The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-09-02

A FEW REMARKS
GRrrNrlrLp. o. Angnst 20. lS75.


A grand demonstration by the Dem
ocratc masses of Highland, Fayette and
Ross counties, was announced to take
place here to-day, arrangements were
with the view to make the gathering as
largo and enthusiastic as the neighbor-
hood could produce The consequence
was that somewhat over thousand per-
sons were assembled on the Fair grounds
at ? O'Clock, when the meeting was organ
ized by the appointment of Hon. H. L.
Dickey as Chairman. Mr.. Dickey made
few appropriate remarks, and at the re-.
guest of Governor Allen, read letter
published in the Toledo Blade of August
18th, stating that the condition of Gov
ernor A Aliens health was such as to render
it advisable that he should withdraw
from the Gubernatorial contest The Gov
ernor was then presented to the audience
and spoke as follows
GOVERNOR ALIENS SPEECH.
My FRIENDS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
In answer to the article that has just been
read in your hearing, am happy to an
l1ounce to you that have never in my
life been seriously sick that | have
never spent three days from necessity
upon a bed and that | now stand before
you with five perfect senses, and with a
vital organizS lion which promises to me
as much life as any man has right to
expect who has lived to my age without
experiencing in any particular the i'm
pairment Of his vital organs. With re-
gard to those rumOrs, Of course it is as
easy, when a man sits down to manufac-
ture a story, to put two things in as one
Z can not reply to all the rumors which
are nut ahOat, but can say to You this
That / never have and never will with
draw from.a conflict in which the liber-
lies Of my country are involved. APP
plause,
sick! Sick of what? If could be
rendered sick by anything, it would be
by the nausea, by the malarous infu-
rences which this Administration has in
ilicted upon the country. There's some.
thing for the pure mind and stout hearts
of the freemen of this country to be sick
of But you have it now in your power
to pass this nuisance off You have it in |
your power now to purify the contomina-
ted air by breathing in its place, through |
the free lungs of free people, purer
atmosphere.
Retire Nothing would please the
enemies of the people more than my re-
tirement Retire, while my eyes are fixed |
upon approaching dangers that threaten |
the liberties of my countrymen? Have |
] ever been known to retire when a pat |
riotic act was possible? Did | retire two |
years ago? Every thing then was dark
and lowering. was called then into the |
ringby desponding party-a party that
had been rendered Respondent by the
unchecked domination of the enemy, |
lasting through fifteen years of peace
and war The old, grayheaded Demo
rcrats had become Respondent, and many
of them so respondent as even to avoid |
the trouble of going 10 the polls. because
they thought it useless. They had stood |
without breaking their organization fif- |
teen years. They had had no privilege |
but that of paying taxes, and every dol
lar Of the tax they paid was eaten up by
their enemies, the Republicans. The
Democratic party did its part of the eght-
ing, and did its part of the tax-paying, |
and notwithstanding that they were
turned out to pasture where there were
no grass, Applause and laughter. not |
Democrat was allowed within the pale of |
the Federal Government to any office, |
and therefore not a Democrat received |
oone cent of that half of the whole taxes
whith the party had paid.
Now, my friends, if the Republican
leaders, taxgatherers, have no other hope |
to rely upon than my Withdrawal, they
ought to shake hands with fatality and |
retire. | can not crafty them. Great
God, have too many Democrats to graf
afy. [Applause.] can't even get sick
for their accommodation. | have been |
an all sorts of corners, tight places and
could not incur an accident for their ac-
'commodatiOn. They had better get up
some other than that, for if their hope is |
in my withdrawal, or in my being beat.
at is hopeless hope. GCheers.
l suppose our friends Of the press
around here will put this in, so there
R1lay be no mistake about it, that never
Cooked better, as | certainly never felt |
better than do this day. And l am just
opening the battle take my position
at the Capital of the State next Monday,
and from there | radiate into
every hole and corner of the State, until |
this party Of plunderers and usurpers
shall be made to know that majority of
the people of Ohio are still free, and de-
termined to remain So Applause.
That being done in October, we will let
events for the future shape themselves.
Now, my friends, here are two of the
best speakers in Ohio, sitting right be-
Saind me, and want to give then a
chance to speak, and you an opportunity
TO hear good and true men, and for that