The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-07-25
ESTABLISHED A. D. 1892.
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF THE
10TH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT,

him. have been announced as cand-
date for Congress, without any act of my
own. and shall therefore make no apology
for appearing before the citizens Of the 10th
District, nor for going back and bringing up
some of the "reminiscences Of a political life
of twenty six years.
When | commenced the publication of
the Ohio Democrat in Tuscarawas County
in the year 1889, the Democratic party had
been uninterruptedly in power for the third
of century, With one interregnum of four
years. jefferson had gone to his tomb, but
his principles permeattd every department.
of the government. Jackson was still liy-
ing, and his name was the shib oleth before
which all opposition had quailed. Silas
Wright, Thomas II. Benton, William Allen,
and host of giant inteects, were in the
Councils of the Nation. We had then but
twenty-six States to the Union. The great
States of Iowa, Texas. Wisconsin, Mime.
sofa and Oregon were unborn. Kansas and
Nebraska were scarce@ known to the In.
dians, and the white man had sown 10
dragon. teeth there to sprout and disturb
the Union of our fathers. There were fifty
two Senators and two hundred and forty
two members Of the House. Ohio was rep
resented in the Senate and House by such
old fashioned men as Benjamin Tappln,
William Allen, Doctor Duncan, John b.
Weller, Patrick Goode, Thomas Corwin,
William Doane, Calvary Morris, William
K. Bond, Joseph Ridgway, William Medill,
Sampson Mason Isaac Parrish, Jonathan
TAYLOR, Daniel p Leadbetter, George
Sweeny John w. Allen, Joshua X. Gid
dings John Hastings, David Starkwea'her
and Henry Sweeringen. There were but
few long haired agitaors or crack k-bralne !
fanatics sent to Congress IN these days, and
no sentimental amendments were made to
the Constitution. Greenbacks were not in
vented; gold eagles were all the style. A
pound of sugar cost six ctnts; yard OF
muslin ten cents; and the whole rig OF
family could be had without selling farm
to pay Tor it. Odious stamp duties and In
come taxes were unknown, and Y. ). Col
lectors and Assessors of Internal Revenue
did not scowl among the people There
were no general government 'axes, AMI
| State and County taxes were but song
not more than it now costs to keep man
| in tobacco.
These were democratic times, and demon
strated that democratic rule had worked
well for the people But away back in
jackson day there had been great fight
about United States Bank and although
he had broken the monster back, 1t lived
under State charter, and kept up war
with democratic government during Van
| Buren's time, and brought on the celebrated
''hard times of those days, by expanding
the paper currency, inducing wild specula-
tiou. and then contracting the currency, IN,
| ducng panicS and failures everywhere; All
this was charged against Van Buren.
I IL or
eating out of gold spoons, sleeping on gold
sofas, etc, so that when Gen Harrison was
brought out against him, the early life of
Harri on was put In contrast, and the novel
ty of log cabins, hard cider and corn dog
ers carried the day.
1t was in this memorable campaign of
1910 that first came in contact with the
present Representative in Congress, Hon.
John A. Bingham. In those times politi-
clans had to 90 on horseback and carry their
documents in the old saddle bags, and the
speakers of both parties met at agreed
places and discussed, before the people the
issues of the day, as they did ol old In
ancient Rome.
Mr.. Bingham entered himself as Trojan
horse at one of these primeval discussions
in Tuscarawas County on the 9th OF June
1910, and claimed to be one Of the ole
Jackson men-always opposed to a United
States Bank. John NJ Lacy, who was ii
the crowd, got up and said he knew Bing
ham from boyhood, and that he Bingham
had circulated coffin hand-bills against Gen
eral jackson in the town of Cadiz. This HI
denied, but it took the starch out OF tht
, orators collar, and he subsided on th'
"Jackson" question: and went in again OF
the gold spoons story, standing army &c.
| gave him the first newspaper notice h
ever had, in the Democrat, at the time, ant
closed with the remark; A more com
"plete specimen of arrogance and impu
"dence, obably could not be found, tha
!; "Mr. Bingham. If blowing, brazen asser
''tions, invocations and hyperbole can elec
0 Harrison, then he needs no other pufeI
"Among most Of the whig speakers We fin
"a little honor-about him there is none. =
1T APPEARS to us that he imagines the pee
, ''plt of this country to be Doors and tia
"he can cram any and eyerr thing dow
"their thloats that he utters.'
q Mr.. Bingham has been well paid for h
9 blowing speeches by ten years seat in Cor
4 gress since that PERIOD but | submit it hi
S whole political career has not verified wha
i, | said Of him twenty-six years ago, that h
was onlya blow. always telling hob gobli
i stories. and fooling the public with JACKIE
lanterns. AS he is agreed upon for tn
o next Republican Congressman, l will cite
' few instances showing his proclivity to lea
his followers into false POSITIONS
In lS4l. a second U. S. Bank was char
cred, but vetoed by John Tyler as uncor
, stitutonal Mr.. Bingham took the stumI
and denounced Tyler for doing just whs
jackson had done. In this Bingham il
: duced many to believe it was all right t
havea u. 5. Bank, when the fact was tn
bank was chartered in violation of the Cor
stitution, and the Courts had so decided j
"a Here he placed bis followers in a false pC
+, sition. aa
II In 1842 an attempt at secession was mad
" " by forty-one members of the Ohio Legisli
'' ture A bill to apportion the State-a bi
J. to pay the public creditors-a bill to pa
the laborers on the public works-a bill
J. appraise property seized on execution, an
Others OF importance, were all pending
D. hen twenty y-eight members of the Houi
and thirteen Senators suddenly left the
= seats and thereby deprived both branch'
of a quorum Speakers warrants we're issl
- ed for their forcible return, but they rpfu
|. ed, and thus the wheels of thA.S State Go
!, ernment stopped, and legislatmh was at q
h end. The Governor was called on for al
i. to put down the rebellion, but he answere
IN that he could not interfere, and all I'll
IS, members went to their hemes An ss,
"a was taken to the people, Mr.. Bingha
y. justified the secession ON the stump, and il
" duced many to believe it was right, and thl
got them into false position against Il
= govern ment..
L opposed this secession movement
that early day, and called on the people
y, rebuke It, as did every democratic pre- s.
;. Tt was rebuked by the people elec ing w
q son Shat non, Governor, and majority
u u Democrats TO the Legislature, and then (
g. e. the bills that these forty one members e
a, deavored to defeat by breaking up legisl
ton, we're passed, end no harm ever con