Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1885 — Democracy’s Repudiation of the Blue. [ARTICLE]

Democracy’s Repudiation of the Blue.

We have contended that the Democratic administration is doing right by giving the* South the lion's share of office and patronage, inasmuch as that section was the main factor in bringing Democratic victory. We say so still. But, it is, after all, unfortunate for that party that in giving out favors upon that footing, loyal men who served in the Union army must give plaqe to. ex rebels who wore the gray, for this one thing will go very far toward again solidifying the North against the South, and with a solid North, a solid South is powerless. Call this “waving the bloody shirt,” “opening old wounds” or “digging up dead and buried issues, ”if you please,but let the Democratic party favor tne gray above the blue and it will feel the keen blade of retaliation from the North at the very first opportunity. The heroes of the war should not be disgraced for having done a noble duty in saving the nation from destruction—De Witt (Iowa) Observer.