Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-09-18

greSSIOnal Voyage-tnat ne, the aIOreSaIu NIL
Morrell, would certainly be the candidate OF the
the fusionists for Congress next year
Well, if nexorable fate hath decreed, that
this district shall be represented by kepuoll-
can in Congress during the next term, we would
as leave see Mr.. Morreli elected as any other
man that has yet been named. Being one OF
the proprietors of the '' Cambria Iron Works."
he is of course deeply interested In the iron busl
ness. and would therefore be sound on the Tariff;
and his recent pilgrimage to Ebensburg proves,
that. with the exception of Swank & Harr, he
is the only radical Union man in the County.
The letter from Mr.. Harr, to Mr.. Rutledge.
Chairman of the Democratic County committee,
is very extraordinary document. 1t requests
Mr. Rutled &c, among other things, to join him,
tn aforesaid NJ. s. Harr, in issuing call tor
County Convention, to be composed of an equal
number of Democratic and Republican delegates,
whose duty it shall be to place in nomination
County ticket dividing the Offices between the
two partes-share and share alike. The nomi-
nation of such a ticket would it seems, do much
towards restoring the Union to its prestine Sig-
or and also probably, enable certain renegade
! politicians, and broken down party hacks, to get
| into office an event which can never occur
while parties remain as they now are.
| 1t is unnecessary for us to say to anv man that
is at all acquainted with the customs and rules of
| political parties, that Mr. Rutledge does not by
virtue of his position as Chairman of the Dem
ocratic County Committe, possess the power TO
! enter into an arrangement of the kind proposed
| in Mr.. Harris letter. The Convention which ap-
pointed the Committee of which he is Chairman,
before doing so, placed in nomination ticket
| 1t did not invest Mr.. Rutledge with power to
Withdraw that ticket at his pleasure, or TO call
Convention to get up ticket in opposition to it.
1t is the duty of the Committee, as good Demo
Gratis to labor honestly and zealously 20 elect
it. If a vacancy should occur in the ticket by
death, resignation otherwise, it would be for
the Committee to say how that vacancy should
be filled. Aside from this, they possess no au-
thority or control over it. Mr.. Rutledge there
fore. very properly, rejected Mr.. Hairs propo-
sition, without giving it even a moments
consideration.
The truth is, the whole arrangement locks
like an ingenious humbug, intended to throw
&c dust in the eyes, of the people. If Mr.. Nor
rell intended to mako the proposal for fusion
of the two parties in good faith, why did he de-
lay doing so until the eleventh hour-until each
party had placed County ticket in the field?
Why did not he and Col. Swank present their
proposition to the Democratic County Conven-
| ton or if they were too modest to do that why
did they not bring it before the Republican
County Convention? Why did they wait un-
til there were two tickets in the field and the
campaign half over. before they moved in this
matter? They discovered perhaps when it was
too late that there was no earthly chance of ell
ecting their ticket, and the nomination of fus-
ion ticket alone would secure for the Republican
party, share of the loaves and fishes at the
approaching election. 1t is ridiculous to suppose,
that the Democracy after placing in nomination
an excellent and available ticket, would with
draw it, and fuse with party whose sectional
principles they have always loathed and despis-
ed. They are not disposed to this. in order to
accommodate Morrell, Swank and their clique
1t is not true, as has been publicly asserted.
that the Republican party unanimously desire
fusion with the Democracy of this County,
The action of the Republican County Convent
ion proves exactly the contrary. We have heard
a number of prominent Republicans say. that
they are we'll satisfied with their County ticket.
and wish to stand by the landmarks of their
party. They therefore desire no union with
the Democracy. But for Swank and Harr. il
might be said of Mr.. Morrell that, il this matter
he is,
'' The last rose Of summer
Left blooming alone.''
The Cambria Democracy, belong to a party
that has always been true to .he Union-whose
principles are emphatically national ond conser.
gative, and which has given all the aid and COM
fort in its power, to asst st Mr.. Lincoln, to crush
the Southern rebellion. They think they can
perform their whole duty as patriots without
abandoning their party and its principles, in or
| der to obIge his high mightiness Daniel j.
Morrell, and in obedience to his orders uniting
and coalesing with party whose principles they
despise. 1t has been asserted that the RepubI;-
, cans in almost every County in the State. where
: they have majority, have fused with the De-
f mocracy. This is untrue. We need only name
such Republican Ccunties as, Indiana, Somerset
Blair, Alleghaney, Philadelphia, Armstrong &c.
where straight out Republican tickets have been
placed tn nomination.
Of cou rse in arudiug to this matter, we are
actuated by no unkind feelings towards Mr., Nor
, rell. We believe him to be an honest. useful
and energetic citizen But as a politician, W
think he is little too much disposed, to RELY on
and Overrate the influence he is able to WELD. as
one ofthe prop-ietors and managers of one of the
largest manufacturing establishments in the State
+ We understand that he has boasted. thai
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