The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-12
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IN. Y World8 8wasblngton special Noyl5th % the
JOllifcadon over theDemOcrahc vict0ries9
During the Democratic jollifcation
tonight Senator Thurman was seTenaded
by,4 yety large cfowdl In reply be
spoke as foIlowBI III / u
thank you most heartily. my friends,
for the honor of your serenade and the
opportunity YOU offer me to participate
in your rejoicing, and yet when think
Of il, is it not a dreadful thing and calcu-
culated to bring terror to every loyal bo-
som TO see you here with drum and fife
and trumpet and cymbal, rending the
air with your shouts and exclamations
be}ause the State Of Massachusetts, has
been conquered by the Ku-Klux B. Great
applause and laughter.) Was it not
enough that those awful fellows by in
timidationl SO frightened the amiable, the
civil. the peace-loving carpet-baggers
and scallawags as to obtain the mastery
over thatfair portion Of the Republic :
Was it at all necessary that they should
come North, and by nhmidating the Re-
publican party in the States Of Oregon
and Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland
Delaware and New Jersey and to cap
the climax; overthrow the State Of New
York and put the lStateo Of Massachusetts
in their breeches pocketl (Cheers and
laughter.) Why my friends, the editors
and politicians are all scratching their
heads to find out the cause of what they
call a a"revolution, when every man that
has read the history of Southern outrages,
the manifestoes Of Attorney-General Viii
liams, the proceedings of the Chatta-
nOoga Convention, the affidavts of Ma
jor Merrill, and the the kilograms of
Marshal Packard, knows full well that
there was but one cause for this, and that
was intimidation, (Laughter.) Yes, my
friends from Passamaquoddy Bay to
the Rio Grande a loyal, peace-loving
party called the Republican party has
been so intimidated that many of them
in sheer terror have voted the Demo
cratic ticket, and more of them refused
to'vote at all ! Now, you all understand
the cause of our people carrying the
election, and when any of these people
ask you for that cause you have only o
reply in one word Intimidation. Zap
plause, and cries of ''How about Ben
Butler p Now that reminds me of an.
other thing, This election has been car
ried by the, party which that ye1erable
Christian statesman, G fritt Smith, calls
the .DevI-inspired party and these
Devil-inspired men have such large
respect for persons, and such large re-
gard for virtue, that they dared even to
penetrate the Essex district, and laying
their profane hands on the virtuous But
-(cheers) said to him, with shrek
whose disloyalty makes me tremble while
think Of it, Benjamin, get out =
Laughter Well, now, if anybody were
to ask me in dead earnest what are the
causes ofour triumph. .if the opportunity
were good, if it was not time Of jollif-
cation, but time for serious thought and
reflection, might reply But let me say
that you must not think hope you will
not--that because, \ spdak in this vein !
am IN a frivolous mood. Why, my
friends, year after year the radical party
have carried the elections at the North by
the cry of Southern oltages )audfhtimi-.
dation at the South. Member after
member Of Congress duly elected, elected
10y triumphant majorities have, been.
turned out of theihseats in that Capitol,
or refused their seats under this false pre-
tense Of Southern outrages And this
very year, when the foundations were
slipping away from under them, when
their house rocked to its fall, and they
felt that an earthquake was about to
destroy them, they get up again this
mill for the manufacture ofsouthern out
RACES, with the Attorney General Of the
United States as,chief miller. (Cheers, VI
Now, Tteferted to General Butler, and
il had not intended to do so your calls
would have made it proper that should
do so, But therel is "a Fropriety in my
referring to that man. When he accept
ed his last nomination to Congress ne
gave as his chief reason for doing so,
that he had the will and ability. II he
occupied a seat in Congress, to still fur4
ther repress and subdhe the Southern
people. He raised the black, flag Of
persecution, and. fighting under, that
flag he sought to- maintain his power;
but the people raised the white Gag not
Of defeat but Of peace, and said to him,
Prosecutor, stay there at thy home"
And now, my friends, what are the
causes Of our great victory. can. tell
you in a single sentence--discontent
with Radical rule. And that cause is
universal. 1t Is felt on the shores Of the
Atlantic and the shores Of the Pacific. II
is felt in old New England and on the
borders of the Rio Grande-l lcheers and
cries of Fin this district and every
where where there e a heart, native or
naturalized, that beats with American
sentiments there Is feeling Of discomfort
with Radical rule. (cries Of z Good
good r') And now, ifyou ask me vheth-
e. there are any good reasons for this
discontent-if you say whence comes
this successf | answer you Il Is because
within the last nine years our Radical
rulers have set at noughi every instinct