Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-09-19
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For the Democrat.

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Mr.. EDITJR Dear Sir. / deem il my du-
ty 10 my Country at this trying time of our
national struggle With she monster rebellion,
to- ask permission ofyou, through the columns
of your paper, to lay before the Union De-
mocracy of Centre county, few plain facts,
unknown perhaps to a large portion of the
Democracy in the upper end of the County,
concerning one of the nominees of the Dem
ocratic Convention for the Associate Judge.
Are we to receive the nomination of Samuel
Strohecker of this Twp, as the means of as
certaining the secession strength of this CO.?
hope not-nay, feel confident that if the
majority comprising that Convention that
presented him as candidate, had been fa-
miliar with his secession proclivities, they
would have enclosed him in a box, sent box
and contents by express if such means of
transportation existed, labelled To JEFF Da-
vis, Cotton Contederacy Right Side Up With
Gore, sooner than give him a nomination
| am mortified to see a man placed before
the public for an Office of honor and public
trust, to assist in the administration Of justice
who is more fit subject to occupy seat by
the side Of JEFF Davis and other kindred spir-
It's in the criminals bar and receive the PEN
atty from a righteous court, due to man,
who, doubt not, judging by his sentiments,
would, if an opportunity presented itself, sap
the very foundations of our liberty and &c
stroy the last vestige of true Republican in
stitut;ons. There is not man in Centre CO.,
| yer tuIe to say, upon reliable authority that
has made more strenuous and vigorous efforts
in his sphere of action to create opposition
and hostility to every measure of the Ad-
ministratiOn designed to queil the existing
rebellion, than Samuel Slroaecker. Thank
God his influence of late years has been
meagre, confined to narrow limits. Ever
since the commencement of defensive mill
tary preparations at Washington city, be has
been trying to create the impression ameng
the Democrats of Miles, more than himself, it
is Republican party war, waged merely for
the supremacy of that party. His leisure
hours were devoted to reading the secession
news paper styled "TAe Day Book" COM
menting upon its true Democratic principles
enunciated as we termed the language Of
thai instrument, and dissuading the sturdy
sons Of Miles from joining their brave and
heroic fellow countrymen in upholding the
supremacy of the Constitution and Union
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| displeased with the authorities in power of
suspending the circulation of the Day Book
aud other secession Newspapers, Union pa
pers as he calls them,) and says that the
| Administration is making efforts TO compel
all Democrats to read Republican News pa
pers There is not Union Loving Democrat
in all the county who does not rejoice in the
suppression Of such papers as the Day Book,
and give vent to Spontaneous burst OF amen!
to all Efforts put forth to prevent the distri~
button Of euch filthy disunion sheets. and
give hearty cooperation to the admininis-
| tration in thwarting all efforts, calculated to
grow disunion and discord and weaken the
bond of unity, in maintaining our RepubE-
can institutions in giolate. | as we'll as other
Democrats of Miles believe in true Demo
cratic principles, and Saml. Strohecker not
being an exponent Of such Fr nciplea, we As
union loving portion of this township, can
not support him; and hope that that part of
the Democracy Of Centre county, protesting
loyalty and devotion TO the Union as be-
queathed to Us By our Revolutionary fathers.
will manifest by their actions at the Ballot
Box in October, that they are not controlled
by petty distinctions of name, but on the
contrary, will stand by the Stars and Stripes,
and give ell seeessonists, and secession
sympathisers the rebuke they so richly de-
deserve,
AJACKsoN DEMOCRAT OF MILES
Sept. 10Th 1861.