Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-01-29
The Rhinoceros Again.

1hS HIEhUCeEOS NS dlhs
The old Mountebank, through his depu- |
ties, last week. again attempted to extermi- |
nate us. He presented to the public a
string of charges against US of about col |
umn in length, which are all as false as the
malicious heart of the scoundrcl who pens
ned them. The charge of disloyality to our
country, has been repeated so often against
US, BY the old Mountebank, who more than
once, since he became a resident of this
county, violated the Constitution of his
country, by assisting run away negro slaves
to escape from their masters, that it has
lost the charm of novelty to ourself and the
public. Those who have Ferused the Demo,
crat and Sentinel since we took charge Of it
know, that the charge is false. We broadly
and boldly proclaim Barker and his depu-
ties to the world, as VILE AND INFA-
NOUS LIARS, in charging us with disloy.
ality to our country. The files of the
Democrat and SENT mel are in this Office, and
open to the inspection of all. We dare any
man to lay his fins er on any line, paragraph
or article which ever appeared in our col
umns, sauctioning, approving or encoura-
trary, we have from the first condemned
and opposed it with all the ability we could
ommand. On th point we have the tes-
timony of the AUeghanjan itself In a NUNS
Der of that paper last May, the following
paragraph appeared
CFronl the AUeghanidn Of Nay 2f 1S6l.)
Our contemporary. the Blairsville Journal
classes our much esteemed neighbOr the
DeHi s. Sent, as a " Secession Journal, :"
and says it still hangs out the g Rattlesnake
Flag" and encourages rebellion. Although
the course of our friend is Oft-timeeS exceed
ingly scalv, we think that in the matter Of
Union rs Disunion he Is eminently sound.
But you may speak for yourself johnny
set Yourself right on the journal.
There is the testimony of the gentlemen
who control the AUeydanian against their
present charges. It had not at that time
yet become necessary, for certain political
purposes, to charge Us with disloyality-
That was an after thought. When they
charge US with disIoyality, they eat their
own words. With regard to the charge
that we regard negroes as byutes, we never
thought, said or wrote anything Of the kind.
But we do contend that Nature never in
tended them to enjoy in this country, the
rights of the whits race, or minglc in socic-
ty as their equals We are opposed to Che
amalgamation of the two races, and are also
opposed to assisting runaway slaves in es-
Gaping from their masters. We believe
they are better off as slaves in the Southern
States, than as a degraded and on cast race
in the North. We think there is neither
treason or disloyality in these views-thc
opinion of old Barker to the contrary not,
withstanding. If we were in favor Of bring
ing Buck Niggers to the tables of public ho-
tells, to eat along with white men; if we
were willing to assist niggers in escaping
from their masters; if we regarded old
ourself to the world as an Abolitionist from
the crown of our head to the soles of oui
feet, Mr. Barker and his deputies would re,
gard us as a first class patriot. But because
we will not,t they denounce US as a renegad,
and traitor.
We have always regarded the presen
rebellion as the offsring of Northern Abo
itionism and Southern treason. Both par
ties are equally to blame But for then
We would still be happy and united peo-
pie. Barker is, and always has been al
Abolitionist Therefore he must bear hi
share of the infamy of bringing about th'
insurrection. He is in heart and soul
traitor and enemy of his country, An Alb
oltionist is no worse than Southern trai
tor. but he IS no better. 1t was the AbOli
tionists who furnished che Southern traitor
and demagogues with arguments to conviDc
their fellow citizens, that thci- rights wer