The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-08-17
THE TRUTH HURTS.


are being thrust upon them.
During the past few months the Democratic
journals and Democrats generally have been
promulgating the strongest kind of abuse
against the Republicans, and to Judge by their
language one would naturally suppose that
all Republicans must necessarily be thieves
and corruptionists of the worst order nobody
is affected by these charges however, and the
Republicans take it ali in good humor, be-
cause, they know the desperate state any
party must be in to prompt it to such villi6ca-
ton, they know the falsity Of the charges,
and they know also that the Democrats
themselves do not believe in their own words;
consequently they can we'll afford to retain
their good nature. THE Republican party
thoroughly corrupt" Sixteen years control
of the government has converted this party
into nest of thieves" "The party is rotten
with corruptions" Thieves everywhere
Everywhere rascality." These are few sam
pies out of the host of similar phrases that
are hurled at the Republicans by Democrats
everywhere, and particularly so by county
Democratic papers. How do the Republicans
stand it?
We would naturally think that to be called
Thief" would put man in fighting
humor, would get him up on his muscle"
or at least have some effect towards making
him mad, little, anyhow. Yet they are
perfectly serene over it, they don't get mad,
u bn, -
man who did not know the facts would be
apt to wonder at the very little effect that
this heap of abuse creates.
The reason that it falls so harmless is be-
cause there is no truth in it, or rather that
is part of the reason, the main part being
that the Democrats themselves know there
is no truth in their outrages charges.
The viler the epithet, the less is the iu-
jury to the Republican, and the greater is the
Democrat injured by the rebound of his own
SANDER Lies have no permanent effect, it,
is the Truth only that hurts.
Now if you want to see a man or a county
newspaper get mad, right up into a real tear
ing rage-just make publicly the following
statement:
All secessionists, all who took hand in
tearing down the American Flag, all who
fought for the ''Stars and Bars and did their
utmost to destroy this union, every rebel,
every traitor, almost entirely without excep-
ton, is at present to be found in the Demo
cratic party, and viii every one of them cast
his vote for Tilden and Hendricks
This is simple statement, easily suscep-
tible of proof, and stands on its merits as to
whether true or false. Fit is only political
''clap trap" it will fall harmless and have no
effect, if on the contrary it is true, then, i'll
hurts the Democratic party-that is, i'll
hurts their feelings because it is true Now,
having made this statement the first thing
the average Democrat viii do is to mis-
represent your words; he will charge you with
having called all Democrats, secessionists.
This of course is not true; we say nothing
of the kind and we will agree that no men
fought better no men risked their lives more
freely, and no men deserve more honor, than
the noble, patriotic, war Democrats of the
north
No party is more ready to acknowledge the
services Of these men than the Republicans;
they received offices and became officers dur
ing the war on par with Republicans, and
they have everywhere received every benefit |
that the staunchest Republican could have
got.
We say plainly and only, that all the South
ern secessionists will vote for Tilden and
Hendricks; why are they all so one sided
why is it that the South is unit for the |
Democratic candidates? The north is not
unit for either party on the contrary there is !
a great conservative feeling in the politics of
the North. Is there any conservatism at
the South? Not bit-the white people ofI
the South are almost unanimous for Tilden
and Hendricks, and are looking anxiously for
enough votes from the North to enable them
to carry their objects.
Such unity Of political feeling as the
South at present exhibits, does not indicate
patriotism, it points unmistakably to section
alism to the same kind of sectional feeling
that produced the late civil war and with
very great danger that equally deplorable re-
suits may arise from it. Democrats these
same men have stood in the halls of Congress
and publicity called you ''Mudsills Greasy
Mechanics, - now they would ride into power
by the aid of your ballots. These men have
at this present session of Congress, turned
out of office Union Democratic Soldiers, and
flied their places with rebel soldiers
Now they ask you to give them greater
power. What chance will you have when they
get it. To be sure Tilden is northern man,
so was Buchanan; but does anybody believe
that the South is going to vote unanimously
for Tilden, give him her entire electoral vote,
without receiving the Lion share of power?
Past experience has proved that the South