The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-15
The Democratic Party Of G aIn.
bria County.

IL ever any county III TINS Droad common =
/ wealth has preserved at all times its Demo-
cratic integrity, surely that county is''Little
/ Cambria" In prosperity and in adversely,
! in sunshine and in storm, she has with equal
devotion adhered to her principles as does
/ the needle to the pole. And now, in this
! year of grace 1870. she being again threat
ened with defeat by the same INSCRIPTIONS
/ forces which have heretofore wage6 war
against her and her principles, it may be
well to glance at her past history in order
that We may gather wisdom from the lamp
of experience.
Since the erection of Cambria :nto sepa-
rate county, she has always been Democrat
ic, and always encountered and vanquished
the same foe, although that foe has assumed
great variety of shapes. The birth of Cam
bria county was iii 1904, during the Presi
dency of Thomas Jefferson, the father of De-
mocracy, and she then. in her cradle,
vindicated that pure and great statesman
against the assaults of the old Federal party.
In like manner she sustained the immortal
Jackson against the Anti-Masonic party =
Afterwards the Wings, under the lead Of the
gallant Clay, were varquished 10y her Demo
cratic legions, and even when the sombre
cloud Of Know -Nothingism darkened the
State ike pail. Cam bria county stood like
a star in the midst of surrounding darkness"
aud fear!essly proclaimed the light of Dem
ocracy against the datkUess Of political big
otry. And today the gallant Democracy
of Little Cambria" stands precisely where
they ever stood-iike Jefferson, swearing
upon the altar Of their country eternal hos,
tlllty to every species of tyranny over the
mind of man." and believing, like jackson.
that. 1.-THE blessings of government. like the
dews of heaven, should fall equally upon the
high and the low, the rich and the poor
Thus, in the name of Democracy, we have
always been successful. In this sign we
have conquered"
But, besides all this, scarcely has cam
paign passed in Cambria County without
some local issue to distract the attention of
Democrats and seduce Them from their faith
These, too, have signaly failed. The work
ingmau's party of Cambria county-the Re-
form 'candidates-the bolter's ticket--have
all had their day, and have passed to obliy-
ion.
These factional local fights have all been
made by disappointed aspirants for Demo
cratic nominations, and have always been
defeated by the true-hearted Democrats of
the county. These men, calling themselves
Democrats, have organized the opposition
ticket to the Democrats during the present
campaign. They are James Potts, Daniel
NJ Laughiu and John F. Barnes They are
all disappointed uflice-seekers James Potts
has been standing candidate, and in 1860
defeated the Democrats by running as vol |
untecr and electing a Radical. Daniel Nc
Laughln, when only few years from Mary
land, was candidate for the Legislature,
but the Democrats preferred Pershug, and |
nominated the latter gentleman John F. /
Barnes was elected District Attorney and !
served thee years, but when he asked a re- |
nomination, his conduct as an officer was
not approved, and, if our recollection serves /
us, Ii. d. Woodruff was about the only del> !
egate in the Convention that warmly SUP
supported him.
Ii. ID. Woodruff had been some FIVE years I.
in the county, and had not yet received a |
nomination, and thought it high time He /
took an active part in the Democratic Dele>
gate Election Of the present summer, and
thus committed himself, if he had been an
honorable man, 70 the action of the Conveu-
ton. lie had supported the Democratic
administration of affairs in this county
Commissioners Office, Poor House, and all
and never limited at Reform He had op-
posed the Removal issue. He travelled from
JohDstown to Ebensbarg on Sunday, to be
early at the convention. No candidate for
the Assembly pleased him, and he was in
favor Of springing new man-H. D. Wood.
rrff, Tor lnstance-on the convention. The
new man wds notsprung on the convention
and II. d. Woodruff BoLTED! He was
then prepared to throw himself, BODY ard
brecches, into the arms of our opponents,
and undertake to sell the party from whose
gallant support he has received his bread
and butter ever since he left Perry county.
Whatever Democracy may be in Perry
county, he will find the Mountain Democra-
cy are not to be sold like meat in the sham
bles ''''''--
"Democrats, we had hoped that this campaign
would have been conducted in sn bonnraTin
good ff,u