Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08
Letter from an Old Jacksonian Democrat
of 0reeuWoo1 Township.
NEAR SEVEN. SrAH TxvERN,
March 4, 1876.

NEAR SEvEN oTAR TkvEkNs
March 4, 1876.
My Dear Mr.. Editor - How many
Saturday nights have passed away since
wrote a letter for the Ssnffges l
haveu't counted, but l know many girl
has been courted, woosd and won, mar
fled, ID plain l.hgnage, since l last
wrote to you. But haven't forgot
ycu. The Speaks never forget friend.
They may show cold outside often,
but it takes something past the COM
mon to break up their friendship once
it Is formed .of a man or woman, and
that's another reason why all tie Speaks
in this country are such Andy Jackson
people. That, you know, was pc case
win him. The old Scratch himself
couldn't get Andy TO drop man when
he liked him, when be believed the
man was of the right stripe. l believe
did tell once in letter how people
said things that wasn't OF the right
kind about lady friend, aud wanted
him to drup her. He said prove it.
They couldn't, and instead Of him Drop
ping the woman he dropped tie men
and their wives, the SWANS and lasses
who made the fuss, even to the drop
ping of his preacher aud bis flock. /
tell you when OLD Hickory dropped .
man or a woman, it was a permanent
drop as far as be was concerned. You
might as we'll have tried to ride the
whiriwind as to get back into his good
gracrs.
al never did and don't know now
how ycu Republicans got so much of
Old Andy's spirit into your party," is
what | said down at the Stars this even
ing, when | was told how that the SEQ
retsry Of War of these United States
had got into the business of selling out
10 the highest bidder certain Offices that
his department Of government control
ed, IN the Indian territory, and that
because of that he was, and is eternaily
dropped from your party. Isn't be q
nice specimen of an American citizen !
l tell you il Old Hickory was only
above ground he'd hang him if be
could. That a man in the Cabinet of
the patton sh, uld appoint men to office
and make them pay him part of what
they made ont of the Office, or part Of
the salary, is too bad to be tolerated.
Andy jackson wonldn'r, if alive, allow
such thing to 60 without the strongest
punishment. Your party is acting very
much like Old Hickory did whea such
cases came to his acquaintance. When
ever he got acquainted with anything
of tha: kind be. dropped the raseals
right away. That's the way with your
party they drop off all who act so ras-
cally. They purify themselves. Some
bright fellows have gone under, but you
all say 60, and if our party had said
that fifteen or eighteen years ago, il
would still be in power. If it had
dropped its rascais as fast as they came
to the surface, they would still be rdn-
ming this nation. Scum will always
come TO the top when it is stirred like
the scum in cider that rises to the TOP
when il is boiled. The right way then
to do is to skim it off down to the pure
stuff. That's the way Old Hickory did
When something bad would pop out
be would pop it off. That's the way
with your party. When something bat
pops up, you pop it eff. You have ha'
heap of popping off to do, and may
have good deal more to do, but yol
are the only fellows in this land, sine,
Andy jackson died, to do it. Aftel
bis death they quit talking about inves
tigating things. In this State they
made canals and took part in othel
works till they got the State in deb
forty millions of dollars, and made ricl
mud bosses and supervisors in every
county in the State along the ditch
aud none of them would hear to such ;
thing as an investigation. No, sir, i
wasn't them who did such things. Thel
knew how to farm OUT the offices anc
divide. like Beiknap, but they didn't dt
like Belknap's party, that has put hin
out OF Office, disgraced aud ruined
man. You should have seen the Star
down here when the news came 10 tha
Belkuap had made fool of himself BY
his corruption. They laughed all over
for they thought that you fellows woul,
back up the dishonorable Secretary O
War. 1t would have done you goo,
to see how chop fallen they hooked whel
they found that the Republican part,
en- rGsse dropped Belknap like ho
cake, when they found how bad he was
III tell you, boy, it was the grandes
sight this country ever witnessed, whel
the Republican party rose up as on
man and said, out ON the Cabinet Office
who dares to so outrage the honor of bi
place and the honor of his country. |
is the grandest sight this country eve