Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-04-04
Family Jars.

itneir mouse rs divideu against liseli.' wen,
as !, is none Of our funeral, perhaps we
oughtnol TO cry. But as our name has been
iuggcd ir rather conspicuously, We presume
il is TO be iIree fight and not, as we at
frs, supposed, Kilkenny cat affair. II
lisa free fight, gentlemen, consider us in,
and mind your eyes, for we strike rather
awkwardly sometimes, but generally man.
ugs 10 hit something.
Al u meeting Of The brethren, friend Hoy
was denounced as bluer Whig Than our.
self Now, We profess 10 be The true blue,
and "ur Whiggery has never once been a
subj c, Of dispute, 'ha, we are aware Of
II friend Hoy is bluer than the true blue, we
fear his case Is dangerous. Modification
lnigIl take place, and pmpu.ation become
necessary, IN order 10 save ihe patient.
Lol us examine he symploms. 'If i Is
vblsgers 10 asser, Ihe righl and oppose The
's1ne 'heQ weare : whig A,vss,ses5a !:
ebIe symptom, shsl--tyne biae. .lf-h is
Whiegery iondvocate cause which has for
bs oljacl ,he healhg Of bleeding wounds
and ,licres,ora,ion pf-wruows and orphans
70 husbapds and Taihers, then are we whig."
Aboiher excelen, mp.om--TBUE BLUE
"lfit Is wbiggcry 10 oppose the dctalion Of
few pspiring dcmagogues, and go for the
good Of the whole country, then we are a
ahig.'' In the Language Of The play, we
pronounce thai -
"a hit--a bit--a VERY PALpADLE hit"
So far as the symptoms have manifested
themselves, then, our friend is by 10 means
dangerous. His symptoms are true blue.
Thus far, he is Just as b'ne as ourself--nol
more so. Whether he is ready TO ACT with
the Whig party on every question of policy
which distinguishes il as national organiza.
ZION or not, depends, we presume, upon The
amount Of light he has received. Should
no be found, q, any time hereafter, advoca..
ing any doctrine not strictly orthodox, we
shall consider il an error OF the head, and
no, of the heart.
But, again: III il is Democracy to 60 on
every question The way The Ohio Statesman
goes, etc.. then we do not wish 10 be called
democrat" OR friend is evidently un.
sophisticated verdanl. lie, like thousands
more Of The same kind, has no, yet learned
that old fashioned Democracy and modern
Whiggery are Ole and the same thing OF
this iacl We have the most convincing proof;
and il friend Hoy will place himself in The
atii,ude OF an earnest inquirer, j, will afford
us grea, pleasure 10 produce proof sufficient
Of this fac. 10 convince any reasonable man,
however sceplical he may be-
Whai then, is modern Democracy? Blind
ndherance 10 every measure which The party
feaders choose 10 advocate. To be a good
and true modern d. mocral-one Of The rank
and flea man should have no opinion al
all, on any political measure, until the men,
Or ,he paper which tells Them how to think
has come round. Until that lime, like The
fublrd Fox OF the Lions feast, they should
have very bad cowld nlirely,' and not be
able 10 'smill al oil al ALL" If, by any mis-
hap, Trey should accidentally write or speak "a
word in advance, they should be willing, fol
The good Of The Party TO acknowledge they
were in error, or, il necessary, stou.ly deny
having ever used such language. WHY
Because the modern progressive Democratic
parry has but ONE fixed principle, which is
toh ID office, and consequently, the mem
bers of that party must hold themselves II
readiness 10 advocate any measure which
for lhe time, promises Success. Sometimes
they are mistaken. What ,hen? Face righ
about, and steal their opponents thunder
An illustration Of this has just come unde
oul observation. Every man who knows
any thing about matters a, Washington
knows aow ardendy and perseveringly tn,
Presiden! has sought, by every means in hi
power, 10 secure the passage Of that iniqui
t0us Ntbraska bill. He sought TO make i
a party test, and such it was distinctly pro
rounced by the official organ-grinder. Ii
soon found this would not win, and the or
gan grinder was desired 10 play few "varia
lions" 10 the effect that il was not exactly
parry lesl, bu. il any northern doughfac
was willing 10 sill himself TO the South, AM
his constituents did moi like il, the Preslden
would give him an office. Well, the Ney
Hampshire election iolj 100 plainly 10 b
misunderstood, that even this would no. do
and The bill was buried in the House. Now
al ftis late day, we see it stated lor the frs
lime. by authority. that President Pierce
not in favor Of lhe bill, 10 all lis features
Wo expecs soon 10 hear sha' he Heuer 'ca
IN favor Of any Of It's Cea;ures. And belor
the h, xt election, we should moi be surprise
20 seq /, denounced as an infamous Wh'
measure. Suchis modern Democracy.
Our ncighbor's allusion TO the misior!pn
whchi ia .snid TO have occurred TO the iii'l