American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-11-11

man OF his diminutiye me ntalt and moTal
calitre. he made lasI desperate 3sffon. 10
Obtain the hight of hisataeition, "a, petty
Office, by applying for tie, priyats Secreta-
ryship under his excellency Gov. Medill
But not thinking him Of sufficient impor>
lance to command attention. or worthvtof
any reward for services rendered, the Gov
ernor smilingly remarked, ''lhst his sstSic-
.es were not needed"
This was too much FOR Bealy's gentle
and co1fidi1g spirit to bear up unier-he
faved like atmAdsma ae this unexpected
tesminus OF slllhopes for Office ID The Dem
ocrsio,party. rlIswrbte, ,erticIes. derounc,
ing NedilVAnd other msmbers Of The party
as traitora He veAlAaisd himself most
thoroughly through the columns ofthe GA
zetle, to rather burdensome extent. no
doubt. to tseditor. Hisconirlbulions how
ever. showed prewt industry 10 their length.
and wrrs remarkable only. for the tIiin
and waiery manner in which he spread out
his ideas aud reheatsed his wrongs Thus
in g9satFage did be leave tlie Democfatie
party. anil rsjoicihgs similar 10 those
which marked hIse4it from the old Wing
party. tar @oinl's as 81 i lahs,F
Finding himself fairly iirked out Of the
Democratic party notwithstanding his saf,
fdavil Of allegiance toll until deaths .oIld
them srrarats, aud notiuarilg loago back
10 the old Wbig party which he So bitter
llyldenouneed in that same affidavit yet
still longing with slRhis strength Of, soul
(whifbis lItle one and body for1 tic
spoils Of Gfiig Q, ,she looked anxAously around
to see by what earthly means be could aat
last sttsih the object of Lis long ldisap
pointed bepss.,Jhe Whigrparty would not
trust hm---the Democrats party would
net ward him. flhe Ab litionOparty had
no .spOils TO dislribut,l But al this critical
juncIure, the idea struck him tlist-ifop1ltics
would moi pay. spintnalism would, iandiso
forthwith. without further consideration,
and in the desperaiionaof the moment, he
announced bimsslf,aheIieyer in spiritual
ism --Rhd thereafter made nightly pilgrim
ages 10 the room ofKqonts, intbe vain ef-
fort Of drawing consolation and advire
from depar ed politicians-wbo had lived,
bled and died IN the service o. their parties
without reward; btthe went to them with
such mixed political creed, and such bad
MOI ais, that not q spirit in al spritdom
could be coHvinced or his sanity. The
idea Of belonging to SO many different or
ganizaions was totally incomprehensible
to tile worst Of them. y 's'''
His next move eent was an attempt 10
join the Know Nothings. an organization
that then hid fair to g possession Of the
power and patronage Of the government.
He first made applicatioh TO loJge in
Athens, hut residence of ii few months
in tba, village lad convinced the people
thereahouls that he could not be trusted,
and upon the ground Of "want Il nonfi
dence in his integrity" he wasrefused ad
mission into the order 10 that comfy
Somewha, disappointed, but not entirely
cast down, be made his way TO Lancaster,
the scene OF so many troubles in days gone
by, to make another application for admis-
sion into the order. On first arriving in
the CITY he thought he would feel around
and see what could be done as an ''outsi
der" Notwithstanding hisinteiests He
accordingly approached several gentlemen,
in the mos, sell-eon6dent manuer, and laid
before them pretty little scheme of "stIi
promotion," which was nothing short Of 4
proposition to take him up as a candidat,
for county TreasursriI He was convinced
that he could cnrrymany voters oulside O
this organization. who would not vote Il {
ticket uapss he was nominated or Treas
urer! The success ofcthe ticket, lie said
ldrpeaded on some such movement, and he
warned The pnrty against despisng bis
proposition lis modest PROPOSE ion how
ever, heing declmcd. and fpding th1
his little gam" of "self-Womotion,'
would no, win. while not q rnr,cher OF ul'
organization. hemaae application to ee ad
mitted into full communion; hut after
searching examination inlo his snteredents
his political principles, and po itiral prac
tees were found OF such q purely s'lti,h ma.
turr as to b. inimiral TO a TarIy claiming
to stand aloof from men who looked upon
party orgaplzatI m solely rs q means TO nd
vance selfish purposes. "Want of conf
dence in his integrity" again prevented
his admission into the order Determined,
however, not to he thus foile in his ei
forts to push Himself upon the party, he
managed through the carelessnes OF the
orderin Bern township, to be admitted
in. manner that would have done credi
to the. meanest sneak in the county. Blu
he was never recognized as a "legitima atl
membrr" Of the party; but on the contra
Iy, WAS received ina manner that gave
unmistakable evi 'en'e OF disposition Il
have him leave, which he refused to do un
| Ill after be saw that the Republican ele
ment would probably make q strong or
gauization. when hopes Of spoils, long de
isrred. again prompted him to seek nev
political associations. which he has dona, t,
th- gres, JOY Of all the parties he has LEI
and to the deep regret Of those With WHOM
he now claims to act. r9B 8.aI
Beatty now occupies the position of9ith
thief who, 10 escape detection, seized up
on an innocent man aud cried most lusti
"stop thief" aud pushing bis Viotir
into the hands oi the officer, managed I
escape amidst the excitement aud coniusio
he had created, Beatty charges an An's'
icoa with having betrayed the RepaHica
4 party Tor no other purpose than TO escap
| The condemnation his own betrayal Of tbs
party juslly deserves, Aud we make hi
chargs with degree Of legal precision, a
10 time and plac-, ttst can heiiher We cou
n t,pverted or misunderstood. On the da
heio,s the Con Vressional nominating Con