The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-10-12

American Alliance is very important
contribution to the campaign and one
for which we may we'll be grateful and
the Republican politicians and newspa-
pers, who now think they can belittle the
Importance of this revelation will very
soon discover that their endeavors are
futile.
THE APoLoGIsTs OF HAYES.
m Y. World .,...r...,
The exposure of the scandalous dupli-
ci yipracticed upon the public blythe Pr
vate Secretary of Governor Hayes in re-
gard to the relations Of his chief with the
"American Alliance" has completely
dumbfounded the Administration organs
A few of them pluck up courage to can
fess that they also would be glad to see
foreign voters Disseminated against in
our politics. Others attempt to screen
their candidate by declaring that his pri-
vate secretary acted without his author
ity, which opens out charming prospect
Of the way in which he would administer
his high Office if elected A candidate
who allows his private secretaries to
answer addresses from political bodies
without knowing what those bodies are
or to what his answer may commit him,
is not precisely the sort of person to con-
tend successfully as a President with
Chandler, and Morton, and Butler, and
Blaine for reform within the party !"
But the weakest at once and the most
immoral attempt yet made to break the
force of this deathly blow at the repute
Of Governor Hayes for prudence, consis-
tency and frankness, is that of the Eve-
ing Post, which says:
Assuming the facts to be exactly re-
ported, what less could Governor Hayes
have said" Suppose that the Metho-
dist Episcopal Preachers Association of
this city, or a body of Roman Catholic
clergymen anywhere had adopted a res
olution, approving the nomination of
Hayes, or of anybody else, and had sent
the candidate copy of it, could he in
deCency have omitted to thank them for
itf If he had thanked them would he
have become forthwith member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church or of the
Roman Catholic Church? A sane per-
son can make but one answer to this
question"
Suppose there were in the South an
association organized to promote the pay
ment of the rebel debt, by an amend
ment of the Constitution! or to depriveby
the same means the black race of the
right of suffrage; or to deny them the
equality guaranteed by our existing laws
and suppose such an association adopted
resolution approving the nomination Of
Hayes, and sent copy of it to him,
ought he "in decency" to acknowledge
the resolution "as valued favor" and to
say, in reply, that he is deeply gratified by
the expression of cOrlfdence" Could he
not "in decency have omitted to thank
them for it2" Or Suppose" body of
men pledged to labor for the reputation
of the public debt had done the same
thing? Or that another organization,
bound by secret oaths to obliterate all
State lines, and to create consolidated
empire out of the Union, had expressed
its confidence" in him and in the course
he would pursue if President? And
suppose" in addition, he had said to
each and all of these bodies that, at the
proper time, he would see that they had
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For our part we find very decided
difference between an association to wor-
ship God according to the tenets of the
Roman or the Methodist Episcopal
church, and one to prevent our naturali-
zed citizens from voting and from hold
ing office. Every sane person in the
nation would have reason to value an
expression of confidence in him made
by body of Methodists or Roman Cath
olic clergymen, and to be deeply graft
fed by it, but no sane person who is
fit to receive the suffrages of the Ameri-
can people ought to value or be gratitied
for a dark-lantern endorsement by an
association of proscriptive politicians.
Did Gov. Hayes direct his Secretary to
write the truth or lie to this Know
Nothing conspiracy?
What would he have said to an associ.
alton holding the. opposite doctrines,
convictions and purposes? Would he
also have called an expression OF conf
dence in him by such body a valued
favor? Would he have furnished it also
with money to defeat Gov. TildenP
We leave to the judgment of decent
men the lax morality, to say nothing of
the proscriptive spirit, which, as this
revelation shows, governs both Hayes
and his supporters. And these are the
men who talk about reform within the
partyP
HAYES AND THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE.
Philadelphia Times, Ind.l
A trading political organization called
the American Alliance, being the dregs
of defunct -Nothingism, held what
purported to be a national council in this
city on the 4th of July last It's few po-
litical stragglers met in secret session,
and the only part of their proceedings
made public was the formal nomination
of Hayes and Wheeler for President and
Vice President. Governor Hayes was in
the city at that time, butt would be un-
fair to infer that he was brought thither to
confer with lot ofsmall political specula-
tors, as he was attending the great Zen
tennial ceremonies of that day, but it is
not disputed, we believe, that an official
committee Of the Alliance subsequently
visited him at Columbus, formally mott
fed him of his nomination, and it's clear
that he didn't kick them out. On the
contrary, letter from Mr.. Alfred E. Lee
his official private secretary, gave what
purported to be the response of Cover
nor Uaves EXPRESSING his deep gratitica-