The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-07-29
Tho Outrage at Alliance.

The unwarrRnted and outrageous dicturb-
ance at the Seymour and Blair Ratification
meeting at Alliance, has elected the follow
ing manly condemnation from the MONITOR,
Of that place. Alliance was the last place
we expected such a thing to occur, for the
| Republicans there, we must admit, have
usually been earnest friends of free speech.
We presume the MONITOR is in error in say
ing, commenced by a dru nken Copper
head" The 'decency party part is good !;
decidedly good Handsome is that hand
some docs" But read the MoNIToR's article,
for i is good:
DISTURBING MERTINGs.-We wish it dis
! tinctly understood that we disapprove any
attempt of the opposite party TO disturb po-
| litical gatherings, and have, no sympathy
! with the man, be he Democrat or Republic
an, who engage in rowdyism at meetings of
either party. In this country it is the un-
questioned right of the people to assemble in
convention or mass meeting, and through
their orators, or otherwise, eXpOund their
principles and extol their candidates, and
persons who band together for the purpose
of interfering with this right, or in any way
mOlesting the peaceable assembling of the
people, are guilty of grave breach of the
; peace. All such acts of lawlessncsS are, and
should be, discountenanced by respectable
men of all parties, and they are of late of
such rare occurrence that public journals are
seldom called upon to rebuke them.
No one regrets more sincerely than our
selves the noisy demonstration at the Demo-
cratic ratification last Saturday night and
the fact that no cause whatever existed for
the disturbance deepens the regret. The
speaker was cautious in his remarks and
gentlemanly in his manners. He DETAINED
! the private character of no one of our party
and the interruption, though commenced by
. drunken COpperhead, was entirely uncall-
ed for. Horatio Seymour, bad as his polit-
ical record, odious as he may be to the loyal
/ portion OF the American people, is the rep
| ressntatiye of great party, which numbers
Its supporters by tens and hundreds of thou
J sands in every state of the Union, and as
such is entitled to a respectable hearing
The case is not materially altered by the fact
that his CLAIMS are urged by his friends, in
stead of himself personally; and every dem
ocrattc orator should receive the same defer
ential treatment that Mr.. Seymour himself
| would receive. If Republicans cannot listen
| to Democratic speeches without having their
Indignation sufficiently aroused to get up a
row, they should stay away from their meet
lngs, IL IS not their Iuneral, anu tney SnOull
not interfere. Our party has nothing to gain
but much to lose, from such demonstrations,
\ and We hope never to see the scene of Sat
/ urday night re-enacted in this city, or hear
! of it in any other locality. We are sneering-
| ly called the ''decency party" by the Oppo-
sition but they know there is more truth
than poetry in the assertion and as the par
ty embracing nine-tenths of the intelligence,
morality and respectsbility of the country, it
behoOves us to see to it that our department
does not stamp the lie upon our profession.
1t is NO excuse to say that Democrats en-
gage in like breaches of propriety. Their
party is composed of the elements from
which such things are expected. We, as the
''decency party" should set them better
example, and by placing ourselves upon our
good behavior, teach them a salutary lesson
\ in good manners.