The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-10-04

clever fellow Charley, bu, I'm afraid a lille
green A pretty time Of day this, TO talk
of consistency, when our fate depends on
'elling few 'humPers!-C reads
'4d.-The Volunteers are 10 elecioneer
with their political friends in the Removal
ranks, on the ground, that they are of the
same political faith
4'h-We are TO elecIioneer, on the
ground that there is nothing political in the
election, in other words, that it 10 purely
local.
C.-You are perfect Talleyiand, ,FeIty
King Of cunning and master Of intrigue! |
am filed with amaZemenIs at your prod
gious abilities!
V-'5lh. We are, generally. TO elecdon-
eer agains, the Removal candidates on the
ground that they will lry TO TAX the county
10 put up the New BuIdIngs,& that VoIun
,eers will oppose taxation
C.-BuI will any body believe that
vi have not as favorable all opinion
of human nature as you have Charley
Men are naturally suspicious, aud are ready
10 swallow stories that appeal lie their pock
els. The great merit of Ibis eIectloneerlng
yarn is, iha, no one can proue il 10 be false
We will tell il, the other side will DEFY it,
,here'is'no proof tie Que way or the other,bur
we will have the suspicious nature Of man
kind in our favor. 1t is an impossbIIuy ina,
there should be taxation. The Bill ptohb
It's ij The Legislature never would agree to
it, the people Of The county would be OPP
posed and would kill The project, and all
who abeued tiff it should ever be a, tempted
The candidates have nc inclination to do 50
and if they had they would not dare to try
n.and the citizens of The centre Of the coun-
,y have not and will not ask what they
know will be refused,
All this however we will keep TO our
selves, and we will make as big a bugbear
as possible Of This taxation story among the
tax payers. We can make a good manv
swallow it III warran. y ou; and every vote
cunts one If il is gOi with ib.
C.-Bu. this way of dnIng business ruhs
hard on mans conscience. Mine twngt,
\ little TO think Of it.
V.-Now don't be acting up John Tyler
jrallng about conscience here in the nine
,eenlb century Thad Stevens unders,uoc
ne enlightened spirit of The age better. aud
81 he lnld John Monlel us to throw con
,cence 10 Ihe devil! That's the TASK Char
ley! There spoke Ihe voice Of man aud
politician.
9 We'll go on; what more have you.
V-Ralher too much for one lesson; bul
I'll read one more electlOneerIng argumen'.
IS il is perhaps Tie mosI respectable one IN
'ae lot, and has The singular merit Of being
partly true reads
'6th-E!ecuoneer against the candidate
nr Treasurer on the ground that he wa,
Ielea,ed before aud lha, il is imperlrent
tpr him 10 present himself again before lhc
people,
c. Hold ,Felty! that argument cuts NOR,
Ways than enc. In the fIrm Of syIloz,su
- WIgh' re ~ snrr tuIs fdsnIuu. NIr Mduu
vas defeated once, therefore he out tn b,
eieried sgaln:- We Danyilrrs hav,
'ren defeated half dozen times therefrt
we ought 10 be licked most uuir.geOusl,
pOw
A fddlesurk for your.I gc! Ever,
Dod' "oI 'ttk 1t ,I.sr. Bri must q
" Ell 'aik oNtI these mauets agaru, A.,
shape our course according To clrrum
stanc es.
C.-Slop nome nj. Had we bette
say arylhUg about Ihe election in our ne "
papers!
V.-Not word!a Our cnurseis crooket
me, aud the ess public discussion ws hav,
he better. We will work privately, GU
Ionges are smooth enough TO do up gooc
business when we sci abool il in ea:n
est.
ca good idea, Felly you're the orna
men' of the age the
V.-Go TO erassl
OmneS Ereunt.
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