The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-21

gained the election in November. They
bought Americans, and run an American
ticket to beat US. The men are now
known who had their $l 900 or $4,000
to do it. You know how they are here.
The Willett's Point swindle was one of
the means of paying off the men who fur
nisbed money to buy and bribe through
the election in Pennsylvania; the Fort
Smelling swindle was another. Take the
case in Indiana. A leading politician
there, calling himself an American, had a
claim against the indians for $40, ,00o.-
IN Folks time it had been examined and
secuted. But be was promised that mon.
ey in case he would take care that Indi-
ana went against the Republicans. A
gentleman known as Liye-Oak Swift Of
New Bedford furnished good deal of
money, aud be bad large contract Civ
en- him for white oak timber, under such
circumstances as afforded no chance for
competition. These were the means by
which Buchanan came into power. five
can't carry the election without resort to
such means. hope We shan't win it
[ Applause II there is to be another
four years Of such corruption, | would
rather il should be Democratic than Re-
publican. | believe if we run our ticket
honestly, the men who try to get up third
tickets will be marked and numbered
| heard a man say that the delegates to
the National Union or Constitutional Con-
vention-I don't know which- laughter
owned that their expenses were paid by
the Democrats. The Democrats had to
have an outside arrangement to tell the
stories which it would ipjure them to tell
such as that about Fremont being a
Catholic. We, of course, shall have this
machinery of third party running to
take votes from US aDd give them to
our opponents. But don't believe it
will pay expenses. Who will vote the Bell
aud Everett ticket herel The man had
better vote direct the Democratic ticket.
II anybody gets up a Bell and Everett
ticket in this State, they won't vote it
themselves. Their votes will go plump
for the Democratic ticket. In the inves-
CATION now going on before the Covode
Committee, it appeared that Mr.. McCar-
ty. a large paper manufacturer, who
makes large contracts with the Govern
Dent paid considerable sums of money to
the Democratic party in Pennsylvania
And to keep up the Straight American
party in Philadelphia, be paid $40, 900.
They got 500 or 600 votes for it. And
next time it won't pay SO well as that [
believe that We have. By our nomination,
got rid of the difficulty of giving sort
of excuse to Americans to run separate
ticket Some of those who have been A
mericaps may be going to vote the Dem
ocratic ticket; but the Bell and Everett
ticket will be supported by no honest
man. 1t is run as a stool pigeon ticket,
and grown men, with their eyes wide o.
pen, are not going to vote it, 1t was diff
ferent iG 1856 Then knew honest,
good. faithful men, who really believed
that Fillmore was going to get tie vote Of
this State. and they voted honestly for
him. BIT to vote the Bell and Everett
ticket to-day in the State of New York
would be too foolish for any man to be
caught doing. We are going to have
straight forward issue this fall, and while
| doubt not the Slavery question will be
presented, the irrepressible conflict be-
tween fraud and honesty in Government
will be still more important than that
This people have been osertaxed aud o.
verriddeu BY fraud and imposture go long
bat there must come reaction. We all
know how generally the people resisted
the action of the Legislature last Winter,
and We know now what is going on
here. Intelligent men, not few, but ma
ny, have known for months that Isaac
" Fowler was robbing the Governments.
| wrote six weeks ago to a Committee
that be must be stealing. An enormous
amount Of newspapers 60 psid from our
Post. Office. A stamp should be put on
them, but that would have to be account
ed for. Instead of that man stands
there with a stamp and stamps them, and
the money goes into the drawer. Here
is another dodge The postage on let
ter to Europe is "a cents, an enormous
amount to pay. But the pail is closed in
the morning, and the merchant who waits
until reasonable time before the steam
or sails, and sends his letter to the steam
er, has to pay As cents. The money goes
into the till, but not into tho account. |
am told that there are twenty men or
more who never do any duty at the Post
Office, except at a primary election-no
duties, except to take 500 or $3.50
month and carry it away. And people
are wondering why the Post Office can't
support itself 1t can and would With
honest legislation and pure gosernment.
1t doesn't, becsuse it is called upon to
support the Democratic party, aud that
is a terrible hard load. Laugter and sp-
plause.1 Just that all around 1t is p
600 miles streight across to California;
but they run their mail route round q
500 miles. 1t runs where nobody wants
to 90, and carries no letters. 60 up to
the cars here to put in a letter, and We
have a mail agent on the train whose bus
a - hat L ho a