Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-11-14
The Sudbury Gazette and IFS Prophetic Editor.

We had supposed that after the feverish excite
ment Of the election had subsidej, the paroxsms
which frequently afi ct neighbor of the sunbu-
~ Gazette wou' d also have ceased. But in this we
were mistak, N. Personalities. strife and con zen.
ton, is the only food which some minds can
exist. Deprive them Of tn their proper and nc.
ccssarv aliment. and they sink in anoour. Should
The disease continue much longer, We may be in
duccd to imply corrective that " i'll not fail in its
Effective.
The editor Of the Gazette, when this press was
about to he established, announced hims If to the
world as Prophe', and prophesied that the Anne
rican, after the county elections were over, would
come out for IIarri on. Bu, unfortunately like all
ther prophets 'he had but little honor in his own
county," and reapcd ahou, as much from a road
In hi last paper he has postroned the event, until
af,r the pr sidenial election. Now we are rry
TO state ,ha, mus, ag lin disappont hir, and of
course his character as prophet must be serious
affected. We are wiling to obiige Mr.. Youngman
in almost any thing, but canno, think If desert.
ng he dem cratic ranks merely to please him. We
know he would much like to see us in the whig
ranks, .nto which he and number Of other editors
II bis stamp have already driven too many demo-
Gratis. II our political principles were pable
those Of certain editor, whom cut Of delicacy,
viii no, name at present, might probably be in
due to bend principles to suit our interests
The "Am, rcsn" has hos,ed her flag, and she will
never sail under any otEer while in the hands of
the present elitor. But the Gaz'ttc says we were
smiling and highly pleased when returned from
the city with the Lancaster county returns in our
pocket. This was unfortunate. But nature never
provided us with an elongated phiz," and if we did
not wear as long a face ouf brothe, editor. he
should n OF impute the fault. We would
call to his mind he celebrated verse Of Pope, thst
" Worth (no' lengthy makes the man, the want Of
il, the fellow"
The truth is, we had scarcely lanled from the boa,
when were greeted by number Of whig friends,
for whom pers ,nslly, we entertain the highest Ie
g'ri, eagerly inquiring after the election returns.
Poor fellows! taey seldom succeed in beating u.s.
lat we could not help but smile at the Joy that
beam,d upon their councnancrs, as they received
tiom US the returns that were ,tieiing TO their
prospects, Besides we deem i, perfectly democra-
tic TO be cheerful even under defeat, and we think
not without authority on this point The
editor of the Gazee will probably recollec, reading
at school account OF two distinguished gentle
men, one called Democritus, the laughing Philoso-
pher The otl er Heraclitus the weeping philosopher
Acc, rling 10 Democri.us, the greatest good in this
world was con,eniment. On the other hand Her
acltrs viewed all things through q suen and
gloomy medium. WE'LL if we are not m'staken,
there was no, boy in the class but who thought
He, aritus the greatest Ounce Of the two But, for
aught we know, the editor Of The Gazrtte may be
disciple of the weeping philosopher, and hence
his an,ps,hy To our pleasant looks, De'nocritus no
doubt, was a democrat, as his name seems to imply.
And as we (rhe democrats) always have been
good-natured set of fellows, we would not be SUI
prsed to find that Dtmocrtus was one Of the ealy
leaders, if not the original founder Of the demo-
cratic party. Thus, We think, We have proved most