Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-04-01
Major Jack Downing our Delegate to Balti-
Chairman-If that is your minds gentle

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, men, you will please
|, Solomon Jones Grader at the upper corner
and material enemy to Bill Johnson, trader a
: the lower corner.) Mr.. Chairmen, | hop
that motion wont pass. didn't come here t
: be ketched in Abolition trap and | won't
1t can be helped. | don't want no underhanC
| can read on the guide-board where it's 60
ing to. Before we choose Delegate, | wan
TO know what he is going to do. Let the
5 work be chalked out beforehand, and ther
choose the best men to do it. I'm Demo
crat of the Jackson stamp, but am no aboli
tionist | always went for Jackson, and viii
always 60 for his successors as long as they
follow in his footsteps | always went fol
Van Buren, as long as he followed Jackson's
footsteps; but when he turned Abolition
don't go for him no more, nor his son John
neither
Bill Johnson-Squire, wish you'd put my
question, to choose Maj. Jack Downing to
Baltimore If we can't trust him as good
jackson Democrat, there isn't man in the
United States that we can trust. He was
always the old Generals right hand man.
And as for Abolition traps, wish Mr.. Jones'
store was as free from rum-traps and gin-traps
as | am, and always was, from Abolition
taps
Solomon Jones-Mr. Chairman, / call the
gentleman to order. | want to know before
he goes any further, whether this is Tenn
perance meeting or Democratic meeting!
Bill Johnson--It is as as much of Tenn
perance meeting as it is an Abolition meet
ing. If Mr.. Jones brings in abolition, I've
just as good right to bring in Temperance.
And as for traps, sir, if the gentlemen under
takes to talk about Abolition traps, I'll jest
let him know that the war can be carried in
to Africa. Yes, sir, the boot is decidedly on
the 'tother leg. The trap is all on the 10th
side, sir: all on the slavery side. I'm good
jackson Democrat; but I've no notion of be-
ing ketched in slavery trap. And that's
why I want TO send Delegate to Baltimore
that we can depend upon, such as Major
Downing one that'll keep us out of the sla-
very trap. For ] tell you sir, the South has
got the Slavery trap set all over the country,
and covered with good many pieces of SLY
tempting bait Of nice favored Buchanan bait
here, and strong Cass bait, and little
Douglass bait further along, and fat Hous-
ton bait out yonder: and on the middle of the
pan there's mysterious bit of Butler bait
nicely raked in meal: yes sir, all rolled in
meal and what's more, to make it easy to
swallow, it's rubbed over with little Van
Buren oil. Now, sir, don't swaller none Of
them bats, and no man don't get my vote
for President without he comes right up to
the chalk first and declare up and down that
he isn't no slavery man.
Doctor Briggs-Mr. Chairman, it seems to
me neighbor Johnson has got hold of the hot
end Of the poker, after all, and has fairly got
to stirring the Presidency with it, whether
we will or no. So that my motion to go in
to the question Of the Presidency first, seems
to be carried without being put to vote. Now,
sir, am glad to see that Mr. Jones and Mr..
Johnson agrees exactly in one thing, howev-
er wide apart they may be on other points
that is, that they wont neither of 'em move
step in the dark, nor stir an inch till they
know where they are going to. Mr. Johnson
wont vote for Delegate till he knows his
man, and knows he's right g. isn't no slavery
man
Solomon Jones-NorI wont vote Cor no
President till know he's all right, and isn't
no Aboltionist.
John Robinson-So | wont vote for no
President that isn't friend to Cuba. IF
lot of fellers is a mind to go and help Cuba
git her independence, | say | don't want
President that'd be dogging after 'em and
stopping of 'em.
Sargent Joel Downing-For my part, Mr.
Chairman, I've made up my mind not to vote
for any man that wont 60 for Kossuth clear
up to the hub, and stand ready to fight the
Russian Bear if he NEEDLES with Hungary.
| say freedom is the right of every body, and
go for it too, to ffty-four forty, and fight, if
it can't be got without. / call that good
Jasckson doctrine. Old Hickory would 60
for it, if he was alive, and the Democracy
mus: see that he has successor that'lI go
for 1t too that's the foundation of the princi-
pie of Democracy, freedom for every body.
Solomon Jones-Freedom for. every body,
is it | want TO know if the gentleman
means freedom for the niggers south of Ma
son and Dixons linei If he does | pro-
nouuce him bloody A6oiidonist and no
Democrat