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T&OPK j our BOhficriW"wb ro entitled
to tbe American Stock Jjtcrnatt and have oot
yt received it, will plea ttcrtify tts of tbc
feci without 6kj. titber through the r
mlasneda of tbo publisher of tbe JipurnaZ, or
tfce?r failure to receir all the names forward
ed by us, several mistakes have occurred,
an3 these we wish to rectify at once. '
In Ma letter declining to be again a can
didate for Congress, John Covode, in enu
merating his ruany personal and political
distinctions, boasts that he is justly entitled
to tbe honor of being called the father of the
House. If thU were true in a physical sense,
theu It could be truly affirmed, thst, in all
the mental attributes of Covorle, hi ' Coiv
gresunal progeny evince unmistakable evi
dence of their illustrious paternity.
Ths Hon. William Moxtgomibt died
at his residence in Washington, in this Sfate,
on last Thursday. Ma. Montgomery was
a lawyer of high standing, and was one of
the most powerful and eloquent speakers in
the western pirt of tie State. Ha was a
Democrat of the General Jackson schopl.
Durisg the Kansas troubles he represented
the Washington district in CoLress, took
an active and prominent part in the debates
of that body, and acquired a distinguished
reputation. Both In his political and social
relations he was held in high esteem by all
who enjoyed his acquaintance.
0 ore of the banners which was borne
aloft at the recent negro glorification in Har
lisburg. over the adoption cf the fifteenth
amendment, was inscribed in large letters
tbe following : "JoHS W. GlAHT. THE IIebo
or SIXTY Battlk axd the Chakpiom
of Fmudom." Hcw?a that for high? After
this, who will question the truth of his own
statement, that it was impossible for him to
dance OS his bullet-iiddled legs. On the
same occasion, this "Champion of Freedom"
delivered an address to his colored brethren,
in which he expressed the hope that they
would prove themselves to bo patriots as
true as John Brown. If these American
citizens of African descent in and around
Harrisbnrg- adopt Geary's ad vice, and follow
ibB ixampla set them by that incorrigible
horse thief and red-handed murderer, but
now Radical saint, John Brown, there will
be a greatly increased demand for hemp at
the State Capitol.
Job Stevenson, chairman of one of the
Congressional sub-committees on elections,
has disposed of tbe impudent pretensions of
another Democratic Congressman from Lou
isiana. This time it is Geo. W. M Csakik,
of the Cfth district, who is made to walk
Spanish. Tbe rote in the district stood thus:
II C&acts:, Dem., 18,716; JJoeet, Ead., 3,
424; KtXNErr, Ead., 8,076. M Cbakik's
majority over both, 7,216. Job and the other
Radicals on the committee have arrived at
tbe saee conclusion that neither of the threo
candidates was elected, and have made are-
port to the House to that effect. It if need-!
less to say that the report was adopted.
The only surprise is, that the ccrnmittee did
cot award the seat to JIoeet or Kennedy,
or to both. Four Democrats from that State
(Louisiana) hatirg been cheated cut of their
seats, the third district yet remains to be act
ed on. In that district Bailky, Dem., re
ceived 17.524 votes; Dabkall. Bad., 8.
693 Bailey's msjirity, 8.931. It does
not require much of a prophet to foretell
Bailey political fate, and when his case is
disposed of, the State of Louisiana will have
but one Representative Sheldon, Radical,
who was defeated by IIcst, Democrat,
by a majority cf 10,615. Such ia the spirit
of Radicalism, pure and undeSled.
Covode's Yeraclly.
The most conspicuous trait in John Co
vode's character is hia profound contempt
for the truth. If an unhlushing falsehood
will subserve his tricky and ignoble purpo
ses. Tie wiM not hesitate to give it public ut
terance. 'thus illustrating his belief iu the
loose but homely adage, that a lie, if perse
vered in. is na good as the truth. In his let
ter withdrawing from the Congressional con
test in his district, the following passage
occurs :
"Pad Gen. Fos'er been made a candidate of
t'i Democratic pnriy. it might have been ne
essrv or advisable for me to have been the
etud.dntft of the Republican party ; but as he
assured me he would net ruu again, 1 will also
retire free; the fitld."
When we first read this statement ro had
lie best reason in the world for kuowing
that it was false, and that Covode knew
when made it that he was wilfully mis
representing Gen. Foster's pobition. Is it
rot manifestly absurd to suppose that Gen.
Tosltr'b candidacy would be made to depend
ou the mere contingency of John Covode be
Izz tbe Radical nominee? That any assu
re was given to C"vode by Henry D. Fos
ter. t at he (Foster) would not again be a
candidate, is most effectually disposed of by
the Grecnsburg Argus, a paper published at
Gen. Foster's own door. After quoting tht
above paragraph from Covode's letter, it
tnakei tho following comments thereon,
which, it is fair to presume, were authorized
by Gen. Foster himself:
It requires a man ef no ordinary amount of
brass to make pitch a statement. It is cool
decidedly 'onl lying. The egotism is trans
cend int." We pronounce the assertion of the
"allisraior" au infamous lie. iir. hotter bag j
not epoiien to Covode lor cignteen months.
We can prove by the undouV ted testimony of
eitfzcDS cf Greer'nure.that Covode complain
ed to tbem that Mr. Foster would not speak to
him. 11 u Foster, at no time or at no place,
t friend or foe, said that he would not ruu
again. On the other hand, it ia well known
that Oen. Fester was "inada the candidate of
he Democratic party" months ago every
Democratic paper io tbe district proclaimed him
the PesBftcratie candidate, a&4 continue to do
to to tbe prtfsa timt. 1
Kail lload Sulmdifs.
Ooly those ?ho have paid some attention
to the ?uljuct. can Lrrn aa adequate idea of
the karfui extent to which the public: lauds
have been granted by Congress to various,
weetera railroad corporations. The prac
tice has growa to sach aa enormous lnagui
tuda, that, nl9 it is promptly checked,
cur entire public domain will soon pass
frotii the coatrol of tho government lata tbe
hands of corporations and individuals, to
aid in the construction ol so-called "works
cf internal improvement." . It is estimated
that the quantity of public land which has
heretofore been grafted by Congress for rail
roads and wagon roads, for common schools
and for agricultural and mechanical colleges,
and for which patents have already been
issued by the government, amount to about
.three hundred millions of acres, or one eighth
of the entire surface of the United States.
During the present session nearly one hnn
dred bills, which propose to give away tho
public lands to aa many railroads, have been
introduced into the House and about fifty
into the Senate. The grants contained in
these bills amount to one hundred and thirty
7niilions of acres equal to the area of Mary
land, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro
lina a ud Georgia combined and if sold to
actual settlers at $2.50 per acre, would
amcunt to $325,000,000 a Bum more than
sufficient to pay off over one-eight cf the
public debt.
The most astounding land grab that has
yet been attempted, Is that of the Northern
Pacific Rail Road, which starts from Duluth,
on the extreme western shore of Lake Supe
rior, and, running through the State of
Minnesota, Dakota, Montana and Washing
ton territories, terminates at Fort Vancou
ver, on tho Columbia river. The subsidy
to this road, in the bill which has recently
passed the Senate, embraces ft belt of land
eighty miles in width, along the wholo length
of the road, covering about 47,000.000 of
acres. Judge Thurman, the Democratic
Senator from Ohio," resolutely and ably op
posed this stupendous swindle, as well as
other jobs of a kindred nature. He was aided
in his well directed efforts by a few Repub
lican Senators, but the Rul Road Ring had
it all their own way, and the till passed.
Sinco Judge Thurman's entrance into the
Senate, Le has acquired a national reputa
tion, lie is unquestionably an able man
a true Statesman. What he Eays is always
well said and fairly meets the question at
issuo. Hi3 vigorous speeches remind us of
the better days of the Senate, when such
men as Webster, Clay, B.-nton and Ca3s gave
dignity aud weight to its deliberation. The
following is an extract from Judge Thur
man's speech in opposition to the bill :
"Sir, I wish that every Senator had before
him a map of the United States with 'a broad
belt drawn upon it one hundred and twenty
iriles wide, which this resolution proposes shall
be tbe monopoly of this companv a breadth
of one hundred and twenty miles, in which this
company is o have forty sections to the mile,
and out of which it is to keep out the actual
settlers of the country. Tnink of a belt one
hundred and twenty miles wide-and reaching
two n.i'ea in ex tent, sufficient of itself to make
twenty States of the size of some of the States
of the Union. That is the monopoly which
this railroad company is to have ; and yet
hen that is the case, when 8ur.h a grant as no
Government in the world ever made to a pri
vale corporation Is pendirg, and when the
wio!e upshot of the business is that the Gov
eminent is to build the road, to equip the road,
to pay enough to build it and pay enough to
equip it. and tbe:i turn it over as a gracious
gitt to a private corporation, to be the monop
oly of that corporation when that is lhe case,
this measure is to be urged through the Sen
ate without even a word said in ita favor by
those who ought to furni-h the information, if
it exists, that would justify the passage of any
such act.
"D Senators kuow that there are pending
in the Senate and Hou?e of Representatives,
before itie two bodies or the committees of the
two bodies, railroad schemes that appropriate
over four hundred million acres of the public
domain more land than was in the original
thirteen States ? And these schemes are to
be pres-ed. oni after another, before the Sen
ale. Now, we nre to decide the question what
sltall he our policy in the future. Shall these
grants be uch as they have been heretofore
without imitation, without restriction, without
one single shield of protection thrown around
the settlers and the people of the country ; or
shall we say that if we do give these grants in
the future, if we do make them in the future,
thev shall be coupled with provisions which
shall secure the right of the people to settle on
the lands and buy :hf m at a iiving price ? .No
greater question could occupy the Senate. It
ii a question whether the people of this coun
try shall have homes, or whethor the lands of
this country shall be engrossed by corporations
and hei'j-iu mortmain ; as it were, tor perhaps
half a century to come. That is the qjpstion.
It is the question, whether or not this Senate
will erect itself into the great creator of mort
main, or whether it will protect these 1and3 for
the benefit of the people who are landless.
"Mr. President, it may be that I feel too
much on this subject ; but I cannot help it.
I cannot look over this country ; I cannot con
template what will soon be its population; I
cannot think of the suffering in every country
where there is a dense population ml cannot
dwell for a moment upon the fact that every
dsr and every hour in this land makes it more
and more difficult for the poor man to get an
estate, and listen with becoming patience to
propositions to grant awav forty, fifty or one
hundred rnillions of the public domain to a set
of private corporations : to ste this Govern
ment build and equip a road and then give it
to so many private individuals as a free gift.
I may be wrong, sir ; but I cannot sec that 1
am wrong."
At the last Indiana County Ontrt, the two
Associate Judges, wise beyond the law, over
ruled the President Judge (Buffington) and
refused to grant any tavern licenses. A little
learning, legal or otherwise, is a dangerous
thing. If any man believes that the action
of these two judges will banish the use of
rum from that couuty. and transform it into
a Paradise of temperance, we have only to
say, that he is blissfully ignorant of tbe prac
tical working of the ten gallon law in Mas
sachusetts, or other similar experiments on
a smaller scale elsewhere.
A watchmaker in Meriden, Conn., baa
on exhibition in his shop an old watch, with
only an hour hand and a common catgut
for a winding-chain. It has a brass case,
but was originally enclosed in a tortoise
shell. The inscription on the watch is 'W.
Lee, No 2, 1658.',' making it 212 years old,
undoubtedly the oldest ruanicg watch in
America. It keeps excellent time, not va
rying two uolautes ia a week.
fSuiicr and llieiitcs.
History Is skid to repeat itst-if, not only in j
the facts and iuc'.dents which it narrates.
i
j but also In tbe characters, it portrays. At
I th memorable siee of Troy, which is eupr
posed by the best authority to have taken
place about twelve hundred years before the
Christian Era, the Grecian, camp coutaloed
with. a tt the original Ben Bctlbb. He
was a coiay, meddlesome braggart, and was
always embroiled in a quarrel with the offi
cers of the Greek army a veritable Ishmael,
whoso hand was against every man aud
against whom every man's hand was raised.
His name was TiiimsitES. When the poet
Hv mbh wrote his history of that fciege, and
when he threw off the following graphic and
life-like sketch of this boisterous demagogue,
the future Ben Bctler, now the recognized
leader of the Radical party in Congress, stood
before him in his own proper person :
"Thersites only clamour'd in the throng,
Loquacious, loud, and turbulent of tongue ; .
Aw'd by no Fhaine, by no respect controll'd,
Inscandi.1 busr, in reproaches bold ;
With witty malice studious to defame ; -Scorn
all his joy, and riches all his aim.
But chiel he glory'd with licentious style,
To lash the good, and honest to revile.
His figure such as might his soul proclaim ;
Oiie eye was bunking, and one leg was lame ;
Hia mountain shoulders half his breast o'er
spread, Thin hairs bestrew 'd hia long mis sbapen head.
Spleen to mankind his envious heart possest,
And much he hated all, but most the blest."
General Sens Items.
At tha negro parade in Philadelphia,
a banner was carried bearing tbe portrait of
ol i Tuad. Stevens, and beneath it "Ecce
Homo."
UlisEUa has nominated his bii-grapher,
Adam Badeau, as Consul-General at London.
This act creates Adam Piadeau der among
other aspirants for the office.
One regiment at Montreal, which was
ordered cut to diill, in anticipation of a Fe
nian raid, mustered thirteen officers and
eight privates. They wouldn't luake a de-.
cent cieal tor a Feniau.
A youug lady of Massachusetts was
recently offered five hundred dollars for her
hair-, which lacks but half an inch of being
six feet long, but refu?ed. The olfr was
increased to one thousand dollars and then
rejected.
A St. Louis clerk, in rescuing a pretty
g,irl in the street from a big dog, luckily
sprained his ankle. The young lady called a
carriage, took her brave preserver heme,
nursed the roses back to his cheeks and mar
ried him, with pa's -blessing and greenbacks.
A derpatch fiom Sioux City, Bays the
alarm in the Indian country is general and
well founded, una that it is thought that if
the Indians are cot "Sheridanized" at once,
they will inaugurate the most extended war
the West has ever experienced.
Mr. Charles Wild, a respective citizen
of Columbia county, while reading the other
evening suddenly complained of a violent
pain about the head, and a most uncomfort
able sensation in his eyes. He retired, and
on awakening the next morning found that
he was totally blind.
A thrilling story has just reached Lon
don. Dundee vessels returning from the far
North report that an unknown steamer is
fast in the ice eff the coast t,f Greenland.
Vessels have been despatched to its relief.
Everybody will ask, "Can the ice locked
craft be the City of Boston V
The body of a man was fouu 1 on Thurs
day, lodged in the branches of a tree on the
Lehigh river, between Laury's and Rock
Dale, The body must have been carried
there during the freshet last week. It is in
an advanced btate of decom position and must
have laid in the water for some time.
On April 26, near Cessawoman, Acco
rrac county, Virginia, a woman named El
len Bunting killed au idiot named William
Or ley, with whom she had been drinking in
her husband's gioggery. The woman bfcame
offended at Orlcy, seized an axe and mutila
ted his face, from which he fondled. Mrs.
Bunting was arrested.
An Appalllnsr Catastrophe.
SLAtTGHTER IK THE BICnUOKD CAPITOL A
OUST ROOM FLOOR GIVES WAY HUN
DREDS PHFCIPITATEO THIRTY FEET
MAST KILLED AND WOITSDED.
Richmond, April 27. A terrible calamity
occurred here this morning. The floor of
the Court of Appeals, in the State Capitol,
gave way and precipitated the hundreds
therein assembled to hear the decision in the
Mayoralty cae of Eilisoc and Cahoou, upon
the Conservative caucu? then sitting in the
Hall of the House of Delegates below. It
is impossible to ascertain the extent of the
injuries at this hour.
Among the killed are P. II. Aylett, a dis
tinguished lawyer; Dr. J. B. Brock, report
er for the Enquirer and Examiner ; Samuel
Eaton, Clerk of Mayor Cahoon ; Captain
William A. Charters. Chief of the Fire De
partment; N. P. Howard, a lawyer ; 'Abb
Levy, a Richmond merchant : Charles Wat
son, of the Danville Riilroad '; Hugh Hutch
escn, Lewis N. Webb, of this city ; Wheeler
Schofie'.d, brother of General Schofield ; It.
H. Maury, Jr., Senator Bland (colored ), and
Powhattan Roberts.
It is supposed that twenty members of
the State Legislature, are killed or wounded.
The Judges of the Court of Appeals all es
caped unhurt. Ex-Governor Wells was
badly injured. L. II. Chandler, counsel for
Cahoon in the Mayoralty case, was injured.
James Mason and Judgo Meredith, counsel
for Ellison, was also badly hurt.
Fifty-eight persons are reported killed and
about two hundred hurt by the accident.
Tho greatest excitement prevails, and hun
dreds of persons in the Capitol Square are
weeping and wailing as the dead and dying
are brought out of tho building. Governor
Walker escaped unhurt, though on the floor
of the Court room at the time.
Pennsylvania State Sunday School
Convention. The annual Convention, for
the year 1870. will be held at Uarrisburg,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June
14, 15 and 16. George U. Stuart, Esq., is
expected to preside. Each Sunday School
is invited to send two or mare delegates.
Pastors of Churches, Superintendants of
Sunday Schools, and prominent Sunday
School workers from all parts of the State
are invited to attend and participate.
Our Sunday School brethren from other
States are also cordially welcomed. It is
requested that the names of those who ex
pect to attend shall be sent to Rev. Thos.
U. Robinson, or John M. Sayford. Secreta
ry, on or before the first day of June, as it
will be necaxsary for those who would avail
themselves of a reduction of fare on the
railroads, to procure excursion tickets before
leaving their homes for IIa.riburg. The
committee of arrangements wiil secure or
ders for tickets for all who notify them in
time to do so and forward them.
Places of entertainment will be provided
for all who give due notice of their coming.
T. H. RoBiNrtON, Chairman.
J. M. Sayfobd, Secretary,
i Kore Wind frem the Earsted Enable
Mr. McLaughlin Still cn the War Path
He RfTltwi Mr. Ptnhlng'i nply
More abom the Eehuatterly Letter.
From the Johnstown Democrat.
Messrs. Editors I am pleased to find
that you gave Mr. Pershing tbe advantage
of a procf sheet of my-statemeut, iu reply to
a requebttuada to me by numerous citizens
of this place, in order that bo might have
aa opportunity of replying in the came issue
of your paper. Had you notified rae of Mr.
Pershing's request, I would have cheerfully
assented to it, for it was just the very place
I wished to have his reply siJe by bide
with that statement and his own letter. -It
seems to me, as it I as doubtless struck
your readers, that had Mr.PershiDg restrain
ed himself until the following week, he, as
well as bis friends, might have had a less
reason to blush for the character of that re
ply. But ,1 might ask Mr. Pershing of
w hat ho complains in my statement, and
the publication of his letter, which beseems
highly indignant, not ouly with me. but the
respectable citizens who signed tho call.
Has he not clearly condemned himself? If
his letter was all right, why manifest Mich
indignation and bad temper at its publica
tion 1 Should he not rather havo demanded
its publication 1 But let us tec what his
reply amounts to. I eha-1 review it briefly-
1st. It was very wrong for me to open
this letter, which purported to be for the
bill. If it was. would that in the slightest
degree relieve Mr. Pershing ? But Mr. Per
ching says he told me the contents of this
letter. I will not say that Mr. Pershing
states here what ho knows to be a barefaced
falsehood, for that would be impolite to stich
an honorable gentleman. It is merely a flip
of the memory which I will endeavor to cor
rect by asking him a 'few q-iesth-.ns : Did
you tell me that it was confidential? That
you had been strongly importuned to go to
Harrisburg ? That the business of button
holing members for their votes was distaste
ful to you ? That you had been strongly
pressed to write? That the naked proposi
tion to remove the county seat would be in
iquitable ? That "on this subject you must
get aU the liglit yon can, and then vote as
your coriscience tells you is right?" That
"Beyond this J hace no demands to mahe or
advice to give ? That "n.ony rf our Democrat
ic friends fear, however, that there is some
thing political concealed behind the movement?"
That "Could I have a personal interview I
could more fullu explain myself and (lie sub
Jed?" And that you said ngain, "Please
regard this as confidential?" I challenge
Mr. Pershing to say that ho told me one
word of this. Ha knows, and my friends
know, that had he done so, I would have
cast it in his face. But is it not clear that
Mr. Pershing penued this statement without
reflection, and when, perhaps, his reason
was wandering from dread of the exposure
which his fellow citizens demanded ? If I
knew the whole conteuts of the letters, then
they were not confidential for the eyes of the
parties alone, to whom they were addressed.
Why, then, let me ai-k, complain of open
ing the Schnatterly letter? If its contents
were confidential between Mr. Pershing and
myself, then I would be equally guilty as he
is in acting in bad faith toward cur people.
But if I became a partner with you, sir, ic
this business of treacherously deceiving our
people, would I not. like yu. try to cover
my tracks? Surely the last thing I would
do would be to reveal the contents of that
letter. There is no loop-hole here f jr you.
But the letter was confidential, and only to
be seen by Mr. Schcatterly ! That is, you
gave me a letter, on my solicitation, pur
porting to advocate the bill, but Mr. Schuat
lerly must keep it a profound secret, and
let no one know that he received it, much
less disclose its contents! Just hear him : i
"A confidential letter, the coc t nts of which
aii honorable gentleman like Mr. Schnatter
ly would not have divulged !" Reason and
common sense, why abandon my friend io
hirf distress? No, I don't suppose Mr.
Schnatteny would have divulgea the con
tents of that letter.
But I ask the reader to reflect a moment,
ami suppose this state of facts : That neith
er Mr. Brown or Mr. Schnatterly were there,
and that these letters were Hrongly in favor
of the bill ; and that I found, as 1 havo sta
ted, a political argument used on the Dem
ocratic hide of the House to defeat it, and
that the bill was defeated by this argument;
and that I returned these letters to Mr. Per
shing unopened, would not he, and every
man in the community in favor of the meas
ure, censure me in the strongest terms?
More than this, would it not leave me open
to .the strongest suspicions that I had goue
over to our opponents, and betrayed our
people, Mr. Pershing knew that I was not
his agent, but a principal in advocating this
bill, aud that, under the circumstances, the
letter was mine, to be used in the interests
of our people, in the absence of the party to
whom it was addressed. Should I hesitate
at this critical time, until I got permission
from him to use it? Is there any ptrsou so
silly as to think so? No, nor Mr. Pershing
never would have complained had the letter
been of the right character.
But Mr. Pershing has been fishing since he
heard ho was accused of this act of bad faith.
Ho wrote for the letters, and frcm informa
tion which he says ho has, received, he has
reason to believe the Schnatterly letter was
opened previous to the time stated. I chal
enge Mr. Pershing to prove anything differ
ent from what I said on the subject. I may
state here, however, that I deeply regret
(and it is the only thing'for which I am cen
sured by the friends of the measure) that I
did not open this letter immediately, when
I found Mr. Schnatterly was not there.
Had I done so. Mr. Brown would never
have received his. I would immediately
have disclosed its contents. Mr. Pershing
alleges that Mr. Schnatterly was in Harris
burg for several hours after I arrived there.
I here give all the information I have at
present on that subject. I was informed by
Mr. Bolton, or bis clerk, when I returned
from my brother-in-law's, about 2 o'clock
that day, that he had goue home. But here
is a despatch which I received from Mr.
Bolton to-day on that subject :
"Harrisburg. April 22nd, 1B70.
"To D. McLaughlin can't say certain
think Sunday night, March 6th, on 12.15
train, A. M. Gko. K. Bolton."
2nd. Mr. Pershing says hia assailants (it
appears that he has many) charge the de
feat of the bill to this letter, which was "in
tended for the eye of Mr. Schnatterly alone."
Did ever man hear such stuff? Who said
that the Schnatterly letter had anything to
do in defeating the bill ? This is a mere
subterfuge, to throw dirt in the eyes of the
public, or rather divert their attention from
the facts of the case. It was the letter to
Mr. Brown that we claim was instrumental
in defeating it. But he says that Mr. Brown
has informed him. that he says : 'I never
even informed any oue I got a letter from
you." I happen to know better than that,
aod that from a member strongly opposed
to the bill, who informed mo before I left
Harrisburg. But Mr. Pershing has that
letter and he should let the peopla see it.
If he could write such a letter, as he did
write to Schnatterly, with whom he had but
a slight acquaintance, what is the character
cfBrowu's? It is not difficult to surmise.
But f'.T the argument: Let us sut pose
neither of these ie'ters were ikliveied, bu.
weje Loth opened, would Mr. Perching utand
in any better plight than he does low before
this community ? Could he claim that he
was not censurable for such deception on the
grounds that the lttter did Lot defeat the
bill? Clearly not. He would le just as
guilty as he is uow. On such a plea as hia,
Honser should Lot have been executed for the
murdar of Polly Paul, because it is conceded
he did cot strike the fatal blows. It is the
intention that make the guilt.
Srd. He corrects rx.e iu saying that ke went
with us to Harribburg ou Feb. 28th, and
that he was not commissioned to go. That
ho was commtbsoned or appointed to go
there is abundant proof. That was done in
Mr. Barnes' office, at the time he 6poke 60
warmly about getting & certain geutlemao
in Philadelphia, who is all poweiful at Har
risburg, to come there aud put the bill
through. That he went on the same traiu
with U3 is uot correct, and I thank him for
this correction. That is more ircpcrtint
than he supposed. We went on the 6 a.
in. train, he ou the 12:30. And this is just
the starting point iu his downfall. Had he
g.ite with us iu the first train he might have
been saved. He seems indeed to have an
ticipated an attack on thi3 point, although
none was made, uor was it even intimated
iu my statement. He says : "My assail
ants admit I took an active part in the pas
sage of the bill up to the time it came before
the House." Certainly. But he says that
was the next wttk. This tells whtre the
shoe pinches. It came before the Hur.se the
day it was reported by the Committee. If
Mr. Pershing can be benefitted by giving
my expression a technical meaning, I thall
throw no obstacle in his way. He knew
what I meant by the expiextion, ai.d he pre
pared to defend himtelf. It said, "The
j guilty fke when no man pursuetb." Now.
lest I might be considered too severe, I will
give bim time to "bring abundant evidctce"
as to what he said and did at Ilarrinburg.
It was then and there he was captured.
Indeed, he admits tht3 in his reply, fur he
gives the arguments used by our opponents,
which evidently, from what he states, he
thinks were all powerful againrt ue. It is
not strange that he docs not tell us what he
said in reply ? And ttranger still that the
secret map, which it appears he had seen, he
did not make known to us. We saw it the
next week. That was the only map used
(which was in a small pamphlet) with tho
exception of the county map which Geu.
Campbell EO ably handled before the commit
tee, to the discomfiture of our opponents.
4th. But here is a good one : "I Bugested
to a prumiucnt Republican member cf the
House a proviso, which, if imerted in the
act, would. I felt confident, insure a fair
election." Why not have told us then about
this ? Who was the prominent Republi
can ? What was tbia important proviso ?
The bill was diawu well aud carefully by
Gen. Potts, and submitted, 1 believe, to Mr.
Perching, Mr. Kope'iu and otheis. The
provisions with regard to iusuripg a fair
election were as strict as it were possible to
make them. Mr. Peibhing, or any other
person, could not improve on it. There was
uo omplaint about tho provisions.
5th. But here is the bet dtfetce Mr. Per
fching has made: He sayb I dtnoucccd iu
my political speeches the minLus of Daniel
J. Morrell and the fraudulent naturaliziti jd
of ali.-n?. This is the moct pitiful, if not the
silliest thiug advanced yet. Docs Mr. Per
shing sustaiu the iraudulent naturalization
of aliens ? For him to step aside on a sub
ject of "this kind, is net only begging the
question, but, as his friends Lave remarked,
making hitur-elf contemptible. If he is desi
rous of lugging in any. side issues, it will
give me great pleasure to accommodate him
as soou as this controversy is ended. I may
be permitted here, however, to remark, that
the i.fiiccrs and employees of the Cambria
Iron CYu'pany know just as much about my
speeches as Mr. Persuing could tell them.
They know that there was nothing secret or
conjUential about them ; hence 1 shall uot
charge Mr. Pershing with a breach of confi
dence. I might also remark, iu order to re
fresh his memory on a subject of a little
controversy between the principal manager
of the Cambria Iron Company and himself,
that he was charged with a little double
dealing about a certain matter; and in that
controversy I believe it was generally conce
ded that he went ingloriously tinder. But
he says the authorship of the bill was attri
buted to the C. 1. Co. Mr. Pershing could
have coutadicted that. Why did he not ?
He knew well that the measure was gotten
up by the prominent citizens of loth parties
in this place. " Bat he says it has not escaped
the notice cf the public, that some of the
parties cf which I thus spoke in my speech
es, are now my intimate friends. Yes ; and
I make no secret that I am with them, and
every man, without distinction of party pol
itics, who is in favor of this measure, and
against every man politically, who is oppo
sed to it. Will Mr. Pershing be kind enough
to state how a measure of this kind could be
carried by any o:her means than by eschew
ing party politics fur the time beiug. If he
has ever heard of any people carrying such
a measure by any other means, he will con
fer a favor by letting us know. If I have
been correctly informed, he favored the uew
county movement wheu Mr. George S. King
was our member. How would that measure
have effected us politically ?
Gth. But hear Mr. Pershing again. He
quotes me thus: "We all knew that Mr.
Schnatterly was one of the leading members
against us, not only on this bill, but also on
the bill for general jurisdiction;" "and.it
was iu view cf this fact," Mr. Tershing says,
"and of the state of thirgs as they existed
in Uarribbuig, that I wrote this letter." (?)
This caps the climax ! Here he condemus
himself out of hia own mouth. Did he sup
pose we would ask him to write letters to
parties whom we knew were in favor of the
measure. Certainly we all knew, and so
did Mr. Pershing, as he acknowledges, know
that Messrs. Brown and Schnatterly were
opposed to the bill, and, notwithstanding
this admitted important fact, in place of
giving me letters to them to advocate the
measure, he wrote to thetn to strengthen
them in their opposition ! Does not this
put au end to the controversy ? Yhit in
the world has become of Mr. Pershing's
reason 1 That he wrote under a state of ex
citement, which demented him for the time,
is the most charitable construction I can
give to his reply. Yet this is the whole Etst
of Mr. Pershing's defence for writing such
letters. He says in so many words : He
knew the bill would be defeated, and he
might as well have the credit from his
Ebensburg friends Republicans as well as
Democrats cf lending a helping hand. But
hear him again : "Every Democratic mem
ber with whom I conversed was impressed
with the belief that the object of the bill was
political." And with this knowledge
which he did not disclose to us he writes :
"Many of our Democratic friends fear, howl
ever, that there is something political con
cealed befrnd the movement. Could 1 have a
personal interview. I could more fully explain
myself, and the suljzct." Italics mine. But
1 pass with a smgle remark on a sentence
in his letter, which he sewms to think rather
creditable to bim. It is this: "On this
subject, you must get all the light you can
and then vote as your conscience tells you is
right. Bciond this J have vo demand io
make, vr ulvice to give." Now tuf3o
there was not another word but that in the
letter, what would any intelligent, candid
man say cf a person who would thus write,
af:er atter.difo cur meetings, std after bcig
st. or.yly prcsf cd by me to write to those rea
tlemen to urge tbem to advocate the bill ?
He haa not the temerity to say that there is
a singlo word in bis letter favorable to the
bill. He reminds Mr. Schnatterly to be
careful not to violate his conscience. Oh!
conscieaco, conscience, what villainy ia com
mitted under thy garb ?
As to his pitch into Gen. Campbell, I will
merely say that that gontlemaa Leeds no
defence from me. He earnestly and faith
fully stocd by us throughout the struggle,
and proved himself one cf the ablest advo
cates of the measure.
But Mr. Pershing tells Gen. Campbell and
the public that he was unfortunate in en
trusting the letters to me. Reason, again I
a-k thee, where hast thou fled from Mr. Persh
ing? Yes, he wss unfortunate, bnt he forgets
that he is thus condemning himself much
more than his bitterest enemies could possi
bly do. Why did he cot wri;e honest litters,
as" he was asked to write ? Had he done so,
no "itching finger" could Lave exposed
him. Let him remember, hereafter, the eld
adage, aud pri fit by it, that "Honesty is
the best policy." D. -McLacuhlis.
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