Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-08-26
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the
Trumbun Democrat.
How pleasant It's to see
Children and friends agree,
But It's a painful sight
When children Of one family

Children and friends agree,
But It's a painful sight
When children of one family
Fall out, and chide, and fight.
In days gone by, the Cleveland PAIN
Dealer was a sort of political Bible for
our contemporary of the Democrat. He
swore by it, pinned his political faith up
on it. quoted from it. endorsed the long
est lies that Gray of the Dealer ever
wrote and, swallowed them whole, with
out making a single wry face. But a
change has come over the spirit of his
dream. The Democrat dared TO have
an opinion once, and strongly advocated
the claims of Judge Ranney to the NOM
ination for Governor. 1t Judged, land
rightly too. that Ranney was the strong
est man in their party in this State, that
he was as fan ahead of Payne, (the
Plain Dealers prOteg"e) in point of tai
ent, character and popularity, as Payne
is in advance of bred Scott. and had the
temerity TO say as much. Thereupon
Gray plies the party whip SO unmerci-
fully, that long suffering as brother
Ritezel is, he winces and kicks.
We make the following extracts from
the Democat in answer to a scoring from
the Plain Dealer, and We fully agree
with The Democrat, in its opinion of the
Dealer, and have no doubt it will con-
tinue to stand up to that rack Just so long
as it is full of fodder, and no longer
The Democrat says:
We claim to have ever been sound on
every party issue, and make no vain
boast when we assert that we car show
a spolless record in contrast with the
blackened and blurred history of the
Plain Dealer. The time was, and a de-
cade has not rolled By since, when the
Cleveland Plain Dealer was so strongly
impregnated with Abolitionism hat the
Democracy of Trumbull County would
no more touch it than they would the ia
natical rantings of Giddings. But we
will do it the justice to say that it is, to
general external indications, standing ND
to the rock, full of "fodder," and we
suppose will be found there until, at least
its present stout hitching strap gives
away. What impotence, then, for that
paper to presume to impeach the ortho-
doxy of other Democratic papers-to as
sumo the right TO sit as a censor over the
Democratic press and party of Northern
Obioi Such arrogance on the part of a
journal that does nct hesitate TO resort TO
base misrepresentation and eowardly,
Notifying inuendos. if by that means it
can hope to infict a disabling blow at
any one who stands between it and its
favorite schemes, should and shall be re-
buked. We are under no obligations to
obey its prescriptions dicta, and will not
tameiy submit, even at this time, to lis
attempt to place US wrong on the record,
especially when we feel sure that its mo
tive was such as any honest Democrat
pould be ashamed TO entertain.
The Plain Dealer has a large c%ircula-
ton, and, as a consequence, considera-
bic influence. If it was more honorably
conducted, we should feel grati6ed with
this fact. Bm aisWjust and nnscruyw-
Ieas. 1t sioops to yillify and misrepre-
sent prominent Democrats and Demo
cratic editors, with as much y~irulence,