The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-09-26
Gen. M'Donald and Or. Smith,

In our last we alluded 10 the ungenerou:
and uncalled for attack made by Gen. NJ
Donald on DIR. Smith, our democratic candi
date for the Legislature, and remal ked tha
it was ill-timed and injudicious. The
Gen. and his friends appear to think tina
all who do not support him for Congress
have been opposed to the interests o.
Cambria county, and to having the candi
date at this time. They also effect to
find fault with the friends Of DR.. Smith
for presenting his name to the consdera
ton OF the other counties of the Distric
as Cambria county candidate but say
not word about the Availability of the
| General.
The difficulties attendant upon making
the nomination for Congress at this time
are well known. and if after the failure tc
nominate Gen. M'Donald at the Johns
town conference, the people should think
fit to recommend another person as likely
TO be more acceptable to The district, anc
by this means give Cambria "t,vo chan.
ceS" for the Congressional candidate
ought Gen. M'Donald and his friends tc
find fault with it! The friends of DR.
Smith were equally as sincere and desi
rous as those OF Gen. M'Donald, tina,
Cambria county should get the candidate
and if all failed, it should rather be regar-
ded as a misfortune, than that censure
should attach to any one. The confer
ees from this county were not permitted
to have voice in either of the conferences
at Johnstown or at Legonier, and Little
Cambria has to submit to a result brought
about by the voice Of her more powerful
neighbors. The friends of M'Donald from
Bedford and Westmoreland voted In the
conference to nominate Mr.. Snodgrass,
and we think it rather strange that the
Gen. should now want to find fault with
DR.. Smith, or any other person in the
county, because Cambria was deprived of
having the nominee.
1t is true that the county convention had
recommended DR.. Smith for denomination
TO the Legislature, but If events subse-
quenuy occurred to induce his friends 10
suggest his name as likely to be more
available TO secure the nominee to Cam
bria, and without any agency on his part,
we cannot see that anything improper has
been done. The attempt 10 connect the
nomination of Mr.. Snodgrass with the
movements of the friends of DIR. Smith in
this county, and to charge them with op-
posing the claims of Cambria we know
not to be true.
The address of the Gen. informing the
people of his determination to still be a
candidate for Congress we published last
week, and then alluded to the disinge
niousness of his Juggling DIR. Smith into
his card. The conversation to which he
alludes as having occurred in the presence
of Judge Noon, took place, as we under
stand, previous to the election of delegates
to the county convention, and when it was
well known the Doctor was only cam
ddate Cor denomination TO the Legislature
The attempt now made to make it appeal
as having taken place after nomina tion
had been "asked, received, and accepted
cannot be regarded in any other light than
perversion of the facts, and show hon
Orabie and how sincere" the Gen. was in
so stating it, we leave him to determine
The position of DIR. Smith during the
whole canvass has been as well known to
Gen. M'Donald as to any other member
of the party, and however much chagrineo
he may feel al the result of the Congress
sional nomination, he should take care to
so pursue his way as not to do injustice
to others, to injure the Assembly ticket ol
the District, or to defeat the party o.
which he processes to be member.
| IJaWkerS and PedIarS,