Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-10-17

ter-Wnere the people are honest and en-
lightened, and when the BERICHTER is read
in almost every family. Blair's majority in
those townships is nearly ONE THOU
SAND! 1t is glorious result in favor of
the UNION, and rebuke to Disunon Re-
publicanism. What did we tell you before
the election? Hurrah for our side and the
Union.-Ber,chter.
Yes, men of Centre couty, look, and weep
as you ltok The 1fre gallant German town-
ships that read the Berichter in erery.' family
have cast th0ir votes almost as unit against
the State and National Administration, and
their hearty and honest endeavors to bring
peace and prosperity 20 the country by
crushing ont one of the most wicked rebell-
ions ever got up in eny country to enable
the arlst0cracy to enslaye the working class
es and shut them out from participation in
all the affairs Of the nation.
But could anything better have been ex-
pected from men so lost to all sense of
patriotism, that while 1906 men, from this
side of the mountains, have shouldered sheir
muskets and bidding farewell to all they held
dear Mt home, have gone to risk their lives
for that liberty bequeathed to them by their
fathers-not even corporals guard have
gone from tue flee gallant townships except
Republicans 2 Truly these fire gallant toUn-
ships must be the defendants of the gallant
Hessians that SO nobly fought in the battles
Of the revolution against liberty.
Who were their candidates Samuel Stro-
heeker, John Proudfoot and Amos Alexan--
der were their chosen exponents, and who
will dare say that either Of them was Union
man? 1t is true that they bad Blair and
Mitchell on their ticket, but net from choice
oh no! it was forced upon them by the po-
iitical managers of the .ffve gallant town-
ships.
But we need not wonder that the Demo
cratic editor points with enthusiasm to his
fre gallant Townships when we see by the
vote of our army that the gallant Union SEN
timeDts of the Democratic party have kept
them all at home, using at least a negative
influence in favor of the Southern traitors
and against the Government of our fathers.
The fire gallant townships are tr1e expo
nents of the gallant Democracy all over the
State, and they have by their votes repudia-
ted their own Government, and virtually said
that they would rather be under the traitors
flag and be governed by the traitors Consti-
tution-one article Of which declares that
neither Dutch nor Irish, nor any other for
eigncr, skall ever beye the right of ctizen-
ship in the Southern Confederacy-than by
the Government of Washington.
How proud the Bericter must feel of his
fUe gallant townships who were all either
AFRAID to go to war, or staid at home because
they we're enemies, like the majority of DEM
ocrats, to their country, its Constitution and
its laws.
Fice gallant townships, you have shown
your salantry by vote that debases you to
the condition of eastern serfs by rejection
of your own Government for that of traitors,
squirm as you will yon have done it, and the
bitter fruit will be of your own raising when
you complain of taxation, want of markets
and general distress. One solid vote at the
last election to sustain the Government wo'd
have ended the war in three months your
vote may lengthen it to three years-your
.tus gallant German Townships.
Yes, look at the tfoe gallant German to,0n-
ships, not one of them has sent even corpo-
rails guard to protect the capital of the ma
tion or drive back the hordes of traitors now
seeking to destroy the Government of our
fathers aye, look at them their candidates
were Samuel Strohecker, John Proudfoot and
Amos Alex ander. Look at the gallant can
didates of the fce gallant townships and ask
in what their gallantry consists? Has it not
been in opposing their oaoa Government to
favor that of traitors.
This side of the mountains has sent IL 90
men to assist in driving back traitors and in
protecting our Constitution and from being
overthrown, and yet the Berichter knows of
nothing gallant in doing so; but the .tfOe
German townships staid at home and refused
to lift an arm in defence of their country, and
10. this Democratic organ vaunts their galan-
try to the skies.
But why need we wonder The vote of our
soldiers show where We stand, while the SEN
timsnts of the Bertcbter, the votes of the
whole Democratic party in Pennsylvania
have all said the reverse, and that is simply
that they would take no part against the
traitors and in fovor of their own Govern
ment in other words they will be silent trail
ors because they dare not be act,ve ones.
The result of this election has shown these
facts to the world and it is futile to deny
them, and even now the leaders of the Dem
ocratc party are saying let us 60 with the
Southern States, let Pennsylvania be one of
them, and let the Government recognize tEeir
independence. Will the gallant townships
let their aristocratic leaders sell them thus
Perhaps they will-we shall SEE.
Sterling Events at Hand.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IA.
The excitement and anxiety which pre-
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