The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-01-01
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A farmer sends us the following sensI.
Bile remarks for pubIisationi
As / have never written anything for
publication In regard to public affairs, |
hope "a few words fl0n me will not
cause you, or any reader, any diapleaanre,
| have read In the papers OF there being
q TumOr OF war, which will probably DO
caused by q few dissatisfied men IN Pc.
litical affairs to prevent the President
elect from being inangurated. Now we
ask, what do We want with such q war
between the two partieap II would b.
one Of the worst wars that ever came TO
pass. Instead OF being only In q few
States In the South, AZ the last war II
would BIO oil over the United States;
neighbor against n%eighbor. IL would
DO q ruin TO property which would take
many years after the war 10 make AZ
good aa at the present time. A war In
which perhaps millions Of men would
lo0ie their lives and women and chill
dren wOuld suffer almost 40 much
az men. Cities aud farm resi-
dences that now beau'lfy the earth,
would DO laid In ashes, aud fight
ing, numbering, burning, Sc, would b.
almost eyeryW here, nothing niue worse
could happen the United States, II would
DO left not much better than when CO.
lumbus discovered II. The land would
DO cleared for cultivation, but most Of
the owners, like the buildings, would be
gone, and not much timber would be left
TO rebuild. Cities would fare the worst,
as the lots with worthless walls, that
once supported magnificent residences,
manufactures, churches, and buildings
Of all kinds, would DO OF little value 10
the owners. COnviGta IN the penitentia'
riea and jails would have their freedom,
and have revenge on those who caused
them to DO put there. Grain, prOvia'
ions, necessarles OF life, would 20 with
the buildings TO ashes, Why should the
United States 20 ~ the great expense,
and loss Of life, and lta own ruin, by
having a war, aud the great suffering Of
humanity, because q few men, probably
not more than oGe'milliOneth OF the
number Of men that would
lose their lives by the war
are dissatisfied with political
matters, and want war. No; | say rather
than cause all this trouble, suffering,
loss OF life, &c,, because those few men
are dissatisfied. We should remember
that an ounce OF prevention IN worth q
pound OF cure, and the Governors OF the
nation In whose power II IN TO cause or
prevent war, eau easily prevent such u
calamity and the inauguration be-
peaceful and according TO law,
and DO governed by law, whether
IL be q Republican or a Demo-
cratic Inauguration, and also that
Presidents should DO better protected. |
think o man IL, or should DO as we'll
contented TO work u farm NJ q reason.
able profit and DO at liberty to 20 where
he pleases and enjoy himself without
fear OF assassination, NJ 10 be President
and be In continual danger aud fear OF
being assassinated II the bitter spite
between the parties keeps getting worse
ne fast In the next ten years M II has
been for the last fifteen years, II may DO
as bad for q man 10 DO President, AZ TO
DO taken with an incurable dis
ease. He goes TO bed 10
die, he Ia elected President TO DO assas'
mated, and the Vlce.Presldent take his
office, which would be better for him
than II no had been President In the
first place. II the nation cannot DO
governed In safety by the different pc.
litical parties, we may yet have q king,
SO then II may DO said we had a war 10
DO free Of a hing, and now have another
TO be governed by a king. In conclusion
will say that | think what people need
Is peace, good will, equal rights, good
laws, and 10 governed by law, and be-
governed by those who are elected and
paid by the people for their trouble,
or labor, and not by a few who are dis
appointed In political affairs, whether
they be Democrat or Republican.