American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-12-30
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Scas neelhs sieee We wisely. OF fool
hhly. ss the case may Be-. put forth a ma
tional ticket Ior fse0. We have still very
distinct recollection Of our mental tsiblla-
ton in predicting the article which prece-
dsd that domination. We were exceed
ilgly dssirOus Of creating a sensation 10
the political wOrld--Of producing some.
thing ''aFtling-and We lAborsd, extruiia-
dngly over that column and odd Of sditO-
fial. We remember very distinctly. too.
ths pride which pervadsi our breast when
ys saw ihs ticket Of our .concOctioR blszed,
forth ln the Times, thus:
For President,
-1gnHsJ. CRrTTEEDKE, Of Ksntutky.
kt.gi SFOr Hs FrssiRebsy '4g2rg
VIZ McxroONEkT. OF Pennsylvania.
sThsetfset Of that nomination we are too
tmodesi 10 disehss.f Whether We startled
the President makers Of the East and made
bthp leading PJlilidAss trembls, n does not
esbseome usto tsIh shout We-have found.
sheEsFer. = missaAe ih the ticket, and fea1.,
Tisg thstlit-RigR possibly be adopted -as
whole by the people. We hasten % amend
IR5 We, want to- cut of the pAii. M
--Negtgomesys > Of Pennsy lvania, .thoapA the
aapthOF Of the Montgomery amendment, Is
not the great man WsitOok him losbe. He
sqeesInet Possess ths requisite amount Of
yRivrh 10 4oFm distinguished individual OF
..ihepresent dsy--bs il void ofhack HBne--.
sNeAkains the spinsl props. He has met the
lepsmy and The enemy has co6otiered him.
sex When ws nominsted WIN. Montgomery
qr 1.-The Vice Presidency we understood
shim'io hs-a man. We regarded him as a
pAitetn Of fCougrsssion alvalor. Ourfanc
painted himsa hero In the, federal Areua. -
eWolooksdupo him as No. Gin the great
eeUiesl Iforsihe championship of the ma.
HsionaD Fisg. We wrote him down a rising
aiaEs and5Was extremely anxious 10 place
the federal RalaVy.a In oil this we
have been deceived, and are now rearing
The disappOintmsBt conSS qusnt upou our
sNerdaney.a aWm. Montgomery is not the
ma Tor thesYies-P Presid ency I've repudi.
ate our 1HomiHatioH--ws withdrGw him
iffom.thelracs '6f 1850. - Ia, ter ili0
AEsFsom ths,brief trlsgfam Ieeceived, We
Fandsrsisnd the contest il Which Mr.. Mont
'gomeFy was nssd up. to have transpired
shus: Mr.. English, having been re elsct-
I'D nv his Constituents, is disposed 10 be
smagnPninAouG He wants 70 forget the
iPastsAnd make friends Of alIhis enemies
Walking down Pennsylvania Avenue Last
fsaturday. y he met Mr.. Montgomery. They
were at swords points the previous session
lnas Mr. English proposed to forget The
fpast. He smiled like Congressman, and
sItented bis honorable hand to Mr.. Mont.
gomery. Mts Montgomery drew himself
uh likea'startled cat. but Instantly recov.
ering his Congressional dignity, he put his
shandt into his siPoChets, turned up his nose,
s1dlsabd be did not shake hdhds with pun.
pies Had the difficulty letWeen the two
dIssiaguished gentlemen stopped there. it
would have been well enough for Mr..
Montgomery. Tie expression, s'don',
'shahe hands with puppies." ."is 10 10 itsel
sufficient fora national election. Il Ia On
exquisite sentiment ior q campaign. ASS
motto for polilicsi clubs. =. is admirable
and more delightful text for political ed
i,ers.a acauhot be found IN all the lrite cav
i1es ofour great men. Had Mr.. English
put hisihands 10 his pockets and walked
away, that one expression OF Mr. Mont.
goAieryswculd have increased immensely
his china 10 political immortality; added
say hfy per cent 10 his availability Un
iottuHalelyy Mr. English was 10 no humor
toipocket an insult. hsieH -, .1ii
sgTbs auttor Of the Ehglish 4 IN seemed
10 regard Mr.. Monigomery's assertion as
Offensive. aud raising bic cane (all Con
Etessmsn carry oanes) he broke il over Nj
Moutgomery's head. He "struck OUT
the leading clause In the Montgomery A.
DsBdIDa nt," and On owed" to .'sngross'
the whole "BIl."' How did Mr.. Mont.
geometry respond? Did he grrpple? Did
he fghrsS Did he black Mr.. Erglish's
eyes. ov draw the clafst from his nostrils?
Not aba oft. He ran to the gutter ,(re>
membersap) he stopped down. (how un.
congESssionalI) hspick led up a brick Con.
gseSsmsu Sighting with bricks )and then :
We blush TO record the fact--he struck NJ,
English on the iegi After receiving aeon.
gressioual waking stick over HE head and
A9tuS Ate"eN W Hte tuoutcui uuthBOulo'
togalher . bricks be did not possess the
yalct 70 hurl that brick At vital point. and
threw Il 81 bis opponents leg! His mo.
tivSs We can readily comprehend.
He was fearful Of pursuit aud (shrewdly
We Ashnowledgs) attempted to lame Mr..
knglish. Therein il the ''hsad and 'front.'
of NJ. MonigOmery's offending. Had he
bsskse up the. happy remark with one oI
tWosclenlido Est icks. he might have
come otfvih additional glory to his name,
but as he resorled to brick, and :hrew
hatbrick at his opponents leg instead o
bic head. he has iorfeited bis Congression.
81 honor and political renown. He may
BE- brick but that last brick has killed
him, We cannot support brick bat can
didaie. and therefore cut of the tail Of oul
iicket. We vepudiaie our nomination .
OWN. Montgomery, Of Pennsylvania, Al
cahdidats for the Vice, Presidency
ciaoinnali Times.