M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-01-22
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The Democratic press in Pennsyl-
vania can scarcely find language to
express their Indignation at the cleo
Ition of Simon Cameron as United
States Senator by the votes of three
men elected as Democrats. Their
names are W. b. Lebo and G. W.
Wagonseller, of Schuylkill, and Isaac
Beck, from York county. The Pitts
burgh Union thus lashes the traitors.
1t says:
But what shall we say ofthc three
|" Judases" who have SO foully be-
.trayed their party for their miserable
pieces OF silver2 Their ignominious
.peridy surely can find no apologist,
even among the rabidest of our politi-
cal enemiesl Men may be pleased
at the result of treachery, but they
will invariably and in%stinctiyeIy scorn
the traitor. Humanity, with all its
~depravity, will not look with favor up
on the contemplate creatures who lend
themselves to treason. Those three
men were elected by the Democratic
party in a close and angry contest at
a most important and trying time in
the history Of their party /; they re-
ceived its confidence, and by its suf-
frages were elevated to the position
they now occupy. Here was a moral
obligation binding them, in simple
gratitude, to stand by the party that
had honored them. Not only so, but
they went into the Democratic caucus,
On Friday last, and thus again virtu-
ally pledged themselves to sup
port the candidate of their party. And
after all this, they ruthlessly trampie
on their obligations, boldly scott at the
dictates of conscience, and despising
gratitude and duty, they plunge into
moral perjury, UNANIMOUSLY desert their
party to bring eternal disgrace upon
themselves, and blast the hopes of
their friends and the interests Of the
State, whose sworn sentinels they are.
"Ohl for tongue to curse the slave,
Whose treason, like a deadly blight,
Comes DER the councils fthe brave,
To blast them in their hour of might.
May life's unblessed cup for him
Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim
With hopes that but allure to fly,
With joys that vanish while he sips,
Like Dead Sea fruits that tempt the eye,
But turn to ashes on his lips.
His country's curse, his children's shame,
Outcast of virtue, peace and fame
May he at last with lips of flame
On the parch'd desert thirsting die
While lakes that shone in mock'ry nigh
Are fading off, untouched, untasted,
Like the once glorious hopes he blasted"
There is no language outside the
treatise of Ernulphus that can express
the deep Indignation, perfect con-
tempt, and utter aversion with which
honest men must look upon the foul
and spotted things who have sold
themselves and their souls for worse
than a mess of pottage. No decent
man can associate with them ; they
will be shnnned as pestiferous objects
that infests the air that surrounds
them, and make it nauseous and nox.
ious /; they will 60, like Cain, with
the brand Of corruption on their fore
heads, and whosoevcr shall see them
shall know them and avoid them.
We have scarcely deemed it ne
cessary to refer specially to any of the
transactions hal have made Simon
Cameron notorious. Every intelli-
gent reading man in Pennsylvania is
familiar with his character and repu-
%tation. All know that, taking advan-
tage of his position as Commissioner
to settle the claims of the Winnebagc
Indians, he and his cOnfederates in
crime, robbed the poor ignorant sava-
ges to the amount of about $50, 900
that his gigantic frauds were exposed.
and he disgracefully kicked out of of.
flee. All remember his abominable
schemes Of depravity at the Williams,
port Convention, and at the Dauphin
County Convention. All know how
every winter at Harrisburg furnishes
fresh proofs that he is areckless trick.
ster, and a desperate politica! gam.
bier a man utterly devoid Of con.
science, or a sense ofhonor but actu.
ated by the lower and baser instincts
a man who is notorious only for low
and INSCRIPTIONS cunning, and one
who accomplishes every difficult end
by bold bribery and wickedness.-
Those who can rejoice over the cleo.
ton of such a man, let them.
A Foreign New York Abolition
Journal.
The New York Times thus notices
the European, a weekly city Abolition
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