Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-06-02
MAJOR DEwARrS SCoRREsPoNDENCEA AND
ADMIRATION OF BUCHANANisM,

MAJOR DEwART'S CORRESPONDENCE AMI
ADMIRATION OF BUCHANANisM'
The Sunbury GdSette Of last week con'a'e'
o correspondence between Major William v
Dewart and Hon. ]. n. Morris memeet ~
Congress from Illinois, which requires seme
thing more than mere passing notice, eses
In these days of extravagant rclit'eel h'ers
ture.
In this epistle the Major gives III h'a al
heson TO the fortunes of Judge Douglas en0
abjures oil further connection with Mr. ha
chanan.
The Major opens tho correspondence oy
stating that he had enclosed u copy OF INC
| "orgau Of our party in this vicinity tho
| Sunbury Gazette, containing eommnn'ca-
| tion. which he says ho wrote in favor oi 'he
judge for President. lie remarks also th"'
he has sent copy OF the organ TO Judge
! Douglas. and asks Mr. Morris to hand the
paper to MIR, Montgomery, his late colleague
That be may know where no tho MAORI
stands in tho fight. Tho Major also refers
IN MIR. llottrnstnc, our delegate, who, he
orcues. misrcptescuis nne tenths oil the De-
mocracy in opposing Judge Douglas and
thinks that Mr. II. will either resign or vote
for the Judge. We doubt whether our dele
pa,e represented anybody in this county,
eycept n few Post Masters. Now we GER
tainy shall not complain that The Mojor and
the "organ" have been converted, even OF the
eleventh hour, from the heretical doctrines,
engendered by the leaven of Mr. Buchanan's
ancient federalism, including Lecomptonism
aud other fatal heresies of the present admin
istration. But the cool assurance with which
the Major disposes of the Democracy Of this
county and dispenses the honors thereto ap
pertaining, is amusing if not surprising. For
more than two years, or ever since the war
OF the administration against Judge Douglas
We have defended him against the attacks
not only of Mr.. Buchanan, but of the Major
and the Gasette, and we trust that as they
have now seen the error of their ways, and
feel disposed to embrace the true doctrines
Of Democracy, for which we have been con.
tending, they will make some acknowledgment
Of their error, and like truly penitent sinners,
not thrust themselves forward until they have
remained upon the anxious bench in proba.
tionary state, suitable period.
We do not wish to be deemed oflicious, but
while the Major has his hand in forwarding
copies of "the organ of our party" to Judge
Douglas, would it not have been well to send
to the Judge that copy Of the Gazette pub.
lished few months since, which, at the time,
somewhat startled the faithful, by coming
out, fiat footed, in favor of an old line Whig,
Edward Everett, for President Besides, it
was strongly suspected that the organ was
somewhat out of tune last fall, when the
editor undertook to show his utter disregard
for that trite Old maxim, "There is nothing
like leather" although he had previously
sung Paens time and again to leather headed
politicians and helped to elevate them too flee.
But organs, like other wind instruments,
are liable to change, and it is q great mistake
to suppose that they are confined to certain
set pieces of music. Political organs espe.
cially. when new hands work the bellows,
often change, not only the style OF playing,
but the music ITSELF and when stdccato
movement is deemed necessary even medley
is sometimes introduced.
Mr.. Morris, in reply, congratulates the
Major on being right side up" again, and
excuses his final vote in favor of Lecompton
on the score of friendship for the President
This may be excusable in politics, but will
not pass for good morals, in ethics. Mr..
Morris very truly says that it is only by
cheating the people that Judge Douglas can
be defeated.
We think we shall also have to send a
copy of the american to Judge Douglas anG
Mr.. Montgomery, to counteract the impres.
sion caused by the Majors letter, that the
Democracy of this county was cropping in
darkness, until the light suddenly became
upon himself and the "organ of our party"
But laying badinage aside, we rejoice that
our erring friends have abjured Buchananism,
Lecomptonsm, and its coucomitant evils,
against which we have been contending for
yaars nosf