Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-21

The Democratic Editor.
There is this important differ.
ence between Republican newspa,
.pers and Democratic newspapers :;
the former, or at least many of
them, are willing to expose and
condemn the evil of the Republi-
can party, while the latter always
endeavor to conceal or justify the
evil Of the Democratic party =
In other words, there are hun
'dreds of Republican newspapers
that are independent They sup
port the principles of the Republl-
can party, but at the same time
they are free in their criticisms Of
what they deem bad policy in that
party's administration, and bold in
their condemnations Of their own
party leaders whom they consider
dangerous men. And this indie
pendence is a newspapers own
glory.
1t requires courage in a party
paper to make it independent OF its
own party, and this courage we nev-
or see exhibited in a Democratic
newspaper
AT this moment there are hun
dreds of Republican newspapers
that are boldly exposing the fraud
committed by the Republican par
ty, and vigorously assaiing Repu5-
lican leaders who are believed to be
dishonest.
But was a Democratic newspaper
e.er known to be indepcf dent
e Tough, courageous enough, to
speak out vigorously and persist
emily against the bad men Of its
own rarty? What Democratic
newspaper denounced YallanGi :
ham when, in the dark days of the
war, he was giving assistance to
rebels in arms against the Govern
ment? What Democratic newspa-
D n mad even the courage to de-
nounce Booth, the assassin of the
President? What Democratic news
paper at this day has the courage
to condemn the bad men Of its par
ty now in office; What Democratic
newspaper has the courage to speak
out against the disgrace Of having
such man as John Morrissey in
Congress ? What Democratic new :
paper has the courage to condemn
the infamous Democratic govern
ment of New York city? What
Democratic newspaper has the cour-
age to demonstrate against the Ku-
Klux outrages in the South What
Democratic newspaper has the
courage to say one word against
the system of stealing practiced by
the Democratic revenue officials ap-
pointed by President Johnson p
The answer to all these questions
is, NOT ONE.
We, in common with other Re
publican editors, are now laboring
to create public sentiment thai
will gain force enough to demand
and compel a reform in the RepuL-
lican party We freely dcnounce
the railroad schemes now before
Congress, which are intended main-
ly to benefit private spectators in
and out of Congress, We object
to The abuse of the franking priyi-
lege, and all other abuses aud cor
ruptions in the Republican party
This course on the part Of Repub-
lican papers is unaccountable to
Democratic editors, A Democratic
editor thinks his only duty is to in,
dulgc in low denunciation of all
that the Republican party does and
in fulsome praise Of all that is De
mocratic. This is the conception
a Democratic editor has of his
duty.
If Democratic editors arc really
in earnest in their frequently ex-
pressed desire to bring about q re-
form in the administration of the
government why do they not join
with as in dcnoupcing wrong and
wrong, ,doers in both parties ? For
instance, the Democratic members
of Congress are as deep in the mirC
Of the franking abuse and the rail
road plumber schemes as the Re
publican members, Why then do
Democratic editors, in denouncing
these things, speak only of the Re.
publican members ? Why do they
not speak ont as freely against their
own members as against ours p
Inc answer IS PLAIN, and IL Is TINS
q Democratic editor is a servile
thing. Whatever is Democratic is
good in his eyes, Whatever is
Democratic he praises without dis
elimination. In his eyes Davis and
Lee were patriots Booth was a
noble martyr; VOllandigham was
hero as well as patriot; Morris
sey and Salisbury are pure and no
BILE statesmen; Andrew Johnson's
thieves in the revenHO department
are pious and upright men; the
abuses of the franking privilege,
and all other abuses, by Democrat.
ic members of Congress, are things
to be commended; Democratic