Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-06-17
Decidedly Rich.

editor of the Wayne County Herald few years
ago, having since been editor OF the Easion
Sentinel for while, has got back 10 Honesdae.
where he has issued Manifesto in the Dem
ocrat Of that, place giving amusing expose
Of modern locofoco patriotism, and Of the shah
by manner in which his own salorous efforts in
The cause have been rewarded by his party
We give the cream as follows:
/, is now nearly SIX years since began pub
fishing the Herald, and large number of my
ocofoco subscribers have not yet paid me tho
first red cent $500 are sti due for the
Herald, and over $500 for The Eas'on Sentinel:
not one of them is unable TO pay The small suns
due me: by Withholding so much, SO long, they
have made me poor: If try TO collect by du"
course of law, they turn upon me aud are nos
only ready TO swear they never took the Herald.
but abuse me for trying to collect a newspaper
account
And some even have the impudence TO charge
me lth having turned whig, because ! Will not
advocate The reelection of Old Shunk,' who
rev arded me so handsomely for my unllrlng el
forts for him in lS4i NOT only by denying me
the trlfns unsuughl-for Office Of Deputy A'tor
ney General, for which was recommended
by large portion Of .he leading democrats Of
his county but also by trying his best 10 rob
me Of the emolumenls of small Office besow-
ed upon me by Gov. Pofrer, which had held
only one year out of ire five years | was enfi
| lied to IT by law. Those who im1gine that |
will show The same zeal in l847 thai | did III
1914 for Old Skunk mus, have a. a.higheroPlnion
of my disinleres,ed zeal in The cause of loco(o
cosm, than they have OF their for have
observed that the political zeal OF these meu n
ses aud falls, in exact proportion as th~'r pros
poets or the prospects OF their particular irc"d',
/ become fair or cloudy for office. These ihngs
have never influenced me in the least, for |
never asked this administration ur an oiIice.
| for myself, though did make Intellectual Ell
fort, in conjunction with the larger portion of
The parly in this county, TO have worthy old
| democrat appointed an Associate Judge, but
there being so many original Eldred men Oh
his petitions, and personally urging his appoint
menl, he was turned off with all that peculiar
| impudence which nobody bul Jesse Miller aud
John K Kane could have breathad into his
administration TO have asked for office my
self, and been postponed or set aside ~ favor
Eof one equally or more worthy and beuer quail
flied could have put up with without mIr-
mur or the least abaiemen, Of my zeal IN the
support of this administration but fer Skunk
10 step out Of his way To do an act OF extra
meanness-allke uncalleG for and undlgnifed.
towards one of his best political friends, 10 re-
! venge nv advocating Judge Eidreds nomina-
! ton for Governor in 1914, and perhaps partly
10 crafty sma-beer resentment oil lew ot
his aggrle,ed partlzans 0ut OF this county which
act consisted in appointing second Notary
here in the confident expectation, no doubt, that
our litile whig Bank would at once take the pro-
testing business out of my hands, (which II dId
not du) this made me mad, because 1t was
an act Of injustice, ingfaliiude, aud meanness,
without a redeeming qualification There may
be some kinds OF baseness which are nobly un-
dergone, bu, such an act | am sure is not one
of them | cannot therefore, for this and some
other reasons which may state hereafter, sup
port Francis r. Skunk for Governor second
time shall not only vote against him, 1t live
and am able 10 get 10 the polls, but shall say,
: wre and do all against him. that leisure and
, opportunity will allow; that Is, unless The par
ty do me justice, by paying me for the Herald,
such of them as have not and also for the ex-
ira printing did for il in 1874 10 The amount
of one hundred dollars for which have re-
ceiyed EN- dollars from WIN. II. Dimmick, Esq,
and dollar each from three or four other gen.
tlemen. When they pay me up for what have
E done, | may do something more for the parry ;
: or at least stand neural in this campaign.--
am not whig yet, bun | feel sometimes a
: pretty strong drawing that way for one is ua-
!, turally inclined TO unite and act with those who
$ use him best, and pay best. The wings, not
!, wilhslandng the helchellings' have given
e them, have not only paid me up TO man for
e the Herald, but have treated me with gener-
i osi,y, forbearance and respectful consideration.
n especially of late, which had no right to look
: for at their hands; and which, together with
: the ill.lrea,ment | have received from Old
r Shunk and The Locofoco party, with few hon,
n orable exceptions, has, | confess, dampened
e The ardor of my Locolocoism, and almost trans
formed me into neutral especially as regards
e Old Skunk. Ii the Loco(ocos indebted to me-
will walk up TO the Captains Office and settle
: soon, the now smo,hered fires OF my Ilocoioco-
e ism may blaze out again, if not the wings NAV
h have The satisfaction of seeing the l.ocofocns
hetchelled' as bad, (if not worse) than hheg
were in 1914. Some things can be done as
), we'll as others. Politics. like every thing else,
q in the religious, moral and intellectual world,
}, has become mere question Of dollars and cents
o Men preach, write, spout, bawl, toll, and work
e in eyery vocation of life far those " ho nav most