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011LIXOF.lt A: TIItinONs,
Publishers and Proprietors.
" business cards.
j. f. & s. u. rniCE,
Attoirieys-at-La-v,
Perrysburjr, Wood County-1
WE hare large quantities of Rcnl Estate for
sale ; attend to Tax-paying ; also, procure
Jtusr.ues and Pensions tor noldiers.
All business promptly attended, to. 16
INSU11K1 INSURE !
INSURE WITH THE
FIREMEN'S INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF DlVTOJf, OHIO.
TUIS Company has fairly earned the right to
solicit the patronngo of the citizens of tliis
cmtr, having paul $5,700 in Losses in the county
within the last year. Rates as low as anv reliable
Company. Losses equitably adjusted and prompt
ly paid.
J. A. SHANNON', Perrysburg, 0.,
41 General Agent for Northwestern Ohio
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UKDURIULL.
& o.
Dealers in
American & Italian Marble
and. Granite Stone,
No. 290, corner of Summit and Cherry, Toledo, 0
9Monuments furnished to order.
mail or other'ise.3
Address br
49zz
SLEVIN & BROWN,
Attorneys and Counsellors nt Law, and
tieneral l.nud Agci ts.
Land bought aftd sold taxes paid : titles exam
ined, etc. Extra bounty, local bonntr, back
pay, pension, etc., promptly collected and
paid over.
t" Office tn the Courthouse, Perrysburg,
Ulno. tviz
PERItYSBURG MEAT STORE.
JOIIY G. HOFFMAN
TTAS removed his Meat Store to the building re
XI eentlv occupied by tho Hardware Store, on
Loaisiana Avenue. An excellent quality of Meat
Is always kept on liand.tj whiohhe incites the at
tention of all lovers of ajuioy RoaBt,or atender
Steak.
Perrysburg, November 6, 1805. 3zz
B. C. FDERLY,
SURGEON DENTIST,
PEUIIVSOUIIG, OHIO.
Charges moderate, and all work warranted.
tyodlce over (J. ileach't Store, on Louisiana
Avenue. aozz
J. H.
REID,
Attorney-
nt - Law,
TT A3 resumed the practice of his profession, at
A. rorrjaimrK, imiio, wuure ne w 111 pi j-ruiupk
attention to an legal easiness emrusioa io nis care
Office in the Bank building. 7zz
WILLIAM U. JONES.
JOItN A. SHANNON
JONES tV SHANNON,
REATj estate agents
office over kreps' store,
46 Perrysburg, Ohio.
A. McMAIIAN,
(Late Iirevet-Colonul U. S. Volunteers,)
'Wo. i Claira Agont
PostoOico Address Eust Toledo, Ohio.
ALL Ilmest Claims sgainst the Government
can be collected. Many of the late officers
and soldiers of the army, and also widows and
heirs or deceased officers and soldiers, do not keep
Well informed of the laws relating to them. All
claimants for whom I transact business are
promptly informed, by mail, of any laws affecting
them, lifX charge mile uniuss claims are
successfully prosecuted. F1 43zz
S. DAVIS,
Civil Engineer & Deputy
' County Surveyor,
'Weston, Wood County, Ohio.
Land and Timber are getting valuable J survey
While original poiuts cau be Identified. 61s
OEOIiaE STHA1X,
ATTORN ET-AT-L AW, Pkssysburo, O.,
WILL attend to all bua'messcon filed to his care
in the several Courts of Ohio. Military
Claims will receive particular attention.
Also Insurance taken at reasonable rates.
Otfloe New Hardware Building,up stairs, ror
nef of Louisiana A vonoe and Front street, lit
F. A O. li.. HOLLFNUECK,
l'crryaburfi Wood. Co., O.
Altoroers-at-Law ; Notaries Public; Conveyanc
ers; Collecting Agents; Kcal Estate Ageute;
Having large quantities of Wild Lands and many
Improved Farina, for sale ;
Agents to Pay Taxes, add redeem lands sold for
tates also, to purchaae lands and investigate
titles.
War Claim Amenta
To procure the back pay and bounty due to rel
atives of deceased Soldiers ;
To procure pensions for those1 entitled to them ;
To procure for soldiers liberated from prison
eoaamuutlod of rations while they were confined,
eta., to. jt
ROSS & cooii,
AOINTS FOB THS
MtfTltOFOLITAN INSURANCE CO.
Of New Vork City.
Kates is low as any good, Brst-class Company.
Business solicited. Office, corner of Frout-streei
aid Louisiana avcuor., Perry sbarfl; t
REAL ESTATE AGENCIES.
J1S. W. ROSS, ASHES COOK, KLBKRT P. BOSS
ItOSS & COOK,
ABSTRACTS of TITLE
OFFICE i
Corner l.nnUlsna Avrnur and Front
street, rerrfieurg, Out.
WE have the only set of Abstract nooks
now in Wood County, containing a complete
Indfx to all Lots and Lands 'herein.
NT Certificates of Title given upon reasonable
terms.
1-tfAlso, Agents for purchasing1 and selling
Real Estate, getting up Tax Titles, paying Taxes,
ate, we.
Business solicited. 87m
OEOKOK WBPPKLL. W. S. IBKRLT
UEUDCLL A EBEIILY,
GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
Perrycbnrg, Wood County, Ohio.
Will buy and sell Lands, examine titles, pay
taxes, redeem Lands sold for taxes, &e., Si.",
yg' Office in the Court-house. 87ix
FOR SALE,
Two Farms inWeston Tp.
TIIE east 4 of the northeast i of section 32,
snd the wet of the northwest i of section
33 10ft acrjs ; 100 acres under cultivation: good
orchard, containing 100 bearing trees; good well;
60 acres good timber; 3 miles northwestof Weston.
ALSO
The north i of the southeast i of section 19,
containing 80 acres; 40 acres are improved; good
frame house, etc.; S. miles south of Uilend.
Uotb the above Farms can be had at a bargain.
For particulars, inquire of
WE DO ELL & EBERLT,
Real Estate Agents, Perrysburg, O.
VALUABLE REALJSJATE FOR SALE,
THE undersigned having established a Real Es
tate Aurencv in 1'errvsburir. ntt'or for anln Dm
following Real Estate, situated in Wood County
O In-lots in Perrysburg, with good House, Barn
Orchard, Well, Ac very desirable. Can bo had
at a bargain, and on liberal terms.
A I'litm of 120 acres, in section 10, of Plain
Township, under good cultivation, with 300 fruit
trees, good buildings, and well drained. Two
miles Ironi loiitogany.
An Improved Farm of 100 Acres, in seo
tion 34, Plain Township ; 90 acres under cultiva
tion, end nearly all under Fence; u large orchard,
and good well, together with a good frame house
and barn.
A Farm containing OS Acres, in same
section, all under fenco mostly improved; orchard,
good b.iro and large house, with good frame house
in course of construction.
The NE. H of the NE. J of section 28, town 4,
north of ranfte 10 east. Good House and Orchard.
All under fence.
UNIMPROVED LANDS.
V. i se qr section 33, tp 5, range U 80 acres,
N Yj, sw qr sec 31, tp J, range 11 80 acres.
8t Acres, in section 4, Cel. or Township, well
timbered with black waluut, white wood, Ac.
80 Acres, iu section 16, Liberty Township,
prairie.
40 Acres, ia section 18, Milton Township
Lot No. 8. 1
80 Acres, in section 12, Henry TownsLip
timbered.
200 Acres in section H,rortnge Township;
heavily timbered.
Twelve or fifteen choice TOWN LOTS, in Per-
rysuurg.
RfThe above Real Estate will be offered
low rates, on terms to suit the purchaser.
SLEVIN A BROWN,
4 Real Estato Agents, Perrysburg, 0
Desirable Farm for Sale
Wc have for sale, the excellent farm of Gen. D.
W. Day, nenr 11 w ling Green, consisting of 210
acres, nearly all under fence, over 100 acres under
cultivation, good buildings, good orchard, thor
ougly ditched ; and is in every view a first-class
farm, in the bost of condition. Price low and
terms easy.
ROSS & COOK.
FOR SALE
TT'OLn desirable residences In
Perrvsburff.
L
Price ranging from $1,200 tn $1,8(10 ; for Pale
by
HUftS A COOK.
BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE
For Sale, cheap, in prompt pay or in pay'
mcnts, a new dwelling-house and lot, 110 feet front
nna tJ.j leet rear, of lu-Iots Nos. 303 aud 400, Per
rysbuig, Ohio.
40 acres of land, n i of e XC of nw or. rpi 2R.
in Perrysburg, good log dwelling house, and other
iuiiroTemeuui. oou, prompt pay, or J7U0 in
lueuis.
180 acres of land for sale cheap, in Warren
vwuiiLr, ininuiH.
In-lots Nos. 35 and 36 for salo In Philinns' add
tion to Toledo, Ohio; at a bargain, in paymeuta if
ueaireu.
Also, a business lot in Dcs Moines. Iowa low.
80 acres, n lA se qr s c 21 , Middluton, good land,
hi iu per acre in paymenis.
80 acres, n M no qr sec 36, Webster, duelling
paid for, at 10 per acre in pavmenta.
100 acres, nw qr see 29, in Portage, good land,
at a per acre in payments.
80 acres, w X sw qr sec 27, in Lake, at a low
figure.
80 acres, w 14 sw or sec S. town 3. ranee 10 In
it ' '
ui'iiry, ui 90 per acre,
A number of fine in-lots for sale cheap in Per
rysburg.
Desirable lands in Lnporte and Steuben Co's,
Ind., for sale at a bargain.
300 aores of tax title lands, in Wood County, for
buiu cneap .
I will show my lands with pleasure, and in sell
ing, will make payments to suit.
J. K1UKKTTS.
Perrysburg, February 8, 1867. 41
BENTON'S
PINE TREE
TAR TEOIIES,
For the Immediate Relief and Specdv
Cure of Coughs, Colds, Hoarse
ness, Sore Throat, Bronchitis,
Tickling in the Throat,
Catarrh, etc., etc., etc
RELIEF OBTAINED IN FIVE MINUTES.
PUBLIC Speakers and Singers will find those
Troches invaluable for strengthening and
clearing the voice, ami allariuir all irritation of
the Throat and Bronchial Tubes incident to vocal
exertion. As thev contain no Opium or any
thing in the least injurious to the most dulicuts
constitution, they cau be taken as freely as neces
sary, flight Colds, Coughs, Hoarseness and Sore
Throat, which readil r yield to the l'iue Tree Tar
Troches, should be checked immediately, and be
fore the inflammation readies the bronchial Tubes
and Lungs, which would prod 'ice Uronchitis and
Consumption. The valuable medicinal properties
of the Tar of the White Pine Ties are almost uni
versally known, and is regarded as one of ths
beat remedies for all diseases of the Throat snd
Lungs, ll soothes and allays all irritation, re
duces inflammation, and has a peculiar and marked
benenoial enect on the Organs or Inspiration. 1 be
White Pine Tar, when refined, posesaes these val
uable properties iu ills' highest degree, snd has
been combined with other valuabls ingredients to
form Iba elegant and convenient preparation,
known as" Usnton's I'ini Tan Tab Troches."
Observe the fac-simile of the Proprietor's signa
ture on ths wrapper of each boa, without which It
cannot mi genuine.
umiua t I iim Tree Tar Trochoa (re prepared
ooly by
C, O. IlENTOt, Chemist and Druggist,'
13V aud 141 Detroit street, CM Jud, O.
For Sale by all Druggists.
Pri-t CtiiUi Its
The Castalian Fount.
[From the Ohio State Journal.]
"ALL MEN ARE CREATED FREE
AND EQUAL."
Courage, Oh, my riaing brother,
Wtaried patience worketh faith )
Not a day but brings another
" Bow of promise," to your race.
Courage, see, the " oar of progress"
Wheels you proudly to jour plaoe.
Lot ths Almiuhty God ts bending,
Stooping downward with the prist
Lot the Heavens abovs are raiding,
Lift, I say, your weary eyes,
See the arm of Ood extended
With the help which man denies.
Yours has been no equal warfare
ilijht ne'er grappled fair with ltigtt
Right you are, Gtx knows it ; therefor
Hise, and greet the morning light.
Bark into primeval darknesa
Flies, with broken wing, your night.
Hark I the tramp of Ood is sounding,
''Tis enough, come ye tip higher I"
From your broken fetters bounding.
Kiss and striko your blood-won lyre.
Tune it to a glorious anthem,
Unto Moses' song aspire.
From the dead land of your sorrows,
From the red sea of your tears,
From oppressions darkest horrors,
From its graves, its crimes, its fears,
You are coming, coining, coming,
Uisiug with the rising years.
Murmur not, although but slowly
Grinds Jehovah's mill ; Progression
Leave tho "flesh-pots," quickly, wholly,
Le irn of Israel that lesson,
Forward! rins-iim-d army, forward I
Funvard I Freedom's long procession.
- .
[From the Cincinnati Times.]
SAID I WOULD DO IT.
I said I would do it, and did ;
Said I would " chew" nevermore,
And the wad in mv in nith.nr quid,
Went spinuing along the floor ;
I thought ths fumes of tobacco.
That poison the w holesome air,
From the thousand hum.in chimneys,
Now pulling it everywhere,
Was a nuisance; aud I said so
I pledge you my word I did
And I took my last Havana,
Aud hurled it alter the quid.
Now, how do you think I manage
To keep from breaking my vow T
Jmt drop your cigar, and listen
While I'm telling you how :
Whenovor I feel like smoking
Whonever I want a " chew"
I put my hand in my pocket,
And that's about all I do.
For bread I find plenty of money,
And money I find for ment ;
Money 1 find for every thing
My family wants to eat.
And money, too, for the printer,
(He wants a little, you know,)
Then stop your pulling and chewing,
And pay him the bill you owe.
The Campaign.
HAYES ON THURMAN.
General IIatk m iU a upoooli at Ham
ilton, in which he referred lo Jiidjro Tuuit
man's Waverl speech , and cxposod the
inconsistent record ol tho Domocrutio can
did.ito for Governor. General IIaybs said:
This is the first canvass since the war
in which any candidate for an important
ollico in this State has placed his claims to
prelermnnt upon such eroumU as those
now taken by Judge Tliurman. In 18G5
the party with which the Jude is aotitii;
with that " discretion" which is "the better
part of valor," nominated for Governor
General Morgan, who could (it is well
known) show claims to the title of War
Democrat. In 18GG, the same party placed
at the head of its ticket Goneral lion.
LoFevre, a popular gentleman who had
belonged to the Union army during almost
ths whole of the war. lint on tho 8th of
January last the Stato Convention of this
rartv, for some reason which is not neo
essary now to discuss, adopted a change
ot policy. 1 lie permanent Chairman of the
Convention was Mr. rendleton,lhe destinud
oandidata of the l eaco Democracy for Pres
ident, the most conspicuous and most ron
MHtont adversary in tho North, of the war
for the Union, was the leading and the
most active manager of the Convention,
and was the architect of its platform, Tho
nomination of Judge Thunnan, and the
proceedings and the organization of the
Convention wore evidently intended to
placo again in tho esoeudouoy, that wing
of the Detnocralio party which lias been
U'ider a oloud ever since Loe surrendered to
Grant. That Convention-gave notice that
hereafter in Ohio, the Deiuocratio wagon
was to be driven by peace Democrats, and
that war Democrats were to take back
scats.
Now, how does Jnd'e Thurman defend
his anti war record T Ho deliberately, and
in strong language, makes charges of the
gravest character aganiBt the administra
tion of. Mr. Lincoln, and against the loyal
people who sustained it. lie says :
" Indeed, it is but truth to assert that
there is scarcely a provision of the Con
stitution that has not, within tho last six
years, been shamelessly and needlessly
trampled under foot, and that ts tint at this
da', yet more shamelessly and more need
lessly violated. irom the mo
ment, 1 say, that these enemies of our
Government obtained the ascendency, and
imposed their will upon our rulers this
country has seen little else than woe.
"It was owing to the machinations of
this faction that disunion and civil war
were not peaceably averted ; it was to
their machinations that we owe the pro
longation of the war two ears longer than
it would otherwise have lasted ; it is owing
to them that the Union was not completely
restored ss soon as peace was achieved ;
and they ate the men who, with diabolical
ingenuity, add, every day, some new elri
ment of discord to aggravate our unsettled
and dangerous condition, and to monace us
with a lutum o iiarcuy or despotism.
" They overwhelm with abuse and ridi
cule every man who, before the war; sought
to preserve the Union by peaceful means;
they bunted down, as far as they were
able, every General of tho war, however
meritorious, who refused to beconsi their
servile partisan ; they deprived McClelUn
of hie command because, after South Moun
tain and Aiitietatn, it was plain thut peace
could be speedily obtained on the basis of
tho Constitution and Union of our fathers,
and because he was in favor of thus ob
taining it ; they converted the war from
what tho President and Cougress at the
outset declared it to be a war to pn.-i.erve
the Union and the Constitution into a war
for the enfranchisement of negroes and tie
perpetuation of the power of a party."
After repeating a long catalogue of
crimes against the Consli'ution, against the
rights of citizens, committed by tho party
w Inch supported th warstatements ld n
tics) in substance, and very nearly identical
iu btneuitgei with those wuieu no u iu
to
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of
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this
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day
so
pie
to
of
we.
the habit of making while the war was still
raging lie proceeds to quote long extracts
from newspaper correspondents aud others
t n ling to show that the alxdition of slave
ry in llaytt, in Jamaica, and in other coun
tries, has proved injurious' to the emanci
pated slaves and ruinous to the country in
which they 'ore set fre, Soino of these
extracts are very familiar to the tuiblio.
They have been for many years on duty in
the mouths of men who were engaged iu
the task of defending slavery and the
aggressions of the slaveholders.
I do not propose this evening notice
in detail the charges made by Judge Tliur
man. I take tho broad ground that if they
were all as true as Judge Thnrmatt pro
fessee to believs them to be, they would
furnish no justification to tho men who,
during the great struggle for the nation's
life, opposed the war.
The war of the rebellion was no common
war. It was not a war to settle a disputed
boundary, or to vindicato the invaded
rights of individual American citizens.
Wars for such purposes are, unfortunately,
sometimes necessary, and impose impor
tutit duties upon every man who uwos
allegiance to the Government. But the
great civil war in which we were lately en
gaged was a war of much higher signifi
cance. It involved the existence of our
Government, of our nationality, an 1 tho
interest of freo institutions all over the
world. In tl-.t langWAgJ of Dongl is, '' it
was a question of country or no country j
of Government or no Government ; and
hence it beenmo the imperative duty of
every Union man, every friend of Constitu
tional liberty, to rally to the support of aur
common country, its Government and fhig."
In tho words of Abraham Lincoln it was
"a war testing the question whether any
Government of the people by the people
and for the people, could long endure."
I will not consume the tiiuo of a patriotic
audience inquiring as to the duties of citi
zens and of public men in such a war. I
will merely ask your atteulion to the con
sidoration of au authority, sufficiently com
manding lor my present purpose, as to the
duty of publio men when the nation is en
gaged in en ordinary war. In tho year
1 b-l5, the United Slates became involved iu
a war with Mexico, mainly owing to a dis
pute on a question of boundary. Several
members of the Thii ty-uintli Congress, in
debates as to the origin aud grounds of tho
war, throw the blame of the war on Presi
dent Polk. Tho friends of tho Administra
tion replied to them. A distinguished
member of tho Uouse of Representatives,
from Ohio, took part iu the debate of the
14th and loth days of May, 1 8-16. and what
is said is reported in the Congressional
Globe containing the official report of tho
proceedings of Cougress in those days.
Among other things ho said :
" Dillarcnt opinions may bo ontorlained
an to what has produced this war. In the
judgment of some, our own Government
may be to blame. But this is not the time
to be finding fault with it, It is not iu a
crisis like this that suuh a judgment should
be pronounced. It is uot i'i the vory be
ginning of a contest with an enemy that wo
should lessen our own moral force. It is
no time now to till tho worll that we aro
tho aggressors. Succoss in war does not
dt'pmid on arms oluuo in thin ago of the
world. Wo have other enemies, and pow
erful oiiomies, too, besides tho Mexicans
enemies who will gladly snijsj on every
thing that secins to put us iu the wrong.
We must not furnish them with arguments
against us, arguments that would derive
their chief weight from being first littered
by us. Above all, wo must not dishearten
our own people, and exalt the spirits ol
our foes. Wo must increase, not diminish
the ardor of our people.
" Will thcro be found any among us seek
ing to make a paltry party capitul by throw
ing the bhiine of the war upon the Presi
dent? Will the soenes of 1812, '13 and '14
be revived, and an attempt again be made
try, judge and condemn an Administra
tion in the midst of war, on the chargo that
on it, aud not on the enemy, rests tho re
sponsibility of producing the war Y Wo
hope not ; we believe not. We trust that
these lessons of experience have uot been
taught in vain."
Alluding to tho speech of one of his col
leagiua, in opposition to the conduct of
President Polk, the gentleman from whom
am qunt Uj also said :
" Could the voice of their Representative
have reached their homes, instead of hear
ing him vindicate his country from tho
oliurgo of being the aggressor in tho con
flict, thoy would have heard him loudly
accuse its President of having wantonly
and wickedly produced the war ; instead
hearing him speak of it as a contest in
defense of our rights, they would have
him denounce it as a war of aggrandize
ment and plunder on our part ; instead of
hearing him treat it as a struggle forced
upon us against our will, they would have
heard hitn declare it a war unconstitution
ally mado by our Chief Magistrate j instead
bearing him maintain that justice is
upon the side of his own nation, they would
have heard him affirm and repeat that she
prosecuting an unrighteous, unholy and
damnable war; instead of hearing him ut
ter words of encouragement to the volun
teer, they would have heard him dssoribe
tiie scene of action as a vast charnel-house
death j instead of hearing him anticipate
trin ni p .ant results, they would have heard
him dwell on the cost of war, tho destruc
tion of commerce, aud yet moto deplorable
destruction of lif. Tiue, they would have
heard hitn loudly declare that he would
support this oountry, riht or wrong;
but coming as the aeclarutiun am in tho
midst of assaults upon his owu Govern
ment -argument against his country's
claims, they would have stood amazed at
such support.'
Air. Chairman, I d d suceil; lirpe
when I saw the declaration of the existence
war adopted by a voto of 137 to 14 in
House, and 40 to 2 in the Senate, that
should be spared a recurrence of the
disgraceful scenes of the late war. I (lid
bore that the ' peuce party men ol that
would have no imitators now."
The distinguished member Of Congress
who made the speech from which these
Quotations are taken, is the present caudi
ate for Governor of Ohio.Jutlgo Thurmau.
Now although the war of the rebellion in
volved such vital interest interest in com
parison with which the issues in tho war
with Mexico sink into significance, I am yet
charitable as to be willing that the peo
of Ohio should apply to tho conduct of
Judge Tliurman during ths War for the
Union the same rule which he lay down as
the duty Of publio moil twenty. one yean
ao, during the war 'villi Mexico. Many
us were just beginning our political edu
cation wbeu Judge Ttiurman tuitght these
doctrines. And when we went forth to do
battle for our country in the war of the re
bellion, in the language of Judge Tliurman,
' did sincerely bone that we should be
spared a recurrefice of tho disgraceful
scenes of tho late war." We "did bnpo
that the 'peace party' men of that day,
would have no imitators now." But unhap
pily lor our country, wo are deceived; there
wero tliOHs who sought "tdinakea little
paltrf capita) I f thrdrg the Lhiuie of the
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war on the Pr. sdenl." Jud;e Thurmn
must therefore not complain if we ask the
people of Ohio to judge him out of his own
mouth, and administer to him a good strong
dose of bis owu medicine.
Judge Thiirmnn says that'1 the old Whig
party became disorganized by th fioiion
of AMilionitm, and it became chatigod
from a great national and Union preserving
party, into a great sectional and Union-do-stroking
organization." Judge Thurman
fixed no point of time at which ''the old
Whig party became a Union-destroying or
ganization," but as ho more than once des
ignates " the past six years " as the period
during which ' the enemies of our Govern
ment," as he chooses to call bis political ad
versaries, have been in power, I suppose it
is fair to assume that be means to oharge
that Mr. Lincoln and his supporters had
b?cu " changed into a great sectional and
Union-destroying organization by 'poison
of Abolitionism as long as the Presiden
tial election of 18(50."
Now I submit that there was nothing In
tho Abolitionism of Mr. Lincoln, or of his
supporters, which warrants Judge Tliur
man iu calling them "a Union-destroying
organization," and " tho enemies of our
Government." 1 submit further, that there
w as nothing bi Mr. i.'iieolu's Abolitionism
that justifies Judgo Thurman and the peaco
Democracy in their hostility to tho war.
What w.is Mr, TikoIii's Abo'itioi inn? What
issue was there between him and the slave
holders? Mr. Lincoln was opposod to the
extension of slavery in tho Territories.
Tho slaveholders insisted that they bad tho
aamo right to carry into the Territories
slave properly, that a citiziMi of a fieo Stale
had to take his property into tho Territo
ries. That to deny the slaveholder this
rinlit was to deny the slave States equality
of rights with the freo f talcs. On this, a
the main issue, tho election of 1800 turned.
Tho Democracy, North and South, call Mr.
Lincoln's doctrine Abolitionism, ami his
supporters Abolitionists. Kveu if it is Ab
olitionisiu, there is good authority for the
doctrine. Turning over the Congressional
Globe tho other day, I read on page 191,
tho seo.ind ttcssion ot tho 1 wouly-liiiith
Congress, these sentences :
'' Why, then, does tho North insist on op
posing the extension ol slavery t I answer:
" Uccuiiho, fust, us the municipal Legis
lature of Territories, it is the duty of Con
gress to promote their interest. The peo
ple of tho freo States think, whether erro
neously or not, that it ii for the interest of
any country that slavery bo prohibited ;
and thinking bo, wo, ns tho legislative powor
over tho Territories, deotn it our duty,
where it can bs done without too groat a
saenhee, to exclude slavery from them
" Another reason : That Cougress is the
National Lcgial.tturo, aud, therefore, must
look to the national interest ; and as the
strength and prosperity of the ration is
composed of the strength anil prosperity
of its parts, it is a duty of Congress no
insuperable obstacle standing in the way
to pursue such a courso of policy as shall
strengthen, in thn gieatest degree, the
United blates : and believing that free tcr
ritory wool 1 bo more populous, wealthy,
abundant in resources aud everything that
makes great a nation, it is for tho national
interest to have iim much free territory us
possible, compatible with the existence ol
tho Union.
" Third reason is that, in tho opinion of
tho North, it is inconsistent with tho genius
of our institutions and injurious to Iho char
acter of the United itu'es to extend slavery.
Where it exists let it exist, says the North ;
but do not extend it by the action of the
General Government, and convert what are
now free Stales into slavo territory, and
especially when tho only probable means of
our acquiring foreign territory Is by arms.
' There is another reason yet, viz ; Do
cause of the Slates erected out of territory
acquired subsequently to the formation of
the Constitution, six are ulavo States, to-wit:
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texan, Ar
kansas and Missouri ; and but ono (Iowa)
is freo. And yet gentlemen talk about the
South having lost by tho Missouri Compro
mise, and the .Nor I II being the gainer. W e
do not think so at tho North.
" The last reason that I shall mention why
this opposition to the extension ol slavery
exists in the North is, that no limit cau be
seen to the extension of slave territory if
such an interdict is not interposed. e
cannot acquire freo torritory."
This extract contains a fair statement of
tho grounds un w hich Mr. Lincoln was
elected President. I suspect, however,
that a great mauy of Judge Thurman 'a po.
liticul friends wero iu tho habit of calling it
Abolitionism. Whether it is sound doc
trine or not, it is part of a speech mado by
Judge Thurman in Congress, on the 15th ol
January, 1847. Tho Judge had been voting
for tho Wilmot proviso, I know not how
many times, when a Southern Democrat,
Mr. Leak, of Virginia, taunted him and
other Democrats of bis school with '' be
longing to a set of scurvy politicians, who
wore conning the votes of tho Abolition
ists," and Judge Thurman, in reply, made
the good Free-soil, or, if you prefer it, tho
good Abolition speech from which I have
quoted.
Perhaps some friend of Judge Thurman
will suggest that this Free-soil doctrino is
not the very poison of Abolitionism, to
hich such dire consequences are attribu
table iu bis Waverly speech. Well, what
other doctrino or sentiment did Mr. Lincoln
entertain on this subject? 1 know hesuid,
I was always anti-slavery ;" " slavery is
wrong, or nothing 's wrong ;" " no man has
right to cat his bread iu the sweat of an
other man's brow." Hut is there anything
very dangerous in these ideas ? If you will
look up an old fil. of some Democratic
newspaper, you wdl find, in the proceedings
tho Ohio Democratic Stato Convention of
January 8. 1 b 18, this resolution s
Retained, That the people of Ohio How, as they
always have done, look upon the institution of
slavery, in any part of the Union, at sn evil, and
unfavorable to the full developement of the spirit
and nraotica! benetlis of free institutions ; mid that
entertaining these sentiments they will fuel it to he
their duty to use all power consistent with ths na
tional compact to prevent its increase, to mitigate
and finally lo eradicate the evil."
Certainly, this is iudeed " the poison of
Abolitionism." At tho South it was known
the Abolition plank of thn Free-soil De
mocracy of Ohio. According to the Cincin
nati inquirer or January 10, 1818, it was
first 1 itroduced I itu t Democratic Conven
tion by V Mr. Thurman, of Ross I'
Novr, when a gentleman in whose reoord
are found such tracks as these, t.:lks vio
lently of the ''poison of Abolitionism, and
speaks of Abolitionists as perjuns who are
necessiill " enemies of Our government ;"
one naturally soeks for some explanation of
siieh singular conduct. I know of nothing
which explains it potter titan a saying ol
General Benjamin F. Duller, at theChailes
ton Convention. According to Mr. llalstead,
the Cummercial, General Duller said
that Free soilisiu among Northern Dem
ocrats was a sort of political measles from
which many neter entirely recovered."
The effect we all know of measles among
children, aie otten much worse than the dis
ease itself. The tight snd hearing of chil
dren art often impaired, so that they never
afterward see clcai ly or bear distinctly, but
the alvcajs UUv c itortor to in UiBcase.
Now, If In the Waverlf speech, we, find
that my friend Judge Thiirinan is horribly
atraid of Abolitionism, and makes state
menta to the awful things it has done, which
nobody else lias seen or heard of, we must
have the charity to remember the fact that,
during three or four year the Judge suf
fered from a violent and protracted attack
of political Free-soil measles, fiom the ef
fects of which he has never entirely re
covered. The ten tit of this whole matter I suppose
to be this. In 1 H 47 aud 1818 tho great
body of the people of Ohio oonourrod in the
view of Ju lge Tliurman on the subject of
slavery, as set forth in his free-toil speech
and bis anti slavery resolution. They also
agreed with him in his speech in 181G on
the duly of tho citizen in time of war, in
case the war was of a character which im
periled the national safety. Sinco then
Judge Thurman has changed. From being
a war Democrat of tho Jackson school, be
baa become a peace Democrat of tho Cal-.
boon school, lint the people of Ohio still
hold to the old opinions. Judgo Thurman
saw or thought ho saw " now lights, and
turned a sharp corner," but the people not
seeing the new lights also, have kept
straight on in the old paths. Under these
circumstances, I submit that, whatever oth
era may sav, it i not for Judgo Thurman
to charge Mr. Lincoln aud his supporter
with having been changed into ' enemies
of our government " by " tho poison of Ab
olitiohi.-uu." If that sort of poison has been
pourca into the publio mind, Judgo Tbur
man a record tells us that one of the most
prominent gentlemen who engaged in that
work is now the Domocratio candidate for
Governor of Ohio.
[From the Missouri Democrat.]
OHIO.
Tht Ohio campaign has commcuood
earnest, lloth patties are working a
in
both had hopes of success. The nope of
ma lioppoi heads is in Kepublican discords
The hope of the Republicans is in the jus
tice of their cause, and iu hard work. The
live men of both parties aro in the front
rank, ami the trimmers and twaddlers
aro pushed to the rear with the baggage
iiiortioro mo victory, whoever may win
it, will moan something. It is just on of
muse tights that the huckster politicians
dt end, and that honest men of all parties
weicunie. Instead of a mere wrangle for
tne spoils, it is a Imttlo ot ideas.
The li vo men of tho opposition party
whether callnd Denioorat.o, Conservative,
or oy any owior name, matters little aro
tho Copperheads. They nro the real life
and soul of the parly. Thuy have bleu.-
and tlisy slick to them, while other Con
servatives puller and truckle and cheat tn
get office. Capperheadisiu i the life and
soul of Democracy or Conservatism at the
North, just as rebolism is the life of the
opposition at tho South. Man like Thur
man, i aiianiugnam and ronitleton are
leaders in tho Deniocratio host because
they are moro bold than others, more logical
inn! consistent in avowing purposes and
advocating ideas privately held by tho
great majority of Democratic or Conserva
tive voters. Thoy opposed tho war, sym
pathized with the rebels, did what thoy
could to defeat the govt rnmoiit, rufuso to
accept the results of the war. resist nil ro
construction not based upon rbbol suprema
cy at the eolith, and ara lighting lor such a
reaction as will put out of power those who
opposod the rebellion, and bring back to
power thoso who rebelled or sympathised
with rebellion. However much wo may
iietost mo cause iu wtnen thoso men aro
engaged ; however intensely wo inny hate
mat treachery to tho country which had
neither "loyalty to a Slate" as its excuse,
nor tno merit ol nravcry iu mo Hold as
its palliation; however keenly wo may ro
member that the stabs iu tho back dealt by
these men did more than open rebellion to
prolong tho war, and cost us the lives of
many thousands of our bravest and boat ;
it must yet be admitted that the Copper
head huo the merit of frankness and con
sistoucy, and, '' linding in the lowest depths
a deeper still," he can point with just scorn
to the truckling cowards who became Union
men or war Democrats meroly for offices
or contracts, and who having pretended to
support the war while it lasted are now as
noisy as ho in trying to chqat the country
ol its legitimate results, tor these men,
tho peace Democrat has a perfect right to
feel unmeasured contempt, aud, now that
tho war is over and tho mass of the Domo
cratio voters feol more freo to express tho
sentiments, whioh they have all the time
cherished, limy honor as their true repre
sentatives aud loaders, not tho hucksters
but the opon and thorough paced Coppor
heads. Accordingly, honing to carry the
State, the Ohio Democrats nominated Allen
G. ihurmau for Governor, and call Vallmi
dighain and Pundletou to the front ts hi
chief supporters, while the dodgers who
nave been passing themselves for war
Democrats or Johnson Conservatives have
boon sent back with tho baggage and the
sutler's wagons where they belong. The
Ohio Coppei heads have no idea of fighting
tor a barren victory in the election ol meu
who believe in nothing and care for noth
ing but the spoil. They fight to reverse
the verdict of the war. Their victory, if
they win one, will be a victory of those who
have worn the gray uniform ever since
1861.
With the Republican party the eontost
has been made still more clearly Ono of
ideas. For a long time the party in Ohio
has been smothered under the counsels of
those politicians who worship success, nnd
care uioro for Offices than for iciiK-iidi-s.
Ohio is so prnlilio in great men; aud her
great men are so prolific iu ambition, that
the party has tuU'eied and still suffers
greatly from their struggles to control it.
Question of principle have been avoided
by tho managing politicians, and it was
therefore with sonio surprise that w learn
ed that Ohio had at length cut loose from
these. counsels of questionable policy, and
planted herself upun the doctrine of equal
rights. The last Slate Legislature adopted
ah amendment grunting impartial futli age,
which has now to be submitted to the peo
ple, snd the Republicans at their Sluts Con
vention hot only adopted it ill principle,
but selected candidates who are now mak
ing the contest squarely upon that issue.
No doubt this manly avowal of ideas which
Ohio Republicans have privately accepted
in a timid aud cttt footed fashion for soma
year may cost them sOiub votes. It al
ways does cost votes when a party follows
public opinion inttead r( loading it. Ohio
has 1 host of people who were bum, or
whose ancestors were born; iu the belief
that their manhood would be compromised
by admitting the manhood of a "' uigcr."
To emphasize the distinction between ihem
selves and the bfuto creation, I' U class of
peoplu ul .v ays feel the need of tomethiug
that they cau tramplo upon as an iuforior
race. The timidity of Onio politicians has
prevbuted those people troia being en
lightened by argument, or shamed out of
their couteniptibln prejudices by lidicule ;
the discuseiuu of the dsn,.;ni ens suljoct
has bAen greatly deprecated, and ths con
teojuence is that the Ohio Republican
have now a work to icoui) Indi w ithin two
months; in educating uud iufoiuiin publi 1
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opinion, which ought t have been thor-'
ooghly accomplished years sgo. Undoubt-,
edlr, the negro su.Trage issue will lose the"
party the voles of many whose Republican
ism ha lint been based upon, reasoning or
convio'ions of duly. It " risk something "
us the politicians say as if anything wortti'
having or doing was ever gained or c
complished without risk. Dot Ohio it aV
glorious Slate in her school STstcm, and
her poople are in the front ranks in point
of general intnlligeiict they have not beer
ignorant of the march of events within tht
past two years, and w have faith that the
logic of events has not failed to prbdutaj
its Impression upon their mind. They
have teen Tennessee laved, Louisiana rev
olutionized, and the whole South well nigh!
regenerated by negro suffrage. Without
equal suffrage, rebvlism defied the nation;
They cannot but feel that tho measure'
which has proved necessary for the estab
lishment of Uyal governments at the CoiitK
ought no longer to bo resisted by the loyal
people of the North. Thoy cannot b"i see
that they are determining by tiieir voted
not their own future, for the practical ef
fect of negrosuffiage in Ohio will be incon
siderable, but the future aud the late of the)
Southern loyalists, whose only libpo it th
sii p. r t of the loyal North to the Congres
sional plan of reconstruction. Lvory vote
cast against equal siitlrage in Ohio is a voto.
to throw back the South into tht dismal
past, and put her loyal men at the mercy
of rebels j it i a vote for tho New Orleans
of Monroe and the maasaere, instead of the
New Orleans of Sheridan and Flanders.
The people of Ohio are intelligent and
loyal. Tho result cannot bo doubtful;
Whenevor hitherto the welfare ef the conn
try lias depended dpon their votee the
have dohe grandly. We trust their proud
record will uot now be stained by a rebel
victory. ,
For, in plain truth, ll is a square tigMi
butweon these who want this nation regen
erated and .those who da not j between
those who Justify tho war and rejoice id
its results and those who denounce the war
and curse its results; between those who)
believed in emancipation and those whei
resisted it; between those who want the na
tional debt repudiated and those w ho want
It paid ; between those who fought in blue
and those who fought in gray. If Thur
man triumphs in Ohio. John Morgan hat
carried the State. If Thurman triumphs,
Ohio surrenders to Kentucky. If Thurmau
triumphs, the tens of thousands of brave'
men who havo gone to patriot grave ftortt
that State havo fought and died in v.Wn.
It la not t quostion of men. nor yet alto
gether of u eisures. Tho iiloa of the re
bellion, logical in its purposes and etrH
pathics and reasonings, stands tace to face
wiih the idea of loyalty, with its natural
and iuovitablo results. And the victory
ol Hayes will be hot only a victory of trutli
over error, of equal suffrage oVer. caste;
but of loyal regeneration over rebel reaoi
tion, of tho cause that Stanton nnd Sheridan
represent over the forces led bv Johnson
and Vallandigham. John Morgan could not
conquer Ohio in 1863. We doubt if hit
lrionda cau conquer it in 1867.
OHIO. Selected Miscellany.
Dangerous Paper.
There is a great difference in the oorrW
bustibdity of common paper. Eiiamoturl
card paper, on a -count ol it oompaot body
and the presence of mineral matter, whits
lead or bury tor, is quite disincluled to burn
in tact, some kinds are practically fire
proof. White writing and printing pa
per can seldom bo lighted by a spark:
ami whou iguitod by a fhuno it requitt
dexterity to kbep it bitrning. On the!
other bund, there i a commoti reddish-
yollow papor, which in tome oirbumstancet'
is an dangerous ns gunpowder. It taket
liro by the smallest spark, and burns like
tinder ; whon once lighted, if left alone, it
ib sure to be oonsutmid completely ; All
the yellow and buff paper which 1 have
tested, out of which envelopes are made
parlance more or less ot me same charac
ter. I have no doubt that such paper hat
been tho occasion of some of the fires
which have been otherwise tlnoxplaiiied.
such as the fires in paper warehouses and
offices of professional men. A apatk of
firs, or the stump of a lighted cigar, falling
in a wdste btsket containing yellow enveU
opes with other kind of paper, would have
a good chance of setting the whole on fire:
Profnitof Seekv.
The Great Tunnel.
cutting of the tunnel through th4
crest of tho Sierra Nevada mountain chain;
has generally boen looked upon as a three
years job, but tho enterprising Culiform
ant made the attaok at both ends, and then
I- ..l. .r. . , ' . . il- .
nuiiH a soaii in uio nnmiw uown to tne
lvel of the grade, alid voiked botli waya.
lhi totul lungth is sixteen hundred feet:
cut through solid rock. Operations were
begun in September, and sirtoe last Junei
the rate of progress has boon nearly forty
feet per week. Tne l.'lth instant is the date
fixed for the passago of the first locomo
tive Tho ra ls are now being laid on the
easterly slope, where twenty miles of the1
road is graded. It is confidently expected
hat the road will be completed to the Ne
vada line by September next, and there are
no serious obstacles to overcome for many
miles beyond. I lie Culiformans feel sure of
reaching Salt Lake before the eantern di
vision of the great work gets there.
Confessed More than He Intended.
Murk Twain toil the following funny
incident:
u Why, Captain, you anreiir io have 2
vorv bad cold."
Yes, madam," said tho Captain, who ia
fond of working iu his garden early in the1
nioruiiig, iu his shirt sine Cos J " 1 suppose'
Ideseivoit. I oauirht it while break inir
the Seventh Commaiidmout, last Sunday."
Tito pat ty, tiuita and .tuiuuln, started, and
looked blank ; and then the lady who
brought out the remark said, as well as a
choking fit of laughter would let her i ,
ell, upon my word. Captain, consid
ering the unusual circumstances of the ouee;
and your present em rounding, it was
hardly necessary for you io enter 66 milch
into particulars."
hen the innocent Cantuin tot home, he
found, to his amazement' that the Seventh
Commandment does lint say, " Thou shalt
reuiembor the Sabbath day, to keep it holy."
A JoKg
-kb for Roostrrs. A good slory it
of Mis C , a I iuhtor-loving;
related
good-natured conn ry lass, who was spend-
the tilteruonii with a neighbor ; and
during supper, the conversation .turned on!
hens, eirns, etc., utn ing which. Miss C
observed ''that their hens did Hot lay hard
ly any eggs, nnd she could not give any
eason lor it. " bv. observed Jtr, f.
my hens lay very well ; 1 go out among
them almost every day, aud get egK."
My gracious!'' was the iustriut rejoinder j
I wish you could come and run wiih our
hens a spell. I'm sure .father would (ay
you wt 11 fur your trouble."
WliFN is it llselbst tn try to borrow
book ? When it is Lent.