The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-08-03
NUMBER 8



II the President did not know these things lana
they were spread on the record, he ought 70 AZ.
them your answer has, in your own mind been
given already.
addressed you at greater length. For example,:
that American commerce, injured as Il was BY the
war, has had far greater depression since the
y y; ceased. ana you search for cause, You find
should nave liked, in eo-,.. ION with The enr.
Nas;yy, rNsnsey, 70 nave nave consider b. aestion OF the
NAlionai Danks-theiT conisr- with Il. their
thterest ~ IN a. and the reduction ri currency which
To the great corporations which seem almostso
rival the government in the Aggregate of their
debts, and to exceed il In the humber Of their
TO present before you the financial condition
9a % when me S51tes ot the south are being re-
with scarcely any debt At the end OF the var ami
theirs is increasing and ours dinshine and o5r
ability to pay ten times that ofeither ifo15 Sev-
u as Mr. Reemelin saw 1t as honest man a. ever
laws no longer than the election which v-olSld az
ford you an opportunity to remedy them By your
-HE ASsWER or zHE RADICALS.
And now what answer Is to be made TO this,
We know that at a meeting held in Washidgton
apparently to compliment Senator from Indiana
dent. and on which occasion the Vice PresIds5i.
from balcony, shed the eternal summer of ~
danger, speech was made by the senator. jn
which the President was nominated for a second
And not only wns nomination made. bnt we
were told that the distinguished Senntor lad
sounqea Sle the keynote CT the campaign, and the
ttepnoheans were again 70 be hurried into the
ranks 70 repei the Democrats, who were der
n,led nun 20 restore the country TO its condition be-
sumo that Of the rebels, State and Confederate
and 5y revolution and violence overthToW the
last three amendments. Il may have deceived
honest men for time, but soon as Democrats
conversions assembled they were assured by
tionary movements were in progress, that no foot
ish effort was 70 be made against the inevitable
some Republican can show me ne ReS Ro@ bH he 4 uh1 aH
and constitution (and these are sacred words with
ments except as the other parts Of the consfit,,
ton may be amended.
THE FUTURE.
You believe in oar sincerity when we have tax
en- our position; you know that we viii maintain
it.with resolution, and you know yourselves that
your present course to the negroes keeping them
bY political Srts the mere counters IN your game
is the worst injury You can infiict upon them
Tne dead past Is behind with its errors its
mistakes and it, crimes, by whichever psrfv
committed. You can no more revive Il and the
passions which accompanied il during the war,
or the aspiration which is born With our people
Tor liberty regulated by law, and for legislation
controlled by constitutional limitations.
The future i before you with the issues OF the
day and the days 70 come Your reason, inter
est aud duty compel you 70 pause and answer
passion and hatred which comes up from below
What concerns the Republican who hears me
Dor. The evils and the good OF government fall
upon you alike.
Stop the taxation, so that the Inquiry should be.
where Is the money % come from 70 meet this
obligation and not how shall we spend the mon
ey that is in the Treasury?
Do not trust TO limiting the appropriations, lint
to limiting the tax bills- Keep the money in the
peoples pocket where alone Il Is safe, and pays
no commission 70 any collector and you be sure
that however strict you are, you will not be strict
appreciate your position during the war-bent
on united Government yet even doubted what
you were doing sometimes, when your passion
was the most violent. Let another. by words bet
ter tnan mine, represent yonr condition
ait is not surprising that amid the tulnult OF
the late civil war, and under the influence Of ap
prehensions for the safety Of tile Republic, al
most universal, different views, never before en-
tertained by AIperican statesmen or jurists,
were adopted by many. Ire time was not favor
able 10 considerate reflection upon the constitn-
tional limits OF legislative executive authority
assumption found ready Justification in patriotic
hearts. Many who d0u6ted, yielded their doubts;
many who did not doubt, were silent. Il Is tho
language Of Chief Justice Chase, and worthy OF
the great occasion on which twas uttered.
But the condition then described has passed
away dangers menace the overthrow OF the
government or the constitutions which IS the sole
bond which maintains it. Men should always be
conclusion OF great wars, such we have had,
when they are apt to believe IL was the exercise
stead of being itself cause of the danger dread
ed. Allow me, in this new and changed condition,
to close with the words of man who never was
Of our party, and who had no intellectual superior
in the country:
.The first object Of free people Is the preser-
vation Of their liberty and liberty is only 70 be
preserved by maintaining constitutional
straints and just divisions Ol political power.
''The spirit of liberty is indeed a bold and fear
less spirit but II is also sharp-sighted one. It
is cautious, sagacIous, discriIninating far-see-
ing intelligence; tt Is Jealous Of encroachment
jealous Of power, Jealous of man. II demands
checks; IL seeks for guards; Il insists secnri-
ties; it intrsnches itself behind strong dofenses
and iortifes itself with all possible care against
the assaults Of ambition and passion"