Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-01-06
Daguerreatypc Of VIZ. Mepkins.

DagueEreetypc Of Wm. Hopkins.
The Locofocos of Washington county,
are divided into two factions--the Hop
kins and nti-Hopkins. To the latter
faction, Associate Judge Isaac Hodgens
belongs. At the late election, when Mr..
Hopkins ran for Canal Commissioner, he
fell behind his ticket in that couny near
II 800 votes-a circumstance which has
added greatly to the hatred which former
" existed between the two divisions
The quarrel has found its way into the
newspapers, and in the Washington Re-
porter of Dec. s, We find letter from
Judge Hodgens, in which he fays Hop
kins alive, He says Hopkins has been
in Office 20 years Of the last 25, and was
removed from his Office as Superintend-
dent Of the National Road, because Of his
indefensible management. 1t adds:
"a word more and I have done The
Examiner attacked me, because Col. Hop
kins was defeated in the county. Why
did he run so far behind his own and his
friends expectations. Let US look at it
moment. He has held more Office, and
received more Of the public money than
any man nov living in the county. lie
has held offices that were SO utterly use
less-such complete SjRecHTeS, that he
had to be dcgiSIated ont Of them, and that.
too, against his most bitter reHaouStronce !
And then his management Of those Offices,
and more especially, while Commissioner
of the Cumberland Road, convinced the
most incredulous as to his incapacity,
whilst it staggered many, as to his integ
rity. lie took charge of that road at 4
time when it was free from debt. And
such road. The finest in the Union;
one Of the great thoroughfares of the
world; along which the we'll crammed
coaches taundered, the countlessi migrants
crowded, and the great covered wagons
poured in an endless tide, raising untold
thousands Of revenue. And yet, under
his supervision, year after year, it sank
deeper in debt, until there seemed to be
10 resurrection for it. The man who
would charge So Per day, fOr every day
in tie year, when it was proyerbial that
he did not spend near all his time upon
the road-charge the road with his ex-
penditures Oh Sunday wild goose journeys
receive pay after he was out Of Office
paying queer certificates TO his son, and
withai, leaving the road in such pitia-
bic state of indebtedness, is ~ 1r0H!d rcn-
tire TO Say,' not the man to take charge
OF lie nubiic works OF Penna. So tt0Mght
the people Of his own county, and SO Mey
said. They thought, too, and thcy are
thinking still, of his connection with that
rotten Noollen concern of New York,
whose rasca!ly failure brought ruin and
disaster to some OF the finest families in
this county. Where is Cooks? His all
is gone, and all that remains Of him, now
sleeps in the distant West, whilst his
lonely widow and orphan children, are
this day eating the bitter bread of cheer
less poverty. Where is Emory, one Of the
finest uen in our county; where is he!--
His fine old homestead swept from him
in the evening Of his days driven on
the verge Of ponury. And long, but for
his iron energy, would be as deeply ruin
e4 as they. md who was it that gave
that woolIen concern credit and standing
amongst our people? 1t was far away
and unknown here. | repeat, who was
it? / answer, wealthy farmer, and
prominent go!ttciaH! And these two gen.
tlemen we're strangers to the company, at
the head of that woollen bubble. Were
thar herculcan labors to bolster up its
credit, uurcradcd? Time uiU M0wi-
1 say to those concerned, Jeasarc of
S.eafoat5esSi 1t will haunt you to the
grave! \ deeply aroused public opinion
is now Investigating that affair. And
that investigation viii 60 on, and on, and
Oh; slowly it may be, but as surely and
as deadly as the scent of the Highland
blood hound, it will track the acroHg doer
10 his dcH
When the fangs Of justice shall have
sunk deep into quivering flesh of those
who have so wantonly tramped under
foot her sacred precept; and it may be
when a Judicial investigation shall have
thrown flood of light upon this deep,
dark plot, the public will see that the Ills
complain Of are comparatively but
grain Of sand on the sea shore iikened to
the losties mountain. Once more, 6e~afe
o. .SNeaeat!csS!
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