Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-02-16
OUR NEIGHBOR AGAIN.

subjects more worthy of our consideration, anC
that our neighbor's t,cadde is unworthy of a
moments attention; however, lest he might fee
hurt if we failed to notice his last article, we will
endeavor to return a satisfactory answer to his
important interrogatory: "Do you consider a
Democrat who opposes nominations fairly made
traitor to his party2" But before proceeding
to do so. We may remark that we do not admit
that our manhood is at stake, or that our reputa-
tion depends on the answer we give. We merely
answer for the purpose of relieving our neighbor's
anxiety of mind on the subject. Our neighbor.
doubtless, charges with being acriggler because
he is one himself When we occupy both sides
Of political question in the short space of three
months, as he did recently, we will agree to be
called a vriggler, hut not until then. But to the
Interrogatory. We consider then, dear sir, that
it is the duty Of every true Democrat to support
the regular nominees Of the party at the ballot
box procded dilcdys, nerertieless, that the nom-
inees are honest men and sincere Democrats. If
Democratic convention should chance to nomi-
nate a man for Office whom we felt firmly con-
vinced was not Democrat, we would not feel it
to be our duty 10 vote for him; nor would we feel
bound TO endorse a nomination secured through h
fraud and corruption. The word traitor is GER
tain!y what may be called "strong language -
and we have no disposition o apply it to those of
our neighbors and friends, who, while protesting
to be Democrats, have time and again opposed
regular nominees of the Democratic party at the
ballot box. We say that the Democrat who op-
poses regularly and fairly nominated candidate
of the Democratic party. if he believes that the
candidate is Democrat and an honest man, is
not performing his duty to the party to which
he belongs. Our neighbor acknowledges that
number of his political friends have, at various
times, opposed the regular nominations of the
Democratic party. and then asks. "what of it %
Why, there Is this Of it, neighbor; according to
your logic they are All traitors. And areyov viii
ling to denounce as traitors your political friends
and favortes? If you are not, why, then, do you
denounce the men who oppo sed the nominees of
the party last year traitors and allow the men
who did the same thing in years previous to that
time to go unrebuked If the Democrats who
opposed James Myers in 1858 acted .he part of
traitors, did not also the Democrats who opposed
the nominees Of the party in 184S, 1850, 1851,
or 1854, act an equally reasonable and treacher-
ous part You say that you edo not hold any
man r' 'sponsible for the acts of Others unless he
endorses their conduct" Then of course it is
perfectly right and proper for sincere Democrat
to recognize traitors as his political favorites, and
support them for office. Will Mr.. Noon be kind
enough to answer the following questions If the
next Democratic Comfy Convention should
chance to place in nomination for Office man
who opposed regularly nominated candidate OF
the party in 1858, 1854, 1856, or 1s4S, would
you vote for him? Do you wish to read out of
the Democratic party every member of it who,
IN 1858 or previous to that time, opposed reg
ulariy nominated candidate of the party? These
are plain questions, and they demand plain an
swers and remember, good neighbor, if you find
the hook fastened in your gills we want no wrig-
Cling.
We sincerely regret the result of the election
last fall but willing for the sake of the party,
that the "dead past, shall bury its dead' We
wish to see Union and Harmony return to our
ranks once more We care more about measures
than men, and are not willing that the democrat
ic party shall be offered up as sacrifice. to ap-
pease the wrath of disappointed aspirants for
othce. Read every democrat out of the party.
who voted against Porter e. Frost last fall. and
where would the party in this State be? In a
hopeless minority. Exclude every Democrat
from the party who voted against Bigler for Gov
ernor IN 1854 and the party would be in worse
condition still. Many, very many democrats
even IN this County, have at sometime or other
during their lives, voted against regularly nom.
mated candidate Of the party, Must they in con
sequence be treated Traitors and driven ont
of the party. Even Mr.. Noon, ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
his pure and immaculate democracy, few wears
ago was among the first to lend helpino hand
In the work of defeating John W. Fornev tho
regularly nominated candidate of the Democracy
for United States Senator. cart thou too fall
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AS We always regard low and scurrilous false
hoods concerning us with contempt, our neigh
Dor Is welcome to call us a slave, Hessian and
other hard names until he has fully .digested the
venom Of his spleen" Ofone thing we are very
certain; we never published ourselves to the world
as 'he proprietor of a newspaper, when we were
not; can our neighbor say the same thing? Our
nelghbor seems "vexed'' because we have several
times called his particular friend, FoRNEy. n rem
egade We regard him as renegade because
we are firmly believe that he is eudeavorino (,
o'Sorsanze and destroy the Democratic Party in
'he northern States, and annex It 10 the Rhck
republican organization. But OF course we NOV
be mistaken in our views with REGARD - H..
we 90 not ask any one to endorse our views o,I,
M "' VIC give reason and facts to sustain them.
This thing OF reading men ont Of the PARTY
may do very we'll in theory as a subject for fire.