The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-11-07
From the Monroe Democrat.
WEsTFALL, Oct. 2ad. 1861.

o your truly Democratic Journal, in de
ience of myself and friends.
! A dirty little smut NJ achine which dis
: graces the name Of one of the noblest .
;, triots that ever lived. BY placing it ct it
head. has been making charges sgain.
;. not only my political but private o6arao
ter some time past.
1t commenced by making specific cb al r.
ges, but on my Offering one hundred dol.
lars to be used for the benefit of the vo,
men and children Of the brave soldier.
who had left Monroe County. to defend
their Country's Flag In case did not
prove them to be false, provided its Edi.
tor. or any other man would place the
same amount with it to be used for the
same purpose. in case did SO prove them
1t changed its tactics and went to making
insinuations instead of direct charges.
Before the election l expected nothips
else. but l supposed that when the pay
ceased, the fight would cease, like the
Hessians of 1915. But thinking perhaps
1t had not we'll earned its money and bav.
log small spark of conscience lett, it vol.
unteers to give me parting salute, and
says 1t Is pity that a man who has ex-
pressed sympathy with the rebels should
be elected, &c. Now it is we'll known
that have denied those charges 10 pub
lio meetings. on different occasions and
have requested it as favor to have any
one speak and say when, where or what
any one present bad ever heard me saw
to justify such reports. and although sur.
rounded By those would purely IN axe the
charges ln my absence. on such occasions.
Balams Ass had always lost the gift.
And now as this is the last time I shall
annoy the public With this matter, | will
say once for all that the man that ever
said | bad Secession Flag on % y house,
that [ ever was his.ed out of a public
meeting in Hawley, or that l had been
biped there at all, or been at any such
meeting, or that | ever cheered at the fall
of Fort Sumpter, or at the defeat Of Bull
Ron, that | ever ordered my brother to
keep an open house on those occasions, or
that | ever wished the success of the Reb-
els. that ever justified their course, in
short ever expressed sympathy with them
is scoundrel. a william, q liar and worse
than thief, slanderer.
Now lest sny one nigh: think iute nd
TO charge John C. Westbrook, with em.
ploying such .curriIous eonte 10 ptible in.
e Efficient instrument to advance his politi-
sal interests. | will say consider bin to
high minded, upright and honorable a
zeDtlem man. and with all to sagacous to be
guilty of any such thing, nor do hold
1im responsible for the acts of some of
ri. pretended political friends.
Perhaps some may think am using
-atber strong language against my ira.
iucers. Butler in his Hudebras tells Us:
Men oft prove it by their practice,
No argument like matter of fact is;
And we are always hes! led to
Mems principles by what they do" {
And now | will make short state ment
4 my real position in regard to our Ma
ional troubles.
Prior to the fall of Fort Sompter. like Q
l, Union men | was in favor of the Crit. S
endeD Compromi.e, and so we're the con- '
creative Republicans of this section q
And even after that sad affair was anx- Z
ous for National Convention, not from s
ympsthy for the Rebels 10 the entirely '
njust6able aud unconstitutional course 8
hey were pursuing, but sympathy for {
q ankiBd at large, and from anxiety to
ave our Republican Government, the ter
ible ordeal of perhaps Psloponesian !
Var. I
Who is there that has one spark of bu-
pan feeling in bis breast and has read the =
istory of the civil wars of France and o
iermsny, the wars of the Roses 10 Eng. a
and. &c, that would not sacr6ce some
hing of his individual opinion to people C
'ho although most certainly wrong in try
,g to overthrow government which bad
ever dlve-ted them of right. yet it bad q
allen into the hands of party who bad "
ade Helpers Book the Shibboleth of b
,eir faith and would rather see the Union u
nan the Chicago platform perish.
But with the ultinatum Of Davis that
otting but independence would satisfy s.
,em. | abandoned all hope Of peaces. z
Ie recou-tructloD, end concluded that our II
My chance of preserving our institutions, !.
ss in vigorous and unanimous prose. |,
utiou of the war. y
And what kind of unanimity do We II
I'D. While some of the Republican pa @
ers are sustaining Honest Old Abe" in e.
10 conservative course. he has seen fit
adopt others like the New York lNDE "
ENDENT and TRIBUNE are pitching into y
i'm for not allowing Fremont to jana
size Missouri, and some call him the a
Slave Hound of Illinois" l
Aud where do we fnd our worthy lit.
Q Tittlebat Titmouse Of the JEFFERso- II
IAN. Like bewildered goose lost in K
", be pitches end dives about. and 81
,uscks out "Secession." at every one J
} at does not see 6t to consider the Union
iders so. many hippocrites specially cent Il
deliver eur country from all its ills. b
Perhaps you can tell me friend De- 81
Dung Why it is that this modern Achill. Ii
is yet among you aud not of to Dix. ?