The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-10-26
SENATOR THURMAN.
What He Thinks About Tilden's Cham
ces In Ohio and Elsewhere. "

J Senator THURMAN, at the recent meet
ing Of the Democratic State Committee,
made the, following remarks: ,c, u,,"
Senator Thurman upon taking the
stand said the meeting was for consul-
tstion and not for lang speeches, He
/. did't suppose any one here needed any
thing to convince him that he ought to
vote for Tilden, and he would be wasting
ammunition if be attempted such thing.
He hadn't met any body who thought Of
giving up the fight, whether they could
carry the State or not. 1t didn't matter
straw so far as their duty was con-
ceIned. II they could carry the state 80
much the better, but if not the duty still
remained to help through with all the
strength they had. The end Of the DEM
ocratic party would not be in 1875. The
cause of reform would not die in 1875.
Their duty still remains, and would, re-
main, to fight fer the good cause. II Days
had passed in tho history Of the Demo-
cratic party that were to this as darkness
of midnight compared with brightness of
MONDAY. He thought, with the chair
man that it was in the bounds of possi-
biity to- carry the state, To be sure,
generally the rule had been when we
were beaten in October we were worse
beatenin November. The cause of this
was heretofore, that when the October
elections passed and we were beaten
other states showed results that were
impossible to overcome and consequent
" many stayed at home or jumped down
off the fence into the elemy's corn field
instead of ours. With the result in West
Virginia and Indiana, now shown to be
ours, he believed the chances for Tilden
we're far better than for Hayes. He be-
lieved that Tlden would be elected.
Every reasonable probability showed
that, let Ohio go as she might, the ticket
for Tilden and Hendricks would in, all
probability be elected, and this fact would
inepire many men who, he would not
say, were walters for facts to come to our
side. Only think of it, q lew years ago
Ohio gave one hundred thousand Reppb-
licap majority, halt oft perhaps traudu-
lent, but certainly half was fact. Now it
was reduced to barely five thousand last
year, and there was everything to encour-
age them to 90 forward. Ifhe hadapy-
thing to say on the political situation at
this time, he would refer to the proGla-
nation issued by the President to the
people OF South Carolina. 1t was proc
lamation to disarm the people of that
state, 1t was simply an attempt to carry
South Carolina by force of arms for the
Republican party. 1t was meant toin-
timidate every negro who would vote the
Democratic ticket. 1t was meant to
strike terror in the hearts of the whites.
There was not single company of white
militia in the state. He had charged
that in the Senate of the United States,
in the presence of their Senator, last
winter, and they didn't deny, but private
" admitted it to him. Nota single white
man would be safe if his right to bear
arms, which was constitutional, was inter-
fered with. In the presence of these
armed negroes their lives and the lives OF
their wives and children were not secure.
1t was not enough to put them under
Radical rule, but they must put them
under intimidation, and the lives OF
women and children put in the hands OF
these colored militia. It was simply mon
strous that such an attempt should be
made upon the freedom Of citizens of the
United States, and he felt that he could
not speak OF it without his blood boiling
in his veins. He continued by saying
that he was an old man and might not
live long, but there were young men here
who would live to see in this usurpation,
if it was allowed togo on, the outgrowth OF
another war, and with it the disruption
of our government. Still he would not
detain them with a speech, but urged
those present to keep up the contest
which they had carried on so CALAMITY
thus far. '"