The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-07-03

| the places for holding National elections
4 In States, or providing f)r the appoint
mant OF ofsJudpes and Clerks, or pTescrlb-
! inc their duties, lor making appropria-
\ tinnas 10 bay them? There is not and
] 1Bgetlhas been such Federal law. Ev-
4 efYlalection In every State is and always
has been State election. held 10y State
'l8di1iCeFs under State laws. The States
Ihave always provided for and paid for
fand conducted elections for members Of
y Congress the same as for all other elect
| i've representatives and servants of the
people. So purely local have these elec-
lions been that members OF Congress are
every where chosen on the same ticket,
at the same ballot box and under the d.
rection of the same officers. The attempt
of the Republican party to coerce and
control State officers when conducting
elections under STATE laws, by use OF the
Federal army and swarm OF hlrellng
spies and Marshals, is fl igraDt, mon
strous and intolerable usurpatlon. II
State officers may be 30 coerced and con-
trolled by the General Government, then
the States sink to the position OF mere
dependencies Of one great central Gov
ernment of unlimited political power
Fellow citizens, this assumption OF
power, if recognized and established,
tends, and will, believe, lead to the ut
ter destruction of the beni6cent system
of Government established by our faith
els. Under that system, formulated in
the Constitution, all the powers of the
Federal Government are strictly dehned
and limited, while the States and the
people, reservipg to themselves all power
not delegated to tie General Govern
ment, are sovereign in far wider sphere
than in the General Government. l
speak in no spirit Of partisanship, but in
candor of conviction, when | say that
obliteration OF the reserved rights of the
States and the people, and the absorp.
ton in the General Government OF all
political power, regard less Of the Constl-
tuition, has become the controlling ten
dency, ifnot the fixed aim, Cf the Repnb'
liCan party.
These policies of the Republican party
by which they are impOverlshlng the
masses and absorbing unlimited power
in the General Government, are only
steps toward the ultimate subversion of
popular liberty and the establishment of
the rule of a money aristOcracy. In ev-
ery Government, everywhere, there are
two great opposing forces-the forces pro-
ceeding openly from the masses tending
to equality of rights, and the forces pro
ceeding secretly from the few, tending
to exemption, favoritism and class rule.
The one aims at Government by and for
the whole people; the other by and for
{ class. The one at rule by manhood, the
other by money.
In our Republic these opposing forces
have always been at work moldlng and
controlling tbe action of parties. The
Democratic party founded by Jefferson,
the inspired apostle cf liberty, ht gen.
, orally throughout it's history been the
exponent of the sentiments and the
champion of the interests of the masses
while the Federal party strongly favored
policies tending to central cation, favorit'
ism and class rule. But never in the
history of our Government have the
principles and methods opposed to true
Democracy been so boldly and power
fully maintained as by the Republican
party in the past twelve years. Its long
and firm hold of rapidly expanding
power and the enormous growth of con-
centrated wealth have developed and ri
, pened the forces inimical to popular gov
I, ernment until now, having reduced the
laboring masses almost to pauperism
! having stripped the middle classes of q
: large share OF their wealth, having learn
y ed how to exact enormous tribute from
! corporations it has enriched by uDjuNt
!, legislation, it seeks by corruption to bribe
and by force to overawe the electors, and
to perpetuate its power in utter contempt
of the Constitution and of the free and
unbought suffrages Of the people.
In this great contest we appeal to the
h patriotism and the interests, not to the
= passions ofthe people. We appeal to the
y wapemen, whose employment is made
0 precarious by the lessening of all indus
: trial pursuits consequent on the forced
l and protracted depression Of values ; tc
9 debtors and tax payers whose burdeni
i are doubled by that depression; to al
considerate men who know that a change
u of rule tends to reform abuses, and teacf
Q respect for the authority of the people
! to all who love our grand system of Gov
: eminent and dread to see it changed, Ell
+ ther by exaggerating the rights OF th'
: States on the one hand, or by aggrandiz
Z ing the power of the General Govern
Z ment on the other; to the soldiers of thu
: Union Army who fought to make thu
south abide by the Constitution, and arr
0 themselves obedient to it /; who are brave
and generous enough to leave the Soutt
0 the blessings of the same free Govern
ment we ourselves enjoy; who, after sav
ing the Union by their suferings ant
Q sacrifices, have been robbed of their la
Dor and property by the heartless policy
, of the Republican party and whose
J manhood and patriotism can not but re
Y volt at the means attempted to perpetu
ate the passions and gritfj of the war az
!. mere party capital | believe the appea
will not be in vain, and that Octoberi
sun will gild a triumph Cf the peoples
cause over all the powers the Republican
party can array against it.
General Ewing was frequently inter
rupted during his eli quent address BY
loud and long continued applause, and a
it's close there was a perfect storm o
cheers. ....rA a.u
SPEECH OF GEN. RICE. pa
t Mr., CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS
D After the eloquent and exhaustivespeecf
, of my noble chief, you will hardly ex
pect me to entertain you long to night
2. But, my fellow citizens, / do congratulate
} the Democracy of this State on the aus
| picious inauguration of the campaign il
. Ohio to day. Applause 1t augurs {
. grand and glorious victory that will re
: ward our efforts on the second Tuesda.
I Of October next.
! Fellow citizens, the Dem ocratic part,
. is the party Of the people. [Applause
: Its principles will live as long as civi
. liberty and free Government shall ex
ist Applause. We believe in hOm ?,