The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-25
Speeches af the Cincinnati KRn /.
tARenEEOn Meeting.

Speeches nf the Cine innnti KRn
t1acatEOn Meeting.
We have before us, In the Sunday
Commercial Srlef reports OF the
speeches made at the meeting in
Cincinnati on last Saturday evening,
to ratify the nomination of Hon.
GEORG E H. PENDLETON for Cover
nor. The meeting was presided over
by Hon. GEORGE E.-PUGH, who, on
taking the chair, made q brief address
dwelling principally upon the oner-
oas and oppressive taxation inflicted
upon the people by the party in
power. In the course of his remarks,
ne thus spoke of.
GENERAL GRANT AS AsPREsIDENT.
Yet where are we to-day? Il
would ask my Republican friends in
all Kindness, If they have any kinds
ness, IN all Justice, what do you say
OF your own Administration? Give
no credit. to Democrats and Copper
heads. Take your. own statement,
You have got q President who seems
to have no sense of his position no
regard for you, no comprehension of
political science, no intention of ad-
ministering the Government accord
Ing to the Constitution. You have
President who gives over to
Cabinet more imbecile even than
himself, the weight of that which by
the force of taxation concerns every
citizen. He Is man to attend horse
races, and stare at the sea-shore.
Laughter. .
1 am not very mnch opposed to
that. like to see horse race my
self. confess to have spent several
OF the most pleasant weeks of my
life at Long Branch but when q man
IS upon duty, when the destinies of
his country tremble in the hand, it
Is no time for him to be OFF with
horse jockeys and old bores, rich old
men who will bribe him with houses
and lands, when he should beattend-
ing to his business. 1t grieVes me to
say this Of General Grant, because
certainly during the campaign Il
never spoke an unkind word of him.
thought he would have been an
other man; that his military prestige-
should enable the people to stand up
against the usurpatiOn Ofa usurping-
Congress. find that it is not SO.
hoped that at least General Grant
would be negative. Instead of that
in his first utterance, in his inaugural
address, he flung defiance in the
face OF the people. He told them
that not ORly should there be no re-
Taxation, but as for him, the laws of
Andrew Johnson should not be as
heavy as his little finger. - ..r
General SAMUEL +. CARY was the
next speaker. He entered upon gen
eral discussion OF the political issues
OF the day, and treated in this wise
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
The farmers of tthe Constitution
wisely left the question of suffrage to
the States respectively, and by this
provision the States had q check
upon the Overshadowing power of
the Federal Government This safeL
guard, this right Of each State to de-
termine who may vote for it's Cover
nor and other States and mucipal
| officers is by this fraudulent method
| to be swept away! Governor Hayes
and the whole Of the Radical ticket
in this State are fully committed to
the consumm9tion Of this fraud, and
vote for them is an Endorsement not
merely of negro suffrage, but Of the
means taken to secure it. .
Thousands who voted two wears
! ago to strike the word ''White" from
the Constitution of Ohio, thereby ad.
mitting colored persons to full citi-
zenship, will oppose this method of
| attaining the end. They believe that
the people OF Ohio are fully cOmpe.
tent TO decide that question for them.
Selves without the advice or inter-
ference of other States or the Federal
IGOVernment. We shall see whether
the money and patronage. of the
Government, the standing army of
Federal officers, and the force of party
discipline, are sufficient to neutralize
q majority of one hundred thousand
IN Ohio who are opposed to the rati-
ncatlon OF the amendment The
question comes to US now in such a
form that q vote for any. nominee of
the Radical party is vote to force
negro suffrage upon State against
the Will CT its people. Mental reSer-
Vatlons and sprOteSts against the
measure will avail nothing, In the
opinion OF Radical leaders, q State
has no rights which the General
government Is bOuRd to respect, and,
unless arrested in their course, If 8
State exercises any government
function, it will be by special grace
OF Congress. !. IL ~ -'aa +
The meeting was closed by a brief
address from Hon. JOHN F.. Fol-
LETT, late Speaker of. the House OF
Representatives, who thus alluded
to the speech Of Governor HAYES
and Senator MORTON at Whining
ton: I'D tsf .-.'-I 81 IN .
WHY RADICALS SHOULD BE CoNTIN-
: Ell. .UEDIN OFFICE r-,...
Mr.. Follett had read the speeches
OF the Republican candidate for Coy
erQOr. and the GGDnan iDnnOrkod from
Indiana to teach OhiOans how. to
vote" He assured his hearers that
he found the speeches OF those GENTLE
men cool and comfortable reading.
The candidate for Governor said that
the people of Ohio should continue
the Republican party in power
because theydid not steal half as
much now as they did before Grant
was elected. He said that they were
more honestly collecting the taxes,
and he honestly believed that in due
course of time they would not steal
half as much as they do now. It
struck him the speakerl that that
was very poor argument to present
to the people Of Ohio =.
II q culprit on being convicted of
having stolen 81, 600, were to say, in
appealing for release, that he had
been thief, but was reforming-had
stolen at one time as much as s., 600,
| but on this particular occasion, tend
ing rapidly towards reformation, he
had stolen only 1000, when he
might have got Sc, 900, and Ifhe were
discharged he would take only $500
the next time, AIr. Follett thought
that that particular culprit would
/ strand very uncertain chance of