Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-06-02
THE REPUBLICAN.


ass Ell PLYMOUTH, IND, - bar-.i-
Thursday. 49,. ..i.. June 2, 1889
"SnALL PorAToEs' The Democrat oil
I st week contains an EDITORIAL under this
head, intended as thrust at some Repub-
Iican merchants and business men in town
who do not advertise in that paper, but
which hits as many or more of his own
party friends than it does Republicans
We coineide with the Democrat that it is a
narrow and mistaken policy that induces a
man,te carry his partizan feelings into his
business, but there are quite as many Dem
ocrats in plymouth as Republicans guilty
of such folly, and We have made it rule
through life never to strike an enemy for
faults our own friends were equally gully
of. Our scnscof prorricty and common
Justice would not allow it. If our neigh
Dor will examine his article and take q
glance over town lac will discover that it
hits some Democratic Houses quite as hard
as it does any Republican. We believe
business men never loose any thing by ad-
vertising, and have, consequently, always
advised our party friends to advertise in
the Democrat as well as our own paper,
but, at the same time have never felt that
it would be justifablc in us to denoance
every Democratic House that declined to
advertise with us. as "eatcli- penny
institution" and that tic proprictors
shovel by their manner OF doing business
that they did not want Republican patron
age, or that it was necessary for us to ex-
press the hope that they might not be dis
appointed by receiving any. We know
of no business men or firm in the place TO
whom the closing remarks of the Demo
cra in the article referred to viii apply
with more force than to its friends Icssrs.
Gardner & Haslinger. Read:
~ man who comes into a strange com
n,unity and evinccs sucll a narrow-con-
tractcd. proScriptivc party spirir, shoul,l be
patronize,l only Ly as many of his own
party as cannot get the articles they want
anywhere else Customers never fail to
get cheated when trading with such men,
This is what we would call shooting
at the buck and hitting the doe" There
are several other Democratic. Houses in
town the -aboye would apply to with equal
force, but We forI'car naming them. Wc
should hesitate a lang time to strike an en-
envy if we had first to Knock down two
or three fricnls to get at him. We have
on several occasions seolled our young
friends down street for their youthful in-
liscrctions,- and fear our work is not yet
done.
Such an article as the Demorra's always
appeared to Ms like an attempt to levy
'.black mail" and bcsi les, we never want
c,lto force either personal or political en-
ciny to bcncf, himself i,y Advertising in
our columns against his will. Forced
prayers, it is said. are not COED for the
soul Suppose the Democrat should sue
reed in brow-bcating a few men to adver-
tise in it, would not the reflection that
their patronage was obtained by operating
on their fears he rather humiliat;nr. Mo-
ny obtained bv such means wonld eat our
soul like c;tnkcr, aud we think it wo, |
have the same effect on tlie elitors Of the
Democrat notwithstanding all they have
said. They have our conseat. il they wish,
to Withdraw -tl.e-artislc,- anil promise if
they do, that We will not refer I o IL again
As to Messrs. Gardner Il IIaslm ger.
whose names VIC have taken the iibcrt 1 to
use as an illustration, we believe, although
they are Democrats, that they are wo,tl,y
and industrious mechanics, and would mt
cheat their customers Intentionally If
they can alfori to do without the profit an
ailyertisement in our paper would Le to
them, welshall Try to do without the small
amonnt itwouid be worth, without 5 wear
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