Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-09-09
sTRoUDsBURG MONROE

above. This house was built for a mailer EN-
plOyed al the works. When he removed thence
few years since, he took up his quarters in
the house in a part of which he now resides.
AS this building has been made matter Of pub
lie interest by his opponents, ii may not be
amlss TO give some account of II. | would not
descend 10 notice these things so foreign to the
issue, were it no. that they are magnifed into
matters OF great importance by the other party.
The house was built by mechanic of Belfonle,
according to his own plan, with the design 10
occupy it himself; and for time it was SO oc-
cupied. AT present it is used as boarding
house, Of which Gen. Irwin and his lady are
patrons. A grea, portion of the ground floor is
taken up by TWO large. store rooms and an Of
fee. This, then, is The immense castle, with
towering turrels and lrownng bal,lemenls, that
has figured so conspcuously in the eIers of
political correspondents. But how is il about
assume The responsibility of inviting any one
who is curious on that subject to visit his rooms,
and | can readily fancy The look of surprise af
ter reading those flaming descriptions, al see
ing there just such plain, ordinary furniture as
may be found in most of The residences in the
same town. Thus stands his arislocracy, SO
far as is evinced by his style Of living.
And since we look in vain for arslocraical-
ness in The manner of his living, where shall
We search for il? Is i, visible in his social in
tercourse Go ask the workmen in his en-
poy Ask the laborer-he mechanic-if he
shows any symptoms of arsiocracy in his in
tercourse with him, and he will tell you ii is
seldom you meet a man more plain and unas-
suming in his manners Wherein, then, do the
members of the opposite party see grounds for
such charges? Nowhere but in their own fer
lille imaginations. |, is useless for them TO
make such assertions any where within the
bounds of Gen. Twins acquaintance; but their
object is fully understood d-lhey are intended
exclusively for the foreign market. They are
by no means profitable a, home. in the neigh
borhood of the mandatory. Such expediens,
if they were founded on fact, are but ridiculous
shifts in contest involving public principles.
What effect they might in such case have upon
lha, portion of The community who are govern
ed more by party prejudices than by the power
of reason, do not pretend TO say, nor is il ne
cessary 10 inquire, since they are without the
shadow of truth.
1t was certainly no, in his Representative
capacity that he acted the par, of an arislocral,
for his unlring efforts in Congress were made
in behalf Of the interests of the poor man. He
advocated the measures which were best cal
culated 10 promote the welfare Of the laborer
and the mechanic. He entered Congress at
the Extra Session of lS4l, and amongst the
important questions tha. then engaged the AT.
tenlon of that body was one arising out Of
plan suggested for the raising Of revenue. On
this subject he differed with many Of his polit-
ical friends, as it was proposed to lay duty
upon Tea and Coffee, and after using his umos,
eXerions TO prevent duty being imposed on
these articles, he made a speech agains, The
measure and finally voted against the bill be-
cause they were enumerated therein amongst
the articles proposed 10 be taxed. (See Jour-
nal of the House, page 303, Isl session, 27;h
Congress.) The duly on Tea and Coffee hav-
ing been stricken out in the Senate and the
bill seni back 10 The lower House for its farther
action thereon, he vOied in favor of the Senate
amendment. (Journal Of the House, page 4s2,
Isl session 9th Congress) Whilst in Con-
gress, nfel 10 his lot 10 nominate person from
his district to fill vacancy occurring in the
Military Academy al West Point. Numerous
applications were made in behalf of the sons of
rich and influential men, some coming from the
clIClG vi Ills own IutUcuidt6 lIlCuuS ouu ICkO-
tives, bul he chose 10 reject them all and pre-,
fer The son of poor man OF his OwD Town.
As politician, Gen. Irwin hss ALWAYS been
moderate in his actions and !:.ioeral in his views
He has held, like most g.en who choose to feel
an interest in public affairs, his own views and
opinions OF meri aud measures, and all he has
ever done in This respect has been with an eye
single 70 he promotion of The public welfare
tie never manifested any aspirations after office,
but was willing 10 serve his neighbors in a pub
.ic capacity whenever he saw that they really
desired his services He has shown clearly
by his conduct towards Gen. Markle, who was
successful in obtaining the nomination in 1914
for which he had been proposed as candidate
by his friends, tha! in his political movements
he has no selfish purposes 10 crafty, but eml-
nenlly strives TO promote the public good.
Various attempts have been made to prove
him unpopular in his own district. All the in
genuiiy of figures has been called into requlsi-
ton in endeavoring to solve This difficult prob
lem. Let me inquire INFO this subject for
moment, and when the facts are correctly sta
ted We will see that there is about lit'ie truth
IN lhls allegation as in some Others that have
appeared in the authentic columns O. The Loco
loco PaPrrS.