The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-01-29

these round unVarnlshed sentences OF the
genius, patriotism, vast enterprise and
honesty of our people, the perfection OF
our government, and the virtues and ex-
cellence of American women.
Apassing word on The co~nstitution
the bond OF Union. It took a thousand
years, and far above that, the love of lib
erty and practical sense OF the fathers TO
work out that inyention, 1t il far ahead
of the railroad and the cable. Female
e.frage and the right Of holding Office
would be no improvement, and would not
add to her lofty rank and power. Wo-
man is the equal of man but her work
is different. Her excellent character is
the good ships ballast Her voice viii
be echoed in tie Legislature as hong as
her sons paSs the laws. Let the divid
lng line between federal and local author
ity be clearly MarkedS - that the mass Of
legislation i under home influences and
local questions kept out of the arena of
federal politics. The Constitution will
last for ages, its corner stone resting on
the living in the hearts and virtues of
American
The Democratic party had a. humble
origin. 1t was rocked in the same cradle
with the Republic, and founded on the
same principles. Its Presidents were
hard workers, poor and pure and honored
above kings. The taxes were low, and
the people happy. Now the President is
rich and the people grooming under taxa
ton and hard times. Fast horses and
sea side loafng ruin any business, and
have done their work with Grant. Is it
any wonder that more than forty millions
of dollars Of the peoples money was taken
by one gigantic fraud, the Credit Aobilier
and all the keys Of the Treasury in the
hands Of the republican party7 The Dem
ocratic party Is the taxpayers party, the
poor mans party. Its mission IS to puri-
fy the Government, and its triumph Is
for the good of all. We want statesmen
up TO the times, who can apply the prin-
ciples Of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and
jackson to the living, vital issues of the
day. Their faith is good enough, and a
sure cure for corruption. And now DEM
ocratic ladies, l can repeat that you ac-
ton in celebrating tho Eighth of January,
is worthy the brightest page Of history.
Andrew Jackson was the peoples Presi-
dent, his politics the touch stone of De-
mocracy. He was one of the purest patri-
OTIS that ever lived in all the tide Of time.
He was honest. "The elements so mixed
IN him, that nature might stand up and
saw to all the world th1S toas
man" rAI
The Democratic party will go into pow
er, that is settled and in the near tuture,
when folly is down, and wisdom ahd hon.
esty are up, personal liberty safe, the
country a net work Of railroads, our pop
ulatiOn many millions more, and the
traskless desert made to blossom az the
rose. your children can say that during
many years when our party was in . fear
full minority, despotism darkened the land,
corruption threatened the Government,
and eat out the substance of the people,
high officers rioted in public plumber tax
alton was enormous and the times hard,
our mothers kept the fires burning on the
altar every Eighth of January IN honor of
that eminent statesman of the constitu-
ton, the Union and the great national
Democratic party. iaf.
Let the corrupt times hear We are gath
cred to celebrate the memory of an hon
eat man. l am now comparing the pres
, emit day to other times in our own history.
And now, secondly few general re-
marks on the charity and influence Of
women, andI am done. i will not 60,
hack 10 the times of Semisamis aud Keno
bia. to marshal the hosts Of distinguished
women, for they are countless as the stars.
of heaven, or the sands of tie sea. It has
been saidbut for the divorce OLA faithful.
wife, Saint Helena would be a solitary
rock in the ocean without Rhistory,-and-
half the hrpns4aof EEunpeSwonld have
been.destroYea.$ EnglG1d was neE0r7bet-
ter and happier than NON -nnder the reign
st is a fessIs3 mznd.a said Basbdifs
mother, that waits for she turn q for
tunozWh6el.R I'm 6EAue mind seiEea apun1
it and turns - To- his purposes. BY q
bold enterprise you may regain your
splendid throne in Grenada" If Boabdil
had possessed her lofty spirit tho fairss9
parts of Spain might to this day be under
the relieion-ofthe Arabian prophet, and
the breezes of the Sierra Nevadas play
through the silken chamber and marble
halls of the Alhambra. MY SON, go to.
the wars and come back with your brows'
bound with the oak, !" said the Roman
matron Martha Washington was fit to
be the wife of the father of his country.
There never was q better woman. Where
was there a finer lady than Mrs. Madison
or a truer wife than the wife of Andrew
rackson2 The women OF America are in
teiiipent. practical, refined, and have all
the virtues. In mind woman is the equal
of man. She has many names high IN
the sciences and arts. Her history is the
image of the times. Her sarcasm cute
like steel. She has produced exquisite
sculpture and painting, not cold and life
less, but the talking marble and the breath
ing canvass
Even her art sisters the natural roses"
And in poetry, the beautiful queen of the
fine arts, what muse has sung sweeter
strains In proof of the excellent taste of
our Democratic ladies we have this splen-
did table set Tonight. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
from history, science and the arts are
weak, however, when compared with the
every day life ofmother even in the sim
pie annals of the poor. There is hardly a
lady here tonight who has a son but has
q better n than Englands Queen: and
what mother however humble has not
said as noble things as the Moorish or the
Roman matron. We never can forget
her. She never told us to do any thing
wrong. All dear mother, 30 full of ten
our falts. The guardian spirit of our
lives; though laid u the Rround-leng ago
how bright is the light of her cou~ntenance.
Good mothers are the greatest national
Blessings long rs we have them the
republic will never fall. ~
This ended the %toasts and speeches.
On motion, they were ordered published
in the Wayne County Democrat The
Independent Band had pleased all with its
splendid playing GItef each response, and
was applauded for skill FAl
sItlwas howten O'Clock, and "on with
the dance"became the one idea. TIL eHall
was soon in order. and at sigral from
Winter d Leie's fine Orchestra, two hum
dreditoekt the floor hundreds 4of- Others
looked on. To attempt to describe the
hours that followed would be vain. They
were tull of pleasure, such as can only be
felt and witnessed by Democrats at an 9Th
of january Festival IN Wooster. They
danced until morning, old and young and
we're joyous together. * Is 4
The number of Republican journals
that cannot keep still any longer il in
crsaSipg daily. The Dss Moinss (IOwAl
stA4O%nS il one . th3 iatsst Ind putt
IL thua.