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Year: 1859

EDITOR DEMOCRAT: Allow me to say few
words to my friends of the First Ward, more
particularly to that portion who, like myself,
reside on the West side of the Slough. As
general thing, it matters but little to us who
are elected to administer the city govern
ment; but in my opinion the election which
comes off to-day is Of more Importance to us
on the West side of the Slough than to those
residing in any other.portion of the city. 1t
is a well known fact that the Administration
nominees have always battled against the
SAN FRANCISCO AND MARYSVILLE
RAILROAD, and it is unnecessary for me to
tell you that the construction of THAT ROAD
would as surely DOUBLE THE VALUE OF REAL
ESTATE in our section Of the city as the sun
rises and sets. Let the first clod be broken on
the proposed line of that road, and the whole
city and the country for hundreds of miles
around will experience change for the bet
ter that will astonish the most sanguine
dreamer.


Many of you, like myself have, by hard and
unremitting labor procured the means of
erecting or buying little homes for our fami.
lies. Shall we vote for men who are notori-
ously opposed to the only enterprise which
will enhance the value of our homesteads or
for those who are pledged to favor with all
their influence, the speedy construction of a
road which will furnish labor for our willing
hands, and Mt the same time increase the
value of our homes? The man who votes the
Lecompton ticket to day strikes q heavy
blow at his own destruction. have been
Lecomptonite until within the last week. but
my eyes have been opened, and will VOTE
THE STRAIGHT NATIONAL DEMO
CRATIC TICKET, TO-DAY, ifI live to
reach the ballot-box In voting that ticket,
| feel that am voting directly for my own
interest, and every man who owns foot of
ground on our side Of the Slough, will do the
same thing if they regard the prosperity of
Marysville as of more Importance than that
of the Foot Hills, where the terminus of the
Folsom, or Lecompton Railroad is to be-
Vote the San Francisco and Marysyille Rail-
road licked, and my word for it, you will
never rue it.


AN IRISH LABoRER.
Year: 1859

In their desperation. the Lecompton Fed
eTalists have appealed to the Lecompton Leg
islature at Sacramento to contribute their
money, or so much of it as they can spare, to
carry this city, ifpossible, for the Admins
tiOn party. They reluctantly shelled out
rather than have the city go against them" !"
wonder If they think that the freemeen of
niarySville are to be bought up by their five
uoilar pieces Their money is all expended
Tor nothing They could put their per diem
to much more profitable use (for hen0 than
throwing it away in these parts in the vain
effort to influence the incorruptblO Douglas
men of this invincible stronghold of Ponulsr
Sovereignty.
Year: 1859

Remember that you are this day batting
in great csuse-not merely electing city
officers. but contending for that principle
upon which are established the rights Of the
People. Your enemies would like to have
you believe that politics are of no considera-
ton in Municipal election-they would have
you vote upon personal preferences instead of
upon principle, in order that they might
afterwards take advantage of your neglect to
vote the straisht Douglas ticket, to say that
she goodly little Douglas city of Asrysville
had abandoned Democratic doctrine and gone
over to the Lecompton party. Do not allow
yourselves thus to be deceived. Remember
what these men have said about you in the
past Remember how they abused and re-
viled YOU because you dared to stand up to


your principles and refused to be led by set


Of Federal pap-feeders hanging on to the well


filed dugs of Lecomptonism Remember


how they abused and libeIed your great


Chief, the Giant Douglas, when he arose In


the majesty and might of his intellect to de-
nounce with the withering seorn of true soul,
the base betrayal of Democratic principles


which was committed by a pretended Demo
! cratic President of the United States. Re
member how they prosecuted him in Illinois;
how they read him out of the Democratic
Party-at least go far as their pigmy malevo-
lence was able 20 do it /; and how they follow
ed him up till his return to the United StOtes
Senate, goading the lion there with all sorts
of miserable slights, taunts and malicious as
saults until he shook his wrathful name in
sudden anger and made his traducers learn
FOR ONCE with what manner of man they
were dealing Remember how, against the
bitter opposition of these time-serving tools
of power, who were ready to do the meanest
bidding Of the President, the great Douglas
bore the banner of Democracy with such
courage and determination that the hand Of
Federalism has not been able to strike it
down in any of the States where the Douglas
war cry has been fairly raised Had Douglas
ever quailed in the fight, had he ever surren-
dered one point in the great game that was
playing, think you that the Democratic
Party-we mean the Democratic Party
would now be occupying the proud position
it does before the country? No, Sirs. As
Douglas fought and still fights, SO must you


fight. On every hill and plain-in every
town and city-on every battle field where
a principle may be lost or won, the Douglas
banner should be found waving, with its
folds all over emblazoned with the notices
of Popular Right and Union and Democracy ! |
Remember, too, that every eye is upon you
in this contest from every quarter of the
State. Every Douglas man is expected to do
his duty, for defeat here is to encourage
the enemy from San Diego to Siskiyou, and
from the Sierra Nevada to the Pacific
March, therefore, ye honest, upright, true


hearted Douglas menl to the polls, and there
deposit those noiseless ballots which are to
speak, when counted, in tones of thunder to
the listening State the will of the unawed
and the unbought freemen of Marysvilel
Year: 1859

Let every man who believes that the Amer
lean PEOPLE are capable of SELF GOV
ERNMENT, and who values his right to vote
for public servants take part in the election
to day


All who believe that the President has
done wrong, and that tie majority ought to
rule, and who like to have the public sent'-
ment of Marysville expressed upon the sub
iect at the same time that good officers are
elected, will vote the whole NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC TICKET to day.


All who desire to see MARYSVILLE con-
nected with SAN FRANCISCO by RAIL
ROAD, and who desire to rebuke the inso'
lence of the opposition in nominating a FOL-
son, Railroad Director for Mayor, and tack
ing humbug resolutions on his back, favoring
our Marysville road, will this day vote the
whole ticket headed by WILLIAM SINGER!


All who think that it is time for the clique
Of BROKEN DOWN OFFICE-HUNTERS,
who howl for Lecompton pure and simple
to receive their quietus, will to day deposit
their votes against the election Of Schuyler c.
Tompkins, and his associates


All who object to the use of the Peoples
money, in corrupting treacherous representa-
ti1es, will this day vote against every candi-
date who is defender of the Adminstra-
tion.


All who believe in freedom of speech and
of the Press, will vote to-day against those
who cannot stand the WHOLESOME
TRUTHS which have been told of them, in
the DENocRAT, and who have unsuccessfully
tried to raise the silly cry Of persecutiOn
Year: 1859

We are pleased to see that the denizens of
our sister cities take so lively an interest in our
little election Which comes off to day, many
Of them being here to witness the contest.
They are welcome visitors and of course
will be treated with that civility for which
Marysvillians are somewhat proverbial. We
would remind our neighbors, however, that
this is OUR FIGHT, and we would respect
fully request them to stand a little to one
side while it is going on. Give US room ac-
cording to our strength, and we promise to
show you the handsomest combat that was
ever witnessed in this city Give us an open
field and IL fair fight, and if the Lecompton-
ties lick us, we'll Gown up" go into training
for another "milr and will be found "toeing
the scratch next fall, armed with truth and
enwrapped in the same true Democratic
armor which we have always worn.
Year: 1859

MARYsv1LLE, March Goth.


Eprron DEMocRAT:-T The circulation ofyour
paper this Sunday morning caused the Bolt
ers great uneasness TO find that their attemp-
ted bargain and sale on some of their ticket, to
secure the election of one man, had been
found out and exposed. And that such is
the case. or was the case, is beyond dispute.
But hope the Democracy will not trade
their candidate for Marshal off, and indeed
none of the ticket, but present solid front,
and let them (the Lecomptonites) still feel as
they already feel, and know, that we are de-
termined to elect our whole ticket and not
only portion of it, for if we can elect one
we can elect all Then let us do it.


There is no doubling the fact, that the
Custom House influence has sent a set of
shoulder striking rowdies here to participate
in the election, and to try and intimidate
honest Democratic voters from voting their
true sentiments and sucl being the case, let
every Democrat try and vote early in the
morning so he can do his duty, and prevent
illegal voting the remainder of the day. Let
us try and read the Lecomptonites Of Marys-
Vile such lesson, that their friends and Hc-
quaintances throughout the entire State, will
have cause to "weaken" and despair, and by
our example say to our friends, do as we have
done


The National Democracy throughout the
length and breadth Of the State are waiting
in breathless anxiety to see the result of our
efforts on Monday If we are victorious in
Marysville they will take courage and go to
let lis send them greeting, by telegraph,
stage, steamboat, and mule conveyance, the
news of glorious Democratic victory, and
of the endorsement of STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS
and the PRINCIPLES advocated by him.


Fellow Democrats put your shoulders to
the wheel and work like men. in good faith,
and victory is ours, and we will never be
ashamed to know that we IN Marysville were
the first to start the ball of Popular Sover-
eighty rolling in eighteen hundred and fifty
nine. Our opponents boast that the Douglas
Democrats are all going to scratch their
tickets, and that they (the Lecomptonites)
are going to plum the straight track, and
nothing but the track. The only way to
fight such men is TO use their own, or the
same kind of weapons, and use them with
determination and will to win, and you
will achieve glorious triumph.


REKLAw.
Year: 1859

Let no good citizens vote be set off by an
illegal one. CHALLENGE EVERY SUS-
PICIOUS PERSON, and see who dares to
PERFUME himself for the purpose Of voting
illegally. The Lecompton treksters would
like to carry things with high hand, but
we have too much reliance in the stout arms
of the WORKING MEN of Marysyille to
think that the polls can be seized by lwless
intruders. Stand by the polls, MUDSILLSl
There is where the PEOPLE ARE SUPREME
Guard the ballot-box for there is where you
make known your viii.
Year: 1859

Who is there that is going to vote for the
Folsom Railroad? Let him vote tn ticket
headed by the name of Col. Tompkins. But
whoever is going to vote for the San Francis
co and Marysyille Railroad, let him take
good care to vote the ticket headed by the
name of Judge Singer. The Mayor can do
much and so can the Aldermen to injure or
benefit the San Francisco and Marysvile
Railroad, if they like. Bear this in mind
when you vote.
Year: 1859

Thomas f. Parish is a very nice young
man, and has very nice situation as clerk in
a mercantile house. CHARLES NJ GoRnAM is
good Clerk for the city, and there is no ne
cessity for making a change. Let Parish and
Gorham keep their respective situations.


Many who are friendly to Parish will not
vote for him, for they say he has better
prospect ahead, if he sticks to his present
business. than he would have if he should be
elected for one year to $4,000 Office
Year: 1859

Let every man this morning think of come
friend or two who is engrossed in his bust
ness, and who forgets that this is Election
Day. Try and get the vote out in the fore
noon. WE CAN CARRY THE CITY BY
NOON if we all continue active, and work
systematically. Talk does no good. Go and
bring your friends up to the polls. We will
strike terror to the souls of the enemy before
the sun is overhead
Year: 1859

Have right to elect WILLIAM SINGER
Mayor. The Presidents supporters cannot
punish them for it. Col. Tompkins has been
in office long enough, He has been burdened
with spoils great deal The Mayoralty is an
honorable but not profitable position The
People gave Col. Tompkins the Mayoralty
once, when he was Democrat, but they
will not follow him up now that he has gone
hstray. Let the Colonel run for Lieutenant
Governor.
Year: 1859

Makes his brags, we understand, that he
cant be beaten in this city, and that it is no
use trying. Ridiculous Does he suppose
that there is no other man in the world fit
for Marshal but he? Does he think that he
has fee simple title or patent right to the
MarsholshiP? Does he suppose that the
office belongs to him and that the people will
never get tired of giving it to him2 Per
haps he will think differently by the time
the votes are counted to night
Year: 1859

IB- Some ofthe LecOmpton wire-workers
are braggiug that members of our party will
vote for men on their ticket, while they will
not vote for a single man on ours. We think
they will find themselves mistaken in the
former portion Of their calculation. What
right they have to count on a single Douglas
man at such a crisis as this we are at loss to
see The Douglas men are fighting for q
principle, and they are determined to win a
complete victory-not to elect a portion of
their candidates but all Of them.
Year: 1859

There is great fear that the Lecomps will
get desperate, and make q bold effort to elect
their Mayor, by offering to trade all the bal
ance of the ticket for him. Spurious tickets
will abound to day, and inscriptions men
will vouch for them as the straight Douglas
ticket. Every man should vote eoolly. and
deliberately, and see to it that the ticket
which he votes is the regular thing.
Year: 1859

We must see that the tickets used in each
Ward are the right ones for the Ward The
opposition would much like to make mis-
take for us, by carrying our tickets into the
Wrong Wards, and distributing them Such
maneuvering might defeat some Of our Al
dermen, by causing First Ward Douglas
ticket to be voted in the Second Ward
Look out for knavish tricks We are fight
ing Lecompton tacticians
Year: 1859

Is publishnd in consequence Of the fact
that this is election day, and as it is an extra
number, we will not apologize for having de-
voted nearly the whole of it to politics We
could not afford to let the Bugle give its un-
harmonious blast, without sending out some
antidotes in the shape of little Democratic
war.tak. We are enlisted in the battle, and
will stay on the field as long as the fight
lasts
Year: 1859

And will make some cloud and unusual
noises" this morning. Give the brass wind
instrument of the enemy but little weight to-
day, for it is taking q last and convulsive
"toot" for its master, and those who follow
in his iniquitous wake.
Year: 1859

The Douglas ticket prevailed in the last
fall election, and it was said that 1.-THE
NIGGERS HAD CARRIED THE COUN-
TY Now is the time to remember the COM
pliment. no Douglas man can do
justice TO his manhood and vote
for a LecOmptOnite The good men
North and South who sustain POPULAR
SOVEREIGNTY and its CHAMPION, are
not niggers
Year: 1859

We trust that the Douglas Democracy will
none of them cease working until the polls
close. See that all of the Douglas votes in
town are polled. Don't be satisfied with
simply electing the whole ticket but keep
up the good work, and beat the Lecompton
clique by majority which will silence them
in this city, for all time to come.
Year: 1859

The opposition will, of course, be at their
old tricks this morning. and slanderous stories
will be circulated concerning some Of our
candidates, with no opportunity for denial
LISTEN TO NO LECOMPTON LIEsl A,L
them why they were not told sooner.
Year: 1859

1t appears to be settled fact, that the Rail
road managers contemplate as soon as possl-
ble laying State tax on the people OF Min
nesota for the especial purpose of meeting the
interest on the Railroad State Bonds. The
Pioneer of Friday and Saturday last seems to
.rgue its propriety very cogently.


The People will rccollect what the MIME
>oTIAN told them before the Loan Election,
about this very taxation, and for telling which
the editor was most ferociously denounced as
4 liar by the organs of the grand swindle
both through their presses and by their speak
ers on the stump.


But the people disregarded our warning and
so must now prepare to pucker!' Whistling
school is about to commenced!


The Pioneer alleges that the people and
property of Minnesota can bear a tax Of ''ten
times SoO, ,0OO" or a tax that will yield $780,
00O,-a tax entirely for the benefit of the
Railroad managers.


Perhaps they can. But it did not original
ly read in the bond that they were to be taxed
at all !
Year: 1859

The Washington correspondent of the Gin
inst -" While the discussion and the test
vote in the Senate yesterday, showed there
was majority for some Pacific railroad, they
also proved tnat no plan describing particu-
lar route could be carried through Congress
at this session. There is, probably, force
enough to get telegraph established, and
that is the most that can be accomplished at
the present session, as was stated in this cor
respondence before the message was deliver
eln
Year: 1859

Our readers will doubtless be startled to
learn from the following communication, that
q party of men, disregarding the supremacy
Of our laws, and assuming the power of both
Judge and Jury, entered the Jail at Lexing-
ton, LIE Sueur County, where Rinehart was
confined for the murder of Boden, on the 9th
inst, took the prisoner out, and lynchcd him,
within short distance of the town:


LIE suEuR, Dec. %, 1858.


DEAR GREEN: The village of Lexington, in
this county, has been the theatre of a scene
Of retributive justice, which, however desti-
tute of law and order, nevertheless shows the
rough American idea of rewards and punish.
ments, in forcible light.


About ten o'clock on yesterday morning, a
mob of thirty or forty men, mostly hailing
from Rice County, arrived at Lexington, and
demanded the keys of the prison in which the
murderer Rinehart was confined. The efforts
of the Sheriff and his Deputy to preserve the
dignity of the law were in vain, and the jail
was soon opened. The poor wretch, inspired
with the strength of desperate man, tore
his right hand free, through heavy gyve of
iron, and seixing the leg of cast iron stove,
stood at bay with his face towards the door.
Being tall, muscular man, the lynchers, for
a while, dared not enter After short con-
sultation, they tore down the gable end of the
log jail and assailed him in the rear Finding
all hope of resistance vain, Rinehart lost all
heart, and fell upon the floor in fit. Taking
| the senseless body in sleigh, the whole par
| ty proceeded out of the village mile and a
half, and attaching q rope to his neck, threw
it over tree and hauled him up. The moose
was not tight and the lynchers lowered the
| body to adjust it more securely. Rineharl
now came to his senses, sprung to his feet and
earnestly asserted his perfect innocence of the
murder of Bodell. Seeing that their ears
were closed against his entreaties, he changed
his tone, and declared his readiness to die
At his request bystander was called on pray,
and after short prayer the murderer was
again hauled up,


| Public opinion has not yet experienced q
reaction, and nine out of ten men in the county,
around Lexington as well as in the village
consent to the justice of the execution
Waving the possibility Ga very slender one)
of his innocence, it seems unfortunate for us
to possess so little confidence in our govern
ment, as to take its work into our own hands
Still it requires very keen vision to discern
the majesty and supremacy of the great un
written principles of law and justice in the
summary proceedings of Judge Lynch him
SELF


The same great authority which declares
vengeance to be the proper attribute of the
Almighty alone, is also positive that bloody
and deceitful men shall not live out half thei.
days" Yours, etc., X.
Year: 1859

Good paper is readily discounted at two per
cent. per month.


Short first class paper payable in New York,
we will discount at fifteen per cent.


Scrip of all kinds is in demand in small
amounts for paying taxes.


We quote:
Year: 1859

"oo ShSASAy SA iuuCIl
Of it was vague and contradictory. He may
have been guilty-but, o =! he may have been
innocent too. Men with stronger circum-
stances against them, have been condemned
and executed, and their innocence afterwards
discovered The real murderer of BoDELL
may yet be at large, unsuspected!


And under this view of the case, what
terms can picture the crime of those men who
composed the mob that murdered RHINEHARr:
what terms strong, black, damning enough for
thus hurrying into eternity, in most brutal
manner, an innocent fellow being, with the
stigma Of murder on his name, protesting his
innocence, too, with his last breath! But
whether he was innocent or guilty, they are
stained with the guilt of his murder. Their
hands are dripping red with his blood. No
excuses they can make, or circumstances they
can urge as justifying their high-handed MUIR
der of poor RnrNEHART, can wash off the
stains. 1t will be load on every mans con-
science to his dying day, unless hardened be-
fore the crime, as probably from its Irish
composition many of them were. RnINEnARr's
blood is on the soul Of every man who helped
to execute him, and on the soul of every one
who abetted by looking on, and did not raise
his voice to protest against the crime. Let us
see whether there be in the neighborhood of
Lexington any who will repudiate and de-
nounce this act of blood, Or whether they ale
all alike-a community Of maurderers!!


This is the first atrocity of the kind which
has ever been perpetrated on the soil of Min
nesota. Let it be the last Let private citi-
zens, our rulers, the pulpit, THE PRESS, brand
it in terms of deserving ignominy without
fear, so that hereafter one muroer will not
lead to another, as it has in this instance.
Year: 1859

Last week We gave an invitation to the
farmers of this county to give to the public,
through our columns, their views on the
subject of Immediately organizing an Ag-
ricuitural Society with view of holding a
fair this fall. if thought proper. We take
pleasure in inserting a we'll written article
in reference 10 this matter, from the pen of
w. B. Davis, of Dow Greek. Mr. D.
thinks fair cannot be held this fall for va
rious reasons. which he gives. We have
thought the matter over and have come to
the conclusion that he is about correct.
Every body is aware that the holding of an
Agricultural Fair is attended with great
deal of trouble and expense. The farmers
are all busy. and will be this season. about
matters that necessarily precede Agricultu-
raj Fairs.


Besides, a great deal of preparation is nee
essary to make fair successful to make it
an occasion of interest to all classes. and
the season is now too far gone. We do no.
believe people can get ready this season.
But let us organize society now. and lei
it be understood that next year We will have
a fair. Let the grounds be prepared. and
everything be got in readiness. Other
counties in Kansas have made beginning
in this important matter. and it win not dc
for Breckenridge to be too far behind. We
commend the letter of Mr.. Davis to oul
readers who are interested in this matter.
and viii saw that our columns are still open
for anything they may wish to say on the
subject.