The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-11-20

II
We see, by the "Pennsylvania Statesman,
chat there is feeble effort being made to clear
this gentleman from the charge of being an
- habitual dsorganizer;" and of using his lntu-
ence, or rather the influence his position gives
him, for the purpose of defeating the democratic
candidate for the Legislature at the late election.
We are sorry TO hear that Senator Brodhead
so far forgets what he owes to the party that
placed him in his present position, as to link
himself to a gang of political renegades, and
use the influence of his party position to defeat
one of its regular nominees for the Legislature,
in the person of that sterling, honest and indie
pendent democrat, Hutter, of the Easton 4rgus.
We hoped better things from Mr.. Brodhead, al
though we have frequently heard that he and
has friends were using has franking privilege for
the purpose Of circulating, through the South,
SANDERS against Hon. James Buchanan.
The Easton Argus charges Mr.. Brodhead di-
rectly with defeating Mr.. Huttcr, and we must
acknowledge that if confidence in the vera
city of the Argus was not one half as great as
it is, we would doubt Senator Brodhead's ortho-
doxy from the fact of his being defended only
by the Statesman.
The people doubt the political honesty of any
man who has to resort to the assistance of the
slanderers of Buchanan and Campbell; political
degradation will be the inheritance of those who
connect themselves with them-and that Mr..
Brodhead has dome therc oounVt pe u rational
doubt
Is there an honest democrat who would now
exchange the political reputation of Mr.. Hutter,
the yilifed, prosecuted, and defeated candidate
for the Legislature, for that of Richcrd Brod-
head, the confederate of the slanderers OF Hu-
chanan and Campbell, and the prime mover of
the organization TO defeat Campbell and Hutter? ?
Let Richard beware; the eyes of an indignant
people are upon him. Let him remember that
accidents such as elevated him to his present
exalted position do not occur twice in a lifetime;
and we predict that, politically, the prosperous
days of all and every one who connect them
selves with Cameron, Cummings s Co. are num-
bered-the mark of Cain is on them.
The following is the article from the Argus
Bay- The Pennsylvania Statesman, well known
as Gen. CAMERoNs organ i'll Philadelphia, be-
side attacking Mr.. BUCHANAN and Judge Camp
bell, undertakes, family enough it is true, to
defend RICHARD RRoDHEAD against the charge
of disorganization. That Gen. CAMERoN's pa
per should defend his coadjutor is not at all
strange-embarked as they are in the same en-
terprise it is their duty to stand by each other;
but it is strange that Senator BRoDHEAD should
leave to Philadelphia editor the task of deny
a charge made it were in his own presence,
and that too after slumbering upon it for weeks
The denial is not intended for this latitude
Here where the facts are known it would only be
laughed at. This poor apology for exculpation
is to be sent abroad-but 1t will not do. We
charge as We have done before that for two
successive years all his imm edate friends-who
come and go at his command-who work and
operate at his beck and will-who are in q
word his instruments, have by bargain with the
wings got up mongrel ticket and openly sup
ported 1t, to the defeat of the regular nomina-
uons-that RICHARD BRoDHEAD himelf though
endeavoring to conceal his participation in the
nefarlous work, secretly instigated and aided it
that he counselled and controlled it, and was
IN fact its master spirit and that his office was
The place where its details were principally ar
ranged. At home where the thing is well un-
derstood, proofs are superfuous, but if Mr.
BRoDHEAD will himself deny the charge, we
will spread the evidence before the democrcy Of
the Commonwealth.