The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-02-20
AN Able SPEECH
Before the Young Mems Democratic Club
OF Canton on Thursday Evening, Fehra'
ary 10, 1870,

GENTLEMEN OF TINS CLubi- Permit nc
10 take this occasion 10 say q few words
10 you which | was not able with pfopfl'
ety 10 BAY heretofore,
have already expressed my sincere
thanks 10 you for the confidence you have
voted me, 1 now have 70 say that my
sense Of responsibility and duty 20 you y
altogether commensurate with the dlhlln
guiHhed honor you have conferred on ne
I make no exiraYagant promises J shai
endeayor 10 discharge my luly WIN hnei
Nv, aud having said That ! have hall az,
II ~ q matter Ot eongrhlulhuph lhht
under the administration ot my pfeleeeh
sor, for whose abilities ana character We
ali have tho highest admiration and re'
speet aud whose usefulness and success
in the future IN assured, this oluh has
grown famous for efficient aud huhalaii'
iial work la a great political parry " y
neither necessary nor iittlng here 70 TO
count our auoceaaea, or Indulge ~ nhllery
OF the club, The past II secure lle ~
ture, with lta prodiglons work, N before
ua. We are neither giddy nor oyereonh'
dent, nor are we intoxicated with our sue
Oeas. Our feet touch the solid soil, We
eternal rock Of principle, That ~ the
basis Of our faith, and therefore we have
come 10 stay,
hope ID may always he, 40 II N now, 9
dlhtngiIahed honor 70 be tie president OF
this club, 40 II IN 20 be one Of III members,
II Ii not TOO much 10 say that the young
mon are the salt OF the Democratic party,
and for the same reaaon, Of all parties,
and therefore Of the Republic, ~ HAS
been aptly said that the unloroed opinions
Of young men are entitled iogrehl reRaful
because usually void Of prejudice, Allu
IN the same line was resident tlnye'
lands nice letter % our club, VIA 'Ihe
constantly growing Interest inhhlehleu
by the Young men in the principles OF lhe
Democratic party constitutes, Ia my opin'
lon, the most reliable hope OF thn hheehu'
aney Of those prlnclpleh'
50 there h high sense IN which we
have reason for and right 70 our or
gnnlzatlon, and with reason VIII we
answer both our friends and our enemies
First aud foremost we are Democrats
a part aud not q faction OF tle great
Democratic party, 10 our dear old Dem
ocratio inthcrh up in old PLAIN ANA Jack.
son aud down In old Bethlehem ana hll
over Stark county, who proudly hold lhe
qood old Jelieranulnn and Jnokhonlhil
forts along tho line of the grand historic
march Of Democracy, we call from inc
very frontier Of our advance, from good
Foft Cleveland and say, all hail and hur'
rnh, Your faith ia our faith, We swear
that tho doctrines OF Jefferson nnd Jack.
son shall bo transmitted And preserved
lnylolnto, via u--....
"Rqunland oxact Justice toall men COM
merco and honest friendship win nll ni-
tiona, the support oi the state Govern
menta In all their rlghtai the preservation
OF the General Government IN ~ whole
constitutional yIgori q Jealous care Tor lhc
rlphta OF election by the people absolute
ncotiicsccnce LA the decisions OF the ma.
Iorilyi economy IN the public expenses,
that labor may ho lightly burdencd on
eoungemont ofagrloulnrc aud commerce,
M we'll 40 manufactured lJollerson'b
innugurall
These divine and eternal laws OF our
political faith we promise TO maintain,
aud we pledge ourselves 70 supplement
those doctrines aud principles OF jcllcraon
with the doctrines aud princlplca OF Gro
y0r Cleveland, the most wholesome polii.
icnl prrnonality OF to-day, the apostle OF
proQrcaa and reform, the brave, honest,
energetic, impartial President OF the pco-
plp, not Of "a party, but Of the whole poo
Die 'ofthc "roa publcn,n indeed, now again
iho humble private citlgon, the heroic ed'
vocnto Of the three rising stars OF his
country'a glory.
lat. business prlnolplca In administer
Ing the government, Government only a
high kind OF business. Reform OF the
Civil Service,
Cd That the voter shall quietly, and
unmolcatod by employer .oilleo aockcr
and pollutinR, paid and hrihing agents OF
dcmngngucv, alone with MS conerWnco
aud Judgment, las divine na their author,
discharge the trust uf the ballot, sacred
aud holy, conferred on him by the const'
tuition, Ballot reform.
8d. That Industry and trade shall be
louacd from the bonds OF legislative inter
ference, and bo allowed 10 grow and OK.
pnnd aud roach 90 the utlcrmost pnris OF
the world, that all climoa and nations may
learn Of our institutions ana lvui tue III
vino touch OF universal brotherhood That
the hand of plundor, by odioua indircc-
tlon, may be stayed from the earnings OF
labor The reform Of the Tnrili
/ have ycnturcd thuato speak OF our po'
liticnl prlnCiplpa, because II Us automatic
that without great and fundamental
truths and woll defined principles, there
can bo no excuse for our existence aa u
club. Indeed, without great central truths
would soon degenerate In
to personal contests, and pol-housc politics
would be the result, and OF oil dcspcnblo
politica, that IN the worst which sacrifices
and principle for moro per-
Bonnl ends. The first political duty OF u
young man is tho desire OF good govern
ment, as II ia the first civil duty OF every
Christian oitizon.
But Is Il enough 10 desire good gov
Tho oxlstenco Of our club Is the answer
TO this question. We are political, %
party organization, In order 10 execute
and mntoralzo the desire OF good govern.
ment, that we may not only desire good
but that we may secure good
government. And looking 10 this grand
end we find the sum OF necdful wisdom
In tho old Germun maxim "Einigkoit
mncht StArkN-iu oneness 10 thoir
II Ia 60 bo remembered that IN
order 70 bo an efficient and useful organ
igntlon We must be unit and that IN
order to be an efficient political organ lza-
ton we are Of necessity party org0niga-
ton. Politics ia our business, Yes the
ugly dirty business OF politicsl Young
mon respectable aud conscientious, will
they have anything 10 do with politcs2
win they 20 out into the mud and miro,
roll up their sleeves, as II were, and work
at the ,polls2 viii they shoulder the
shame and disgrace OF doing this patriotic
duty by serving their party organization
frat according 70 the laws OF political
science and rendering thus efficient SER
vice 10 their country answer, yes. The
boys Of the Young Mems Democrauc
Club OF Canton practice what they preach.
They do not despiso the unpleasant duties
that lio nearest them.
How many prayers are made annually
10 God, think you, that lio will purify our
politics, and yet how many who pray thus,
and who always speak and vote according
10 their conscience have any thing 10 do
with tho "dirty businesBn OF politics, How
tromble lest their robes become
,ontamlnato. God never answers such
prayers and seldom gives potency and
,alient influence 70 such votes,
No gentlemen Politics 10 sacred, Ser
ous business. II has 10 do with the dear
,st interests Of life out Of II arc the issues
u liberty and Justice, and ho serves his
country wisely aud his God aoceptably,
md believe reverently who takes n full
manly and active interest in its methods
md In shaping lie results. Measures first
md men Of sense and capacity TO execute
hem. Edmund Burke snye VT 10 surely no
iery rational account OF mans life that
10 has always acted right, but has taken
,..al.I an 80. a.. ani Ia uunh ranpOar fbat