The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01
GENERAL GRANTAND THE THIRD
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With a good deal Of interest we have
been watching the thirdterm movement
on the part of the radical Grant leaders,
and, it is evident the scheme IS assum-
ing such proportions that the probabili-
ties are the Grant officials will, control
the Republican convention, and renomi-
nate him. iol O.. ,.s.rl y,..i.i
Republican journals are rapidly. show
ing their hands, and many Of them de-
clare for Grant The REPosIToRY, we
perceive, is one Of these, as might be ex-
pected under its present management
With a certain class Of people the king
can do no wrong" and Of course they
are ever ready to exelaim'" God save the
king, no matter whether he is a knave
or fool.
The following article appeared in last
weeks REPOSITORY. on the editorial
page, and loaded, showing that the arti-
Gle was endorsed: I.Ii.
Mr.. GERREr SMITH has issued let
ter entitled, "Our first duty is to keep
down the Democracy" and lit he says;
"I am asked by one and another wheth-
er am in favor of third term for Cen
eral Grant. My invariable answer is
that am in favor Of anything and ev-
erything that will serve to keep the
Democratic party out Of power. If his
denomination is essential to this end then
by all means let come-yes, and come
as often as there shall be the like occa-
sion for it. Better anything, better
everything, than the ruin that would be-
fall our country from the ascendancy of
the party which sympathized with the
rebels in the late rebellion, and with their
malignant purpose to perpetrate slavery,
and which still cherishes its traditional
hatred of the black man. The slaughter
of the innocent still going on at the
South IS due to this hatred as was all
Ku-Kluxism, as was the negro-murder-
ing mob Of 1868 in New York, and as
was every one Of the pro-slavery mobs
that disgraced the North, Whether the
outbreak against our colored brethren
be at the North or at the South the
Democratic party is its inspiration, its
soul and sustenance.
Old GERRET SMITH retains, in his
weakened brain, his old fear for pro-slav-
cry mobs that disgraced the North. So
far as a pro-slavery mob was ever exhib-
tied in Canton it does not lie at the door
of the Democracy. We take especial
pleasure in enlightening the new editor
of the REPOSITORY (who dropped the
REPUBLICAN, on this little matter. We
are rather pleased at the new manage
ment dropping the word Republican be-
fore coming out for Grant and a third
term. The advocates Of king President
are not Republicans, in fact. Like the
tories Of the American Revolution, they
want strong kingly government. Such
men fear a government of consent-fear
to trust the people-believe in force gov
ernment.
The government that's contrary to the
Constitution of the United States is un-
lawful-is only mob LAWS tyranny,
despotism. The truth is that General
Grant knows nothing about law and the
Constitution, and cares less. Judging
him by his acts-his motives should be
deduced from his acts Of administration
he is the most dangerous and unprin-
cipled man that ever occupied the Presi-
dental chair.
But poor old Gerret Smith fears the
Democratic party-fears "a malignant
purpose to perpetuate slavery" fears its
traditional hatred Of the black man,
&c. Why, bless his poor old soul, the
DEMOCRATS would 60 to war to prevent
a return to slavery. Democrats are re-
ally better pleased now at the abolition
Of slavery than are Republicans. We
Democrats always found the slavery
question an obstacle-the Republicans
found it help. We are not now dis
cussing the way slavery was abolished
do not propose to do so. Slavery is
gone, and old Gerret Smith, and all the
other old abolition grannies, including
the new incumbent Of the REPOSITORY
(not REPUBLICAN,, may keep their souls
in peace on this scare for-evermore.