The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-07-09
A CONVERSION TO DEMOCRACY.
The Ri?osa wis Representative
AGanGOnS JacObinlSin.

slowly and surely failing, and to-day we
give up the ghost. We have not, in these
II months been failing in health, nor have
We pecuniarily suffered much loss. 1t is
politically that We haye gone up We
fail to see that the republican party is
what it should be, or what many Of its
friends IN years past supposed it was the
intention of its leaders to make il. Tue
ghost which We have given up is radical
republicanlsm. From this day henceforth
and forever, to the time when we are
planted beneath the sod under which all
republicans and democrats must sooner or
later lie, We shall advocate, in our humble
way the principles of democracy Hence
forth We are q democrat. We want it
distinctly understood, as we wish to re-
ceive al the cursings from republicans IS
soon as convenient. There are many
causes that have led to this decided
change In this paper. The prime cause
is the total failure of the party to do a
single thing toward the reconstruction Of
the country. The leaders appear to us
not to care continental what happens to
state if she don't cast republican vote
The government supports niggers in idle
ness, because they vote the republican
ticket and Starve white men because they
do not. This, white men can no. allow
They will not allow it.
The leaders of the republican party are
political hacks ,-renegades from the DEM
ocratic ranks,-men whose characters are
spotted, and who care no more Tor the
welfare Of the country than they do for
the Cannibal islands. They are notorious
thieves, and leave no stone umturned to
accumulate greenbacks, regardless of the
interests of the people whom they mis-
represent. We~can not live in the house
with such neighbors, hence we retire. In
our retirement. we shall doubtless have
something to say hereafter that will not
suit these political thieves. and what we
say will DC plain and to the point
The nomination of General Grant for
president by the hen convention has sick
ened thousands Of republicans throughout
the land. They look upon the nomination
as an acknowledgements Of the fact that
the party dare not nominate its best man,
for fear of ignomirious defeat; which
they will sustain next November as sure as
that time comes. They want to ride into
power on the generals military reputation
not caring whether he knows anything or
not. Whoever is nominated by the
democrats on the It'll of July will receive
the support of the Representative. Were
it the devil himself, we firmly believe his
administration could not be worse for the
toiling millions than is the present one.
1t has been reported on the streets for
some time-ever since We took the rcspon-
sibility of expressing our views on the re-
publican nomnationS-thatw we were going
over to the democracy. We confess We
have given cause for such rumors, and to-
day we accept the situation. 1t has been
stated by some that we have been bought.
The latter is an unqualified, unconsttu-
tional, malicious lie. Put that in your
pipes. We should have done this long
ago, had we been in circumstances to sus
tain the loss which we were sure to meet.
Thank God and elbow grease, we can now
stand the pressure. We have now been
assured that, for every subscriber We lose
by the operation, ten will take their place
If that is being bought, call it 50, and
make the most of it. Men who have
subscribed for the Representative on ac-
count of its Shanghai proclivities, and
who wish to stop it, are at perfect liberty
to do so, by paying up their subscription
If they have paid in advance, their mon
ey will be returned to them on arplica-
ton. Those who have taken the paper on
account of the local news can rest assured
that this department will be better than
ever, "well worth the price of admis-
sion" They are requested to continue
their patronage; but, if they cant 60 the
politics of the thing, we would refer them
to the Commonwealth, good local paper,
aud well worthy of support. But, II yoa
want red-hot democratic paper, bear
with us a few weeks, until we get Fairly
settled into the harness, and you shall be
accommodated We shall do nothing by
halves.
Announcing here, that We are, from
this out, to be found in the democratic
ranks, fighting for the rights of men,