The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-04-02
HIss of the viper No. 2.

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In accordance with arrangement, that
class of our fellow citizens~who delight to
sail under the euphonious but lack-lustre
title Of democracy" net at the. Court
House, on Saturday evening, to perfect
their. organization known as democratic
I Club" But few persons were present;
indeed, had it not been for the array of
Unionists who attended TO see what they
would see and hear what they could hear,
{ the meeting would have been limited TO a
Gerry "beggarly account of empty boxes"
: As it was, it proved farce fzse in the
strictest sense of the. word. The good,
honest, har6-f listed yeoulaary of little Cam
bria cannot be inveiglcd into any such
ENHANCEMENT as the one here proposed
there's no use coaxing them, and they
will not be driven.
MICHAEL HAssoN, Esq, took the CHAIR,
which he filled, as he is able to fill, with
sneatness, perspicuity and to advantage. He
stated the object of the meeting in SONG
happy and well chosen remarks, and sat
down.
The first thing on the programme was
the report of the Committee on Constitu-
tion, etc. Gen. JoE M'DoNALD acted as
chairman of the Committee, and read the
:. documents. To the best of our recollec-
ttion, they were voluminous, positive,
dissatisfied, high sounding and radically
ridicuious-to the effect that the objects
of. the Club to be formed were, the
dissemination and inculcation of true Dem
'ocratic doctrine, and the promotion Of the
election of Democratic candidates. All of
which was agreed to as eminent!y adyisa-
blein the present juncture by unanimous
voice.
The preliminaries over, an opportunity
was afforded some of the politicians -'as
could speak" to u16urden themselves
The name Of p S. NOOK, Esq, was sug-
gestcd as that of gentleman whose elo-
quence should first burst upon the ears
of the assembled auditory, aud break the
silence which was fast beginning to hang
as a heavy spell around. So Mr.. Neon
it was.
The speaker contepded that the Con
scription Law lately passed by Congress is
unconstitutional-tha it conflicts with
that dar,ing hobby of the Democracy and
the Traitors of the South, State Rights.
This was his opinion, and so believing, he
was fernenst draft but, should the
Supreme Court decide otherwise, he for
one was willing to submit. Manly and
and honorable, SO FAR. He touched brief
ly on The ANegzaniiaa, and asserted that the
main object of that journal at present was
to stir up old feuds between the friends
respectively of DouGLAs and BREeKIN-
RIDGE-feu9s srhtch sho,:la never hare eris-
tel! What are nc to understand from this?
That the DoGgla men were wrong In
dissolving partnership with the Lecompt-
on members of ethe firm ? or that the
Breckinridgcrs monopolized the infamy
Of that undertaking? If this feud which
resulted in a split Of the Democratic
party SnOuiu uefci IIaNc cAiSiSu, -tAlStl
must either the Douglas or else the
BreckiGridge faction come down from the
high perch it has been so long occupying,
and humble itself IN the dust for forgive
ness. Which shall it be ? Dir: n made
use of one expression which we could not
quite understand. We forget the connec-
tion, but it was to the effect that "the
South had taken up arms too soon I" Too
soon for what? Is this a covert threat
that had the South only waited short
time, it would have found friends enough
in the North to have protected it from
violence and seen it through in its strug-
gle for ideal greatness ?-or does it mean
that they should have waited until after
the next Presidential election before |
seeding, SO as to have voted for the
Democratic nominee ?--or was it all |
ldpsus 7ing,a e-or achate We ask for
information.
r. L. JOHNSTON, Esq, next beamed |
fsrth in bis usual good -natured style, |
dividing his attention pretty equally be-
tweeH the, Constitution. OF the United
States aqd Tho .Aueqhaaian:. lie seemed !
% iitnE We d;a him injustice in our