Middletown transcript., 1874-10-03

fess to entertain. Aware Of the dnten
ability OF the ground upon which the,
stand they seek to make up for thei
weakness in personal slander. Tn,
Democratic papers at the opening o
the campaign protested against sucl
unmanly and unargumentative proceed
ure. We besought our opponents tt
meet argument with argument, and tt
deal with the public acts Of the variou,
candidates. and let their private acts
and character, which no more effec
their qualifications for the Office fol
which they are running, than know
ledge of Hebrew would effect the abili.
ty of a negro to hoe corn, alone. In
stead of adopting this course, the edi-
sorial columns Of their papers are al
most daily filed with petty tales about
things that were done, if done at all,
twenty-five or thirty years ago, and one
of their editors, be of the Republican,
has rendered himself ridiculous by con-
stantly harping upon petty act W hich,
he says, Mr. Cochran committed some
thirty years ago. Scarcely a word,
either in favor of the principles or Of
the record of the Republican party. or
in opposition to the declarations and
avowed principles of the Democratic
party, does its columns contain, but,
instead, to every protest made by the
Democrats against the outrages COM
mitted, under the pretense Of recon
struction," by the administration party
upon the Southern States, the poor old
granny pipes out, John P. Cochran
shot cow!" Speak to the superan-
nuated old man about the District of
Columbia corruptions, or the participa-
tion by some Of the leading lights Of
of the moral reform" party in the
Credit Mobilier thieveries and he shouts
back, with the air of one whose argu-
ment (O cannot be gainsaid, "Y Yes,
but John P. Cochran shot cow"
Talk . him of the folly of "mix-
ed schooI and Of your convie-
tions that should the Republicans
obtain victory at the polls this fall,
they will certainly pass the ".Civil
Rights Bill !" and instead Of attempting
a futile denial Of your assertions, s.
9nly chirps, q Jno ?. Cochran shot Il
Poor old fsllow. he looks back to the
good old l mhen be was the friend
md adS u Henry Clay, Jno. J.
gritteaden snd ksr such noble South
'rn f9hts d w Wing party, and sighs
nth regret ~ they i" come again no
- Unable to keep pace with the
pfc6 " made by bis chosen COM
'anions Of the present age, and to
dopt their theories u equality of races
nd concentration v government, he
ndeavors to maintain his place as
iue journalist in their ranks by SANDER
ng his opponents and trying to magni-
into mountains every mole hill act Of
heir lives.
1t seems trivial to notice such little
natter as this and sheer nonsense to
ssay an explanation Of it, but as the
has had SO much to say
bout it. it is but just that he should
lake clear, honest statement of it.
Inanias and Sapphira were slain, not
,r telling falsehoods, but for keeping
ack part of the truth, and Upham. in
is mental philosophy, says that the
ian who tells thing and keeps back
ortion of the truth and thereby de-
ewes, is guilty Of falsehood in regard !
the whole. The editor Of the Re- !
ublican, if he knows as much about ::
lat affair as he would lead people to i
link he does, is certainly aware that
le circumstances under which that act j
as done, were of such an alternating
,aracter as to make it no offense what
7er. If, therefore. he wishes to main G
in reputation for veracity, JUS $
ce5 demands that he shall tell the 7
nth, the whole truth and nothing but
e truth, about an affair which he has
ken such pains to bring before the '
lblic. s5 i
THANKs.-We acknowledge, with
easure, our indebtedness to the Kent :
ews, Cecil Democrat. Wilminoton .