The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-01-23
miscellaneous.
SENATOR THURMAN.

SENATOH IHUhM AM
The following just tribute to the char
acter and talent Of Senator Thurman, ,anC
correct view Of the field after the 8,h O.
October, we take from the Cincinnati
Enquirer. 1t is the more significant o
the future for our distinguished Senator
as it is we'll known that the Enquirer hal
been for years opposed to Mr.. Thurman
"The New York Times and other Re
publican journals affect to believe tha
Senator Thurman has been destroyed al
Presidential candidate for 1880. ThC
idea is almost too ridiculous for serious
notice. We say affect to believe, fol
such jonrnal as the Times IS too intelli
gent and too we'll read in the book o
human nature, not to know that Senator
Thurman is as formidable as ever, anC
that nothing has occurred to mar or in
jure his prospects for the Presidency
His moral character is above reproaCh
He has never even been accused of any
deviation from the path of reCtitude. He
stands, therefore, ol unassailable ground
to begin with. And his ability is as in
controvertible as is his integrity, while
both, with his experience in public af
fairs, stamp him as a safe, wise and able
statesman. He has no superior as Sena'
tor, and few equals.
"What has occurred to blight the fu'
ture prospects of 80 distinguished cit
izen? Nothing, absolutely nothing; and
the attempts of the Republican journals
to whistle him down are simply an evil
dence OF their soreness, arising from the
fact that he did not act, as they hoped
he might, in way to divide the Democ.
raCy. Senator Thurman saw this was a
life and death struggle between the peo.
pie and the money power whose agents
are twenty-four hundred National Banks,
and he took the side of the people. JEFF
ferson, Jackson, Calhoun, Benton, Silas
Wright, if living, would be standing on
the same ground now occupied by Sena-
tor Thurman. 1t is the old fight of pop.
ular liberty and free government against
power that always has been and always
will be antagonistic to both. Mr.. Thur
man has the sagacity to see that, and his
patriotism and political principles con-
cur in urging him to unusual exertions
to overthrow that dangerous enemy to
the welfare of the people.
"But possibly the Times draws all it's
inspiration from the fact that in Ohio
the Republicans at the last election car
ried their State ticket by small major
ity over the Democratic ticket. Few
cared about the State ticket. We hardly
heard it mentioned during the canvass.
1t was the forty.fifth Congress that en-
gagged the attention and efforts Of Sena-
tor Thurman. 1t was there he did good
and able service that entities him to the
gratitude of every Democrat. The Re-
publicans, in making a noise over the
election of their State ticket, are footing
through the small end OF the horn. They
lost the main fight through the efforts Of
Senator Thurman. His clear, forCible
and able exposition Of the merits of the
Democratic side, and the demerits OF
that of the Republicans, animated the
Democrats of every Congressional dis
trict-iust where the Republicans were
putting in their best blows as well as
their money. The Times does not pre-
tend that the Republicans can carry the
State of Ohio in 1880. Itadmits that the
tendency of the Democrats and Nationals
is toward amalgamation, for the simple
reason that nothing in principal, only in
name, now separates them. Senator
Thurman can carry Ohio in 1880 by an
overwhelming majority, and because of
his sound financial views, which are now
and will be then, in harmony with the
great body of the people,"