The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-23
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apostSsy, aud cowafdiee We have
weighed these wofd earefGllys ana
knowjust what they mean 10 their
application we have bnt one thing to
regret naSzelys That the voeabulary
contains not words more expressive
of thebaseuess which the majority OF
the General Assembly has just exem-
plifed. ~ -t,5.
When James Buchanan died, res
olution of respect for his memory was
introduced into the Bump Congress,
M was stiHed With fnsolent con.
tempt by the gang who WELD the
majority of votes IN that hatefn as
sembly. No act Of tyranny, usurpa-
ton or treachery stained the career OF
the iIlustrious dead. But the crime OF
beings Democrat was sufficient to
single him out and seshim, apart, as
the only Federal Executive ever de-
ceased, of whom the Legislative
branch OF the Government failed to
make honorable mention, A Senator,
a Cabinet officer, a Fereign Embas-
sador, and a President-pure and
blameless In all of these relations =
was entomhed amid the official silence
which a more than silence,o OF what
eve remained of the Federal Con-
gress. The anathomas of the Repub-
lican Priesthood, anduthe gibes and
= sneers of the Republican press, min
gled with the clods that fell upon his
coffin, Meanwhile the world was
puzzled to decide whether Editors or
Priests were the more Satanic in their
and utterances!
But David Tod dies; a vain egotist
and braggart; shallow alike in brain
and heart ; and treaeheroas 10 every
party with which he aver allied HIM
self. Elected to an Office whose lawful
powers are not so great as those Of a
Justice of the Peace, and whose
legitimate emoluments were not more
than those of an industrious meehah-
ic at an humble trade, ne Vacated his
place at the end of two years, after
the emnn& sion pfsasurpations and
tyrannies as atrocious as ever stained
the reign of a Car, with money
enough IN pocket to d~evelope the
coal minesof "Brier Hill, " and erect
q palace whose threshold an angry
God allowed him not to cross. r-cL
And yet, while the memory OF
Black Republican Insult to Mr.. Buch-
anan's memory stings every Demo
cratic heart ; while full recollection OF
the Occupations, and tyfanniCs, and
crimes OF David Tod, incenses every
patriotic and honorable mind, the
Democratic General ssemblyof Ohio
pass resolutions, in words of panegyr-
ic, which the deathzof a. Washington
could hardly have elected Great,
wise, patriotic, Christian Fodl Now
1.-THE gates are past, and Heaven is won ="
1t is with great modification that
We write this. 1t is with deep hu.
initiation hat we thus arraign the
Democratic General Assembly OF
Ohio, and charge them with a syco-
phahcy, a basehess and a treachery
which have not been surpassed In the
annals of Legislative bodies.
What have they done?
The General Assembly OF Ohio, th6
majority Of its members elected by
Democratic suffrages, have put it
upon their Legislative records, In the
most solemn form, and under the
sanction OF their oaths, that the seiz
ure of Edison B. Olds by armed rum
u in the night, without accusation
and in defiance of Law, and his i'm.
prisonment n a noIsome dungeon,
ehaEgedawith no offense, was an act o.
patriotism, for which the adviser and
accessory before and after the fact
was deserving of praise and honor
around whose grave the people sho'd
assemble TO mourn the loss of a friend
and ~benefactorI
This same General Assembly, cleo,
ted as we have said by Democratic
votes, have in like solemn manner
declared that the kidnapping of Johr
w. Esyes, for the ofTense Of printing
q Democratic paper in C~irclevIlle, wa.
a eommendahle and act
that this cruel outrage, which con
signed him to the mad-house, anC
thence TO the grave which deprived
ayouug wife OF her husband, and
helpless children Of a tender, father
which robbed society of an honorable
highninded, respected member, and
the Democratic party Of an able
efficient and fearless editor, was an
act for which the perpetrator should
be eulOgizep and honored BY the De
mocracy OF today, ana his memory
transmittedo as . precious legacy tC
Dosterity!
But this is not All that the Eeglsla
ture have done by their sycophancy
at the grave of Tod ~ a1gqo,
By, resolution of the Democratic
General Assembly of Ohio, it is nov
asSertedEthat alhthe dirty, scurrilou.
blackgardism Of democrats, for which
David Tod was SO conspicuous, wa:
deserved and that the Democrats o
Ohio were in truth a gang. Of conspi
rarors, knights OF the Golden Circle,
trait0rs& eopReTheads, as he charged
Nor this only, for these resolution!
OF the Democrat General Assembly
Of Ohio declare, and put the declare
ton a~ponlreeord, by no ~Ear-fetehet
implication, but in terms almos
direct, that each and al Of you, Dem
Ocra1lCzfeIlow-cltisens3 lof Crawford
county ! were u mob or liars and ca
lumnators during all The Admins
tratiOn Of David Tod, for calling hin
hard names while he was engaged IL
the wise, necessary, and patriotic du
ty OF torturing DR.. Odds, and driving
poor Keyesto madnessahd thesfaVe
Alas! poor Caligula and Donitian
Unfortunate Judas! Scallawags, cut