Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-09-21
GARFIELD At PERRYsnnRa-

dress BY asking tho attcntion Of his hearers
before be said anything about party politics. to
a subject Of vastly mora Importance -some.
thing which vitality concerned the prosperit y
nay, the very existence Of our common ceun.
Try. The speaker asked the question Whsther
II ever occurred to them that a majority Of the
eitiliEed nations OF Europe bslisrsd that the
American Government was failure. He
then rehearssa the reas'ns given by BSd Ma.
eaulAy, why he regarded our republican gov
ornnent failure. In discussing tho merits
ofThomas Jefferson, MacAuley had said iha,
he could not admire either jefferson or the
principles he held, rs tho government he ajvo.
Gated aud was instrumental ia establishing
would eventually result in disastrous and mia
cradle failure. Maoauloy claimed that to rive
the vicious and tho isuorant as much political
right as the intelligent, the wise aud the
wealthy must end in the ultimate destruction
of that government. In England all palitcal
power the power Of both the sword and the
Purse-is lodged In tho few, and tho govern.
meut must stand for a thousand years to come
But in Anerica, ayS Macauloy, the time
will come in the near future when the mass oil
your population will rise, when hard times
oppress you, aud crush the very power thar
sustaius them. Then will some Casar or Ma
Poleon arise and grasp tho rsins Of power, and
with strong hand crush out tho very ma me
Of your boasted liberty. When that time comes
and come 1t will, then will your grand institu
tions 60 down in the dust and in ruin, and Tor
this reason, says Maeauley, do not admire
Thomas Jefferson, Huf the government lie hrIp.
ed To found.
That, said Mr.. Gmfold, was the most formd
able s"rregnmantofth tho republican insututiops a
in America, that has ever been issued, The
memories OF P!ttsburg, AMI bf Chicago, and
the terror that swept over the country ak weeks
ago, on account Of the great STRIKE threatened
fulh lment Of tho great hstorianx fulmina-
uon against our republican institutions 1t
WAS nnus: The dangers that threatened
the country thon, present very grave question
to tho American people, and one which we
| must face sooner or later.
| lu rcply 10 Lord Macausy's RTraipnp,ent.
Mr.. Garfield said two items were 10 be taken
into consideration. First, Macaulcy was born
aud reared in a country, where eIasses were in
layers similar to the geological strata of tho
| nth, and these layers were as difficult TO per
meate as u would be for a man to dig through
| the layers Of a rock with his bare hands.
At the bottom Is the agricultural class Of
hhRlAnd'on OF whom WAS never known to
rise from his calling. few manufacturer,
had risen above their class, but not one aRri-
Gu nlturist. or our population OF Is 100000
there are $4,000, 900 Agrcuturists, To saw
that snch condition is Aa true with these "a
with tho agrieulturists Of England, would be
the most horrible statement that could be
ma de.
The second class iu the strata are the tnechan.
les ana manufacturers Of England hut il
these classes were armed with the ballot, what
do you think would be the rssuh4 There
would DO an upheaVRl, a breaking 1f the crust
1hae would be as crushing in its effects as
though mine Of nitro II ycerine had exploded
There are no classes before the law in Amer. |
lca' Our government does not rese embIe the
hard crust OF the earth. II is rather like the |
mighty ocean, broad in its exp.nse, where
each drop, though it may grovel in the sands of
the bottom, Is Tree to rise upward to the surface
and nash In the sunlight upon the tupmost
wave. No matter how dark the poverty nor |
how deep the obscurity, the man of honest |
purpose OF strong arm, OF clear head nd true |
heart may rise to tho topmost round. That is |
one thing Lord Macaulay did not understand.
Second. Macaulay did not understa nd the |
tremendous power and force of free education.
On'J one thing can destroy Us, and that is ig- |
norance. With the dissemination Of intelli. |
gence. We dare entrust the people Of America
with the blessing of freedom and With the care |
Of ITS cherished institutions and principles.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
The speaker next constraStei the positions Of |
the two parties, on the relations of capital and |
hhnr he said the struggle between capital |
and labor was as old AZ despOtism itself That |
night has shaken more thrones than any other
Gass .s. ~ In the "T5S blood mora ,6," ;ec Of
ago. Labor in the Old World don't fgbt a |
MAJ because he is rich. 1t fights against the |
barrier that.separates it from alTlucnce There
ls no reason for such 4 canhct here, as there is |
in Europe. Here the laborer hopes 10 lar |
something by for rainy day something for
old AEs, something that he shall have a right
to keep because il is his, and because he has
earned II. And the government that will not
protect him in the right to Keep the capital he |
baA accumulated by labor Is nat worth a |
straw. There is no necessity for this intoler-
able quarrel between Labor and Capital.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Of Ohio assembled in Convention At Columbus
on the 25th Of July last. when Pi:tsburg was
yet smoking in ruins and blood, where mil
hons OF property aud valuable lives had been
sacrlnced at the beheSI of riOt-whsn the CITY |
in which that Convention assembled was
threatened with a similar terrible calamity.
And yet, in ITS combined wisdom and sound
Judgment, il uttered not ono word in The ds- |
tense OF law and order. It gave no utterance |
with JackEonian heruism as rebuke 10 those
On the contrary, they sought to take q mean |
party advantage, by charging upon the Re- !
publican party ths responsibility Of the terri |
ble crisis. II resolved that the Republican |
party had pauperiEed labor. Anice tiitng fr |
party TO say that for years had chsmpi,n.d |
III. right OF capital 10 own la bor, to buy il, and
sell II, and whip Il. in doing which il placed |
the brand "f shame upon every lsboring man |
In the country. What an =
IhHExsE AMOUNT OF CHEEK
this colossal typical Dem ,crat has-a cheek |
that reaches way down On the shoulder leaving |
no r"''R :Or even n neeklie
Next, with sublime self-assurance il offered |
homestsads to the lAbnring elasssH, aud favored |
the paTceling out Of the public domain into |
homestsads. This sounds we'll from a party |
that had ever opposed IL. The Republican party |
had always favored it--had pa assed homestead |
iaH,and james BuehAnnon Vetoed that law, Il |
was nat until a Republican Congress and a Re. |
publican President was in power that the law
WAS passed ayd Abraham Lincnln signed the |
Homestead bill. Ard jet the party that con
sorted with the rioters aud the mob claimed to |
be the friend Of the laboring man.
HARD TMts.
The hard lines has been char ged upon th.
Republican party, II is claimed bv the tr meal |
Democrat that the distress and suffering and
disorder aud lack Of employment aud prnstrA.
tIon Of the indnstr'es Of the country are all
v~"seo oJ ho hePuo"cNh parry. In Canada
the hard times are more severely feltthan here.
Ia that 10 be charged 10 the Republican pauy7
The people at Germany and France aud Eng.
land aud Switzerland ars all suffering from
hard times. IL il pnssibls that the Republican
party is Ihe cause Of il in all these co,intries
What power u mast have. The speaker con.
fessed himself somewhat surprised that the
Republican party had nut been charged by the
Democrats party with in;rOd uei pG the Colorado
beetle. t.- eb
These eras of financial panic and dep ressinH
have rscurred regularly about once IN
EVERY TWENTY YEMs
since the foundation Of the gov vernmenl. First.
in 1897, next again in 1917, again in 1887, ,again
in 1857, aud once uiore in 1878 four years ear.
iteE oa account of the Tremendous ISSUES of the
war for the preservation Of the Uninn. Ger
laiLlH w aILinnlnn- Ma.Iisnh n...I-.-