The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-08-31
Political
OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN.
SPEECH or
SPEECH or
GEO. W. MORGAN,
At Delaware, o., August II, 1870.
FACTS NOT RHETORIC EXPOSURE
OF RADICAL. EXTRAV16ANCE--
NEW ENGLAND SELFISHNESS
ANDTHE TRICKS OFPRO.
TECTI0N.

Ny FRIENDS AND CoUNTRYArEN Be
lieving that the corruption which has crept
into our public affairs can only be correc-
ted by the people, come before you to-
night as one of your fellow citizens, to
hold counsel with you as to what is best
to be done. 1t is fact too seldom con-
sidered that of the one thousand million
inhabitants who inhabit the globe, only
forty millions enjoy The blessings of civil
| liberty under written Constitutions and
exercise the right = self government. We
are of European origin, but while the the
ory of our government is republican, those
\ Of the people from whom we sprung are
monarchial and hereditary. And when
| our own system of government was es-
tabhshed, it was then and is now regar-
ded as an experlment-a trial to ascertain
whether we have sense and honesty enough
to govern ourselves, or whether we re-
quire trustees IN the forms of kings and
mobiles to take care of US for Their own
/ benefit. With our fatherss, as with our
selves, everything favored the experiment,
/ but what will be the ultimate solution of
the problem is still regarded by many as
a matter of doubt. For my own part, I
have never entertained any doubt upon
| the subject, and had doubted, confidence
would have succeeded to doubt on witness
| sing a million veterans in service, youth
full in years, all flushed with the triumphs
OF gigantic war, transformed in 4 single
day from soldiers to citizens, as they had
in a single day been converted from peace
ful citizens into soldiers and equipped for
war
But what do we mean when we say
that we have capacity for self government?
Simply that we have intelligence enough
to examine political questions, and homes
| ty enough to vote for or against them, be.
cause we believe them to be right or
wrong, wise or unwise. To be capable of
self government, each citizen must make
up his own mind-must think and act for
himself, and while with manly mdepen-
dence in carrying out his own convictions,
he must be tolerant as to the convictions
of others. For if we have right to form
and exercise our own opinions upon polit-
ical subjects, so have our neighboFs. Then
If free institutions are to be maintained, it
can only be done by each citizen voting
for what he believes to be right, and
against what he regards as wrong
POLITICAL PARTIES.
We are all fellow citizens, and our first
duty Is to our country, and he is not
good citizen who does not prefer the good
of the whole country to the success of any
party. In all free governments parties
ought to exist, for the party out will al
ways be vigilant in watching the party
IN power, and expose corruption when 1t
exists. But parties, to be useful, must
be patnotic-their object must be the
good of thewhole people, and not the ag-
grandlzement Of a favore4 few. = And the
moment the leaders of parties becsme cor
rupt they should be Abandoned and better
ones sought, or unite with the other party
until retore is secured. -,
THE PEOPLE DEMAND REFORM
At this moment, citizens, settled con-
Viction exists in the public mind, that cor
ruption reigns supreme in the Federal, as
at most of the State capitals. And every
where the people are giving action to that
conviction by declaring against those who
have betrayed and are now robbing them.
The late triumphs of the people in Con-
necticut by decisive vote, in New York
by more than 80,000-and the unexpected
upheaval in Oregon, show that they are
fully aroused to the necessity of prompt
and patriotic action
But need not go so far from home for
examples of the changes going on in the
public mind. Here before you is James
K. Hubbell, born and educated Wing,
a member of the Republican party from
Its earliest organization, now appears be-
fore the people as a candidate for their
sIfrages as the nominee of the Democrat
&c party.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LIVES ONLY IN
NAME.
Ny CoUNTRYAEN-No party can con-
tinue to live in a government like ours,
after it has achieved the purpose for which |
1t was organized-no party can long exist |
which does not rest on living principle.
The abolition of slavery and the adjust |
ment of the questions arising from that |
act, have left the Republicans without a |
single bond of union, and their dissolution |
is inevitable.
THE PEOPLE ARE HONEST AND SHOULD BE |
SUPREME.
In fact, the contest now waged is not |
between parties, it is not q conflict of
ideas, but 1t Is a struggle between the rob |
bers and the robbed, between the Office
holders and the people. The men in pow
er, who run the government in their own |
through their legions of tax col |
lectors, tax assessors, tax inspectors and |
tax spies, now seek to manage and control |
lhe people as they would a machine. But |
the people, once aroused to the true con-
dition Of the country, the tax gatherers
will take 10 their holes.
RESTORED TO POWER, WHAT WILL THE
DEMOCRATS DO?
Restored to power, the Democracy wiz |
endeaVor to restore respect for the Consti- |
tuition and laws throughout the whole |
country to restore good temper and kind |
feeling among the whole people by re-
trenchment and reform IN al the branches
of the government, State and Federal |
they will reduce the taxes of the people
and by investigation, strict but impartial, |
they will expose and punish all those who |
have been robbing the treasury, and who |
now wish to retain power in order to |
avoid such exposure and punishment
Restored to power, they will try and re- |
store our commerce, which is well nigh |
destroyed to revive trade, which is well |
nigh paralyzed, and remove the unequal |
and unjust burdens which now well weigh |
heavily upon the shoulders of industry, SO |
that our farmers, manufacturers and Wor-
kingmen will be able to save portion of |
gobbled up by the leeehes who are suck |
ing the life blood of the people
WHAT BECOMES OF THE TAXES PAID BY |
PEoPLE2
In my Judgment, my friends, the most |
alarming feature of the times is the enor- |
nous amount of taxes which are collected |
from the people, and the reckless and cor
rupt manner in which they are squandered
regret to say that this remark applies
with equal force to the State as to the
Federal Government. In fact, our rulers
seem to forget that taxes mean labor, and
the higher the taxes the less the profits,
and the fewer the comforts.
In order that you may see the exact
amount of direct State and Federal taxes
paid by the people of Ohio, will take the
year 1869:
Total OF State 22S
U. S. Internal Revenue 10 0S2 49T
Total direct tax for Ohio in s15s74
And you will bear in mind, my friends,
that this does not include the till greater
tariff tax you pay for the benefit of the
New England monopolists.
We're It not for these taxes, the people
of Ohio would be just that much richer
than thew now are and would have inst