The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-13
owns an immense number of dwell

ngs and store rooms, ana IN New
York "Tolet.p These gentlemen are I
10 doubt aspecie resumptionists," :
but when SAMUEL is elected Presi- !
dent, much of their possessions will
pass into other hands! So they {
The nomination of TILDEN and
HENDRIcKs is very popular in this
section of the State, and takes well
with the honest and thinking mem
of both parties. HAYES is looked up
as a man ofno commanding states
manship and would become the tool
of the minions of the present corrupt
men in power, while TILDEN is known
and regarded as a person of positive
qualities, courage and craftsmanship,
just what the country needs AID
wants at present to lift it from the
slough of despond. The people are
weary of the driveling mediocrity
and imbecilty that has governed
them for the past eight years-they
are sick at heart with profigacy and
corruption; they + Inundated by
"a degenerate and degenerating
standard of public integrity; they
are shamed by open robbery and
appalled, by the damning deeds of
rascality Of its public otfleials I'M
der Republican rule, and hun
dreds and thousands of honest Re
publicans who have become disgust
ed with the venality and corruption
of the party in power, and who ins
dulge in no hope Of reform in HAY
Es and WHEELER, will turn with
trust and confidence to the nomi-
nees Of the st. Louis convention.
Confident that there is nc possibility
of a worse condition ofpublic affairs,
but believing that in them there is a
chance of the restoration of the gov
eminent from the hands of its pres
ent spoilers, and a return to the
times of Democratic honesty and
economy. TILDEN was far from be-
ing my choice in the candidate of
the Democracy, but a majority of
the representatives of the party have
decided in his favor, and ] cheerful
lly yield to their fat, and am ready
to buckle on the armur for TTLDES,
HENDRICKS and REFoRM! New
York is sure for the ticket, and from
present indications there seems but
little doubt about Pennsylvania, and
with an almost united south, there
is only a bare possibility of defeat.
So let the disappointed Democrats
and the tax-ridden, robbed and ont
ragged people of the west cheer up,
for there is a bright prospect in the
in the future, through the success Of
TTLDEN ard HENDRICKS.
The Centennial 4th of July was
periodically celebrated here, up
on which occasion not less than five
thousand of the sturdy yeomanry of
the county participated. The pro
cession, consisting of bands offnhsic,
military, handsomely decorated fire
engines, was over q mile long and
very imposing. The display of fire
works in the evening, l never saw
surpassed. But the most interest
ing part Of the celebration was the
ceremonies connected with the I'M
yelling of the monument erected to
the memory. of Capt. MoLLIE PITcu-
Err" who has slept in an almost I'M
known and unmarked grave at this
place, for about forty five years.
This woman, at the battle of Mon
mouth, June 2S, 177S, was engaged
in; carrying water to the gunners,
one of whom was her husband. He
was shot down when she Immediate
~ took his place and PERFORMED his
duty until the engagement ended.
"Mollie,v is said by those who knew
her well, to have been a rude and
wild hair pin of her day, but brave
and reckless, and no doubt had she
been permitted, like Jarus' daugh-
ter, to have walked forth from her
grayeand gazed upon the '.staF spang-
led patriotism of 1876 assembled
around her tomb, she would have in
quired, @what in the h. IS the
matter"
There are a great many other
matters l might write about, but
my letter is already too lengthy for
the columns of the DEMOCRAT, and 1
will close, only adding hat before it
meets the eyes CT all its readers, /
expect to be at my post, armed and
Equipped to do battle for the Demo-
cratic standard bearers of Reforns
1-TILDEN-and HENDRICKS.
The Republicans Law great stress