Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-09-03
BY SAMUEL J. ROW
CLEARFIELD. PA, sEPT'R 8, 1891
PEOPLES UNION STATE TICKET.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL
III o N. T III I'M AS E. COCHRAN
OF YORK COUNTY,
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL.
HON. Will L M s. ROSS,
OF LUZERNE COUNTY.
A NEW MONSTER.

The old United States Bank, as cotempo-
rary remarks, was in its day an invaluable in
stitution to the Democratic party. 1t was made
to serve as scape-goat for all the evils, real
and imaginary, to which the country was sub
ject. If anything went wrong, there was al
ways that unfortunate bank, or its ghost, rea-
dy to be pitched into for it. Long after it
was dead and buried, politicians drummed "a
way upon its hide, and probably they would
be pounding it yet, had not the ingenuity of
some one among them conceived the idea that
poor, lucklesa ssabolition'' would be hobby
which would not tire Or die by constant rid
ing and the scientific and disciplined man.
ner in which it, ever since, has been used by
that party, determines clearly the correctness
Of the inventors conclusions. If Demo
cratic Convention was held, it adopted, as
matter of course, resolutions breathing fire
and death against s'abolitionism. lfa DEM
ocratic office. seeker, from President down to
a borough or township constable, had any
thing to say on political topics, he at orce
went to demolishing "abolitionism. If a
Democratic newspaper editor wanted theme
to preach about, he straightway exhorted "a
gainst sabolitionism.'' The discussion OF the
tariff, free-trade, protection, currency, bank
ing, finance, revenue, or any OF the other prac-
tical topics connected with government, was
avoided if possible, for whoever undertook it
was sure to get into trouble and lose friends
by it /; but as to ssabolitionism,' nobody cares
for it--everybody is afraid of it--no one is
willing to own thence it was safe to fight
that, and SO it has been catching it, right and
left, in season and out of it, for decade or
two of years. But there seems to be no kill
ling it off! In 1850, the champions of Demo-
cracy pretended to throttle it by compromise.
In 1854, they feigned to choke it with the
Kansas-N ebraska Bill. And now we find an
other desperate onslaught made upon it by
Mr.. Francis W. Hughes, the Chairman OF the
new light Breckinrdge-Val Vallandigham Demo-
cratic State Central Committee. Two long
epistles, in the shape of Addresses, has he is
sued against the s'demon of abolitionism, %
threatening its existence; and recently he
sent these, accompanied by letter, to Hon.
VIM. H. Seward, Secretary of State, asking
him to exert himself at influencing MIR. Lin
coin and his Administration to use all the
power of the Government to crush out this
new monster, which he seems TO think more
dangerous to the Union, and to the Govern
ment, than JEFF. Davis and his Rebel Army
This letter certainly presents curious SCRAP
of political history, as we'll as showing clearly
the purposes and inclinations of the so-called
Democratic leaders; and as such We print il
in our columns, Con FIRST page.) together with
Mr.. Stewards reply, which is the sharpest re
buke which we have yet seen administered tt
q semi traitor since the war began.