The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-08-21
THE STANDARD.
THURSDAY. AUG. 81, 1870

Ex-Governor William Dennson spoke as
follows, at the ratification meeting at Column
bus, August lst:
Ex-Governor Dennison followed
Gen. Beatty in one Of the most re-
markable and brilliant speeches ever
delivered i'll Columbus. 1t fairly held
the vast audience spell bound and ere
ated perfect furore. He said he in
dorsed every word Gen. Beatty had
said, and listened to him with pro-
found admiration. He said that for
twenty years before the war the Dem
ocrats had been the Instruments in
the hands Of the Southerners. He
then supposed that the Democrats had
been in power for the last eighteen
years. and pictured in a thrilling man
ner the condition the country would
be in to-day if Breckenridge had been
elected.
He then shetched out the plan the
Democrats would follow if they get
into power, to nullify the results of
the war. They will increase the mum
ber of Supreme Court Judges to fif-
teen to get a Democratic majority,
and that Court will pronounce the
amendments to the Constitution un-
constitutional, null and void. They
will bring up the action of the Ohio
Democratic Assembly in withdrawing
its Endorsement Of the Fifteenth
Amendment, to give an excuse to their
proceedings. Had they been in power
they would have set up new govern
ment, and under the Dred Scott de-
cision would have carried slavery into
all the Territories. Had the Demo-
Gratis come into power between 1861
and 1864, the war would have been
stopped, and all its results would have
been lost. The Democratic party is
just the same now as it was before and
during the war. [ speak not of indi-
vldual Democrats, for there are good
and loyal men in the party, but the
organization, and it is controlled by
the Southern Democrats, and they are
all rebels to-day just as much as ever.
Great applause.
II they get into power the Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments
will be repealed; the rebel debt will
have to be paid by the United States;
theneg will be deprived Of his rights
of citizenship; universal suffrage will
be denied; the slaves will have to be
paid out of the U. S. Treasury. They
will refuse any appropriations for the
.. S. Government until the rebel
debts are paid. Mark my words, this
prediction will come true and these
results will follow Democratic victory
as surely as night follows the day.
He said there was nothing to say
about the currency. The present sys-
tenn would stand and prosperity was
insured. To-day the greenback dollar
is worth dollar in any Nation under
the sun, and will buy anything a gold
dollar will buy. We have taken away
the Democrats thunder on this ques-
ton. They cannot talk against the
facts as shown by the renewed pros
perity and general revival Of indus
tries. They have nothing left to dc
in the financial business but to de-
cieve and misrepresent, and that is
just what they are doing. There never
was anything like the magnificent fl
nancial triumph of John Sherman
witnessed in any Nation in the world
great applause1 and should it please
the people to make him President
here the speakers voice was drowned
in tremendous cheers and shouts.
The Republicans believe in a Nation
clothed with all sovereignty, and au-
thority, and power.
They fought for it in the field, and
are fighting for it in Congress, and
will fight for it against all enemies
Democrats at home or foreigners
! Applause. The Democrats say this
is not a Nation, but only confedera-
cy Of States, and that the National
Government is simply an agent, with
no power except to treat with foreign
Nations and exercise a supervisory
authority. We Will fight for the
Nation and the results of the war il
peaceful measures, in time of peace
and, God helping, if we must again
we will fight for it all again on the
red field of battle. Tremendous
cheers, and cries Of I'VE will, we will,
1--WE are ready" &c