Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-11-03

out 4 beacon and warning, and spared !
to the venerable Lot the modification of wit
Messing the sweet partner of his joys and sor-
rows metamorphoscd into a pillar of salt and
bitterness.
You are compelled to say that the course of
Il. White during the last campaign has
been such as to stamp him traitor to the
Democratic party, false to its vital interests,
| and therefore unworthy of the confidence of
! any Democrat" I->se are the charges.
You say th%tt slsey are strong and we would
not make them did We not know them to be
true" Now, in what was l derelict? where
were the vital interests of the Democratic
party in the campaign just passed? Every
one viii agree that those vital interests were
/ bound up with the success of the State ticket,
aud Of the candidates for the National and
/ State Legislatures, because there the issues
were issues OF principle alone. Was [ want
ing in support of those candidates? Did l
refuse to support Porter and Frost, Pcrshiug
and Thomas H Porter? That is not ale gcd,
nor can it be- The record is too clear on
those points. So that, thus far, I was not
false to tic vital interests of the Democratic
party.
But it appears that Messrs. Myers &
Lloyd forgot to get votes enough to be cleo
ted 20 a couple of County Offices There is
the rub. Here it is where something seems
''to pite you" Were the vital interests of
the Democratic party bound ufssyith the sue
cess OF those two individuals? You have
neglected to clcar up this point, which is Nj
saI to your case. We viii consider it as
rapidly as possible--.'We mast be brief when
traitors brave tia field"
You say that in the County Nominating
Convention oflast summer, a resolution was
- passed, pledging the cordial support of the
: Delegates to tic ticket there nominated. -
That assertion is mistake. The delegates
5 from Washington voted no when it was pro-
: posed TO make the nomination Of Myers and
Lloyd unanimous; SO did many other Dele
= gates; and it is well known that so soon as I1r.
/ Myers was announced to have a majority,
o many Delegates left and did not return to the
e Convention.
It Bat '.who killed Cock Robn?" Myers
I
r; you hold me accountable, aud therefore the
+ attack in tie ssNouutaineer,' No. 81: or will
t you give every citizen who cast his ballot
4 against them charitable notice, similar &c
: the one given ne! 1t IS difficult to say what
you want at, In No. 3G, October 13, you
o say: The defeat is mainly attributable tc
;, the disafection which existed in the Demo
is cratic ranks in the south end Of the county,
) and to the Rolling Mill. You think that tn,
Is democrats of the South acted with the ut
y most chiIdishness.' You further say =
! There was yet another cause which con
't tributed largely to the defeat of Ncssrs
Myers & Lloyd, and tha. was The course pur
re sued by the greater portion of the Washing
ii ton township Democracy" And you say
at this part of our subject we approach wit
oe pain'-whether ''undor the apron,' or not
a we are not Informed.
r. There, We have it now. Myers and Lloy
RI were defeated By the Democrats of the Sout
TO and Of Washington township. That explaiI
the mystery..to your satisfaction, and certain
SIX ly to that of every body else. 1t is pl ain th
After you had the matter thus cleared u,
Nm you the next week, shift your ground, al
MS publish the article to which I am replyin;
~ Your object now is, to insinuate tn
o. Myers aud Lloyd were defeated in purs1
IN ance of an arrangement between 4.
lot White and myself, and that in consequen
IL of that arrangement. I defeated them, III
H. contradicting yourself and everything Ii
la' probability.
ne Sir, you DO ''me honor over much" Y
otS attribute to me more power than is WELD
mt by any man in this Republic, and in6Dite
IRE more than ever could claim. l never pr
OF tend to dispose Of any mans vote except IL
eh own-that l will cast as soon as [ choo:
'eo without consulting you, do not rccogni
'ue the right of yourself, or of any other man.
oh- call me to account for the way in which
cast my ballot; but in order to NEE: the IN
'hc representations Of those individuals in yo
town, who are increasingly engaged in ia
ing out Dick White" in beating him
death" in s!andering and lying upon hi
de- from Sunday morning until Saturday mig
r of Will show briefly some OF the motives VI d
G. actuated me to ballot against the two gent
ich men in question.
en- Nr Myers have always esteemed for
los good qualities, and until recently, ent
ain tanned for him the kindest feelings. |
not my fault that they have been chang
you On tho 9th Of Feb, 1858, the Democr
,ma County Committee had been called togetl