Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-11
Hear what a PennsyIyanian
.oi says of Us.

We find in the North American of the
10th ult., letter from Baltimore. The
writer says he is ga Democrat, and has
been one from the good old days of Jack
son down'-that he is no politician, and
that the only vote he ever cast for Presi-
dent was in 1886, when he voted for Mr..
Van Barren. He isa Pennsylvania by
birth, and still considers this State his
home. He thus talks of the approaching
election:
"The present struggle in Pennsylvania
| regard as of the highest moment in its
bearing on the future prosperity of the
State and of her citizens. 1t was my for
tune to be abroad during those disastrous
years which followed the suspension of
the payment of the interest on her i'm
mense debt. Odium [ heard everywhere
heaped upon her name, until at length her
sons blushed to acknowledge a mother
whose fame and character were as pre-
cious to them as their own. Those who
passed, as l did, through an ordeal of so
much obloquy-in measure, it must be
confessed, not altogether without justifca-
tion-can never look back upon it with
other feelings than those of modification
and regret, and will instinctively shrink
at the bare idea of witnessing a return of
the same deplorable condition of things.
The great, and in fact the only question,
after all, involved in the present contest,
is the financial good character of our al
ways honest, and now debt-paying Com
monwealth. Other issues which have
been made by interested partizans are
swallowed up in this.
"If Gov. Johnston is again chosen by
the voice of the people to sway the des-
TIMES of the State, the restored and we'll
sustained credit, character, and confidence
of the last three years, are the best omens
for the future. The faithful exertions of
one man-his watchful care and econom-
ical management of her fnances-the
prestige of his unsullied integrity, inspir-
ing hope and reliance around-these
qualities and efforts have once more
placed Pennsylvania on that broad plat
form of honesty and trustworthiness, from
which nothing but the most incompetent
craftsmanship ever could have thrust her.
Re-elect the present Executive, and her
course will still be onward and upward,
until the heavy burthen left us as lega-
cy by his predecessors, shall be reduced
within reasonable limits.
"Now, Messrs. Edi tors, while my poll
teal principles are very decided, l am
no politician; the only vote ever cast
for President was in 1886, when | voted
for Mr. Van Buren. In examining the
question now agitating our State, have
aimed at attaining an honest and candad
solution of it. 1t matters not to me
whether an Executive, who may be fair
ly said to have plucked up the drowning
honor" of the Commonwealth by the
locks, is so-styled Wing or no. All L
look at is the good of the State. While
party prepossessions urge me to vote for
Mr. Bigler, because he is Democrat, a
regard to the welfare and reputation of
the State says vote for Mr.. Johnston, be-
cause he has proved himself the man of
the crisis. The danger is not yet over /;
but when it is, it will be time enough to
commit the helm to less able and more
inexperienced hands.
"The most disastrous event that could
happen to Pennsylvania at the present
time, would be the election of the Demo-
cratic candidate. So thinking, | intend to
make journey of one hundred miles
next fall, to cast my vote for Mr.. john
ston, the tried, true, and faithful friend of
his State.
"They who love Pennsylvania, and are
proud to see her rescutcheon once more with
out stain, will vote for Gov. Johnston;
those on the other hand, who think mean
ly of her, and wish to strike hands with
.secessionists and traitors everywhere, can
cast their sufrages for Mr.. Bigler."