The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-05-24
BuzZinS among the Eugglt
1Onians.

lOka1dBss
The DanviIle Intelligencer men are firing
their pop.gun at Gen. Ross. We will
give list of The killed and wounded as soon
as proper returns are received, aud we here
by give notice, thai we shall be faithful
rhroniclers Of this new Quixotic war into
which our nsighbors are rushing with their
usual chivalry and hotspur zeal. But, we
stop here in the outset, to defue BugSleto-
aian. Gentle and ungentle reader, ID our
dictionary, pra RuggletOnian Sisnifcth
a DANvILLAlN For particulars enquire
Of Col. Tate.
The buzzng Of the bugsis remarkable
thus early in the campaign. The new roll
ng mill is unfinished; Josh has not had
his fishing tour among the locos Of Sugar
oaf, and Uncle Dams largest poia'oe
| patch is implanted We submit, therefore,
the question, lis not this Hudibr asllc
movement premature ! viii not The Best
of men answer us and relieve our anxiety in
Ibis matter ? Will il not do to wait yet
awhile, before ,he usual torrent of slandeT
and abuse is poured forth from the BuggIe'
,onian hive, through the columns Of The In
l.eligencer,upon every public man who is in
flavor of Just and lair location OF the county
seat. Even June, the mother month oi the
until she comes, The faiTest CT the twelve
sisters who reel off the thread OF time upov
he spindle OF eternity. We would also
Suggest that more than four months inter-
vene before the ides Of October, within
which period all valOrous BuggIsionans
will have chance 10 raise breeze with
such weak wings and feeble breath as arc
left after repeated conflicts in defence of an
unjust, weak and hopeless cause, and
why, therefore, should they exhaust instead
oI husbanding their energies in The outset !
No doubt they indulge he most rancor-
Gus feelings towards the Senator, who has
been with the people and against them.
Bu! however much they may desire to do
so,'hey are incapable of inurng him. They
have all the venom Of the viper, but they
are destitute Of langs and their attacks are
altogether harmless. Repeated defeats al
the baIIo-box; defeats in the Legislature,
and defeats al The hands of The appointing
power; appear not 10 have instructed them
IN regard to the unpopuIarily of their selfish.
ness and The uselessness Of their ISLANDERS
They commenced backbaIling Snyder in
ls4O,and they were licked by him for three
successive years thereafter They assaiIed
iuriously The candidates upon our ,ickel
asst fall; Gen. Ross, among the number,
and denounced with a bitterness apDroach
ing 10 hatred, all concerned in the nomina-
lions. The people sat in judgment between
those candidates and their accusers, and
from congressman down to auditor, pro-
nounceG at the baIot.tox, a verdict of ac.
qultlal, as decisive as it was deserved.
These and other instances appeal 10 have
been barren OF instruction 10 them. There
may have been as good there may have be er
better men, in the county and district than
those upon the Removal ticket last fall; bull
there never was 9 better or iustef cause
than Iha! to which they stood pledged and
TO which they have since faithfully given
their exer'ons and the ir influence. WEI
claim not Tor them exemption from error, but
We rlghIfuIIy ask that they receive cledill
Tor purity OF intention. The truth is. mol
course 0l conduct on the part of our public
agents will satisfy men, whose tempers
have been sOured by repeated defeats, who
re still smarng under the blows ofa re
'ent conflict, and 10 whom The prospect O.
1ext fall is any thing else than pleasant
and edifylng.
In the matter Of The attack upon the Com
nlssloners of the County in reference 10
he increase Of State Taxes by the Board
# Revenue Commissioners there was a ride .