Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-10-05
ISLANDERS NAILED!

We must again caution our friends not to
be misled by the last cards of the enemy-we
mean the falsehoods, the slanderous stories,
the Roorback inventions, they may publish
on the eve of the election.
One of their calumnies has just appeared
in the 4LLEGHENL4N, October 9th,
and is the production of the elegant leisure
of member of the bar of this place-a
gentleman who stands high in the world if not
in his profession.
The public will treat with the contempt they
deserve the SANDERS against Mr. Wills pri-
vate character; this anonymous scribbler who
dare not appear over his own name, presumes
that because Mr.. WILL is a young man, be-
cause he lives amongst the people and is
entirely identified with them, that he is a
safe object of attack, that he can be
slandered with impunity but he is mistaken:
since this anonymous scribler has jumped
into the ring against Mr.. WILL, and seems
anxious for fight, we will try and give it to
him to the bitter end
Against the private character of Mr.. Bar
bour we said nothing, we insinuated nothing {:
we charged upon him that he was connected
with the order commonly called * now-No 10Th
ihgs'; that hewas connectedwith them andwould
receive their support at the coming election.
If Captain Barbour feels aggrieved by this
charge, let him come forward I'VE are here
We are responsible, he has our names We
dare him to do it we defy him to disprove
what we have sal He dare not attempt to do
it, because that he would thereby place him
selfin an attitude of hostility TO the men from
whose support he expects his election. He
dare not give the cold shoulder to the Know
Ncthngs; he is theirs for better or worst, for
good or for evil-he is in their clutches, and
L Z
out The charge remains, it will cling 10
him until he offers satisfactory evidence
against Il.
1t is not in the power of the anonymous
scribbler of the IEGHANIANO October 5,
10 clear Mr.. Barbour's skirts of the charge !;
he will have far more than he can do to clear
his own. If he is anxious to vindicate his friend
Barbour why does he not do so openly and
above board? Why docs he not come out over
l.is own proper signature, and let the public
have fair chance to judge what weight should
be given to his mere denial on behalf of
Barbour, and what reliance to place on the
SANDERS which he puts in Mr.. Wills mouth
why does he not throw off the mask and
come into the field as an honorable enemy
What has become of his armory of afiidavits?
Is IL possible that those choice productions
are never to see the light Do they prove too
much or do they prove too little?
No, Mr. Scribbler, you dare not do it;
you know well enough that if you come out
over your own name, the public would point
the finger of scorn at the spectacle of Satan
rebuking sin. Your pretended indignation
against the Know Nothing" order will not
avail you. You are too well known. Can
you deny that you yourself are member of
the order you 50 much affect to detest? VIII
You come out over your name and make that
denial? try it; make the experiment, and
you will have an opportunity OF learn ng how
many men, women and children in this COM
munity viii believe your denial.
Actions speak louder than words. Is your
corduct that of a man who in his secret soul
feels himself innocent? If in your secret soul
YOU feel yovrself guiltless, why SO much un-
easiness, SO much trepidation, as you evince
when the subject of Know Nothingism is men
toned Why lurk around Printing Off
ces until midnight, and coax and beg ard
plead for admission?
1t is conscience makes towards of us all.
You find that you have overshot the mark !;
that the political advantages which you
promised yourself are turning to gall and
wormwood YOU now realize the stern trutl
that moral crime is always political
fault, and you look forward with far and
trembling to the day of reckoning, when
the bubble of Know Nothingism shall
have burst, and the just scorn of an outraged
community will rest upon those hypocritical
traitors who wore the mark of friendship
and of patriotism, while at the same time they
were secretly sworn to deprive their neighbors
and friends of their dearest rights; that day
must come; you know it; you feel it; and
caa see no consolation for yourself.
Heart-sick, the words ofthe Poet will come
home to you:
How like hOrrid ape
Detected grinning mid his pilfered boards
A cunning man appears, whose secret frauds
Are open to the day
For the present we leave you You have
rushed into this matter without call, without
provocation, without any rational motive
From brain of amazing fertility in falsehoods
you have coined slander after slander against
a young man who never injured you nor
yours The canvass in this county had been
conducted with degree of decency, until
you intruded yourself into the contest. in the
''Alleghenian, ,chich should hare been Of
the 5th October. AS the fight progresses,
you may find out not only ''who made the
roads in Cambria County" but also that some
of them are very hard TO travel.