The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-03-20

cliff have better answered your purpose
and as to the sunshine, don't the Tonnage
tax vote satisfy you that it was all moon
slime !? 1 feel anxious, indeed, to see how
YOU will dispose of his case in your next
| issue.
Time works wonders. I am informed
on what [ consider reliable authority, that
JONATHAN OLDBUcK is actually candi-
date for the Senate But few years
since JONATHAN was ''an old-line Whig
then, for very brief space Of time, he
was Black Republican; and then he
became what is far worse than both these
together, Douglasite; and nor, 1t seems,
he is candidate, and that too for an i'm
portant Democratic nomination. When
will wonders cease How are you gong to
meet this question, Charles L hope yoo
will DO your duty All / can say'is, that
we ought to hit those who have always
been lighting us. If we are to give ali
our places Of trust and profit to new-hedged
| Democrats, and thrust all our old stand
! bys aside, we may as well abandon our
organization at once, and break up in
row. What say you, Charles? Am L
not right? l feel sure that JONATHAN
nomination would be bitter pill for you
! BRECKINRIDGER to swallow. But JON
ATTAIN is good at sugar coating, and If
he compels you to take the dose, L hope
you will all do so with as good grace as
possible.
l notice with much pleasure that you
continue to give ''the great Apostle OF
Liberty all the way from the State OF
Maine" an occasional big lick. You seem
determined to make it appear that he Is
ian Abolitionist from the crown Of his
head to the soles of his feet" Take care,
Charles, that you don't overdo the thing.
1t may turn out, as our friend JEFF. DA-
Wis said Of the Southern Confederacy, that
Won have undertaken to do more than you
can successfully accomplish. BY the way,
who are those fellows whose certificates
you published last week, iii regard to the
Chest Springs speech That was the
first intimation [ ever had that such NOR
tails were in existence. Who are they
and where do they live and who wrote
the certificates? and did they know what
they were signing? 1t is remarkably
strange, indeed, what a penchant some
me1, have for notoriety, and what an APP
petite for getting their names bato print
But so 1t Is.
Between you and me, privately, Charles,
there is a great difference between Re
publican and an Abolitionist. [ am we'll
satisfied BARKER never was an Aboh-
zionist, and l think all who know him
are Of the same opinion. Still it is well
enough foE you to keep that idea before
the people, as it may have tendency to
iniure his chances for Congress. But, as
said before, take care that you don't
overdoo the thing. l am aware that our
friend TRAUGH, whose weather-cock poll
tics | never liked, but who undoubtedly
considers himsel: one Of the snartest men
Of the age, speaks fippantly of BARKER
recent article proving that he is not an
Aboliticnist but Republican. And he
asks BARKER to tell the difference be-
tween twecdle dunn and tweedle dee
Now BARKER may. not be as good az re-
tort as | am. but if 1 were asked to tell
the difference" [ would answer unhesi-
tatingly that as for you, Charles, | consid-
er you tweed!e dee, and as for TRAUGH,
well, | consider him tweedle dumb.
! / see, by your last paper, that our old
friend MoRDECAI has finally consented to
/ leave this world, aud become a candidate
! for Congress. Your structures on the
step which he has taken are very caustic
and severe. In looking over his letter.
nay eye rested on number Of grammat-
ical errors, and they very naturally CON
! irmed a previous opinion Of mine that
"MoRDECAI is not much of a scholar
[ have often wondered, Charles, that you,
who are in the habit of Boosting that
|. your ''best days were spent in teaching
! School,, should permit So many mistakes
! to 90 forth in your paper without correc-
ton Speaking Of teaching School leads
me to suggest, that if it be consistent
with your notions of things, you ought to
! 90 back TO that business, as 1 know of no
one better qualified than yourself to keep
company with children.
| | have been somewhat surprised that
| MoRDECAI did not inform me of his iu-
tehtion to be candidate. l have lust re-
ceived letter from him, penned in his
usual style, out in which he was entirely
mum on that subject He gave me some
items Of news, however, which were in
| tensely interesting. Among other things,
he stated, that, after your paper had come
| out last week, you were 50 delighted with
the many good things which it contained,
that, in conformity with an ancient Gus
tom OF yours, you proceeded to take on a