Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-04-29
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Lancaster tlltelliqencer.
SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 40. 1854.
Smlth's independence z
Our Pennsylvania Republicans re
crying to one another "peace! pesce T!
when there is no peace" and when there
can be none in the very nature of the
case. Even while the Cameronian side
are offering to embrace the outsiders, we
see that they have elected one Lancaster
collector to give place to . Stalwart ad-
herent. The kiss they offer while their
hand is raised against their brother, and
their dagger bloody from his wounding.
They may perhaps say that in removing
Collector Wiley they only struck at Con-
gresham Smith, and that he is not an
Independent to speak of. But Mr.. Smith
is especially independent in certain
sense. He is distinctly and emphatically
for Smith and entirely Independent Of
any other relations. He has pretty well
demonstrated that he carries his Repub-
lican constituency in Lancaster county
in his breeches pocket, and has secured
a life tenancy of its representation in
Congress. Being independent of the
Cameron gang, they have steadily been
against him; until now they have be-
come convinced of his lien upon his
place and their present idea seems to be
to cOncede to him 10 have the paddock
they can't get him out of, but to fence
him around in it so that he won't be
of any account outside. They consider
that he will be content with the peace
full concession to him Of his place, and
will not give them any trouble. 1t is
said that upon receiving their intima-
tion that they would not stand in his
congressional path, our representative
became calmly resigned to the substitu-
ton of their friend Kaufman for his
friend Wiley in the collectors Office !;
and won't even take up arms with the
Wolfe people to revenge himself for the
sights he he has received in the House
at the hands of the Cameron speaker.
Mr.. Smith undoubtedly is a philosopher
who does the best he can in untoward
circumstances and don't kick against
the pricks. He can't be called an
Independent Of the Wolfe style. 1t is
essentially Smith style, and it may be
true enough that the Cameron negotia.
tion with Mr.. Smith and their handling
of the federal offices in his district ought
to be regarded as matter entirely dis.
tinct and apart from their present dealing
with the Independents of the state. Still,
the organ of that party here makes a
great fuss over the indignity offered Mr..
Smith in the removal of Collector Wiley,
and seems exceedingly anxious to shove
him into the independent party. 1t is
welcome to him if it can get him but it
will have to do some very stout work to
get him in.
The treatment of Mr.. Smith here sim
ply shows that Senator Cameron and his
friends mean to control the Official
and the political situation by hook or by
crook by buying or fighting or cheat.
ing or by the whole combined. They
concede Smith his bone since they can't
get it. but take off all the fat. They gel
rid of the troublesome Wickersham by
sending him to Denmark. The Inde-
pendents' committee, which is negotia
ting with them, can learn the game from
their exhibitions Of it. 1t is an OLE
game. They stoop to conquer, but never
have an idea of peace. That's quite out
Of their calculations, which aim solely
at the capture and decapitation of the
lambs, who are to be deceived into pull.
ing down the fence between them.