The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-08-26

WEST Ill a.. .-, '>..s
y large t'-uOcr"uc
,.eighhors OF G.. Saunders
piatt repaired e-idence last
evening, and ai,, .sc very sweet /
music from the W .berty Brass
Band called upon .- ."ntleman for |
a speech. Genera Ela.t said:
MY FELLOW DEMOCRATS AND
NEIGHBORs net&g not tell you how
appreciate this complimentary de-
monstration. l feel it the more from
the fact that il gives me an OppOrtu
nifty to say few things wish to say
publicly. No one knows better than
| the strength Of party association.-
Next to patriotism to ones country
comes loyalty 10 ones party, and the
ties binding the last can not be sew
cred without attaching a certain
amount of blame to the individual
who secedes. One is anxious, there
fore, to give his reasons for such
severance, and justify himself, if pos
sible, for the course he takes.
| In g few words, then, let me say
that am dislnysi 20 the Republican
organization b.s.auNc seek To he pa
triotic to n. (: -. >; ;.'c;.t. Cheers
Understand u.. .." ." ".-.'1f
! whatever =, de-. .... .-.--.12t @ssOcl'
ates. ! h.n-.. -. .r-st u.n>- 70 be
honest, @. aa,i gs'rintic, and tha
patri0tisu. hey have asserted by
their blood ,pnn all the battleields
and their lives IN ail the hospitals, o
ti,e late war. Bat it does not follow
on that sccoUnt, that as a party
he ted by partisan zeal. they are no
as dangerous to ,he republic as tn
men themselves they went out t
fight.
I believe it was the design of tn
fathers In the formation of our Gov
rrnmsnt to secure our National ind'
pendence lrrough the Ge.~,sral Coy
eminent at Washington, and q.
rights OF the citizen through tn
State organizations. l ueed not tax
your time and waste my breath il
| illustrating, or, rather, demonstrating
this fact. No one fact i clearer +
the student of constitutional law THAI
1his. 1t may have heen dream 0
the fathers, and quite impraeticabl
ia execution; hu, II w'S the design
an u--' '' '< i""nt impossible,
! p .'" 9. as-i Oh. g., ,pg.it life anC
-''' .='' is g;.iarse.l
- -.p.- .'sa -.e py-r broke up
"a -. ...-. ,..-.-=. G..rs,l Gov
-rnmen, '.... ill., sa.. a!-u-e. Tn,
states arc l." ..I-.t-s'- al III,
power that ..f Dee. .-. nesn jvIeg ts.l
to the grad ! .sttis. j;avarument.
need refer to only .~~ instances Il
demonstrate my m 4any. Citizens
Of Massachusetts Nr.- seIzed and i'm
prisOned in South Fcl;ua for merely
exercising the rights guaranteed On
the Constitution OF ,he United States
Massachusetts,, in return, enacted
laws that equally set at defiance tn,
Fiehts of South Carolina under oul
Constitution The right to regulate
exchange and furnish a National cur
rency was usurped by the States auC
our land was flooded with irredaema-
bic trash called paper money. that en-
riched a few "SbvIocks', at the ex.
pense of the MANY. Each State bad
It's code of laws in antagonism 10 he,
sister States, and TO this day YOU car
not travel through New Jersev with.
out having trihnte IN that Stato :,
dieect violation oF tho co,o,,oo+ ,,,,1,,
which the fathers nponosa ya obonIl
live in peace and oood f,aIiro "A
voice: "D-n. New .Ters,.vp,I Tho
State WAS not sInoa m his,,a w,
have our nUu sins :, sn.,,.a. r,. :,
that dirac.iou Ivb,, ,o,. c..I,o,,,, .;ti
zans the G.n.raI c.nvn,,,,a-,',. ,, - 80 80 :
fallen so Low tbat a. -, rI,a 49,,
war cane ony ,,rp.;dap, i,stasd :
rasortirg -, IN. al, iod H. eli =,
vountsfrs and hn,obIw so,icit tI'l Il
Gnvarnoy. ot abatos +o, f,-o;aL -
aid in the support of our Nationa
flag on the field or battle.
This sort of practice and their evi
teachings continued until they cul
minated in secession. South Carroll
ma avowHd her right, and appealed tc
the wager of battle in its support, t.
withdraw from the Union in the sam,
way that she had entered the Union
My fellow citizens. and especiaII,
my Democratic friends, when a MAJ
. is asked 10 become q Siamese twin h.
has an undoubted right to refuse. Bu
having consented to be one of a Sia
mese twins he cannot sever the Iiga