The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-09-01
LITER IRON CRESsoN.
THE SIMILARITY OF THE KINBLF AND DOR
SEY TEIALS-OLD JOHN BROWNS SOUL
STILL MARCHING OS-A CANvASsING SONG
DEDICATED TO THE CAMBRIA CANDIDATES.

/ THE SIMILARITY OF THE KIMBLE AND DOR
sEY TBIALs-OLD JOHN BROWNS SOUL
! STILL MARCHING OS-A CANvAssING SONG
{ DEDICATED TO THE CAMBRIA CANDIDATES.
! CALLAN House, Aug. %, 1882.
DEAR HEERY-The crushing speech of
the 0bedient rufiied-shirt son didn't pulver-
/ re the Star reuters. In one thing the Star
route trlai was a perfect success. Whatever
mas oeen the outcome of this trial, it was a
fruitful harvest for LAWYERS and witnesses
/ Col Bliss received one hundred dollars per
| Gay and expenses, and the other LAWYERS for
| the prosecution were compensated with
| equal lberality. There were regiments of
/ witnesses from the most remote DOiuts in
/ Oregon, Dakota and other Territories from
ulSFanceS of over two thousand miles at ten
cents per mile and two dollars and fifty
{cents a day. 1t seems the main issue was on
| Brady and Reidel, Dorsey being lost SIGHT of
1t was well developed by the many strange
incidents in the trial, that an elaborate plan
had been laid to secure the acouittaI of Dor
! Sey. Ex-senator Dorsey was as 6eep in the
friendship and political secrets Of Conkline,
Arthur and their immediate associates. as
/ eX-TTeasUrer Kemble was In the secrets of
the pennsylvania State administration
There was a marked similarity between the
hemoIe tIlal, this State. and the Dorsey
trial, Washington. The PENNSYLVANIA State
administration was no more anxious for the
acquittal of Kemhle than the National ad-
mlntStratiOn was for the acquittal of Dorsey
! Botn hemble and Dorsey were prominent
0
/ friendship of their administration, and had
Dorsey been convicted he would have re-
celyed executive pardon, as did Kemble-
! The flourish of trumpets made by Attorney
General Brewster will deceive'nobOdv. The
shadow Of the Dorsey banquet when Ar
/ thur, then Vice President, declared Dorsey
to be high toned. honest gentleman, is
over; the whole tIial and the impudent letter
! OF dorsey to President Garfieldare eloquent
with proof Of close Intimacy existing between
the Star route conspirators and the head of
the management OF the administration
There is no doubt about the administration
desiring the acquittal of Dorsey long before
/ MeSSrS. James and McVeigh were "smOked
out" of the Cabinet, while being ostensfbIy
/ urged to remain. Every obstacle was
/ thrown in the way of the progress of the
/ trials, with the constant and malignant at
/ tackS OF every administration paper in Wash
/ ingtOn on all who were sincerely enga red in
/ the prosecution. JuTies may acquit Dorsey,
/ but that will not convince the people that he
/ is not thief. They know him to be per-
I son whose pockets are swollen with money
( stolen from the public treasury.
The thought that jury could be bought In
( any case IS repellant but In this particular
/ case it is horrible to contemplate. From the
/ beginning to the end of the trial, the buoy
/ ant hopeful and insOlent demeanor of the
I Star route thieves, their lawyers and inter
eSted friends, gave sufficient reason to be-
lieve that they were confident OF an acquittal,
not through means of a judicial character,
/
/ The American people are being informed
through the press that the soul of the man
who was the first to fire on the American
! flag is still ''narching on It's last reported
/ encamping ground was at Chicago, point
I selected as being a favorable one in its march
! for holding picnic TO which it invited the
! attendance of all the leading spirits of the
/ land. lJ seems, however. that very few of
! the invited guests to its monumental picnic
attended, and but few of them even sent
/ their regrets. OF the distinguished persons
/ on the elaborate programme who were COM
! municated with on the subject and into
/ whose hands the invitations fell, and who
/ had respect enough for the 'fhOrse thief's"
! soul to send regrets. were Mrs. President
/ Garfield, President Arthur Wendell Phil
/ ips, Senator Pinchback, Roscoe COnllling
/ Gen. Grant, Gen. Mcclellan. Gen. Butler
/ and Col. Ingersoll. The above named per-
J sons, who had respect enough for Old John
! Browns "marching sOuI' to answer its invi-
/ tations, should not be forgotten, and espe-
! cially should Gen. Mcclellan De remember
ed.
! This 'imurderous old horse thief - the hero
! (?) of Ossa WattOmie and Harper's Ferry
/ this human monster, who was feared hated
, ScOrned and huug-whO was nOtOriOuslV
/ blood thirsty, and who had it in his heart to
] deluge the land with the blood of the white
I race, is, it seems, TO have a marble mOnu-
/ ment to perpetuate his memory. That there
should be in this civilized land men and wo-
/ men who wish to secure for him in laudatOry
/ history the highest place in the long list of
/ American heroes, is incOmpreh enSihle. To
/ hear an American Journal such as the Pitts
/ buTgh Dispatch in its laudatiOn of the gross
/ outrages Of the vile old wretch, say every
| head should be uncovered when the name of
John Brown is mentioned. and his statue
/ shOnld occupy the public place in every city
of the land" is disgusting and revolving to
J eveTy,tTue Christian. Such stuff is sickeninC
. The Dispatch mans liver must be in a torpid
! condition. and I would advise him to take
? rF Tv-lf1 -F,,y- ill
B They are good for either sex. Good save our
country - should be the devOut prayer of
/ every Christian heart, when a cold blOOded
murderer like John Brown, who would have
deluged the land in human gore, is regarded
/ as a brave and noble patriot, and made to
stand out in bold relief as the greatest figure
/ in American history.
I take pleasure In dedicating TO all the
Cambria county candidates for Office the
/ following aesthetic ditty as a campaign song ::
A dear little babe, in its proud mothers
With fuzzy red cheeks and a billiard ball
! head,
/ Awakes in my soul more delicious charms
! Than nectar ecstatic or wine that is red;
Irrespective of gender,
CaTesses 1 tender,
/ Let 1t slobber and drOol as It may;
And fondle whole litterS
Of the dear little critters,
! And find these ciyilities pay.
/ On their cute little mouths, with honey all
dripping,
! 1t IS JOY, Il is bliss,
/ To bestow a long kiss
| A fervent, long kiss, that upheaves from
the throat,
/ And leaves a red mark on the spot that is
SmOte;
A kiss that conveys, by its succulent sip
ping,
The passion that rankles down under my
coat;
Aye, under my vest,
Down deep in my breast
A kiss that insures, by its SOFT pleading
note,
A fond mothers smile and a proud fathers
vote. q. Y. $.
COUNCIL PROCEEDTNGs.-COun met In
regular session on Monday evening last, with
Burgess Roberts in the chair, and Council
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