Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-03-26
The Republican Party.

We have thus far, said but little in regard to
this new political organization which Is now
making spasrnodic eforts to spread itself before
the people of this Union. We have been pay
ing 50 much attention to g Sam ~ that we had no
leisure TO devote to - issues: at present,
they are becoming slightly mixed. 1t i. q ques-
ton of Cog eat dog, and the public are awaiting
with anxiety the result, TO see whether " Sam
ean deYour "Sambo," or Sambo" can gulph
down s.Sam.''
Efforts have been secretly making. for some time
past, by some very sharp gentlemen to get up a
So called 50 Republican y organization in this
county: the movement was predicated ON the as
sumption that William II. Seward, who has here
tofore been hostile to Know Nothngism, had
some popularity, and perhaps influence in Cam
bris county. The people of Cambria county
having pronounced against g Sam,' his friends
deemed it necessary to try on some new dodge
They resolved to hide themselves behind Mr.
Stewards name, aud his reputation a supposed
friend of civil and religious liberty, and thereby
hnmhug our people. Copies of the New York
Tribune, the Journal conducted by Mr.. Greely,
the gentleman who is so intensely in love with
liberty, that he proposes to shoot down white men
by the thousand, iu order that the niggers may
be set Free have been carefully circulated in our
neighborhood, in order to poison public opinion,
and make sort Of groundwork for slippery
politicians to build themselves upon.
As yet, the thing is in embryo, and recent ex-
animation induce US to think that the republican
movement in Cambria county will prove an abor-
zion. The Seward thunder has turned out a Js1,-
tam .fulDtea, in-as-much as that gentleman has
ecently committed himself point blank against
civil and religious liberty
At the caucus recently held in Washington, by
those members of Congress who are opposed to
the Democracy, Mr.. Seward took the lead. He
donicd a union of all the clements opposed to the
Democratic party. He said that he was prepared
10 unite with the - American" know Nothing)
party, if they would agree to oppose Slavery. In
order to effect this union with the 8. Americans -
as he called them, he was willing to drop al mi
nor issues entirely, and say nothing shout any
thing but slavery. He said that he did not wish
20 dictate, or lay down plan Of operations, but
was willing to serve and work under the direction
of Others
We rather think that we have Mr.. Seward
there. After all his gas and aiectation, his pre-
tended regard for freedom of conscience, and the
rights Of the adopted citizen after all his preach
ing OF conservative constitutional doctrine he has
now got down to look upon civil and religious
liberty as 90 minor ISSUE" very small matter.
hardly worth the mention. We ask the people
Of Cambria county to bear in mind this sudden
turn of Mr. Seward.
Mr. Seward is politician, and as is now evil
dent, an unprincipled one he is ferocious because
his rival, Mr.. Fillmore, has got the nomination
for President, and in order to beat. him, he is
ready to say perish the Constitution, perish con-
science. We shall hereafter attend to the Sew
ard or g Sambo'' movement in this county.