Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-03-31
Democratic Consistency.

The ignorance of the Democratic press
of this country is something remarkable.
In the first place, it is remarkable that it
has heard nothing of the Republican vic
tory in New Hampshire, and the large
Republican gains in the recent town cleo
tions of Maine, New York and New Jer-
sey. In the second place, it is still more
remarkable that it has heard nothing of
the peculiar transactions of such promi-
nent Democrats as Mr.. Pendleton, Gov.
Hendricks, Sam Randall and Gov. Tilden,
which have been developed since the Bel
KNAPP investigation commenced. How is
it that none of these papers which are
busy from morning to night prating of the
National morality have heard of Gentle
man Georges neat little operation in rail
road claims, of Gov. Hendricks peculiar
style of financiering in water-bonds, of
Sam Randall's crooked operations in
Philadelphia, of Gov. Tilden's railroad
squeezing operations, and OF Marsh's
exodus through the courtesy Of Heister
Clymer? We have looked and looked in
vain for them to launch their thunderbolt
against these tall Democrats, and we had
a right to expect it. They have not al
lowed day to pass without preaching
US sermons on morality, without Wanting
Dtt1DCTtllC IGlOTlnS anu tOuutululuB lNb-
! publican rascalities. They have printed
long essays uron the shame OF Belknap's
| conduct. Their distress over the cor
ruptiOns which have been unearthed
has been simply piteous. They have
moaned and mourned and refused
| to be comforted They have added to the
dreary catalogue of existing evils by in
venting new ones and piling up sensa-
tons and caumnies without number.
The occasion has been we'll improved 10y
| them, and they have seized upon il as an
admirable opportunity for mOralizing and
for convincing the country, with patriotic
and centennial eloquence, that moral
purity and principle should always be
superior to partisan purposes. In poini
OF fact there never before was such an eX.
hibition of weeping, and wailing, and
grieving such pidiul lamenting, such in
dignant Illuminating, such righteous
wrath and raving. In view of the exhibi
| tion, il was but natural to expect that il
was sincere, but now it appears that cor
ruption is odious only when it is Repub
lican, and that it may be overlooked wher
it is Democratic; that the Republican
who is guilty of malteasance in Office ol
violation of public trust must be con
demned and punished, but that the Dem
ocrat who is caught in the same transac
tion may retain his place in the Demo
cratic party, and his operations may pas
uncriticised and unchalenged in tn,
Democratic newspapers. Mr.. PendletoI
has been guilty of transaction Whicl
has lost him his place among honorable
men; but the Democratic papers hayI
not only neglected TO condemn him for il
but many of them have even failed L
print the Acknowledgements extorted iron
him in crOss-eXamination. Gov. Hen
bricks stands charged with damaging
accusations, and the Democratic paper
are silent. This shows the exact measur
OF Democratic sincerity and consistency
shows that political immortality is onl,
reprehensible when II is practieed by III
opponents OF the Democrats, shows tha
all this raving, and iumiDg, and buster
all these investigations, sensations AN
ealumnies-all this bowling for reform