The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-07-10
Old TIME POLITICS.
TINE CONVENTIONS IN IACxsOws TIME,
Nav the Delegates Were snoered At'-iiow
ne Enemy Was Disappointed ~ jack
son Carrying Ohip--Domoorh'lo
Editors of Oiden Time,


srom eyery county In 0hlO NJ this WITH
tng the Democracy are llucking into the
Capital OF the State, 10 serve me coul-
fTg by nominating sullhble persons 10
voice the will Of ONO IN lhe Shleago
Convention, just Hs some Weeks hlhoe
khe RepublicaGs licked INTO UleVelahn,
wheTe their State Convention was held
Tor A similar purpose, The easy access
10 lie div where State Conventions are
held. by failroad, at half fare bring men
toQRther who have sat side by side Tor
many wears In these annual gatherings
and many are the tales told Of c0nven-
hl0ps in iha ancient times, when II TOOK
dnyg tuc0me andgn, and there were bul
feW in attendance, compared with pres
eut times. Men are yet living who az
tended conventions when took days Of
hatd riding to reach COLUMBUS an
retnrn. The annual state meetings VI
ths Democracy were then held N wiuiel
tbe 9Th OF January being the tlme
and YET, asa rule, they were wen AZ
tended,
This was not the case with the con-
tpntiOns In 1924 and 1923, The Jackson
Convention OF 1924, when Clay, Adam
and Crawford were Presidential call0i
dates, was no meager IN numbers lhhl u
met in the sitting room Of u small taN
srn, which could only be obtained aIlel
tho gentlemen" had lett H.
In 1928 the jackson convention WI.
larger, aud had moro the appearance oi
a political gathering, When u e0ul0
be done with safety the delegates weli
created with marked dlsc0urlesy by thell
Al that time the aupportera Of Genera.
jackson against John Quincy Adams, a.
rule, were composed Of w0rltlngmel
generally farmers, and resided outside
of the limits OF the country towns
while, with but fewer exceptions, tn
voters who denounced Jackson Rnr
foled for Adams were C0ngregaleu u.
the townsville "atarched, atruttlng
bfalnless arstOcrats Of the villages" ~
Democratic orator OF that day called
ihem-whO thought they could tell Ihc
politics Of u man by his dreaa--"stoIe.
clothes" II an Adams man, homemade
II for jackson.
Rude ana derogatOry remarks weIl
made, and sneering at Jackson men wh'
thing OF common occurrences, auo
The idea such party supporting
such a man ua jackson for Presldenl
against such distinguished diplu
matist M John Quincy Adams was al
most an Insult TO the American people
and was ridiculcd In the extreme, TIE
Jackson Electoral ticket, whom nonlin
lted, WIS u complete surprise to thr
friends # llr. Adams. II was headed by
Elhan Allen Brown, who had been Gov
rnOr and United States Senator
aud by hObert Lucas, aiterward Cover
nor, as Senatorial Electors, men widely
known throughout the State; aud the
District Electors were composed VI sucl
men as George McCOOk, WIN. Piatt, Jas
Shields, Samuel HeTrick, George Sharp,
John Mcllyalne, Henry Darlington, Wal
ter NJ. Blake, Hugh McFall, Thomas Gill
lelplp Benjamin Jones. William llayne,
Valentine Kelfsf and Thomas l., llamer
---men Of high character aud great per.
BOnal worth, and the wonder grew that
such men could belong 10 such u rug
iag ami bObialled" party ~ that sup
porting Andrew j .cksOn. But that
wonder WAS much increased when the
candidate of the convention for Cover
nor, John Campbell, came within less
lhan $500 votes Of beating Allen rrim'
ble, one Of the most popular Adams
men In Ohio. Thiq result scared the
Adams men, and IN corresponding de-
gree encouraged tho friends Of Jackson,
and the battle between the second Tues
day Of October, when the Gubernal0r'
ial election was held to that Of the
3lst Of the aama mouth, when The
slectiOn for President was held. was
bitter, malignant, and personal IN the
highest degree Tue Jackson Elec.
toral ticket swept the State, reversing
the majority Of the State election, and
more than doubling that given tlC
same month To the anti jackson Gov.
ernOr. The leading Adams men we're
terribly disappointed, They swore
that they would lenye the SMtei they
would not live ~ Ohio--a State 10
lost to decency 40 TO giyea Jackson mn
jorlty, Az time rolled on the jackson
men reminded them Of thplr promise
10 leave ONO. aud asked tNem where
they intended ~ go, for every $ nto Ol
the northwest aud Of ;hp southwest,
and most OF the other States outside OF
Now England, had followed the jack
sOn lead aud voted tho same way. This
question brought them 10 their senses,
they Content0h themselves with grum'
bling and curses without leaving ONO
From that tlme on until not many
years since the annual cOnyOcatiOns Ol
the Democracy OF Ohio were held reg
ularly every year I'm Columbus on The
9th Of January. And on the night after
the convention llni4hcd its Mb0rs d
grand festival In honor Of the day
was held generally at Kesoys Ameri
aud the difficulties an Qunrrels 0I
The day were recOnclled, and eacl
Democratic delegate left to do hattie
against the common enemy
That many men Of otherwise goOt
common Rense believed tho cOmOl
Againsl Jackson really aheurd, and th(
idea OF baCkwO0ds soldier being
President, and feared that hls election
would produce great aud dreadful cOn
sequences 10 the country, there IL M
doubt and the same feeling was agait
worked up, when, In 1900 Jefferson wa
candidate, In the ease Of JelIors0l
The whole country was 70 bN given OvoI
10 inldelity; churches turned into sta
hles,and Bibles were 10 be burned. In th,
ease Of JuCkeon's election The c0untr,
was TO be ruined by its commerce be-
Ing destroyed and unhTdlpd violence. o.
members OF Congress- having 10 pas
laws with pietols In tholr belts--th,
order Of the day.
AZ the second election Of Jackson iii
fear had somewhat subslded. The con
yention Of that year nominated ROber
Lucas for Governor against Darius Ly
man, who was supported by the Whig
and MISUNDERSTANDING Macarthur
the Whig candidate, being forced. afle
his nomination, TO decline In order \
perfect this bargain between the Whig
and anti Masona. The Electoral tlcke
for Jncka0n and Van Buran had on II IA