The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-11-03
The RAWLINGS CT n Defeated PO .
satiCai 1'TaAIOT.


The last JohnHown Democrat, etIitori
ally and Bismarckicahy, rants most furi-
ously about the Chairman of the Demo-
cratic County Committee Both articles
are from the same gifted pen The same
Wood raL1fanly style pervades them both
their paternity is the same They are
both the dying IayiEgs, the death rattle
of the ''Old Captain"
We doubt not, Mr. Johnston will plead
''euiity" 10 the offences of his youth, snch
as being '.cunier," and ''schoolmss-
ter :" and he might have added, "wood
chopper'l Why the poorest ..coIlier'' in
Cambria county would refuse to sell his
press and his principles az Woodruff bas
done the poorest ''wood chopper" would
swing his axe till the last day of his life
rather than betray those who confded in
him. As TO the other ain of being a
''schoolmaster''-welI he was abroad " hen
Woodruf wrote those articles. 7'"
We hold that the position OF a ''collier," ="
''wOod chopper" or a ''schoolmaster,
is just as honorable as that of an editor or
lawyer. We believe with the poet,
that
Honor shame from no condition rise:
Act we'll your part there all the honor lies. %
But Woodruff don't. He reproaches
Mr.. Johnston with whst Mr. Johnston
is. or should be proud of For Wood.
ruff the lines of the poet should be altered
thus: We believe that lau a.la#fIs
Honor shame from no condi,Ion rse":
But woodruff don't, and therefore Woodruff
lies. ,-.s.--
AS 10 The rest of the trash about Dir
Johnston-so silly, so false, that even the
Republican papers OF the county and dis
trict have for years refused TO publish il,
but which Woodruff now in the imbecili>
~ of his grief reproduces, we have moth
ing to say. 1t is not our business to say
what Mr.. Johnston has been, what he
has wanted to be, or what be viii be-
We do know however that he is a Demo
advantage of Woodruff. We pity Wood
ruff, but be will not re-instate himself in
the party he has betrayed and forsakcn
by abusing the Democratic organization
His ain has been great--so should his
atonement be great. Bot he never can he
Testored while be attempts TO Justify his
own treason.
1t, linen, Mr. Johnston, has a proper
amount OF self respect he can have no psr~
sondl alteration with W eodIutfT Ii ever
Mr.. Johnston gets as low, IN the social
and political scale as the unfortunate and
unhappy editor of the Dernocrat is, then
they can wage war on equal terms. a
When MIR. Johnston shall allow his
bondsmen TO be sued for his neglect of
official duties-when be shall basely be-
tray the friends who confded in him
when he shall agree 10 take nomination
for removal or against removal, and run
on either side Of the qnestion-when he is
willing TO run on Ticket with Know
Nothings-when be shall prevail on re-
spectacle young gentleman, like Frapcis
Cramer, 10 sacrifice himself for his bene-
tit, by promising him 700 majority in
Johnstown-when he shall eat the Poor
House bread and afterwards abuse the
Poor House-when he abuses worthy
priest for anorrectin0 o faisaL,,,J =; -:
paper-when be shall receive nomina-
ton from meeting that gives three cheers
for Daniel j. Morrell-when, we saw, Mr.
Johnston shall get low enoneh to do all
these things-thsn, and not till then, will
ne be degraded enough to hold personal
controversy with Fl. D Woodruff.