Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-02-22
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A Kind word to Oar Neishbor.

A Kind Word to Oar NeishbOF.
We are sorry to be under the necessity this
week, of continuing the proftless and proba-
bly, to the public very uninteresting contro
versy which has been going on for sometime |
between the Editor of the liountaineer and |
and ourself There is however one or two |
points in his last article which we cannot in JUS
tice to ourself pass over in silence. Passing |
over the very bad pun about Interesting
areakIy,' which ne stole from the Democrat
g. Sentinel of the 1st inst. We will come that
very interesting portion of his article which
treateth of individual called Sam, and his in
tere>ting son .San,bo. Our Deighbor admi that
Black Republicanism is the child of Know
Nothingism. But he seems to forget that
the child has a very bad fault which the pa
rent had not. The Know Nothing Party was
sectarian party. The Black Republican
Party is not only sectarian but sectional
party also, and he seems likewise to have for
gotten, that while the first has lost its vitali-
ty, the second is with the exception of the
Democratic Party at present the most pow
erful organization in the country.
Our neighbor does not attempt to reply to
the arguments which we adduced in defence
of the democratic member of Congress, who
voted for National man who was not dem
ocrat for Speaker, rather than allow a Black
Republican, an open and avowed disunionist
to be elected. As he probably overlooked
that portion of our article altogether, we re-
publish it in order that he may have an op-
portunity of replying to the arguments it con
tains, if he should see proper to honor US
with column and half of Editorial next
week.
Our neighbor evidently thinks himself a
very shrewd man. but probably after all he
is not as shrewd as he thinks he is.~Knowing
that large number of the democratic voters
of the County are Catholics he endeavors to
excite their indignation against the Democrat
ic Member of Congress who voted for a ma
tonal and conservative man who was charged
with being a Know Nothing. Those mem
bers had for weeks labored to secure the cleo
tion of Democrot, but they at length found
they could not succeed. The perceived such
traitors as Hickman daily acting with the
Black Republicans and assisting them to elect
Sherman the endorser of Helpers book which
recommends seryile insurrection in the
South and the forcble abolition of the insti-
tuition of slavery. The Harper's Ferry in
surrection and the sympathy everywhere man
ifssted among the Black Republicans for the
fate of Old John Brown had produced the
most intense excitement, and they felt that
something must be done to save the Union.
The felt that the Union could not survive the
election of the endorser of Helpers treason.
They therefore determined to cast their votes
for national man who was not a democrat,
in the hope that national men of all parties
would rally to his support. What else could
they do as patriots and friends of the Union
under the circumstances. Mr.. Bocock the
democratic nominee for Speaker approved of
their course, aud our neighbor will please re-
member that nearly all the anti-Lecompton
democrats joined in the vote. Do you really
think, Mr.. Editor, it was the duty of the
democratic members TO set with folded arms
and look calmly on, while the Sampson of
Black Republicauism was shaking the pillars
of the Republic to their very foundations?
Was it not their sworn duty to support the
Constitution, and discharge their duties faith
fully? was it not their duty if possible to
prevent the land from being drenched in fra
ternal blood? We think SO, and we therefore
honor them Tor their course. Thew knew
well that the Black Republican party was the
child of Know NOthingism- they knew that
nearly all the Black Republican members be-
fore them were Know Nothings, that Know
Nothiugism originated in the North, and re-
ceived its death blow in Virginia, South
ern State, whose soil had just been invaded
through the instigation of these same North
ern Know Nothings, under a new name
They knew that it was in the North, and not
in the South that churches were burned and
pillaged, and they knew that nearly every
man who is now Black Republican was a
Know Nothing in 1855. They therefore de-
termined to endeayor to kill Sam and Sambo
at one blow. and in this they would have sue
ceeded but fer few such tratoas as John
Hickman.
II the National l1n for whom the demo-
cratic members voted had been elected, the
Committees of tue House would have been
controlled by Democrats; now they are con-
trolled by Disunionists. There is the differ |
encc neighbor, in nutshell.
Our neighbor denies that Hickman is a
political hypocrit. We proved in the article
from which We make the above extract. that
his political career thus far has been nothing