Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-04-07

Ing &c. where have acted In a manner 10
insure the displeasure of the Mountaineer,
there were other men who acted as | did
who were as efficient as I was-yet they are
all dismissed with passing remark, while
the full vials of jour wrath are poured out
upon ny head. Why is this?
Having already shown that you have 10
cause Of quarrel with me. nor with you,
am constrained to believe that you are doing
mean and dirty work for other men. am
constrained to believe that you are being
used as tool by few men, hardly
half dozen, who imagine that they have
grievances to revenge against me, but who
have no just foundation for hostility, unless
il be because have rendered them favors
and services which they can never repay-a
title to the ingratituie 6 undyins hate ofmcn
t,onger than all others. is believe the les
son taught by the history Of poor human ma
! ture.
1t would seem as though these gentlemen
have been pleased to think that one of the
essentials to their happiness and fortune vas
the social and poli,ica! destruction of myself
Deemiug that public newspaper was nc
cessary working tool, having 10 literary atiI,
i'y themselves, they have presumed you had
sufficient, made themselves master of your
weak points, and engaged you by some mo-
tives, TO do that which they had neither the
courage nor the ability to do; ali The circum-
stances corroberate this conviction Our fol
rner relations-the tone and manner in which
your articles are corccived-the singular in
coherences, and want Of consistency potent
in them-the total forgetfulness from week to
week of what you have personally published
the period of time which has elapsed since
I found it necessary to make a public reply
to you, and the fact that during that time,
nothing has occurred to give yow even the
color cf afropt for your recent attacks, all
/ this goes to show that this quarrel Is no
your own but tha. whenever the pangs o
envy jealousy or revenge become iutolerobl,
, to your imperiUus masters, they compel yol
e to attack, without regard to the proprieties 0
h time or circumstances.
K Recent experiences have made these feel
i ings well nigh agonizing to your masters
|
q mocrats sweep away like cob webs the artfui
q ly contrived meshcs Of their ntrigues The,
c have found with what contempt they look up
: on the attempt of 'impcrtinent scribbier
5 hardly dry behind the cars, to lcmolsh tn
u chief Of the great American Republic
man who has come through the ordeal O
e a thirty years struggle in pubic life wiehou
e stain upon his reputation, and who Is a
n this dag, the purest the most honored an
Il most trusted Statesman the world has {
n show. Yes, gentlemen. you have learne
IT how strong are the bonds which unite til
Democracy of Cambria You have been mad
:, to realize the depth and strength of the a
10 tachment of her people to the Democratic oi
:" ganization, and you have discovered that the
g, regard the preservation of that orgaLizatiu
r as tantamouut to the preservation of IL
l. Union of the States. an object which is mol
proudly cherished in their patriotic bosom
s than any earthly feeling. You have learne
'e how determinedly they will resist any atteml
t. to impair the integrity of that Organization
IA aud the bright idea struck you that you migl
/ turn this feeling to account, by causing HE
IT appear in their eyes as guilty of insubordiu;
W ton and mutiny. and receive the punishmei
g. yourselves have earned
a. Uuabe to figure in great national party
Sc awc-struck. dwarfed into littleness amid ii
4 grand proportions of the Democratic tempt,
IN you sliLk off into the retirement of some u
is crlla cavernsome Go loRade, convenient
&c the Great Centre! Road, to wealth and poy
ID er. where you hope to become the giants
ID cliuue-esta blish private nursery Of suol
ling SheritFs. Senators. Judges. Cong gressulel
y. mayhap Governors and Presidents-and fro
o. which point you expect to excite generol
D. people to take ur your personal teuds al
ty fight them 10 a successful termination
in understand your programme, gentlemel
re we'll enough to know that your hostility wo
hit extend further than to my own person, viii
re it is your plau- to impugn my motives, disto
as my acts, and blac}en my character. Wht
er you ascertain that entertain feelings Of kiu
c. ness, or friendship, or gratitude towards th
of man or that man. you would hope TO maj
lie him obnoxious to the same ohloquoy you c
to pect to excite against myself, and thus ci
or cunscribc n,y right of private judgment, al
Sc deprive ma of the exercise of the feelings
its cident and natural to humanity.
1 would say to vou. gentlemen. try it Q
er I am ready to go before the Democracy
on this county. and compare records with any
g. you If either Of you, or any man. can shc
ht that the fact of my membership in the Del
u ocratic ranks has been prejudicial to the {