Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-01-28
"An article was printed in the Sunbury
American last week. which as democrats

we ought TO answer, There are few churches
that have not some bad members, aud no
political organizations that are free from
them. That the democratic party has been
unfortunate IN The selection of few OF lis
officers, and that they as n nucleus have
drawn around them birds of their own
| FEATHER, and that not only the Democratic
I party, but the borough ofSunbury has been
! disgraced by their behavior may be true,
| but for this the democratic party is not re-
! sponsiblG and we trust that no decent
! democrat will make himself responsible by
undertaking defense Of the prostitution
| of a few men.
| The Devil sometimes gets into the church.
but the church instead of making defense
of the Devil, puts him out, as the Demo
cratic patty will put out the members OF
| the ring when the time comes.
! The 1mericdR instead of wishing con
! diton of deccncy on the part Of the ring. oi
course, reioices i'll their prostitution, and
| hopes to drive the party into their defence
| believing, that their ini1my, II the Demo
cratic party can be chained to them, VIII
/ be sufficient TO DRAG it down and defeat 1t
among the respectable voters OF an en-
! lightcued county. TO this end the -4Hlcri-
! cda drams into its article an alusion to our
! County Treasurer. We have never heard
| his name mentioned rs gambler, drunk
/ ard, or Il prostitutCr, but believe him to be
81 gentleman, and both in morals and i'll
, business an horable man. The -1mcrtcda
| also wyavca, into It's catalogue one Of the
editors of the Dc@ocrut We have never
been treated with much generosity from
that quarter. but viii not tor that reason
! permit the IWCriela to make political cap
| ital by such IN allusinn.
The editors OEthc Democrat may be smart
enough to keep On the right side OE Il great
deal Of social rottCnncss and indcccnCy Tor
/ the sake OF getting the patronage which
they have at THEN disposal, buv that does
not demonstrate that they either love, ap-
prove OF, or mingle in thc prostitution to
which we have referred on the contrary
we believe that the editors OF the Democrat
stand ready to do what all other morally
decent men have done already cut loose
u from the loathysome carcass, whenever the
public printing shall fail or cease to com-
pcnsate Lherl for the loss CfcharCcter which
they must Sustain bya contactso repugnant
and damaging.
Ii the .lJcriCul were only anxious to
clean out what little filth there is in the
Democratic party, we should not object,
but we do not like to see that paper mix
virtue and prostitution up together, and
try to tarnish the character OF the only
decent party in existence by the unnatura
behavior of few indecent and dcprayud
men. Guard.
We copy the above article from the
Dcmocrdtic Guard of last week, 4 Demo
cratic sheet not employed by the Ring.
The editor is evidently mistaken in saying
that we are inclined to hold responsible
the whole Democratic party for the cor
duct of the Ring. There was nc alluso;
mado Of that kind, nor that the County
Treasurer was connected with the RIM.
| The editor Of the Guard in replying It
our article, evidently, could no longer re
: frain from acknowledging that the Doyi
; was in their party, from the fact that j
= had become apparent to all. These things
having come under his own obsegyatiO!
: daily, an honest conscience would not pc-
, nit him to trinc with them and screen th'
: offenders from mcrted ccnsure. The cdi
? tor Of the tUGrG appears 10 be more point
) ed than we have been, from the fact tha
? ho has had better opportunities of seen.
|. the workings of the Ring, ItCppcars tina
+ the editor is anxious to cast the Devil
. overheard to purify the Democratic party
= For this he deserves great credit, Tor j
shows that his patriotism has at last riser
above party feeling, and that he regrets
- having voted from time to time for mel
whom he knew were connected with th,
"Ring'' at the time, for the purpose o
. picking Up few crumbs which might ial
from their table while they were in power
,.,.1.. = Ia, is mi, In
) county. We hope that since lac has com
out ana declares Aimsc,rln favor Of stand
ing by the honest portion of the Democracy
he will aid IL casting out The "Dcyil' tina
has got among them, and viii inform tE
pecp'c ogwhat is really trausgiriug, an.
. let his actions a uost thai he is sincere il
/ the matter.