The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-01-14
TIss Western Democracy.

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The following is the speech cl
Ron. Joseph Ii Oulhwait upon
"TIle Western Democracy de-
IIivcred at the jackson Club ban
Iquet on the evening OF January
S,h:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen:
| Permit me, my friends, to say
that tI.is hearty greeting makes
me fully realize that l am again
in the midst orthe Western De-
mocracy.
| AS all men are proud of the
Hand of their birth, and glad to
return to it from a distant coun-
try-as all men are happy when
they come into the circle Of the
friends OF their youth. So is the
soul of the Western Democrat
always elated when he finds him
self surrounded by an assemblage
of men who entertain the polit-
lical sentiments he has cherished
from early youth.
Yet, confess myself somewhat
puzzled as to just how to treat
this toast assigned to me to- light.
Not that the fields limited. Oh,
no! There, "the horizon of the
board expands into the horizon
OF man." But, where to begin,
and what to talk on! I am not
quite certain where 10 draw the
line between the Eastern and
Western Democracy, and as to
Southern Democracy.
| As the waters that spring from
the hither slopes of the Alleghe-'
MES, and those which melt from
the SHOWS of the North, and those
which fall On the central fields
of the great basin, and those which
rush down from the gorges of the
far away Rockies, meet and min
gle, and move ON, receive the
rivers of the lower valleys, and
then in a splendid and almost
GneIess stream, pour, with resist
less flood, into the great gnli,
bearing to the world upon its
bosom The commercial treasures
of a great people; so does the
Democracy of the regions of our
country, whence these waters
come, meet and mingIe and move
on, freighted with the rich argosy
of this nations political welfare,
to bring it to the future multi
tudes of mankind.
The sagacity and conservatism
of the Eastern Democracy, to-
gether with the wise policy and
sublime sentiment OF the Wes-
tern and Southern, creates a pow
er for good 10 the people Of this
land Of almost measureless force.
But this is not strictly keeping 10
our theme. Let me, then, briefly
touch upon the virtues and extol
the glories of that body of men
that portion of the party with
whom we are proud to be associ-
ated. As you ascend one of the
grand stsirways in tie National
Capital your eye is captured by
a magnificent painting on the
wall before YOU In the fore
ground a rugged mountain patti,
crowded with an emigrant train.
pushing On to the summit, where
they shall catch their first view
Of the splendied forests and beau
tiful valleys that Stretch away
below, beyond the reach of hui
man vision. The women and
children in the wagons, the boy
on the ox's back. the stalwari
footman and the tired wife whose
step he supports, and the half
turned horseman ahead, all show
upon their faces and in their
gestures, the gladness and ex-
pecta'jon that fills their he ats.
One, with d flag in his hand, has
cliued 10 the topmost rocky crag.
and stands gazing westward with
the rapt look OF the cid Spanish
DiscoTerer, "W5en he hrst stood
upon a peak i'll Darien and
stared at the Pacific"
No painter ever gave the world
a more interesting or stronger
group than this OF the pioneer
settlers OF the Great West. They
deserve the greatest honors, COM
ing TO seek homes in the unbro-
ken wilderness. OF upon the far
reaching prairies, they brought
with them The noblesr principles
of the fathers Of the new republic.
AS they participated in building
up State after State, they i'm
planted these principles deep in
in their fundamental laws. With
them freedom of religion was all
eyerpresent sacred thought, and
their daily life was full Of free
dom of the person and equal and
exact justice to all men. TIE
fru galiIy necessary in home af
!airs taught them the wisdom ct
economy in tEle public expenses;
and their own pure integrity Of
character pledged the honest