Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

W 4 ne eultors oil the Democratic Union have
discovered another fraud in Gov Porter, which
they attempt TO expose in two parallel colL'rns,
by showing that Ovid F. Johnson, who wrote the
"opinion" on the State Printers election, also
wrote the Governors message, on the same sub
ject This, they think they have proved most
conclusively, by showing that the Attorney
General used the words "Let them understand"
and also the words "and Mereis," and then quote
from the Governors message the words "Let il
be hnotcn," and the very same English words,
"and there is" to show the striking similarity of
their language. Our readers, no doubt, will be
much surprised as we have been, to find that
because one man uses the three words "and there
as" words of common occurrence, that he must
necessarily be the author ofevery document that
contains these same caba'istic words--for with
these words the similarity ends Now, We
think the editors of the Union must, indeed, be
Argus-eyed as well as Lynxeyed, to see what
probably no one else can discover
For he hath optics sharp, ween,
Who sees, what's not to be seen"
The editors then gravely conclude as follows:
Nov, If Ovid F. Johnson, or any other man,
writes the messages Of David r. Porter to the
Legislature, and the latter palms them upon the
people as his own composition, he commits a
fraud If he be unable to write a message
/ particularly such one as his last--he commit
ted fraud on the people in assuming the chair
of State"
! Suppose it were even true! What a terrible
fraud on the people! 1t is generally conceded
that Mr.. Livingston wrote Gen. Jacksons cele.
brated Proclamation to the Nullifers and that
Mr.. Madison wrote Washngtons Farewell Ad
dress. the rough manuscript of which was found
among the Madison papers. What a terrible
fraud these distinguished men have committed
on the people -, We care very little about the
matter, and presume the people are equally as
Indifferent, and only refer to it to show the in
dustry, vigancca and critical acumen, manifested
by some of our Harrisburg contemporaries, in pro-
noting the interests oft the democratic party.
~ The Greenshurg Republican. published in
Gen. Mukh's own county in the flowing arts
c'e, shows the popular st,ndng of Gen. Marke,
the whg candidate. at home. 1t will do well to
contrast this with Mr.. Muhenberg's vote in old
Berks
"'GEN. MARBLES PoPvLARITy.'- The last
weeks lntalnencer does not seem to like our
remarks relative to the Generals popularity
IN this county. This we cannot help, for we
stated nothing but the facts. which we took
from the official returns. The lntellgencer
still persists that the General and his friends
made no cxerton to secure his election in 1888
and that he ,oas running as BLANK! This
story may do for foreign consumption-but il is
too rank to be gulped down here, particularly
, whilst most of the occurrences OF the election
OF that year are still fresh in the memory of the
people The lntelllgenCcr compares some of
the returns OF the different townships. but does
not attempt to explain the reason why GEN.
Y MARKLE could not run his own party vote in the
p county. We will now state some additional
o facts relative to Gen. MARKLEs' popularity, and
then we hope to be done with this matter. As
taras we understand, by reference to the old
y files of newspapers and from other sources. the
y General was THREE times before the people
h of this county for their popular suffrage. The
, first time in l~2O on the FeGera ticket for AS
sembly, when he was defeated, one of his col
/ leagues. Mr.. COULTER. being elected, running
ahead of him even IN his own township 30 votes
and in the whole county Mr.. &. leading hin
800 votes at the same election three other Fe
y" derallstS received malOrtlcs over their Demo
a. crat competitors The year foiiO,Cing, 1921
h The Gencrat rnn for The office Of Brigade Ge
rs Reral of hiS Brigade, and rCGs doomed 10 a
mother d,sdppointmeRi-G Gen John H. WIS.,
, being elected. The next time he was brough
d. forward. was in lS}S, on the Wing ticket fo
r, Congress. when ne was defeated in the county
I'd by the overwhelming majority Of over 2,50t
+ votes. And if we may Judge from present in
dicatons throughout the State, another ST |
more disastrous defeat awaits him in October
Id lSi4"