The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17

Fisher, Casey, Dent, Harrington and
hundreds of such characters, and hold
them up to me as leaders; to see the
leading officers of the Republican party
daily sell the patronage of the govern
ment--I only shudder when | think OF II
and say, thank God done no worse
than did. There are Schenck, our Min
lister to England, who sold the good name
Of this country in such an open and no.
torious steal as the Emma Mine, with
the iliterate Godlove S. 0rth, late Min
lister to Austria, and more recently Re-
publican candidate for Governor of In
diana; both of these men were in Con-
gress with me, and were my political
leaders. They support Hayes and are
called honest men, support Tilden and
am condemned. What may have done
wrong is only crumb to their loaf.
So long as would stand by and be the
willing slave of the Republican party,
blindly vote for all of their schemes to
make the rich richer and the poor poorer
l was all right, but when denounced
such schemes as the one that was passed
to change $500,0O0,000 currency bonds
into gold, failed to support such swind-
ling laws as the Sherman resumption
law, then | was denounced. OF the diff
ferent men who were charged with the
same offense l was, Whittemore, of S.
Carolina, who was by his constituents re-
elected to Congress, and since has been
in the State Senate, was delegate to the
Republican National Convention at Gin.
cinnati. and voted for Hayes for Presi-
dent. r. r. Butler, of Tennessee, was
twice reelected to Congress as a Repub-
lican, and is now candidate for Judge
on your ticket. Michael Vidal, of Louis
ian, was in the same boat with me, and
by President Grant afterwards sent to
Algiers as a Consul. What of Schuyler
Colfax, who was Vice President of the
United States, and who added perjury
to his bribery? What of 0akes Ames,
who swore he bought James A. Garfield
in his Credit Mobilier steal2 What of
Boss Shepherd, who sole with his gang
$25,000,000? What of a President who
would take to his heart and home such a
set of sCoundrels as Judge Fisher, Bah
cock, Mcdonald and a score of others,
and who nominated such notorious
shyster as Geo. Williams for Chief JUS
tice in place of such a statesman and jur-
list as the late Salmon P. Chase? What
of Holden and Ames, two of the late re-
constructed States Governors? These
men are all pure patriots; they all sup
port Hayes and Wheeler, and wave the
bloody shirt, each with "reform on his
lips" and demand for office in his
hands and stolen swag in his pockets.
These men and hundreds more, who
are now leaders in the Republican party,
took millions by all kinds of ways, while
l was guilty Of taking $500 for recon-
mending boy for appointment, and
gave the same check two weeks after to
my party to be used for political purpo-
ses. When 1 saw had done wrong l
resigned my seat at once. Did Colfax,
Patterson, Oakes Ames, Garfield, Shep-
herd, Parsons or Babcock Not they
all are to-day cheering for Hayes, and
praying for four years more of such gov
ernment in which to complete their
wealth. For six years and over | have
not taken any part in politics, but now l
feel it the duty of all voters who love
their country, who venerate the names
of Washington, Jackson, and Lincoln,
who want to see the Republic as it once
was in honest days, and once more see
honest men in Office, to do what they
can to elect Tilden and Hendricks, and
if | can in my humble way add one fol-
lower more to them / will feel as though
l had in a measure done something to
atone for my past wrongs, in a measure
made amends for my folly. You are
welcome to say and do what you like as
far as | am concerned. When party
gets so rotten and corrupt that am com.
PEELED to turn against it, l say God help
you, and when election day comes around
and Tilden, Hendricks and Reform have
swept the country, and the gang of vam-
pires now sucking the life out of the tax
payers are compelled TO let go and return
to their original obscurity, and once
more work for an honest living, I will
then say, thank God, the political mil
Ienium has come.
JOHN T. DEWEESE.
PLAIN Dealer. du1 Q