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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1879
Page
2
The Tur Sandusky Democrat endorses Foster with strong language while denouncing Democratic rivals. The writer notes German Democrats in Defiance County will back Foster against Ewing and his “soft money” stance, predicting a large defeat for the Democratic party and questioning the party’s unity and prospects.
A Defiance County Democrat piece sparks uproar by attacking Mr White over Congress adjournment and marshal pay, while praising Mr Foster for a land donation for schools. The letter argues such attacks aid Foster and rally Democrats to vote for him for Governor, denouncing the paper’s falsehoods and urge fair credit for public works.
In a heated exchange the piece argues electing a kernel to Prosecuting Attorney would cost taxpayers dearly as the office would demand additional hires. It highlights Democratic criticism of past frauds and defalcations while predicting a tight election outcome for the Democratic ticket amid claims of ongoing waste and corruption.
The piece notes elderly residents across townships who during the war denounced Union supporters now face proposals to vote for two men who, it claims, went South to free enslaved people and to oppose Democrats on the State ticket. The passage hints at renewed, heated political pressure and lingering wartime resentments among voters.
The article argues that Democratic attempts to block salaries for United States Marshals will fail because deputy marshals can serve without pay, but the move will disrupt core federal court functions. It notes that without funding marshals cannot perform duties such as serving warrants, holding court, summoning jurors, executing federal processes, posting bonds, seizures, admiralty actions, or arresting suspects.
The text argues that unless courts follow the law on appropriations smugglers gain de facto immunity from arrest, with federal officers losing authority to seize property, leading to a constitutional dilemma. It condemns the Confederate Congress for undermining elections and exposing polls to fraud while predicting a future remedy by the people.
A fragment notes 19th century party shifts with Kentucky Democrats appealing to Lincoln in 1864. It mentions Louisville press exclusion by Provost Marshal under General Ewing and state-wide bans on Cincinnati Enquirer and Chicago Times, and identifies Ewing as the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor.
General Grerce W. Moreau of Ohio criticizes Ewing as not a Democrat, calling him a degraded aristocrat Whig. The text notes a once strong Morgan faction within Ohio's Democratic Party.
The opening of the session saw an olive branch extended to the Democracy, but they snarled and spat. By closure, that gesture was rejected and the mood grew sour, leaving observers with a sense that many wanted to go home.
In a sharp political quip, Democrats at the session opened with grand plans but created a vast hole and failed to bury the Republicans. The party collapsed into its own mistake, pulling the hole in after them as the scene closed.
General Sam Cary is said to be soundly converted to Democracy though the extent of his journey to the mourner’s bench and into the fold has not fully transpired.
Ellen Smith of Fall River Massachusetts recounts three years of inflammatory rheumatism in shoulders fingers and feet and says a liniment iodide ammonia by Dr Giles cured her completely. She recommends the Giles liniment and notes availability from druggists and a pamphlet. Trial bottles are 25 cents from Dr Gilles 120 West Broadway New York.
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