Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-05-18
falling Thing by their Right
Names.

names.
A certain class of politicians in this State are
badly frightened at the present time. They have
blindly followed John w. Forney SO far from the
Democratic fold that they are completely bewil-
dered, and cannot, "for the life of them,'' tell
where they now are. They would like to be still
regarded as Democrats, but they know that in
their present position it is supremely ridiculous
for them to claim to be reliable and sincere mem
bers of the party. In the language of Patrick
Henry, 'They are wandering on unknown
ocean, without a single landmark to guide them
The Democracy have lost all confidence il them,
and the Black Republicans, although willing to
use them, refuse to place any confidence in them
They vince and grumbe when they are styled
traitors and dlsorganizers by those who make it
rule TO always call things by their right names:
but they should remember that these epithets
would not be applied to them if they had faith
fully adhered to the principles and usages of the
Democratic party. Having acted the part of
traitors and disorganizers, they have no right to
complain of being treated as such by the true
Democracy. If ever they succeed in getting
back into the Democratic ranks, we hope the
memory Of their past tribulations will induce
them to pursue a consistent course, ard to never
again give aid and comfort to the enemy.
The disorganzers divided into two classes.
The first class is composed of the men who ap-
prove IN unqualified terms Of the proceedings of
the bogus Convention which assen. bled at Harris
burg on the 18th of April, and who contend that
everything said and done by Forney and his aids
on that occasion, was right. The second class
consists Of the men who, while approving Of the
greater part of the proceedings of the Convention
acknowledge that several of the things said and
done by its members were wrong. They endorse
the platform adopted by the Convention. and
swallow the Abolition spec ch of John Hickman
without making even a wry face; but they agree
that FOrney & Co. were wrong in denouncing the
State ticket nominated by the Convention of the
10th of March. They contend that the bogus
Convention was clothed with full power to act
full faith and credit at tie hands of the keystone
Democracy. They will not agree that Forney
and his followers acted the part of traitors and
disorganizcrs on the 18th of April but on the
contrary, contend that they are the true apostles
OF Democracy, who are laboring to save the party
from ruin. TO this class our neighbor down
street belongs. While he acknowledges that
Forney and his aids were wrong when they repu-
dated the nominees of the 10th of March Con
veEton. be is quite indignant because for so do
ing, more than nine tenths of the Democratic
editors of the State have denounced them as
traitors and disorganizers. But if it really be an
offence against the Democratic party to denounce
az traitors and disorganzers those of its profes
sing members who repudiate and oppose its regu-
lary nominated candidates, it may be worth
while to inquire how far, in this respect, our
neighbor has preserved the whiteness of his
soul.''
Last fall number of Democrats in this comfy
'repudiated" a portion of the Democratic county
ticket. They held no Convention, they called no
meeting, they appointed no committees. They
merely attended the polls on the day of election,
and voted against the candidates they repldiated
and Tor doing this they were severely repriman
ded by the editor of the Mountaineey. and he |
very plainly intimated that he regarded them &c |
traitors and disorganizers. The readers Of .be
Aountainecr doubtless recollect the articles CON-
cerning the "Disorganizers," and the person or
persons the editor supposed to be their leader or
leaders, which appeared in that paper last fall |
after the election. They will also
doubtless recollect the celebrated interrogatorv
which he propounded to us, and how vociferops ba |
was in charging us with 'wriggling' in answering
It, he then seemed to regard the opposing of a |
regularly nominated candidate of the party as an
almost objectionable sin, to be extenuated only
by Keeping the guilty party on probation until
De exhohited propsr sorrow for his past offences.
hear what our neighbor, in discussing this sub
Ieet' says IN his paper of the 23d of last Febru-
ary
I'VE have one code only of principles,
friends and foes. We are willing at All
times to submit to the voice of the party
properly expressed, and unhesitatingly saw
1nat we Will support the regularly nominated
candidates of the party We hare no desire
% r.aJ rs"a ,as,'., n.en out ef the party. but if they
'e'" '"e"''e'0es 0'' " oflposiag tho rital ia-