The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1866-09-27
THE DEMOCRACY.

was pig cay lOr Inc democracy
Clymer was here, and the democracy IN all
its glory turned out to meet him, 10 greet
him, and to hear him. There was to have
been n grand time, with men on horse hack, |
men in wagons and men on foot; and the
morning opened auspiciously for such dis
play, but the display didn't make its ap
pearance Marshais were to have been
mounted on gaily caparisoned horses, with
gaiy trimmed batons, but the marshals did
mt mount, and the mass, for want of leader.
ship, rambled hilher and thither, pel-meil,
and helter-skelter, displaying at once The
discordance of the democratic element and
the independence of the great unterrlhed-
jackson was here in all the glory OF six
| horse tea m, and one or two other of thet own
ships mustered four horses, but from all
! was missed the enthusiasm, which is a ma
tural attendant upon gatherings of men,
when the hope or certa inty of success gov
erns the crowd
| About noon the band struck up lively air,
when the six-horse team, and the four-horse
teams started, and the crowd of the faithful
rushed towards the depot on a search after
the great-to-he-defeated- Hester Ciy-
mer,-who was to crown the proceedings of
the day with a serio-politico dying speech.
a search of an hour smoked out the martyr
to his Iebellious spirit and teachings, and
about one o'clock, the band, and the six-horse
team, and the four-horse teams, and the
crowd and Hester came up the street and
halted in front of Marsh's hotel, when the
parade was dismissed, and the would be gov
ernor housed, to rest and secure himself for
the labors of the afternoon. About this time
the heavens commenced weeping most pite-
ously over the folly of men, in attempting to
stem the stern decree, tha: patriotism "a
lone can rule the land;'' and they continued
to weep, notwithstanding the prayerful aspi-
rations and democratic "d-n-its," which min
! gled together in strange confusion, for the
coming of sunshine and pleasantness, until
night threw her curtain over the wo-begone
faces of the leaders which greeted one at
every turn.
At about three o'clock, during ull in the
rain, Hies,er was escorted to the Court
House, where for about two hours he labor
cd in the uphill task Of whi,ewashing bis
record. 1t was labor in vain, however, for
both the facts and the elements were against
him. His career as a Senator was one oi
open affiliation with treason and traitors, and
open opposition TO the efforts of loyal men to
strengthen the hands of the government
and his endeavors TO slather The whtewasl
of patriotism over his political biackness
were checked by the knowledge OF the ma
jority of those who listened, and were wash
ed out by the fury OF the unrelenting storm
Hester was nervous, excita bic, and testy.-
The chatter of little boys disturbed him, and
: the umbrellas of men Tho stood in the storm
} before him. who were willing TO listen, bu
t not to be drowned even for him, - proved
n CALLING 10 him. Truth, as a wall of ror
stood before him, and his efforts to pierce thi:
with the silly prevarications, which proveC
B TO be his only ammunition, so soured him, tha
IA u,
Gods sake" which escaped his lips, when
beautiful boquet was thrust into his fact
+ after his say was concluded, and The though
e of further ceremony crossed his discoura get
brain. We pitied the man.-We had expec
o ted much from what we had heard of Demo
cratic bo1stings over the 'Great Hieste
Clymer,-his talent, his honesty and his elo
quence, but we found neither in him. Plaii
unvarnished truth annihlates his sophistrie
:, and his statements, and his speech, weak il
its every point of view, will prove his owl
most certain condemnation. His bearin,
Ie was the best evidence that he labored with
out hope, and the whole conduct of the maj
here was testimonial of the overwhelmin,
defeat which awaits him on the 9th of DC
tober. He was pleased with the assurance
which he received while on the stand - c
ie 1000, then $500. and then 5000 ma jorit
~ IN Monroe, but he had no faith In them, an
g was but returning tickle for tickle, or hit 70
hit, when, in turn, he promised 5000
~ majority for himself in the State. In til
;" evening Mr.. Clymer visited Mt. Bethel, bu
he had become SO completely worn out wit
:: his whitcwashing labors of the afternoon
that he did not essay speech.
The meeting in point OF numbers was
y. democratic success of moderate dimension.
but we are greatly out in our guess if, in i,
results, the success does not lay with Geary
e. the Union, and the great Republican part
n. of the country.
,e bI- The meeting at the Geary Gu