The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-01-14

the oln OF January. FOR lne lllIelVeil'h
time in nineteen years the Democratic
party of Wooster and It's surroundings
have observed the day, and 10y feastlngS
speaking, music and rejoicing made 1t an
occasion of very considerable interest
Our speeches may have been feeble, our
exercises homely, and yet the news has
passed from county to ocOunty throughout
the Sateand people have inquired, what
about the Sth of January at Wooster? ?
Now, we do not presume to say llat II Is
the manner but the occasion that has
awakened such a lively interest in the
minds of Democrats. We have been
frequently honored by the presence OF
distinguished men from abroad tonight
we can boast Of haying as our guest the
Governor of Ohio we have also here
some of the better looking and more in
telligent members of the Legislature, and
we have here u host of true and well
tried Democrats from the villages farm,
office and workshop, together with the
beauty, fashion and grace Of Democratic
ladies'. Have we not a just right to feel
congratulateU on the success of the even
ing? If there ever was time when Dem
ocrats should feel happy in the celebra-
ton of the day ii isnow.
We have Just gained an important VIC
tory proving the truthiulness of thepoetic
saying;
Truth crushed to earth will rise again.
The eternal years of God are hers"
AS the ides of March to Caesar, so
were the ides of October and November
to the Republican party, and so may each
succeeding ides Of October and November
be until the government is brought 1ack
to the stand point of honesty. integrity,
and prosperity as it was in the halcyon
days of Andrew Jackson.
The President referred, apOlogetically,
to the improvised accommodations, but
they had determined to keep it up to
show the spirit of"0ld Hickory"
His remarks were wellreceived through
out.
The President of the evening having
concluded his remarks, burst of ap-
plause gave him him thanks. He then
stated that there were some letters which
the good looking Mr. Eshelman would
read.
Mr. Eshelman then stepped forward
and read letters from Senator Thurman,
General George w. Morgan, Mayor John
son, of Cincinnati, and Hon. George II.
Pendleton.
GOVERNOR ALIENS SPEECH.
Immense applause greeted the Cover
nor when he rose up in response to the
following toast, read by DR.. Moore
ANDREW Jackson, the hero of New Or
leans; the sterling Democrat-Until the
cry of liberty is,hushed, and the pyric fire
is dead upon her altar. we can but cher
ish the ennobling recollection of our
cherished patron"
Governor Allen then said:
MHonored, forever honored, the Democ-
racy of Wayne county for having in the
darkest years of her history constantly
and without the intermission of single
year met on the Sth of January to cele-
brate the victory of New Orleans, achiev-
ed by Andrew jackson. 1t was not the
Orleans of this day that Jackson defend
ed. 1t was the Orleans that existed sixty
years ago. 1t was not the Orleans Of this
day, now crushed by the heel of a mill
tary despotism. 1t was the Orleans which
was threatened by powerfully organ
lied British army; it was the Orleans
where Andrew Jackson, backed by the
people of the West, met and by his geni-
us and heroism forced the British army,
after about half of them were slaughter
I'd, to save themselves by going on board
the British ships. By that act he incur
red to some extent the censures of the
enemies of the people of the United
States, and they sought to embarrass him;
they sought to rebuke him for having
delivered his country from the presence
of hostile foe. They got up COM
plant that was carried into the Courts
Jackson had the army there, who in obe-
dience to his command, might have Ia
ken that Court and hung'em. What did
he do? He was the head of victorious
army. The great body of the people of
Orleans were shouting in his behalf. Yet
he walked into the Court House, present
ed himself, heard the debates about his
case, submitted to the judgment Of the
Court that imposed fine of 81 900, walk
ed out like quiet citizen and paid the
money. ..
This was case of an armed patriot
submitting to the institutional authori-
ty of the country [Applause.] Now con-
trast that conduct with the conduct re-
Gently performed in New Orleans, not to
the city of New Orleans alone, but to the
entire sovereign State of Louisiana, that
had as much right to elect its Legisla-
ture as the State of Ohio has, and whose
Legislature had as much right to
convene under the expressed will of
the people as the people of Ohio
have. The ballot of the State is
cast, Democratic or Conservative ma
iority was elected some dispute as to
the returns of the election, as has been
the case hundreds of times in this coun-
try, arose, but those disputes could only
be settled by the Constitution and the
law, by the Legislative body to which the
people had elected them. How was it
settled? In the old way of despotism !;
settled by an armed body settled by a
part of the army of the United States,
paid by your taxes settled by man
who was ordered there for his reckless
military despotism, and that man, after
having turned out enough of the elected
members of the law-making power of
that State, wants to make big job and
a short one. He telegraphed to the Pres
ident that all the white men in three
States were bandits, all outlaws, and the
way to get rid of them by short and
quick process, so that there would be no
trouble in the future, was to pursue pre-
cisely the course that Cornelius Scylla
pursued when, as the leader of one party
triumphant for the moment, he went to
work and slaughtered one hundred thou
sand Roman citizens of the other party.
That was what Scylla did, and having
done that he died in few years, rotten
in his body from head to foot and to eat
up with vermin.
| don't know how long it will take
these fellows to rot. | don't know how
many vermin will gather on their putrid