The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-02-15
OUR DUTY.
Congressman DeArmond Points Out
the Path to Pursue.


the Path to Pursue.
Hon. David A. DeArmond of Mis-
Douri responded to the subject, "Our
Duty" with the following able. force
full and eloquent address:
JEFFERSON THE APOSTLE AND
JACKSON THE CHAMPION OF LIB
ERTY AND EQUALITY, AND LIN
COLIN THE ORACLE OF THE LOW
LY-HOW RICH A LEGACY THEY
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AND HOW POOR INDEED MUST
WE BECOME IF WE TURN FROM
THE WEALTH AT OUR COMMAND,
TO DIG IN THE BARREN SANDS
FOR THE RICHES WHICH THEY
MUST EVER DENY US. @
These great Americans were cast in
molds differing widely but they came
together at the altar Of liberty, and to-
gether they worshiped at the shrine Of
the inalienable rights Of man. They
gospel Of the free in different words,
conveying the same thought and In
spiration. The guiding star of each
was DUTY, and each trusted his own
vision in following it. For none of
them, for none of the contemporaries
Of any Of them, had DUTY deeper
meaning or a more commanding pres
and crisis in our country's history.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CAN
NOT RESCUE OUR IMPERILED IN
STITUTIONS IF 1T WOULD, AND,
AS AT PRESENT LED, WOULD NOT
IF IT COULD. BUT 1T IS A MIGHTY
ORGANIZATION, FATTENED UPON
THE. SPOILS OF CORRUPTION.
SCOURGE OF THE BOSS. EVERY
INSTITUTION WHICH THRIvES
UPON BAD GOVERNMENT Halls
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS ITS
GROW RICH THROUGH PUBLIC
PLUMBER COUNT THAT PARTY AS
PARTNER. 1T DRIVES WITH THE
TYRANT'S WHIP AND PERSUADES
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OF THE JoBBER AND THE
REFUGE OF THE LOOTBR. IT
HAS FORGOTTEN PRINCIPLE
AND WORSHIPS PELF. 1T HAS RE-
VERSED A SOUND MAXIM OF
FREE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
GOOD TO THE GREATEST NUM-
BER-AND is DAILY FURNISHING
EXAMPLES OF THE GREATEST
GOOD TO THE SMALLEST NUM-
BER.
That was happy thought which
blended the names OF Jefferson and
Jackson and and Lincoln into that
borne by the league whose hospitality
we enjoy tonight. The party in pow
or has spat upon the teachings Of each
of these sages; upon those Of Jeffer-
son and Jackson not more than upon
those of Lincoln The disciples Of
each are challenged to battle against
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and the jobbers in popular rights, and
the money changers, whose proto-
types the Christ scourged from the
temple nearly nineteen centuries ago.
True, the license to pollute the tenn
pie has been extended, but-thank
God-not indefinitely! The power of
an outraged peoples wrath must be
who profane it. Upon the Democracy
of the land is cast the duty, and to
them Is offered the honor of restoring
to the people their own.
SOME TALK ABOUT PARTY RE
ORGANIZATION. WHY, THE PAR
T'Y is ORGANIZED, AND READY TO
MOVE CALAMITY UPON THE EN-
ENVY WHENEVER THE CHARGE IS
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FOR THE SAKE OF SUCH RE-
CRUITsI AS MAY COME. FOR THE
SAKE OF US ALL. LET THEM BE
MINGLED WITH THE HOST AND
BECOME PART AND PARCEL OF
1T.
II we are to stand for the rights of
the people, we must labor zealously
for the overthrow Of the party which
has forgotten the Lincolns who gave
It honor. and for filthy lucre has be-
come the servant Of those who make
merchandise of the constitution. the
Declaration of Independence, our
noble traditions and human rights:
THERE CAN BE NO TRUCE BE
TWEEN THOSE WHO VIOLATE
THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE GOV
ERMMENT AND THOSE WHO
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GO on UNTIL VICTORY SETTLES
UPON THE BANNER OF THE
RIGHT. THIS DUTY COMMANDO
OUR DUTY-AND WE MUST OBEY.
THE Drawer WE ARE THE
MORE DEVOTED WE ARE, THE
SOONER WILL THE VICTORY BE
OURS; AND THE GREATEST siREA AND
AMONGST US ALL SHALL BE
CALLED UPON TO LEAD. HOW
WELL DETERMINED?
There should be- no permanent of.
fice-holding class in the republic. no
life positions In the departments The
civil service should be democratic, not
monarchicai. We are right In de-
manding that a reasonable term of of.
fice-holding be fixed by law.
OUR WORKING PEOPLE MUST
BE PROTECTED AGAINST THE
HORDES THREATENING INVA-
SION FROM THE FAR EAST. THE
GREED OF THE RICH MUST NOT
SoR POOR. ALREApY WE HAVE An. M
NEXED MORE THAN ENOUGH OF
PHYSICAL LEPROSY. EXCLUDING
THE PHILIPPINES FROM VIEW,
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