The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-08-17
NUMBER 10

East. This party nave gone SO deep IN crime that
they intend 70 wade over as the safest plan, rather
than to try to wade back All along this Southern
border, under this Southern sky, there has not
fired upon the soil Of Virginia. fAppiause.l
The Radical party have counted In whom they
chose, and counted OUT when they chose. IL has
worked we'll for them. They have elected the
high born, 1.-THE ring-strealted fhe speckled the
miserable and theleprous ,.s OF their party.
lLaughter.l They have sal me up, tire black
and the white" and my expI- fl.-e has been thai,
low as the blacks aIe, the fen. ,sld morasses and
than the negroes. ICheers and laughter.l They
have carried The elections in that way, and they
and now they are stretching their grasp for more
q the sarEs sort, for more power Of the same
to the extent they dare, force win be employed 70
carry the elections in the North, in KentuclEy, in
Indiana, and everywhere in this region that this
tees.
I ask you to pause and to consider tonight. am
drawing picture Of alarm or faney7 No, gem
tlemen; have no power TO do so, nor Is there
necessity ess 70 do SO. Truth draws picture more
In airy colors, Why is 1t to-day that law Is on
yoaE books by which every regular soldier IN the
surround the balot-boxes of the country, with his
eartridge, with his bayonet fixed, with his Henry
rlnel Win All the implements Of Wari
All that is permitted by this law and there Il is
the law Of the land; and sad and bitter is the mo
ment that have to confess It. we see throughout
this land men Of intellect and intelligence arising
up and calling such laws this blessed in this
country OF ours. They are accursed thrice ac-
cursed OF God and man. TApplause-l They will
pull down the pillars OF this Government unless
you pull down the pillars Of the party that has
placed eiieIn on your books, and then take yoBs
hsnos ana pnli Them from the books and barn
them g ashes. tRenewed appIause.l Oh, how
easy ~ - % raise the demagogue's cry. and say:
.All is vel, All is WELL when al is not well.
Ny life has not been long one, hut have boen
much honored and kindly treated by the people.
have never appealed to them in vain, and there
is nothing more that want at their hands or ever
people. there ialone ioy TO me above neasure and
that Is TO tell the truth and let 1t go forth
-, ~ uslrIilSu or termed Int saying that
and that error Is falsehood and that constitute
the truth. They do not, they do not
FREE BALLOT NECESSARY TO FREE GoyERxMExr.
Can you tell me where free government has
existed without a free ballotboxl Let your mind
when and where government has survived the
freedom Of its voting place Chaint the ballot-box,
Every country IN history that feIl-every free
government-Will tell you: awe fell because the
| right to express our sentime nts was taken from
i us.v The baiiot-box or the voting place was in
| terfered with by arbitrary power. Armed men
| came into the forum and dispersed the people OF
Rome, armed mep struck down the liberties OF
i Greece, an armed Napoleon trampled upon the
freedom Of election in France, Cromwell beat to
| liberty. And TO night, citizens of Kentucky
your constitution, embracing its habeas corpus,
/ embracing free bsilot-box, embracing the right
| 70 vote, without molestation-that constitution
tonight is battered, Its glorious features are de-
faced, that II Il held mp as ig really Is to-
day by the,side of what Il was cnce In the bright
| and halowed days OF the past. they who gave Il
existence in the days OF the revolution would not
/ know one instrument by the other. The change
| Il perfect Its features are battered TO pieces
| The safety Of the people lies in effacing these
olemlshes from the constitution, and hope that
it will be done. shall hope on as long as the
people can approach the ballot-box.
Az APPEAL.
do invoke the people, not merely those here
tonight but at far as my poor words viii go-
spoken without that preparation which public men
ought to make but which could not make under
| the brevity Of the notice and the circumstances
by which was surrounded--and speaking in this
plain way, Edo invoke the people, as far as my
slider whether they can maintain the Institutions
of their fathers with the rafting Of inuslzetry
up for use in case of necessity; whether they can
maintain the institutions OF their country and il
they cannot, invoke those who love liberty to
cast aside the trammels Of party and for once save
your country upon these great questions.
Ing the eo9ntT DESIRED to save i nv % o
and save It's boundaries intact and unbroken, and
when that was done desired TO save the Jewel
that blazes inside the casket; I desired 10 save
the soul as well as the body. did not desire 10
save my country corpse, with the soul, the vital
| spark the heavenly flame Of liberty crushed out
OF its heaving breast That is no country for me-
no country for you, no country foryour Children
you can your country America or Russia The
day Of your sovereignty the day efyour pride Is
Up to this time the American could exclaim, as
did In ancient times the Roman citizen, and saw
/ :
through all the four quarters Of the earth. But
let those laws that have feebly pointed 70 you
sSniEht @ - pe enioreed N TINS lana and instead q
q response OF admiration, It will call forth 4 hiss
OF scorn from all the earth, thet people once so
| proud, 50 great, and so intelligent allowed crea-
lures so insigniheant those who do these things
TO dare trample upon their neeks, as they are IN
tending to do. IAPplausel
Is there much in this picture to admirel Is
there Radical here tonight-if one has done me
the honor to hear me to-night-who viii say hon
estly and truthfuly that there is anything to ad-
mire and defend in all this2 Senator, as have
already said, came here before you 70 defend 1t.
| any defense be NADER Is there any that man
speaking the truth can mal1e2
FINANCE.
But again, to pass from these points to some
Others not SO VITAL perhaps, in their Significance,
but still Of deep and lasting Importance. When
you drive one Of these Radical speakers OF lead
upon the financial condition OF the country as
their strong fortress. They cannot defend, face
TO face, ku-Ktux legislation and the bayonet bill
But they say General Grant Is making o sue
eessful administration upon the subject of the
finances. Let US see how that is. This question
Of finance that they present is one that am vii
ling to meet them on. What Is it1 Why, last
winter, they devised system of finances by
which they were to immortalize themselves.
Boutwell, brought 1t forward. II was called the
bsIe[, Io ~ ~ AZ ss Z .e present
vited and the trainers of the bill, with wonderful
credulity, supposed they would accept the invi-
paying six per cent interest in gold for bonds
which wouldpAy four, four and half and Ave per
cent Now, need only TO make that statement
for everybody TO smile at the absurdity of such a
financial system. Yet that is what has engaged
Grants administration from the first hour itcame
into power, devising scheme to get hard-hearted
selfish greedy capitalists, to give up obi CATION
that was certain 10 pay six per cent for one 10
pay four per cent. 10 you wonder that it is pro.
nouneed now, in all the money markets of the
suceeed2 They had General Spinner, Treasurer
Of the United States, standing in the ante-cham-
bor Of the Rothschilds, along with the servants,
went of swearing like the army in Flanders that
he wouldn't stand it. The only trouble with the
scheme is that the present holders OF bonds like
the present rate of interest better than the lower
rate proposed, and the result is that You are still
cap-trap and fustion on the subject OF finance bv
| Boutwell, and Grant, who knows nothing abont
finance, except to get all he can, and keen Il when
he gets 1t. lApplause and laughter.l
They have 70 confess, and co confess, and stand
confessed before the world, OF having utterly
failed. That Is their measure. Is this the adj
ministration TO be defended2 Is this the admin.
stration that has been successful in all its poll
cies Is this the administration that Is espeeall1
successful in its financial policyp II has been
especially failure in its financial policy. The
debt stands to-day as 1t stood before, and as soon
as Congress meets you will find the empirfcs and
quacks / n political life deVising some new mos.
trum by which to deceive the people under the
pretense Of paying the national debt or reducing
| the rate OF interest. ask you 70 pause right
ministration has done, and what claims IL mas
upon the confidence of the people. have point
ed you 10 its legislation.
Is there Radical in this audience who will
pretend to say that this pet measure has been
anything except what have described tia total
and ridiculous failure7 So much that our agents
in the money markets of Europe are left out and
the doors are not even opened to them. Capital
lists have contempt for them going there and
saying: "Here is a bond that bears four Der
cent interest; please give me that bond Of yours
that bears six per cent interest" Laughter
That is the wisdom that has been displayed and
they are going into the next Presidential canvass
and expect Grant to be Endorsed a great fnan-
cier, second only to q Pitt, some great man who
has devised means TO carry on gigantic enter
prises.
sOSETHINo ABOUT CONSISTENCY.
A Senator from my State, here the other night.
no doubt much TO his own delight, and to the de-
up the Grant party in the country. devoted bin-
self to description of the Inconsistencies OF the
/ Democratic party upon the tariff and upon Vari-