Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1880 — Communication. [ARTICLE]

Communication.

Editor Democratic Sentinel: Pardon me for again troubling you for space in your valuable paper The ungenerous and ungentlemanly remarks of the Republican in this week’s issue on the communication in your paper of last wee.c signed “A Republican,” deserves some notice from me. I wrote that article, and no one is :esponsible for a thought or suggestion therein contained but myself. I understand one of the cardinal prin ciples of republican faith to be, to speak your individual thoughts and to criticise the acts and words of oth era, whether in the party or o it of it —editor or reader. That I “exhibited less wisdom in peddling republican grievances thro’ the columns of the opposition paper” than the author of the editorial in last week’s Republican, I will leave to the candor of a just and discriminating public. I am a pait of the republican party of Jasper county and the writer of the articles published in the Republican can be no more. That I have the right, as a republican, to advocate the election of Mr. Bishopp to the prosecutorship, so long as the action of the Goodland convention stands, ho one shall deny. The republican organs in Benton and Ncwion counties place Mr. Bishopp’s name on the republican ticket, and I am justiflaole in my action. I wrote the article referred to because, in my opinion, the article in the Republican did not reflect the sentiment of the republican party in this county. I do not now believe that the article in yesterday’s issue is calculated to promote the best intorests of the republican party in this judicial district. Whatever the editor may say about me and my acts fall harmless. It fs unwise to produce dissensions or heartburnings, and as we are about to have a new paper, republican in principles and thought, I am done. ’’Let us have peace.”

Jvly 1, 1880.

MARION L. SPITLER.

Remington Reporter: A colored lad made his appearance about this place last week, the only one of the unbleached class that has been seen about this place for some time. He wore a badge on which there was printed the following: “For President, James A Garfield; for Vice President, Chester A. Arthur.” Evidently he is a Republican.