North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-10-25
ruNKHANNocK, Pa
Wednesday, Oct. IS. 1865
The Party Of ."Great moral Ideas.'


This immaculate party has again illustrated
its boosted purity by it's choice OF george
Landon, the preacher politician of tonnage
tax celebrity, as its representative 10 'he
Senate of Pennsylvania. Probably not a
single voter who contributed TO this result
doubted for one moment that Landon's sud-
den conversion to the side of the tonnage
tax repeal was accomplished by force of the
seven thousand reasons that the Vice Pres
idenSof the Penn'a. Rail Road Co., was then
and there furnishing, out Of funds that ac-
tually belonged to the State. for the enlight-
eminent of such senator's and representatives
as needed such appliances to enable them to
appreciate the great excellence Of the mon
strous swindle. Less than seven thousand
leasons were not enough to convince Sena.
tor whose opposition to the measure had
been. 90 strenuous, and whose denuncIatioDs
of the whole scheme as a grand fraud that
was being accomplished by the most shame.
less bribery and corruption, had been so pub,
lie and SO frequent, even up to the very hour
of bis sudden conversion, as had been those
of the pious senator whose immaculate purl-
~ has been again endorsed by the party OF
''great moral ideas" .' ... 5g. .a
THe'evidence that has been made public
of Labdon's connection with that abomina-
tion'is 80 Overwhelming that no intelligent
voter acould possibly entertain rational
doubt of II and yet there is much evidence,
more damning still against the Judas who
solds his State for seven thousand pieces of
silver, to which comparatively little publicity
has been given, on account of motives of
delicacy on part'of the witnesses.
Blu. what comment upon the honesty
Apd integrity Of the party that supported
bims! party that arrogates all the purity Of
motive, and all the patriotism that it has
pleased God to vouchsafe to mankind. This
party selects this creature stained and black
ene1 all over with the reproach and disgrace
Of his connection with this great public
swindle, swndle that he, himself, declared
over and over again was being perpetrated
by means Of wholesale bribery and corrup
tion, as its representative in the senate, the
very scene of the nonstrous public outrage
that be there helped to consummate. With
the brand still upon his brow, staiu that
is patent to every eye, be is yet sustained
aud supported by his party and his church.
But we desire TO do no injustice to the repub-
licans in those Districts that cast him Of
Especial honor to Blaintrim and Northmore
land townsh ps that refused Ito v recognize
the right Of -iheir party to bind them like
slaves to the support Of a corrupt dema.
gogua who had already betrayed and sold
them. In view of the fact that in This Sen
atorial District, wherein the republican will
10 supreme, no man can be found to represent
it except one who vainly seeks TO cover up
the abominabie deformity, and to disguise
the putrid stencil Of q rotten reputation un-
der tho garb of pr:estly sancllty, We feel like
thanking God that there are some townships
in which that party hae declined to prostrate
itself before the Juggernaut of party despot-
isms We feel like awarding ample credit to
those republicans who thus refused TO trample
honor. truth, and self respect in the dust at
the bidding of the oligarchy that manipuates
and controls their party machinery. They
have proven that they are the kind Of men
to whom the interests of the State may be
safely. committed. Though they differ with
the democracy upon many questions ofpubIc
policy, they have proven their honesty; and
and in the hands oil an honest people, the
country aud it's institutions will be safe, how
ever they may differ upon questions oi
expediency. Had the entire republican
party Bseu composed of men like these, the
multhudinous evils that have followed its
triumph aud attended its disastrous reign
would have been avoided, and the country
would DOW be as prosperous and happy, and
the public burdens as light as they were when
that party first came into power
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