The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-10-20
4 FEW CAEuMylEs ANSWERED.

The Colpu,jia Couy RpaLHoaa of Octo-
ber 12.h, denounccs the alleged ignorance
and suhseryiency of tho Columbia County
DEMOCRACY; lamenls their inconipiOle pro-
rress in. mgipritics, and makes an assault
upon some of their so-cn!led leaders, desert
bjng thou as shallow denagogurs, Gi(h-ra'e
LAWYERS, 81. The devotion Of this County
to Democracy IS deep mystery to this De
mosihcnes of ihe pen, aod he can 90 no bet
ter thap 10 impute it to the arts Of iitth-roic
men and to the ignorance and gullibility
Of the peoplc-an explanation which is at
once Incredible, insulting and preposterous.
Better explanations OF this distressing fact o:
large aud increasing Democratic majorities
IN Columbia County can very easily be Civ
en-, and among them may be mentioned the
very valuable and very constant aid render
cd The Democracy by the Columbia Coun-
ty RctaJ1ic1h and by its conductors. The
present and former conductors of that Jour
nal have been SO proscriptive and selfish in
their relations to and dealing with members
Of their own party-with reference to party
patronage and party management-tha they
have thereby alienated the sympathies of
very many persons and weakened their par
ty organization. And their newspaper has
been, notoriously, cause of weakness to
their party rather than one of strength, be-
cause it has been badly conducted. 1t has
been abusive aud untruthiul, slangy and i'm
solent, reckless in assertion, boastfuI and
pretentious, and the ahiect and constant apol
ogist of abuses in government and of mis-
conductiin public men, Hence, it has Offend
ed public sentiment, repellcd confidence,
and provoked hostility. Unreliable in state
meut and thoroughly unjust in its treatment
of political opponents, it is detested by some
persons aud distrusted by all How can
party prosper represented 10y such an organ?
How win support without conciiating OPP
position, respecting public opinion ard es-
tablishiDg character for justice, fairness,
ciyilier, honor and truth in its utterances
and action
This is not the language of mere decama-
tion. To justify it we will turn TO the files
of the Republican within a few months and
a.
at random. These may be accepted as sam
pies of the intellectual food furnished to the
Repub6caas OF Columbia county upon which
their party is expected to thrive and grow
strong in our midst; ssol the gentle, winning
means by which young men are to be built
up" in, the Radical faith, and Democrats
sweetly won from the error of their ways
In each case We give the exact text aud ap
pend a brief answer.
/. Bnchdada on lIdges Of LaJ0r Ten
cents a day, said Buchanan, is enough for
laborilg man, and every Democratic vote is
an endorsement of Buchanans opinion. -
Repub6eda, August 81
Anspsr lie never said anything of the
kind.suWhat lie didsay was: "That coun-
try is-the most prosperous where labor re-
ceves the greatest reward" an opinion
which the Democracy held then, when his
worIsp We're spoken, and hold now, This an
cient falsehood, now repeated by the Repu6-
i'can, has been reiuted thousand times, and
was denounced by Mr.. Buchanan himself
as hagi.ious'-lhat was the word-when it
was first started
2. Remayks Of Er.- GoU Vance, of North
Caroiind On the 10Th inst, at Shelby,
n. C., ex.-Gov. Vance addressed bis Conftd-
crate friends with these words Remember
that all our brave Southern friends who
dipped .Lcir hands in Union blood. and all
Their ltaders in the South are for Reform
and Iilden, ,'-Repa6hcaa, Octo6er D.
A"s~sr ; AT the meeting referred to Gov,
Vance quoted this language from a speech
By Bob. lngerspH of Illinois, Radi-
cal Hayes orator, IN order to deny and
deaounee it. lt was the language OF lnger-
soil and not of Vance, and was open to de-
nuncistoa as fal+e in view OF the fact that
gierilia Mosby, General Longstfect and
hundreds of other rebels are active support
crs of Hayes in the present election. Some
lying correspondent telegcAphed this lal-
guage to the Northern press as having been
spoken by Gov Vance as his own, as ex-
pressive of his own sentiments but the
falsehood was promptly exposed and correct
ell by the N. Y. Hsratd, N. y. Tribune aud
other Journals.
3. iae IIon'e nj Rpreseataft0e' d.d no 91od
"Hy nG ~ De.'ioc'rss !, nave lti l"ti 90 a.
,a.t Il nn1,hs VIA baTn t,ey ionc .to
merit public confidence and future support ?
Nothing: Their labors have been barren Of
tiny gooa re'u'ls'-h'p 'p"0f'e'" J"ae 10
A"''0sT lne mouse eNPo'eu anu iii
',0,''''p ''''" D'o'o .,N' 'lO'" ~
anu Woaiu nave 'u''her Puhlsheo MN Il nc
had not been protected by Grant aud the
Senate They Investigated Robson, Boss
ShepDarJ the Custom Uouses and the De-
partmeuts checking abuses and exposing
wrongs aud laying the foundations of futur,
reform in all branches of the Admninistra
ton: They substituted coin for the lrac
tional currency rags which may be fairly de
scribed ~ botb unconstitutional and unclean
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