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Society Publications.
and honor is not deserving of praise.
The historical data are heavily,
conclusively against Burr. Burr was a
man with the inordinate ambition
of Bonaparte and equally unscrupulous,
cold blooded and selfish. There
was no sacrifice of friends or country
or honor or truth or morality he
would not make for self-gratification
and self-glorification. Burr was a
born intriguer and was associated with Lee
and Gates in their schemes
against Washington. He was detected by
the latter in gross immoral-
ities, and ever after he affected to
despise the military genius and
noble character of Washington. He basely
entrapped the simple minded
Blennerhasset. He wrecked his victim and
cowardly deserted him when
the game was up. More than that,
in the most dastardly manner he
scorned Blennerhasset in the hours of
the latter's distress and disgrace.
No historical novel can right the wrongs
committed by Aaron Burr,
though that novel be written by so
gifted and accomplished a writer
as Mr. Pidgin.
GREAT SEAL OF OHIO.
We have frequent inquiries concerning
the Coat of Arms of the
State of Ohio and especially whether
Ohio ever adopted the motto
Imperium in Imperio.
On April 6, 1866, the Legislature passed
the following act:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, That the coat of arms of the state of Ohio shall
consist of the
following device: A shield, upon which
shall be engraved on the left,
in the foreground, a bundle of seventeen
arrows; to the right of the
arrows, a sheaf of wheat, both standing
erect; in the background, and
rising above the sheaf and arrows, a
range of mountains, over which
shall appear a rising sun; between the
base of the mountains and the
arrows and the sheaf, in the left
foreground, a river shall be represented
flowing towards the right foreground;
supporting the shield, on the
right, shall be the figure of a farmer,
with implements of agriculture and
sheafs of wheat standing erect and
recumbent; and in the distance, a
locomotive and train of cars; supporting
the shield, on the left, shall
be the figure of a smith, with anvil and
hammer; and in the distance,
water, with a steamboat; at the bottom
of the shield there shall be a
motto, in these words: Imperium in
Imperio.
SEC. 2. The great seal of the state
shall be two and one-half inches
in diameter, on which shall be engraved
the devise included within the
shield, as described in the preceding
section, and it shall be surrounded
with these words: "The Great Seal
of the State of Ohio." Vol. 63,
page 185.
On May 9, 1868, the Legislature amended
the above act and passed
the following:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, That the coat of arms of the State of Ohio shall
consist of the