Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1874 — The True Democracy. [ARTICLE]

The True Democracy.

People who are in doubt as to where true Democracy can be found, and as to the genuine character of the article, have only to repair to “ the dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky to be duly enlightened. At a recent convention at Frankfort, in that State, an individual calling himself Jones was nominated for an important office solely on the ground that he had fought in the rebel army throughout the war. . His other qualifications for the position %eem to have provoked no inquiry whatever. It was enough to know that he had been a consistent rebel, and amid cheers of delight he was nominated by acclamation. “ Our principles still live,” shouted his exultant supporters. Ex-Gov. Bramlette is not pleased with such business, and publishes a threatening letter about it in the Louisville Commercial. He declares that he cannot cooperate with the Democratic party if it intends to assume as a sacred duty the task of rewarding rebels with office simply because they have been rebels, and in utter disregard of their fitness otherwise. Ex-Gov. Bramlette is training in too bad a crowd for a man of his patriotic principles, but we think he has been a good while in finding it out.— Chicago Journal.