The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-09-15
Gov. Hoadly Opens the Campaign

Gov. HOaUly OpeuS INC CduPdiSu us
q The speech OF Gov. Hoadly at Ham
hlton, o., on last Saturday is lengthy
and masierly document He met the
Tissues of the campaign in a fearless man.
tner, and his exposition of those false
doctrines OF the Republican party leaves
them not one foundation upon which to
stand. We have not space to give the
entire speech, but will publish extracts
from it on the various topics. The ha.
tired of the South, which the Republi.
cans have sought to make an issue, but
which ia not and cannot be an issue in
this campaign is set at rest by tie Gov
ernor in the following:
"The leader of the Republicans of
Ohio has careful ly prepared the appeal
of his party and sent it from the stump
through the press to the country. He
waves the bloody shirt-he endorses the
policy of alienation and hate-he seeks
to transplant and cultivate in this coun-
try the feelings of the English arlstoc-
racy towards the Irish, to array section
against section, to govern the South
from the North as Dublin Castle governs
Ireland, as conquered province, and
all this in the year Of grace 1885, twen-
ty wears and more after the close of the
war. The average life of an ordinary
generation is thirty years. Owing to
the casualties OF war, which cost our
country at least million lives, the du-
ration of the generation now passing
away has been less than this. Twenty
Eve years have elapsed since Mr.. Lin
coins election. Five-sixhs, perhaps
more, OF the men who devised rebellion,
the men WHO fought its battles and the
men who overcame it, have passed away.
The great civil and the great military
leaders, Lincoln and Grant, both sleep
| In graves bedewed by the tears OF the
whole nation, South and North, for both
died, with. words upon their lips and
feelings iu their hearts of "chsrity to all,
malice towards none" Seward and
Sumner, Chase and Fessenden, Douglass
and Stephens, Lee and Breckenridge
these are historic, not living names -
Alone of The authors of rebellion, JET
Davis survives. Boys born when the
war broke out have been voting for three
years past. Boys born after the war viii
vote next year. Boys too young to 6eal
arms are now mature men Of thirtv-five
There is new South and a new North
A new generation, full OF new life, is a.
work. A very large proportion OF tn
people OF the south have never seen
slave, and have lived under no othe
regime but that of universal suffrage
Is it not time for the Shermans and tn
Forakers to accept the results of the wal
and no longer to continue in battles z
Eight million bales of cotton, the prob
able crop of this year, is in sight
There are no idlers in the South, VIII
croak in the North? White men ant
black men are side by side at work. Th
South is developing new industries
weaving cotton cloth, digging coal an
iron, forging steel. God and nature, re
ligon and the human heart, are the fol
ces against which Sherman and Forake
contend. and Foster plots.
To the policy of alienation, we or
pose Union for hate We substitute love
we welcome the new South and the oil
South, old men and boys, fathers an
sons, not as allies merely IN crusad
.. against the forces of Nature, but
brothers in affection and blood. w
bid them all, white and black, join US
the great march of Uaiou and liberty
to the peaceful conquests OF the future.