The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-03-23
JACKSON JUBILEE
In Honor of the Democratic Pa
trOn Saint.
A. GaIF bay of Banqueting and OratOry
Amonu the Old DemOcraoy.-TiI-
80. den and Hancock Letters.


Celebration of the day, the 115th ami
versary of Andrew JacksOn's birthday, by
means of a banquet at the Palmer House
in fhe evening The IrOpuOis Club Is a
newly organized body, and comprises
the hest Democrats in the city, and TINS
event is its first formal introduction 10
the attention of the outside world Inc
visitors were escorted about the city
durinp the day. and late in the after
noon a very informal reception was
held where political questions were
avoided. At s O'Clock this evening the
club and its guests, including large
number of local Democrats not members
of the club, assembled in the large dim
ing room of the Palmer House, when
was appropriately decorated, ana par
took of superb banquet.
The speeches, while necessarily tlnged
with political matters, were in reality
not POLITICALLY significant. During the
avaOing kilograms and letters were read
from those who were invited but not
present.
SAMUEL J. TILDEN's LETTER.
CTREYsoN, YONKERs, n. Y. March IL.
GENTLEMEN:--I have received your
letter conveying to me an invitation to
attend the banquet of the IrOquOis Club
in Chicago. the 10Th inst, the anniversary
of the birth of Andrew Jackson, and to re-
SDond to the toast Democracy. 1t Will
moi ne practicable for me to be present
with YOU on that occasion, but cOrd1-
aIIy sympathize in the homage which
YOU propose to pay to the memory OF that
Srraat soldier and statesman. He repre-
ssa1fad the exultant nationality of senti-
meDt which had always characterized
Tha Democracy, and he manifested in
great Dublic crisis his own inevitable
determination to maintain the territorial
fnfspritv Of our country and the IndiS-
.snIuble union of the States. tie like
wise represented the benehclent Jeller-
zOnian philosophy which prefers that
nothing shall be done by the TeheEIdl
Government which the Local authorities
are competent to do, and nothing by any
Governmental power which individuals
<ean do for themselves. The great con-
Tests of his administration arose out or
his efforts to resist usuTpatiOn by Con-
,yress of powers in derOgatiOn of the
rights of localities and of individuals as
we'll as of the Constitution. we'll re-
member that in the debate of 81 on the
-ga+o of the hill to recharter the Bank Of
the United States, Mr.. Webster, with all
his elOuuence, denounced and deplOre d
the sDectacIe of the Executive declalm
ing the power and di5mantllng the
Government of which he was the head.
The OyergrOwth of abuses and arrO8a-
tiOn of authority, which now concea as
they have distorted our political system,
would have seemed fifty years ago, when
the debate occurred. as lncredlta0le to
Webster as they would be to jackson.
The government can never be restored
and reformed except from the inside,
and bv the active and intelligent agency
Df an Executive. We must hope that
Providence will in its own good time
raise up man adapted and quallned
for the wise execution or the great
work, and that the people Will put MIN
in possession of the Executive Admints-
tration, through which alone that noble
mission can be accomplished, and the
health and life of our political system
be preserved and inyigOrated. Your
fellow citizen, SAMUEL j. TILDEN.
LETTERS FROM OTHER PROMINENT MEN
Senator Bayard's letter, referring to
she regret at being unable to attend,
said he hoped soon to come here and
meet the IrOquOis Club: Meanwhile,
as member of the grand army of Ma
tiOnal Democracy, let us each and all
endeavOr with simple and steady fidelity
TO uphold the political principles which
alone can preserve the liberty and happi-
ness of our people and maintain govern
ment over them, giving security to all
and special privileges and powers to
none. Let US steadily oppose all meas
ures tending to Capitalization of power
and insist upon its Limitation and dis
tributiOn so that individuals and min
critics may be secured in their rights
Let US denOunce any construction of the
Constitution that permits perversiOn
and prostitution of the sovereign power
of taxation from the actual needs of the
public treasury to the emOlument of the
favored individualslor classes, no matte.
under what delusive preteXt it may be
sought; and whilst we see to 1t that
property shall have ample protection
under the law, that 1t shall be prevented
from becoming the governing power in
mOlding the law"
Governor John NJ. Palmer's letter dis
cussed the relations of the State and
General Government, criticised the
policy of President Arthur, denounced
the bill retiring Grant and LOgan's
educational bill, deplOred the eclipse of
the Constitutional Government, and
trusted the IrOquOis Club would, with
words of no uncertain meaning, reaSsert
the ancient Democratic faith in the sim
pie, rigid, masculine purity of the Demo
cratic party.
Ex-senator McDOnald's letter said
1.-THE foundations of "a great Government
cannot be too often examined, nor the
landmarks of power too steadily kept in
view. Inc power not delegated by the
Constitution to the United States is in
the States reserved to them respectively
or to the people, and in the preservation
of this power the citizen finds his best
security for all local and domestic
rights. Therefore it should be his con-
-stant aim to keep the great Government
within the limit of its delegated pow.
ers."
Governor HOratiO SeymOur's letter re-
viewed the history of the IrOquOis and
congratulated the club on its aim. II
did not discuss politics.
General w. S. HancOck's reply was
merely formal regret, and General Nc
,Clellan's was of similar tone.
S. j. Randall wrote: "JacksOn's ad.
ministration of the Government was
honest, firm, successful and popular. be-
cause he was a faithful adherent of the
Jehersonian policy, and believe shall
best answer my purpose in this letter by
quoting significant passage from the
first inaugural address of Thomas Jeffer-
son." He then quoted at length from
that address.
A. 8, Hewitt, Ex-Governor Stevenson,
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