The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-01-26

which cannot Justly deprive you. We
will examine your evidence and see upon
what points you have made out your case
and wherein you have come short of your
aim.
l. You asserted that Mr.. Stanton had
been from Ais earliest youth an abolition
ist in his secrei heart; that to leading men
Of that party he declared himself in entire
agreement with them, and hoped for the
time 10 come when he could aid them. In
other words, he gave in his perfect adhe
sion to them. concurred IN their views o
public morality, and was willing to pro
m te their designs against the feder
al md state governments whenever ht
could make himself most efficient to thai
end At the same time he was in the
democratic party by virtue of his declared
faith in exactly the opposite sentiments
To US he made himself appear democrat
of the most ultra class. | do nj say that
he was an active propagandist; but al
democrats with whom he spoke were i'm
pressed by the seeming strength of his at
! tachment to those great principles by the
application of which they hoped to save
the Union from dissolution, the country
| from civil war, and the liberties of the
people from the destruction with which
your aseendeaey threatened them. We
took him on the word, believed him thor
oTghly, and gave him honor, office, and
high trusts. Now man may be an hon
est democrat or a sincere abolitionlst. but
he cannot honestly and sincerely be both
at the same time. Between those two par
ties the, hostility was deadly. Each rec
| cgniZed the other as q mortal foe. They
were as far assunder as the poles on every
| point of principle and policy. They diff
Tered not merely about rules for the inter
probation of the organic law, but opposed
each other on the broad question whether
that law was entitled to uny obedience at
all. One of them respected and reveren
ced the constitution as the best govern
| ment the world ever saw, while the other
denounced it an agreement with death and
a covenant with hell, which it was meri-
torious even for its sworn officers to vio-
late. If we loved any portion of it more
than another, it was that part which
guarded the individual rights of the peo-
pie by habeas corpus, jury trial, and other
great Judicial institutions, which our an
cestors on both sides of the Atlantic had
shed so much Of their blood to establish
and it was precisely those provisions which
had your bitterest enmlty, and which you
made the first use of your power to abol-
ish, trample down, and destroy. MIR.
Stanton could not have been truly on more
than one side of such a controversy he
could not serve God and Mammon both
he could not be for the constitution and
'gainst it 100; he could not at once be-
lieve and disbelieVe IN the sanctity of an
oath to support it, He professed most
fervently to be heart and soul with u.s.. i
he also profess to be with you, he was &
wretched hypocrite If he kept up this
fraudulent deceit for thirty years, anC
thereby got the highest places in the gifi
of both parties, he was ''the most marvel
lous impostor that ever lived or died"
When your first article appeared, / die
not believe that you had any ground 10
this shocking imputation upon his charac
ter. l was compelled to disbeiieve. ana
: contradict it, for reasons which were thel
gwen and need not now be repeated. Blu
} / | said the testimony Of the chief justicl
; would silence my denial The chief Jus
tice has spoken. out and sustained you
, assertion. You do prove by him a decla
ration from the lips of Mr.. Stanton, mad
linearly thirty years ago, from which tn
inference is a fair Que that he was in tn
. democratic party with intent "to betra,
e the constitution and his friends into tn
5 cruel clutches of their enemies" wheneve
he could find an opportunity.
r But you are not satisfied with this. 7
p lmake the brand iRefaceable, you shoV
. that several years after his declaratian
: Mr.. Chase, he, being an iavowed adyocat
!, and champion of democratic principles
s was either appointed by his political brelh
t rem. or else volunteered to answer an abo
lition lecture delivered at Steubenville b
d man named Weld. He disappointed a
t parties, including the lecturer himself, b
;, declining to come forward, though yer
r poiDtedly called for. He made no excus
!, at the time for deserting the cause he ha
d undertaken, but afterwards he slippe
i round secretly and alone to the pTivat
g room Of the lecturer and gave himself
b as convert. al meant" said he, st
5 fight ven, but my guns are spiked, and
9. came TO saw that ] now see with you,
n etc., etc. 1t never struck Mr. Weld tbs
: there was anything sneaking or shabb
about this transaction With the obloqu
IS of vision peculiar to his political sect, b
Is saw nothing but "hearty frankness, inde
S pendence, moral insight, and keen menti
le force in the conduct of man who pr
vately denounced the opinions and pril
l ciples which he publicly supported an
+ twenty-five years afterwards Mr.. Wel
d piously thanks God on paper for such, q
le artful dodger to serve as a leader of b
le party
1t STANTON FOR LEcoNPToN AND BREcKIl
Re RIDGE.
/ The next place you find him after Il
b. Steubenville affair is in the van sf Il
n Ohio democracy. They, too. believed
or the hearty frankness and independence
c. of the declarations he made to them ThI
d, | showed their faith by their works; Z
is legislature by strict party vote elect
m him law reporter. an Office which ]
y, sought eagerly, and received with MAJ
thanks.
n In all the conflicts of the Buchanan a
l ministration with the abolitionistsa a
or their allies, he was an open-monthed Q
of ponent of the latter. He was alwa
in sound on the Kankas question:, and faIt
cd full among the faithless on the Lecompt
.ly constitution. So far as we, his democri
be ic associates, were permitted to know hi
N, norman detested more than he did.
,e-- knavish trick Of the ahohtionists in p
ne venting a vote on slavery by which
,er would have been expelled. from kan'
ed and the whole trouble settled IN the "
thev pretended to wish. He twas out q
he out for Breckenridge in 1860, and reg
he ded the salvation of the country as hal
lat ing on the forlorn hope of his election
ty, To Mr.. Buchanan himself. and to the me
vas hers Of his cabihet, he paid the most
led siduous court, and was always ready
nd an. occasion to serve them, and showed
led dsyotian in. ways which sometimes VI
" rather too close to the verge of obseq
lily BUSINESS. Il, @ -. go ~, $ -, ,i,.-.i..
20 While we were. looking at this 1sidt
0u- his character, and supposing 1t had no Q
hat or, he was. according to your pndeTsta
ut. ing of his history, in "e1tire agresme
ing with the deadly enemies Of every prli
Evil pie We bslieved in.- ~ = ,83c..--.zli
you The mere fact that he paid visits to
OF Bailey is nothing 1t is nothing that
Tou there met abolition people. All
,,let might happen, and his fidelity to the c
! stitutioa would moult no feather.
ted YOU mention It as, remarkable elrcl
all stsnce, and is IN the habit Of assembl
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