The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-01
NUMBER l9.
JUDGE DRNT-s REPLY no
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Dent shows, strong SYMPHONIC of
becoming disgusted with Gfs6Fu4To
mas stood by iand seen evsrvlseIot1-,.
ne has, on the face of the 1aartI1- ~
pointed to some lucrative, position
some have places in the hevenue
Department, some have been made
postmasters and marshaIls, and one
Or two Of the family, are acuuirinp
wealth in the capacity of sutlers It
IS not not strange that Judge, Dent,
should fuld desire to turn an honest penny
IN some son field, nor that he should se-
lect -AllsSissipPi. as his field OF op-
erations; ions But no sooner was II an.
ncounced that he would be the Conser-
vatiye candidate for Governor of THAT
State, than the President interiered.
Some pretended that Grant had
supported Conservatives in Virginia
ana Tennessee, but the president
told Gen. TarDell that he had, done
nothing Of the kind. Gem Grant.
who was elected by the votes, Of con-
serYanYe men, who are opposed to
the, Welles-Stokes policy, q has pre-.
tended to be q Conservative, but he
wrote, ,t9 Judge Dent that heeouldn't
think Of supporting him IS q Con
servative, candidate, He wanted
the party 20 unite on something,
but forget TO suggest ,any, basis for a
union Of the two opposing taeti0ns.
Having stated his position, Judge
Dent has written a, long letter in
answer to Grants, in which he says:
SIS it reasonable TO suppose thata a
people having the free choice oftheir
representatives, would elect for their
rulers q class of politicians whose
aggressive and hostile conduct hith-
erto has rendered them pecu1iarly
tobnoxiouS and disagreed /? This
is the charge made by the people Of
Mississippi against the Radicals, or
bitter enders, as they are called.
This charge is not made because
they fought against the South and
seceSston, for. MANY Of that class
fought or the6ide ofHthe South, 1t
IS not made because they, are of
Northern birth and education. for
many men of Northern birth and
edGcation and ofRthe Northern army
areWithlus in Rntagonisms to this OBJ
noxious party. Itisnot because they
are Republicans, for, their antago-
n1sts were among the first In the
South 70 organize on the Republican
Iplattorm and to advocate the civil
and political equality Of all LINEN;
| were sent as delegates to Chicago,
adfa III -
stancyd were rewarded by YOU with
Offices Of trust and hoaor,y But this
charge is made, as have said before
because the prOScriptive anteedents
and aggressive policy OF thes6 poIiti.
cans toward the people Of Mississippi
have made them the objects Of pc
culIar abhorrence.f That policy con
tsistS not only In the continual adVo-
eaey OF proseript tion, but IN preaching
Ito the freedmen; in atimeof profound
peace, such revolutionary doctrines
as excite and direct against the white
imen of the Sonth and their families
g most dangerous animosity, such
! IRnimosity, indeed as, with q con
tinuation of the same fuel, would
inevitably lead to 9 black mans
party and q war of races. Neither
! are such doctrines preached with ar
: honest desire to anelforate the con
. dition of the freedmen or promotI
9 the ends Of peace or strengthen thu
! Republican party in the South, -bu
3 solely to ALLEVIATE nom the plante
> the time-honofed conf dence ant
e IafectiOnl OF this race, In. order tina
} the new political element under tlit
] banner OF Republf anisms might ID
8 entirely controlled and subdofdinat
7 ed to their own purposes Of poWe
: and aggrandizement. And to hi
: class of men, whom you foiIed, IL
7 their attempt to force upon tn
= people of Mississippi the Jodfous con
g stitution rejected at the ballot boz
: you now give the hand of offriendshi1
y and support, and .spurn nom .yo
J. that other class, who, accepting th
It invitation Of the Republican, part
in good faith, came in q mass In, VII
!, ginia and Tennessee, as they wi
Le come in Mississippi and Texas, t
Df stand upon its platform ana advocat
70 its principles. z-LIc 4z-'+ os.a ,-'S
% L f,.. .1lqsr g -luc s. LEWIS DENT.
z Grant, is under the control Of SUD
r, men as Boutwell, and CresweII, 3,
id rather he has surrendered the go
le ernment into their hands, while /
~ continues his pleasure tour. \
us wonder that such Republican jou
n mails as the Cincinnati C6Sitane1ci
le and the Chicago Tribune. speak