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


contains one of those attacks upon myself
which it would appear have become necessary
to your we'll being. l trust in all fairness,
to be permitted to talk few moments in
self-defence, and expect that my fellow Dem
ocrats in this county will excuse me for ar
resting their attention so long.
After much trouble, ir the way of insinu-
alton and Misrepresentation, you have finally
go. your design shaped, and have formally
commenced a regular warfare upon private
citizen, and you inaugurate the movement in
the article headed Who is responsible?"
published in the paper above referred to-.
The object of that article is to inform the
public that the Democratic organization in
this county is distracted, split, rent asunder
and that | caused that state of things. 1t
also contains the following sentence there
was no necessity tor any split IN the ranks of
the party in this county"
let me congratulate you on having at last
produced one common-sense observation
You have uttered sensible truth at least
| once during your editorial career. This fact
should inspire your friends with hope. It
warrants The belioi that you are not gone past
redemption and that it is nos too late 'to send
| the young Machjabe to school > you may yet
/ be induced 10 subsiie into useful Democrat.
/ While you deny the necessity for this split
you premise that It exists you speak of the
difficulty which now unfortunately divides
the Democracy of this county" You take
TOO much tor granted; though bat an hum
bla soldier in the ranks of that Democracy, I
am free enough to deny the existence of this
division. Let rs cast an ''eye on the poiiti-
cal horizon of this county," and see if any
storm-clouds arc looming up. Let US exam
inc The record. We will assume for the sake
of tue argument, that the 4th day of Febru
AIRY, 1858, the day on which the joint stock
concern you are employed to conduct, had
its 'bornation.' marks an era in the party
history CT this county, and will examine what
was the position Of the Democracy here pre-
yioss to that day, and subsequently.
Previous to that day, FIVE newspapers were
published in Cambria county. One of them
was f,rocious Know Nothing and Blacl
Republican organ !; the other four were Dem
ocratic, aud all boldly and firmly sustained
Mr. Buchanan and his Kansas policy. Tho
t X. \ organ Of course opposed both,
On the 4th Of February the number O
newspapers in the county was increased t.
six BY the apparition of the 'Mountaineer.
That paper took ground against the admins
tration OF Dir Buchanan, on its vital meas
= ure, which opposition it has continued up til
this time. At this day the count STANDS thus
: 4 Democratic papers which sustain Mr. Blu
u chauan's policy, and two which oppose it
one of these calling itself democratic, but wo
king tremendously with the notorious Swami
against the democratic organization.
So that the democratic Journals OF thi
county sustained Mr. Buchanan's policy pre-
vious to the appearance of your paper an
T they Go so yet There has been no spill
e there.
/ The 4th No. Of your "Mou, cer," pub
lished on February 29,h, contained call wit
several names to it, asking those Democrat
who were.opposed to Mr. Bucbanaus Kansa
policy, to meet in the Court House. in Eb
eusburg, on March %. That meeting Ia
n nerer get Teen held; and many gentlcme
who signed the call have published that thei
signatures were obtained through misrepre
sentation.
On the other hand, Mass Meeting of tn
Democrats OF the county, regularly held un
! der call from the Chairman of the Count
~ ISr -,
:, Court House. in Ebcnsburg. unanimousl
p adopted Resolutions approving of Mr.. Blu
: chanan's Kansas policy.
0 Further an article appears in your pape
, of March 4th, purportiug to be the proceed
3 ings of Democratic meeting held somewher
e in this county,. at which resolutions are sal
; 10 have been offered by John S Rhey, Esq
is and unanimously adopted among them is on
Z endorsing the legislative course of our Sena
e tor, Hon. John Cresswell and our Represen
tatiye, Hon. George N Smith. Now, it
well known that both these gentlemen hav
uniformly and to the fullest extent, sustaine
/ Mr Buchanan's Kansas policy whenever
: was discussed in either branch Of our Stat
o Legislature.
: So lhat the record of Cambria County, a
: made up from public journals. public meet
, ings and the course of her Representative ii
the Legislature, shows beyond the possibilit.
-of contradiction, that her Democracy sustain
cd the Administration of Mr.. Buchanan pre-
vious to the first appearance of your sheet
j. and that position they at this day hold