The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-01-26

W ne tue dItach uoes So"o - -
publican wing of the Chamber. the onset
will only be the more vigorous and effeo
tive for the long and irritating delay. !.
Perhaps the most conte Inptible OF all
these belligerent exhibitions is the at
tempt Of the hirelings OF the Negro Prop
asandists to play mock part IN this
drama Of dsorg rganization, iosult and ter
ror. For Shareholders to put on airs to.
ward Northern men is natural. They are
used to it, as we're their fathers before
then. Lofty preten-ions, effected supe-
riority. aud an indescrbable sort of Oil
garchical mien, become them. SO long
have they practiced on false pretenses,
lived on sheet assumptions, that they sit
With 20 little grace upon them. VI Ne oc-
casionally admire their prcteDsions. We
are always amused at them. We almost
tolerate them. We at all events expect
them, and are therefore prepared for
them. But when the serf try to put on
the airs of the master. when the underllng
opes the mien of the superior, and as
sumes to dictate to bis betters. then the
suobtery of these scullions. this "Higb
life below stairs become, diissastirg ana
insufferable. For example: when Virgin
ia Pryor told Keystone Hickman, the
other day, that what be had uttered was
false" the expression fell gracefully
from the lips of the young F F. V. And
We cannot but rebuke his old colleague,
prin Mr. Millson for calling him to or
Der. Pray, what has "order' 20 do with
the existing state Of things in the House
of Representatives! You were RI hit Ro
ger A. Pryor! John Hickman is from
State that don't own negroes, and hl'
forefathers we're mere Quakers. Hit hlm
again, Roger! He IS only plcbiaU.-
Moreover, he is a Democrat who is sin
pie enough to practice what be processes
lie IS false e'-to Negro Dem mocracy, and
you did we'll to tell bin SO. But, when
McClernand of Illinois, a "Dous las Dem
ocrat," pushed himself into the ring. and
proclaimed that the insolence of the
Member from Pennsylvania was unhear,
allie. the thing 1--WE mean MeClernaDd
should have been stopped at once. lie
ia no better than Hickman, owns no ne
groes, aud has no right to talk to white
folks in that Virginia sort Of say. Nor,
indeed, should the f. f. VS. show bim
so much respect as they do Hickman
Hiek ID an is rebel, and a successful re-
bel He has thrown off the collar of the
Negro Democracy, and is man again
Virginiaps must respect him-a little
But McClernand still wears and hugs his
chain. He should be taught to keep his
place at the head of the cofile Of serfs.-
He had the i0prudence. to call Hickman
"an apostate from the Democratic party,
inst what the e'oserseers said about Doug
Las, MeClen. ard's leader. because he and
Hiek resisted, The Lecompton swindle.
Gentlemen Oligarch>i we entreat you. II
only for the mere look OF the thing, to let
the Pryors, and the Houstons, and the
McReas, and the other FIRE eaters, DO the
domineerins in the House. Don't allo"
snobs to touch this part of the program
me- Leave it to gentlemen upon whose
shoulders plantation manners hang nat
urally and gracefully. Lett Northern
Democrats cease trying to roar
They can merely bray. The ears of the
Doughface will obtrude through the lion s
skin. Sit down Messrs McClernand,
ValIandtghan, and the rest of you!
The present contest is oft compared to
that of four years ago, which resulted ID
triumph of Mr. Banks. But, while they
have many points in common, the pend
ing struggle is far more intense, and the
trials OF the Republicans far more severe
than then. So shall the victory be the
more glorious!