The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-09-04
GOV. DENNIsoN IN EATON,

According to announcement Gov.
DENN1soN spoke in Eaton last Sat
urday. It was the opening of the
campaign in Preble county and was
intended to be a "boomer." His re-
ception blythe party was shabby and
his audience very small, which
through the curiosity of some Dem
Iocrats and the kindness of othersyE
was swelled to a couple of hundred
men, women and boys. His recep-
tion, his speech and his audience
corresponded we'll. Gov. Dennison
is rather a. fine looking old fellow,
~gentlemanly and pleasant in his, adj
dress, but we really felt sorry for
him as he continued "chawing the old
rag" that las been used for fourteen
years to frighten people into the sup
port ofethe Republican party and
his hearers kept growing "beautiful-
ly small and by, degrees less,'' until
they haddwindled down to a mere
bakers dozen Of weary listeners.
When Gov. DENK1soN said to his
audience that the government Of the
Democratic party was always wrong
and eyilto the country, he certainly
knew he was classifying impartial his
tory. When he told his hearers that
the Democratic party was the friend
of secession, encouraged and favored
it, he knew he was stating a false
hood. When he told them that the
Democratic party was in favor of de-
stroying the army andFstripping the
President of his Constitutional au-
thority to use the army. in case Of o
rebellion, he knew he was telling
what was not true When he told
them that if the Democratic party
got into, power secession would he
rife again, the new amendments to
the Constitution abrogated and the
rebel debt assumed, he certainly did
: not believe it himself. He knows
} better than all this. He knows that
, this country contains as many Dem
~ocrats as Republicans and that dts
. peace and. prosperity is as dear tc
| them as it is to the Republicans, He
also knows that a set oftmadmer
would not be guiltyo o doing whatht
! asserts the Democrats would do i
5 they were again placed in charge 8
q our government. Surely the veters
who heard his rehash of old politiea
4 clap-trap, are too intelligent and I'M
Q Ederstand the case too well to be i'm
posed on by such nonsense. 1t ha'
r been told too often to influence AM
J, one above the scale of an idiot, ans
we are surprised that a man of Gov
: DENNIsoN's apparent intelligence
! will stand up before any number o
It persons and repeat it. No wonde
s his audience was small. People ar
tired of "War records and "wa
speeches" by Republicans. Itdon'
y feed the hungry, clothe the naked Q
pay off mortgaged homes. Farmers
4 mechanics and laboring men al
4 having their eyes opened to the fac
It that the "good times" promised eve
d ry year by Republican newspaper
d and speakers is all amythe, and tina
the oppression is as great, if nc
,r greater now than two years agt
d They are beginning to find out tina
a through. Republican Legislation i
n favor of capital and against predut
tive labor and enterprise, commend
has been torn into. shreds, our indu.
tries paralyzed, the doors of on
,e workshops and factories been clol
le ed, farms mortgaged and soldat ha
( their value, and hunger and Eat
OF carried into the homes Of humble
r less poor men. Wages do not ii
y crease, laborers hunt employers il
stead of employers seeking laborerl
and the money which should beskel
II in circulation for the benefit of IL
II people is boarded in the Treasury
OF put into National Banks for the pu
pose of enriching bondholders. q:
OF der such a depression of everythir
n for the poor man, is it any wond
a they will not turn out to hear "w,
records an" "war speeches." Sci
us another DENNIsoN.
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