The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-18

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!. heard and his money was given to
cheer the soldier and support his wife
and children in his absence, as has
been abundantly proven, and the
proof of which l will not repeat
q Governor Moves served his country
well, and give him all honor for it..
But suppose I put Governor NOyes
upon the witness stand and play laW-i
yer for a short time by way of across
examination, and he, as lawyer,
I knows that it is only by skillful
cross-examination that the truth Is
/ elicited-then to begin, / will ask: Y
Where was my worthy competitor
during the WARP - go g iis4 is3tsa.
Answer-At home practicing law.
4 Question-How old was he when
/ the rebellion broke out? go
AnsWer-Ab bout thirty-tWo.
Question-Why did not Mr.. Hart
go to war? io3 ~e -
nsvvar.-s LII, e f.,..5t--
! Now, am not complaining that he
did not 60 into the army; very many
| good and patriotic men did not; but
if Allen, at fifty-fiVe,| did not and is
censufable for It, how much more so
4 the youth of thirty, who did ii0t.--
] This cry of tltsE0ydlty agalnst those
4 who stayed at home oughtto be made
i to apply as well in one case as in the
other. If Governor Noyes ought to-
1 be elected because he was in the army
and lost leg, then ought Gen. Wiley
to have been elected last year, for he
too Was in the war and lost a leg but
he is a Democrat, and there is where
the differences lies. When was Gen.
Grant known to appoint a Democratic
soldier to Officer. And yet no sooner
had General Longstreet given in his
adhesion to General Grants Admins
tration than he was appointed to a lu-
cratiVe and responsible = Office, al
though, as Allen SO graphically des4
cribes in his Columbus speech, his
hands were dripping with the blsod
of Union soldiers. Again, as soon as
M0sby. qhe great guerrilla chief an
nouneedi himself for Grant, he was
! invited to the White House, dined,
wined and feasted by Grant, taken in
\ to his confidence, and is now the con-
fidential friend and adviser of the
President. Could base hypocrisy de-
scend any lower D9iiii sttAlifk si4tfl
But Mr. Hart in his Xenia speech
| points with great pride toithe record
! of Ohio in the war, and to the list of
War Governors, to the $4,000 soldiers
who went into the war from our no4
ble- State, and then asks substantially
the same question which Gov. Noyes
asks concerning the Democratic can
didate for Governor. For very shame,
Ithink the ddestioner should have re-
mained silent upon that snbject, and
permitted his superior officer to ask
that question and be satisfied. Com
sistency is saidto be jewel wherever
found. Mr.. Hart indulges in this
fight of fancy "There is more patri-
otism in the wooden leg which takes
the place of the one left by Noyes on
the field of, battle, than in the whole
soul, body and life of William Allen"
Brave, gallant and generous young
man, thy deeds shall live in history,
doubtless, long after the names of such
men as Allen, Clay, Benton, Jackson
and Webster shall have been forgot
ten, for who can doubt but, like Arte-
mas Ward, you were willing to sacri-
fee all your Bife's relations rather
than have this glorious country blot
ted out of existence hai .lea eas
But Mr.. Hart, with an air of tri-
umph, asks +" What has the Democ-
raey done for the good either of the
State or Nation since 1861 ~ and de-
mands an answer. fsit 1.aI os et1 6
Let me say to this 'Vain Beaster,n
that the Democrats party since 1851 |
have been poWefless, yet, notWith- |
standing that fact, we sent into the
field for the Union more than millJ
ion of the very flower of our young |
men. We sacrificed upon our coun. |
try's alter nearly half that NUMBER
We contributed millions of money to
fill the ranks when such men as he re-
fused to volunteer, and theaG overn-
ment was driven to the necessity of |
drafting. We furnished millions more |
to support the wives and children of !
those who were in the army and |
whose families conld not be supported |
by their wages-We have paid and are /
still paying the Cpensionsiof the wild
ews of dead Soldiers whose lives |
might have beens saved if such men
as he had done his duty; we have
paid, and are still paying, millions in
the shape Of; taxes and tariffs, to sup
port the &oEernment and pay on the |
national idebt;4of which 1Wermight be
relieved if the hondhOldeR was not ex-
emptW from the payment OF mis- just /
share of taKations .6Wea fsaEed, othe
country from the jdisgraceI0f of an inn
peached Executive, = whose only off
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the Union. and cultivate the ancient /
spirit of friendship between the North
and South ;5W Q have attempted to stay /
the tide. of corruption which has been
and still Is sweeping over the land ; i
we have protested In season and out
of season, against the RAolesals Gysr
tenn of bribery and corruption " hieh
pervades all departments of, GOEePn-
ment. These and many more are the
things which the Democratic party
has done since 1861 bntIwhy not ask /
what the party did to build up the4-
country priOrto 1861? Let me point
to few of which the party and the
country may well be proud! The
Democratic party, by its wisdom. and
statesmenship,. brought the nation
from poverty and obscurity to- wealth
and greatness ! carried it successfully
through,itWo foreign wars; added to
our territorial limitsian area more than
twice as large as the original States
and TerritoriesS paid off the last cent
of the national debt;i maintained
peace at home and respect abroad;
carried on the business of the govern
ment upon less than ,one-tifth of what
it. now costs, and above all, main
tainedi honestly and fidelity in our
public. officers. Can our adversaries
say as muchP see Jssu jaiii res aes
sGBut Mr. Hart, makes one or two
charges which I must notice. He says
the Democratic Legislature of 1868
voted in favor of paying the rebel
debt. No man knows better than he
does that he uttered what is not true
when he made that declaration, nor
eau he escape the charge of an attempt
to perVert the record and the facts, by
saying it was done in attempting to
rescind the resolution by which the
amendment was adopted. That argu-
ment; If il can be dignifiedl by the
name Of argument, is unworthy Of
MI. Hart, aud will have no other eff
feet than to belittle himself. Again,