The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-10

! dJsas "a Ii; whs sse brsvs aad ssuss
ens snoagh . iesys the soath a
hlessisgs q The ssns free Goveru
NEST Ne Ourselves enjoy; who, afte
sssing the Union BY their suffering
sad sacrihces, have been robbed o
their labor and property by the heart
less policy Of the Republican party
and whose manhood and patriotism
can not bat revolt At the means at
tempted to psrpstuate the passions ani
griefs Of the war % mere party capital
I believe the appeal will not be il
vain, and that Octobsf's sun will giid
. trismph of the peoples cause ovel
all the powers tho Republican party
can array axainst it."
General Ewing was frequently in
terrupted during his eloquent address
by loud aud long continued applause
and ct its close there was perfect
st0rm Of cheers.
SPEECH OF GENERAL RICE.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN. AND FELLOw-CIT.
zENs: After the eloquent and ex haus.
tive speech Of my noble chief you will
hardly expect me to entertain you
long tonight. But, my fellow-citizens,
do congratulate the Democracy Of thia
State on the suspicious inauguration Of
the campaign In Ohio to-day. ZAP.
plause.] It augurs grand and glori-
ous victory that will crown our efforts
ON thsseeond Tuesday OF October next.
Fellow-citisens, the Democratic par
ty IL the party Of the people. Zap
plauss.] Its principles will live as
long - civil liberty and = free Gov
ernmsht shall exist. [Applauss.l We
believe In home rule, in local self
government, In the support Of the Gov
ernmento Of the States In ell their rights.
In the perpetuation. OF the General
Government In all its constitutional
powers, and In the supremacy Of civil
over military rule. We believe that
equal and exact Justice should be meted
out 10 all, whether Of high or low de-
gree, aud that the WIN Of the majority,
lswfdlly expressed, should be acquiesc-
I'd. [Rsnewed applaase.] Weare op-
posed to osllmonopolies. to all suhsidies,
to every species Of class legislation.
Standing on theas .fAndamental prin-
clplsa, We ars Armer today with the
people, II possible, than ever beiore.
We arp invincibls because We know
We Are right lCheers.1 We. occupy
the same positioc that did tho fathers
ofthe Republic over one hundred years
ago, whom they cut loose from the
mother country and declared them
selves In favor Of personal and civil
liberty.
The campaign now before as IL not
only Of State but OF national import
ancs, and seyes Of the whole country
will be upon W. The Issues are, vital.
clear and we'll defined. We demand
fair and Impartial trials by juries.
IApplauss.l We demand free and un-
tramueled elections trsnewed APP
plausel, without the presence Of Feder-
q boy yone1ssnd uncontrolled BY Unitsd
States Supervisors or Deputy MArshAls.
(ChesGs.] We demand that on voting
day every citixen shall be, in fact -
well ~ in name, . sovereign. Before
all things, liberty. Without the free
dom ofthe ballot, the very essence and
genius of our ipstitutions are destroy
ed. It is the foundation Of our politi-
cal fabric. It Il Of paramount impor-
tance, because without . free ballot the
Republic can not live. (Chees.
Shall our republican institutions be
preserved? Shall the spirit breathed
forth In the Declaration of Independ-
ence be maintained? Shall the Consti-
tuition, the charter Of our liberties, be
kept inviolate7 Shall all our Govern
ment, established by our revolutionary
fathers, cemented with their blood and
preserved by the patriotism, valor and
perseverance of the soldiers Of the late
war, be permitted to perish from the
face Of the earth7 IVoice: s. Never. "
Shall fraud bs triumphant and force
prevail? Shall the purse and the
sword be used for partisan purposes to
control elections? Shall the will of one
man override the will of the great ma
jority of the people Of the country /?
shall Capitalization take place Shall
the rev0lutionists be successfal, and
4inally destroy the spirit If not the
form Of our republican institutions
These my friends are some of the
questions that will be discussed before
the people during the coming cam
paign.
These are the questions that have
been discussed for the past three
months ia the halls Of Congress; and
all honor to tho Democratic majority
In both houses Of Congress that has
dared to espouss the peoples cause and
maintain their rights; and IL they
have not bsen sntirely successful In re-
pealing these obnoxious laws, which
provide that the army shall be used to
preserve the peacs At tho polls, and
that Sapervisors Of Elections and Dep
uty Marshals shall control elections, 1t
Is owing to = partisan President issu.
ing partisan ystoes. A President nov.
or elected BY the people. "a voice:
/" Never but holding his place
through fraud, and BY the means Of
these very laws that now contaminate
the ststnts hooks. say. fsllow-citi-
Gems, II Congress has not been success-
ful In rspealinE these laws We can con-
xratuIate the country that they have ct