The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-02
GRANT no TURN DEMocRAr.

County Forum, is good, if it is after
the election: ;
GRANT TO TURN DEMOCRAT. =
Now, my Republican friends, !
have not said anything against Gen. u
Grant in this campaign. / have done
it for a purpose. If he is fit to be =
President, long before his term ex- Z
pires will be found supporting him, i,
honestly and cordially, against the
leaders of the party which expects to
elect him in November. Loud !
cheers And you will not have a
right to cry out ''TraitOr'' against .
him you will have no right tu talk
about his TyIerizing, or his Fillmore \
izlng, or JOhnsonizing you. You !
nominated him in Chicago; you put a !
platform-a something called plat (
| fOrm--into his hand; you asked HIM 1
for an acceptance of it, and he accep- 4
ted, and, L dare say he would have ac.
cepted the Democratic nomination,
too. Laughter. ~
But ne took care in his letter of ac-
ceptance. to say that he would not pro-
claim any policy. He did not con-
slider it advisable to do so in advance
of the election, TO say what he would .
Go when he was elected. Now, pray
| YOU to remember that I told you on |
the 26th day of October, that Geneeal
Grant will reject the mad, fanatical,
revolutionary, Radical leaders OF the
organization which put him forward,
if he proves true to the Constitution
and the Union of our fathers. Loud
cheers If he shall restore to this
Government its harmony, and give
back to the people their rights, North
and South, will be found among his
cordial supporters, because l will be
Z | in
party.
Why will he be in antagonlsm to
the Republican party? Because he
will be in antagonism to their unjust
measures. But remember, my Re-
publican friends, you are electing him
with your eyes open. When you old
Wings elected Tyler, there was some
thihg said about what he would do.
You expected him to be committed to
the policy of the Whig party. When
you elected Fillmore, ne was no Dem
ocrat, but in four months after his
election his chief reliance was upon
the Democratic party. So, when you
: nominated johnson, you did it be-
; cause he was a Southern man.
Laughter. Yes, you did, you did
) not know even whether he belonged
: to the Ku Klux or not. Loud Laugh
/ ter. But he lived down South, and
e you wanted the odor of nationality
I about your Vice President; you want
j ed Southern man that it might in
troduce a little leaven into your
Q Northern body. You found Andrew
Johnson, and you knew he had been
Democrat; and you knew he loved
: the Democrats so much, that Repub-
licans and Wings had before time de-
e nounced him as a which
is another thing from Democrat, and
u | al cd L 10
l him. because my suffrage was for an
/ honest son of Ohio, George H. Pen
dletoh. [Cheers.
Q You made Andrew johnson Vice
u President, and some one says that
9 God Almighty made him President
J. and it is not for me to settle disputes
e of that kind, I leave it to those who
2 may have time to discuss it, but Just
as johnson has refused to follow your
e Radical projects and as you have de-
nounced him, just as surely will you
s, be denOuncing Grant on the 18th day
Of October, 1859, if he shall be elected
President. And, then, too, we shall
q have the satisfaction of saying we did
/ not elect him. We proclaimed the
y policy by which we should be gov
erned; we flung our banners to the
3 breeze. There was no mistake in re-
20 gard to what we said. We asked the
confidence and support of the people
n upon principles which lie at the foun-
u dation of our Government, and poll
s. cies which are essential to it's pros
l. perity and welfare. These principles
5 were such as were recognized by the
"a founders of this Republic, and by the
y leaders of all parties in times past un-
y der the organization Of the Republi-
can party.
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT ANYHOW.
|
e IfGrant is elected President by the
legitimate vote Of the country, inclu.
Id ding the South (and negroes, too),
ed why the Democratic party will &C.
ne quIesce; in old Western phrase, We'll
h pocket our winnings and try again.
Well make no wars. Well nope,
os then, that in few months, year, OF
its a year and half, we will all be oblig-
he ed to rush to the support of General
~ Grant against the leaders of the party
:, that elected him. Laughter. And
III we'll take consolation out Of that, be
gh cause, after political defeat, mar
ng has a right to consolation in any
re- thing. Besides, you may depend up
it, il is well founded.
US If we succeed, of course HoratiC
tn Seymour will be inaugurated Presi
is, dent of the United States. Should
vv this he the case, the whole rank anC
- file of the Democratic party will hav,
90 nothing to do with inaugurating civi
all war, The entire Democratic party
is North and South, will have nothing
he to do with it, ana as to the honest mel
20, of the Republican party, in case the,
'"s are beaten, 1 know what their verdic
ed will lie, and that is that HOratio Sey
I'D mOur, on the 4th of March, is to be in
sre augurated President OF the Unite'
oh States.
In I am sorry that there should be elias
ny of people in this country who will al
low Republican, unhissed and un
hooted, to talk about civil war if tn
Yo Democratic party prevailed. Why
Wo it would be q disgrace to the oldes
b male granny in the United States
talk about war under such circun
an stances. Laughter. There is u
tn danger, I repeat; and, therefore, "
, of will have peace certainly; perhaps
,o1 General Grant IS elected; certainly
if Grant proves himself patriot an
ent worthy of the high Office, forgettiD
'et- mere partizan feeling, and acting i
In the spirit of true Repuhlicanism.
as he shall act in the spirit in which h
ers took General Lee by the hand at Al
MS pomattOX Courthouse, we will haV
US peace. IApplause. Yes, will hav
ner the Union again; we will have fra
ner ternal affection again.
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