The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-10-05


,h.y will 60 for our candidates. and got all
kb,ir friends, wings, tories and democrats,
hey shall have any appointment they may
.sk for. AS we live il Danvillc amongst |!
h. Lawyers, Doctors and Merchan,sJ they
viIl believe US; and when yon go to Miiilin
aewnship, tell them that you ara determined
khsy shall have a bridge over the river at
NifIlinsburg, and will take some OF the
stock; for there is no danger of their get
hing bridge unless tho courts are removed
from here, then, you know, we can slip out.
le8ake them believe, too, that Bloom is op-
posed to their bridge, we shall thus getthem
in (avsr of our candidates. and against the
renoval. Well, says one, much less skilled
in the political arts, what shall we do when
Sbese FIVE hundred Offices are called for
4 We cannot give them; If we do, we shall
have none for ourselves. Oh, says Felty
the chief, that is matter easy to get along
with. Do you see my eountenance? Well,
when they ask me for what we have pro-
missed, look right down on the ground,
ard tell them pretty fair come eff story,
and say to them, was daPpointed, and
that we will do better for them next time,
and by SO doing, make them contented,
and can use them again. have had anoth
er practice, and it has been a very profitable
one to me. especially in the upper end of
the county, that is, to make them balicve
that there is no other honest democratic pa
per in the county but my own. This has
been hard job, TO be sure, but have sue
ceeded hey oud my expectations. AS to
the Berwick editors; they have gauerally
been Of the spectacle class, and do not see
Sny further into calculation than is suitable
for us. ,e II we just pat them on the shoulder
little before the election, they will bark
up any,- tree we ask them too. But the
Bloomsburg Democrat is thorn in our
side. 1t tells the people so many truths
about our operations and management that
canno, get along as smooth as used TO-,
and i. must he put down or we are blown
up. If we can make the people believe
that the editor is sheep thief" or some
other inhuman being, we shall do it, and
think have got him nearly used up. You
know those letters l published. We got
them pretty ingenously:.sh and we
have called him Swartwout and Pirate, and
ROW if we jus, tell the people tina; he is a
Yankee, robbcr, sheep-thiel, anj two or
three other kinds Of animals. and we will
have him. We must tell all The lies about
him that we can, and if he says few true
hard things about me. no matter. Ely coun-
tenance will stand it. Now you know how
We used them up at the Convention. We
bought over some of the delegates too easy.
Promises 10 secure contracts and offices cost
nothing. We succeeded in this way III no
mina,ing Colt, but the scoundrc!s woulinn'
include me in the contract. But really
believe should have been nominated no.
Wilhs,anding, if had not shown my bad
-counsenance. tried to hide it all could
BY keeping myself housed. But they go
peep at it, and it done the business.
think will hereafter follow sui! of the Bet
wicb:editors, and put OH large pair o
green spec,s. Another thing was in my
way. Eyeriy, my opponent is too compe
tent man for me, and is good German ant
English scholar, and lie will surely bea
nc. but he cannot beat me in promising Of
fees; that trade ! have perfect from Ions
practice.
Nov this is a short. but no less true his
tory, Of The proceedings OF the little hair
tailed tribe, which compose the Danvill'
interest. Thus have these political blood
suckers been duping, lieing and cheating
the honest democrats of Columbia county
for years. How many Offices they have
promised at The present time, cannot tell
while at the same time they are laughing il
their sleeve 10 see what fools they have
,.,,Jo ,r lLau, Iy ruhIiuT thCse prOmiset