The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-08-06
erman Democratic Organ
Bolts.

ly for Grant and Colfax. For this
exercise of his rights, the Democ-
racy are. abusing him relentlessly,
to whom he thus retorts, in a card
in the Courier 1a1s.t
Reason teaches us that parties, as
human societies, are liable to err,
and experience and history teaches
us that these, especially at an age
of much dishonesty and curruption,
are to be taken very carefully, and
their candidates closely scrutinized
| { p 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 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 cut their
repeatedly fence jumping candidate
for Vice President, F. Blair, and
many other leading Democrats. ref
uges from the Republican party
The Democrats will hold us, there
fore, excused of Inconsistency.
We ere 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 judg
ment, or whether they want party
slaves . -
| I'd. Whether a man is not bound
to leave company which he sees is
getting corrupt or leading into bad
ways, and we ask:
Sd. Whether the Democratic party
proved itself at the New York Con
vention converted or eradicated
from the secesh element, OF 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 p And
we ask:
4th. Whether it is not the right
kind of traitorship, to leave the flag
Ihoisted by Forrest, the guerrilla
General, by Vallandigham and Mr..
Wash Mclean, and to join the army
of Grant, who is proclaimed by his
tory the Saviour of the American
Republic :?
Whether it is treacherous or mean
to confide in that patriotic, upright
straightforward and honest minded
General whose hands to kiss every
child thought itself happy, at the
close of the war-or to trust the fu-
ture of the country to those in con-
nection Or cooperation With our
enemies !? To trust to the candidatee
that desire ''peace." or to the one
who thirstS for "war" ~
To the commonly used Democratic
charge of bribery we simply request
the Democracy, not to judge us by
themselves, because their delegates
got their pockets filled at New York
and sold themselves. (See La Crosse
Democrat, and Cincinnati Enquirer,
of 5th and 9th of Ju]y.)
We believe it requires no bribery
| for war Democrat, as we always
considered ourselves, to repudiate
that Convention. Was Gen. Sher-
man suddenly bribed because he, a
Demo crat declared for Grant against
the New York ticket, or is Chase
bribed because he like we declares
there was no hope for the victory of
the Democrat ticket? 1t is no mir
acle nor does it require bribery, if an
honest thinking Democrat prefer
Grant with Union Democratic prin-
ciples to a 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 Demo
Gratis used to say; "My father or
grandfather was a Democrat. I am
a Democrat, have been one, and
and with the hope of the Lord, shall
be one all my life time" Our prin-
ciple is /: Leave the party if you think
tits wrong and go to the party which
aims at right: never pledge your
self to any party, because it may
fall. 7p4e
Such are the principles of q free
man and not of blind partisan OF
of one who is under obligation OF
pledged to aparty. a
The interest we earned from the
free expression of our upright view
on the New York ticket is: Perse-
cution from rustics, prospects of 6
Seymour mob and the loss of sub
scribers, of those who not relying
upon their own mind, were afraid o1
learning different views, and of be
ing lifted above their ''W estboto OF
Volksfreund."
Here it is proper to remark thai
Republicans are more patriotic ane
penetrated by their principles so az
to give a generous support to tht
newspapers, those great instrument:
for the cultivation of the intelligenc,
J of the people, than the Democrats.
We confess, ourselves, the Ger
mania never attempted to work fo
party, never put up party ticke
? and never spoke in passionate ton
of the parties. 1t seems the Demo
Gratis think that only such paper
, have effect which make their pro
,, fession to shoot with the poisonou
arrows Of Misrepresentation, Sian
ders and personal attacks. We al
so confess and believe that tn
names of Seymour and Blair on tn
Demo ocratic ticket will work ia
more powerfully to the defeat of tn
Dem ocrats than our humble pape
the Germania. Sapienti sat.
G. ARNOLD, Editor of Germania.
A man in the Lunatic ASYLUM q