The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1838-08-11
COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY. AUGUST II, 1885, ..-

dom TO decide Alright, which so eminently
distinguished the late President of the Uni
ted States, he has used the veto power more
frequently than it was ever before brought
into operation in this State; and, in conse-
quence, his opposition to the regular action
OF the two houses has been marked by gross
inconsistencies and contradictions.
Devoured by an inordinate and morbid
desire to be reelected, he has not hesitated
to stcop to the practice of childish trickery
and miserable chicanery for the purpose of
efiecting his object and calculating largely
on the credulity Of the people and their sup
posed ignorance Of passing events, he seizes
on any opinion or practice that may be pop
ular or about to become so, and making it
the subject Of message or "proclama-
ton" with hypocritical zeal, urges it upon
the public attention.; when it is we'll known
that, in one instance, he was privately, and
his friends publicly, opposed to his own re-
commendation, and in another, that what he
enjoins with so much apparent earnestness,
had already been resolved on by the corpo-
ratiOns to which his " proclamation is
addressed. e,H
Though Chief Magistrate of the "'Key
Stone ofthe federal arch," he has dared to
calculate the value of the Union and find
ing it, in his estimation, less worthy of
preservation than the antimasonic faction,
now " tottering to its fall" he has endeav-
ored to stay its declining fortunes by calling
to its aid the imported fanatacism and mad
ness that seeks the immediate and uncondi-
tional emancipation of the slaves on the
soil, or presents the alternative of an entire
destruction Of th9 confederacy. In order
to seduce TO his support, these who would
not hesitate to involve us in civil and servile
war, and to outrage all the best feelings Of
our nature, in The insane attempt to carry
out their visionary schemes, he presumed
to denounce an acknowledgment of the
constitutional right Of the Southern States,
to'regulate ard modify their domestic insli-
tuition as " a base boacing Of the knee to
the dark spirit Of 8la0ery." Lamenting,
as we all do, the existence of this great evil
among us, we have to add to our regrets
the fact that the unadvised and fatal meas
ures Of the immediate abolitionist, so far
from ameliorating the condition of the slave
have imposed on the master, almost the ne
cegsity of adding to the weight of his chains
and increasing the number of his fetters.-
1t is this melancholy reflection in connec-
ton with foresight of the consequences
which must, inevitably, follow the strength
ened action Of the abolitonists, which has
checked the augmentation of their numbers
and prevented the further extension of their
dogmas, and when the anticipations enter
tanned in 1886, that they would consti
tute powerful sect in Pennsylvania is dis
appointed, the Governor is struggling to
retrace his false step, and with what place
he may, recede from the difficulty into
which he had plunged himself.
But, " out of his cwn mouth do we con-
denim him." The message from which we
quote his sentiments, 'must be regarded as
conclusive on this point, and until in the
same solemn manner he retracts what he
has thus put forth as expressive of his de-
liberate opinion, Joseph Rimer must be
viewed as the friend and supporter Of
scheme faUght with disaster and ruin.
In illustration of some of the features of
the governors public character, and the
course of his administration, we will detain
you for short time while we pass in re-
view some Of his public acts. Within the
narrow limits necessarily assigned to this
address, it would be, of course, impossible
to enter upon detailed history of the man
mel in which he has discharged his trust,
or to point out all the reprehensible acts of
which he has been guilty. A few must suf-
fee, but these are of such a character, as TO
prove Mr.. Ritner utterly unfit to occupy