The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-10-19
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FHR issues OF TODAY.
Hsratio Seymour Speaks For Til
den, Honesty and Reform,
Hard Times Explained and a Remedy
Given Vote For HildGl.

in plain, practical talk to his neighDors
The village of Deerfeld in which he
spoke on Tuesday night is small place
closely adjoining the city of Utica, and
indeed almost continuous with it. The
country round about is rich farming
region, the beginning of the celebrated
valley of the Mohawk, and from the
slope of the Deerfeld hills, on which Mr.
Seymour's home stands, there stretches
away for miles a fair and prosperous
prospect-orchard, meadow and farm
house, with the pleasant city in the fore
ground and girdle of blue heights at the
horizon. Here, on farm of 300 acres,
extending down to the river, the Gov
ernor lives respected by all around him,
fulfilling in the community without pre-
tense the duties of an intelligent Ameri-
can farmer whose character has won the
confidence fhis neighbors. He has been
elected pathmaster of the town, and dur
ing the summer attended to the business
of the Office with the same scrupulous
fidelity which marked his performance
Of the most responsible tasks of State
His house is situated on the highest
point of his farm, and is approached by
a winding doorway, from which there is
a fine view of the mansion and the grove
north of it as well as of the valley south
and east The residence is plain, roomy
cottage of story and half, in which
one is surprised to find so many large
chambers The grounds are laid out with
simplicity and good taste, and the house
is furnished with that degree of comfort
which just passes into elegance. The
place and its surroundings constitute an
exquisite home, where the owner finds
delicious repose after well-spent life,
within fair view of the turbulence and
commotion of the great world and almost
out of earshot of its noises. Deertield
might well serve as a model for an Amer
lean household. There are in many
places costler buildings and more mag
nifcent sites, but there is daily beauty
about the man who lives there and the
woman who shares his hearth and heart
that cannot be transcribed elsewhere
1t is easy to find culture, or wealth, or
worth, or power, democratic simplicity,
but when you find them all together in
harmonious combination you get the
very flower and blossom of American
life-and you may see it on the hillside
at Deerfeld.
Washington Hall, in which the speech
of Tuesday evening was delivered, is
little country audience-room, 20 by so,
with broad seats on A-shaped tan1ards,
and low platform. 1t was jammed with
an audience of farmers from the region
about, with a sprinkling of townspeople
from Utica. No introduction was need
ed and rome was had. AT 7:30 Governor
Seymour stepped forward and said:
Why is business depressed and why
does labor suffer? are questions which
press upon each mans mind. They
haunt us each day, because during the
past three years each day has brought
with it anxieties which force our atten-
ton to these questions. At this election
it is duty not only to ourselves but to
our whole country to consider them. We
wrong ourselves if we do not do so in an
earnest honest way, for no partisan tri-
umph will moke good our losses growing |
out of wrong conclusions. 1t is some |
times said that the trouble is that there
has been an overproduCtion, or, in other
words, that men have worked too much |
and produced too much. But this is
clearly untrue. -Four years ago business
was active; mechanics could sell what |
they made, and the laborer could get a
fair price for his toll. Since that time
our mechanics and manufacturers have
produced less than formerly. Many of
them have run on short time, and many |
Workmen have been discharged. While
production has thus been cut down the
nun Der of those who want clothes and |
houses and food has largely increased. |
We have four or FIVE millions more than
we had in 1872. Our numbers increase |
more than a million a year, more than
three thousand day, more than hun
dred an hour They never wanted 30
many articles for their comfort as they
want now. The trouble is they are not
able to buy what they need. Why is
this
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THE BoUNTIFUL EARTH STILL YIELDS ITS |
INCREASE.
Our country has lost none fits advan-
% tages, our land none of its fertility, and
God has not afflicted Us with any plaques |
Our troubles are the works of our own |
hands; and l propose to show that this
statement is true.
In speaking to my neighbors, to men |
that l meet in the daily walks of life,
whose good will and confidence ! wish !
TO keep, shall say nothing that / have |
not we'll considered. ] may be mistaken;
but have given much thought to the |
subjects of which / speak. l cannot go |
over the whole ground of our troubles,
but will try to give such facts and rea-
sons as will show their sources. And |
then each one of you can think over the |
matter for himself and see if am right |
or wrong.
In civilized societies the fortunes of all |
their citizens are linked together. No |
man falls in his morals, in his conduct,
in his business affairs, without harming |
all his neighbors. In this country town
of ours il mechanic or laborer cannot |
fnd work we are all harmed. II he can
not get price for his toll, or what he
makes, be is not the only one who suf-
fers. If he cannot sell he cannot buy. |
His misfortunes are felt not only by |
those with whom he deals, but by those
with whom they deal in turn. In the
end we find that each mans failures
reaches around until they touch those
who do not even know the name of him
with whom the trouble begins. 1t is one
of the great lessons of life that each man
is concerned in the welfare of his neigh
Dor and that he who harms another by
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