Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-08-26
From the DanUtHe Democrat.
To The Farmers, Mechanics and La
bOrerS of PennSYlYaMia.

borers of Pennsylvania.
My Fellos0- Workingmen The, time draws near
when the great political baule will be Tough.
which is 10 decide the fate of this mighty State
for three years, and produce effects either for
good or evil upon the whole nation The hearts
of politicians already begin 10 wax warm-ou
one side for whig democracy and the interests
of every class of the people-on the other side
for federal loco-locoism and the hope of public
plumber by few Which of these parties shall
we support Shall we support Iocofoco reck-
lessness, and bring down upon our country such
state of crippled business as existed in the
reign of Van Buren, and draw upon ourselves
deeper poverty or shall we support Wing
democracy, and bring upon The nation a state
every class of men and share the happy results
The commander-in-chief of the locofoco par
ly has issued his orders to his political Gener-
ais and field officers, and they are now mar
shalling the political subordinales for the cam
paign, and those subordinate officers have al
ready begun TO whip in the rank and file, and
every man, who has not sufficient courage TO
call his soul his own in the presence OF loco
foco politician, will submissively take his place
in the ranks, and hurrah for locofotoism when
ever he is bid to doit Blu, lie, US" the bone
and sinew of the nalion"-haye the courage 10
resis, the despolc discipline of the locofoco
party, and show The world that if we are work
lngmen, we are freenaen, and not bound by par
ty chains, nor party discipline lie, us prove to
the nation and 10 The world that we possess the
moral courage TO vote for the right. Let us
exhibi. the evidence, that if we are poor men,
we possess principle, and would rather suffer
defeat while acting on the right side, than be
successful on the wrong.
The locofoco paper of this town gave notice,
some time ago, that there were three champions
in this county, we'll calculated TO lead on the
young democracy. Who is this young democ
racy ?"-I, appears tha, he requires three 10
lead him abOu, the country, and take him 10 the
polls, and three young lawyers are recommend
ed as competent for The task. so we may soon
expect,o
See locofeco spouters mount the stage,
And with their might in low abuse engage
Slang defamation will assail the ear,
And thoughtless men will flock around to hear;
Appeals to baser passions will be made,
And bred wit become the stock in trade
Ignorance will swallow all within its nav,
And shout for more with open -mouth'd hu1rah.
Shall we, my fellow workingmen, go 1here
and be called the young democracy" and suf-
fer ourselves 10 be led by the nose TO the polls,
in the charge of three young lawyers have
lived long enough TO know that lawyers have
very litle sympathy for poor men and workmen.
Do these locoleco lawyers speak 10 US, and as
sociate with Us equals, when there is no elec
tion near Let US convince lawyers and all
others tha, We can go 10 the polls and vote for
IRWIN and DEMOCRACY, without being led
by any body. Let US show that we are not
slaves 10 party that claims infalbli,y, and
stands ready 10 persecu.e every person who
differs from them.
lie, our actions and our votes stand out in
bold relief before The Keystone State, and prove
a, the next October election that we will no
longer be humbugged by the name Of democra-
cy without the principles. Let US no longer act
the par, of bats in fable. IL said that when
the birds were majority, the bats would unite
with them, because they had wings and could
fly like bird and when the animals had the
majority, the bats would join them, because they
had bodies like animals. Let US the working
men of Pennsy ylvania, convince the people of
other states that we are mol bats bu, MEN-men
who dare to act right and vote right, wi,hou,
any regard as to which side will gain the day
|, for one, shall support Irwin and democracy.
even if knew beforehand that every other man
in the State would 60 for Skunk and the false,
counterfeit democracy of locofocoism for
shall then have the consciousness of having vo-
ted right much greater satisfaction TO my
fee-6orn heart, than to be victorious on the side
of wrong, and this principle Of action | hope,
will govern us all al the mex, election. If we
continue to act upon this principle-lo show we
posses true moral courage, we shall soon cease
10 be called The lower class, but if we suffer
ourselves TO be, ranked with what locofocos call
"young democracy" and be led by young law
yers, we shall deserve the name OF lower class.
Let us convince the world that we are men and
can go TO the polls wi.hou, being taken there in
leading strings by the locofoco politicians
Let US unite like lreemen, give opr support TO
Irwin, Patton and democracy, and We shall not
only have the satisfaction that we supported the
right side, but we shall emmy The qualification
of being victorious. SO let II be.
Very respectfully Yours,
A JoURNEYMAN MECHANIC