Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-09-19
Loco Focois,n in Monroe.

LOCO FOCO1SiN AR HEOMEOcs
In the Jehersonian" Of the 20h ult., we
published The vote taken a, stone hauling, al
Mr.. Benjamin Bush's in Price township, which
resulted 26 for Clay and for Polk. On The
following Thursday, (SepIember 5lh) the Mon
roe Democrat" made its appearance with COM
munication. purporting to haze been writtsn and
signed By Mr. BENJAMIN BUSH. pronounce
ing the above statement Ia DE a LIE, and as
seriing that out Of tpenty-Sar persons who were
at his house at the stone hauling, tCentyJ Jfus
were Polk, and one for Clay Also that Price
township was sound to the core for Polk and
Dallas
We were not only l"Ie surprised at this
announcement, as our readers may readily ina
gine; as we had taken pains TO assure ourselves
of the truth OF our statement before we publish
ed it. When in the course of day or two, al
forwards, Mr. Bush handed US The following
letter. our fears acre rellcued, but we can assure
our readers our surprise tcaS not leSSened. Here
is the letter.
FOR THE JEFFERsoNIAN REPUBLICAN.
MesSrS. SchOch q. Spering:
have just seen an article in The "Monroe
Democrat" OF September The 5h, purporilng to
have been written by me, and dated Price tsp,
August 3lsl, 1874, contradcting an article
which appeared IN the " Jefersonlan Republl-
can," relative to vote which was said 10 have
been taken at my house touching The Presiden
iial election. The article in the "Democrat"
was neither written nor authorized by me, and
the editors Of that Loco Foco paper have taken
a liberty with my name which caution them
not TO do again, or they may get themselves IN
trouble The article in the JefiersoDian is SUBJ
slanaly true, and the one in The Democrat a
lie do not know that there was vote taken
at nv house al the time referred To, but have
since taken the trouble 10 ascertain The political
opinions of those who were there, and | am
satisfied lha, .heir sentiments were as repre-
senied in the Je1ersonian
There is great change in Price township in
favor of Clay and Frelinshuysen, and although
i, is no doubt disagreeable news 10 Rafferty,,
yet he will find that it is nevertheless true.
Sept, 9, 1914. his
BENJAMIN x BUSH.
Witness present, marx
SToGDELL STOKES.
Thus il appears that our statement was SUBJ
s,anllally true, and the statement IN The Demo
crat, substantially LIE. But the worst fea-
iure in the case is, The veness Of The proceed
ing by which Mr. Bush's name was placed 10
all instrument of writing which he 'never wrote
or authorized 10 be written" Surely the cause
which requires such means to prop 1t up and
sustain it, mus, be foul and.rotlen indeed But
who committed this forgery2 for we can call !,
by no mllder name We call on Rafferty, to
tell, aud explain to the people of Monroe, how
he was imposed upon in publishing the com.
municaiion, if he really was imposed upon, and
believed The name TO be genuine. This is one
of The lowest and meanest tricks which loco
focoism has yet been guilty of, 10 bolster up It's
from. against the growing popularity OF WhIg
principles; and we are determined not 10 lei II
res. until we have found ou. and exposed The
contemplate fellow who is al the bottom OF il.
Things have come to pretty pass here, if such
doings as Ibis, are to be tolerated. IL is bad
enough TO have the leaders Of loco-focoism re-
failing their general ISLANDERS, but when they
begin TO use honest and respectable mems names,
10 give currency 10 their lies, 1t is high time taaI
a STOP be put to it, We will say more of this
next week. and in The mean lime we again call
upon Rafferty, TO explainl