The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-09-24
ROASTING SHERMAN.
Gov HGaoly Has HlOest llhn In the frying
Pan AgaIn,
A Clear, Close aud Convincing Argument
10 The Common Sense Of People--
nuerles for tho Old ssna-
tor To Answer,

~ fA'N'''f
AT Palneavile, o., on Saturday, Cover.
nor H0hdly addressed one Of lhN IaTgeat
mpetil q ever held in THAI city, The
crowd was ~ large that NO hail Ia the
place would hold half Ut ~, and the Gov.
ernor ep ke IN the park He made u
maRnl llltent speech, speaking nearly
three hours, The following ara thu i'm
pOrtant points of the apeech:
FELLOW tITIzENs- Senator John Sher,
man has done me the honor TO reply to
That part OF my speech made At Ham II ION
last saturday which treated Of national
uifars. | do not hesitate 10 say that am
ntt'tred by The attention Of ,enatOr Sher.
mnD, who undoubtedly atRnd4 head and
shoulders above every other Republican
Ia U no hud whose long experience IN
public affairs gives far more weight TO
his words than they W0 III have coming
from u n0ylct IN atalesmauahlp. Rm
but u tyro IN public affairs, YET | have
not tho least hesitation In taking up
thlA glove, for II ever there were man
and an argument plal0ly aud clearly
aud miSchieyOusly wrong IL IL our senior
Senator and HIS recent speech.
STATESMEN AND DEMAGoGuEs.
Let M see frat II we cannO. And a
standard by which TO Judge the present
case, The difference between q states.
mln 0ud demag0gue Ia that the form r
aldre sHa himself either o the advocacy
Of b,me wise aud patriotic measure for
the beneht OF the people, or appeals to
thelr fehllnge, seeking TO create opinion
and TO enlist their efforts In humane,
noble ani patriotic cause, but when the
part played Ia an appeal to the baser
ald mrhner passions OF the people, Of
hate aud enmlty-when the ashes OF al
d dispute are rakei anew, and the dy,
ing embera blown into blaze land this
without any definite proposition TO
change, but simply and solely for the
purpose OF aiding In q partisan political
cAnyass) even though the orator may
have been three or four times elected
Senator; may have rendered great public
services on other occasions and Ia other
lltlda be IL Oh this occasion and In this
Held playing the part OF the demagOgue.
kn0wSng that hi9 reelection TO the Sen
ate aud possibly hl9 candidacy for the
Presidency depends upon the vote of
ONO tins fall, aud knowing that the
people OF Ohio were during the war,
~ They are now, loyal aud patriotic sons
OF America, that they were opposed to
tho Sou heran COnfederAcy aud are salts
fed with the resuta OF the war, Senator
Sherman seeks TO revive and enlist feel.
lng9 which the war engendered, the
split OF animoaity TO the Sou h, TO re-
new the battle fever aud TO remind the
parents and relatives Of the men who
died on the field or In hospitals or In
Southern prisons Of their sulferlngs aud
grleta In order that no may reap the 70.
ward In em0lumenta and salary. To
what good endp Hec0ntesses it-.l0nel
He says; IL confess there are difficulties
In the way OF proper remedy, This may
be brought about frat by an appeal 10
the South TO correct an injustice and
wrong which will, az long az II lasts,
tend TO make our politics sectional. and
inspires the same resistance to the Dam
ocratc. party encountered at the begin.
ming Of III, war;"
WHY WAS SHERMAN sILENrp
Then why make IAN effortp" Why not
90 South and try 10 persuade your coun
trym1n there, the majority OF whom
have 6sc0me voters since the war, that
II IL their duty TO right the supposed
wrong OF which you complaint Mr.
sherman, your party has been In power
for twenty-five y0ars--a quarter OF q
century. Why have you yourselves not
figNled The wrong Of which you com
plil long agO2 More than ten years
have elapsed since the majority OF the
Southern States threw OF the shacklea
which your party tried 10 TX upon them
and became Democratic. Nine years
have elapsed since your do iacto Presi
dent r. B. Hayes, cOntriyed the scheme
OF sending u commission TO louisiana
TO spttle the disputed question who waE
electnd Governor OF that State, the re.
suit OF which was submission 10 Cover,
nor M 'h0la, who received fewer votes
than filden aud Hendricks, while hiE
antagonist, Packard received more votes
than Hayes.
Niue years have elapsed since the last
Southern State became free from The
tyranny and mleg0yernment of Moses
OF Yarmouth, OF Packard, Of Bullock, oil
BrownlOw, Of Pease, OF Texas; Powell
Clayton, OF II omue genus During thes(
nine ears your party haa had the pow
er 10 right any wrong, During the two
yeara beginnWI March 4, 1881, you had
tho PresldenCy-lrst Garfield and theI
Arthuti you had the Senate aud yot
vera a member OF the Senate; you hat
the House and II there were any injus
tice 10 be remedled why was II not done
why did you not then and there proceed
with the remedyY
NO SUCH FACTS.
! Confess, now; confess, Nr. Sherman
you know ~ well as DO that there wa
| Just ~ much and Just ~ little wronI
then ~ n0wi that the solid South vote
for Tildon, voted for Hancock, lust n
solldly ~ for Cleveland. Why did no
| yon, between March 4, 1881, aud Narcl
T. 1889, You and your allies In Congress
-keifer, RobeaOn aud the reat-preparO
some measure TO right this supposed
wrong, OF which you now 10 loudly com
plainY Why did you not enact II into
lawp Mr.. Sherman, the angwer IN e0gy
There Ia no such wrong. There prt M
auch facts. Eight million Usies OF cot
ton produced by workingmen In th,
South, both black and white, is u fac
which outwelghe your protense. 1
Southern labor were disorganized anC
Southeran laborers under tyranny, thlI
magnificent work would not have beer
achieved, Your whole argument Ia baset
upon the claim that when tho black mer
OF tho South ceaeed TO DO chattlo slave,
they at once became the slaves of The
Republican party and must thereafter
vote NJ itu dic,ation until the day Of
Judgment. Yours IL n simple syloglsm
The colored men OF the South belong tC
the Republican party, you say, aud would
vote its ticket II not prevented by force
aud fraud, Some Of them do not vote lts
ticket. Therefore they are prevented by
force aud fraud, TO which our answer
Ia that your majo promised ls pure az.
uumDtini uuuuui "A / "a an hu nrnnf mad L.,