The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1854-02-22
sP EEC III
GEN. CHAS. q. GRoSVENoR,
DELIVERED AT
Hillsboro. O., Saturday, Aug. "a 1878.
sPEECH .

DELIVERED AT
Hillsboro, O., Saturday, Aug. "a 1878.
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CrTIzEss: By ap-
OF Ohio. appear before you to-day TO discuss the
issues Joined between che great political parties now
the State. come not, however TO suggest new
ideas new departures or new aJd I1eolee
sa qaas fofIa s4f f hs E2a e sp
and show you why the nd old lean party
- as.aIs sela e
tsrded The great mass Ct Rep9bliSars need no
Judgment The grand and massive principles of orr
party are written in the Constitution OF this great
population, wealth, science art and eeiietal f.zs
perity: They appear in our Iafiobs1 vi sue, bur
op 9de Of its Iers qhS @ Is
pathway over which the nation has ira rom =
tons: 'eng1lfed id ID red sea q treason and
bankruptey With tlsg ssssp;sed and sjected Of
ton and selfpreservatioD. al empty treasuFy, a
scattered and dislosa arm a.l tosie and worth
tons Of earth We have a polrf Ii our his
tory where weean look with Just party pride upon a
compact, and permanent political virtue and Off
eial integrity at premium; treason made odi9us
pfeSeIltr anu t<1lpOSo1 ole IN TIE IuIQlGs a
/ national credit such as We never had-before and
whiehis not exeelled By any other country re2
l ican p party ras % By Our oppoDert "a Dst eoDs
tuition completed and etrieal representing the
ass 1Sis Sea ss g e ae 3 a5 tss @
lopIlsni isyqi nag, faithful q osis
traditions, anu az the same time the guardian and
rue to the hoaor rue TO 70 Iey6sl
sB seeifs seeiF 6ssds 81 gf9R sRss @ BecaanaR
qe trIbe not increase Ba't fbs sn5 Iisi
great nations mighsy power Vkeet aif etti
what race or OF how great traditional prowess. A
nag the emblem OF unity strength progress wealth
Christian civilization. Treasury, which it fouud
empty and without credit, filed with gold and sveI
eDn ready to redeem the plighted commercial faith
of the country i'm the coin of the Constitution and
not in the rags, nothing but rags, of which Judge
Thurman complained at Waverly in 1867.
STATE AFFAIRS.
Allow me- fellow citizens to call your attention to
the record Of the two great parties in the matter of
their administration OF our own State government.
h That IS "6 but us s
then, to say to our rulers, you have had every op
poTtgnity to do good and avert evil, and you have
such as no other party ever enjoyed to benefit your
country, andyou have, by want OF intelligence or
virtue or both, brought it to the verge of ruin 1t
is time. high time that you surrender the reins of
government" The doctrine, in other words is
"that political party fails it ought to go out of
office. II it blunders, bluuder is bad as crime
Let us briefly examine the history of the Republican
ocratic party The Republicans elected the Cover
nor in 1855, and from that time down to this ex-
cepting Governor Allen for two years and Governor
lature several times during that period, and call
your attention 10 very high evidence of honesty and
faithfuness of the Republican party in its admins
tration. go back to the report of the Ball COM
mittee in the Legislature of 1870 and 1871. Gen.
crat procured the adoption Of resolution
authorizing committee OF five to investigate the
conduct of the State administration in all its
branches, running away back to, aud even beyond,
the birth of the Republican party. Cen Ball was
among them the Hon Isaiah Pillars, present At
torney General. They spent whole winter; every
friends hoped for capital to be made by that com
mittees report. They looked toward it as does the
average Democrat now look to the Potter humbug
Al length, wearied with the hunt, Gen Ball wrote
and signed report, an extract from which is as
follows:
witnesses residing i'll different parts of the Slate,
have been subppnaed and examined touching public
contracts and expenditures. the construction of
public buildings, the conduct of public Institutions
etc All matters without reference TO the date OF
their occurrence coming to the knowledge OF the
committee, that seemed to promise any probability
of throwing any light upon the subjects of inquiry,
or any of them, have been diligently inquired into
Your committee take pleasure i'll reporting that
concerned, very commendable honesty and fidelity
have been observed and in the official conduct OF no
public officer whether elective or appointed, has
corruption been disclosed
is not that pretty well yell said? What part, can
have had but one Republican Legislature. WhaS
Republican, Republican Legislature has done
anything that had TO be defended? Economy
in the public, expenditures honesty in
the public administration. zeal in the
public service, has marked the history of con-
troll OF Ohio. Gov Hayes, Than whom Ohio never
had better and glorious Tom Young. who put
down riots with Ohio men and Ohio brains. while
poor old Gov. Blue Jeans was calling frantically
on the President for help i'll one BREATH and begging
for shipping permits for his relative i'll the next.
No State government within the United States was
ever better administered than has been that OF Ohio
under Republican rule. Under its benefcent CON
troll, the grNndest system OF State charities and
benevolent institutions in any State of the world
grew MP and became almost perfect. 1t took up
and fostered the institutions that have made Ohio
people so proud OF their State, And when the War
was over the Republicans of Ohio discharged their
solemn duty to the dead and living soldiers by
making generous provisions for the orphans Of the
war.
THE CONTRAST.
The record of Democratic administration in Ohio
is record alike preudical to the fair fame OF ONO
and OF that party. append n abulated statement
of the total appropriations made by each State Leg
islature since and including 1870
1870 ..., DenocratiC-..............S s, ,2tpSS4 "a
1871 Democratic. olH1l ~
ISi3 Republican. ................ 4.9b9,SO7 s.
lS5S .,.... Republicln............... 5lll.99G 10
1874 Dcnuc ave. -........... I,79i,SS6 "a
1874 .,.. m Democrat tic. S,9t,9ti NJ
1875 lIepul' ]-,tN,Sl "A
iS== ~ Repu blicau.. .............. 5otS. 7SI ~
lS7S democratic 4,No.IlI ~
Grand total O5it 60
II will be seea that the greatest total nppr0psih.
tions in any two years made IN lS54 ana l>.5.
under iull DruOCrN 'lC HiNi INST ration. ana tlev