The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-03-24

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id and calm as the aspirations of ambi
tions politicians would permit them to be
have, at last, become turbid and rough
The under-stirring to which they have
been subject, for year or more, has had
its effect, and aspirants for the three
thousand dollars per annum and mileage,
can no longer see their way as clearly as
they once could This is a source Of
trouble to them; and yet they have nc
one to blame for it but themselves. Hut
ter and johnson of Northampton, - OF
Carbon, Rowland and Nyce of Pike, and
Burnett, of Monroe each had hand in
the stirring; not for his own dlscommod-
ing, but to hinder the man whom he con-
sidered his most dangerous opponent
from seeing the drift of his political per-
ambulations. Nor was it the design to
ruf1e the surface of the waters; but Nyce,
Of Pike, seeing an undoubted intention
to 'play smart" upon him, conceived the
happy thought of "finging brick
through the columns of the Milford Her
ald, merely to let the smart ones know
that he was "around," and had an eye
upon them Nyce thought to let the brick
fall on the shore merely, but he undera-
ted his strength, and was himself scared
by the splash he made.
1t is marvellous to observe the honor
which exists among politicians; and we
do not remember to have seen this honor
SO apparent on any occasion, as it now
looms upon the surface. 1t is an un-
doubted truth, that the next congress
sional term belongs to little Pike-thc
smallest, and weakest sister Of the 11th
District, and, we had almost said, the most
benighted, too,-and yet the truth is e.
qually undoubted that each one of the
larger sisters has aspirations after the con-
grcsSional loaves aud fishes; and each one
is willing to join the politicians of mother
Northampton in conspiracy to cheat
poor little Pike. And if all we have
heard be true, even politicians of little
Pike are willing, for consideration in
the future, to become co-conspirators a.
gainst her; the onl ly stick in the matter
being as to whether Hutter or Johnson
carries most strength in Northampton.
The mother of counties appears to be
the great bug bear of the realm. Her
politicians are undoubted cormorants in
their line; and will yield nothing so long
as they can make anything by holding
on. They see good chance for dicker
in the congressional contest, and we are
willing to 60 "hell' full of old type
that they will manage to come off first
best, always. 1t is working towards that
way now. Hutter, to the great disquiet
of the peace and dignity of some of our
politicians, who thought they could have
managed just as well without him, chung
his banner on the outer WALL" during his
perambulations through this county last
fall; and now johnson sticks out his sign
for reelection. The politicians Of the
other counties have somehow come to
feel that nothing can be done without
the aid of one or the other of these wor-
thies, and so each aspiring genious sets
himself to work to secure their aid Hut
ter and johnson both know this and
hence we have rumor upon rumor of bar
gain and sale by which Northampton is
to be tickled now, and some other county
next time, while poor little deluded and
benighted Pike is to be thrust out into
the cold, and left shivering there. This
is heartless and cruel in the extreme, but
there is no help for it. "Heads win
tails you lose," is a game not played alone
for the value OF penny; even politicians
hug it and nurse it as an easy means of
success-a stepping stone to seat among
,he wise acres at Washington.
In the Congressional contest just such
game is now going on; Carbon is cahog-
ing with Northampton, and SO is Monroe,
md SO is Wayne. And for what? First
% break little Pixies neck, and, next to
cheat each other 1t is already whitfield
Town to point, that if nothing else will
10 it, johnson is to be reelected, or Hut
er elected, as one or the other shows the
strongest hand, in consideration Of sup
port to be afforded two years hence to Ell
her Carbon, or Monroe or Wayne, each
county expecting to be the favored one,
While Pike will be left to stand, as she has
stood in the division of this
particular spoil, good enough for vote,
'ut not good enough for the loaves. and