The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-07-03
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THE NEW DEPARTURE.
What Is Said OF the Allen County
Raanlufious

EE08C4AAlA0AAAN
(FrOm the Cincinnati Epguirer. 18th inst)
A sudden and unexpected clap of tAun-
der comes from a clear sky IN Allen coun-
ty. The Democracy Of that county as
sembled in Convention last Monday, and
without any previous consultation or
premeditation adopted series of very
remarkable resolutions, We give them in
another column 1t has occurred to the
Democracy of Allen county that the coun-
try is rapidly and dsurely going to the dogs,
and that both politicai parties, as at pre-
sent organized, are Inadequate to the task
of putting on the brakes. They, there
fore, call upon honest men Of all political
organizations to meet with them IN Mass
Convention at Columbus. Jane 30th, to
devise plan to rectify things, or, as they
express it, ''to take such action as the ex-
igencies of the times demand" The true
import and meaningsof this is, that new
party is to be formed. a new departure"
is to be made in earnest. The Democrats
up in Allen have been noted for their de-
votion to the party, for their simon-pure-
ness, if we may be allowed the expression,
and if this decided action upon their part
can be taken as an evidence of the senti-
ment prevailing throughout the State, we
are not far from the millennium SO de-
voutly prayed for by the men who are
trying to get away from Boarbonism
It has been well understood for some
time that the active Democratic leaders at
Columbus have been considering the pro-
priety OF decided advance in the direc-
tion Of the formation of new political
party General Ewing and number
of active men prominent In the Dem
ocratic organization, have given the
movement their endorsement. Senator
Thurman, who is a conservative gentle
man and a candidate for reelection, has
not made up his mind as to the proper
thing to be done For our own part we
are not fully persuaded as to the course to
be pursued, but we thank the Allen coun-
ty people for having precipitated the issue.
1t Is the season for County Conventions.
Delegates are to be chosen to the Dem
ocratic State Convention, and local tickets
are to be placed in the field: II will be
in order to take notice of this loud call
from the brethren in Allen county. Let
US have an expression from the Conven-
tions, and let US hear from the local press.
In the mean time our columns are at the
service of profound thinkers, who can ex-
press their opinions in limited space.
FROM the ClnclnnaLl Coulul6Fclal, lotn inst.
. We invite the attention of all iDguiring
friends to the record elsewhere printed of
theSYery important political movement,
which has taken place. in Allen county,
Ohio. There Is In that county that strange
thing-a revolt of the Democracy. Be
publIcans have occasionally been revolt
ing and tearing up the surface of the
earth, but this is the first important case
of treason to the Democratic party that
has occurred for some years. Last year
the Liberal Republicans rsvolted and
made war, not successfully as To that
campaign, but vigorously, and with an
earnestness and force that shook the par
ty in power TO its foundations. This
summer, if they are Liberal DemOcrats, it
is their turn to show themselves. A sig
nihcant step has been taken IN Allen
county. A Democratic convention IN this
old Democratic county has absolutely de-
clared its Judgment that the Democratic
party can not "check or control the exist
ing tendency towards the utter demorali-
zation of the politics Of the country"
Therefore the people are invited, without
regard to past political associations" to
meet at Columbus In mass convention, on
the 30th of July, to take the state of the
country into consideration. That means
business. 1t may not be pleasing to that
excellent and highly esteemed gentleman,
the Hon. Allen G. Thurman, who hopes to
fight over again the campaign Of 1867,
without Pendleton as Presidential aspir-
ant and Yallandigham as q Senatorial
competitor, or the Greenback issue or the
Reconstruction difficulty to help him.
Thurman says the thing to do is to blow
the trnmDet and ralIV the hOVa- Rut
Noyes and the rest of the Republicans can
blow from sonorous brass more martial
sounds than any other persons in the
world; and if Thurman will insist upon
footing his old battered stage horn, he
the war bugle.