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

must prove their claims to public sup
port not by concealing, but by exposing
the guilt Of their partisans. The highest
tribute paid TO the labors Of Gov. Tilder
and to those who are upholding him \
the fact that Republican journals and
speakers claim that their exposures re-
feet most strongly upon the party tC
which they are attached. The darkest
shadow which rests upon their party il
made by the fact that they assail Coy
rilden's efforts at reform, and are more
anxious to condemn the conduct or mis-
takes of the men who are laying bare
hidden crimes than they are to punish
criminals. An occasional tribute to the
Governor, or vehement claim that they
mean to uphold him in his work, dOei
not offset the constant stream Of censurG
or their labors 10 break down his sup
porters. 4 III lliI/41 XIII |
UUjIljl AMY atoTAsJll JllI
Was 1t wise in the Senator from Massa
chusetts when he come.into this Demo
cratic State to charge that we were op
posed to putting down the rebellion
Was it polite in him 10 remind the Re
public that the Republican section ofthe
Union from which he comes did the least
of all the Northern States to furnish men
to fight battles for the Union, while New
York sent a larger ratio than any other
Atlantic State The following table is a
cutting rebuke to the statements OF the
Senator. New York furnished more than
other States in proportion TO its popula-
ton. This is shown by the following
tables. The average ratio of enrolment
to the male population of the Western
Stats is 10 per cent: in New Jersey, 20
per cent; in Pennsylvania l8} per cent
in the New England States it is ~ per
cent; in the State of New York it is y
per cent Massachusetts, with ten Con
gressmen and a population OF 1921 OSG
has furnished, under the recent call for
100000 men, 1876 The first nine Con
gressional Districts of the State Of New
York, With apopulation of l,2l8,949, are
called upon for 25,l66. The quota Of
Vermont and New Hampshire, with a
united population of III, and six
Representatives in Congress and four
Senators, is 1909. The quota in two
Congressional Districts in New York, the
Fourth and Sixth, wsth population Of
282, ,229, is 1928, Now, it is not only true
that New York furnished larger pro-
portion of men than the Republican
States, but within the limits of New York
the Democratic Congressional districts
furnished large excess, beyond those
furnished by Republican districts. If it
was proper upon this occasion to discuss
these questions, it would be an easy mat
ter to make the Senator blush for his at
tacks, but we will not allow ourselves to
be drawn away from the questions of the
day. In due time the history Of the past
will be truthfully written.
But these unjust attacks were not the
worst of the Senator's speeches. The
public conscience begins to disturbed,
and the Senator opens his speech in this
county by giving an opiate to quiet its
action. He quotes history to show that
manners and morals have at other times
been worse than they now are. or all
the subtle and harmful devices to satisfy
men or societies With their immoralities
and wrong-doing none have been so mis-
chievous as those which lead men to say
that others have been worse than they
are. 1t is instinctively said by every
convicted criminal. Woe to every State
that has for its standard of morals the
wrong doings of the past. Woe to State
whose leaders are ready to soften public
indignation against corruption and fraud
by showing that such things have been
even worse to the past, and thereby teach
us to be content with comparative NOR
ality. 1t was a cutting satire of the Sen.
ator upon Republican administration that
he thus introduced his laudations of its
virtues, wisdom and economy. In all of
this he meant to say to the people that
they would do in the future as they had
done in the past Those Liberal Repub-
licans who left their party because they
were dissatisfied with It's conduct are told
very plainly what they are to expect if
they return to it. He declares that the
administration of President Grant will
compare well with all preceding admin
istratioi 8. He MAKES no exceptions
even in favor Of those of Washington,
jefferson. or Lincoln. While we find
very little moral conduct in this sepech,
we are still more disappointed by it views
Of business affairs. You meh Of toll who
suffer tortures from your fears of coming
winter; young men of business who are
made gray and wrinkled by anxieties,
are blandly told-I give the words Of the
Senator-"The times are not so bad but
what they might be worse" With ar
guments of this character he urges the
people to give again every branch of the
general Government into the hands Of
the Republican party.
WHAT WE ASK.
On our part we ask for the election ofa
Democratic President and House of Rep
resentatives. This will give each party
a voice on this subject of affairs. 1t will
make no violent changes in our laws, for
none can be passed or repealed without
the assent of the Republican Senate. 1t
will lead to what the public interest in
morals demands, sharp discus ion ofall
the details of public affairs. 1t will lead
to those investigations which not only
punish but will prevent frauds. No party
ever did or ever will closely sift the ex
DbUulJuEeb VI llS PAL llbdllo' w ldNO ga
of us tried to cconomize in our own fam
lilies and business affairs, and we know
how hard it is to save our own money
for the benefit of our families. How,
then, can you expect that men will go
through all these trials to save money for
the public and make themselves poorer
by doing so? We must so arrange the
machinery of the Government under the
workings of the two parties, that its ac-
ton will tend to retrench and reform.
That was the very design Of the founders
of our Government when they made its
different branches representing different
constituencies and elected upon different
principles. They sought to give the mi
norily control in certain branches.
One quarter of the people elect a major
ity of the United States Senate. If you
elect Democratic President and House
of Representatives and leave Republ-
can Senate, you make the very state of
things that our fathers aimed at in our
Constitution. When one party controls
for any length of time all branches Of