The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-17
Eating II,s Own Words.

Brick Pomeroy boasts that his paper, the
La Crosse Democrat, has a circulation OF 20, 900,
and we suppose he got this circulation beeause
Of the many bold, bst thing which he throws
out to the world Through ia eoiusns. VS.
have siwayu known that II there wAsa wicked
and blssphe nous shect published in the United
States, Il was the Ia Crosse Dsnoerst We had,
however, given Pomeroy the credit Of being
consistent In his wiekedness. The following
extracts from his paper will show that we are
mistaken. Like other Democrats, he eats his
own words. We do not know why we should
have expected anything different Of him, but
we did. ..| ..|ftI
On July 9th, the La Crosse Democrat has the
following; .-----=----
Gov. seymoar /, trying to put the public
the pillow hol ders to sweat and stsgger. and
starve under the load Of taxation to pay the
bondholders their semi-snnusl interest In gold,
country that the financial question should not
be brought Into the cinvass this year, that
everything 10 well enough asst 10, u you will
penditures, and that generation hence will
be time enough to talk about the national
"How false and deceptive, 81 IFS COS .a.
at takes one hundred and Twenty-Five mil.
lions In gold-say one hundred and seventy
i've millions In greenbacks, at present depre-
ciation-to pay the interest on the bonds.
This load upon industry-this drain upon the
resources Of the piowholders-}ov. Seymour
proposes to continue without change for q
Eeneration or more. -
because he has not courage to grapple with
the question like a statesman and patriot.
"And because the bondh elders have got hi m
In their tolls, and are using him to uphold
their interests ..-. .H
"And ensidpe The PLowuoLpERs ~ .
Again, in allusion OF F. P. Blair, it,, the
Democrat Says ......
at 10 this Blair family, whose history IL
thus truthfully sketched, which now claims
position and voice In the Democratic party,
for the Presidency. In fact, Il has the modesty
to claim the nomination for one Of its own
members-the butcher Of st. Louis-the nice
tween the speakership and brissdier &c ner "a
ship, and to whom Lincoln so kindly tossed
the latter when the former was not to be
caught I{s. III. p,noo,,,,o marty s,,,.o - ,o,v
to be used by such creaturesf Is It so craven
as to allow such fellows to say what II shall
do, or what 1t shall not dor' .'.r
Just Ave days after giving to the world the
above, this same INSCRIPTIONS sheet comes
out with the following, plainly showing that,
like all other Democratic ehanglings. this
creature does not hesitate to cat his own
words. The Democrat says:
I'VE place at the head OF our columns to.
day the names Of Horatio Seymour, OF New
York, and Frank p. Blair, it,, of Missouri
who were nominated to the Offices OF Presi
dent and Yice-President, by the National
Democratic Convention, which assembled In
the city Of New York on Independence Day
| 1865.
"The names of Seymour and Blair, repre-
senting, as they win upon the platform o.
the convention, the earnest sentiments o.
the people Of the country, will awaken thai
enthusiasm In the great Democratic heart tina
|
"Priacipid non honliaesrn
This has ever been our motto-thc sure
| guide-post to victory. Acting under its inspi
ration, and under the glorious banner of thu
people, and upon their platform, we earnestly
and determinedly shall support the nomination
oil Horatio seymour and OF Frank p. Blair
will march in solid phalanx TO victory"