Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-11-03
VOL 5 NO. so

forestall the peoples action.
The alarm was given, The people gath
cred into the Court House, Gen. MDonald
was chosen President by acclamation, the
meeting was organized, and notwithstanding
the efforts of few reckless men, assisted by
all the Black Republicans and Know Moth
ings then in Ebensburg, to disturb the meet
irg, and prevent an expression of opinion,
Resolutions were passed, amid whirlwind of
applause, sustaining the National Admins
tration in its Kansas policy, and instruc;ing
you to sustain that policy in the 4th of March
Conrentrsu. lafa a.s2.ss -goz
Now, whilst the true and tried Democrats
of the county were rallying TO the support Of
their party thus traitoroUsly attacked in its
principles and rganization-whilst James
Myers was standing, with his hands in his
pockets, complacchtIy beholding the efforts
of a few reckless politicians to hand. bound
hand and foot, over to the enemies Of tho
Constitution and the Union, that party to
which he professed to belong, and which he
was afraid to help in its time of need because
he was a candidate for good Office at its
hands, and might offend somebody if he took
| a part-whilst Abel Lloyd and the cream
| colored donkcys were rushing to the telegraph
office to circulate reports which he kne'o to
| be false, where were yOu-the delegate-the
man in whom the Democracy of the county
! had placed their cenfidence-the man who
WAS anxious to represent fairly and i'm
| partially that party-what was yOar posi-
ton?
Instead of aiding the party whose repre-
sentative you were TO be, CT ut least standing
aloot and forming impartial Judgment.
when YOU found that the two dozen disorgan-
L IL
pie, when you found that the people were
giving you instructions upon the point iH
question. YOU, sir, with an indecent taste,
with an uncomfortable anxiety to prove ''trai-
tor to the vital interests of the party" re-
treated into corner, AMI rearing a gentle
man up OF a chair, you held candle to him
whilst he read to you something out of pa
per, which nobody else could hear, but which
is presumed to have been private instruc-
tion ''to vote against any resolution endorsing
.. the admission Of Kansas uader the I4eoomp-
ton Constitution" So determined were yoz
upon treason that you finally instructed your
self, whilst the Democracy of the county were
present and in your hearing, giving you the
instructions you had asked for
You and ''buttee' who imagined that be
. was representing an adjoining county, started
J; off to Harrisburg. During the As hours pre-
: ceding the Convention you cut awful
), swarth You inhabited the entire town.
You were numerous, imposing, tremendous.
" Through Abel's bogus jispa C hes, you were
able fer a few hours make people
. believe that you were ''punkiHs." The
: Convention net. Your position was under
stood. The administration triumphantly
!. sustained. Your '-buttee' was kicked out.
neck and heels. You betrayed your constit
uents, and craEled out at the little end of tho
. horn.
Such is q faint outline of the manner in
which you fulfilled your first political trust.
>, 1t is collected from public documents and the
( records of the Democratic party, and will be
J found to be correct 1t displays a precocity
= of treachery, climax Of duplicity that nothing
= can rival, unless it be tho exquisite tact you
have displayed ii, opening this controve rsy.
! 1t is not of my seeking. You have COM
- menced it without provocatiOn. The election
- is over-the people have spoken their fat
: should be submitted to. There is nothing TO
- be made by stirring up the waters of bitter
- ness; but when attacked [ have al right TO reply
~ | have as much right to overhaul your public
acts as y2u have my private ones The diff
:, ference Is this. You attack a mere outsider
! ! one, who at the best. can claim only to be
:. one of the s'chiyalrous, high-minded," bu
- ''decoived' Democrats of Washington-anC
|
make structures upo1. the public acts of onC
a of the heaviest men IN these diggins-a grea
- party leader, who has just emerged in tri
= umph, covered with laurels from hard
70 fought campaign.
4 small hint before [ close. In forlne
70 scrimmage with the .Mountaineer." the fac
was developed, that among the allies an
contributors to that squeamishly Democrat
a journal, was 4. 9. Mulin Esq, the accom-
:; plished Chairman of the opposition count
on committee. lie is a heap with the pen;
h. opened up on 'Dobbins' aud Neptune" al
your humble servant In way that was Ut
= common-indeed it was-and the variety
:. his performances remind one of Alfred Jipg
- Esq, in Pickwick. If, as is probaba bl'
ba you can not make 1t alone. you can get hi
to assist. OF course he will The campaig
l of 1855 and so are yet fresh in his recolle
"a ton. He ought to have the same chance no
- to contribute to a Democratic paper that
-, had in March, and you can persuade him
- turn his back upon Themis, aud seize Il
ao tuneful Tyre. You can inform him that L st
~, retain that taste for the language, the custom
O. O. and the beverage of the ''Faterland;" and
"" o before he favored us with lyric in the We
~ lowest Dutch, he NAV this turn go the 9th
T. extreme and give Us touch of the hlfalutR
iro unless by mutual agreement you and | ]
= serve that ield faT ourselves.
-; This document is IS nearly as possible pl
"a portioned to the leRgth of the suhjeet-y
-; measure over six feet, and you will observe Il
- this communication goes into you at the r
of column to the foot.
Lns Hoping to see You spread yourself, let
his remain, your fellow-biographer,
rbin RICHARD WHITE
by UrMIoCK, Oct 2Gtb, 1858.