The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-09-06
Communications.
JoHN sTewN, Sept. ,, 1872.

4" t''S A-tttJf tH Jtc freeman:
DEAR SIR-Three issues of the
Ddttg ''ce have appeared since Its weather.
COCK, Ieather-head editor must have read my
damaging, damning Indictment against him
III your last issue, and yet he has not dared
To contradict Il single statement contained
thereln. de and a Jelc other congenial spirits
helda little caucus to see what action should
ne taken. One cursed and swore ana said
That "Anti-Eraud Should be answered. An
other, sweet, innocent babe that lie Is, asked
Whether any of my crushing charges could
pe denied with even semblance OF success.
James +. WeathercoCk, foaming and Hvid
WIN rage, stepped forward, and after giving
Vent to his pent-up feelings in few very
naughty expressions, tshbosomed himself
somewhat to this effect: 'Gentlemen, un-
. fortunately for me, all these charges are
| strictly true. Where is there a man who
mas hot, at some epoch in his life, committed
an act OF acts which, upon mature reflection
ms better jud gment assures him We're wrong?
therefore it is that regret, for the sake of
| the democratic party, that ever belonged
70 ILit organization, which were lnhmtely
letter without me- and hence am now do
lnS all can to make amends for past errors.
James 4. Neathercock then stands con-
Nlcted or being worse than a pOllctICai hire
Iflig, Tor before he got Sam Henry 5 money he
oHefed to PAY n certain man II he would
abuse John Hanhssn and write up Sam Hen
ry as a pure and immaculate Republican,
ana all that sort OF thing. He does not deny
selling cut to Neglcy. He does not deny
! er. he does not deny flying from Packer
to Geary because Geary paid him Tor doing
! so. lie does not deny that he demanded
and got HUSH-SIONEY from man i'll Johns
/ town. He does not deny that he wrote Tor
money TO Hartranft. 2uckaleNv, and SPEEf.
ask, then, W hat con Adence can Republicans
/ or Democrats place i'll the wild and reckless
! editorials which slaily appear in the Tjce
abusing and Nillifying John Hannan? The
! Republicans OF Cambria cOs-nty have fear
/ less, able ;snd respectable organ in the Johns
/ town TTibUHe. Its geHtlemaHly editor is
/ fully able aud willing t9 advocate the course
! of his party, and while he defends the prin-
/ ciples he honestly processes, lac cannot he
( charged with being bought bribed. Vet
. this aclInoNv lVdged organ Of Sam Henry and
( his party sespiscd 10 descend into the low
/ depths OF personal @basa, attacking private
/ character The wretched little clique with u
( much brains ~ tom-tit that brought James
/ f W WeathercUck here hecause of some petty
/ grudge they had 0gutftSt the Tribune e4it0r
/ VIII find themselves sadly and badly sold
! if they imagine, in their narrow inteIIects
/ that James Il. WcathercOck and his puISv
/ little Ticc viii ever be able 10 take the
! place of the Tribune. This is the whole Sc
! rrct in u nutsholl-this the reason Why Mr..
! Wcathercock came TO he imported from all
/ other State into JohnstowH.
Now, Mr.. Wrathercock, you tell MS in one
/ part of your Itce that you came here to print
; a paper for money, and, in an0tiIrr column
/ you tell us that you run an independent
/ paper What is your definition Of '.intiepcud-
/ ent'? Does ''indePcndetn" with yuH mean
I to Villify, 10 lie, to do anything and every
/ thing low, mean and rascaiy when you are
/ paid tor it?
When you were about starting your e: Cht lrs
/ ten did YOU not promise several men in Cam
/ bria borough that you ould not Interfere in
local politics? Did you not tell several men
; III the same place that you would not sup
+ port Henry in preference to Hannah? These
/ men subscribed for your paper, relying on
/ your promise. They have since kicked your
/ Fjce out, as they say that il and You too
/ mean and COntcmptible to he supported bv
/ honest men. You blow Ii good deal about
your large advertising patronage. Now,
/ yOu know tCo we'll, and We know also, that
: more than three-fourths OF the advertise
/ IncntS which appear in the Jjce are bogus.
( NOu put them in without the knowledge OF
/ the advertisers, and keep them in although
several times ordered ont. / could, ii L
wished, name persons living on Clinton,
I Main and Franklin streets, and III Cambria
borough, whose advertisements you II >crted
and kept in against their wishes l)r You
call this daily increasing patronage p Two
thirds OF the persons that buy your Tsce do
/ from mere curiosity. Tht. IuurlGdlY in
clned know that they will lind in it. col
/ ruuus every little bit of scandal thnt lHGy
happen in midst. I know one gentle
man living on Locust street that chased the
newsboy away from his door and said Ae did
not want to have the Police Gazette come iutU
his f;lmily.
Come out, then, fairly and squarc'v and
say that You are kept here in the inter SIS oi
4 telc Republicans, at whose nod yors are
ready TO write up and endeavor to prov that
corruption is purity, falsehoods is ruth,
Slauder is praise, vice is virtue. and UE;t Ac
devil Is "A saint. Let us hear from you, y. =.
Chameleon Wtathercock, for you are 2rciUE
to hear again from us. In our next we VIII
show tchcn you prayed that the "hand O.. an
assassin would take the life of Abe Lincoln, -
&c. ANTI-FRAUD.
lNOTE.-In my letter of the I9th nit. / alIu-
ded by implication to Cyrus Elder, Esq, in con
nection with the GiSreputab!c little Vice. Since
then am glad to learn that | was mistaken.
and am now sorry that linked the of this
worthy gentleman with such base and bCggar-
! ly associates.