The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-10-12
THE DEMOCRATIC BOYS IN BLUE.
People Who Know the Warts Over.
The Fighting Generals Of The Army
All Fight for TildGH.
INDIANAPOLIS.
TIVE SOLDIERS REUNION.


large, comprising delegations from Chi
cago, Baltimore, Cincinnati, st. Louis,
Louisville and from various points in
Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and from every
section ofIndiana, Kentucky sending the
largest from outside States. 0'i
Among the distinguished persons pres
ent are Ex-Governors Parker, Newberry,
Curtin and Bigler, of Pennsylvania Pal
mer, OF Illinois; Blair, Of Michigan;
Generals Steven and Monroe, of Michi-
gan; Marks, Of Louisiana; Corse and
Farnsworth Illinois; McMahan and
Finley, of New York Denver of Ohio;
Darlington, of D. c.; and Colonel Robert
Sinclair, of Michigan
The grand procession formed at 10
O'Clock, and was one hour in passing.
the number in procession was estimated
at six thousand.
Speaking was had at three stands in
the State House grounds and other
places outside, during the afternoon, At
the principal stand Governor Hendricks
presided and made the welComingspeech,
after which Governor Palmer, of Illinois,
made an address, The following were
thepnncipalspeakers at the other stands:
Governor Curtin, General Farnsworth,
General McCandless, General John N.
Palmer, General John McCorse, General
sigel, General L. S, Bragg, General PitE-
henry Warren, General McClernand and
Governors Parker and Bigler.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed.
WHEREAS, The soldiers and sailors of
the country, irrespective of party, race or
nationality, took an equal, honorable and
patriotic part in defending that country
when threatened, and in maintaining the
Integrity of the American honor; and
Whereas, The issues that are at stake
have been forever settled by the results
Of the civil contest, and placed beyond
all the future controversy by the funda-
mental laws of the land and
Whereas, The Republican leaders, with
disgraceful impudence and effrontery,
and in open defiance of truth, arrogate to
themselves the credit of suppressing the
rebellion and maintaining the Union,
and in open disregard of truth, justice
and decency, denounCe all soldiers and
sailors who now refuse to subscribe to
their political opinions as sympathiEers
with the rebellion and faithless to the
Union cause; and
Whereas, The leaders of the party in
power have endeavored by partisan ap-
peals to kindle the animosities of the
war and postpone the full enjoyment of q
glorious peace; therefore be it
Resolved, By the Democratic soldiers
and sailors of the United States in con-
vention assembled, that while fully rec
ognizing the gallant achievements of our
armies and grateful to Almighty God for
the victory of the Union cause, we do
hereby in the interests of harmony and
fellowship between the States and in the
name OF comrades who died to secure
these national blessings enter an earnest
and solemn protest against all attempts
to revive the hatred and preiudices en-
gendered by the civil strife.
Resolved, That now, as during the
period when the war was in progress, in
which the question was finally and irreV-
ocably settled, we pronounce the doc
trine of the right OF secession fatal
heresy, without foundation of right in
our system of government, destructive
alike of the best interests of the South
and North, and while we are firm in our
resolve to preserve the integrity of the
national judgment as settled by the
stern arbitrament of the sword, yet as
soldiers who were engaged in honorable
warfare, we recognize the gallantry with
which those lately in arms against us
sought to maintain what we believe to
be fatal error.
Resolved, That while we maintain that
every citizen of the country, without re-
gard to race or color should be protected
in the full enjoyment of the right of suf-
frage, we denounCe the efforts of the ad-
mlnistration to control the elections of
certain States of this Union by the aid
of the army, as dangerous innovation
upon the rights of the people, unwar.
ranted by law and showing determine
ton upon the part of the Republican
party to carry the coming Presidential
election by force and fraud.
Resolved. That we return our thanks
to the last House of Representatives for
the passage of the bill equalizing the
bounties of the soldiers and sailors of the
Union, and we denounCe the Republi-
can Senate for defeating the measure.
Resolved, That the hope of the indus
try OF the nation, now Frustrated by the
Infamous legs ttion of the Republican
party, whereby the people have been
robbed of just compensation for labor,
depends on the success of the Democrat
lc party which alone can restore conf
dence to the masses and assure to labor
tair remuneration for honest work.
Resolved, That in the widespread
prostitution Of official dignity in the de-
bauchery and corruption of the civil SER
vice, in the reign of an iniquitous and
thieving administration, over all the
South, in the mistaken and ruinous leg
islation on finance, and in the conse-
quent depression Of commerce and in
dustries, we do not recognize the signs
OF reVlving welfare or the legitimate,
Wholesale and honest fruits of the war.
Resolved, That in the name of patriot
ism and to insure the pursuits of peace
and healthier tone of public morals, We
do hereby demand change of admins
tration, that a change of policy may re-
suit; and to this end we invite the CO.
operation of all, without regard to past
party ties, who think the crisis has come
when just legislation and vigor in public
life can alone bring an era of wise and
peaceful government.
Resolved, That the assumption that
the Union was saved by a party and not
by the whole people, irrespective of par.
ty, is false, slanderous and unpatriotic:
that it discredits the living and dishon-
ors the dead; and we solemnly reprobate
the assumption.
Resolved, That in s. ]. Tilden and T.
A. Hendricks we recognize statesmen
wLo have given assurances in their pub
lie careers ofa will and way to redeem
the country from the control of rings, to
prosecute plans of civil service reform, to
restore the majority of local self-govern-
ment on the basis of the constitution,
and insure the fruitful blessings of pros
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