The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-08-28

Hon. Wm. AIlen and HIa Traduoers.

hood but it Is not too early for US to say
to the organs of that party that to lie
about William Allen will not avail them.
In the uncomfortable determination to
fight the wal over again this fall one of
the Republican organs in this city pitiful-
ly devoted ITSELF the other day, to the
first installment of that work. The suited
phrases touching the outpOur1ng by hum
dreds and by thousands from every city
and VILLAGE and farmhouse" about the
"battles of Liberty" about the "armies
arising like magic" and about 'thst dark
hour Of danger"-phrases which have some
meaning when pertinent, but when imper-
tinent are sickening-were made to pre-
face its falseh0od, giving us ample reason
to believe that the time will never come
when the Republican party will not de-
mand the right to steal, SO long as there's
q man left to chant these empty diapasons
about stealing in the name of the bloody
battle-felds. This organ assailed the po-
sition of Hon. William Allen during the
war. Here is a sample of its taste and
truthfulness
Sin this hour of danger when mems
souls were tried, where was this giant and
stature In interlect2 Was VIM. Allen six
feet and three inches of manhood at the
call of'his country? Was this vigorous"
man, who was then q dozen years younger
than now, lifting his ~"eloquent voice in
patriotic appeals . Did his Commanding
presence" tower above the smoke Of any
battle-felds? Was he near the hospitals
Of the sick and wounded, caring for those
who had suffered and were dying to pro
tect him in his wealth and IN his life of
casey The time has not so long passed as
to be forgotten, and the Hon. William
Allen viii have to answer to the patriotic
people of Ohio why his six feet n three
inches o. muscle was buried out of sight
all during these years of trial and peril,
and why that stentorian and eloquent
voice, was not heard. He had been hon
ored above most Of the citizens of the
State by positions of great honor and pro-
ft-he has looked to and vas q failure.
The whole land will condemn
him."-zTmes.
We have a word to say, once for all,
concerning this contemplate line of argu-
ment. We will Answerlto the onuun
drum Of the Times in relation to the
whereabouts of that eloquent voice q doz-
IN years ago, and to do so will summon a
competent witness. 1t is eleven Years
ago, almogt to a day, that a faithful and
able Gndche of the Cincinnati Commercial
was detailed to report a great war meet
ing at Chillicothe. 1t was held on the
18th of August, 1862. On hat day busi-
ness IN Chillicothe was generally suspend
ed and Ross County was gathered togath-
or, for 1t was known that "Major' Allen
was to speak, and the "National,troubles"
to which the IEmee alludes were never
more troublous nor the "day" darker than
then. On the 18th of August following,a
running report of Aliens speech appeared
in the Commercial from which we make
the following extract, as akey-note to the
whole:
"Major Allen next referred to the folly
of the men who call themselves Republic
cans stigmatiziIg Democrats as traitors to-
their country. The Democratic party is
asmuch bound by its history and the ma
ture of its organization to be the party of
freedom as you are bound to breathe the
free air for your existence. At the same
time he rebuksd the Democrats for charg-
ing all the Republicans as Abolitionists.
he considered these evil tendencies of
strong partisanship. Nine-tenths of the
men who voted for Mr.. Lincoln are no
more Abolitionists thar we are. I'VE are
az ahke bound to support the Upion|
The report Of the speech IN nonparelI
would fill three columns of the Commercial
in its present shape and the editor Of the
Times might do wen to read it. Lest he
may not, we commend to his notice the
following comments on it, Which ep-
peared as the leading editorialm tbeCon2
meTcIGL Of the same date: y
eff there be a Democrat in the land
whose tapreots extend down to the CEN
ter of the earth, and who is not blown
about by every wind of doctrin; and if
there be one who has preserved as care
fully as an Theoretically sealed bottled the
spirit and essential oil of Jacksonian De-
mocracy, with its flavor and fragrance an
impaired, that Democrat is Hon. William
Allen, Of Ross County, famlliarly known
the county over as "Bil Allen" In the
wise order of Providence he was embalm-
ed and laid away with all his political vir-
tues about HIM, to rise up at a later day
to exhibit IN his W person a well-pre-
served specimen of the fine old school of
politicians, of whom he was, no neanrep-
resentative. Fixed as the everlasting
rocks IN his politisal opinions q passive
observer Of the events which have taken
place since his retirement from public life;
undisturbed by the influences and pas
sions which have swayed men hither and
thither on these stormy days ; expecting
and wanting no Office, and web advanced
IN the serene afternoon of q life not with
out its influence upon his countrymen, he
has traced the progress and observed the
development OF the causes that have led
to open .revoH against the Government
which he IeEeress With-an Affection and de-
votion that no political prejudice can ex-
tinguish, and now when the country is
involved IN peril-when she calls to her
sons to come upsto her supporty he 7leaves
has Tetiremeat to tell his countrymen that
this is q causeless and wicked rebellion,
precipltated upon the country by q few
restless and badlmeny and that il must be.
crushed and the last traitor arrested and
condemned before the work Of healing can
be, commenced; that the rebellions States
must Be reduced to obedience nnderithe
Constitution and their soil occupied by
the military power Of the Government un-
til such time as the people renew their al
legiance TO the Constitution DtiI
The speech which-he made at Chilli
cethe on WednesdayIa pretty. full report
OF which Is given on our first page, is
healthy In its sentiments, lofty intone and
statesman like nthe breadth and depth
of its argument. ~ -sstr.er.ss
ut was worthy of the man and the oc.
casion. If the Democrats of Ohio will
speak in such language through their
press their orators, and their sre~solutiens,
we shall have no occasion &. quarrel with
them. We care very little how closely
welded a man may be to his political
opinions, if he talks and acts like a patri-
OF who can and does rise above all party
ambitions when the life Of his country il
epdangersds he is the man for theTtimes,
: Whose voice it is wise to giReAttention
Read the speech"
We desire, In conclusion, to say to the
Tunes and toita fellow ytraducess {Sf Fthe,
Hen. WlllAp Alen hat II bSbeaef to.
tel the trtth aboutsuch men, and thAtlit
may consider that its query concerning
the use to which that eloquent voice was
put a do1shayears age IS ahswered-Cin.
Enquirer.