The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-09-05
Democrats. Read !!

An article appears Ia the Cambridge
City Iud.) Mirror, announcing that arti
cles or association have been agreed upor
! by number Of Democrats for the purchase
of that Office, the same to be under tht
control of board Of directors, &c. The
office IS valued at $4,000, and shares O.
$50 each are offered TO those wishing to in
vest. !hc present editor says sit is fol-
the Democrats to say whether they viii
conti;uc the paper Commenting on tbt
proposition above, the Fort Wayne Demo
crat makes few remarks directly to the
point 1t says:
We reproduce the above from the Cam
bridge City Ind. Mirror, not to complain
on our account, but to point out to the De-
mocracy at large one of the chief reasons
why the party has been, in certain locali-
ties, growing" to use a quaint but never
theess forcible phrase, beautifully less. y
and if possible, awaken them from the stu
por into which they have apparently fall
en-. The Mirror, which makes the above
appeal to the Democracy Of Wayne coun-
ty, is good, readable paper, sound as re-
CARDS politics, and is the only Democratic
newspaper in section of country that sup
ports half dozen first class Republican
Journals. Why is this >? Are Democratic
Newspapers not SO worthy of support by
Democrats as Republican newspapers by
Republicans This must be the case, foi
we cant think for moment, that Demo.
Gratis are not reading class. Let US par
ticularize perhaps seed thrown out in
this way, on the wayside, may take root
and bring forth fruit. In LaPorte, the
Republicans have two large and well pat
ronized weeklies-Democrats none the last
expired for want tf breath in Valparai-
SO, one large Republican weekly Demo
Gratis diu have, but have not now in Ko-
komo, one large Republican weekly-Dem-
ocrats none And in Democratic counties
the Republicans are well supplied with or
gans, and in many localities have two
where the Democrats have but one. This
is why the Republicans are successful il
carrying elections and why Democrats al
ways come out at 'thc small end Of the
horn" When Republicans are in power
they defy their opponents and oJiige their
friends. If they have any patronage to
give, their organs must have it at any
price, whereas the Democrats receive bids
and what not, and want their organs to
work for nothing and board themselves
This is the relative difference between
Democrats and Republicans. Hence Re-
publican newspapers have more life ard
vigor, because they are better supported
and accordingly render better service
This is logical Democrats must needs
draw party lines closer, give better
and heartler support to their organs,
and not rander 50 much to Repub-
lican influence. Have Democratic politi-
ticians anything toexpect from that source!
If they have they are right, but are they
then good Democrats We are not writ
ing this to complain, as We have already
remarked, on our account-we have a pret
ty good support all things considered-bu
we feel that we right render better ser
vice and make ourselves more useful to tn,
Democracy were u support given us com
meDsurat3 with the strength of the party
in Allen county and Northern Indiana
And more in particular, do We write this
to shut the mouths of croakers and fault
finders, of what they would do, were the,
publishing a Democratic newspaper here
or elsewhere. Why, they would COLLAPSE
or 'dry up quicker than they imagine.