Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-03

such malevolent sophistrips TO deceive
its readers, then the intelligence of the
American people would stand very low.
That the Courier only sought pretext
has already come out, for on the next
day, last Saturday, with pious hypocrisy
it takes the frightful misrepresentation
of the French-that the Germans lost
81, 900 killed and $4,000 wounded and
declares them TO be entirely true and
entitled to credence. The Courier and
other Democratic papers have certainly
the freedom to sympathize with the
Frencl,, aswe have the liheri yto sympa-
thize with the eanse of the Germans.
With our American politics the war has
nothing TO do, but we expose the attitude
of % number of Democratic papers and
draw a,tentidn TO them, because they
show that faction of the Democratic
press go headstrongly hold to their tradl-
tiops that they are unable to separate
the right from the wrong, or that their
course was induced by worse motives
and herein lies an universal evil which
must be in the highest degree prcjudicial
to the Democratic party, .E.l
The uu:on of Italy under Victor EN-.
manuel and the expulsion of the remain.
ing Italian Princes called forth shouts of
applause from the Democratic journals,
while they, oharao,erizo the endeavors
Of the King of Prussia to unite Germany
as an infamous crime. While these
lickspittles of Louis Napoleon upheld
him when, without cause, he forced war
upon Austria in order to further the
union of Italy, they now uphold the
same Napoleon who makes war against
Prussia in order to prevent the union OF
Germany and TO tear away part OF
Germany to annex it to France. They
approve all that their chosen darling
does, no matter how contradictory or
unrightpous it may be. Aud who is
this darling of theirs ? A man who has
violated the most solemn promises and
holiest oaths given to the French repnb
licans to retain their rights-who lei
loose the dogs of war in order to destroy
the Rel ublic and to pander to his lust
for power. When sham Democratic
Journals are closely joined with wantor
audacious robber who is warning against
a people that have until now only ex
pressed friendship for this Republic
then it must be that the right feeling o
an important part of the Democratic
press is ip wretched condition. Th'
need OF a right feeling must in the eye
of all thoughtful and reasonable friends
of right and humanity, cast a darl
shadow upon the Democratic party. |
the majority of the Democratic party i
inspired by such Opinions then has tht
party out-lived itself,
To MS Gelmans regardless of party
1t must be painful to know that ther
are journals in this Republic which arr
; possessed with so ungovernable hat
, toward the German people, that in
bloody war they approve the cause OF a
, accNrsed tyrant who fights in order t
prevent the union of the German people
e in order TO prevent the German peopl
taking fitting place among the NATION
of the earth, ....
We must leave the consideration {
/, such fearful predjudices, such extrem
hate, such heaven crying unrighteou
. ness, for our feelings overcome us, Th
love of Christ dies upon ONr tongue an
we can scarcely say, "Father forgiN
G them for they know not what they do.