The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-06-15
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STATE CONVENTION ADDENDA.

hau1s PenoletOE and SayIeF. -----@' I
In our report of the Democratic State
Convention in last weeks paper, brief
mention was made of the ratification meet
ing held at Wagner's Hall after the ad-
journment Of the Convention. We sub
join the speeches in fall delivered upon
the occasion by Hons. Clement L. Vallan-
digham, George H. Pendleten, and Milton
Sayler: 3ad. iI3 ,rs-col2 lae tza1Il 4
-7 Mr.. vALLANDIGHAM's SPEECH. 4
In the valley Of vision were many bones
and they We're very dry. And the spirit
said, Can these bones liver And we
prophesied, and there was q noise and q
shaking among the dry bones, and breath !
came INTO them, and they lived and stood
upon their feetSAn exceeding great array1-
the army Of the Demecracg rallied. again J
(Applause.) And he said, "Watchman
what of the night? Watehmari, what al
the nlght? And the.watehn man said, f'The
morning eolneth, and the night also-the
night the dark might of death tothe 0yce-
pursuing but noe broken hosts of Radi-l
calisms Cheers and morning; glorious
bright, respleRdent, light and rlife-piying
morning to theonce disheartened. but nov
-rallying and heroic hosts oftEe Democracy
I am here not as the Messiah, hut an
apostle and the least. of the apostles not,
OF the new departure, but of the grand re-
steFation EcheersI the restoration 10 old,
democratic doctrines and principles and to
Democratic victory. fRsnewed cheers y
To-day we have achieved glorious triE
umph. To-day we have sent forth It'd
lngs Of great Joy all over the land. The
Democratic party stands now upon the
great vantage ground Of the preseBt, and
oilers battle to its enemies, hand to hand
and shoulder to shoulder, marches forth
and meets them IN this struggle upon the
llVlng issues OF the present hour (cheersl,
and upon these issues we will triumph.
feel It, Throughout the whole length
OF the State Of Ohio will come q response,
ana not nom Ohio only, but from other
states, from one end Of the nation to the
othersJoy and rejoicing, tomorrow, ring
1rom the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the
lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, that at last
the Democratic party is ready TO grapple
with its foes, and ready to crush them. as
in former times it did; and that once more
there is hope that this old battle-Worn
Republic oflouTss bearing, it may be, the
| scars which 1t has received in the recent
grand convulsion, viii vet. live. and i've
IN the. spirit IN which the fathers framed
it. [Applanse,]E =! ozInsD = ,.,ii..e-9
The plan salvation, itzseems to me,
has been discovered. Faket that which we
can not avoid, that which has been forced
upon US, that which has. been brought
about against our prophecies and against
our protests; take yonr amendments To
the Consttutlon, and then subiugafe them
10 the old doctrines. of the fathers Of this
Republic. of the Wing party of this Re
iP1bhe, ofthe Democratic party in formei
times the. sound doctrines aef strict con,
strncaon and the rules which have beer
lsld down by the Supreme Court of ths
United States, and then, while with 3
iDemoeratie Administration, eqaat rlghts
Will and shall be guaranteed to every citi.
zen, IN the-ianguzge Of our resolution
without distinction Of facs, color or eondil
ton, at the same time we tshall have pre-.
served the nation. =. .r.--, -
i Win say to. you, men and brathren
that the grand movement will be made ID
1872 and we are but skifmishers aioae
the line now.s But Che first kIoodmust6 u
ours IN thiaeleetion IN Oot0ber next II,
| grand struggle VIII be between Repubh.
can Democracy upon one side, and imperi
allsn upon the other -Four years NOR,
tof the Administration party--I calfit 40
the Republican party previous TO the war
nor the so-called Union party during th,
War-but the Administration Grant party
Will accomplish the prediction of distin
gulshed Senator now from the State o
Missouri that Grant, the Improvisation
Eefnepotsms of Imperialism, 81 cdAsolida
tion and Capitalization, viii be carries
from the White House feet foremost, hsri
zontal, m q mahogany box, and never b
carried from it again Cheers. It i
against that struggle, and il there b
honestmen, as there are honest men VII,
have been against US for years; patriots
as patriots, have been alrayed against q
for years; row is the accepted time, tn
golden opportunity, the suspicious mo
naent, and as to-6ayl was said, the htid
in the affairs Of men, which, taken at tn
flood, will lead on to fortune. -h
- Fsay to you that this Convention is III
precursor Of victory. Never before bu
once, at least, in times of great trial, has
convention assembled and continuousl,
maintained its session here now until th
next day. 1t is one o'clock upon Frida,
morning, and yet this Convention Is here
Hundreds and hundreds are here. The
remain Wearleda they@fnays be, fatigue,
they may be- but that indomitaBle oil
Democracy, the subterranean Democrzc
IN former times, so-called ssunWashed,
if you please "unterri6ed," always ''lo
Eeofoco,'h If you dare Gcheers1; chat oil
Democracy from the lake to the Obi
River; from the Pennsylvania line to tn
Indiana line; on every hilltop and il
every valley and along eyerv stream
Il upon every highway; upon every railroad
{ lEalong every turnpike, you will find tn
hosts of the Democracy marching forRar
from this honr-tos-V -Viet0Ey.-=fA Applause
Let the enemy know that we mean to bea
! them, that is our business here to-day
j and we are going to do it. -
1lai Dissatisfaction may exist4disappoint
ment J. should say-at nominations.
l never attended a convention Whene it wa
I otherwise. Where there are two candi
Z dates for one ofhce, somebody must
defeated. B1tif heis aiman4I won sa
: philesopher--if he is a Democrat, b
! submits, andhiss friends submit, and wal
} until the next time and take the chance.
The Republican leaders had alread
taken the alarm and sounded the note
: warning. They appreciate the signifcanc
: of this neE movement and are yalread
quakilg in fear for the result. Il hs
been said that the Democracy were poin
,IONOA tAS AlCH4BAAOdA BdAbl- II kld
was SO, then there was no occasion for
Republican convention. The Democrat
, were first in the field, and had put forwar
II the most admiEabls~eaHaidates Their
was not man.from one end of the ticke
to the other that the Radical party Nigh
: not be proud Of They have no such me
; in their ranks. Z Now, if the Democrat
have gone. over to the Republican rank
all the Republicans have to do, is to &C
eept the ticket already nominated, an
not use time and strength IN convention
: Langhter. lEa- zs5l-a -s2isz1 -l7.l.i =
Mr. Vanandigham closed as follows
That grand system of government un
der which It is my drm belief that we ca
? unite the whole continent Of North Amer
lea, yea. and the whole world, may
united; that system which was organize
in Philadelphia in 1888 and 1889, IN it
original conception and its original prac
tice, sufficient for the entire globe an
now that We have railroads and telegraphs
means of communication that did not ex
ist in original times, that system of gov
, ernment can prevail over the world, am