The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-29

The Truth, since You Will EaVe It
+ Our attention has been called to a
scurrilous article Published on the 18th
inst, against the~proprietors and editor
of the Democratic Union, by the subsi-
dized Swiss of the "Patriot." We would
scarcely dcign to notice the vapid howl
ings of this modern patriot who, like a
ruflianly demagogue IN mob, attempts
10 put down a speaker whose influence
he breads, before he has chance to be
heard. But we are willing to reply to
his employers and promptors, who AFRO
gantly persevere in the belief of their po,
litical infaIiblity, and who think they
can intimidate us into silence, as they
have gagged many a one before.
We are charged with assailing Mr..
Buchanan, Judge Campbell and Col
Forncy, and therefore denounced as en-
emies to the democratic party. Accord
inc to the well paid creed of our modern
patriot, this political trio constitutes the
great head and unity of the dcmocraticpa par
ty; and whoever dares to question their in
fallibility, iucurs immediate cxcommu1i-
cation. and deserves to be cast out of the
great family of the elect
We are no worshippers Of idols; and
when such arc presented to US for adora-
ton, We are sceptieal enough to institute
rigid inquiry into their divine right to
our worship. And first, then, who is Jas.
Buchanan! A plodding lawyer and
trading politician-without originality or
moral energy, First a fcdcralist, then a
Jacksonman, then a dcmocrat-always
in oRice-essentially selfish and egotisti-
oal-always watching the weathercock Of
the times to catch the first breeze of pop
ular opinion. Ever trimming his sails
ungratcful to his friends-spaniel-like to
his encmies-rcgardless of private worth
or political tegrity-measurins every
man by the sole standard of cringing de-
votion to his Unsuitable ambition. Seek
ing with equal eagerncsS the alliance of
notorious political TRAITORS and rcnogades,
or the aid and sanction of all organized
! political churchmen. Talented, eloquent,
yindictive, timid, wayering, heartless, un-
principled, hypocritical-such is James
Buchanan, the great presidential mono
maniac!
And who is James Campbell? A pot
house politician of Southwark, aud an OBJ
scure pcttifoggiug lawyer, who, to this
day. would have grovelled in obscurity
and the dirty intrigues of ward politics,
had he not but twelve brief years ago
been placed upon the bench of the Phila-
delphia Quarter Sessions.s Judge Camp
bell lost no time in improving all the ad-
vantage OF his new position. by shrewed
diSpensation of tavern licenses and of the
court patronage. he soon assumed dang
erous influence in the politics Of the city
and county. The violence aud corrup-
ton which, under bis auspices, soon dis
graced the delagate elections, drove thous-
ands Of honest Democrats from the ranks
Of their party, and eventually led to the
the riots which disgraced the city and
county of Philadelphia in IA A series
of events, calamitouS to the Democratic
party, tended unfortunately to strengthen
the hands of Campbell and his clique; so
much so, that the insane ambition of as
ccnding the Supreme bench goaded him
to the black treason of betraying the Cass
democracy Of the city and county to Jas.
Buchanan, in consideration Of the sup
port Of the latter.
Then followed the dark iutrigues and
the unholy alliance that prevented the
will Of the Keystone State, and consign-
ed the destinies of the Democratic party
to the keeping of the faithess. The peo-
pie defeated Judge Campbell, it IS true;
but what then! lie was at the back of
Mr.. Buchanan, and Mr. Buchanan was at
his back The presidential question was
not yet settled James Campbell must
be provided for, In an evil hour our
worthy governor listened to the sinister
and selfish counsels of Buchanan. The
Of the people was reversed -
james Campbell was appointed attorney
general. The Baltimore convention met; |
there Buchanan was doomed to expert
ence another bitter and CALLING defeat
Those who did not intim ately know his
character thought be would withdraw in
disgust from a field where he had met
with defeat after defeat But his uncon-
qUera5le love of Office, and Lis trust in
the chances of an interminable future,
buoyed up his tagging spirits. He want
ed friend at court to smooth the way to
the succession. Campbell availed him
self OF this passion strong in death. The
machinery and all its wires were brought
to bear upon the president elect, and it
was soon announced to the astonished
people that James Campbell, who had
dropped upon the political stage as iffrom
the clouds, without the guarantee of tai
ents or the endorsement of eminent ma
tional services, was appointed post mas
ter general That the man whose intel
lect and talents had been strained in the
guidance of petty ward political in
trigues, was to be one of the Presiden
cabinet advisers and the destinies of this
great nation were to be swayed by the
novice and uncertain hands of 9Th rate
lawyer! How happened it that men of
high moral and political integrity; of
5ranscendantt talents, of mature experience. 5