The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-12-06
Stand BY Your Colors-Rewards
Are Due Your Army,
That Has Fought Your Battles
and Has Help Win Victories.
It is tho Duty of Every Demo
crat, Whether an Official or
Private, to Stand BY
tthe Press, ssf
The promulgator and Defender
Of Democratic Prin-
ciples.

4 We do not wish,to be understood as
complaining of q lack of pat
ronage of our political friends;
they are doing nobly. We feel
that it is the duty of every Democrat
in this county, IN this, Circuit Court
district, in this Congressional district,
in this Appellate district, to sub
scribe for the Democratic papers
within these several Districts,
pay their subscriptions in advance,
and thereby hold up their
hands. We have just emerged from
hotIy contested political struggle,
and we do not think it presumption
when we say the efforts of the
Democratic press, especially In
the race for Judge of the Court of
Appeals, saved the Democratic party
from defeat. If we have done this, if
we have given our time, our talents,
and our money, to the dissent
nation of our doctrines, and have won,
to whom can we go for support save
to those of like faith? We believe
Democrats place too high an estimate
aud are too much in love with our
&eountry- saving doctrines to be mis-
ls eided by soft smiles, and by sweet
M, tuned sentences, as are in order
NJ our political foes who bidfor your
ssetronage in order to fatten and equip
w mother struggle. 80
are many reasons why Demo.
rus should patronize their journals
hey are of the same blood, color
and faith--and without this support
success would be utterly impossible
just here we are reminded of an argu
ment on this very subject by one o.
our political friends. A Republican
Journalist solicits the Democratic pa
tronage, and because the journalist il
clever and smooth talker, gets it
A few months roll by +; an election is t
be held. The Democrats have placed
their gold in Republican'Speckets ant
have made them fat The Democrat
have their nominee. the Republicans
theirs. Does the Democrat who hal
contributed to Republican success
draw help at this juncture from hi
smooth adversary, nay veril!
lie has placed club in TIT
hands of the enemy to be used as !
missile of destruction. They have III
kind word for you; they will truml
up detrimental charges against you
candidates, and if it is not good TO
their business to publish them, the!
find their way into journal of lik
faith and order, though it be hun
bred miles away. And as to thei
suffrage, vote for Republican ne
gro ia preferable to a vote for Demo
cratic white man, even if there be n,
politics in the position sought. AM
yet they have the audacity to ask
share in Democratic patronage, AM
we regret to say mauy good Demo
Gratis who love their party ALLOW
themselves imposed upon for fear O
retaliation.
The Democratic press of Mt. Ster
ling have the circulation; they cove
the entire field, so far as this terri
tory is concerned and it is the duty 0
every Democrat to so place his pa
tronage that it will not rebound an,
batter down his own interests, smit
ing him in an unexpected moment
What we have said applies to Ee
publican journals everywhere, just tn
same as at home. We do not clair
that Democrats should boycott Re
publican journals, but we do mea
that their first duty is to their ow
journalists. After this has been CON
piled with, if advertising with the Re
publican paper is remunerative in
vestment, all right; but their frs
duty is to those papers which are |
sympathy with Democratic principle
Republicans have adopted this metf
cd, and they are right. Democrat
should do the very same thing.