Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-10-22
Tuu DuNocp ATTIC MEETING ON WED.

day evening. for the purpose OF hearing
what Hon. Heister Clymer. of Berks and
Richard Vaux, Esq, of Philadelphia, had
to say on the issues of the day. The meet {
ing was organized by calling George W.
Zeigler, ESQ.,, to the chair, who in short
address stated among other things that the
banner OF Democracy had been trailed in
the dust for the last twelve years, during
which the people, or in other words, the
Democratic Office seekers. had suffered ter
rbly, and that change could not make
things worse, at least for them. All that
the chairman asked to remedy this was a
.'free voten for the Democracy. If he re-
ferred to the free voting by which the
Democrats of Shamokin and Mt. Carmel, a
few years since, nominated his opponent for
Judge over himself by such excessive free
voting,' that three times as many votes
were returned as there were taxpayers. he |
is most unfortunate. However we entirely |
concur with him, that if the Democrats |
could only he lndulged in free vote
without restraint or fear of punishment,
they would smash things generally. The
first speaker introduced was Hon. Richard
Vaux. Dick, as he is called in Philadelphia
by the boys, is as rampant Democrat as
ever. He still wears the bushy hair and
beard though more whitened than when he
travelled with the rebel candidate for Vice
President, and if he has horror of Haunt
ing the bloody shirt he has at least no
objection to displaying gold chain and a
pair of bloody red stockings. This may
be, perhaps, one of the symbols he referred
to. and indicates the party or club to which
be and Billy McMullin belong.
Mr.. Vaux started out by defining, or
attempting to define, that the word people
simply meant persons entitled to vote, and
came to the conclusion that no one had an
inherent right to vote. This is rather hard
on the Democracy who vote early and vote
often, a dogma, as surprising and unex-
pected as the Pope's dogma of infallibility,
and does not at all tally with Mr.. Zeigler's
idea of a free vote.
But when were the Democracy ever con-
sistent except in the pursuit of Officer Mr..
Vaux had hardly warmed up when he
pitched into the chairman for saying that
i the banner of Democracy had been 'trailed
y in the dust.' He denied that the Demo
cracy had any thing to do with dust or dirt,
This own shirt being unexceptionally clean
f for Democrat.) He did not seem to think
that even the selling out of the Democratic
U party to the friends of Greely, at Balti-
= more, was trailing the flag in the dust,
q though Dan. Voorhees, did preach its funer-
!. al sermon, soon after. But the chair
!. man knew better than that, 70. he himself
i. put on sackcloth and ashes, on that melan-
q cholly occasion and almost swore he would
q not support that old abolitionist, but did
!. at the election, as Mcclure said they all
l. would when whipped into the traces. Mr..
n Vaux evidently did not relish the chair
!. man g unfortunate expression of a free rott
in such public manner, and affected to
e understand him saying fair uote, which
= is grey horse of quite q different color.
1t Mr.. Vaux, in style and character affects
y y to be somewhat dramatic, and when in this
n mood he draws largely upon his imagina-
q tiou for his facts and most of his statements
II were fancy sketches. For example he re-
ferred to England as having, like us, only
two parties, whereas there never are less
D. than three, tories, liberals and conserva
tives.
The Chairman next introduced Mr.
Clymer, of Berks. Mr.. G. is a gentleman
N of character and intelligence, and we were
pleased To see our old friend look SO well
re Mr.. c. comes from good Republican stock
y but Republicanism is pant of slow growth
Il in the soil of Berk>. Mr.. e. learned tina
Is fact before he went to Congress. Mr.
lie Clymer was not so wild and fauciful al
1t Mr.. Vaux. He saw where the shoe pinch
,e cd, and L. aware ot ssie -VerrUie pre-
dicament in which the party was placed b,
the Erie platform. He knew that NOR,
j. than one-half of the intelligent men of tin
,r party repudiated it as wrong and heretical
p and yet they are asked to vote for plat
q. form of principles they DON'T believe in
is apparent that he was moi satisfied himsel
ID with the result. The difficulty OF ofsubstitutini
h. and putting the greenbacks into circulation
90 he confessed was stumbling block. IL
;c referred to the Ohio election where he ha'
=, been ten days, and acknowledged that b
ye was not surprised but disappointed. FL
r. also referred to the Mobilier and othe
d. frauds in Congress, but forgot to say tha
ia Fernando Wood, Sam. Randails and othe
of leading Democrats were deepest in the mire
he He spoke of the Ku Klux as if il was
70 fiction that never had any reality, withou
wv referring to the fact that number of lead
lis inp Democratic members of Congress de
70 nounced it as a villainous organization
er In fact Mr. Clymer stated only one side {
,st the questions, which must necessarily lea
be TO erroneous conclusions in the minds {
m. those who do not read both sides for them
nd selves.
he The comments of both speakers on tn
ito Judges of the Supreme Court we're neithe
at lust or correct, but we have no time {
as room to correct them this week, more tha
he to say that the new judge is oDe OF th
he most upright and honest of our judges, an
at that his views were sustained by many
ut, our ablest lawyers of both parties.
of But little was said in regard to Pershin
as and Piolett. and when the latter was refer
ho red 10 as making an honest Treasurer,
pie smile appeared in the face of a number.
ow
ese THE reasons why Eichholtz's Ring al
rts so very anxious for the election of Messr
In Reitz, Dissinger and Hottenstein, are eas
Ike ly explained Reitz as Commissioner a.
nj. cording to the Democratic rule of 1856
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