Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-06-03
GEN. Irwin and his CaIumniators.

gence oil the people and increase the disgust
with which the citizens Of the Keystone regard
the present corrupt administration, and the con-
;rac,ed clique which upholds ii. For, Mr.
Skunk never had the hearty support of the
whole Democratic party. lls known feeble
ness Of intellect and lmbeclIily of character,
his inseierae prejudice agains. The friends Of
Mr.. Muhlenberg and his corrupt subserviency
10 influences adverse TO The interests of the
Stale have incurred the honest opposition and
open con,emp, of tens Of thousands of the Dem
ocracy. The One Term principle now an ac-
copied article of the true Democratic creed,
has heightened this feeling of opposition to his
continuance in an office, for which he is ac
knowledged by all the sincere of his friends 10
be unquafied and the fact that he has passed
his life in office, and received some fifty thou
sand of dollars of the public money, grown rich
al The peoples expense, satisfied even those
who pity his feebleuess, that he has long enough
been Stale pensioner.
From all sections of The Commonwealth evil
dences of the existence and growth of these
sentiments crowd upon the executive clique ;
and i, becomes necessary, in their opinion, TO
resort TO means the most desperate and despi-
cable, to arrest the lorren, that sets thus ire
sistibly against them. They desire to con-
mence an offensive war upon Gen. Irwin bul
where, in character so lofty, and career so
illustrous and unsporled, can they find material!
If il cannot be found il must-such is the strait
of this wre,ched faction of great par,y--be
made. In This reckless and unprncpled spirit
they have charged, and still continue TO charge
against Gen. Irwin, that he voted for The lax
upon tea and coffee, although they know thai
such tax is The darling measure Of The admin
is,ralion which they support; and although
they know, also, that Gen. Irwin voted, spoke,
and worked against that tax, and secured its
defeat. Now people of Pennsylvania, these
are plain truths sustained by our Congressional
records: and what think you of those who thus
insult you, by conscious faIsehoods, and wrong
one of your most cherished citizens by deliber-
ate and maignan. calumnies!
Another and equally sordid and unworthy
accusation is, that Gen. Irwin is rich This is
true, in fact, for he is rich In the industry that
secures independence he is rich in virtue, in
reputation, and in The lofiy>consciousness of
worth aud talent but it is false in the meaning
intended 10 be conveyed, for, in this worlds
goods, Gen. Irwin though independent, is not
affiuen,. We have every reason 10 believe that
his long life Of honest and sagacious industry
has no, accumulated so large sum as Francis
r. Skunk has received from the public treasury.
He is rich in benevoence, not in gold. There !
are in Pennsylvania thousands of farmers veal
,hier than Gen. Irwin. But let il not be sup
posed that we regard the wealth earned by a
farmer like Gen. Irwin, TO be crime. Those |
" ho allege it TO be SO are themselves guilty
of fault deeply censurable. Are our people !,
10 be divided into political classes of rich and
poor and is every farmer or mechanic whose
economy and virtue have won, as they
always must win, an independence, 10 be dis
franchised and ostracised! We have indeed
fallen upon evil times if such is the accepted
rule; and heleaher Incidence alone is TO be
considered honorable, aud the farmer whose
fireside has been rendered happy, and whose
granary full, by long years of honest toll, must
be oonlen, TO regard himself as disgraced and
branded unworthy office or honor, which be-
longs only to the politician, the pensioner and
acquey of parties, whose hand has never been
hardened, or whose brow, bronzed by single
lay of honest labor in the field We aege
hat The friends of Mr. Skunk, In making this
charge against Mr.. Irwin, seek to establish war
against honest industry andits wel-earned gains
and TO disfranchse and disgrace every farmer in
he Stale who can call his plantation, his home
stead and his well filled barn his own. Upon
his issue alone would be willing to NEE,
he Locolocos in this contest.
Another charge, and here the full culver oc
Locofoco malice is spent, is that General Irwin
yoted in favor ofthe Bankrupt Bill. So he did.
And who voted with him Henry Clay, and
with very few exceptions, every distinguish
ID member Of the Whig party. The entire
Wing party was in favor of The bill. But these
ire far from all the facts upon the subject
The bU uaS carried by Democratic UoteS, and
he man who, more than any other, labored 10
Eject rha, result, by his speeches. influence
md vote was Robert j. Walker, the present
Secretary Of tie Treasury. TO have sustained
hat bill has never been urged as an objection
o any man by either party. The country de-
handed II, aud all parties united in It's support.
Will the Pennsylvania denounce Secretary
Walker on that account! Will the Wings |
complain of their own illustrious and honored
champions, those whom they have ever delight
ID 10 honor? II not. lei hear no more Of
his al. objection to General irwin.
But why is this objection urged by the Loco
9ocos Because they hate the poor man and |
late the law that was passed for his relief Is
his their democracy What, after all. was
he Bankrupt Law! Ii provided that the poor
ebIor who gave up all 10 his creditors, and
walked forth into The world make of the worlds T.