The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-09-26
DR.. Affleck after Theaker.

We clip the following from DR.. Affleck's
Bridgeport Journal, Bell and Everett
paper. Read it, and say whether Tom.
Theaker is an honest man or not:
"Since Abolitionism has made little
show in aud around Wheeling, our Hon.
Theaker goes over occasionally and pirates
of liberty. He had inserted in the Wheel
ing I1telligeucer, the gist of his bill intro
duced into Congress for reducing the
compensation and mileage of Senators,
Representatives, and Delegates in Con.
gress, and Of course the Wheeling Intel
ligencer bloviates over it as great good
and as something worihily done by the
Hon, Thomas. People who know Thorn
as as well as we do, know that this bill is
all buncombe-that he knew when it was
introduced it would never be carried and
that be never wanted it TO be. The whole
object was 10 rear name that he saw cor
ruption in Buchunan's administration, and
that he was one who could not look on
evil with any degree of composure. The
scripture rule of Interpretation is show
men by your works. How did Theaker
do? Did he take all the compensation
and mileage or only such part as was just
and honest? If he has taken the eQuiva-
tlent of his services, then will we be dis.
posed to consider him as acting in good
faith, but if he has pocketed the whole
and sighed for more, as we understand he
did, itshows how sincere the man is Let
him or his friends answer. Voters, sus-
pend your judgment until this is answer.
ed, for by no means would we be acces,
sorry to detract single iota from his mer.
it's. alas. ~AE 81
There is another extravaganza in the
government connected with this, that re-
qoires a correction 1t is known to al
that the franking privilege by the laws Of
the land, is often carried beyond all due
meter and bounds. On Thursday last We
stepped into the Post Office, and here laid
three bags of documents, each bag weigh
ing from $50 to 200 pounds, sent by mai
by the Hon. T. G. Theaker, and direct
ed to j. II. Thompson, one of the pro
prietors of the Peoples Campaigner
We can only guess what those bags con
Itained, for we did not see them opened
At first we thought they might be full o
little negroes, (each bag would have held
about three) on the underground railroad
to Canada, and then the idea suggested
itself that he had sent home his dirty
shirts to be washed, but this calculation
was upset for we never heard of any Con
gresham having six hundred pounds o
shirting in the wash at any one time
Then arose q puzzle, what would John 81
Thompson do with 600 pounds of docu
ments. For distribution amongst Repub
llicans--Sumner speeches, Lovejoy TRADES
Helpers impending crisis-to keep th'
party steady for Lincoln. What do yor
think of that distribution, Farmers? How
many have you got? Answer, Bell men
Answer Democratsl Look at the evil
You pay three cents on every letter 20,
send through the Post Office. Theake
sends free to Thompson 600 pounds o
mail matter. equal to about 100000 let
ters, all gratis. And this is only on,
days proceedings. Now, do you call thi
right? Theaker may see no injustice il
it. But if he was SO very conscientiou
that he had to bring in a bill to reduce
the compensation of members, whet ha
he to say to this. Of course honorable
men will expect this honorable man t.
refund to government The postage Of whicl
he has indirectly defrapded it.