The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1849-09-22
The star OF the worm.

REUBEN W. weaver, the "nice young gen
tlemau," who cRuckels at the head Of the "prati-
cal and traitolous sheet" under the above title,
again merits a castigahon at our hand. The rea'
ders Of our columns, will bear US testimony, that
for the last two weeks, we have ceased to notice
his malicious vituperatons and his Wanted inu.
endoes, morally, personally and politically against
ourself, as he had for successive weeks previous
ly begged like whipped spaniel to be excused
His recent conduct, and especially his cohtemp'
tble declaration, in the last weeks issue OF the
deiunct Star, that "Tate says his masters have
called him off" Sc, has induced US to give hlm
another gentle excoriation, with the most posi-
tive assurance, that we never have, or never Will
shrink from the performance of any PLAIN duy'
whether it be the skinnng Of skunk, or the
lashing of scoundrel.
Since Mr.. Weaver attacked us in August, for
the publication of strong communication uh'
der which his perfdy to the Democratic party
was effectually exposed to public condemnation,
we have, in self.deience, presented him in his
naked derormily in all the attitudes Of deceiy-
er, falsiher and knave.
We have shown conclusively and undenlably,
that in every political contest, since he has assu-
med to control public opinion, he has opposed
the will of the Democratic party, and arrayed
himself against the wish Ct the people. De-
feated in his own township-lcked all up in the
County Convention, and forced to praise the very
men whom he & his friends bnt recently denoun-
ced he now meanly attempts to "gain the thrift
that follows fawnng," by trimming his canvass
to every breeze. We see him politically sewed
up, and he can now say in the language of the
Scotch excseman--
ooh, would some gentle power gle US,
To see ourselves as others see US"
Personally, we have been compelled to ex
change compliments with fellow whose con
| duct was utterly at variance with every vestigt
of honesty, decency or propriety. fellow WHIT
has belied US in every possible way, to injure ou
Office business who has reported in one place
that we had suspended operations; in another
that we were about to move away in order Il
introduce his own paper by fraud and who evel
pervaded the sanctity of our DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
by giving our apprentices money and urgint
them 10 run away! We have pinned thes
charges upon him pub!icly-charges that shoul
banlsh any man of character from the com
munty,-and yet he cannot, he dare not
DENY their truth. We have been willing to with
hold from other ears, if his are deaf TO ever
sense of shame, the witherng fact, that the pa
rents of these young men TO whom Reuben pal
his fathers money TO induce them to elope, ha
then, and last week renewed their determine
ton, yet to pay him for his contemplate inter
ference at the toe of their boots
We have proven that he lied without qualif
cation, when ne published TO the world that a
. article which once appeared in our paper, rel'
tive to himself was without his knowledge, whe
a1hffie1s 1hf e7s!9N '''' '"A '- ~
Such is Reuben W. Weaver, the little naboj
: whose POLITICAL DISTINCTIONS" we though
some weeks ago, we had about completed, bu
whose impertinence, in threatening last week, {
: hold certain rods over our head, has thus apai
compelled US TO lay out, "berelt OF the last refug
Of a scoundrel," and to put "a whip in every hon
est hand, to lash him round"-until another weeL
Having thus soon, run his political career, an
got no gain, Reuben may well exclaim--
"lf was so quickly done for,
wonder what ! was begun for"