The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-09-08
RFealical Frauds Exposed.
SPEECH OF

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Aepslaware. o.. Aug. u, 1872 o.
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TEE FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL SIT
UATIoN DISCUSSED.
NIX FRIENDS AND CoUKTRYMEN.-
Believing that the corruption which
has crept into onr- public affairs can
only be- corrected by the people, ]
Come before you Tonight tas one oi
your fellow-eitizens to hold counsel
Wjth ! yjla !y you as 70 5la4 what is best to be
1t is fact too seldom considered
that of theone theusand million in.
habitaAfs who occupy the globe, only
forty millions enjoy the blessings Of
civil liberty under written constitu.
tions and exercise the right of self.
government.
b MelaaFe of European origin, but
while the theory of our government
is republican, those OF the people
from Fhom we sprung are monarchi-
cal and hereditary. And when oul
own system of government was es-
tablished, itSwas then and is now re.
garded as an experiment. trial to
ascertain whether we have sense and
honesty enough to goyerneourselves
or whether we require trustees in the
forms of kings and mobiles to take care
ofRs for their own benefit.H
u With our fathers. as with ourselves
everything favored the experiment oi
& ~ = III J, pes VII pe t.s
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Sa,,ht S.,m ruou - n.s.,l 90 3 i.ia.sel "
= - y pil l,-als ndte ny
s S.1a ss.i'sa ~, any upon .ns
a,iiS IL, .a.1a ~ s'n aaSa5 - Snapt ~
-. ? oss'ou - "
Mi.nsssns = ihlllluh "a Sins u scr,
a,I, fnssed With t5e tr;nnnhs - ~ , r;sa q, y
{ tic ~ al. ran sfornaed ii, a sinoie ,Iax
fro rsae sold lars fai citizei, ss.7 as tbev h.
in single. day been converted from
peaceful citizens into soldiers armed
aud equipped for war.
Iaif Bntswhat do we mean when we say
that we have capacity for self-govern.
ment? Simply that we have ;utelli-
gence2 enough to examine politica
Questions and honesty enough to vote
for or against them, because we be.
heya1 1fhenIfo be fiehtlor wrong. wise
OR unWise. To be capable. Of. self:
governments, each citizen must make
nB his own mind must think and act
for himself, and while with manly in.
dependence in CARRYING ont his owr
convictions. he imIIst beitoleranf as r.
lsthe coivictfonhs Of others. For if we
have a riehtuto form and exercise ouI
own opinions upon, political subjects
Sc. have our neighbers. If we have q
RIGHT toavote for such measures as we
tek0ose so have they. Then. if free
ms tituffons are la to be maintained. f
can onlyaberdon by each citizen vot.
ing forsWhat he believes to be right
fand against 2sW what he regards al
WrohgSd01l1 HEk4u
i.g-sniisses POLITICAL PARTIEs. sc
We are all feHow-eiiizens. and on,
frstIdHty is toLonr country, and he il
mot good citizen who does NOT p1e.
fer hasgood of the whole country. te
| the success of any party. In all free
eoyernmeflts,s soDarties 0uobt to exist
! for the party, out. viii be always yio:.
liant in watching the party i'm power
and expose corruption where it exists
And SO long as we continue to raise
vast revenues, there will be danger o.
our Institutions rottine out by Quick
| decay, But, parties to be useful. mus
be patriotic object must be the
| g6Od of the whole people, and not the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of favored few
And not t71ohlyE should one party b.
watched by the other, but the leaders
| >E \ X
their imMsdi late. constituents, and tht
moment they discover that their lead
ers have become corrupt, that momen
they should abandon them,. and unite
! with the other party until reform il
secured ~ TeaX kYiIiJ
Il hss dtHE PEopI,gy I,F,af 1NSp RERoRM
"A A. q,
.;s. Islzels' selelel
q, ~. & r - stiS ~
Federal and Mmnst of the Stota cor,
! iitals And everuw ~ here fbo -nao,,I.
eigiviHg action 10 that conviction
by elaIing agalnstathose who have
betrayed, aildare now robbing them
| The late triumphs of the people il
bQonneeticut, byTa decisive vote, il
NAsW H0rk byAa AHajeIftyAof NOR,
than eighty thousandsrmany ceuntie
for the first time having gone Demo
cratic-and the unexpected upheaya
in Oregon, and the new States of thu
| Rocky Mountains, show they are full
j ~ aroused to the necessity of proimp
/ and patriotic action. q s'Sl.e5 .sie
But 7 need not GO SO far from hom,
for examples of the great change go
] ing on in the public mind. Here be
fore You is James r. Hubbell. borl
and educated a Wing, member o
the RepdBlicaa party from thefdate o
Its earliest organization, and its cho
sen hepresenlsNye IN congress, Wh
now appears before Inc. people as I
canoioate for their sunrages as tn
4 nominee le on the, democratic party
nominafion ailke honorable to- MI
HuDoeil ana TO the democracy.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LIVES ONLY L
NAME.
Mv. conntrymen. no partv can con
l'finue 10 live in q Government Iik
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