The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-04-05
sEaG Importance Of Sustaining
County Newspapers.

The great agent cf the Democratic par
~, and It's chief lever Of POWER, has been
an unfettered newspaper press. Er means
of this it has moulded public opinion. ed
ucated the minds Of the masses, Impressed
upon the people CORRECTNESS of their prin
ciples, and secured their triumph.
That agency is as potent 70 day as it ev.
er was in the past During i reign of
terror, wncn democratic newspapers were
suppressed BIZ the rude bod g ',.;H.-'>
power, and denied circulation through
the mails, when irresponsible mobs
Quilted Democratic newspaper Offices. and
threatened violence to editors. the Demo,
cratic press still spoke cut boldly, freely
aud tearessly. Abuse Of power. usurpa-
ton of authority, violation Of the Consti>
stitutlon and laws, unwi>e or uniudicious
public measures, were ali condemned as
they deserved to be- The Democratic
press refused to be muyziea. nd gave forth
10 uncertain sound In this struggle for
right the local press vas distinguished for
holiness and ability. It was 50 in every
loyal State
During tie war the burdens imposed
upon editors of Democratic county news
papers were greater than at former periods
Materials were extraordinarily high, while
the ordinary resources OF profit were
constantly being contracted. \ spirit
of persecution aud prescription pre-
vailed extensively. Republican merchants
and business men withdrew their adyer.
Using patronage; in some instances the use
of the mails were denied, and very many
postmasters were found ready to delay the
transmission and delivery Of papers.
Still in spite Of all Encouragement. the
local press always did Is duty, and lis whole
duty, Has it always been sustained as it
should have been? We rut the question
to the democracy: Has The local press of
the State met with that liberal patronage
and full and generous support which it has
certainly deserved?
We fear there is not 4 single county in
the State which can give US an Affirmative
response. In this respect we believe the
Democrats do not do their whole duty
The local Democratic press is entirely de-
pendent upon the individual members Of
the party for support. and its maintenance
is positive duty, which rests proportion
ally upon every individual Democrat
No Democrat has a right to ignore this
plan, imperative duty. L he believes that
the permanent good OF the country is de-
pendent upon the triumph Of the great
principles of the Democratic party, he is in
duty bound to sustain the agency by which,
more than all others combined, the triumph
of those principles is to bc assured
In looking over our country exchanges
we find them all doing battle most gallant
ly for the cause Of right. They are doing
work which can be done by no other agen-
cy In every county in the State the To-
cal political contests are matters Of decided
Importance. If these arc we'll managed,
full vote which will tell powerfully on the
result in the State i secured.
In this important work the most efficient
aid is the local press 1t must be sustain
Cd ibcral!y. Let this great lever Of power
be everywhere strengthened Any man
calling himself Democrat ought to be
ashamed to admit that he does not take
his county paper, or that &c does not pay
for it in advance .-Non'gomcry 90. Don
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