The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-02-27
WHAT rs DEMOCRACY
Further Assassinations Urged.

The following extracts are from the
editorial columns of the La Crosse Den.-
ocrat, of the 18th inst, one OF the edl-
tors of which is a delegate to the Demo
cratic State Convention:
cit i. but little while since the gtor-
aous effort Of John HiHes Booth gare
fresh hope to the friends Of liberty, and
conon,zsd the name of the heroic youth In
the hearts OF all who believe that resls-
lance to tyranny is obedience to God.
''The name of John Wilkes Booth will
godown to future generations along with
that of Brutus.
ssWhen the merciless petty tyrants
that now perpetrate the most hldeous
crimes in the name of liberty in this
stricken land shall have passed into the
gulf of oblivion, their very names forgot
ten, their deeds unrecorded, the name OF
John Wilkes Booth, the yoHng american
patriot of the nineteenth century, growing
greener with each revolving year, and
brighter with each fresh triumph of hui
man liberty, viii be the watchward OF
freedom $ children, until the last syllable
of recorded time. :"
The whole country is groaning under
the misrule of the Rump. Consplrators
against liberty and law, they are public
enemies, whom all patriotic citizens are
justified in rising uo and staying.
Where are the told hearts North and
South aclto aciW combine to nd the aUor{d
of these monsters!
Where are the strong arms, nerved to
strike them down?
Where are the hosts Of freedom, ready
to march on the capital and set up the
a0hite mans Government?
The time has fully come when this
bold deed should be done
Patriots of Americal PrepGret
On which the MadisonJommal remarks
as follows: ''Fhat these sentiments are
not ancongenial to very large class of
Democrats is shown by the popularity
of that paper in its large subscription
list 1t has nothing else to commend
it except obscenity. It is not news
paper in any sense of the word. 1t is
simply the medium through which few
unprincipled men, (who are not even
sincere in the infamous sentiments they
profess, but who, if they could make it
pay equally well, would just as promptly
support the Republican party, preach
the gospel of treason and assassination,
larded with smut and blasphemy, in or
der to coin money out Of the folies of
certain classes Of the people. These men
have some shrewdness. They have
studied public sentiment. They have
enough sagacity to know that they could
gain no prominence in the Union party.
They have consulted the state and the
feelings of the Democratic party, partic-
ularly in the South, and in Southern
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. They pre-
pare articles with express reference to
suiting that sentiment. Such articles as
that from which the above extract is
taken, extolling the assassin of President
Lincoln, and appealing to the Democracy
to employ the same agency to get rid Of
Congress, warm the unreconstructec
heart and kindle the enthusiasm Of tbs
more prudent copperhead, who love!
treason, but lacks courage openly tt
enact it. A good deal Of smut and a large
amount OF blasphemy complete the in
gradients which unite to render the /,
Crosse Democrat the most successful
Democratic newspaper in the country.
As to this standing with the party il
this state, but one Democratic paper thu
far has excepted to its course, and tina
paper has died for want of support. Th'
following from the last number of til,
Prairie du CHEN Courier probably ex
presses the average amount Of admiration
for it which is felt by the small fry o
Democratic papers.
There are thousands, and hundreds O
thousands OF brave, honest, patriotic
Democrats who read and support the
Democrat because they know it is true
defender of Constitutional Liberty, anC
advocates the Rights of the people Thi,
is true. We wish it could also be said O
every editor and newspapers III the
country. Where the editors and news
papers who asSail the Democrat are
known and read by ten men, Mark NJ
Pomeroy and the la Crosse Democrat
are known and read ~ Ten Thousand
men! This is also true.
There are a lH'Uiop OF
staunchDemocrats who endorse discourse,
and tend him their aid And he deserves
it. He is a7ght! The La Crosse
Democrat and its editor needs no defence
from SO humble a source as our pen, to1
it is able to stand against all such attacks
as a milk andwater, undecided, waver
ing toady is capable of.