The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-12-05
Est Him Again.

bore upon his readers, in the shape OF
an article bearing the caption of ''He con-
demns himself" 1t was prepared expressly
for our benefit, and we venture the asser-
ton, that those who had the moral cour-
age to wade through the slime and filth
which it contained, will agree with us in
saying that it was very like its author
rather dirty curiosity 1t has not been
since the commencement Of our editorial
labors alone that we have learned how this
fellow viii besmear and begrime himself,
in his maddened efforts to tarnish the fair
fame and character Of others. We have
long watched his disreputable course. Mis-
erable himself, he wants company, and
even though he be SHALLOW in the brain
he will always go deep in the mud, to get
it. He is welcome to all the success
which he obtains, but we incline to the
belief that it is rather Indifferent. We
are not disappointed in the fellow. If we
could gather "grapes of thorns, or figs of
thistlcs," then indeed we might occasional
ly expect something at least decent from
DIZZARD. But so longas the order Of ma
ture, that ''like shall beget like" remains
unrevcrscd, it were vain to feed ourselves
upon such idle expectations.
We have taken occasion, as our readers
well know, to rap our neishbor over the
shins, for his milk and water, namby pam
by course in relation to matters connected
with the Southern Rebellion. We, of
course, never expected much from him in
such an emergency, but had he done the
best he could, we would have been content.
But he has from the first exhibited the
cloyen foot. and bawled out against Mr..
Lincoln's Administration with all the vehe-
mence which usually characterizes the iu.
venile members of the bovine family. And
now that we have taken him to task for
his silent sympathy with the superiative
rebel and dastardly rascal, BREcKINRIDGE,
he squirms like a lizard, and vainly en-
deavors to wriggle out Of the strong net
in which we have caught him He has
writhed ard twisted and wrested in Il
manner which might we'll attract the IA
vorable notice Of BARNUM Ifthat enter
prising gentleman should feel inclined to
invest in him, he might 90 we'll to exhibit
him as '.the most violent contortionist of
ancient or modern times"
Instead of coming up manfully and de-
nouncing BRECKINRIDGE as an enemy to
his country, our pliable ncighbor under
takes to justify himself for being his
friend. Studiously avoiding, as usual, to
say one single word against the eagle eyed
traitor, he proceeds to try US by what he
is pleased to term our own standard of pa
triotism-a standard which, by the way,
we respectfully disclaim He admits his
having voted for BREcKINRIDGE, but al
lcges that he heard us say in one of our
stump speeches last year, that we had
once voted for JOHN TYLER, who is now
a rank secessionist. The allegation is en-
tirely false. We never made any such
statement
The deduction which he then makes IS
as follows, to wit - that if he. DJZZARD.
be a secessionist, by reason of his having
voted for BRECKENRIDGE, so also ne must
be secessionist, inasmuch as VIC voted
for TYLER A very profound and won-
derful argument, TO be sure, and entirely
worthy of the source; but somehow or
other it strikes US it doesn't exactly fit
the case. 1t reminds us most forcibly of
the old gentleman who once heard a funer-
al sermon preached, and who pronouncedi it
admirably done, too, but said it didn't al
together apply, as nobody happened to be
dead at the time.
We didn't "hapren" to vote for -JouN
TYLER. When he and Gen HARRISON
were candidates, we were residing in the
state of Ohio, and VIC had not acquired
such residence there as entitled us to vote.
And this effectually disposes of the very
elaborate argument of our addle pated
neighbor, built upon facts manufactured
by hin,self for the occasion
HARRISON and Tyler were elected
We always had the highest opinion of the