The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-07

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near the front Of the h0nHe, on the
lawn, was an agedma flBmlpl were
ciingng 10 his hanne, allE, ohSr9, who
coulrl not tch hold OF hi 6A' were
hanging ~ his garments, eEiirtp lug OF
some play which no or she nAfinAde In
tho game. The sweeleBt benlgnliy l
bnYs ever seen In tlils world rested on
the face VI this aged man, TWAS Allen
q thurman. Pardon my cruelty, for j
am constantly craving II. Would y0u
haya enjoyed that aceneY
"SOms afe comparing your relations 10
tho S.ate with that OF John Sherman.
This In unfair 10 you, and, therefore, !
have most earnestly protested against
II. Nc. Sherman has had such laIge OD-
pOItunlties, Keen, In hia appreciation
Of them aud. no doubt, eagerly anxious
TO serve his country, he has taken Ad-
vantage OF them. II would be unjust 10
you 10 compare you with q man
who has indulibly impressed him.
self on the domestic policy OF
this country. Let there be light, and
there was light Without challenging
comparison, for the reason that the ut-
terance jlat quoted 10 that OF the Inhn-
ite, may we eay, Let there DO Iesump-
liOn, and there was resumption
"NJw, Mr.. Senator, have matter 10
refer 10 which grieVes me aorely. II is
the turning dawn OF my friend, Archie
McGregOr. You should know Archie
we'll. | do not believe that there 10 any
man In public life IN 0llO who d0es not
know Archie McGregOr. He 10 Scot. l
think II Ia forty year9 since no took
charge OF the Democratic organ In Stark
county. He has been faithful In every
relation OF life. Could man be paid q
richer reward than thatp Could you be
paid itp The people Of Canton think AZ
loo. They voted ~ TO VIII IN they w0nld
have for postmaster. Archie McGfeAOr
polled 1859 votes AN other candidates
received less than 100 votes. Archie
McGregOr was not appointed, Que OF
the inqignllcanla was. He was named by
you, He has yet 10 DO confirmed.
"Oanton, my dear Senator, IL within
sixty miles OF your home. When the
newa reached that city that you, In the
purest maliSnity, had dieregarded the
wishes OF the people, q pardonabIe--I
was going TO say a rlghteouS-wrath
seized saint aud sinner. Brawney. y.armed
men threw down the tools In the use OF
which, In tho sweat OF their face, they
aud theirs eat their bread, and went
upon the street. They met their oppo.
altes, excited 40 were they. These were
the bankers, thu clergy, the lawyers,
and all Others In puranits where the
strength OF the muscle, the marrow OF
the bone, and sometimes the blood OIL
the heart, are not demanded. Uant0Dl
has not leas than atteen thousand pe01
Pile, Without any prearrapg ment your,
eiIlgy was hung on wire. Among MI
teen thousand people You had not a
single iIleOd who dared 10 cut down
the efllgy which covered You with shame.
The hours came and the hours went;
darkness succeeded day, and day dark
mess yet still the thing. which was In
tended 10 represent you hung suspended
Op The neck, II was only when the peo-
pie, utterly dlagnsted and sick Of u con-
atsnt reminder OF tho outrage that had
been perpetrated on them, with the
zane nnanimty which prompted them
In lher indignation, aaij, Fake the
thing down aud cast II away where wo
may never aee H., that II WIS rem )ved.
Your enemies took II down. They wanted
II hidden from their sight. have no
doubt many OF them desired 10 bathe In
that tabled stream that washes out oil
tho thugs that have ben, They desired
TO forget that II was p0 'slble that one
OF their fellow citizens could be placed
In position 30 DISTANT that they ware
strangers TO him; or, shall add the
otherY that he WINS 10 weak or yenal
that no could forget them.
"Mhy should continue this com-
munlcailonY have other matters, but
they will be addressed TO one who
poaseasea 10 the largest degree the ooDn-
dence OF the cOuntry--0ne whom you
have deceived not once, bnt many times.
Reap .ctfully, s. X. DoNAvIN."