The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16

ties; not long record, agree with the
Republican party, because it has hard
ly attained its majority in twenty'one
years.
COUNTRY SAFER IN DEMOCRATIC THAN RE-
PUBLICAN HANDS.
But all history shows that the country
ia safer in the hands of the Democracy.
But am told the Republicans are pa
triots. Yes; the Democrats are patriots.
True, they have not meant to do any
wrong. No; the great body Of men in
both parties are honest and true. But the
difference is this: Owing to the necessity
of the war, that capital should become
the ally of the Republican party, should
join the Government, it did 30, and be-
came part of the Government; and,
having become part of the government
it became the ruling spirit Of the Gov
ernment, and the Republican party have
been chained to the car of capital ever
since. From Jefferson and through to
Jackson the Democratic party and the
people were arrayed against capital, as
far as it is a governing element in this
country. l have no objection against
capital. have no objection to capital
lists. Do not misunderstood me. have
objection, either to capital or capitalists
as a select class being the government Of
the country. l want the people, the De-
mocracy, the whole people, irrespective
of any consideration except that God
made them in his own image, to be the
governing classes, one or all of them,
This is why we find that the Republican
party have not been able to forward and
do anything for the glory or the honor
and the prosperity of the country, be.
cause they have been in alliance with
capital and there is nothing 30 timid in
this world as half million dollars, except
a million, nothing anywhere. That IS
why the Republican party have not
been able and are not able TO 60 on and
do what ought to be done by the states
man of the country, carrying it on in its
progress to power and glory-nay, not to
power, perhaps, because we have demon
strated that W. are stronger in the field
than any other nation in the world as a
military power. Unite the North and
South, get away with sectional feeling,
bring us together as we are to-day, and
no nation on the face IF the earth can
stand against us for one hour with force
and arms-none anywhere. But in glory
and prosperity, in carrying free prin.
Ciples as lal North as the BOrealis should
light up our flag with its waving torches
and, as far South as where the Isthmus
of Darien is narrowest to be crossed for
series of years, almost now two-thlrds
of generation, nothing has been done.
No such time has ever been passed be.
fore. 1t need not be done by war. Let
no man fear war. We are not going to
fight anybody in this world upon a1v
question, because nobody will ever fight
us nobody will ever dare do that. Let
me repeat it again, so as to calm the fears
of any timid man, if such there be, they
are not often found in Democratic con.
vention-I say we are MOTTO have war to
do it. We have never got foot of ter.
ritory by war. We bought Of Napoleon,
Louisiana. We bought Of Mexico, New
Mexico, Arizona, and that territory With
California, We should have bought San
Domingo, and afterwards, the moment
we had got San Domingo, Cuba would
have been for sale to us, and we could
have bought San Domingo for about one
third what we paid for Alaska, and SIZE
is worth three or four times as much
and the extra cost of sugar that our peo.
pie have to pay in one year would have
paid the whole sum. All that is for want
Of craftsmanship, in my judgment nay,
perhaps am wrong; | do not express
myself clearly. 1t is for want of states
untrammelled by the fears of
invested wealth; and that rules to-day
the Republican party, and from it you
can have no progress-it is one of the
things that never have been in all ages
Of the world, and never can be. Let me
see if / am not right. Take our own
great Declaration of Independence, and
our own revolution. Who fought that,
who gained it, who carried it on the
capitalists of that day? Oh no. Take
out George Washington, John Hancock,
Benjamin Franklin and George Carroll
Of Carrollton, and the remainder of the
great men who made up the convention
and declared our independence could
have hardly paid their board bills during
the session of the convention. They
were young men, young lawyers, young
doctors, young shoemakers, young cop,
persmiths, young mechanics they were
the men who won our independence,
and then gentlemen of fortune came n
to help them because they had a griev.
ance they came in late, one after the
other, when the movement had gone 80
far it could not be stemmed. Our
fathers fought the revolution against all
clergy, the bishops, all the fashion and
society, and substantially all the wealth
Of the country went against 1t they only
came in as they we're obliged to come in.
THE MISSION OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Icite this example to prove to you that
nothing is ever progressive that depends
Upon the timidity of conservatism and
4 understand Democracy, 1t is anything
out conservation; it accepts all that is
good Of what we have and presses on,
eagerly and energetically, with judgment
md with force, for that which is higher
md better, upward and onward, true TO
he line, for the best good Of all, how.
,ver lowlY or however humble. That,
{ understand it, is true Democracy. |
That is the true mission of the Demo.
,ratic party, and that is what you are to |
nave II you get anything in this coming
election. You are to have movement
n this country if we are in the Govern
nent. We are to get rid of the small |
.roubes about this, that or the other
aud the minu sc and details of politics
and, | trust, get something like states
something like love of country
like pride Of raCe-not pride |
because you are born somebody but pride |
because you are born an American citi.
zen, and ready To take the hand of an |