Daily national Democrat., 1860-01-12
On the Subject of Frogs.


The Express, Of yesterday, contains aa ar
ticle headed "Sweled Frog and, as there
is no frog mentioned in the entire article
either metaphorically or literally, we take
it for granted that the caption was meant to
indicate that ".Spelled Frog aras speaking
We eoneedc, without one word of demur
the full and perfect right Of the Express edi-
tor to arogate the title, and no one, we
think, will dispute his privilege Of wearing
it long and well at any rate, until such
time as, like his celebrated prototype in
old time fable, he bursts
The "wseacre of the DENocRAT'-as this
Swclled Frog loves to denominate us-seems
to be an especial torment to the exceeding
"wiseacre" of the Express lie swells tre-
mendously if the DEMOCRAT but remotely
hints at the spuriousness of his claims to be
considered a full grown bovine aud finds his
acre of wisdom altogether too limited to hold
him, his situation being much similar to that
of those persons who sometimes get too big
for their breeches.
We are at loss, however, in applying
this title to the editor in question, to settle
the point as to what particular branch of the
frog tribe he belongs to- There be land
frogs and water frogs, for instance, the same
as there be land pirates and water pirates
Now, if no one has ever seen this frog "take
water, it may be inferred that he is land
frog, but, if any one has ever seen him "treed'
10y an opponent, he might very reasonably
be designated a tree frog But we leave this
question to be determined by the curious in
such matters, and pass on to portion OF
the article in yesterdays Express, which de-
mands more serious notice
We are asked in that style of inuendo
which is even more offensive than direct
charge, if we did not "unblushingly support
a Republican for Congress" in the last can
vass, and if we did not "gote for a Repubh-
can for Congress" To these questions we
reply that we neither supported in the col
umns OF this paper or anywhere else Re
publican for Congress, nor did we vote for
one at the polls We did not hoist the name
of Col. Baker at the head of our columns,
nor did we vote for him at the polls, for the
very good reason that he was the nominee
Of the Republican party for Congress, and
we claimedto be Democrat in principle.
While we respected the masses of the Re
publican party as sincere and honest in their
views, We yet had our own notions Of politi.
cal affairs, and acted up to the principles we
professed
And, now we desire to ask the editor of
the Express if he thinks it manly to accuse
cotemporary, by intimatiop, of what he
knows he could not truly assert by open ac
cusation.
As to the mere expletives with which the
Express article abounds, we can afford to let
them remain where such things are most
properly inferred, towit: in the columns of
that paper
But the great trouble with the Express is,
that it cannot be called the organ of the
Democratic party of this county. To prove
that 1t as such organ, it refers to the resolu-
ton of the Marysville Union Club, which
declares that the Express is "our organ"
Well, we never pretended it was not an or
gan Of the Club. We simply denied that it
was the organ of the Democratic party of
Huba county. We said it was the organ of
the Boilers from the regular organization of
the county, and we say SO still. Further
more the whole community know the state
ment to be correct.