The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-10-02

Now, l am not complaining that he did
not go into the army, very many good and
patriotic men did not, but if Allen, at
| fifty-hye, did not. and is censurable for it,
how much more so the youth of thirty,
who did not. This cry of disIoyGhy
against these-Rhe stayed at home ought
to be made to apply as well in one case as
the ether. If Governor Noyes ought to
be elected because he was in the army and
lost leg, theny ought General Wiley to
have been elected. last year, for he, too
was in the war and lost leg; but he Is
Democrat; and there is where the differ.
ence lies. When was General Grant known
to appoint a Democratic soldier to Office
And yet no sooner had General Long
street given in his adhesion to General
Grant's Administration than he was ap-
pointed to lucrative and responsible Of
fee, although, as Allen 80 graphically de-
scribes in his Columbus speech, his hands
were dripping with the blood of Union
soldiers. Again, as sson as Mosby, the
great guerrilla chief, announced himself
for Grant he was iuYited to. the White
House, dined ,wined and feasted by Grant,
taken into his confidence, and is now the
confidential friend and adviser of the
President. Could base hypocrisy descend
any lewer2
But Mr.. Hart in his Xenia speech points
with great pride to the record of Ohio In
the war and to the list of War Governors,
to the $4,000 soldiers who went into the
war frcm our noble State, and then asks
substantially the same question which
Governor Noyes asks concerning the Dem.
Ocratic candidate for Governor. For very
shame think the questIoner ought to
have remained silent upon this subject
i l.. ofT 10 oLr
that question and be satisfied. Consisten-
cy is said to be q jewel wherever found.
Mr.. Hart INDUCES in this flight of fancy.
'There is more patriotism 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 forgotten, for
who can doubt but, like Artemus Ward,
you were willing to sacrifice ali your wife's
relations rather than have this glorious
country blotted out of existenceP
But Mr.. Hart, with an air of triumph,
asks, what has the Democracy done for
the good of the State or Nation since
1861 p and demands an answer.
Let me say to this "vain boaster" that
the Democratic party since 1861 have
been powerless, yet Notwithstanding that
fact, we sent into the field for the Union |
more than half million of the very flow
er of our young men. We sacrificed upon
our country's alter nearly if not half that
number. We contributed millions of |
money to fill the ranks when such men as |
mart refuS0d 60 VUfuTIte1T5
ernment 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 |
could be supported by their wages-we
have paid and are still paying, millions in |
the shape OF taxes and tariffs, TO support |
the Government and pay off the National |
debt, of which we might be relieved If the |
bondholder was not exempt from the pay |
ment of his just share of taxation. We |
saved the country from the disgrace of an
lmPeached Executive, whose only Cffense |
Was an honest effort to restore the Union |
and cultivate the ancient spirit of friend |
ship between the North and the South +; |
we have attempted to stay the tide of |
corruption which has been, and still is, |
sweeping over the land; we have protested |
in season and out of season against the |
wholesale system of bribery and corrSp- |
ton which pervades all departments OF
the Government. These and many more |
are the things which the Democratic party |
has done since 1861, but why not ask |
what the party did to build up the coun- |
try prior to 1861? Let me point to few |
of which the party and the country may
well be proud The Democratic party, by |
its wisdom and craftsmanship, brought |
the Nation from poverty and obscuEity to |
wealth and greatness; carried it success
fully through two foreign wars; added to |
our territorial limits an area more than |
twice as large as the original States and
Territories, paid off the last cent |
of the National debt; maintain
ed peace at home and respect abroad car
ried on the business of the Government |
upon less than one-fiftn OF what it now
costs, and above all, maintained honesty |
and fidelity in our public officers. Can 1
our adVersaries say as much?