The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1864-06-02
rae EATON DEMOCRATIC Press.

This beautiful sentiment has Tor
its author, the sublime prophet
Isaiah ; but though It was written
for our learning, it was applied to
the conduct Of certain wicked men,
of whom it is SAID" They helped
every one his neighbour" The prin.
ciple involved here is in, itself jnst
and reasonable, but IL may, like
every other fact Inherent In moral
ethics, be made use of in a bad
cause. und for wrong purposes.
When we engaged to conduct
the democratic Press" in Eaton,
we were told by a large number OF
men, who called from time to time
at the Office, that they had given
nr tho paper because the parties
who had the management OF it,
never continued it, but either gave
it up and left, or sold it off. and
thus discontinued it. We were a
stranger, and consequently, could
not Fay, whether the statements
made to lis were true or false. w
have, however, lived long enough
in Eaton, to satisfy ourself by
painful and expensive experience,
that there was mueh more cant,
hypocrisy and deceit, inherent il
the language employed to deceive
us, than any particle Of small truth,
which, like good seed, might drop
in among the tares, which were
sown go profusely in our ears, by
designing men who are now too
we'll known 10 us to be respected,
or to be believed. These remarks
do not apply either to the bulk of
the Democratic or the Republican
party in the village of Eaton-we
have already rendered praise to
whom praise is due in our own
little town, 80 far as Democrats are
concerned, and it is not more our
duty than it is our privilege to
state here, that no person in Eaton
has eve paid us more punctually,
or more ~cheerfully, than our Re-
publican friends and supporters
We have had to humble, degrade,
and disgust ourself and family, by
the appeals W. have had to make
to men in our debt, who appear to
us to have no more conscience, or
sense OF legal or moral obligation,
than the Devil himself. We very
reluctantly Withhold their names
from the public, at present, for the
sake of their families and relatives,
which in other circumstances,
ought to be published on the beams
of the sun at MONDAY.
1t is self evident to every honest
mird, that we have had the Press
at u time, unparalleled in the his.
tory of our world. Everything
has been against us-and Of the
Democratic party, there have been
hut very few to help us. Elders OF
churches, and upstart and unedu
Gated preachers, have been among
the smooth tongued s%aints, who,
when one of that sanctified class,
made use Of us to serve a purpose,
sent us the old message Of Stop
my parer; my time is up" We
care not a straw how many may
stop their paper, 80 long Is they
pay us what they owe ns. That ii
all we want, and when they hav,
performed that simple deed of hon
esty, we promise that we will 'stop'
their "paper," and will give them
IA receipt which will co vince them
that their "TIME IS UP"
There is not another party now
living or the American continent
who has had such a struggle a
VIC have had. during the last three
years, to support and keep in mo
ton a party newspaper. Had We
not brought plenty of money-no'
dirty rags we'll named shinplaster'
but the purcst gold on earth
aud plenty of wearing apparel, t'
!. Eaton, where should we have beef
this day? What has the "Press'
. done for us? We know-bur wht
cares? We care.
Some time back, we we're ofercc
4 one hundred dollars for the pres
!, and type more than would satisf,
US, but we refused to accept tn,