The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-11-22

aJuogment Tor tnat amount was en-
tered in the Juniata court in favor
of Lucretla Patterson, his wife.
In the meantime, Patterson had
gone to Philadel phia, where he be-
gan banking operations in copartner.
sip with one Samuel Slaymaker.-
lie stayed there just long enough to
fleece his partner and several credit
ors out OF goodly sums of money.
About this time Simon Cameron,
the Winnebago chief, in whom it is
difficult to say whether ability or
wickedness is predominant, had ris-
en- from raftsman and painter to
capitalist and statesman. His ecu
liar politics demanded peculiar tools,
and Simon was not long in discover
ing the transcendant ability of Pat
terson as political pimp. Patter-
son was entrusted with the task of
ma nipulating the counties of Juniata,
Snyder and Northumberland. In
this humble occupation, occasionally
swim ding politically and financially
in small way, Patterson continued
until the opening of the war display
ed fine field for man of his &C
quisitive genius. Cameron became
Secretary of War, and Patterson was
made paymaster in the army. By
the time the Senate met, it was prov
en- that Honest John had mistaken
government funds for his own, and
that body refused utterly to confirm
the appointment, upon direct evil
donce cf fragrant overcharges. He
quit the Amy in disgrace. But
anott or arena opened tor him.
Cameron had him nomil ated for
Congress from the Fourteenth Pen
nsylvania District, which at that time
had a Republican majority Of $500
votes. But the avenging Nemesis
wac on his track. Fem had waited
as one without hope for that balance
dLe from Patterson for eight long,
weary ears. But it had never como.
Homes: John laughed all duns to
ecorn. So when Patterson began to
stump his district, Fem concluded
to stump it too. He had hundreds
of Eadbi!ls struck off, entitled, "a
Plain Statement Of Fac's," in which
the entire newspaper transaction was
detailed in every particular. These
he tackled up at every corner, dis
tributed i'll every public place, and,
in addition, he himself narrated his
story to every farmer he met, and
who he had known throughout his for
mer connection with his paper. The
handbill was racy reading, contain
ing such expressions as the following,
"He had his property and refused to
pay ME from an innate dishonesty
and a predetermination to defraud
mel" "Can be have the presumption
aye, the insulting impudence to ask
a man to vote for him, or even to
look an honest man in the face?"-
''Spurn him from your presence, and
teach other knaVes who aim to make
party politics subservient to their
ambition and their averce, that
honesty is the best policy and com
bine 'to lash the rascal naked through
tho world"
"Will the Republican party of this
district sanction and uphold the dis
honesty of this man, Patterson, to
represent the district with this brand
OF dishonesty stamped upon him?-
Has it lost that high moral integrity
that has ever characterized it2 Will
it put such q man in position to
plumber the nation, or sell his party
whenever he can do 80 for his own
benefit9 What else can be expected
OF knave who aepires to such po-
sitionW
This appeal, with Fenn's personal
canvass and the general odium into
| which Patteraon had evan them fallen