l re-
sign the Office of Sachem of the society.
Very truly yours,
JOHN L. HOFFMAN.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-20
LauderdaIe Primary Election.

The following is the result of the primary
election in Lauderdale county, as near as
can be ascertained at this writing:
Il. L. Henderson, Sheriff McRae Mosby,
Chancery Clerk; W. D. Cameron, Circuit
Clerk; ]. NJ. t. Hamilton, Surveyor.
For Senator Horn, 572; Collins, 126 ;
Brown, $50.
For Representative Hardy, 4l2; Roberts
249; McLaurin, 300; Walker, 72S; Watts,
331. Two Representatives to be elected.
o. r. Singleton received 537 votes, and
L. Barksdale 70 votes for United States
Senator.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-20

The following war story has been told us
by a gentleman of this city, which we
think clearly defines the position of the
Kinds county Greenbacker;
In certain portions of Kentucky, during
the late unpleasantness, the sentiment of
the people was about equally divided, or as
Londoner would say "about 'alf and 'alf. "
After one of the many fights on this dark
and bloody ground had taken place, hos
pital was established, in which both Federal
and Confederate wounded were taken care
of, The patriotic ladies of the vicinity,
representing both sides of the question
were in the habit of visiting the hospital
and taking with them delicacies, tracts, etc.
for distribution among the soldiers. On
one occasion lady visited the hospital,
carrying with her basket of nice things,
and on entering approached the bedside of
federal soldier whom she asked to which
side he belonged; he told her. and she
spoke few kind words left him a tract
to read, and went to the next cot, on which
Law a Confederate soldier, to whom she
gave, besides the tract, goodly supply of
pies, etc. The Federal noticed this and
was determined to play for even so the
next day, when approached as the day be-
fore by lady with basket on her arm, he
replied that he belonged on the Confederate
side, but as the lady on this occasion hap
pened to be Federal sympathizer, he only
got the tract and kind words, minus the
pie. Determined at all hazards to have
some of the chicken pie that was floating
around, he prepared himself for the next
assault. As usual, on the day following,
the ladies were making their rounds, when
one approached the bedside of this same
Federal soldier and made the usual inquiry,
''to which side do you belong sir7" His res
sponse was, ''To which side does that pie
belong, madam"
So il is with our Greenback friends, they
are not so particular as TO the side they be-
long, but they have a mighty craving for
some of the chicken pie.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-20
NO. 48.

cultivating land, the other has. The one
class are conumerers, the other produce
ers. Can any country prosper where the
consumers are in better condition than the
producers?
Politics can take care of themselves, but
the producing element of our country is
violently ill, and its restoration to health
and prosperity is 'Our Need,
LACRUsLEM
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-20

The following, taken from special dis
patch to the New York Herald, would indi>
cate that Mr.. Foster is not so sanguine as
are his friends hereabouts. Don't bet your
money SO recklessly, gentlemen:
A personal friend of Mr.. Charles Foster,
who has Just returned from a visit of sew
eral weeks in Ohio, says that Mr.. Foster
told him that the only hope the Republi-
cans had Of carrying Ohio was in unceas-
ing effort to the day of election, and that
over confidence in the strength of the party
was to be feared more than all else. He
was urging his friends to take this view and
warning them against relaxing their labors.