American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-12-04
Communications.


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more than we expected. The differen-
ces being that while we have always been
in fun, he appears to be in earnest. He
compliments the temperance meu upon
their success tells them he hopes God
will spare them the shame of going
backward. Tells them he never signed
petition for license In his life; tells them
Kohler ought to go to Jail then comes
the other, and he tells you He never
signed Remonstraace IN his lite. And
Sykes ought to have license. And he
always respected our landlords and we
paid them poor compliment when we
called them "neiyJor like" They are
certainly much better than that Hav-
ing gone over both sides he again de-
clares his faith in Republicans. Now
we beg leave to hope that in the main
all Republicans will follow after VERITAs
and be on both sides of the question,
sign no petition, Sign No Remonstrance,
Cry Good Lord, Good Devil Discard
the issue altogether and merely claim to
be RepubliCan-but don't say anything
about sending Kohler to Jail, or Grant,
ing Sykes license Remember that is
a special privilege VERITAs has as pri-
rate Counsel We presume. Ifany person
hould blame the party for being too
meddlesome upon the question: deny the
fdct, like VERITAs name over three or
four White Crows, and quote piece of
poetry. But if any person should con-
front you then abandon that position and
plead justification but don't forget to end
by asking license for some favorite.
This is very proper programme and L
hope VERIFAs will excuse US for having
selected him as a model of Republican
perfection on this subject. We join
with your correspondent in admiration Of
Abrahams Motto at the head of your
columns, but there is another Of his wise
sayings which he uttered at critical mo-
ment when he decided to deliver up
Mason and Slidell that was "ORe tOar at
a time is enough" The war of which
the Martyr spoke is not yet ended. The
same men who gave their blood freely
to destroy this government and those
who gave their bloody sympathy to the
same cause have to day stranger polit-
ical affinity and organization than they
had in 1861. There is Il great question
of Reconstruction and also a great finan~
cial question to decide before this war
is over, then NERITAs our model will be
free to sign either petition or a remOn.
strauce, as he nay see fit, but at present
the issue is joined on national questions
altogether and you must excuse him.
He would further. in justification of his
neutrality, ask you 10 read the old tale of
Johnson's journey Of Life (not Andy'S,) }
shall this great national party now, that
it is in the Meridian of it's journey, turn
aside out of the main road into paths
made pleasant by the fatteriug of the Non.
Voting population who wave their ker-
chiefs and beckon you to a new war with
the whiskey power. Shall the party
turn aside and lose the main road, and
main issue until the Sky is overspread
with clouds and the day vanishes before
US, then in darkness we would have to
retrace our steps, aud like Obidiah lock
for the dim taper Of your eutral CORES
pondeut VERITAs to guide US out of the
labayrinth Of side issues by which we
would be surrounded
The example and advice of VERITAs
is commondable but as same will not take
it, we beg leave to add, IF people will
demonstrate, let the Remonstrance be
divided by line running down the cen
tire, let one side be marked Republicans
! anu tue OtHBT DcHDUCTdtS. lntu I0L BN>
cry Republican who wishes to sign, see
that the Democratic side is even or one
ahead before he signs it. Petitions got
ten up in this way would prove the truth
Of his first assertion that there was no
cause f,r complaint of the Republican
party. Perhaps as EERITAs is anxious to
prove the truth of his assertion he would
so far depart from his neutrality, as to
carry round the Remonstrance, and if he
succeeded in getting one half of the Re.
publican and one, half of the Democrat
ic yoters of this Borough to his Remon-
STRANGE, then l will take pleasure in ac>
knowledging that | was wrong and YER
ITAs right but if he refused to do so or
his Good Templar friends for him, then
we will only ask an equally frank ac-
acknowledgement from him, this is certainly
a fair and honest settlement of our insg-
nfcant dispute,
If certain of our worthy citi-
zens who in by gone days have made a