The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-26
That olive Branch.
EDITOR Press:

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In a late. issue of the Portage Co.
Democrat, the editor of that journal
under the caption of 'sTheOIive Branch
rendered, 2 addresses a lengthy article
to such of the Republican party as
broke the political ties that bound
them in other years and voted for
j Horace Greeley in 1872. The burden
of the article referred to is an earnest
! appeal to thosesyoters to come back to
the old fold, to forget the past with
its bitterness, its anger, its strifes and
its i'll win, and again swear feaity to
that party, to get into the traces again
and pun for the success of the men
and measures of tho party now in
power.a7 s1s c-c-t ascssI a e
Being-one of the large number in
j this comfy for whose special benefit
this tender" is made, L cannot help
asking the editor of the Democrat a
| few questions isa .
4 Why are You so anxious we should
return ?, Do you really need our help,
and can you not get along without us ?
Do you not remember how happy you
were when we left? How rejoiced
your great stump speakers were when
we parted company? Have you so
soon forgotten how felieitoasly you
congratulated yourselves and the
great Repnblican party that you had
got rid of the .'scums the 'excrescen-
cess of the party, whose presence had
always been hindrance and a draw
back to the onward march 81 the ''great
party Of progress and reform p, Do
you not remeulber how you called Us
"ofice seekers; and that we had aI0
ways been q @dead wight upon your
hands, and that you had to sscoax and
pety US in order to keep bus in the
ranks? Didn't you call us "COPPER"!
heads, y TRAITORS and 4deserteFs, !" and
didn't our honorable Representative
from this county remind us in his
great pittsburgh speech that IN the
army s'aeseYters qce4e sEot9''s Well.
well! What a wonderful change SO
short time has made! yIasiss44 se.iI
Instead Of being addressed as scum
and ~dead2hsadAp and the like, the
venerable editor OF. the. Democrat in
all the magnanimity of his, honest
heart iexclaims tFWhat then remains
foF. honorable, high-m fnded, ibdepen9
dent, fearless men to do ~ Is the edi-
tor of the Democrat in his right mind ?
1 wonder in what quarter the moon
was when he penned his tender of the
olive branch! Just see, the contrast:
"Scum," "honorable" "dead-heads,
''high-fninded p; '.sneaks, " "indepen-
dentip 5''deserterssa' Fearless men,.
O. yes the world does move, after
all, and even the PortagesCo. Demos
crat IS following in the wake, sl,t .''s
But why this strong desire for our
return q Why, these efshOnerable,sh high
minded, independent, fearIes men7'ean
read the signs Of the times as well as
the majority of the editors of Reppb-
lican Journals. We. see pretty dense
cloud arising IN the political sky,
spreading and increasing with fright
ful rapidity, A fearful storm is ap-
preaching, and unless those now in
charge of the ship of State can pipe
all hands on board to aid in trimming
the ship and manning the shrouds. the
old. vessel cannot ride out the gale
that is soon to strike her. We all see
this plain enough. EEniae political sky"
is not so s.serene" as the editor of the
Democrat would have us believe. The
Republican party has lost its prestige.
and unless asudden and mighty change
comes over its leaders and those now
in power tits doomed to everlasting
oblivion. .1ll4 kga i5s1De l
| And so we are implored to come
back back to party that has broken
every pledge and unfulflled every
promise9it made during the last pres
idential campaign, and which late
revelations at Washington show is
growing more corrupt daily. 3ra
Come back come back ye fearless men,
r. Across the tossing billovs, j f.ert.f7l .-
And we will take our silent harps s--.ssz
From on the weeping willows, sFa a-e
| We'll. Wswil think about it, We-- !
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sdl throw gEi3ty Ours, q 95fes
Randolph, Mar. %, 1874. SCUM.
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