Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-09-29
OLD DoCUMENTs-GEN CAMERON AND
THE EINQUisiTORs.

THE tNQUtSiTDHS,
The Goldfish faction, as has been their GUS
tom Of late years about election times, are
lavishng their abuse on Gen. Cameron, and
the last Gazette. with the most impudent as
surance, asks, "why the voters of Northum-
berland county must one year after another,
be troubled by Gen. Cameron's political
claims 7" Now we should like to know when
and where Gen. Cameron's political claims
were introduced into the politics of this coun-
ty, except by the Goldfish faction. In the
nightmare of their Affections, horrible spec
tres and phantoms of all kinds, like Banquo's
ghost continually rise up before them, to dis
turb their excited maginations, and frighten
them out of the little proprieiy they have left.
Butwe light ask why it is that discorG must
be produced every year in the party in tbs
county simply to crafty the spleen Of q few
Office hunters, who imagine that Gen. Cam
eron's friends stand in the way Of their line Of
promotion.
But what has Gen. Cameron done to merit
the reproaches Of this faction, nearly all Of
whom, only few years since, were just as
loud in his praises as they are now in his
abuse.
And as we are generally prepared with the
! documents, we will now produce them. In
the Sunbury Ga=ette of February 2Sth, lS46,
we find among others, the following toasts at
the firemens@- celebration on the Odd Of that
month in this place:
By Capt. j. II. Zimmerman. HoN. SIMON
| CAMERoN--his election to seat in the United
! States Senate was glorious triumph OF dem
ocratic principles over the corrupt usages oil
| petty factions.
| By Jno. p. PwSel Gen. CAMERON The
! estimation in which he is held by his fellow
! democratic Senators is most signal rcbuke
| to those lactous spirits who sought to over
| throw him.
In the same paper will be found the pro,
ccedngs of the convention Of delegates as
sembled in the court house, on the 23d Of the
same month, to appoint delegates TO the
State Convention in which we find the fol-
lowing:
On motion of VIM L. Dewart, the following
Resolution (among others) was unanimously
adopted
heSOtCeH, nat we nave entlTe commence
! in the ability, energy, and democracy Of our
representative in the Legislature, Edward Y.
! Bright ESQ., and that the highest honors
await him if he continues hereafter to dis
charge his public duties as faithfully as he
has done heretofore.
Now it will be recollected, that Mr., Bright
had but short time previous to this, voted
for Gen. Cameron for United States Senator
against Judge Woodward, the caucus nomi
nee Thus it will be seen that the Major him.
self endorsed that vote, and was at that
time Cameron man TO the backbone.
But that was not all the Major voted fol
the two following resolutions which were also
unanimously passed at the same time:
ReSoired, That the course pursued by the
Hon. Simon Cameron and Hon. Danl. Stur
geon in the L. S. Senate, since their eleva
tion to that body, has been prase-wOrthy ant
unexceptionable, and highly satisfactory tC
the great body Of their constituents in Penn
sylvaina.
Resolced, That we have the most unshakel
confidence in the moral character and politi
cal principles of the Hon. Simon Cameron
and that we regard the opposition manifesto,
by some disorganizing spirits towards him n
being hostile to the best interests of the dem
, ocratic party, and as being calculated, if mucl
longer persisted in, to contribute largely Il
its overthrow and to secure the ascendancy q
: whiggery in Pennsylvania.
In addition to this we quote from the Sun
bury Gazette of March 29th, l945, the follow
ing highly complimentary paragraph, by til
editor in reply to the attacks upon Genera
Cameron:
THE ELECTION OF THE HoS. SIMON Cameron
o The election Of the Hon Simon Cameron
A TO the United States Senate, seems to Civ
much displeasure to few--though only le
of the democratic papers of this State.
lie has for number Of years been an actiy
: partisan, has participated in the various pt
I litical struggles that have occurred within tll
= last twenty years he has profeSsed to be, an
has always been regarded as staunch demo
I crat, and never have We heard his polite.
c integrity even SO much as suspected.
[ If the endorsement of the leaders OF til
: Inquisiton can add any thing to man
character, no one should stand higher in Il
G estimation of the Goldfish faction than Ge
Cameron.
e Some Of our readers may wonder why it i
(. that these men are now so bitter and host
r to Gen. Cameron. lie has held no publ
station since that time, and no one can Just
1t say one word against bis public career in IL
United States Senate, whilst the editor
r the Gdsette says, "he never heard his polite
he integrity even suspected"
What is it then that has brought down
this wrath and fustian from these pseu,
Office hunting patriots, against one who h
n, done, and is now doing, more for this col
ret munity, than all of them together can acco
t1e plish in half century.
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THE DEUTsCuER DEMOKRAT.
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