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Year: 1867

may think of it, if this bill pass, collis-
ions will arise between the Federal and
State jurisdictions-conhicts more dan
gerous than all the wordy wars which are
got up ia Congress-conficts IN which
the States will never yield, for the more
you undertake to load them with acts
ike this. the greater will be their resist
ence.


X \ X x


al stated that this bill was intended
to promote and help the execution of the
fugitive bill. The Senator does not deny
| it. I said there were States in this Union
whose highest tribunals had adjudged
that bill to be unconstitutional, and that
| I was one of those who believed it IN
constitutional; that my State believed it
unconstitutional; and that. under the old
resolutions of 179S and 1899, State
must not only be the judge of that, but
of the remedy in such a case,


% There Is one sovereign State which
has asserted the great doctrine which
your State, sir, (Mr. Mason in the chair
invoked in 1898 to free yourselves from
the exercise of power that threatened to
reduce you to slavery. Your great an
cestors rose against it. and made the
declaration of the platform on which 1
stand to-day, and on which you who are
honest Democrats stand, and from which
you will not shrink in the day of trial,
unless you mean to indorse them at Bal
timore and deny them at Washington.
! Laughter Then I am not to be con-
demned as a nullifer or as a disuniOnist,
unless I fall with the great Democratic
party upon the main plank in the last
platform which they erected. See Con-
gressiOnaZ Globe Appendir, SD Congress,
End Session, PIP. 213-15.
Year: 1867

"But Southern gentlemen stand here
and in almost all their speeches, speak Of
the dissolution of the Union as an ele-
meut of every argument, as though it
were a peculiar condescension on their
part that they permitted the Union to
stand at all. IF they do not feel inter
ested in upholdiUg the Union-if it really
trenches on their rIghts-ir it endangers
their institutions to such an extent that
they can notfeel secure under tiff their
interests are violently assailed by means
of this Union, am not one Of those who
expect that they will long continue under
it. I am not one of those who would
ask them to continue in such Union


It would be doing violence to the plat
form of the party to which I belong. We
have adopted the old Declaration of In
dependence as the basis of our political
movements, which declares that any peo-
pie when their Government ceases to pro-
tect their rights-when it is so subverted
from the true purpose Of Government as
E. oppress them, have a right to recur to
fundamental principles, and if need be-,
to destroy the Government under which
they live, and to erect on its ruins anoth-
er more conducive to their welfare. I
hold that they have this right I will
not blame any people for exercising it,
whenever they think the contingency has
come. I certainly shall be the advocate
of tbatsame doctrine wheneverI I fnd that
the principles of this Government have
become so oppressive to the section to
which I belong, that a free people ought
not longer to endure it. You will not
then find me backward in being the ad-
vocate of disunion; but thatcontingency
never having come, I have never yet
opened my mouth in opposition to the
Union. i ! X You cannot fOrcibly
hold men in this Union, for the attempt
TO do so, it seems to me, would subvert
the first principles of the Government
under which we live. Congressional
Globe, S4th Congress, Sd Session, page 20.


"There are some Senators who profess
great regard for the rights Of the States
I am one of those who have quite as smueh
regard for the rights of the States as
some who make louder professions on the
subject than I do. I am one of those
who, not only when an election is pend
ing, but at all times believe in the wis
dom, the constitutionality and the pro-
priety of the Virginia Resolutions of
1898 and 1899. l ground myself upon


those resolutions, and, standing upon
them, [ denounce this bill as a violation,
not only Of the spirit of those resolutions,
but as an attempt to trample upon the
rights Of the States and deprive them of
the power to protect their own citizens
from aggression and abuse. Do gentle
men suppose that the States now awaken
ed to a keen sense of their rights and the
danger of consolidation, will ever submit
to such bill as this? l tell you nay"
4 X 4


"Who is to be Judge IN the last resort
OF the violation Of the Constitution of the
United States by tho enactment of law
Who is the final arbiter The General
Government or the States in their Sow
ereigntv? Why, sir, to yield that point
| is to Weld up al the rights of the States
to protect their own citizens, and to con-
snlidate this Government into miserable
despotism. I tell you, sir, whatever you
Year: 1867

NEGRO EQUALITY IN THE Schools
The Radical doctrine of negro equality
is doing It's work wherever that party Is
so far in the ascendency as not to fear
the sober second thought of the people.
Only let them succeed in striking the
word "White" from Ohio's old fashion
ed free Constitution, and in making our
State Government mongrel affair, and
negro equality will everywhere be ezhib-
tied in all its hideous defOrmity, despite
the finer feelings and wishes Of portion
of the white people. We arc reliably
Informed that over in Springboro, War
ren county, where the Radicals have the
entire control of the schools and of all
the township and village affairs, the
Abolition Directors have admitted into
the white school and placed side by side
with the white children seventeen ne
proesI Democrats, Conservatives, trades
men. laboring men, how do you like the
pieture? Should Radicalism succeed
how long will it be till you have the
same state of affairs in Dayton and all
over the State These facts are signif-
cant and ought to make deep impres
sion on the minds of the people. Al
ready has it been proclaimed by a Radi-
cal in Dayton that he wished to see the
time when negroes would be admitted in
our Board of Education to sit side by
side. and vote and act, in that honorable
and responsible body, with the white
members Do the people wish that any
more ?-DaytOo Ledger.
Year: 1867

A SPLENDID BANNER TO BE PRESENT.
ED.-The Democratic State Executive
Committee will prezent a magnificent
Banner, to be made by Democratic ladies
Of Ohio, and to cost Five Hundred Dol
lars, to the county that will give the
largest increased vote over the vote given
to Gen. Lefe7er, for Secretary Of State,
last fall, and to the Township that will
give the largest increased vote over said
Gen. Lefever's vote, the Committee will
present a Banner worth Two Hundred
Dollars. The County and Township
securing these Banners, which are to be
sent up to every State Convention, will
be entitled to them, in the event of prov
ing the Banner County and the Banner
Township at two successive elections.
Year: 1867

WHO ARE THE REPUDIATORs? ?-The
Negro Suffrage press of the State charge
the Democracy, because they wish topay
off the National debt in legal tender notes,
in order to lessen the taxes of the people,
in the same money in which the debt was
contracted, with being in favor of repu-
diation.


The party whose press charge these
falsehoods are the only repudiators the
State has ever known.


They repudiated the debt due the in
digent soldiers, and the widows and or
pEans Of those who fell in defense of the
nation, by flching 100000 from the
amount set apart by taxation for their
support, thus leaving them to starve or
to hide their misery in the poor house.


They repudiated the solemn obligation
of the State to pay the interest on the
debt due to foreigners in gold, by order
ing it to be paid in greenbacks, when
greenbacks were worth only about one
third of the amount called for on their
face.


The 7:3O Government bonds were
bought with greenbacks-were cove
nanted to be paid in greonbacks, and in
greenbacks, the only legal tender ourren-
cy of the country, they will be paid, and
he who dare say that to do so is repudia-
ton, either expressed or implied, is a
knave who knows better, or fool that
ought to be sent to an idiotio asylum.
Year: 1867

KING BIRDS AID BEEs.-We have the
authority of the Ohio Farmer that king
birds when they capture a bee, first
catch him between the feathers on the
top of the head, retain the bee for Q
short time, and then free him, and the
second capture Is in the bill and then
swallowed. While the bee remains in
captivity 'on the top Of the head Ii
stipgs into the thick tuft or scalp, there
by losing the sting.t yrgY-
Year: 1867

Public attention is just now turned
towards the session OF Congress which
is to assemble on the first Wednesday
in July. There is every prospect that
there will be more than d quorum of the
members of the House of Representa-
tives in attendance at Washington at
noon of the day designated, when, by
the terms of the resolution OF adjourn
ment, the Speaker must direct the Clerk
of the House to call the roll of members.
The presence of q sufficient number OF
Senators is not so certain. 1t requires
twenty seven Senators TO form quo
rum and there are but thirty'tiVe that
can reasonably be expected to reach the
Capital In season for the roll-call, when,
if there be not quorum OF both the
Senate and House present, the Speaker
of the House and the President of the
Senate are directed In express terms to
adjourn their respective houses without
day. The language of the resolution
which determines the proceedings is
somewhat peculiar and we give it entire
as it finally passed


"Resolge9, That the President OF the
Senate and the Speaker of the House OF
Represen Satives are hereby directed to
adjourn their respective houses on Sat
urday, March 80, 1867, at II O'Clock,
meridian, to the first Wednesday OF July,
1867, at noon, when the roll Of each
house shall be Immediately called, and
Immediately thereafter the presiding OIL
fcer of each house shall cause the pre-
siding officer of the other house to be
informed whether or not quorum OF
its body has appeared and thereupon,
II a quorum OF the two houses respect
lively shall not have appeared upon such
call OF the rolls, the President OF the
Senate and the Speaker Of the House OF
Representatives shall Immediately ad-
iourn their respective houses without
day"


II is only one point gained to have Sc
cured quorum, not merely voting
majority OF those present, but working
two.thirds majority, the same number
of votes that passed the reconstruction
acts, for it is very evident that the veto
power will be exercised, and Congress
should be fully prepared to meet it;
hence the necessity OF the prompt al
tendance o: the Republican members.
Year: 1867

effect becomes the maker OF the note,
and undertakes to redeem all the notes
of such defunct or defaulting national
banks as may be presented at this Office
for payment. This obligation is con.
elusive upon the government, whether
thd securities lodged for the purpose
with the Treasurer are sufficient or not.
l, in effect, become not only the cashier
of such defaulting national bank, but
become the trustee of all it's creditors
and am compelled to see that the inter-
ests Of its creditors and OF the govern
ment are fully protected, Such notes
stand in the same relation to the public
as notes issued by the United States, and
will be subjected to the same rules in
their redemption.
Year: 1867

ACCIDENTAL sad and fatal accident
occurred between Lyndon Depot and
the new railroad shopt on Wednes-
day morning Of last week. AS some of
the woikmen employed upon outside
work were passing up on hand car, a
man by the name of Patrick McGrary
OF Halifax, c. E., was caught by the
crank while turning the car, and thrown
forward upon the track and instantly
killed by the car passing over him.
There were some six or eight men in
the car st the time.
Year: 1867

VERMONT MARBLE. The marble for
the new post-office at Portland, will be
furnished by the North Middlebury Mar
BILE Company of Middlebury, Vt. This
company is composed largely of Boston
capitalists. Their marble is of fine
grain, compact and durable-mostly
beautifully variegated, although they
have also tinted and white layers. The
company have just closed their second
year and have been quite successful.
Year: 1867

Spo.rsnsN.-The Game Law - ias % re<
la,es to the shooting Of prairie chickens
ceases to be Of effect after the first Of An.
gust. after which time there will be some
rare sport, as this excellent game Is said to
be plenty.
Year: 1867

"WrTn FouR METALLIC QUALIFICATIONS a
man may he pretty sure Of earthly success
These are GoLD in his pocket. SILVER in his
tongue. BRASS in his face, and IKoS in his
heart"


But for tonic appetizer, and as gentle
stimnlant, there il reliable virtue in PLAN
TATIoN BlrTERS. No article has ever
been so popular or done half SO much good
Let all who have not already tried this
great stomachic. at once test its quality
We understand that the Druggists and
Gr0cers of this section are selling vast
quantities, and that scarcely . family is
without it,
Year: 1867

DAILY STATESMAN. The first number Of
this new Daily came to US this morning
1t has no words of greeting or promise for
its future action, but, with the Democratic
State Ticke. and Platform at the head Of its
heavy blows into the ranks Of Radical Puri
tanism. II prefers to let its action speak
for its name and reputation. II bids fair
to be n complete success or We very much
mistake its editorial ard business men.
Year: 1867

A CONFEDERATE BILL IN AN ODD PLACE.
At one of the colored churches in Mobile, the
minister having finished bis sermon, announced
that a collection would be taken up for mission
ary purposes. The "sasscr" was accordingly
sent round When it came back to the pulpit,
the preacher proceeded to count the amount re-
ceived, and among the fractional currency he
discovered ten dollar Confederate BILL lie
looked at it for some time with evident disgust,
and then took calm look at his congregation
over the top of his spectacles. Then clspping
the uncurrent bill! upon the open bible with in
dsnant emphasis, he exclaimed: "Brederin,
pat this bill right dar on dc bible and let the
Lord take'c Of dat man ~
Year: 1867

We take pleasure in announcing to the Ladies
that we will attach to House early in the Spring.
FIRST class French Millinery Establishment of which
dae notice Will be given. \. WE'LL i CO.
Nav
Year: 1867

With proper culture cranberries, which can
be raised in Maine as well as In Cape Cod or
New Jersey, may be made a most profitable
crop. David Brown, ESQ.,, of Hampden, in
the Maine Farmer, says a bog overfowed by
water Is not an indispensable location for sue
cess; by removing any soil to the pan, thus
making basin which viii hold the water
drained into it, and covering the hard clay bot
tom with sand, he says the vines win flourish
and produce fruit az well as On bog land. He
thinks the soil should be so poor as not to
produce weeds, for these, unless carefully ex-
Terminated, which must be a vexatious task.
would choke the plants end ultimately over
come and destroy them. We do not under
stand, exactly, how ground so poor as not to
produce any sort of weeds, can have pabulum
enough in it to promote the growth even of
cranberry vines We should rather trust to
seasonable fowages to destroy all but aquatic
plants. Cranberries love the water and in it
can defy land weeds.


The great object OF fowage, however, is not
only to prevent the growth OF weeds unfriend-
ly to the cranberry vines, but to operate as a
wet blanket to cover the blossoms in spring,
and the immature berries in autumn as a pro-
lection against late and early hosts, which
are fatal in either case. Low, fiat grounds are
frosty, and in this climate will hardly have
time enough to grow and mature unless the
plantation Is so arranged as to enable the oul-
tivator to let on coating of water from some
neighboring pond or fountain. This will pre-
serve the buds and blossoms In spring, and
the unripe fruit in autumn, and will make the
vines laugh and grow fat" at the same time.


TRAxI.
Year: 1867

Among the long-standing Revolutionary
claims which will probably come again to the
notice OF Congress during the present session
Is that Of the heirs of Colonel William Grayson
fhe name is unfamiliar now, but ninety years
I ago II was pillar of strength to the American
cause. A writer in the National Lateiiigencer
gives the following reminiscence which win be
entirely new to most readers:


The late John Taliaferro related To ma an
anecdote, the last time ever saw him. of Mr.
Monroe and Colonel Grayson, that NAV be re-
peated. They were both In the Continental
Congress, and during the exciting period which
has been adverted to he accompanied tbe for
mer ON horseback to New York. Late i'm the
at Bladenburg where they were met by the
latter. The patriot statesmen and colonels of
the Revolution embraced each other Affection
ately being the best Of friends, and distaply
related, and Immediately entered into converse
ton upon national affairs Colonel Grayson
was one OF the most fascinating gentleman in
conversation ofthe time in which he lived. and
Mr.Monroe courteous and attentive listener
As long as he could hold his eyes open Young
Taliaferro did not let word escape his ears
and at a late hour he left them tets-a-tets and
paed-d.pied before cheerful wood fire. At
six the next morning he descended the stairs
and found them, in the precise condition in
which he left them, mere chump of the fuel
remaining unconsumed. In those days patriot
hearts knew how to feel and patriot
brains to work. That nights sitting NAV have
had happy influence in shaping nations


1t may be added that Colonel Grayson was
colleague of Mr.. Monroe in the Continental
Congress and in the Virginia convention
When the Constitution was ratified by that
State, he was elected with Richard Heury Lee,
to the United States Senate. Ill health, how
ever, compelled him to resign his seat, and he
died soon after.
Year: 1867

BY GERALDINE LEE.
You are home at last, dear husband;


Itwas so very late,
That I thought I'd take the baby


And meet you at the gate,
But the river breeze was chilling,
49, And did not dare to wait
You should have seen the baby


All through the live long day
He sat in his willow cradle,


With his toys and bird at play,
And his laugh rang out like silver bell,
So musical ard gay.
He knows your step on the Threshold,
Almost as we'll as |,
And he waves his chubby fingers


As if about to fly.
And he gazes from the window


To see if you are nigh.
And when he sees you coming,


You ought to see his eyes,
Like violets through dewdrops,


Light up with sweet surprise:
Do you know, he sometimes seems to me
Like an angel in disguise?
And when he groweth weary,


And his dropping eyelids close,
! can almost hear the angels


Lull him into sweet repose;
While gleam of heavens own sunlight
On each radiant feature glows.
Oh, we tremble for our baby


What may his future bef
Wilt thou, Our Father, guide him
Der life's uncertain sea,
And bring his storm-tossed bark at last
Safe home to heaven and Thee?
Year: 1867

ordered both companies out Of service until the affair
could DO investigated would confirm the sase-


mt Mayor AcAiichael ordered the arrest oi an
NJ known TO have been concerned in the ahsck
Year: 1867

Twill relate circumstance which
obtained on tie very spot where it occur.
red, and which I think will clearly illus


trate now Mason's heart can be made to
thrill Of the recognition of Brother. At
the battle of Fort Meigs, one of the noble
Kentucky volunteers who crossed the Mau
NEE river for the purpose Of gpiking the
cnemy's cannon, received severe wound
on the plain where Maumce City now
stands, which rendered him belpiess.-
An athletic Indian warrior approached
him With his tomahawk "high raised in
air. when the wounded soldier begged
for quarters-for meroy-but to no effect.
In bis last extremity he made gcsia.s
which caught the eagle eye of Teoumseh
who seized the warriors arm, and com.
manded him to hold, to spare him-that
he was his friend The warrior paused
for moment as If to gather new strength,
and cast whitening look at the chief,
gave the fatal bIowl Teeumseh, quick
as lightning, struck the full blade of his
tomahawk into bis skull, and he fell o
lifeless corpse.-Samuel Reed.
Year: 1867

One Of those annoying, yet ludicrous


accidents, which will happen in the best


of families, occurred on Sunday, not over


thousand miles from this city. A dry


goods clerk had aa engagement to take


bis love out buggyridiGg. Early in the


morning he app sed before her fathers


door with one Sifuose spider like yehi-


cles which are probably constructed with


a view of ascertaiuing how light buggy


can be made, and at the same time be


serviceable ~. :.


The lady is sweet l6, beautiful, and
just little bit Of what is termed "fast"
She is full of life, fun and frolic, and is


decidedly eaJonpoint, weighing about
lag pounds. As the young gentleman
drove Up, his lady love was standing on
the top step at the front door with her
venerable father, who had his gold specs
elevated on his forehead, in order to get
a distant view of his future son-in-law.
Adonis jumped out Of the buggy propar-
atory to assisting the young lady in, but
she suddenly took one Of those strange
freaks to which the dear sex are all sub
ject. The buggy was standing about
four feet from the steps, and considera.
bly, below the step upon which stood the
young lady. She probably wanted to
convince her lover that she was not clum.
sy if she was fat, and thought that this
would be good time to show him her
agility. Be this as it may, she gave a
jump and landed 10 the center Of. the
buggy. II she had stopped there, all
would have been well, but alas the thin
boards of the bottom Of the buggy, una.
BILE to stand the pressure, gave way, and
the young lady continued her descent.


There was piercing scream pluug.
ing horse with young man holding to
him; bundle Of muslin in the buggy,
and two little gaiter boots pointing 10
within six inches Of the ground under it.
Paterfamilias rushed to the rescue and
detached the horse from the buggy
He then got up on one side, aud the
young nan on the other, and they at.
tempted to raise young lady up. 30,
stop, STOP !! you are killing me, she cried.
The boards had broken in the center,
and the long, sharp splinters extended
downwards, and when they attempted to
raise the young lady out Of her predics.
ment these sharp splinters would catch
in her le-pshayl 'Dia YOU ever see a
wire mouSetrap? If net, 60 and get one,
stick your finger through the entrance
funnel and try to pull it out You will
then understand the sad fix that our
young lady was in on Sunday morning.


The old man comprehended the situa.
lion in moment. lie told the young
man to get down and break the spinters
off. Young lady creamed, 20, don't"
and young man wouldn't. At this stage
Of the proceedings practical neighbor
came pp'with . Ratchet, and the young
ady was soon extricated from her un
pleasant situation, and disappeared be.
hind the front door.


We don't know whether the young
ady sustained any serious injury or not,
md We are not going to ask any questions
IT that young man.
Year: 1867




s@ The Republican Convention in
Brown County, o., passed q resolution
that man can vote either way on the
negro suffrage question and yet preserve
bis connection with the Radical organisa.
tion. This indicates weakening Of the
knees, and is an excellent omen Of the
FUTURE. We suggest that, is Rspubli.
cans can vote any way on the question,
they vote for Judge Thurman and the
Democratic ticket this fall They are
opposed to the negro suffrage party, while
General Hayes and bis ticket are pledged
in its favor. That is the way the issue,
the Brown County folks consider open,
stands. -
Year: 1867

criminal purpose of its assembling, nor dissecf
the character Of its members. :.


May the God Of The patriot, even at this
late day, flash light upon the minds OF al
least all who are native Of our soil, and may
they yet pause before they become hopeless,
ly recreant to all they hold dear, and to all
for which their children can have hope.