Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-09-04
col BENTON ON oFFIcE.sEEKING AND
OFFICE HOLDING


makes some caustic alnsions TO the, common |
practices of office.seekers (and which may
be seen exempllied now any day the week
Sunday moi excepted Col. B.was opposeu
by regular nominee; but the Democ,a'"
party OF 81. Louis, wen, en- masse for Ben'on'
who took the field las a volunteer ana '"e
Irregular" was left fonndering Ia ue'ea'
The spiti, of independence, which is orealneu
in the following language contrasts hoo'V
with the truckling time.servins ana caIo.'"S
prac,ices of demagogues, who seek ONCE
merely for personal gain, and not tna' 'ney
he useful in the public service Hear him
az have been through contest 10 which
had no heart aud into which | have been
forced. sorely against my will. have not
conducted il like other men. Who, since it
began, has seen me walk the streets of the
CITY in which live? stand at corner OF
visit a. public place? Who has seen thai, +!
No ore Who has seen me talk 10 any indi.
yidual 10 conciliate his vote No one. What
have done7 Goae forth, when too much as.
sailed TO speak to the masses--those masses
always honest, sometimes mistaken, but al.
ways ready TO do justice. have spoken the
same language 10 all, kindly and ,leierenli-
ally 10 the good and mistaken; proudly and
defyingly 10 the false and wicked and from
The masses, and the repulee of assailauts, !
have always returned TO the seclusion Of my
own house. My work has been that Ct the
sick ion7- sick at hearl-reposing in his lair,
only leaving it when the hunters and their
pack bayed to closely and then to slaughter
or disperse the assailants; and then return
again 10 the sick bed. ..
II have gone through contest TO which |
had no heart, and into which was forced by
combinations against life and honor, ard from
which steadily escape. What is seat in
Congress to me? have sat thirty years in
the highest branch of Congress-have made
a name 10 which can expect 10 add moth.
ing and should only be anxious 10 save
what has been gained. have domestic af.
fections sorely lacetated in these latter times
wife whom have never neglected, and
who needs my attention now more than ever;
children, some separated from me by the
wide expanse of oceans and continents 9th.
els by the slender bounds which seperate
time from eternity. touch the age which
ahe Psalmist assigns for he limit Of manly
life and must be thoughtless indeed if | do
not think somewhat beyond the heeing and
shadowy pursuits of this life, of all which
have seen the vanity. What is my occupa.
iior Ask the undertaken, that good Mr.
Lynch whose face, present on so many
mournful occasions, has become pleasant to
ne. He knows what occupies my thoughts
and cares--gaiherng the bones OF the dead
molher--a sister-two sons-a grand child
planting the cypress over assembled graves,
aud marking tie spot where |, and those
who are dear 10 me, are soon 10 be laid all
on the sunset side of the Father of Floods,
the towering city OF St. Louis on one hand,
the rolling stream of the Missouri on the
other; and where a cemetry OF large dmen-
sions is 10 be the future metropolis of unnum-
bered generations These are my thoughts
and cares and the undertaken knows them.
III have been recluse for many months,
and was called proud because was so. II
by that term il was intended 10 say | had
the vulgar pride which treats with contumely
honesty in rags, it is false if the lofty pride
is intended which despses meanness, though
plated with gold, it is true. have that
pride. never saw the poor honest man
that | did not respect nor the rich mean
one that did not despise. OF that kind oi
pride have some, something from it 10 be
proud of within myself, and more TO be proud
Of from the people. am proud Of the thir-
ty years in the American Senate, which The
free voice of Missouri gave me, and feel nc
degradation at being sold out Of it by traitor,
10 the people. | AIN proud of the $3.50 vote,
which this city and county gave me on Mon
day before last proud of the twenty coun
ties which have made me their representa-
tive proud Of the acres Of men who met nIC
at the grand rally the Saturday night before
the election: proud OF the thousands upoI
thousands who are here at this grand cele
bralion 10 honor me this night. And hop,
again to be proud Of the State Of Missouri
but it cannot be until she has purged hersel
OF notification, high treason, and vagabon'
paper-money"
a SAD SroRy,-Miss Ida Williams, beau
tl'u' and talented young English lady, .
years of age, who was rescued from III
steamboat Atlantic, has arrived al Delroil.-