The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-25

the view ot phligntenlng your c"TPSp 'nuent
-" Keystone" then am done with the uiaI,er.
think am deserving Of The privilege of replying
40 that they may not imagine they have backed me
out. there IL ton much truth my fpnnda ion.
BY perusing the letter which | received this
moroing. ynu will learn that my IN uunlca tion
is should have heen. and thu assertions in r..
gard To Smon Cameron correct. This letter
Comes rnn one of the most Influential Democrats
IN Pennsylvania. Yours respectfully. H.
HON. SIMON CAMERON.
M Eiior:-Wr noticed in The NEW ERA"
of yesterday. communication signed - Key
sl"ne.'' evidently appearing I" have heen written
in the city uf Washington. According Ia uur eX
amInauu at that Instrument at writing, IL is rather
fll,nsv reply III the communication published in
The - New Era of the 9Th instant. over the sig
nature of H." In uur npinun II is lame win
,l,caton Of the Honorable gentleman nf whom It
speaks and Expresses much sympathy AMI
friendship. As as he can bring out Mr. Cam
erun a. pure and ,chiie sno,c." we shall think
better of The author OF the Keystone" and of his
esi,nablr friend
Why are the Democratic presses over P-nnsyl
vania drnnuncing his recent cuudnci. and stigma
tlsiny the manner in which he has been elected Ia
the United States Senate? Thrs- drnnnnce-
uenIs and complaints uf diSsaiiSfactun dn nui
nry naie. or come from the Z" Old Dominion - nut
from his native Satp,-mark that! The Gill
gems and the press of his own Stale. says. ne was
= weighed in the balance and found wanting"
let the author of the KrySinn. endeavnr Ia tree.
or cast off the charge in that Safe. and send
his useless communications iuIo old Virginia :;
ihere they may have better tendency To cast off
Senator Camerou'S ndIScrppt cundnct.
We are cnnveTSant with the pnlliics nf Penn
>ylvania, the author ni the communication
signed :. keystone" and should he very sorry
Ia do injustice To Mr.. Cameron. or any worthy
Drmocrai. For The truth of our assertions, W.
copy few editorial paragraphs (frnm aiming
many oihprs) which came 10 our notice few
days ago. and were accordingly cut from oi
the frInest Democratic papers IN PrDnsv Iyana.
{. Lancaster ln,elligencer and Journal" Sept.
rs, 1889
"DJ- MeSsrs. Merrifield and Campbell, the two
honest Democratic members from Luzerne county,
who nobly adhered to the caucus nomination for
Senator last Winter, have been re-nrmnated by
the Democracy of that county, and will b., re-ecc-
ted"
o. The member from the county of Wyoming,
in tia las; House IF Representatives. who ell for
Cameron, received but seven votes fer romina-
on ont of over thirty, in the Dcnoc: attic Couvcn-
ton OF tuat county"
Why all Those Democrats who vuied fIr
Mr.. Cameron, denounced. and cast aside If they
had dune suuP unrlran or dishonest thing 2-Ihpy
acted contrary To the wishes III their constituents
S"n',hng certainly must he wrong or this course
would hot he pursued throughout Ppnnsv lvanIa l.
i'll br a difficult and prrrarinus undertaking II,
patch and b lister mp NAN " hu has desFTtPd his
party, and sold his principles, 10 secure his dew
'nn. Let all thus" " ho belong 10 the great Dem
cratic party 0i the c"uniry, sustain its principles
and he always of the CLEAR GRIT.
| We merely cupy and insert tht, ab, We MIRA
graphs for The qualification nf those ,rho rished
f0 be most Intimately interested /; they shnw
strongly, Gas prior ones have dpnr) tn" estimation
III which The rPccnly elected United States Sena-
r"r stands IT, bribery aud inIrigme is To Greer
lni" our Legislative Halls aud he resnrtrh Ia, as
The manner ut eleclinH persons To distinguished and
resp"nSIhe stations in This country. the Time " i'll
Suun come, when will sing the last requiem
aud bid farewell To RepubIiraniSm.
| Communications from every c,uniy i'm the Kew
stone State. would mol add me lola in favor al the
" BRIBERY TRANSACTION Mr fyeenlen If Penn.
sytr1nin are 'crHngPd. and they are fnLiU and
firmly satisfied as In The means rpsarrpd To- sPcur,
Sm"n Cameron's election" Decipi0,er Spscit
recfi" The press has spoken rlainly of the
whole proceedings
We have no strong desire ~ disposition to enier
| into controversy as regards This ir,fjHg nfFair
! win the author IF The cnmtnun,,.,liun sivued
! nfNN''H. fi H'm tDbh HDHe TtTI. III fnUTt
properly belongs tn PrnnSy lvania. Than any priim
| Of the United States L. The stigma bt cast of
AT home, aud We will doOur duty honestly abroad
| ii ii is an issue 0I Democracy
! The Keystone author says. (" am sure Gen
! Cameron cares as lnlp for the whine of n pnppv
~ he dnPs for The grow If y full grnwn n,asrifi "
! We will throw these dOggish ,rords whence they
emansIed. as they more properly bplong Ia such a
source. aud the ranconr is better suited To their ol
| factories.
We have always pndesvnred to sustain the
real DemOrrncy, and none under the canopy Ol
Heaven, could deiet,m suppress from pursu
ny an honorable course 10 these principles wp
will ick as long We have vuIce To raise, "
an arui tD defend.
Mr.. Editor. this subject shall not receive any
further consideration Or atipntiun from our pen
We do not wish Ia o~cupy your columns with
matters that properly belongs To Penns, lvinia.
II The Democracy of Pennsy lgsnin suffer them
selves to be duprd, certainly shuuld neither urur
',nurr " complain, the remedy hereafter will resi-
with themselves. Yours respectfully, II.
~ 3. We have just received 4 letter from
Pennsylvania, dated Sept. 20. 1916, from hicb
NP copy The following sertence: " In his Stale We
do no. claim him (SimOn Csmeroa) az Democrat.