Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-09-30
Cary in tho Role of Harloaaiai

ca the City HAL on the evening OF
Gen. Cary's speech, to take a les.
som as II was supposed one Would
be given on that 6ccasioh. We
knew something Of the "bnly gen,
tlenan who had eter beth sent 10
Congress-" We had listened 10 his
eloquence before and we're willihg
to hear him again, and If possible
profit by bis teachings and his act
ings. We we're attentive and come
away with the impression that
we had seen something like lt
before; may be 1t was the ihah In
the circus who first appeared in the
costume Of Yankee Jonathan-then
as an old dame in petticoats and
then ledped in the ring as a stfsaR-
ed and striped clown. Anyhow
the actor upon this beeaaion w.
Ipeared upon the stage seemingly
costumed as the patriot, free from
any party bias or predictions,
coming by his own noble Impulse,
To free an oppressed people from
tyranny Of parties of all kinds
whether they be Democratic or Re.
publican, and to unite them in q
glorious career, which would lead
them to plenty, prosperity and hap
piness for all time To come. But
this costume must have been an IL
lusion, for presto, and at once the
No -pattisani the patriot, the work
ing mans friend, was standing be-
fore his audience in all the full
rObed habiliments of q modern
Democrat. He stood on their plat
form and they on his He once
had been a benighted Republican
of the sttaightest sect, but the
scales had been removed froiil hts
visage and soon he was enabled to
see and Admire the full glory
of Democratic visions. The trans
ition from the partisan Patriot
to partisan Democrat, seemed sud-
den but was accomplished with
good theatrical effect, but not more
admirable than the manner in which
he then glided into the alluring and
bedizened toggeries Of, the full
dressed demagoghe in which char
acter he remained during the even
ing, and acquitted himself in a
manner which must have been graf,
flying to his most enthusiasts ad.
tiirers.
In time of peate and plenty!
when labor was never more pro.
ductive, when the opportunities for
the laboring thousands to obtain
homes and competency wis never
more fattering-when it is the in
terest of all true patriots to main
tain the best understandings and
relations between capital and labor
-this;speaker would seek to arouse
the, lowest and most unf5unded
preiudices, he would, if he could,
seduce contentmcnt and thrift to
desert theft work- shops and make
war against some windmill giant
which has. no existence save in the
brains which he would seek to rem
der Quixotic by the fulminations
which he hurls forth, conceived iii
his own mad schemes: 80.
Like all modern demagogues his
great thHme was I'd zcs. And he
would fain make his hearers believe
that a good government could and
should be virtually conducted and
maintained without any cost to th8
people for the protection AHA i'm
munities which they derive from it,
He assured his audience that they
were sotely oppressed by the debt
of the late war (which war he for
got ID tell them came from Demo,
cratic teachings and Deeds, and
that their only hope for the future
was virtual reputation Of il by
paying it off with other uhredeem-
able promises to pay. He sought
to educate the people to the idea Of
reputation by telling them that it
was not such a terrible thing after
all, that nations had reppdiated
their debts and survived tho act,
and went so far as to dishonor his
own country, insult the American
people who heard him, and merit
everlasting infaniy on his own
memory by making the bold and
villainous statement that no Dar
debt ever had been paid. Does he
know or does lie not Kfow that un-
der the wise and liberal stateman-
ship of Alexander Hamilton poll
cy was pursued by which the debt
of the Revolution was paid, and
with it twenty-three millions of
State debts assumed by the general
government.
Does he KNOW. OF uOeS ne nOG
know that the debt contracted in
the war Of 1912 was paid? Does
he know or does he not know
whether the costs of the Mexican
War were paid. The speaker has
fead history, he is lot lacking in
intelligence. How then could he
make statements S? Simply because
he is a demagogue and mock5 ct
truth! And so it was through his
24 hour speech, on the 18th amend
ment, on the Chinese question: IN
everything a tissue of mis-statement
and Appeals to ignorance and
prejudice, Can such an one have
the confidence of any one, whether
he be a Democrat or Republican 7
Yet doubtless Some of the Demo
cratic leaders think they have IN
hini d valuable instrument for their
own ends. But the great temper
ance orator has lis ends too. A
seat in the United States Senate as
suooasSJr IN Iobn Sherman, would