The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-08-22
A Word TO Onr Friends.

urday next, for the purpose of supporting
Col. M'Donald for Congress; and we
learn that this bill printed in Harrisburg or
Philadelphia, has been distributed through
every hole and corner in the county. 1t
! is filled with lies, commonplace sayings
and modlcum of truth-just about in the
same proportion as is frequently found in
menagerie show bills, TO which it bears a
strong resemblance. 1t is, to say the
least of it, an insult to the common sense
of the people, and is The best evidence TO
which we could possibly refer of the des-
peration of those whose cause it is inten-
ded to promote. We will, however, en-
deavor to enllghten our readers relative TO
the importance, which should be attached
to this handbill, 6y brief notice of the
political character of those who have been
instrumental in getting it up.
We venture the prediction that there is
not county in the State, cursed by a
meaner set of political demagogues than
this. No place where more political IN
consistency is exhibited, or where they
have so great privilege Of carrying pri-
vate feelings and personal animosities into
the political contests which annually oc-
cur. Banded together, as they are, by a
common love of plumber or a common
feeling of hatred, they are always willing
and ready TO play the part of political cut
throats, whenever acting in concert with
the party to which they profess to belong
would not contribute to crafty either of
these their ruling passions. We are glad,
however, for the credit of our little county
that such disgraceful conduct can only be
attributed TO few; but it is a matter of
regret that these few have been permitted
to exercise more influence in matters con-
nected with our elections than due regard
for the welfare of our county and our par
ty would warrant the people in suffering.
1t would seem from the tone Of this
handbll, that Col. M'Donald is pleased to
regard every man as traitor to the coun-
ty who will not sacrifice every feeling of
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or who seems to think that. there are bet
ter men within our ranks for the office to
which he is aspiring, than he is. man
! like him who was never known to do a
/ political action N his life that was not
dictated by some selfish motive, cannot
expect others to sacrifice their private
feelings relative 10 him at least until after
he is regularly nominated. When a man
voluntarily deserts those friends who have
always supported him, and 10 whom he
is indebted for numerous favors, it arcues
a want of that common feeling of graft
tude which should warm the bosom of
every honorable man. And when a man,
i'll his desire for office, is unwilling to
trust those 10 whom he owes everything
but rather chooses to throw himself into
the hands OF those who were formerly his
bitter enemies and whom he knows to be
hostile TO those who have heretofore sus-
tanned him. he must not expect those he
has deserted will still adhere 10 him, un-
less compelled to do SO by sense of OBJ
legation TO their party. Such being the
conduct of Col. M'Donald, he now has
the ef1rontery TO accuse those who dare
act i'll opposition to him with violating
their principles of democracy, as though
he was the head and front of the party
If he will take the trouble to look back at
his own course for few years past, he
will find that he has been guilty of more
political sins than almost any other man
of his age in the county. In the early
part of his career, he was closely identi
fled with the "workingmens' party" an
organization effected for the purpose of
breaking down the democratic party, and
after having figured in it extensively for
some time, he is accused of having basely
deserted those friends whom he had been
instrumental in bringing into the field as
candidates. He was the principal man in
eflecting the defeat of Col. John Kean,
when a candidate for Assembly, using all
the influence he possessed together with
the aid of paper which he contro lied to
effect this purpose,-thereby securing the
election of Whig. He is accused OF
selling this county to Bedford in the mat
ter of Congress at the time when we