The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-08-29
rIsp0CT. DAVID PGT2lKiN, MD.

title wlileh appcrtaius to their names, es.
peclnlly when those tiles appear TO give
them 80 much pleasure, and renders them
of 80 mach Importance in their own es,ma-
ton, ~ llose attached to the name Of this
gentleman do lIm-and more particularly
80, when they have no qualify, either of The
hend or heart, to recommend them as is the
case with the individual in question, We
ntu aware when we say thus much that we
arc eoinbauIng the 9rciudices of some, and
perhaps The friendship Of others in his ia.
vUr. For that he has some ,fcicads eucn
ndte, is irue--that he might hare had
mere, is as true, if he had used the indu
enee which portion of the democracy Of
this district gave him to WELD, without con
sullDg The baser passions of The heart. and
not allowed his acts Out cf Congress 10 be
goyerned by the piiiful and contampji5le
feeling g-revenge. But as this has been
the governing principle which has conirol-
cd oil shis actions in relation to tran saciiuns
Ia which his constituents were Immediately
Interested, it cannot be expected that his
friends have increased in numbers since he
was elected to congress through fortuilous
c0nnpSinn of circumstances--bu rather it
would be estrange, surprising strange in
deed, L they had not measurably decreas-
ed This we should have supposed, the
gentlemen himself might have reasonably
anticipated from the determined hostility
which he has invariably manifested since
his election, TO every individual in his dis.
lrlei who was so unfortunate as 10 be found
even opposing his nomination, or who
weuld not bow the knee and kiss the rod
that slnote him. Under these crculnstau.
+ ces, Il does 2ppear tous. that he must have
expected that the SCARED backs and lacera.
tod wounds inflicted BY him, while under
the Influence Of the fendsh feelings which
; have so constantly prodominated in his
= breast against many OF those who had be-
fore beenhi warmes, friends, would some
day or oller rise up in Judgement against
him. ItaPPears, however, that his mind
was so entirely absorbed with his darling
} feeling Of reueage, that when the truth Of
0 his waning popularity was brought home to
D him, Ia DaHyi!le, on Tuesday, the 18th by
The rejection Of resolution offered in his
favor, that it fell upon him like clap of
. thunder--and he was ready to cry out ooh,
save me, my friends, or | sink" Under
tho inhuence Of Ibis feeling he has issued
his manifesto couched in the most indecent
and disgracefu language, against several
prominent gentlemen in this county and
other portions Of the state, threatening ami.
hilauoo e the executive, and part Of the
Legislative and judicial department, of nur
state gogernmeut, and, sIara not gentle
reader. even our humble self is discarded
from society as ''VagabJnd.' Yes, this
"plpin, unassnmng, honest, righ,,slraight
forward, uncompromIsing, uncnrruptble
dea0cra'," degouncos in one fell swcoD.
the sIate administration, the attorney genay-
al, canal commissioner, and some half
lozea OF The mos. respectable members Of
he democradc party Of this county as nm
worthy o( the name of men, and place in
civilized society. And for wha2 Why, |
orsoOth, one or two individuals had the
lardihood 10 oppose tho iu)go!Gction into