The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-03-09
.'BABS', NARROW ESCAPE.

What narrow escape Bah made of it
some three weeks ago. 1t was as by the skin
of his teeth that he evaded the fate Of
Mcdonald, Joyce, Avery and the rest of the
whiskey conspirators who came to grief out
there at St Louis. The Democrats and dema-
gvgues were after him hot foot. They moved
the very heavens and earth for his conviction
They indicted him and tried him. Witnesses
swore and editors in the interest of Demo
cracy beloved and howled for his honor and
blood and liberty, and told marvellous stories
Of his outlines of conspiracy against the
revenue OF the country, but, after all jury
OF his peers, composed of Democrats, Liber-
ais and Republicans, and selected without re-
gard to party, creed, caste or previous condi-
ton of seryitude, on their oaths, could not
declare him guilty He was literally pushed
through the fire Of public opinion, but he
came out unscatched, and deserves and re-
ceiyes the congratulations Of all honorable
men at the brilliancy Of his bravery under
persecution, and Of his untarnished honor,
which reflects credit not only on himself per-
sona!ly, but on all with whom he was official
ly or socially associated.
And Bah" has reason to congratulate
himself, not over his acquittal especially, for
the evidence all goes to show that he was
never guilty Of the charge laid against him,
but over his acquittal of several weeks ago,
and Of the time Of it, when twelve lawful and
honest citizens, selected as honest jurors be
cause Of their fitness for the position declared,
Cn their solemn oaths that under the evidence
they could not find him guilty. And 'Babs'
friends have reason TO congratulate him also,
for what woud have been his fate if his case
had remained open until now, after our dis
tinguished neighbor over the way with his
ldoRree DemocyGt, has awakened to the i'm
portance Of his ealing, and, in the echo Of
ponderous editorial diatribes, the production
OF other mems brains, and which put forth
for service mouths ago, and have been regret
ted and nourned over by their authors as but
so many evidences Of folly, has opened his
batteries for 'Babs'' destruction Ifthe trial
were now, with all the weight of our distin-
guished neighbor's influence thrown into the
scale against him, We fear that 'Bab, y
though pure as saint, would have been
compelled to join Mcdonald, Joyce, Avery
and the rest. on their sad journey to where
the wood bine twineth"
All, Bah, Bah you are a lucky dog indeed
TO have made such an escape, for no Judge.
Attorney or Juror could have withstood the
strength of such conclusions as flowed through
the ponderous columns Of the Democrat is
sued by our distinguished neighbor last week
1t is true they are not now first thought of
either in their prologue, interude or epilogue
nor first promulgated even; indeed it is true
that they have been before the country for
months, and were surreptitiously spread
among the jurors during the whole trial, but
our distinguished neighbors ponderosity had
not then been awakened even to the susp-
zion of conspiracy, hardly indeed to the
fact of "Bab's' existence Our neighbor
was still dreaming amid profound slumbers
when all this was done and only awoke in
time to catch the feeting shadow of a big
thing Cor Democracy, too late to make il
available for 'Bab's' annihilation and the
consequent necessary destruction of Grant
and Republicanism, aud the elevation of his
party. Ifit had occurred earlier who can
count the cost to "Bab who tell what a
Democratic mouse the laboring mountain
might have brought forth. We tremble for
Bah" when we think of the heavy metal of
the Democrat hurled against him, and re-
joice that the battle was fought and won ere
our distinguished neigbbor got wide enough
awake to take a hand in it. Urrah.
There are 260 merchants In Clarion
county.