The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-07-22

vite Europeans to share with us the
material blessings of our great coun-
try, but, more than that, we can tell
those who fed from oppression that
we Lived under government OF laws
administered by the judiciary which
kept the bayOnet and the sword in
due subordination. lCheers.l We
could pointto written Constitution
which not only marked out the pow
ers of government, but with anxious
care secured to the hum bIest man the
rights of property, of person and of
conscience. Is immigration encour-
aged by trampling that Constitution /
In the dust, treating it with contempt, |
shackling the judiciary, insulting the |
executive, giving all the world to un-
derstand that the great guarantees of
political end social rights are destroy
ed? (Great appIause.) -... ......
But the crowning Indictment against
the follies and crimes of those in pow
er is in these words: ''That we Eeceg-
nize the great principles laid down in
the immortal Declaration of Inde-
pendence as the true foundation Of
Democratic government and we hail
with gladness every effort towards
making these principles a living re-
ality on every inch of American soil"
If within the limits of ten States of
this, Union an American citizen, stung
by a sense of his wrongs, should pub
licly and truthfully denounce the
men in power because, in the very
language of this Declaration of Inde-
! pendence, they have "ercted a null
, titude Of new officers and sent hither
, a swarm of offices to harass our peO-
r pie and eat out their substance" he
would in all human probability be
p dragged to prison, or if, in the in
: dignant language of our Fathers, he
should eIclaim, "They have affected
q to render the military independent of
: or superior to the civil power, they
! have abolished the fee system of En-
q glish laws and established here an ar
o bitrary government" for the offence
p of asserting these principles, he would
n be tried and punished by a military
!, tribunal. (Great cheering.)
/. Having declared that the principles
q of the Declaration of independence
i should be made a ''liVing reality on
3. every inch of American soil," they
Ir put in nomination a military chief
J. tain who stands at the head of thai
i system of despotisms that crushed be
A. meath its feet the greatest principle o.
J. the Declaration of Independence
,e [Cheers.l To-day, in some States, i
Of is held by military orders to be s
,s crime to speak out the indignation
~ and contempt which burn within thI
Il bosoms of patriotic men. If to-mOr
4 row military order should be pu
II forth in that State where the ashes o
al Washington are entombed, that i
m should be an offence to declare tha
"a the military should ever be subordi
10 nate to the civil authority-to speal
rs out the sentiment that it was q dis
lg grace to our country to let hOrdes o
ir officials eat up the substance of tn
i. people, he who uttered these word
e. could be dragged to prison from tn
a very grave where lie the remains c
is the author of the Declaration of Inde
IL pendence. Loud cheers. From thi
rs outrage there could be no appeal t
of the courts, and the Republican candi
Ir- date for the Presidency has accepted
III q position which makes the rights ant
" liberties of large share of our peo
We pie dependent upon his will. iCheers.
Id In view Of these things, can theT
nd be one man in this Convention VIII
n, can let personal ambition, a passion
Of a prejudice, turn him aside one hair
be breadth in his efforts to wipe off th
ke wrongs and Outrages which disgraC
n our country? LCheers. Can thel
MS be one man whose heart is so dead
he all that is great and noble in p atrio
To- ism, that he will not gladly sacrifiC
'eS all other things for the sake of h
nd country, fts liberties and its greatnes!
ne Can we suffer any prejudice GROWN
lal out of past differences of opinion
of hinder US uniting now with all WI
ire will act with US to save our country
lr- ICheers.l We meet to-day to 81
dit what measures can be taken to ave
US the dangers which threaten our cou
an try, and to relieve it from the evi
'ay and burtheRs resulting from had go
al, ernment and unwise counsels.
U.s. thank God that the strife OF arms h
5ed ceased, and that once more in tt
wn great conventions of our party we CO
up call through the roll of States and fiji
ty, men to answer to each. Time al
,es, events in the grcatcycIes have broug
'ay US to this spot to renew and reinvi
eek crate that constitutional gOvernme
in which nearly eighty years ago, vi
lia- inaugurated In this city. (Cheert
be It was here that George W4shingtC
I'D. the first President-swore to "pI
serve, protect and defend the Cons
-ba tuition OF the United States. (Cheer
,ta And here this day we as solemn
ora pledge ourselves to uphold the rigf
ers and liberties Of the American peopi
,rd- Then, as now, great war which h
i'm desolared our land had ceased. The
. ~ a. now, there was in every patrfo'
,an- breast longing for the blessings
b5- good government, for the protecti
Tha OF laws, and for sentiments of fratf
ami nal Fegard and affection among
"a inhabitants OF all the States Of Il
,n's Union. When our government,
lsts 1879, was iuauRuFatsi in this eli
the there were glad professions OF ms
Or aud those manifestations Of great J
ave which people show whom they f
tful that al event has happened which
aste to give lasting blessings to the Ian
pit [Cheers.l To-day in this same spl
are this vast asSelnblage meets, and
the streets Of this city are threnged w