Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-05-25

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sylvanian of the 9th inst, reviews in an
able article the character, past history,
and attitude Of JOIN w. FoRNEY, whose
course for the past eighteen months has
been more like that of mailman acting
under the ungovernable impulses of a
frenzied imagination, than a man obeying
the dictates of rational intellect, inhuen-
ced 10y the ordinary motives of pruduce
and common honesty. This man, who in
character SO vulnerable himself has not
hesitated to assail, with the vilest vitupe~
raticn the friend of his early manhood
and the patron of his fortunes, using the
position for which he is indebted to that
friendship and patronage, to give greater
force to his puerilc enmity. OF the mean
ness of such conduct it is useless tospeak /;
and certainly this man must be degraded
below the reach OF human Imagination, or
more insane than vile, if his own feelings
are not the heaviest Punishment that could
be inflicted upon him fer his base ingratl-
tLde; and more CALLING still to his malig-
nant heart must be the consciousness Of
the contempt with which he is regarded
by the man in whose praise he once ex.
hausted the entire vocabulary orlaudatory
language, and seemed to regret his inabil.
ity TO coin new phrases 10y which to cxtol
him still more. 1t must indeed bc worm
wood to his soul to be compelled to con-
fess that throughout the year and half
in which his Jonrnal has teemed daily,
and his oral addresses upon every oppor,
tunity, with the most malignant abuse of
the President he has never succeeded in
cliciting a syllable of rcproof, or even an
evidence, that it had attracted his notice,
unless indeed it may have been an ex-
preston of pity for the miserable creature
who could descend so far below the scale
of humanity. The Pennsylvania says;
" For twenty years no praise of the pres
ent Chief Magistrate was eulogy, no de-
votion to his interests too sacriical, no
service too unselfsh. His own political
associates were worthy, patriotic end truth
ful men, and whether in or out Of office,
he claimed their support often obtained
it, and he was grateful.
But Notwithstanding all this, where
stands he now! Upon the battlements,
defending the citadel which he assisted to
rear Is he the advocate of his former
friends and associates? No! He now
Il, e., . h. ,,,,y
tion of treacherous enemies into the cita-
del. lie is the public reviler OF former
friends--the public misrepresentor of
their motives, principles and conduct-he
is arrayed against the President, the Cabi>
net, the party majority in Congress, pri-
mary and State Conventions, their resolu-
tlons and nominees. lie is the organ Of
dissention, the leader of faction, the bla-.
tant representative Of disappointed men
throughout the Commonwealth.
Have the people Of Pennsylvania asked
themselves these questions: Who has
changed-this Politician Editor or all his
former friends? Who has the responsi.
bility OF the Government before the world
the Political Editor or the President
of the United States! Who represents
the dignity, honor, power and interests of
this nation--JANEs BUCHANAN, the chosen
head of the nation, with his Cabinet, or
John w. ForneyS Who is in the line Of
Democratic precedent and which Of the
two have personal interests to subserve
and private revenge to crafty Who fall
SITES the record of his past life2 Which
of the two must say "lf my bark sink,
'tis to another sea-" When these ques-
tions are answ rel, as they must be, then
the just and patriotic men OF our State
will see that treason has been flourshiug
in their midst--that misrepresentation
and calumny have been supported and
countenanced-- that men have been allow.
cd to assail the hopor and weaken the !
power of our Government for bad pur-
poses, that there is no cause for dis .
sension, and il is not for patriotism or
principle--not for any real or threatened .
danger TO our liberties, our happiness or
prosperity, that men of Pennsylvania are
invoked by a small band of lhoir fellow
citizens, to be disloyal TO the Government
of this Union."
An ExPLANATIoS.--We regret that by .