Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-05-26
FoRNEY BECOMING DESPERATE.

first make mad" is an apothegm to be H.
lustroted 10 the very letter in the history
of John w. Forney ESD. He is now mat
and his destruction is as sure to follow rs
the night, the day.
In his weekly Pros Of the 22nd inst.
two mortal columns ale devoted to abus e
Of Senator Bigler, in which falsehood and
low, vile, slang--just such as becomes the
deperado when rebuked by the stings
Of his own conscience-are the most pro-
mnent characteristics This TRADE be-
gins with deceit and ends with falsehood
and indeed from beginning to end is to-
tally destitute Of any other or better
qualifications.
The article purports to be reply 10 a
few remarks made by us few weeks ago ;
. and says that we "re-opened thevolume of
Mr.. Bglers shameless Inconsistency and
treachery at the very page. where we For
ney) rested" This IS not true, Mr.. For
ney, and the truth may as well be told at
once. You never frosted" from abuse
of Gov Bigler and for the last twelve
years, you have never omitted an opportu-
nifty of giving him the assassins stab, un-
tilwithin the last year your desperation
has induced less reserve, and you now do
openly what you had long been secretly
engaged in. But who cares when, or at
what "page" you cease your abuse; cer-
tainly not the friends Of Gov. B. If the
abuse of the Tribune and other kindred
prints did him harm in times past, the
falsehoods and slanders of renegade can
do him no injury now or hereafter.
The article referred to however goes on
through lengthy effort at selfjustiRca-
ton asserting that the object of the Press
in its establishment was 20 yield an hon
est support TO the, administration of Mr.
Buchanan.
All, Colonel! you cannot "soft-soap'
the public in this way any longer. 1t j:
"too late" A year ago such was the be
lief among many of your former friends
but not among all. There were those
among the most intimate of them who
knew your nature too well, and ,cerc no.
deceired and who embraced every oppor-
tunity to put the unsuspecting on theii
guard, lest they be entrapped; but they
were not generally needed. We confess
to having been victimized to a considera
BILE extent. All that we could consistent
ly do to extend the circulation ofthe Pres,
when it was first established was done
done upon the faith we had in the profes
sions of its editor. We are sorry for il
now, and can only hope that we may live
to repair the wrong.
1t is not necessary for us now to give
the reasons why those friends mistrusteC
the real purposes of Col. Forney. They
We're sufficient for men capable of tracing
conclusions from premitory symptoms
Now that he is completely outside of IT,,
democratic organization; now that hi
sympathies are all against the party t
which he formerly professed such arden
attachment, and the party that has fec
and fattened him now that he spares m
abuse Of the leaders of that party, callin,
them the authors of "a base swindle fraud
aud "cheat;" now that he never fails I,
vent his spleen against tie whole south
and can see just as much "So,uhern ages
sion" as can Wilson Hale or Greedy; an,
monize with democrats, but is heart an,
soul with the leaders of all the differen
factions now banded or banding togethe
for the overthrow of the democratic pal
ty, lamenting over our victoriesand exal1
ing over their triumphs, sittingin theirco
claves and entering intotheir plans, labol
ing for their advancement and maxim
common cause with them, the people nee
no other proof Of his apostacy and treac
cry. These facts speak louder than word:
The plaihest reasoning could not NOR
thoroughly convince them that the Who'll
scheme was one of deep and dark decey
ton.
There may be those who think that Co
Forney's hostility to Senator Bigler date
from the introduction of the Lecompto
constitution into Congress. Wetrust the
will continue in their error no longer
He may have supported Mr.. Bigler whe
nominated by the people, but it was ne,
ers,eih a gW. But because to do so was
lesser evil than'to oppose him, and thu
throw himself into the arms of the oppC
sition few years earlier than he has don,
Ever since Gov Bigler entered public lif,
and gave promise of those sterling quail
ties of head and heart which have won fc
him the proud distinction he now enjoy,
Col. FoRNEy was about the only Democrs
who could'not see that this distinction wa
merited. And there has not been da
for the Il twelve years upon which Co