The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-06-09

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great reforms the country calls for can
be carried ont unless you shall acquire
the federal power that will enable you
to control the acts of Congress. Let
it be borne in mind, too, that the Sc
lection has an additional significance,
from the fact that the members of
Congress that you will be called upon
this fall will hold over until after the
next Presidential election, and, per-
chance. in the event of the election
being thrown into the House of Rep
resentatives, may have devolved upon
them the choice of the next President
of the United States.
1t would, gentlemen of the conEen-
ton, be an act of impertinence in me
10 suggest or attempt to dictate O. you
what should be the character OF this
campaign. For my part, | shall be
quite satisfied, if in your wisdom, you
see fit simply to declare, in general
terms, that we are opposed to all the
Republican party has done for the last
five years [applause], if in addition to
that you will declare that yon are op-
posed to all that they are now doing !;
for of the last two acts of any i'm
portance, one is an act by which they
have made the most magnificent grab
of the public domain that is known to
the history of legislation; and the
other is to send bayonets into the
State for the purpose of controlling
the ballot box at the ensuing election !;
and it would, perhaps. be quite safe,
Judging from the past, to declare that
we are opposed to what they may do
in the little brief future in which they
may have the power of the nation.
Applause. -.....
Fellow-cltiZens, let US recur for a
moment and take retrospective
glance at what has occurred within
the last few years. When the late war
broke out between the two sections,
leaders of this party in Congress
passed with great unanimity resolu-
ton that the war was to be prosecuted
for the purpose of maintaining the
supremacy OF the Constitution and
preserving the Union. not fer the pur-
pose of conquest or subjugation. But
after four long years of stricken bat
tie, in which untold millions of mon
ey were spent and thousands OF the
best lives sacrificed for the purpose of
keeping these States in the Union,
when the miguided foe laid down their
arms, we were told that the States
were out of the Union, and the same
bayonets laid down by the foe have
been used for the purpose subjugating
and degrading, and for the purpose OF
destroying the legitimately reserved
rights of the States and the rights of
the people. Applause.
Again: Look at the manner in
which they have treated the soldier,
who went forth and laid down his life
in defence of the flag. They contract
ed with him that if he would go forth
for the purpose of fighting these bat
ties to keep these States in the Union,
they would pay hun the enormous
amount of $13 in gold. After he was
sent to the field, and after he was
wounded, had bled and died, they is
sued, instead of gold, manufactured
rags, called greenbacks, and paid him
off in deprecated currency, leaving
his family, his wife and children, Ell
ther to starve or depend on the chari-
ties of their rfelIow-citizens.5
Again, the capitalists of the country
who didn't go forth TO fight, issued the
500 bonds that they said should be
paid in greenbacks, and after they had
defrauded the soldier by paying him
in deprecated currency, they now
propose, and are in the act of carrying
out, proposition to pay those who
paid in greenbacks in gold; reversing
the proposition: paying the soldier
who was to have gold, in currency
and the capitalist in gold, who was to
have currency. Every act of legisla-
ton has been one of oppression and
without goinginto details, and ar
raigning this party and specifying the
various charges, which would con-
sumo too much time, l only recur to
to these and to the fact that thev have
oppressed the honest Industry of the
country by their high protective tar
ifs and the injustice and Inequalities
of their entire revenue system, by
which the rich are made richer and
the poor poorer.
Fellow-citizens, they have destroyed
the independence of the judiciary
they have assaulted, by their Congress
the powers of the Executive Depart
ment of the Government; they have
also stricken down the reserved rights
of the States. regard it as the mis-
sion of the great Democratic party to
bring about these reforms, and restore
the Executive Department to its legit.
innate functions under the old Consti-
tuition; to restore the independence
and purity of the judiciary to what il
was in the times of old, when such
men as Marshall gave honor to seat
on the bench. 1t is the mission of the
Democratic party to restore to the
States the rights that have been
wrongfully taken away from them. Il
is the mission of Democratic party,
trust, to heal up the wounds of the
war, and cause to be forgotten the an
imosities that were engendered by
that conflict; to restore to the hearts
of the people fraternal feeling, fol
without that there can be no perma
nency i'll the union of the states. An6
when these shall have been restored
and when fraternal seelings shall pre-.
vail between the people of the sec
tions, then we may sing, in the Ian
guase of the poet;
"a union of lakes. a union of lands.
union of States none can sever;
A union of hearts, a union of hands,
And the flag of our country forever
The Vice Presidents and Secreta
ries took their places on the platform
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Stewart, of Coshocton, from
the Committee on State Central Com
mittee, made the following report O
the State Committee:
The following State Central Com
mittee was appointed:
1st District-Samuel Mathews.
Cd Districts. F. Hunt.
Sd District--J. G. Mckinney:
4th District-E. M. Greene.
9TH District-Curtis Berry, Jr.
9th District-W. G. Gould.
9TH District-I. B. Baltentine,
Sth District-James S. Grail.
9th District. r. Clymer.
10th District-Frank II. Herd.
1lth District-Wells A. Hutchins.
18th District-A, T. Wallipg,
18th Distriot--AleKander Vanham.