The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-12-22
sr Tburlow Weed. in a letter to TAe

sg~ Thurlow Weed, in a letter to The
Evening Journal, from Washington City,
of the date Of Dec. l3. says:
"The whole tendency and drift OF the
fire. eaters is to prepare their section OF
the Union for its dissolution. This is the
warp aud filing of all their speeches.
Iu the House. they proclaim that the cleo.
ton of Black Republican President
will be sufficient cause for such dlssolu-
ton. In the Senate, Mr.. Iyerson OF Geor-
,ia, more impatient. announces his rea
diuess to withdraw from the Union when
Mr.. Sherman is elected Speaker. But
this hurry is explained by the clrcum
stance that his seat in the Senate is soon
to be vacant, and that, consequently, lou
der thunder is necessary to secure his re-
election. Ikaoqc nothing that so much
resembles tie cry Of ,DaSSofvl"g Tie Union.
as the a'rQlohecy Of the MilIer'tcs, actIo aoatt-
ell Ior tie end Of the scorld Both events
we're determined and announced with e.
aual earnestuess. The day originally
fixed for the 'Ascension,' with its post
ponements. has passed. and the world re.
mains, with its good aud evil, to work
out destiny higher and wiser than that
which delusion and blindness anticipated.
And the Union, in defiance of its eDe
mics. will survive those who threaten its
integrity, to work out and establish the
,reat nroblew of Freedom. The Helper
Book, published nearly two years ago,
was quite harmless until the Disunionists,
by magDifying its Importance. have Civ
en- it an Unprecedented circulation. These
events are seized upon, not, as they might
be. if the South so desired, to protect their
property. guard their rights, and strength
en- the Union, but to peril and destroy all.
While hanging John Brown for treason
gaiu.t Virginia, they avow their own
treS sonable designs against the Union.
ITO all there is plain, simple. ready
solution. These men neither desire nor
will consent to preservation of che u
MON. except upon their own terms. 1t
the cotton men of Philadelphia and New
York. aud the faded, dyed-bair, and col
ored v hisker POLITICIANS of Boston, knew
with what contempt the fire. eaters think
and speak OF their Union->aviog spssms'
they would save their breath to cool their
porridge.' These men spurn your sym :
pathy. Mr.. Curry told you in his sp eech'
what they all say more Extensively IN con-
version, that such meetings amount to
nothing There is but one remedy for the
disease. That is to leave the political
power of the country in their hands. The
moment the danger of the election of
Republican President passes, all danger
and all excite meut will subside. The
whole question i. in "a nutshell Dissol-
wing the Union is game for the Presi
dency 1t is nothing but a game That
it will be played desperately We admit,
because Southern sportsmen play desper-
ately. But only assure them that Repub-
licans will pass, leaving the Democracy
oldest and neiter Old Brown nor the
Helper Book will disturb or ripple the
waters.
at is true, as reported, that Senator
Douglas has 'caved.' He goes back, how
ever, without the true men who stood BY
him in defending the right in the last
Congress His desertion is felt keenly by
the Anti Lccompton Democrats of Peusyl-
vsnia, aud by the friends of Broderic and
McKibten, one of whom sacrificed bis
life and the other bis election for cause
which Judge Douglass took up, and has
laid down, as men put oD aud draw OF
their garments. Like Daniel S. Dickin
son of New York, the Illinois Sepatol
goes back to be stranged. Their head.
of rebel Psshas who offend the Sultan
There are no men more truly and firml
fixed in their opposition to the Democra
cy, now and through the war, than Messrs
Hick men and Swartz, and Col. Forney
with their twenty thousand Demo cratic
friends in Pennsylvania. Indeed the mel
who carried Buchanan through Pennsyl
vauia on their shoulders in 1856, will nov
help to swell the maJorities in that State
mountain high, against the Charleston
nominee
"Messrs. Hickman, Haskin, Horace E
: Clark, and Adrian, have made manly
telling speeches against the Admiuistra
ton. That of the former was a g!oriou
effort. several thousand copies of wbicl
have been subscribed for by Members.
. That Mr. Sherman will be Speaker
when choice is effected no one doubts
And that Col Forney will be Clerk, tboueI
even more strenuous efforts to defeat hiu
t will be made, both hope and believe
! For Sergeant at Arms, our friends inten'
to vote for MIR. Hoffman of Mary and
f who lost his election for opposing the LIE
] compton and English swindles. This i
manifestly just and right"
Cortinas, the Mexican outlaw, who ha
been threatening Brownsville SO long, ha