Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-12-08
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To JAMS @. Noon,

only rccompense, and turning your attention
to American classical literature, have under
taken the republication Of Washington Irving
and the Democrat and Sentinel"
The public may gain by your change
of occupation, but l lose. Worsbipping
at my shrine. you have been devoted to
me-no Oriental vassal was more obse-
quious. l presume that in light and in
darkness, on weekday and holiday, 1 oc-
cupied your mind that waking, l en-
gagged your thoughts, and sleeping 1 was not
absent from your dreams. Although the
devotion manifested by you was something
out of the ordinary routine of human exist
enee, yet your homage had become thing
of course, a part and portion of my daily
walk and conversation-to separate from you
will cause me bitter pa ng, and 1 not
sure tina; will not have reeour}e to the only
remedy the existing code PROVIDES for your
case-the fugitive slave law
regret with you that you have not dived
deeply into the lore of the dead--the great of
old time. and that the more, because in the
beginning of this peculiar controversary, I
presumed that my antagonist was gentleman
and scholar. l now find to my astonishment
and mo rtifcation that he is neither!
Although you have declared your intention
to leave me victor-to fee away from the
wrath to come. will be obliged to lay on
and sp are not; and if the wounds you receive
are not on the front. it is the lot of the
craven who turns his back upon the advancing
| foe
In our last We left you compressed in the
| strait jacket of a syllogism-in order to carry
out your illustration, we will this time impale
| you on the horns of one of the family of
diiemmas,
Among the prevarications for which your
productions have been conspicuous, l must
again notice that assertion of the promise said
to have been made to Mr.. Myers.
You first charged that few days before
the election I had promised Mr.. Myers not
to oppose him. When I showed that you
were mistaken, you undertook to speak in his
name reiterate the assertion, and declare
that question of veracity existed between
him and me, which would be settled by our
neighbors according to the estimates placed
By them on our respective characters. l then
asked for driail of the circumstances atten-
ding that promise-the time when and the
place where it should have been given, &c
In reply to that, you announce that Mr.
Myers character cannot be placed in contras
l..
it, you offered to put Mr.. Myers character
; in contrast with mine You now back GU
from that offer and decline to 60 into an ex
, animation of the facts, and refuse state
!, ment of the circumstances which alone coul,
establish the truth or falsity Of your asser
, ton
Now, quintessence of stupidity, viii yo1
, never comprehend in what despicable posi-
4 tiou you place Mr.. Myers. your beau ideal
i Charity to him compels Us to believe that go
fabricated from the start.
. You would like to slide off from this branc
G of the subject but have got you nailed, an
S intend to keep you there I now again ca
: upon you to produce the facts in the case
:, and prove your assertion by showing whe
s and where that positive promise not to op
o pose Mr.. Myers was made to him few day
/, before the election; or, if you can not prov
l. it, retract the statement If you fail to d
y one or the other, there is but one epithet
d the language which meets your case, and th'
we will have no hesitation in applying.
d. You must understand, James, that yc
le will not be permitted to publish indiscrl m
70 nately, random SANDERS.
i You referred to an anti -Lecompton NEE
to ing as having been held in this county.
lie asked you to state when and where it "
., b eld You have failed to do SO. We mu
ke therefore regard this as another of your gr
D. tuitous fabrications. If meeting of tn
ht kind was held, let us have the particulars.
y You attempt to make something out of
s,v typographical error. In my last, instead
do 1855. 1858 was printed by mistake. VIII
ly I spoke Of acting with the friends of Ge
Cass, stated that did 50 until the autun
of 1855. was then editing the ''Democl
y. ~ & Sentine Fl am not in 1858. That pap
,ar then hoisted MIR. Buchanan's name as
ne cnOiCe IOT 1OOO-. Sec Tue Haue VI uo Sa
ew didate at its mast thead now, GS5S.) T
ne ne context sufficiently explained the paragra
de yet you saw an opportunity to make stu
lso led misrepresentation. You are welcome
20, make the most of typographical error-tl
he is all the capital you will make off me.
ha i' Some fine stage effect is attempted to
Of got off in commenting on my explanati
per how an article which l did not approve
ed, into the columns of the Democrat and 81
eel .;,o,n Tho o;rcums,,noas ~ which allr
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