Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-14


the button market will certainly take rise
before long Miners Advocate.
Judging from the leading article in the
Miners Advocate, of which the above is an
extract, we take it for fixed fact that the
editor of that influential journal is greatly
in need of buttons. 1t appears that for the
last few weeks he has suffered severely from
idiotic and internal commissions, causing
terrible explosions of "gas," thereby prov
ing highly detrimental to the security of his
waistcoat buttons, as we'll as those of his
unmentionables, besides filling the surround
ing country with the ef1uvia of his idiosyn-
cratic and hysterical convulsions, as well as
the endangering of certain exposures, which
in decent community should be avoided,
even by an editor. For his own personal
benefit, we could not advise him to discon-
tinue the close perusal of the Georgetown
News, but if it really possesses such strong
explosive tendencies as he alirms, we would
advise him, previous to his examination of
the News, to go to coOper's shop and have
himself we'll hooped up, from top to bottom !;
he would thereby secure himself from any
direct justification" 1t is true that this
arrangement would not protect the topmost
portion OF his head, and as from all appear
ances, we should judge this to be the weak
er part of the vessel, there would still be
danger of his colapsing flue in which case,
of course democracy would be the principal
loser. However, this it would appear, is
natural difficulty with him, that seems in
durable, but of course he and his party will
be compelled to run all risks, and patiently
abide the consequences.
1t is against this formidable foe that we
are about to engage in battle. Then aid
US, 0 ye gods, for a Hercules has risen up
against u.s. See with what ruthless dash
he sweeps away the proudest pillars of our
political position. Speaking of US he says:
AT the commencement of an article he
IS strong party man; at its conclusion he
deprecates the existence of party. In one
breath he gives the Nebraska K Kansas law
~'phits," and in the next approves it. One
week the Wings are the only hope Of the
country the next they are nothing but
q reckless and abandoned set Of christians,
deserving the defeat they always sustain.
Sometimes the Democracy are high-toned,
honorable party at others the party is COM
posed of nothing but "poor, deluded be-
ings." Some weeks the News is decidedly
- Chivalry'' in its tone; the next, perhaps
a portion of its leading editorial column,
will be devoted to a highly wrought notice
of every clever colOred gentleman who
plays the part of a scayenger and keeps the
streets of Georgetown clean
To sum up this "hifalutin' onslaught in a
few words, what does it amount to2 He
has stated that we were professedly in fa-
vor of the Nebraska bill, to which we re-
ply as we did in our first leader, that we
believe, this far, the bill is essentially right
it gives to free voters the privilege of es-
tablishing that form of social institutions
most congenial with their feelings-that
though the bill was entirely uncalled for,
yet as it was actually a law, passed by ma
iority of our Representatives in Congress,
let US as law abiding people, unite heart
lily in its support This is our sense of pro-
priety upon that score, and we are ready at
all times TO abide by and defend the posi-
ton. He has said that we were at another
time anti-Nebraska. This we call upon
him to prove He has said that we were
at one time northern man in cur protesta-
tions, ard at another strongly ssnacked of
the Chivalry" This we heartily deny.
That We are a northern man is true, at least
IN one sense of the word-we were born
north of Mason & Dixon's line; but that
we are sectionally northern, in exclusion to
the rights of the south, is false. We have
never made any such statement, and now
call upon the editor to give us proof to the
contrary.
Some weeks the Democracy are high
tened honorable party"
Point out that passage in our columns.
and you will oblige us. The great bulk of
the party is doubtless at least honorable,
but our Government at this time proves that
their leaders are abOminable.
After abusing us for maintaining the sup
port of principled men, we are asked the
following questions
Has the editor so soon forgot his party
allegiance, so vauntingly expressed at the
beginning Of his career? Or is the " fil-
sion" policy to be adopted by the Wings in
Californian Do they expect to sectionalize
themselves by uniting with all the isms of
the day, and then battle the Democracy, as
in the Atlantic States under the false cry
T,.AIo. a. Guc+ o 4l,o