Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-10-01
The Register MAN "Drifting.'

The Register Man "DriftinS."
"For our own part, we calculate to
think freely and independently without
any subservience to'the changing breath
of popular opinion" That is just what
we mean precisely, Mr.. Register man,
and if it gals you because we tell you
to drift on" after you own up to the
public that You are drifting, we can't
help that. AS for this paper denounc-
ing the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise five years ago, We hardly think it
did, because the Compromise was not
repealed until in '1954-bctter post
yourself up a little better, for you are
entirely mistaken there; even if it had
done so in "a, hafing no personal inte-
rest in the paper then, we do not hold
ourselves accountable for its course
'That's notadrifting?" We think per-
hap~, if the columns of! the Register of
five years ago should by chance be look
ed over carefully, that if what it says
now of the "Model Governor be true,
the "shafts of venom" spoken of in the
editorial are the same old ones shot by
the Register befdTe public opinion had
drifted it.
That is a beautiful specimen of "hi-
falutin'' where the Register man at
tempts to tell what the Democrat
thinks" when a slave fee his bondage,
at the command of the master, all nor
thern men should lick his hand, and
start OH the track of the flying bond
man." Now, whether we are to infer
that the master commands him to flee
and we are to lick the negroes hand,
or what qualification it could be to the
master if he were in a hurry to have US
stop "to lick his hand" is more than
we can imagine. Perhaps the genius
that penned the sentence knows, as it
has assumed the responsibility of tell
ing our "thoughts." We again assert
I'VE mean to think freely and indepen-
IDENTIFY" so please don't Sir Oracle"
proceed in such a confused style
Again, the same luminous spirit quotes
from our article as follows: 1.-The Dem
ocrats never make Bank Charters a COM
modify of trade, and we have never re-
cognized, either in State or National
Constitutions the right so to do, but in
some States an unprejudiced eye may
see clearly that negroes may be bought
and sold" Now your "mum neigh
Dor" just asks you whether you consid-
CT the above q matter Of fact or qucs
ton? Ina word, do you or do you not
think that in some States negroes may
be bought and sold? Please answer.
If you admit they can be, you are with
us. You don't say in your searching
reply on which side you stand. Are
you waiting to drift? As for the accu-
sations Vfsesalkizzg, shutting, lodging,
and sneakmg, we only say that our rail
roads are not "under ground and while
you compliment our boldness on the
present occasion, we differ with you upon
another ground. In your second arti-
Gle you say, eve prefer that even a
skunk should be bold" Such preferen-
ces are only matters that relate to pri-
vatc feelings. We would not, but if the
culture, taste, smell and individual pref
erence of the Editor of the Register all
so incline him, we will say just as we
did about his drifting stand by your
admissions and cover yourself with their
glory! All we ask of any man of COM
mon sense is, just read the paragraphs
about which the sensitive Editor has so
astonishingly displayed his logic and
taste, and not draw differences about
what the democrat thinks" but as the
paragraphs tell you what we think: ask
yourself if you think differently from
what they affirm. If you do, say So:
and be satisfied.
In order then to keep to points In
these articles we recapitulate. First
The admission on the part of the Reg
lister that it drifts; Editor sensitive when
We admit it, and tries the Gibson style of
argument, "you drift too" Second 1t
prefers a shank should be bold-we diff
fer, a matter of taste and culture--pre-
ferences are often governed by and form
ed from associations. We expect the
Register next week, will endeavor to
prove that we too prefer that a "skunk
would be bold" Can't you give us an
article on another of your admissions ?
sg- HENRY SHIDELER, Esq, former
" a member Of the Senate of Ohio from