Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-10-07
The Treachery against Mr.. Muhlen.
berg...MOre Proofs.

Salisbury, which must fasten the paternity o.!
the Champion EDITORIAL. upon Messrs. Miller, q
Periken, and involve Gov. Skunk in connec-
,ion with the same political outrage.
The articles referred 10 in Mr.. Sprigman's
statement are the same which we have already
published and there is no necessity of again
placing them before our readers.
HARRisBURe, Sept. 25, lS47.
Editors North American and U. S. Gazette
Gentlemen Il have noticed denial by the
individuals named in my letter TO you of,;ihe
2O,h instant, of any participation ia the viupe-
ration and abuse which characterized some Of
the editorial articles against Mr.. MuhIenberg
which appeared in the Champion after his nom-
inaiion in 1914. II.
cannot say ,ha, am surprised at this bold
dena by these conference.-the only remedy
them and proven. 80. ii
They were charged before the people of
Pennsylvania with having commiued a moral
and political ofTeGce, in the indecen. and unpre-
cedenied opposition which they made 10 the
Democratic party of Pennsylvania and lis NOM
inee for Governor, in 1914, through the columns
of public journal, a miserable, piiful sheet,
called the Democratic Champion. !
To this charge they plead not guilty. |
might rest upon my letter of the 20h instant,
Upon the broad basis there laid down feel
entirely secure, for truth is mighty and will
prevail ;" but TO the end tha, ,he,i country may
have no doubt as to The truth Of the charges
which have been promulgated, against the po-
ilical integrity of Messrs. Miller, Pe,Iiken and
others, herewith enclose you such additional
evidence as will convince the people of Penn
sylvania lha, any aud all denials by these gen.
,lemen, OF their improper and inglorious oppo-
sion TO Henry A. Muhenberg, after his nomi-
nation, is utterly nuga,ory, and only increases
the. offence with which they already stand
charged al the bar Of public opinion, and upon
which the citizens OF The Commonwealth are
10 render verdict. -, I .,...s..i ...t.
However extraordinary and painful it may
be, j, will be seen tha, these gentlemen did op-
pose Mr.. Muhlenberg with yehemence after his
nomination. They denied 10 him, the then
democratic candidate for Governor. that justice
and support they are now claiming for them
selves. They opposed him after his nomina-
ton by the democracy of the Stale, and refused
to be bound by the settled usages of the demo-
cratic party men who are enjoying and claim.
ing at The present moment, high places of hon
or. trust and emolument, al the hands OF great
party, and mainly, from the labor and toll Of the
| friends of the Iamented man whom they much
lraduced, and who is no, now here 10 answer
for himself.
There are times and occasions when the du-
ty of the citizen rises superior and is paramount
TO party considerations. This, in my judgment,
| nf no
done, though the heavensfa.
Tha, Mr.. Muhenberg's early and attached
friends /; those who have stood by him while
living for more than. a quarter OF century,
through evil and good report, with firm and
| steady hand, as he had always stood by them,
may feel deeply wounded, is not my fault. The
smarling of The wounds can only be traced to
the poisoned arrows, which qpiyersd in The bow
of his pseudo friends, .Messrs Miller, Petri-
ken, &C.; nor shall the violence and menaces
of liue g brief authority" deter me from a
fearless and faithful vndcaion ola fallen friend;
and the political rights of those, who like my
self, loved him when living, and revere his
memory when dead.
Men should always expect, who live in the
midst Of a free, virtuous aud in,elligen, people,
10 bear the consequences OF their own misdeeds
and perfly. If there is treason in the camp,
who are the Traitors Let the facts now pu,
forth to the country answer this question. We
may be permitted 10 say, nor can il be denied
with truth, that the friends Of this lamented man
have fel. the lash Of prescription applied with
unwarrantable severity by gentlemen now in
power and who are again seeking their support.
! I, has been claimed by Mr. Miller iha, ne
had nothing to do with The com emp,ible sheet
called the Champion-I, was contemplate
sheet and i. was contemplate. wicked and
cruel for an individual who owed Mr.. Mullen
berg debt Of deep and abiding gratitude, TO
make such sheet an organ of persecution, vii
| LITIGATION and abuse towards him al Time when
he was the standard bearer of the republican
party of the State. ,o s...
Il can be claimed no longer, tha. these gen.
,lemen are moi deeply involved and connected
with the viles, editorials which appeared a.
gainsl him during the campaign Of 1874. in the
columns of the paper mentioned above. Has
i, come to this. ihal a member OF Mr.. Shunks
cabne, is the keeper Of the articles OF that mis-
I,erable paper and one Of the mos, violent 10 Its