Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1867-05-15
THE PRINTING,

The Republican devOtcs a column and
a half last week to abuse of the publish
ers of the SENTINEL, Register, and Den,-
ocrat because when the test came it ap-
peaIed the last named papers had three
times the subscribers in this county the
Republican even claimed to have. For
months the Repa5lican has been publish
ing to the world the bold unblushing lie
that il had the largest circulation in the
county, and now when they are SO pub
licly proven liars they, in order to hide
their shame, charge that everybody sworc
to false list but themselves In this
community such a charge comes with a
bad grace from Sore Heels Davis or Beefy
Allison, for every Nan knows either would
swear to lie for drink of whisky. The
law required the list to be sworn 90 All
the publishers but Allison and Davis fur
nished their list sworn 20, and it was not
noticed that theirs was not sworn to until
after the decision was made, and when the
trick was found out the Commissioners re-
qulred them to swear to their list and as
Davis happened to be not SO druak as Al
liscn SO soon after dinner he had to swear.
Now, every one knows that for weeks AL.
EsOn and Davis have been coaxing men to
allow their names to go on their list for
only :wo weeks or month, saying they
would charge them Only five or teD cents,
but they would not ask them TO pay it
Every decent man almost refused, but
without their consent they pu. on hun
dreds Of names. In order to get Dem
ocrat's name free of charge, only to swell
their list, they would tell him il was to
cut out the SENTINEL. To Republican
lhey would come Logging and say it was
only TO cat out the Register or Democrat.
But it would not win, and with all thei,
viilainy they could only raise 49, names,
and we will challenge them to-day to prove
that they have l5O actual yearly paying
subscribers in the county. There are not
in this county out of either party that
many men who would read their paper or
who would allow it to pollute their family
by its presence. The boast of daily get
ting subscribers and the aid of decent
men in extending their circulation is all
bosh and miserable lies, as they are despi-
sed by every true Republican, and are
oniy encouraged by few sore-hcad Cop
perheads who have no influence in their
party and who are Liiisrcgarded by the pub
iishers Of the Register aud Democrat.
They say the bill in regar,. to The print
Ing was passed quietly in the last days Of
the session through the influence OF Gel.
Patterson. Now, the public well know
that weekly the columns of the RepuJH
can ever since It started have tccmed with
vile personal abuse Of Col. 2. In this
community where both parties are known
II only if possible adds to the infamy OF
E.lison and Davis, while the contempt
VII which if is treated by Col Patterson
reflects credit upon himself, and increases
tle confidence and respect for him enter
tanned by his numerous friends. Every
positive, decided. generous man like him
must have enemies, and no doubt the
weekly Billingsgate Of drunken black
guards like Allison and Davis against
hi;n cntertains them, but Col. Patterson
never has regarded the opiuion of his en-
erlies and they will find he has friends
enough to support him whenever requir-
ed. We say this much simply because it
is due to him and because we have been
urged week after week By the Republicans
all over the county to reply to their al
facks upon Col. Patterson, but he has al
ways requested US to make no defence, as
he disregarded such black guards as those
who sympathized with them. In this
case We do it because they blame him for
the passage Of this law, and if he did
will not every one say lie should punish
them when in his power?
The Printing Bill was read in the House
in February last, regularly passed, wcn,
to the Senate and passed in its order. Ii
was two months before the Legislature
No one tried to conceal it. The title a,,