The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1854-09-21
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/ oHcu tHeu are uafu run tUt HutH llol
win indulge ia desperate falsshood. Wher
lawyer has bad case he mus, still do th,
best he can; and when politician ha
been detected for three Offices and ia fou
county conventions, he naturally grows bite
aud malicious and may easily forget wins
would be due 10 professional OF personal de
cency. The falsehood that we opposed ths
county ticke, three years ago has been re-
vamped, because il was secretly used lt
some successful purpose last fall. But
the men who heard US address "lickep
meetings tha, year in company with Bucka
lew and the regular nominees, jackson, Ey-
erly, Fieas and Baldy at Rohrsburg, Buck
horn and Catawissa can see how unfounded
is the accusation, and how base and malici.
Gus The motive that prompts the charge. On
that occasion, as on many others, when
work had TO be done without pay, we were
called on 10 print the handbills calling the
meetings, and did so, because we never de-
ser our pos, in the hour uf action. We at.
tended as many meetings as our business
allowed us TO do. The meeting opposed to
the ticket We did not attend, and our paper
did moi approve the proceedings, as It's col
umns will prove. They ere published IN
the Democrat as we'll as in this paper, not
outstanding guerrilla last fall falsely re-.
ported in Centre township that Tate did moi
publish them, but only the "S,sr."
But lhis Rohrback is like the other stories
used by these guerrias last fall. According
to them we must be wonderful man, and
have managed every political eventthat ever
nappe ned in Columbia county. II is like
the story told to Mr.. Greasy last fall that we
had removed the Mifiln post Office, when
we never knew of an application for its re
moval until Mr.. McIIenry was appointed. Il
is piece Of The same falsehood that wa,
told TO Mr.. Deitterich that we had defeated
John @. Freeze sa his application for .
Clerkship at Washington when we never
put our hand to paper on the subject.
Our course has always been Independent
and fearless, aud we have been compelled
10 tread pretty hard upon the toes of the un-
scrupulous and reckless politicians who care
for no convention aai no majority-ihe men
who are Wings, Democrats Know-Nothinss
or any thing else for Office. But we will
never like Tate, do the contemplate thing
of putting ticket in one column and fight.
ing it in the other-of calling oursel yes a
Democrat and battling for the Wing candi-
dates--of pretending before the election 10
support democratic nomination, (lsst our
opposition should elect il) aad after the cleo
ton confessing that we did all we could Sc
eretly 10 belle that open profession, and to
defes: the ticket.
We have always given candid, open and
consistent support TO the principles which
from conviction we profess and when the
interest of our neighbors and our county
was at stake we have spent our time, labor
and money freely for their cause, and stood
al our posi- OF DUTY single-handed and alone
when the timid feared 10 speak and The
cowardly ran away. We have acted from
honest convictions Of right, without hee ding
the result 10 us. We have done thousand
fold more to secure the success and interest
of our friends, our party and our county
than for ourselves; and though some have
requil led tbs friendship with selfish hostility
and our favor with base ingraiitude, we
shall go on in the even tenor our way
fearless and independent. We would rath-
or have the consciousness of doing our
whole duty than all the petty patronage OF
the men who feed Tate only TO use him as
a tool, and pay him his price while they
des2 s2ise him as being "no Loco-foco 10
hurt"