Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-10-02

are guilty of violating the commandment OF
God which declares q Thou shalt not bear
false witness against thy neighbor. when
or on what occasion did we or the paper which
we edit, defend the secession doctrine ana
movement. or JEFF. Davis and bis rebellion!
You surely did not wantonly make these mia
nous charges without proofs to sustain them
Then sir. produce them. If you fail to do so,the
public will naturally suspect that you are the
wanton and malicious maligner of the charac-
ter of your neighbor. Mr.. Barker, has not
this paper always condemned the secession |
doctrine as a political heresy? Has 1t not
since the commencement of this insurrection |
sustained the constitutional efforts of Presi |
dent Lincoln to put it down by force OF arms
Did it not praise and commend our gallant
young men for volunteering as soldiers to save
the Union from dissolution Did it not ex-
hort the Democracy to be as true and steadfast
to the Union and Constitution in this contest
as they had ever been in days gone? Have we
not recently defended President Lincoln in the
Fremont controversy. while nearly every Re
publican paper in the land was abusing and
maligning him for mis- letter? These things
the files of the Democrat ani sutinel will
prove As for you, Mr. Barker, who made
you Judge and juror, who gave you the right
to sit in judgment on the character of your
neighbor? When did you become the en-
bOdiueut of pure and immaculate patriotism
! Are you not, or have you not been Until re-
Gently an Abolitionist Of the deepest dye 2
Are YOU not a disciple of Horace Grcely,
and 90 you not regard the New York Tribune
as your political Bible? Is not the Chicago
platform in a political point of consideration
&" all the world to you?" Were you not last
winter opposed to the " Crittenden compro-
mise
Have you not repeatedly asserted since you
became a resident of this County, that the fugi-
tive slave law is unconstitutional and there
fore nullity, aud that it is therefore no crime
to resist Its execution? Do you not. or al
least did you not, regard old John Brown, as
a martyr in the cause of humanity These are
questions which you answer at your lei
sure. We know from having listened to your
stump speeches and heard your private con
versations. that you are in heart and soul AZ
Abolitionist of the straightcst sect. You wish 4
see the war carried on for the EXTERN inatior
of slavery; re for the preservation of the Tn
ion We have stood by the President in the
Fremont controversy. You or at least tht
prominent organs of your party, have opPos
ed him IN this matter. If sustaining th
President be the test of loyalty then we ar
more loyal than two thirds of the Repub lica
editors in the land We wish him to carry
on this war actively and energetic4llv. aud t.
use all the force of the Government to restor
: tranquility to the country. We are for th
;, Union in any event, but never never, in osde
to establish a reputation for patriotism and 10y
ality will we consent to becomea fanaiical Ab0
Iition;st, or like \ \ Barker the advocat
. ofnegro equality. Never like him viii we con
sent to regard a uigger as good. if not
:, great deal batter than an Irishman or
Dutchman.
in With regard to the union or fusion prnpsitio
of about which Mr.. Barker has 50 long a rig
=. marole. we have only to ask, why was it II,
,y made in time? Why did not Motrell an
st Swank bring it before the Democratic Cour
ye ty Convention That would have Indicate
IN honesty and sincerity of motive. Or vi
el- did they not bEicg the matter before the r
lal publican County Convention? The gold,
lr- hour, the accepted time was permitted to ,
ar by unimproved The Republican Conve
ID lion was even more bitterly partisan thar t
,r- Democratic Convention. 1t even went so {
In as to place III nomination a partisan cant
ort date for President Judge, which the Dem
,ut cratic convention did not not do-respcctir
al the commendable desire of Judge Taylor
nix run as an Independent candidate. Messr
he Barker and Harr were the wire pulers
ose that Convention. They controlled it fro
the beginning to end. When both the part
hat had tickets in the field, such immacui;
ely patriots as Morrell, Harr & Barzer beg
i'm to work. They knew that their propositi
the made at the elege,,th hour would receive
ali attention from the Democracy. They OF
as got up their letter as an electioneering hobl
of for the purpose of convincing the peoy
the that the Republican party is bet
ost Union party than the Democracy. ShaG
ty of the patriots who have gone to their
Eho ward, The Republican party a better Uni
po- party than the Democracy After this
ka- will not be surprised to hear that black
the white, and that two and two do not ms
non four. Mr.. Barker seems to think that \
ths Rutledge did not treat Mr.. Harr with pro,