Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-05
CHANGED HIS pohITIos.

Our neighbor of the Register,
judging from articles and para
graphs which have lately appeared
in that hitherto steadfast organ of
the Democratic party in this coun-
ty, has given the cold shoulder 10
his old political associates, and, as
fast as possible, is reading himself
out of the pale Of any healthy po-
litioal organization, and is laooring
under the strange hallucination that
he can get up a third party when,
in fact, he has not been able to
maintain very enyiable position
in the Democratic party, to which
he aspired to be the leader. Find
ing, however, that he can neither
Lead nor drive the Democratic par.
ty, he seeks to reduce its strength
by getting up a division in its
ranks. OF course this is a kind of
family quarrel, IN which Republi-
cans feel no particular interest, and
VIC merely notice it as one of the
great political revolutions of The
day, confined to the Democratic
party alone. -a,E ID.
In his paper Of the 18th Of last
month, he enters the wedge into the
heart of the Democratic party. He
says TO his Democratic friends;
"Neyer mind the political differ
enccs of the past. Let not
prejudices keep us from doing
good. Let not political blindness
keep working men from seeing
their interests and the interests Of
the country f-ot .9] saol
That is very good advice to the
Democrats. Itis just what we have
been thinking they ought to do
We have tried for yearsto persuade
our Democratic brethren not to be
the dupcs Of their party leaders, and
to let political blindness keep them
from seeing their interests. 5sa
But this somorsalt was, undoubt-
edly, performed all Of a sudden for,
on the opposite page of the same
paper frem which we make the
above extract, we find the folio wing
paragraph in relation to supporting
he Democratic ticket and candi
dates u..a
"Freemen of Ohio, the ticket is
now before you, If you desire
economy and honesty In the ad I
of public affairs, vote {
for the candidates presented
by the Democracy, and your burth- |,
ems Of taxes will be lcssensd" (in a
horn "your rights maintained, and {
your liberties perpetpated,'
Then we find another effort of the
u
editor to bust up the Democratic
party, and break down its party
lines and remove the party blind
folding and prejudlces, in the Reg
later Of the 29th, in an effort to
form a third party, which he thinks,
undoubtedly, will completely ami
hilate old Democratic lines, and
from the ruins will grow up WorS
ing Mea's party. Hear what this
editor, who has renouncod the prin-
ciples of his lOng,cherished Demo
cratic party, says;
"Working Men is It not about
the time in your lives for you to
forget some Of your party prejudi-
ces aud look a little to your o,cn
interests and those Of your families
The time has arriv-
cd, in our humble Judgment, when ,
working men must look to Their
owA interests, and leave party lead
ers and interests to take care Of
themselves, and being convinced Of
that fact, We shall endcavor to warn
our citizens of what we think is IN ,
the very near fUture-we shall
strive to be and do right, regard
ess of political preferences or pref :
idices, trusting God and the peo +
lie for results" iia'
Now the question is, Is Gould {
eally convinced Of the political c
'rors Of the party with which he 4
las always acted and for which he :
ias performed 50 much hercplean r.
abor' Or Is he like the tabled c
ats, just rolling himself in meal 0
or a purpose ? Doubtless his old y
,arty friends, rather than to allow /"
i'm to destroy their party, viii put n
heir hands down into their tyoes- o
i's and draw therefrom the price Of p
lis fidelity to the party. Q
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