The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-09-10
WHY NOT SOW aoop sEEDy


Why Ia II that Senator John Sherman
william Mckinley, j. B. Foraker an
their followers and organs Will not on
deayor TO SOW good aeedp aa
AIRY they not aware we are 30 com
mandedp DO they not know that ba'
seed produces badp DO they not under
stand that, as we SOW, we reapS Wh'
then persist In running tho "outrag
MILL" dealing out malice and hatep
Are these men 30 lost TO oil sense
propriety that they know not better thai
they dop Ia II not time we we're, one an'
| all, cultiyating good will toward breth
rem OF the same country and obedient h
the constituted. .authoritiesf What klnt
Of miserable wretches are John Sherman
q Co., anyhow
Are they really representatives of all
that 10 diabolical In public offaira'
Like Millions devils, they seem ito hole
nrm concord" and sing the same sons
OF anathema maranthal
Do Senator Sherman aud company
pursue their "bloody shirt" course be
cause they are destitute Of oil sound
argumentp Ia their protection" non
sense played outp Have they nothing IA
say In praise of Republican administers
tion, with its whisky rings. Star route
robberies, &cp As Brutus said; eye
gods II doth. .ameze mel
These malignant Ohio Republican
stars are more despicable by contrast
In Harper's Magazine for September Ia
published Charles u. Warmers "Impres'
pressions Of the South; and In the Sep
tember Century, George W. Cable has
"The Silent South"
Mr.. Warner Ia Appointment Repnbll-
can editor In New England and bears
honest and candid testimony, and is sur
prlsed that under the circumstances the
Southern people should have progressed
30 far, aud done 10 well.
As to the negro question, Mr.. Warner
says I'VE have two things; First, the fed
"eral government imposed colored suf-
"frage without any educational qualili'
"catlon-a hazardous experiment; In
"the second place, II has handed over
"the control Of the cOlored people In
leach state 10 the state, under the con-
"stitutlon, as completely In Louisiana
"as In New York. The responsibility is
ION Louisiana. The north cannot re-
"lieye her Of IT," No one, he says, "can
"see the mass OF colored people In the
Settles and on the plantations, the igno-
"rant mass. slowly coming TO moral
consciousness, without o recognition
"of the magnitude OF the negro problem.
~ am glad" says the Connecticut Re-
publican, "that my state has not
"the practical settlement lof II, and |
Cannot do less than express profound
"sympathy with the people who have.
"They inherit kthe most difficult task
"now anywhere visible In human pro-
"gress, They will make mistakes, and
"they will do Injustice now and then
"but one feels like turning away from
"these and thanking God for what they
do WELL"
Contrast the foregoing with the spite
ful rawlings Of their party vipere, sher-
man, Mckinley and Foraker. An intelli.
gent Republican remarked TO us the
other day that no was now convinced "
was a mistake giving vote TO the me-
groes. II was done for purpose and
the schemers are no doubt disappointed.
II has proved q boomerang.
In his article MIR. Cable, who ia q
southern man, denies there 10 solid
south" "solid" In injustice andpros clip.
lion 10 thelcolored people, Heurges the
removal OF oil pretexts for such attacks
as those OF Sherman and his kind. He
says. ,.."there 10 to day no political party
In America that Ia "solid" for this un-
and tyrannical principle, aud
The reason why the negro vote Ia d.
vlded vote In the north today and In
lhe south shows more signs Of dividing
han ever before 10 that the Republican |
party has grown fat and lazy concern
ing civil rights, whilst Democratic leg.
and governors. north, east, and |
west, have been passing and signing
,iyil rights bills roofing out Of the laws
md OF popular sentiment the heresy of
domination by fixed class and race and
hrowlng TO tho winds," here quoting
rom Governor Hoadly's message. illegal
determinations on account OF color
yhijh are based on character or con-
not and have no rela Ion TO moral
worth aud fitness for civil usefulness,
'ut are rather relics Of prejudice which
Ind its origin In slavery" The same
hought Ia, Mr.. Cable aaye, fast spread.
M In tho south. Like the light Of
watch fres II is catching from
mind TO mind"
We're these Republican malignants
ctuated with high and proper motives
hey would hail with Joy these signals
I progress; aud encourage them with
'ord aud deed. They are not men, how
YER, OF that kind. Their motto Ia not
, rally around tho standard OF right
nd duty; butrather round that OF selfish
molument.