Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-08-06
The Bolting German Democracy.

ANOTHER BRoADsIDE AGAINST SEY-
MoUR. BLAIR, AND REvoLUTIoN-E
PLAIN TALK FROM "FREEBoRN
DUTcHMAN'-SoMErmNG FOR Ey-
ERY GERMAN To READ.
We printed last week, the signifi-
cant and powerful article with which
the GAINESVILLE Germania, always
heretofore Democratic journal, re-
pudiated the Seymour and Blair tick
ct and platform, as an infamous fraud
upon the free born German Demo
Gratis of the North. For this exer-
else of bis freedom of opinion, the
editor of that journal was so grossly
assailed by X. X. K. print, at
GAINESVILLE, that he retorts with the
following card in the Courier. 1t
affords good evidence that neither
"the Dutchmen of Muskingum" or
elsewhere, are to be "hitched to the
chariots'' of Seymour and Blair.
Read:
Reason teaches US that parties, as
human societies, are liable to err,
and experience and history teaches
us .hat these, especially at an age
of much dishonesty and corruption,
are to be taken very carefully, and
their candidates closely scrutinized
~ after their former history.
To the objection of Inconsistency
which the Democrats throw up
against us, we beg leave to say:
If the Democrats wish q man al
ways to stick to the party he hither-
to belonged to, they might have the
consistency to sweep first before
their own door, and kick out their
repeatedly fence-jumping candidate
for Vice President, F. Blair, and
many other leading Democrats, ref
ugees from the Republican party.
The Democrats will hold US, there
fore, excused OF inconsistency.
We are considered faithless, a
traitor to party and principles. In
this regard we ask the Democracy:
1st. Whether they permit us the
exercise of an independent judgment,
or whether they want party slaves ?
ID Whether man is not bound
to leave q company which he sees is
getting corrupt or leading into Dad
ways, and we ask:
Sd. Whether the Democratic par
ty proved itself at the New York
Convention converted or eradicated
from the secesh element, or whether
this element was not there In full
force and glory, as Gov. Wise an
nounced at Richmond, ''The Fourth
of July in New York is the day
which would gain the friends that
the rebellion could not gain ?" And
we ask:
4th. Whether it is not the right
kind of traitorship, TO leave the flag
hoisted by Forrest, the guerrilla
General, by Vallandingham and Mr..
Wash Mclean, and to join the army
of Grant, who is proclaimed by his,
tory the Savior of the American Re-
public?
Whether it is treacherous or mean
to confide in that patriotic, upright,
straightforward aud honest minded
General whose hands to kiss every
child thought itself happy, at the
close of the war-or to trust the fu
turc Of the country to those in con
nection or cooperation with our en-
emies To trust TO the candidates
that desire "peace," or to the one
who thirsts for ''war ?"
To the commonly used Democrat
ic charge of bribery we simply re
quest the Democracy, not to judge
us by themselves, because their del
egates got their pockets filled at
New York and sold themselves.
(See La Crosse Democrat, and Gin
cinnati Enquirer, of 5th and 9th of
July,)
We believe it requires no bribery
for war Democrat, as we have al
ways considered ourselves, to repu-
diate that Convention. Was Gen
eral Sherman suddenly bribed be-
cause he, y Democrat, declared for
Grant against the New York ticket,
or is Chase bribed because he like are
declares there was no hope for the
victory of The Democratic ticket 7
1t is no miracle nor does it require
bribery: if an honest thinking Dem
ocrat prefers Grant with Union Dem
ocratic principles to man who does
not enjoy the confidence of the land.
These are our political principles
which we think are settled enough;
of course not settled as the wool
dyed Democrats used to say: "My
father or grandfather was Demo
crat. l am Democrat, have been
one, and with the hope of the Lord
shall be one all my life time" Our
principle is; Leave the party if you
think it is wrong and go to the party
which aims at right; never pledge
yourself to any party, because it may
fall.
Such are the principles of a free
man and not of blind partisan or oi
one who is under obligation o:
pledged to a party.
The interest we earned from the
free expression Of our upright view
on the New York ticket i: Perse
cution from rustics, prospects Of q
Seymour mob and the loss of subscri-
bers, OF those who, not relying upon
their own mind, were afraid of lear
ming different views, and Of being
lifted above their 'Westbote or
Volksfreund."
Here it is proper to remark that
Republicans are more patriotic and
penetrated by their principles so as
to give generous support to the
newspapers, .hese great instruments
for the cultivation of the intelligence