The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-06-24

has the picture of an old Warden, who
watched his castle by night. II is fabled
| that he had the power TO look back,
while he moved forward, His head was
set TO the rear while he ever moved to
the front. Like q good courser he sent
his ears ahead of his eyes, but unlike the
steed his eyes kept vigilance all around.
II is a rare arrangement Of the political
eye. have see, political eyes different
ly arranged--all asquint with suspicion
and selfshness, and all bloated with cor.
mptionl l prefer Spenser'spoetry to that
of the actual optics a ,' t.t,
Let me then, while turning glance at
the past, look TO the futurel Let III forget
the hard fought fields, when such men as
Chase led the opposition here when we
fought all State and Federal patrOnagein
and outside the penitentiary; when The
hidden hand Of the Know Nothing struck
us in the dark Let us recall the time
when, all other cities of Ohio AilingTthe
Democracy in this remained as an i'm
pl egnated citadel Let ns turn away from
The bloody spectre Of the war, and. the
stalking political ghosts since-to proph-
ecy and cheer
Out of the darkness Of our past trials
and wasted lahdA"a light hath shined,
making reflections Of things TO come"
The very shadows pres;tge the terniina-
| tiOns of the future. The sunset of life
hathits mystical lore; and coming events
east their shadows before. bod yia1
What is the forecastp BY whatrule of
| human conduct can We make and assure
a cheerful horoscope? adl 30"
SOlon, contemplating the citadel OF
Mungchia, exclaimed: "How blind is man
to futurily Conld the Athenians toresee
what mischcfthis will do their city, they
would even eat it with their own teeth to
get rid of tp His exclamation WAS y0ri-
fled. Every great event has been accom-
panied by its preBage. Was it Lord Bacon
| who remarked that the shepherds of the
people should understand the prOgnOstics
of State tempests2" He knew what we
| knew, that there are secret swellings Of
the sea He defined in advance the tidal
wave in politics, u little swoop of which
gave us, last year, control in twenty-five
States and the Federal Congress, with q
popular majority of four hundred thou
sand f... ....
There is q sort of political divination.
| Philosophers Of certain schools have en-
deayored 70 erect ii into the dignity and
grace of SCIENCE. Men like Bacon and
Buckle, dla%ing from the connection Of
men in society, as well as the inevitable
sequence of certain events from certain
causes, have organized revolutions by
prediction. So that, gentlemen, it has
often been remarked that tolerable
philosopher may become considerable
prophet, .s...h..a t.. ..r af
You will perceivein the daily press
remarkable tendency to prognosticate.
One editor sitting on his tower Of Obser-
vation sees the third term. He makesit
red hot; in fact Il heated term. He COM
pels the chieftain of fifty battles to ex-
plain. Another sees the freedom Of tho't
exposed. With it freedom ofintercOurse,
through ocean telegraphs, steamships
and missionaries. Then free trade rises
on the prophetic vision and lifts city and
country, like Paris and France, out of the
sloughs of despond, into the activities I
the commercial world. Nearly all these
poets of the future-vaticinat have
their pride. Their self love is gratiiet, ),
not only when they say i'll advance, but
when their sayings are realized. 1t was
no more matter OF guess which led me TO-
say in Congress; "Touch one hair of Gen
eral AndersOn's head in Fort Sumter,
gentlemen of the South, and you will
have the North rs one man in bis de-
fence" All that was said by statesmen
did not countervail to change this writ
ten and spoken word 1t was not pre- "
dicated on the lack of courage South, or.
its abundance North; but on the intrinsic
and inalienable love Of Union, North and
South: and the everlasting economic and
mechanic laws. TO the North, blockade,
bridge and road building was easy. To
the North, even the raising Of money by
steam printing was easy. TO the North,
the forging Of cannon and the hiying of
values, even amid the devsstations of
war, wa easy. To the South, the improy-
licences and glorieS Of martial gallantry,
were easy; but in the long and chronic
conhict-the mechanical and economical
results told their unvarying story. Gere,
tlemen, there are lessons to be taught in
this connection. 1t is not the value Of
prophecy in pOlitiCa alone. Tbs South
Was not beaten, II WIS almost exterminr
ated. No more resistance WAS possible.
Whenal,ee surrendered there were 0nly,
l6,000 soldiers at Richmond. when
European armies. as at Meiz HIld cneClah,
surrendered, hundreds ui thousands were
made prisoners. In our war whole regi7
ments fell, and in some battles rs in the
Wilderness, ss many fell NJ make whole
armies in other times and lands, There
was the supernatural bravery Vi our race
call it Anglo-Norman Scotch Irish, An'
glo-Saxon or Celtic honorable TO The
Conqueror and the conquered. Nothing
but the superior mechanic power and
long exehequer of the North, ended the
conflict, and what o lesson to the eX-
uhequer was, and is left? What a lesson
for the benignity Of amnesty--the need
of public trust and the patriotism of com.
plete restoration! Oh ! il il said by Sen.
ator Morton that he is ready now to start
anew with the Republic and with the
Centennial. Indeed! He is now ready
to begin his gracious pardon next year.
4th July = 1udeed Why, his Very If
fection is ill.timed. II comes when the
orange blossoms are uDon The brow of
another ard d better bride lis De-
lnocracy which wcds the heivGnly sweet
ness Of cOnciliation 'Fie senator's
grudging grace why it is the very anti.
pudes, ofdnion. He pre,lches Ghevangel
of dscord and $eaknesz! IL requires no
prophecy to mark the acknowledgements Of
this policy OF force and HIS rIiet and hate.
We have it posterOri. We lave.it in the
results Of ten years Of misrnle s,'uth: We
have it in the broad farce of"eivilrights'
and the bad butchery OF force bills, and
in military pashotics and their Federal
ianizaries. Go to ruined, Gharred South
Caroina--the mere husk of what she
was Go to Mississippi and Alabama;
ready to be vIctimized when extreme
partizan emergencies arise Go to Lou
isiana. In vain her sky is beautiful, her
climate balmy and her waters grand