The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-04-11
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A more mean and contemplate effort
to create ill-feeling against those employed
on the Railroad, than the one which ap-
pears in the last Echo, we have never
witnessed. We want no better evidence
of the fact, that those who control that
shee, are now determined to wage violent
and vndictive personal warfare against
the Superintendent on the Portage Road
that they are now ready to sacrifice
whatever principles of political honor they
may have ever possessed, on the shrine
Of party spleen, and vindictive animosity
against single individual-that they are
willing to jeopardize the success of the
party to which they profess to belong, in
order that they may wreak their vengeance
on one who has been SO unfortunate as to
be placed in position sufficiently eleva-
ted to render him. fit subject for such
ours to bark at. We had reason to ex-
pect this. We have learned by past ex-
perience that we have few active men
within our ranks who are ready and will
ling to support the party so long as they
are fed at the public crib, and no longer;
but we did hope that their warfare against
the harmony of the party, would have
been conducted on more honorable prin-
ciples than We are led to believe from the
manner in which they have commenced
it. "Rule or ruin," has ever been their
motto, and to the conduct of such men
10 be attributed the numerous disasters
which our party has sustained in this
county.
But we commenced this article for the
purpose Of alluding to an accident which
occurred on the Railroad at Plane No. g.
on last Tuesday evening, and to the ac-
count given of it by the Johnstown Echo.
1t seems that whilst endeavoring to bring
up the passenger car on this Plane the
rope broke, and the cars were precipita.ed
to the bottom of the plane, which materi-
ally injured the passenger car, (which
was destitute of passengers at the time, }
and wrecked completely the baggage car
and one belonging TO D. Lecch & CO.
Now, because the Engineer at this Plane
procured substitute in order that he
might attend the meeting in Ebensburg,
aDd exercise one of the rights of citizen.
ship, and because the rope broke while
the engineer was absent, the Echo endea.
vors TO excite the Indignation of the pub.
lie against him, by giving false state
ment Of the facts. Such accidents have
occurred frequently on the Road, and ur'
der the management of the most efficient
workmen, and this attack OIL the part oi
those who control the Echo is merely an
evidence of the mendacity and reckless
ness with which they are determined to
wage warfare against the Superintend.
ent. Such an accident as the one com
planned of would in all probability have
occurred had the principal engineer been
present, and we have reason to believe
that the person employed as substitute
is fully competent to perform the duty du
ring his absence.
If the Echo wishes 10 exclude the poor
men who are employed on the Road from
exercising the rights of citizenship, We
should like to know it. II is not our in.
tention, however, to become the culogis
Of Wm. S. Campbell or those employed
Oh the Road-our only object is to see
justice meted out fairly. This duty We
consider incumbent on us as conductor o.
a public journal, and il is one which we
Will eRdeavor to discharge to the best o
our ability. But we have neither time
nor space for further remarks on this sub
ject at present. We will conclude BY
merely saying that if those who contro
the Echo wish to effect defeat of thu
democratic party at the next election, w.
would advise them TO pursue the course
they appear TO have adopted.
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