Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-08-16


The Lancaster Intelligencer, one OF the peculiar
democratic organs, that holds TO the doctrine that
the opinions Of the people should be d'sregarded
when they come into conflict with the interested
views Of political leaders, asks why we don't
publish the letter of Cen. Cameron TO commit
tee of the last legislature, asking his views on
the tariff and the distribution act, and adds -
"Corne, Mr.. Spirit of the Times, and Sunbu-
nv American, why don't you publish the letter
Are Won afraid to let your readers Especially ,
denocra,s) see the truth and thus expose the !
treason Of Cameron to the democracy. and how |
he has transferred himself tn the wings! Come, |
il you are homes; publish the letter. Are his |
friends. his body guard afraid to publish ST.
mons 0nn lettfr."
We regret that we must deprive the lntelligen
crr Of this last crumb of comfort, in its anguish
because the people Lave taken certain things in
to their own hands. 1.-THE editor will look into
our paper of the Sd of May last he will find the
letter published, with rommendatory notice,
and which met with a cordial response by the
people of this county Now, in return, we Sc
rously ask the editor of the lnteligcncer if it
is not worse than iusolence, nay shameless and
unblushng etfrontery, TO traduce honorable men
for acting in accordance with the wishes of their
constituents Does not the Inteligencer, in
eff CT. contend that the voice ofthe people is not
to be heard--that their will is not to be regarded
when a caucus OF designing politicians choose to
! have things in their own wav--,hat secret cau-
Gus is superior to the sovereign power OF the
people This is species of democracy that
the freemen Of this county repuaiate, and which
they deem ft for slaves only. What absnrdities
are men not guilty of, when interest and self are
brought into conflict with common sense The
Muncy Olive Branch another Of the peculiar de-
moc,atic organs wonld fain make its readers be-
lirve that members are required. BY the con-
sttu,ion and laws, to go into caucus for the rur-
pose of nominating T. $. Senators The truth is,
this war against Gen. Cameron, is nothing more
or less than upon the present tariff and
the people should know il. We want no strong
cr proof of this. than the fact that the papers
loud st in his abuse either openly or coverty
opposing the tariff 1t is but few weeks since
that we noticed in the Wilkesbarre Farmer, III,
organ of Mr. Woodward se'Cctcd article in OF
POSITION to the tariff, in juxtaposition with an
other. abusive of Gen. Cameron. The PennsHf
ro,icn has long been known free trade pa
per-and existed only by Custom House pairo
rage The Intclligencer itself has never bee,
much suspected for its tarifIism And thus i
is with tho other smaller fry. Put the peop
will and must be obeycd, as some of thes
= scheming politicians will soon or late learn 4
their sorrow. The true ground of opposition t
). Gen Cameron, is opposition TO the tariff Ii
. not his democracy, which has never been sus
+, pectrd but his views ofhe tariff that causes thi
IS trouble
/ C-vMR. CHARLES TILrrr in, who is cu
y ploycd by the Schuylkil Navigation Company
+ in an article in the Public Ledger, makes II
J. following statement in regard 10 the Rcadi
e Rail Road -
y "We must b gin therefore viii the eleme'
tary acts The Reading rond is intended #
the anrusl TRANSFORMATION of ! coo 600 ton.
= ton Of coal is and if you did, you would futl
difficult To rise from knowledge of one ton
=, Just appreciation nf a million To realize III
quantity YOU may imngine pile - feet wild
"f'''H
.. pile will contain one million Of tons of coal
y. 1t you put million of tons in Reading RAJ
u. road cars, You will require train GOO mil
hong 10 hold IT, There is no street in whit
on YOU could stow a million Of tons: but that qua
on 'y might perhaps he piled up in Broadwa
is. in New York. If Broadway BE- - feet Wi
and the coal be deposited along that gre
'e' thoroughfare, say 30 feet deep that pile W
r. spread over a space Of more than three mil'
'' To carry this quantity Of coal 100 miles in ca
which contain on an average four tons, n
'e is great labor and. to say the least W
costa grca, deal of money. We will seeh'
much it will cos, as W" proceed, To conv
a much smaller quan'ry than this the comI
o" nyare now working 53 locomotives and 35
al cars, day and night, week days and Swndal
W. The $500 cars actually at work. it stretch
~ out in line, will form train mites Tong.
"' The locomotives now running consume an
wv verage of li00 cords of wood per week, or abb
2O0 cords per day. The fuel alone, prcpaI
for the engines, costs neatly 500 day, inc
VS. ding Sundays To sow This mood, employs,
are week days, abon, 100 men. To load the I,
'e' ders aud handle the wood, from 40 To 30 NOR
=" There were last December in tho repair sh
""' at Reading 2O2 men in those at Portsvllle
men; and in those Of Richmond, rot'sv
and Scnykill Haven, about 50 more. All III