The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
cHAs. M. ANDERSON IN EATON.

IHAs. M. ANDERSON Esq, OF Green-
lille, addressed the people of Eaton
ind vicinity at the Opera House, on
,he political issues of the day. The
hall was packed TO its fullest capac-
ity with scarcely standing room va
cant, and we but express the senti-
ment of all present, when we say
that the speech delivered was n OF
the finest and most convincing that
has been made in Eaton for years.
But few speakers in Ohio now on the
stump, can hold and entertain an
audience so well as CHAs. NJ. AMBER
SON, and yet he is but a youth in the
forum. He is not only an orator,
but a soldier, for he .shouldered his
musket and served during the late
rebellion while yet in his teens, and
we believe, the very day he was mus
tered out, arrived at manhood.
MI. Anderson opened his speech
by stating that q portion of his talk
to the audience would be the same
as the Republican stumpers, and
thus he started out that, "if the
Democratic party got into power, the
rebel debt would be paid, all south
ern claims for the loss Of property
during the rebellion satisfactorily
adjusted, the negroes be remanded
back into slavery, and the country
go to the dogs" His answers to all
of these Republican ~absurdities were
so plain, fair and impartial, that a
child of ten years could not fail to
be convinced of the righteousness CT
every one of them. He showed how
foolish the idea of man in debt as
Stunning the indebtedness of his
neighbor-a corporation that o
another-a county, 9 State, or half
dozen States promising to pay the
debts of neighboring States! WheI
we can't pay Jul own debt, why il
the name of common sense, asked
Mr.. Anderson, would we add that o
eleven more States to it? The whole
thing is silly twaddle. On the South
ern claims bugaboo, the speake
showed from the record that the 42nt
Republican Congress paid $2,49s,
EI72.35, while the 44th Democrati
Congress paid but 81, 37s ,267.43, o
$1,119, 9O4.92 less than a Republican
Congress! How is that for Southerl
claims paying2 Why should tn
Democrats want to ruin this countr.
by, saddling the burden of more deb
upon it, any more than Republicans
Who believes it2 Nobody but a foo
AS to black slavery ever existing i
this country, in the form as preyiou
to and at the opening of the rebellio
the idea was too silly, and the ma
| who talks to an audience that way
| either a fool or believes he addresse
fools. Such a thing is an imposs
/ bility. 7a5 Ia gafit5atsa5a
! Mr.. Anderson then passed on t
: speak of Gen. Garfield, the Republ
can candidate for President, of h
connection with the salary gral
$ Credit Mobilier corruption and D
Golyer pavement contract, for whic
he received a fee of $4,000, contrar
to the statutes of the country, and j
violation of his oath as a represents
tive in our Congress, and La
but not least, his connection as
"visiting statesman" with the gre'
! Presidential fraud of 1875. Ho
and where he done his work in do
toring the returns from West Felie
ana Parish, in Louisiana, and wit
the aid of an ignorant negress fair
+, Gated false afidavits and false test
! mony to support the vile fraud, an
after preparing testimony in the cas-
he absolutely sat in judgment upc
y It! Think Of an attorney, said Mr.. a
d preparing the evidence in a cas-
and then sitting as the judge to d
eide upon it's merits! That NJ
p Garfield did do this work, that
participated in the Justification 4
h the returns that aided in preparir
n the testimony in the very case upo
II which he afterwards sat in judi
ment, is supported and Substantial
n by evidence which cannot be di
proved. =
MI. Anderson closed his able al
q interesting speech of more than tv
!, hours in length, with a tribute to Il
- talent and ability of j. A. McMaho
: our candidate for Congress, and
;. eloquent and brilliant eulogy on t.
services of Gen. WINFIELD S. HA
. COCK, which for sublimity Of thong
!, and beauty of language, was neV
- equalled in our city Hall and ackno
;. edged by all who had the pleas ure
~ hearing it, to be grand and noble.
n We hope that Mr.. Anderson will
4 heard in ether parts of the county I
fore the campaign closes, as we U
derstand he tenders his services.