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

do bul sreak the word and he could have
turned five ~ six of his enemies out of
the Senate. and left Il majority of his
friends there VINO would have defeated
the resoIntionJ. What did he do? Did
he send platoon of soldies there2 Did
he lift finger? Yes, he iii 'IlIa finger,
but it was too write he nuu.o protest
which he sent into ,ut ScudeaHd which
was recorded, and IL recorded there now,
against this condemnation Of hlmselfb by
the Senate, Every Senator that voted
against this resolution went about Wash
ington as undisturbed as though he had
voted to pay the expenses of The whole
House, but his protest did the thing that
bayonets could not have done. 1t rous-
ed the great heart Of this great people
and they soon sent a majority to that
Senate.
Governor Allen continued by nara
ting the difficulty that Congress had in
deciding what to do with this money.
They determined that they would not
spend it, nor steal it, nor let it lie in the
Treasury, but decided to loan it 10 the
States and take the States bonds for the
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The Governor then related an action
of Jackson, showing that he was man
of merit. The Secretary Of the Treasu-
ry refused to remove the deposits from
the National bank, and Jackson deposed
him.
The Governor then related how he
and another Congressman went on the
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put his antagonist on the defensive by
exposing the manner in which members
of Congress had thus been bought up,
1t was not thought that he would speak
over twenty minutes, but as he warmed
up to his subject time passed on, and he
entertained the audience for over IN
hour.
HON. JOHN NJ 'SWEENY
Was loudly called for. He had expected
to speak to the toast, "Democratic Party"
but had insisted on hearing from Mr.
Converse first. He held back to the last
but was at last induced to make a short
speech.
The Democratic party has past which
is not less illustrious than its splendid
flture. There is relict radiance born
out of the dawn of our political existence
which magically touches each element of
our party. When the questions began in
the Washington Cabinet regarding the
dividing line of Federal and State pow
ers there leapt to the front men Of philo-
sophie and analytic reason, like Jefferson;
men of practical knowledge of affairs,
like Vice President George Clinton, who
boldlytoo upon themselves the odium OF
sympathizing with the French ideas of
the era and lifted the RdtS of local sover-
eighty above the united, and granted
powers of the federative. Thus by a
fearless and energetic advocacy Of inde-
pendent State conduct they imbedded
Democratic thought in the fruitful soul
of the American Republic; the men who
made the Constitution, men who affirmed
it in the Constitutions Of States, and the
Supreme Court in its strict canons of in,
terpretation, crystalized the capital
thought of our party; and even Federal
ism in its most extreme excess bowed tC
the superior policy which elevated om
country, from the beginning and com
manded the respect Of the world. What
patience, what wisdom, what homely
common sense, added to the genuine love
ofcountry and the ardent hatred OF for
eign interference, marked the conduct Of
the trainers of our party.
Is it not all written in letters of living
light on the illuminated pages Of Demo.
cratic history? Who now questions the
radical and sweeping generalizations oi
Jefferson's original. There are men here
on this backbone of Ohio who have had
its epigrammatic truths printed on the
tablets of their hearts. They have been
handed down from sire to son, until, in
this year of grace 1875, the lessons we
read in the broad light of the recent
elections, and whose irrefragible logic is
embazoned in the grand future Of the
resuscitated Democratic Republic.
Do you ask me to speak of the glorious
past of the Democratic party2 Read again
and again the words Of our great political
teacher. Did he not caution against stand
ing armies and the menace to fair and
honest elections2 Did he not warn against
the slavery of debt and the worse slavery
of monopoly and greed? Did he not, fol-
| lOWlIlR UllC 1JllEllDh NOlulIlOll law CduIlOl
against the infraction of Magma Charter
and those amendments of the Constitu-
ton as to free press, fair jury trial, and
relief from wrongful arrests the adaman.
tine liberties not to be pulverized OF
abridged by the encroachments of unbri.
died power? Talk about our political =
Mark well her bulwarks. Listen to the
comments Of her sages coming down tC
the sayings Of him whose deeds we com.
memorate tonight. The blessings o.
government, like the dews of heaven
shonld fall alike upon the high and low
the rich and the poor.
Such were the teachings of the Demo.
cratic fathers, and where in all history is
there such breviary, such an epitome
We have with us tonight as our honOred
guest one who remarks the days of the
Republic of Jackson, who was one of that
band of orators and statesmen the histo.
ry of whom furnishes the brightest page
of our country's annals. Some of us re-
member those strifes and contests of high
minded, honorable men in the days OF
Allen. Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Benton
ard men Of that iIk. can say tor many
of Us now present, as did Byron when
speaking of the statesmanlike courtesy
Of the antagonists of Pitt and Fox: eve
have seen the intellectual race of giants
stand like Titans, face to face, Athos and
Ida with dashing sea of eloquence, be-
tween which flowed all free as the deep
pillows of the Egean roar betwixt the
Hellenic and Phrygian Shores" When
shall we look upon their like again. Our
opponents yearly record our demise, We
do not die; we can not, except by annihi-
lation, die. We do not even wish we were
dead; and the few ragged edges which
still afflict us do not suggest despair
Certainly not now do we feel like passing
away, but we would rather be on the rise
up. There is better time coming. a
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