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

endangered by remaining in the Union
They pointed to the John Brown raid and
the sympathy manifested in the North for
the fate of that arch traitor, the resistance
to the execution of the Fugitive Slave Law,
the underground Rail Road, for which Bar
ker was station agent, the personal liberty
lawsand the organization of and triumph Of
4 party in the North. emphatically section
al, and with no principle but open and
avowed hostility to slavery. 1t was argu-
ments like these. furnished to Southern
traitors, by Northern AbolitionistS Of the
Barker School, that enabled them to lead
their fellow citizens astray, and induce
them to madly plunge the country into the
fearful whirlpool of rebellion. But for the
Abolitionists, the Southern demagogucs
would have been destitute of arguments to
| induce the mass of their fellow citizens to
assist them in their efforts to build up a
! great Southern Confcderacy. The efcre, We
repeat, the Abo!itionists must bear at least
! one half of the blame Of bringing on our be-
loved country. the horrors of civil war.
When the old Rhinoceros first became a
resident OF this county, he was proud Of be-
| ing an Abolitionist, and supposed he would
encou:er but little difficulty in inoculating
the mountaineers with his fanatical notions
| Mr.. Samuel Styles who has known him well
/ for years, informs us that he was q crazy
Abolitionist, while a resident Of the State of
Maine and delighted on all occasions in de-
Tending and propigating the principles Of
that party. He labored zcalously in Sam
boe's cause in this county, until recently -
! Being impudent and egotistical enough to
aspire to a seat in Congress, and knowing
well that an Abolitionist cannot be elected in
this di strict, he is now dishonest and incon-
sistcnt enough to deny that he ever was a
disciple of Horace Greeiy, John Brown and
Joshua r Giddings. But the proofs against
him are too abundant and plain tc enable him
to keep the truth in the dark, for even a
single moment. He has not been an obser-
yer of the old adage, that Z" close mouth
makes a wise head" He has talked a
great deal in public, and now that talk Is
raising up in judgement against him.
The Rhinoceros and his deputies, contin-
ne to have great deal to say about John
C, Breckenridge. When we supported
Breckenridge for the Presidency, he was re-
garded as one of the tIuest friends of the
Union in she Nation. If he has since then
fallen from grace, the fault is not ours
We are not his keeper. There are as many
of those who supported Breckenridge, in
, proportion to the vote polled, now in the
army battling for the Union ,as of the friends
/ of Lincoln; and yet Barker contends they are
all traitors. This is Barker's gratitude fol
their patriotism. No man in his eye, is 4
patriot but an A6olitionist. The bravest
Generals now in the army (Butler and Ste
phens for instance) were the leaders of the
; lends of Breckenridge in 1860. And vet
Barker says they are traitors. 1t is not in
| the power of MessrS Barker Geo., to renew
the fight between the Douglas and Brecken
ridge men in this county. The past is past
Weare now brethern, dwelling together III
unity and are determined 10 give the Abo.
2 litionists q thrashing next fall that they vii
p ] lnevcr fo-gct.