Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-01-18
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&zSh M.aiNH SesssaM the 9th:
NArolrOs. ONO. January Sth. 1883.


NAFolrox, ONO, January sth. lssS.
To Chairman Of the Fifth Ward Andrew Jackson
Z -Club, iC1eseiand. CihiO; eflJr
.DEaE sm:--Iesrstt The rirrnmstances, which for
bid me the pleasure Of participating IN your ami
Nsrsary Of the 9Th Inat. INV tJili.qts =.
! With its proud banners, lor The hrst tine in many
years, waving IN Triumph the fields OF cotton,
ne seas o. grain the valleys ofindastry and The hills
OF gold, lite folds famed BY the brsezss Of the two
oceans and cheered Tin the high places and In the
low wales" no more suspieious time could have been
s-lerted BY ths Democracy. to commemorate the
grand old ehieftsin under whose command our party
arst took rs nsts and pledged itself 10 principle.
During tyoIsesreysa apa arno5e Iof eoaiinusl and
repeated DEFEAT, with disaster following fast and
fcfIowibg fasters the Democratic party With tneiron
VIII aud dstepipa ZION Of themassqrvhop II thopors,
has remained true and devoted to-slementary and
Cardinal principles ahd now, after all its defeats
aaa persecutiopp, ser al the abuse notunlike that
borne BY Jackson and to which It has submissiyely
replied spouf on and ven endure " afteftamely sub
mitting as did he to fraud upon fYapi which robbed
gs Of rights and deprived US OF power itnot fitting
that We should inscribe upon our yictofohs banners
our hero's lofty battle cry:aTo TIN yfctors belong
the Spois7n. ,;s..,. .I,ifoH
Not q vandals to farlen city, nor as camp fol-
lowers 10 tie wake Of d victorious army, would We
carry this mot but In the spirit In whichits author
proclaimed IL for and abiding civil service re-
form. jackson found In power and lin places high, IS
we find, those who had stolen Presidency and de-
feated the will OF the peoplethe partners in fraud
he found, as we find, personal dynasty in posses
sion of the government surrounded BY the bent
hinges of suppliant knees cringng to theft found,
as we find the administration directed and controlled
by monopolies and would be aristocracy; he found,
as we nd an absolute necessity for civil service
form, and he SAID as we shouia say, by the Eternal,
we will have it," To hhsi victors were Eiven'ithe
';spoils" andrefSrm VI the consedaence.T NJ
3 9Cannofths De emoefacy be kustsd7 If hot,F why
not?
Cannot the young men, whose Intelligence and
love of right not desire for place. enabled and In
ncea them 20 study aud to understand the true prin-
cfples Of Arnericsn. Democracy and to appreciate
that Governments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed and who united their
hopes and destines with us in the darkest hours Of
our disasters be trusted now7 Cannot the old men,
whohaye grown gray In Service and who have devot-
ed their manhood and primo to the defense OF the
party and the advocacy Of the principles of what
Washington called popular government" who,
slime tried and retested, have been proof against
the allurements ofpower and the temptation Of brbes,
be trusted n0wi Could not the herp Of NewOresns
be trusted IN time of peace, or should place have
been given to the plotters of Hartford? Was the
trust of the "od Guard" ever misplaced by Napol-
cont Shall the paroled prisoner be placed on guard
and must the brave men, tried, true and faithful so
long, nost obtain Certificate of character" from
nasal tsAnsed copfnittse of New Kpgland school
masters bfsre they shs be perpitted to participate
in reforp'
s.Peris yerish the hand thatwould tfg,
Truth, vslor and love by standard like this"
II is said that to future success we must
tain part Of the unfaithfu and repudiated horde,
kiss tie hard Stained With IT'S eountrys ruin and di-
vide places Of trust with the timesevers and place
seekers, the camp-followers of defeated host
Never! Rather defeat in just cause than victory
by such means. The honorable mel. who, disgusted
at the brazen fraud and open rascalty of their party
seek alliance with us, scorn traitors price, such
men join us not for place but for love of country
ewant not Ss4 & 4