The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-10-31
Firing the Democratic Heart.

week opened his batteries Tor the pur-
pose of firing up the Democratic heart,
and keeping it up to the welding heat for
the campaign of 1865. He blazes away
at most laundering rate, and would
doubtless render the air redolent of burnt
birthstone, did not the smell of burnt wool
predominant in the smoke which bursts
so terrifically from his gun. 1t is evil
dent that his ammunition is composed
wholly of" Sambo and his short comings,
for he sees nothing but niger, thinks OF
nothing but niger, and prints nothing
but niggcr.
Bad indeed has Sambo proved himself
to be, according to the Democrats show.
ing. but it is consolation to know that
according to the same showing, Sambo
has been caught, in nearly every instance
and punished for his crimes; in many in
stances, with perfection of cruelty that
should satisfy even Democrats most
bitter hate. We don't pretend that Sam
DO is perfect. On the contrary we look
upon him as very imperfect being; but
we cannot but marvel that Sambo's moral
delinquencies have been 50 few, in view
of the fact that his teachings have been
impaired under the lash, and that for
years and years, for generation after gen.
Grafton, he has been treated rs brute
beast, rather than as being possessed Of
moral accountability, and human attri
butes generally. With the examples OF
lechery set him by his former Democratic
masters it was reasonable to suppose that
he would become lecherous, and the only
marvel is that Democracy can find so few
instances of his badness in this respect.
We do not uphold Sambo in his crimes
Indeed we rejoice that his punishment is
generally so prompt, and would rejoice
still more if, in every instance, he could
be caught in the act and punished as he
deserves But is the Democrat acting
fairly in the matter = is it using ieSiti-
mate fuel with which to keep the fires Of!
prejudice burning? is it dealing hon.
es,ly with those who are instructed By its
teachings? There are over 4 600, 900 Of
Sambos in the South, who are yet in the
transition state from slavery to freedom, ,aud
from ignorance to educated intelligence !,
and the whole Of these have not furnish
ed a dozen cases in a year, of crime such
as the Democrat so conspicuously parades
10 its columns last week, while 4 study
of the police reports of the city of New
York alone, would reveal full as many on
the part of Democratic white culpri,s in
one quarter the time.
1t is singular that the Democrat can
find no crimes to charge against its white
rebellous brethren of the South. Were We
| disposed to be sensational, as it is, we
could fill our columns with reports Of
far greater numbers, committed by those
who were so lately the masters and in
structors of Sambo. The Democrat could
ind them too, but to publish them would
not answer its purpose, which is TO add
fuel TO the prejudice already existing
against race which has been troddcn up
on, and ground to the dust for years. To
accomplish this our neighbor does not
hesitate to insult the modesty of his read.
ers with recital, colored to life, of the
most horrid and revolving crimes known
to the laws. We do not envy taste SO
grovcling, nor a party which requires
such argument to support its pretensions.