Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-08-30
Loeofoeo Tactics, &e.


Whenever wrong is perPetrated by
parties or individuals, some excuse is al
ways invented 10 gloss it over, and thus
the wrong very frequently finds as many
supporters as the right, because one por-
ton, who are in the habit of manuiactuf-
ing public opinion, take that insidIous
course least liable 10 Suspicion ana most
ant 70 secure those who are intended TO be
culled bv the manpuvre. In poiltics' es-
neciaIlv. this is very frequently the ease,
and NAV be properly considered as part
of the tactics used by locotoco leaders
when they desire the masses of their party
10 fall in with some new scheme, changing
perhaps essentially the doctrine preached
up year or so beforehand, or intended TO
operate against particular individuals. In
this manner men apparently popular are
discarded from political favor, how or why
is hardly known beyond the coterle OF
managers, while numberless others are fed
up by hope or flattery for years, and al
though imagining themselves the very es-
sence of free thought and free speech, are
in reality the mere tools of designing men,
who use them as interest or policy may
dictate, 10 effect their own ends. Contin-
ued success, however, sometimes embol-
dens the leaders to such degree that they
lose their proverbial cautiousness, and i'm
pose a burden which awakens spirit of
resistance. The scales then fall from the
eyes of the enslaved, and they begin 10
see in its true light the bondage in which
they have been held.
Such a wrong as is adverted to above
was unquestionably inflicted on that por-
ton of the locofoco party who relied on
fairness, or honesty, and common usage
for Justice. Had the wishes of majori-
ty of that party-a large majority-been
consulted in making the nominations. does
anv one believe that John Ross would
have received the nomination for Assem-
bly,, or Thomas Stroup for Commissioner? ?
And now that gross outrage has been IN
ficted on Mr.. Gibboney and his friends,
and through them on the locofocos of the
Valley, not a word of explanation is Of
fered, no cause assigned. but studied ST.
lence as 10 the why and wherefore main
tanned Has the boastng democracy of
Mifiin-,he HOn-hearted demoeracy-ar-
rived at that point when it cannot afford to
give one Of its faithful servants, tch0m 1t
had ialportuned 10 accept office and NOW
REJECTS, some satisfactory reason for this
strange course That point we think has
been reached, and with it comes the ire
sistible conclusion that some special favors
are sought for by the leaders, some partic-
ular measures to be enacted, perhaps some
" contracts to be secured, against which
Mr.. Gibboney's honesty and integrity
would rebel, and hence the legerdemain
that brought to light an association known
up the river as Ross, Dull d Co., with
Mr.. M'Coy as an outside partner.
VIII the people of Mifiiin county, or
ought they, TO ratify such combination
! by electing it to office The chains of
! party may be strong, but if such outrages
are quietly submitted to, and they become
the willing instruments of carrying into
effect whatever designs may be entertained,
each had better at once procure a collar and
have it labeled 1" am our leaders dog
what's his viii is mine"