The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-07-21
THE DEMOCRAT.


l. 1oc44ttt1 mat tno exemOuOn-
rom taxation Of twenty-five humid
red million 0f dollars IN GovernmenE /
bonds and securities 3 unjust TO the |
people, ana ouEht not be tolerated, |
ana thar W ara opposed 20 any ap-
proprlatlou E1t the payment Of Inter |
est on t1o 4sderAl bonds until they
are made snB Jet % federal taxatien.
3. Rssolce1 That the claims Of the
greenbackg, and the principal OF
which Is Dy law payable Ia enfroncy,
should ueVeElAeIes8 be paid IN gold,
Is unjust and extorlfonate, and n
persisted ID win tneVitsh by force mp
on the people the question Of repudi-
3. Reso5ssd That we denounce the
national system as one OF the worst
outgroWtlis of the bonded debt, IN
thai ik unuecessarIly Increases the
burden of tho people thirty millions
OF dollars Eanu4ilys and we demand
its immedIat1 repeal
4. Res6lued That We denounce the
present high proiecttve tariff enacted
In the interests of the New England
ufactures for Its enormous impositieRs
OF duties onsAle, Sugar, tea, coffee,
and other neCess1ries as are oppres-
sive upon the people OF the Wes6 and
that We demand Its repeal and the
substitution OF another based upon
revenue principles alone. approxi-
mating tree trade as closely as posi-
8. Resolved, That the Democratic
party OF the United States has always
been pre-eminently friendly, 70 the
rights and interests Of the laboring
mans that Is In favor OF q limited
number Of hours OF labor In all Gov
ernment Workehops, hours dictated
by the physical and mental well be-
Ing Of the iaoorers that it is In IA
vor OF the most liberal laws in regard
to household and homestead eRem-
tions nom sale and ezeGutioh that
IL Is also In favor Of liberal grants Of
land nom the public domain 90
actual settlers without cost, and op-
posed to donating these lands 70
swtndling railroad corporations, and
Is generally ffiendly 70 the measures
advocated by the Labor and Indus
trial Congreas and IS . party It
pledges, II restored to power, its in
huence to give them practical appli-
cation.
8. RssO1uez, That II Is the right Of
each State to decide for itself who
shall possess the elective franchise
within it, and that the attempt TO
regalate auIEaee in Ohio by means
OF the eo-calicd fifteenth Consfittl-
tional Amendment, = snbversive Of
the Federal Constitution.
2. Ae1otcc1 That th8 policy and
legislation of eho Radical party lend
70 destroy All the reserved rights "
the States, and converts the ReDuis-
lie into consolidated dasnot sIr
that such dospotism, WhalhSr exer-
cised by 4 President, Emnartr. or a
Congreas. Is fe.al 70 liberty nla good
government; that consolidation 10
this country means the ahSolufa do
minion Of monopoly and aRgreeatrd
capital over the lives, the dDerty aud
the property OF the toIIine unasssts.
8. Resolved. That the numerous
palpahlo ana high handed usurpa-
tions Of Tue party In power, and their
many public and private acts OF tyr.
amy, trampling under foot the civil
law and the gnarantees, OF tho Con-
stitution, and their eontlnulnR tOde-
prive the sovereign States OF repre-
sentation IN Congress = goVerning
states Dy military rule prove them
TO be the party OF despotism aud nm
worthy OF the confidence and sup
R0AN W = AACC tCOJAC-
8 Resoguedr That the trial and SEN,
tence TO death BY q military coinnlis-
sion Of . citizen Of Texas, not in the
military service, while the civil
courts are IN unobstructed exercise
OF their functions In that State. sad
in time Of profound peace and Ile
approval Of that sentence BY Presi-
dent Grant are In violation of the
most srcred rights OF American citi-
zens guaranteed by their ConstiIu-
tions both State and Fedefal, aud
deserve and should Recsipe the
sevSTest condemnation OF every low
er OF liberty and constitutional gov
ernment l7|.7 :. .- 81 -. u,
10. Resolved, That the attack a
Governors Hayes aud Lee uDon ti,.,
doings Of the late General Assembly
are false In aLAfenIaat. "a ftns IL
spirit, and unworthy OF their high
position. -t
II. Resolsea < IL TIE F.iity-alzh II
General Assembly was called ut1on
to make large and extraordinary "a D.
preparations to rebuild the burned
Lunatlo Asylum, 20 provide a Re-
form School for glrls, to construct y
new Blind Asylum, 20 make an ap
proprtatton to meet q judgment of
re'than eighty thousand dollars,
recovered In the Supreme court OF
the State, IN favor OF the Lie aud
Trust Company, and to supply a de-
nciency OF more than five hundred
thousand dollars Of the preceding
Republican gislaiure-all of which
together with the extra acompensatiou
paid to members under q law passed
by Republican Legislature. without
an increase Of the State levy; not
vIthstanding all these things. the
appropriations are much less than
those ef the preeeeding Republican
Legtsiature-and that, too, without
abstracting eight hundred Thousand
dollars from the relief fund, for the
MANNED and disabled soldiers aud
their familieS o. =
IL. Resol1ed That we hereby re-
turn our thanks to the late General
Assembly for their economical t,x-
penditures In administration OF the
state government, and for the exDo-
sure OF the wholesale frauds In the
erection OF State bull dinga. wi hereby
the people were defFanded out az
half q million OF dollars by the ms o
Ilgence and eOrr1puon Of RepubIic.sn
state officials, and the -dfshonesty
OF lheir SPpolntees and their subOs-
dinates. .-7- r--...s--. - -, -
Is. ReSolped That we extend Sihe
right hand ol fell loYship, and recGg-
nize as brethren In . common cause,
All conservative men nos heretofare
Democrats who Will mite with Us "a
resculng the Government, fEotn the
unworthy hands into which il has
fallen and we pledge the united and
cordial support Of the two hundred
and hfty thousand ,Demoorats in
Ohio whom we represent, TO the
ticket NOMINATED by this Convention
and presented by the suffrages Of The
people Of Ohio.
A SUCCESSFUL CAREER.z-InIt the
early rush TO- California, poor boy,
named Charles Crockersi crossed the