East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-11-22
THE STAR CoNTRIBUTER.

tentlOn or Democrats 10 the lolloWlnB
malignant false and contemplate ar
rlo which appeared as leader in
last Fridays issue of the Daily Enter
g,ris-, an organ which, having
Parts that mono can trust,
Wit init can creep and pride that ticks the dust,
oringes and crawls around and begs
pecuniary support of the worry men
whom it thus, harmlessly, to be sure,
but moanly and Niclledly assails with
fabiicatious as destitute of sense or
reason MS Is the author of deconcy or
self respect. Here is the article. We
italicise in two instances that the
meaning of the writer may be partic-
ularly noticed:
Reflections OF a Democrat.
We cannot imagine anything more
tisagreeable to endure than the refec-
tons which must force themselves on
cpy Democrat at tho present time,
when he will allow his thoughts a loose
rein. What must he think of HIM
self? We imagine his soliloQuy =
Z" Here he says, l am, after this
var is over, despised by everybody who
knows how / behaved while it was
raging, because ! abandoned my coun-
try, in real peril, for the sake OF party.
liebels assailed the government and
not only refused to resist them, but L
helped all could by vote and party
plots. / slandered the murdered Lin
coin, and praised jeff. Davis and his
accursed crew. I ddrised men not to
enlist, Ipersmded others TO desert, ana y
they rent IN spite Of me, 4 cished they
might nerer come back attire. For four
wears, while the nation has been strug-
pling for existence, and heroism of the
heroic days of the Republic has been
revived, L have been a crawling, Shiny,
Kissing copperhead; and what is my
reward? The civilized world is APP
pauding tho braves who fought at
Gettysburg, Chicamauga, Atlanta,
Petersburg and a hundred other strick-
en- fields, and the sound of the APP
plause only makes me sick with spite
and envy. The nations are uniting to
honor the stern perseverance, and
Roman fortitude which the loyal free
men of the Republic have exhibited
for four years, and all the while, l have
been sneering at that loyal devotion
and heaping honors in my heart on
the chiefs of the rebellion. i wanted
that rebellion to be successful, | want
I'd jeff. Davis to be President of the
whole Republic; Lincoln driven to the
bacllwoods, and the nation given over
to my Democratic friends, Benjamin,
Mason, Sldell and company. And
this is the end of all of it. A Ten
nessee tailor, who says Niger ought
TO vote, is President, and my friends
are toadying at the Court of Louis
Napoleon. Tho fact is, I've been n
mean GUS and the worst of it is,
everybody knows it. Oh! Democracy,
democracy, you've led me such a dance
tho sOun'' VI ) 6ur -nlsSif9 10 dSiia..that
u scourge, and sting of scorpions"
These reflections says the article,
"mast force themselves on any Demo-
GRAFT" The distinct and only legiti-
mate meaning of this, whether clouded
by assumption as to what are mems re-
Elections, or stated in explicit language
is, that ereTy Democrat is amcnab.e to
the charge of treason against the gov
eminent, hatred Of Union soldiers, and
active sympathy with the rebellion. -
There are no exceptions, be it under
stood, in this category, the allegation
is general against "any Democrat"
every Democrat, and all Democrats,
individually and collectively.
Democrats, therefore, will see the
-'---o $500. - IL ---I:.l., -
personal attack. "Star" clears false
witness against his neighbour" and
adopting sncaking subterfuge, pro
mulgates it as the soliloquy of any of
his betters. In this he acts both the
thief and the liar. The Enterprise
adopts tho soliloquy as "good enough"
to be considered an exponent of its
particular sentiments, as no doubt it
is, thereby aiding and abetting the
theft and Gllsehood, and endorsing tho
impotent ISLANDERS of the "Star contri-
butter"
In al this there is nothing worthy
of notice save the disposition mani
tested by the writer and publishers of
this invaluable contribution. The in
situations are without point or pun
gency, for everybody knows they are
false throughout. The determination,
however, to harp upon, ro-vamp and
manipulate these estate, fiat and un-
profitable" falsehoods, tolcrable, per-
haps, by reason of the abject necessity
OF their authors, in seasons of high
political excitement, evinces degree
of putrescent, malarious meanness as
disSracoful, even to political Journal
ism, as is personal filth and uncleanli-
ness to rational members of the human
family.
OIL CITY,
Situate, lying and being in conces-
sion one, or two, or between the two,
III the township Of Enniskilen. county