The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-09-25
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THURMAN.
Speech of 0hiO's Honest Sena.
tor at Batavia.
LIBELS FULLY AN
SWERED.
The Best spoOoh Of the Campaign.
R.rAv1,. o., septemler 10. 1s7a

BATAVIA, o., September I6, 1873.
Hon. Allen G. Thurman addressed large and
enthusiastic meeting Of the Democrats Of Cer-
mont county at this place to-day. Open being
IN troduced he spoke as follows:
Mr. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOw-CIIIZENT: On the sec
ond Of this month addressed meeting OF my
fellow-citizens At Waveriy in my opening spesch
created no little conmotion in the Republican
ranks. 1t was first asssiled by the Republican
press and stigmatized as intensely partisan aud
abusive of the Republican The truth Is there
not one word OF abuse of the masses Of the
republican pSrty In the whole speech. On the
contrary 1 expressly declared that / did not
charge them with approving the wrongs OF their
leading men which, exposed Nor Was my
speech partisan unless to tellIhs trutn and prove
H. is 10 hs partisan Next followed reply 10 the
speech by Governor Noyes-- But i seems that
tue Republican managers were not satisfied with
either the comments OF the press or the reply OF
the Governor, and deemedit necessary to bring
into the state Que of the most prominent leaders
of their party, Senator Morton, to try his hand
at q reply. He accordingly. came, ana a the llth
inst, Al Dayton, reVleWsd my speech AZ great
length, aided by kilograms from the Attorney
General and the Secretary OF the Treasury of the
United States. propose to-day 10 take some no.
tice OF this speech, and - show you that upon
every point ia controversy between Morton ana
myself l am right and he is wrong. he sets out
WIN me assertion that IN my speech Al ~averly
upon him. What ere the facts He had seen ft
TO come into this State-whether invited or not,
care MOTTO open the campaign on the Republi-
can side by a speech at Athens, in which ne mis-
represented the position OF the Democratic party
in manner wholly laexcusable, and stlgmatiZed
il as a body OF criminals. He assaiied lis candl-
date for Governor with coarseness amounting
almost vuIgarity, and went far to affirm that
athe democratic party has done good thing
for twenty years, but has slnned continually; -
forgetting that within those twenty years he was
AS ardent Democrat as he is now Republican
Almost his whole speech was tissue Of auda-
cicus misrepresentation or a urade of unjustih-
able abuse. / would have been justlfiea At Wa
verify 10 speaking Of him and his sreech in Ian
guage of strong condemnation as could pos
sibly command; but had other and better work
to do. And so fsr from going out OF way 10 assail
him l did nothing but expose one OF his mis-
representations and ineonsisteneies- Not 70
mention other Of his false accusations, he in ef-
feet charged the Democratic party Of to-day with
being in favor of human slavery, with denying
the power Of the Government TO suppress q re-
bellion and with having maintained, in the late
civil war. the doctrine OF not q man nor dollar
for the suppression Of the reb liOn; every enc Of
which charges ne knew, II he has ordinary in for
mation an d ability, to be absolutely false. The
Democratic party Of the North was never pro-
slavery party. If il had been, slavery would
have existed IN many OF the Northern states Ii
has never denied the power Of the Government
conferred by the express language Of the Consti-
tution and instead Of saying, IN the late war net
a dollar q man, II sent more than million Of
its sons 10 the battle-heds to maintain the Union
and 10 Congress and in every State Legislature OF
the North, the Democrats were as ready as the
Republicans to vote all the money and all the
men needed to put down the rebellion. l men,
tion these matters merely 10 SHOW the spirit In
which Governor Morton addressed the people AZ
Athens, and the kind of material by which he
seeks 70 achieve the success OF the Republican
party. And yet this speech full OF misrepres,n-
tations, full Of abuse, full OF yltuperztiOn is IN
the eyes the Republican press, an able and q
stAtesman-like speech; while my speech at Way-
erly, in which there WIS no YituperztiOn no ann
siTe language but simply recital of facts proved
by official documents, Is denounced as bitter,
partisan and unstatesman-liks. Had seen 6t on
that occasion TO make y speech OF mere general
tiles or Of unmeaning phrases that hit 40 tender
place, revealed no WrOAg, laid bare no sore INV
speech would have been, doubtless, described a.
ulgnified ana staJesmanlike. but because 1 did
not see Mt TO make speech futile and insane; be-
Gauss struck blows where blows are most need
ed because exposed to my constituents the
evils that threaten the very existence Of free
government, and because 1 could not do this
truthfully, without damaging tEe party that has
been dominant for the last Twelve years, / am
charged with being bitter and partisan