The Plymouth Democrat., 1869-09-16
National SANDER.

E" y GOOD report makcth the bones fat"
ana IL neither requires the authority of
Solomon nor Of Shakespeare to warrant the
condemnation of him who filchcs away n
good name As If by instinct, savage and
civilized alike have ranked s!andercrs
among the most despicable Of evil dOers
and In earlier and later times the ingenuity
OF law makers has been taxed to invent
means OF punishment which should he q
special disgrace and terror to evil doers.
as the blanks" and other devices prove
The maligner is without excuse The
frequenter of Billingsgate, when she hurIs
the choicest gems Of her rich vocabulary
at an obnoxious opponent, may have pas
sion or prOvOcatiOn to palliate the offensc.
but when a newspaper writer, impersonal
and unassailcd, deliberately procIaims To
all Europe and Asia--tO all whom his
printed page may reach, or his evil speak
ing be repOrted-that a large section of
the nation are repudiatOrs," or 50 un-
principled and dishonest as to purpose to
cheat their creditors, and have commenced
To lay their plans for doing so, and thus
warns all To be on their guard against
such disreputabie persons, he commits a
crime not against his opponents alone, but
against the nation at large-against friends
and foes alike-which no provOcation
could palliate and not even the truth could
Justify; or if it were true, he would be a
great ninny who could thus permit political
antipathies to induce him 10 proclaim his
nations dishonOr
OF this crime the party sheets have been
guilty which declared the Democratic plat
form at the last election to be Repudiation.
and who now reiterate the libel in regard
to- Mr. PendletOn and his policy. These
prints proclaim on the Exchanges of Lon
don, Paris and Berlin, that it is not safe to
trust the American peOplc-tlat q large
section OF them, the Democrats, abetted
and encouraged by no considerable num-
Der OF Republicans, intend to repuliate
their just obligations and cheat the nation
nj creditors out of their just rights. Men
themselves honorable and upright value
the Information at it true worth and don't
believe word Of it; but spectators and
the dishonest use the aspersion to damage
the nations credit and promote their own
selfish ends, to the great detriment OF
others. Neither Mr.. PendlctOn nor any
large section of the American people have
any intention of repudiating the nations
just obligations, but firmly propose that
every cent of them shall be honestly and
honorably paid. They refuse, however,
and rightly refuse, as the merchant does,
to pay that which is not due They refuse
to put their hands into the peoples
pockets TO pay swindling claims. They
refuse to allow an unscrupulous and domi-
nant law-defying majority to mulct the
nation in SUMS to- meet their own, not the
nations obligations contracted
Tor their own party purposes, and not for
the nations, advantage; and because they
thus oppose wrong and injustice, the cry
of Reputation is raised.
OF course rhe dominant party claim that
the nation Is liable for the sums they alleee
and which their opponents deny. And
what would the most honorable of our
merchants do in such circun stances =
They would at once appeal to the law,