The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-01-23

was DOuOu anu is IL SJIdIS6 Iudl IL lay pow
erless along the land the victim of Petty ty-
ranny 1t was only Sansos submitting his
invincible locks 20 be confined by the fingers
of Deilah with the pin of Weaver's beam
And oh how faithfully the old partriarcn its
history when he prophesied the fortunes of
his unworthy child Issacher is a strong ass
COUGHING down between two budens and he
saw that rest was good and the land that it
was pleasant and he bowed his Shoulder to
bear and Became servant to tribute But
these seasons of Patient Sufferance do not
always last and long periods of torpid qui-
escence are succeeded by awful reactions it
is this moment when public opinion changes
this turning of the tide that is the Sublime
moment in the annals of nations its step is
as the tread of a flood that leaves its bed and
its march it is rude Desolaton and here in
the West it is at the bidding of Public opin-
ion that liberty has unrolled the sky of
Half the Globe for her star spangled banner
it is at the same high mandate that Science
throws across our Rushing Streams her tri-
umphant arches yokes together with CYCLIC
pean architecture the ever lasting hills and
then leads over their giddy SUBMITS the
peaceful careVan of commerce But with all
its splendid triumphs 1t is still an unsteadfast
and tVrbulant principle as unconstant as an =
/ 11tfi 9iuuar Ii1TTid and the annals of our r,5e
are but accusing records which show how
Public Opinion has given its voluntary and
omnipotent sanction to every form of crime
it has crossed great enterprises and Broken
brave hearts l. has tied together sea and sea
a crosse the contanent crosse america from
sea to sea its lightnings flash and tells what
is needed allover the Globe it has tied Amer
! lea to England and flashes its news from
continant to continant from Globe to Globe
from Kingdom To Kingdom thus and thus
has the opinion of men accomplished oul
World is formed Like create Whispering
Gallery one of those curious Structures of
Human Skill where every breath IS audible
and the Word is sent swiftly onward and
around the vaulted Walls a thousand bah
ling echoes repeat and prolong the sound till
it shakes the Globe with its thunder. De
mocrecy viii stand for its founded on a Rock
and that r ,ck is union communion Nayiga-
ton and free trede with all nations under
heaven R FITcH.
Exit AIr. s. A r. Fitch, and enter a
''Republican''-a Wilmorean s'Republi-
can," but not a Jeffersonian ''Rnnubli-
can" Now, 1t taxes our good nature a
little, to be sure, that "RepubIican''-a
patron of the AHcgha,aan and Tribune
should seek the Freeman TO give his cal
culatious and figures to the world-but he
, knows we are good natured.
Nor do we assail his motives. He may
have all the virtues of that orher Rep
: Joseph we mean-who left his garment
in the possession of Airs. Potipher; but,
as was once said by distinguished jurist
to an Ebensburg bartender, he is not a
''man of figures In short, he is not so
good at counting as diScounting. He has
the same frailty as the founder of his sect,
(ve believe ''Republican" is a Millerite, }
who figured out the end of the world ;
but it ''still lives though tdat Miller has
died
As to the figures themselves, our read>
ers will-see that Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
are set down Republican, (Disunion, }
whereas they are AS clearly Democratic
to>day as New York and Pennsylvania
which gives the Democrats the President
by over so votes.
Our Democratic readers will pardon a
Republican" when modestly ''conceede-
ing" (the spelling is his) that Democracy,
Whisky and Treason are all one and the
same'' lie is intensely ''loil," one of his
most distant relatives having entered the
service, and himself, at great expense-to
the government, having gone to the Poto~
mac, when all was "quiet' there, to bring
home the Radical vote.
Besides, he has been putting 1UAisAy
dot0n for several years, and there is noti~
; ing else in las head noU. His argument is
a little faulty, however, in view of his
I own premises. Without whisky the Dem
ocrats fail-with it they are successful
: therefore the RAIDS. are carried by it
The truth is, the RAIDS. fall before whisky
, like sheep before the rot.
A "Republican' hints somewhat OBJ
scurely that stealing may become DEM
ocratic principle. No! we can assure
: him. The RAIDS. have made that vice
, too odious. If they should, however, a
Republican" would be the first man
stealing into the party as he has been
; stealing out of it.
WILMoRE, JAN. II, 1868.
: Mr.. EDIToR-Sir: A few weeks ago |
, saw statement in your paper claiming that
: the result of the elections in the year 1867
would have elected the Democratic candi-
, date for President. how or where you gel
: your figures from. 1 am at a loss to know.
l will hear send you statement of the last
years elections which | think are correct
! Dem. States Electors. Rep. States. Electors.
California, s Illinois I6
Connecticut 6 Indiana 13
| New JERSEY 18 Iowa
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