Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-07-29
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Communications.
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Another Letter from To mmy Jon esi
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(Jaekson.) 81 E E
& MR. EDIToR. after three weeks of silence,
once more greet you. You viii doubtless
recollect that the Delegate Elections occurred
on the Saturday following the appearance of
nv FIRST episde s0I attended, the election; IN
Jackson township. and with solemnities befit-
ting the occasion, was received once more i'm
to the ranks of the Democratic party, whereI
intend remaining until all that is mortal Of
Tommy Jones is laid to re st beneath the clods
of theyaley, till the heavens be no more
Of course was in attendance at the County
Convention, but being a new proselyte, did
not do any. t'legging'' among the delegates.
Perhaps was not without hope, that in
the contest for the various important Offices in
the gift of the people next fail, the Gonvea-
tion would arrive at the sage conclusion that
my nomination as compromise candidate for
the important Office of County Commissioner,
would do much towards strengthening the
ticket, in fact secure its election by an over
whelming majority. However, as | was not
very sanguine in my expecta tons, 1 do not
feel at all Sore at the result, and beg leave
to assure my friend John Bearer, that SO far
from my being volunteer candidate against
him, / will esteem it both pleasure and
duty to labor honestly and zealously to secure
I was we'll aware that during the excite
ment of the contest, Communication from
me would command lttlo or no attention in
number of the Democrat & Sentinel" con-
tanning the official proceedings of the County
Convention, and the ballotings for the uortous
candidates for the uarious Offices to be voted
for next fall But now that the storm hath
past, L take the liberty Of giving you the re-
mainder of my adventures in Wales. Where
fore beseech you to hear me patiently"
A few days after my arrival in Newtown,
I received an invitation from wealthy gen
tleman in the neigh hborhoed to dine with him
at dis private residence few miles from teEn.
Ascertaining that he was an old bachelor and
cepted the invitation, and at the proper hour
[ stood knocking at the door of the afore said
wealthy gentleman. Of course. / was at
once admitted and received kindly welcome.
found ''mine host" to be man of alder
manic proportions, and evidently lover of
beef steak and brown stout. he entered in
to conversation with me of once, in kind
and familiar manner. and [ soon felt myself
at home. In few moments We were joined
by two neighboring gentlemen, who were spe-
cially invited to do honor to the occasion, and
| who bore all the external evidences of being
| good Jolly fellows, and no enemies of the COM
forts of this life. They all seemed anxious
to hear something concerning the great Re-
| public beyond the Atlantic, (Which I could
not convince them was larger than the Island
of Great Britain, and of course / was not
backward in enlightening them on the subject
In the course of my remarks | happened to
mention the name of Christopher Columbus,
when one of the "invited guests" interrupted
me with the inquiry if be native of the
United States. They had all heard of sla-
very in this country, and were fully posted in
all the abolition stories about masters having
unlimited control over the lives of their slaves,
and other silly trash contained in that foul
concoctiou of fanatics brain, Uncle Toms
Cabin. Ia spite of sll my innate politeness
and desire to be as amiable as possible,
could not forbesr telling them that the negro
slaves in the United States were better cloth
ed, fed and cared for than the laboring popu-
ation of England. Wales and Ireland. ven,
tured to remark, that actual observation con-
vinced me that there was not negro slave il
the United States moro wretched, more ut
terly destitute of the comforts of life, than a
least one half of the population of Liverpool
their great commercial emporium. The an
nouncement of dinner prevented Ee from an
ishing my observations on this subject. While
engaged in doing justice to the bountiful re
past spread before u.s. the conversation turn
ed on the subject of great men. On my re-
marking that General Washington was eer
, tainly the grestest man that ever lived, my
hospitsble entertainer replied that Washing
ton was certainly brave soldier, and nigh
have ranked among the FIRST men of his ag
, and country had not his career been brough
! to brilliant but untimely close. on th
Heights of Abraham. I had it on the poin
; of my tongue to suggest to him the prophet
of his turning his attention to the study o
Modern History, but suddenly recollecte'
the old adage that ga close mouth makes
wise head" and that although sojourner il
the place of my birth, was stranger in th
, land.
How long we remained in the room afte
the ''cloth was removed I will not yentur