The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17
HON. CHARLES REEMBLIN.
His Reasons for Supporting Tilder
and Hendricks.

den and Hendricks club, Mr.. Charle'
Reemelin was called to the chair, ano
temporary organization effected. Speech
es being in order, Mr.. Reemelin was
called on, and spoke for half hour Ihe
following is a substantial report OF hl'
remarks:
I believe l may as we'll commence my
speech by making the amende honorable
to Grant by admitting that he has done
one good thing, to wit He has made
the people see that they had better put
the best man they have in the Preslden'
cy. To assist you in voting for the Desl
man as between Tilden and Hayes,
propose to compare the two before you
to night. And you will allow me to say
at the outset that, while shall defend
Tilden against some general abuse, VIII
not attack Governor Hayes private char
acter. He is all right as private man
and gentleman, but not as publlc
man. and in the latter capacity he inter-
ests us now.
The first weakness | shall charge on
Governor Hayes is, that he follows IN
the wake of others, after they have pa
we'd the way. He was late in coming
in for reform, late in arriving at
the hard money gate, and he is way be-
hind on the question Of a protective tar
if. He was in Congress in 1867, but
never spoke a word or a whisper against
the wicked legislation then going on
The resumption of specie payments was
not then advocated by him. He intro
duced no measure, was silentin Congress
and out of it. Civil Service reform re-
ceived no support from him then, and so
it is as to all questions. Hayes is in pol
itics not an early riser, he sleeps well and
long. The next charge against him that
| make is, that he can by strong pressure
be made not to do what his Judgment
tells him he ought to do, and again, he
can be made to do what he believe he
ought not to do. AS to the proof, refer
vou to his conduct in 1867 when he came
into the Gubernatorial canvass for nom
ination, and defeated Ben Wade for Gov
ernor and f, Hassaurek for Lieut.. Gov
ernor. He had served the long session
in Congress, but resigned and ran for
Governor, doing infinite mischiefin the
Republican party by bringing on ar un-
timely contest in the second district. Sam
Cary beat Dick Smith, and am not now
going to tell you which was worse, the
defeat or the election. Subsequent to
that, after serving out his Gubernatorial
terms, he came late into the canvass OF
the second Congressional district, defeat
ed VIM. E. Davis for the nomination,
but getting beat himself at the election
Was it fair in him thus to act? He had
thrown up a seat in Congress which that
district gave him. Was he TO do with 1t
as he could do with his boots-pulling
them on and off as he pleased2 Was it
proper to Mr.. Davis? know that Hayes
was himself against doing what he did
in both instances named, but he yielded
to immoral pressure.
But let us come to a more recent in
stance. Governor Hayes was elected last
fall, and on the 9th of January this year
stood up before both branches of the
Legislature and swore asolemn oath that
he would discharge the duties of the Of
fee of Governor and obey the Constitu-
ton, &c. Was that oath made for one
month or year? No! 1t was for two
years. And what is he doing now? He
is running for an Office whose term be;
gins before his Gubernatorial term is
out, and when he has to resign, ifelected
one year previous, And what is the con,
sequence? A man becomes Governor
unfit by education, manners and DISPOSE
ton for the Office. Is this right2
In his letter of acceptance he mentions
as one of the cardinal Qualifications fol
Federal appointments, fidelity. Is il
fidelity to abandon postto which a mar
is chosen by the people? What would
you say of the fidelity of man whom
YOU hired for a month and who left you
on the tenth day? The law says YOU
need not pay him if he thus abandont
your service, and | say there is an hon
orable obligation on every public mar
who accepts Office to serve out his term
unless those who elected him land in
this case it is the whole people who shal
consent to his surrender of his position
The consent of the Republican party car
not relieve Mr.. Hayes from his sworr
duty. There are twenty thousand Dem
ocrats in the State of Ohio, and am one
of them, who voted for him last fall. and
who now protest against his abandon
meut of the Gubernatorial chair, and his
opening the door for man who is total
ly unfit for the position. We may for
give Governor Hayes for his previous
designations of seat in Congress, mis-
chievous ae his conduct then was, but
we cannot excuse the repetition of thai
error, when it stands plainly before oul
eyes that it will lead to the humiliation
of every man, woman and child in the
State of Ohio, through the man who i!
to fill his place. may be told that Gov
ernor Hayes will not be elected, but does
that change the immortality of his con
duct? Does it relieve you from {
partition in his guilt if you vote for him
There is a portion of his letter of accep
tance which is very important as show
ing the feebleness of his mind when he
attempts to be a leader ia public opinion
He is against allowing members of Con
gress to interfere with Presidential ap
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