The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-08-14
The BOIting German Democracy.
Another Broadside Against Seymour,
Blair, aud Rsvolution-PIain Talk,
7 from a :" Freedom Dutohman -
Something for Every German to
Read.

-1 We printed q few weeks since the singnii-
cant and powerful article with which the
GAINESVILLE GeT7Rdnid always heretofore a
Flssssreratir journal iats.i tIa SeVplour
and Blair ticket and platform, as an Infamous
fraud upon the fyee-born German Democrats
of the North. For this exercise of his free
dom of opinion, the editor of that journal
was SO grossly assailed by a X. X. X. print,
at Zanesville, that he retorted with the fol-
lowing card in the Courier. It 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 that these, especially
at an age of much dishonesty and corruption,
are to lie taken very carefully, and their
candidates closely scrutiniEed y after their
former history.
To the objection of Inconsistency which
the Democrats throw up against us, we beg
leave to say:
1.-THE Democrats wish man always to
stick to the party he hitherto belonged to,
they might have the consistency to sweep
| first before their own door, aud kick
out their repeatedly fence jumping candidate
for Vice Presidency, +. Blair, and many
other leading Democrats, refugees from the
Republican party. The Democrats will hold
US, therefore, excused of inconsistency.
We are considered faithless, traitor to
party principles. In this regard we ask the
Democracy:
lst Whether they permit US the exercise
Of an Independent judgment, or whether
they want party slaves3
ID. Whether a man is not bound to
leave a 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 Convention
converted or sradicated from the secesh
| element or whether this element was not
there in full force and glory, as Gov. Wise
announced at Richmond, "The Fourth of
July in New York is the day which would
gain the friends that the rebellion could not
gaini" And We ask
4th. Whether it is not the right kind of
traitoTship, to leave the flag hOisted by For
rest, the guerrilla General, by Vallandigham
and Mr.. Wash Mclean, and to join the
army of Grant, who is proclaimed by his
| tory the Savior of the American RepublicP
Whether is is treacherous or mean TO con-
! fde in that patriotic, upright, straightfor-
ward and honest minded General whose
hands to kiss every child thought itself hap.
py, at the close Of the wsr-or to trust the
/ future Of the country to those in connection
or cooperation with our enemiesl To trust
to the candidates that desire "peace, or to
/ the one who thirsts for "Wsr?D
| To the commonly used Democratic charge
Of bribery we simply request the Democracy,
not 10 judge US by themselves, because their
delegates got their pockets filed at New
York and sold themselves. (See La Crosse
Democrat, and Cincinnati Enquirer, of the
9TH and 9th of July.) a
We believe it requires no bribery for a
war Democrat, IS we always considered our
selves, to repudiate that Convention. Was
General Sheridan suddenly bribed because
he, Democrat declared for Grant against
the New Work ticket, or is Chase bribed be-
cause he ike zoe declares there was no hope
for the victory of the Democrat ticket? tits
no miracle nor does it require bribery, if an
honest thinking Democrat prefers Grant
with Union Democratic principles 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 Democrats used
to say: My father or grandfather was
! Democrat. l an Democrat, have been
| O1O1 oHN WIN euO VI Tue LOFQf SQall =De
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 free man and
not of blind partisan or Ofone who is un.
der obligation or pledged to party.
The interest we earned from the free ex-
preston Of our upright view on the New
| York ticket is: Persecution from rustics
prospects of Seymour mob and the loss OF
subscribers, of those who, not relying upon
their own mind, were afraid of learning diff
ferent views, and of being lifted above their
''WestbOte or Nolksfreund."
Here it is proper to. o.remzrk that Republi-
cans are more patriotic and penetrated by
their principles SO as to give generous sup
port to the newspapers, those great instru-
ments for the cultivation Of the intelligence
/ of the people, than Democrats.
i We confess, ourselves, the Gey7ltania
never attempted to work for party, never
put up party ticket, and never smoke in a
Fashionable tone Of the parties. 1t seems the
Democrats think that only such papsrs have
effect which make their profession 20 shoot
with the poisonous arrows of misrepresenta-
tions, ISLANDERS and personal attacks. We
also confess and believe that the names Of
l Seymour and Blair on the Democratic ticket
will work far more powerfully to the defeat
of the Democrats than our humble PAPER
! the fermdaid. SdpiSnG sal. av
q. ARE0ER, Editor Of GefRahiG.