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SAYRE DIM
110 N. CHAS, R. BUCKALEW
The Statesman and Pollticalßeformer.
HIS LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES
BIRTH AND EDUCATION
"Principles, not then," is an oft repeat
ed.political maxim. But what are good
principles worth in the , hands of bad
men ? The maxim which should be laid
down and followed in these times is, Good
principles and good men. to enforce them.
It was evidently the recognition of this
great truth that led to the nomination of
the lion. Charles R. Buckalevi for the of
fice of Governor of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Buckalew was born in. Columbia
County, Pennsylvania, on the 28th of
December, 1821, and is consequently now
in his fifty-first year. In common with
many of the most distinguished men of
the country, he is, in the strictest sense of
the, term, a self-made man. His educa
tion, so far as it depended on the assis
tance of tutors, was begun in the com
mon school and comOeted at Harford
Academy, in Susquehanna County. Af
ter leaving school he was several years
engaged iu teaching, and while thus em
ployed, was fitting himself for the graver
tasks and hi,gher positions of his subse
quent life. The bent of his mind inclin
ing him to the legal profession, he studied
law with M. E. Saekson, esq., of Berwick,
and was admitted to the bar of Columbia
county in August, 1843. It was quickly
perceived that he had not mistaken his
pursuit. Capacity, industry, and integri
ty, soon opened before him the road to
success.
Amos Niactois
IMM:I3
On the 13th of February, 1849, he was
married to Parmelia, daughter of Rev. E.
Wadsworth, of Town Hill, Dizerne • Co.
No event of his life has contributed so
much to his good fortune as this happy
marriage. Carefully trained in Christian
dactene and duties, and becoming in her
youth a communicant of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, she has, by a temper
in which natural amiability and religions
devotion are beautifully blended,constan
ly cheered and strengthened her husband,
and amid all the varied scenes of public
and private duty, in which he has been
au actor at home and abroad, she has been
his inseparable companion. When not
absent from the country, the rani!?
sisal' , " of the auu two children.
has resided at Bloomsburg. Colombia Co.
and if the esteem in which each and all
are held by their life-long neighbors could
determine the matter, there would be no
room for doubt as to the result of the
present contest for the chief-magistracy
of the commonwealth.
In 1855 Mr. Buckalew was appointed
prosecuting attorney for Columbia Conn
tv, and after discharging the duties of
the office with marked efficiency for two
rears, he voluntarily resigned. In 1850
lie was elected state senator fur three
years, and was reelected in 1853. In 1854
he waq appointed by tte President of the
United States special commissioner to es
change ratilltations of the treaty with
the Republic of Paraguay. Although
affairs had then become somewhat com
plicated between the two - governments, lie
performed the duties of his appointment
with entire satisfaction to both countries.
Returning in safety from this long and
perilous voyage, he was 'chosen Presiden
tial elector, from his senatorial district in
the fat of 1856.
In 1837 lie was a thint time elected to
the state senate, and in the %rioter of that
year was appointed by the Governor, and
confirmed by the senate, as one of a com
mission of three to revise the criminal
laws of the State.
lIE RENDERS IMPORTANT SERVICE TO THE
31r.Buckalew was an acknowledged lea
der of his party in the state senate; and
was particularly prominent and influen
tial in the advocacy of questions of re
form, arid of all attempts to secure equal,
just, and beneficent legislation. He was
the author of the act, passed danng . the
session of 1854, and still existing, which
forbids the sale of intoxicating drinks to
the insane, to minors,, and to persons of
known intemperate habits, and prohibits
the celebration of the marriage ceremony
when either of the parties is in a state of
intoxication. Thepenalties annexed to
the violation of this law are fine and im
prisonment, and any member of the im
mediate family, or other relative of an
intemperate person, may ftirbid any liquor
seller to sell intoxicating drink to such
intemperate person. Ile was also the au
thor of most of the constitutional amend
ments that were proposed at the session
of the general assembly in 1857. As ex
amples of these may be instanced that
illicit prohibits the contracting of any
new state debt exceeding the amount of
$750,000, that which forbids the incurring
of municipal indebtedness by subscrip
tionkof st,-•k or loar.s of credit to incor
porated wag that which provides
for the creatiot. if a sinking fund for the
paytnent of the ,sisting state debt, and
that! which prevent, !he divisionof coun
ties except by the popular consent express
ed at an election held for the purpose of
ascertaining the popular will..
lIEFORII - Ifi LEGISLATION.
On the question of cumulative or free
voting he has long cherished a profound
internist; and is the author of several local
acts favoring that Moue of election, and
of the general statute which applies the
principle of the free vote to the election
of councilmen in all the boroughs of the'
State, subject to general law& But upon
no question of state policy has he-mani
fested so much concern as that of consti
tutional reform. A convention for this
purpose will convene next November, and
the amendment he proposed last winter,
which contemplates the removal of the
electien of the. State treasurer: from the
legislature and tbe plabing of - it in tho
hands of the people, will unqviestionably
then bo adopted.
ACCEPIii A DIPIAM&2IO, MISSION.
In tlie Bummer of 1858 Mr. Buckram
resigne(l . bis positions as state senator and
00mmiamoner to revise the criminal
to t t arr ifie of accepting Mit
A SKETCH.
MONTROSE, -PA - .; WEDNESDAY, - OCTOBER 2, 1872.
of United States Minister resident to the
republic of Ecuador. Here, as in Para
guay, he discharged his delicate duties
with prudence and fidelity. The climate
of the country proving favorable to his
health and that of his family, lie remain
ed three years. and returning to his coun
try in 1861, :Ii found his countrymen
armed and arming for the suppression of
the great rebellion.
CHOSEN UNITED STATES SENATOP.
On the 14th of January. 1863, Mr.
Buckalew was elected to the United States
Senate for the term of six years from the
4th of March following. An insignifi
cant man is in a pitiable position, and
shows very badly by comparison, iu this
the most talented and august assembly in
the nation. But the new member from
Pennsylvania goon won the respect of his
fellow senators, and the party in his state
which opposed his election, equally with
the party that elevated him to his high
position, felt grateful for the honor which
his reputation there reflected upon their
grand old commonwealth. In the senate
Mr. Buckalew served on the most impor
tant Committees, among others 'that of
foreign relations, and was chairman of
the special committee on representative
reform, whose report of March 2, 1869,
contained suggestions of the deepest in
terest, and was , extensively circulated
through the country for the public infor
mation.
wan RECORD IN THE SENATE.
When Senator Buckalew took his seat
the country was deep in the struggle for
the preservation of the Federal Union.—
As a democrat he could not sympathize
with all the measures and aims of the
administration then in power. But upon
the question of putting down by force the
force that had arrayed itself against the
authority of the ballot, he never hesitat
ed a moment, and was as earnest and de
cided as the most ardent republican to be
found in the halls of congress, or in the
front of the battle. Shortly after his
election to the senate he defined his posi
tion on the subject of the war in the fol
lowing words—
"'That rebellion was against the laws
of the United States and pet the whole
body of them ut defiance- Although it
asserted for itself a legal ground of justi
fication, it is most manirest that it was
lawless and unauthorized. The compact
of the Unioa being without limitation of
time, must be held, as intended by its au
thors, to be perpetual, and the provision
provides the only lawful mode by which
its obligation can be limited or changed.
Considering secession as a breach of the
public law, and in view of the immense
interests put in peril by it, this state con:.
curred in measures of hostility against
the south. But this was done to vindi
cate the broken law, and to secure the ob
ject for which the government of Hi.
United States was originally founded, and
for no purpose of conquest or oppression.
Upon this ground we must justify our
conduct, and submit it without apprehen
sion of censure to the judgment of future
times."
And again in a speech delivered in the
senate at the close of the war as follows:
" Returning from a foreign country af
ter the commencement of the war, a hen
it was in full progress, and when no hu
man power could avert the stone which
fell upon us, I found myself, as did most
of the citizens of our country absolutely
controlled by the circumstances which
surrounded us, and which pressed us for
ward upon a course of conduct which we
could nut avoid. I thought then, and
think now, that there was but one thing
to do. We were en,,T,411 in a contest
which was, as it has often been described,
contest of life and death, and there
was nothing to b.: done except to fight it
out, to tight on, to promote or assist the
collision of forces which were then array
ed against each other until some ultimate
results should be reached.
"As a member of the minority in this
chamber, I gave my vote for those meas
ures of the majority which directly point
ed to the use of the force of this govern
ment to subjugate the insurrection which
raised its bead against us. I was opposed
to the political policy of that majority,
and have continued to entertain and
evince that opposition down to this time,
in a respectful and proper manner. But
upon the question of prosecuting the war
to a conclusion. I never had any difficul
ty; I never had any hesitation."
SUPPLIES.
In accordance with these views Mr.
iluckalew advocated and voted for the fol
lowing measures that were - to furnish the
"xinews of war"
April 14, 1864, a lull to meet deficiency
in the war department, *97,504,040; and
for the naval service. *2,735,500.
April 22, 1864, bill appropriating to the
support of the arnly. *5529,323,897 65.
This bill was strongly opposed in the
House, and it bemuse necessary to order
a committee of conference. The Senate
appointed T. 0. Howe, L ;V. 3lorrell mid
Marks R. Bird:alert., and the house Thad
dens Stevens and Thomas T. Davis. The
difficulty arose mainly from the circum
stance that the house thought the senates
provision for the pay of colored troops too
liberal. The report, of the conference
committee, signed by Mr. Buckalm, was
'adopted. It may be found in the 'Glute i
page,
_2.845. Frequently thenceforward,
when alluding to this
. matter, Thaddeus .
Stevens accustomed to say some very
strong things in praise of the manliness
and magnanimity of Senator Baekaleir
in agreeing to pay so liberally the colored
soldiersiirliom he bad employed.
May 21, 1864, bill appropriating to dif
ferent brunches of the Dare) Rrriee, 8106,-
192.987 99.
February 17. 1865;bill appropriating to
the navy, 321,486,928 95.
February 18,1865, bill making appro
priations for the support of the army,
$554,579.g27 70.
These five money
_bills amounted to
(31,427,822,881 30)one billion four hun
dred and twenty-seven millions eight hnn
dred s•nd twenty-two thousand eight hun
dred end eighty-one dollars and thirty
cent& Mr. Buckaleto advocated and voted
for the whole five. See report, of senate
proceedings published in the Congression
al Globe ender the -dates specified in the
NI&
BOUNTIES AND.INCREASED PAY TO .SOL
WERE.
December 22d, 1803, bill appropriating
$20,000,000 for the payment of bounties
to soldiers. This was advocated and I'o.
tell by 4ifr. Burkakw. During the dis
cussion of the bill, an amendment was
offered by a republican senator, reducing
the bounty from $6OO to 8100. Mr.
Buckalew voted against the amendment.
Pending further discussion on the 22d of
April, 1864; an amendment was offered
by Mr. Hendricks. of Indiana, increasing
the pay of soldiers 50 per cent. This did
not pass, though Mr. Buckalew voted for
it. March 16, 1864, another amendment
was offered and adopted, which increased
the pay of sopdiers from $l3 to $l6 per
month. Mn, Bt. - mut-1m 'VOTED FOR
TI116; May 17th, 1861, still another am
endment was offered to pay the soldiers
in gold; and though' it was rejected, ill..
Ituckatew voted for it.
What wore could he have done to befriend
the soldiers? First lie roles for $20,000-
000 to pay bounties; then against redu
einff the bounty from $3OO to $lOO ; then
to increase the pay of private soldiers front
$l3 to $l6 per month, and to pay non
commissioned officers $3l per month, and
_finally to pay the soldiers in sold. The
difference between the tax-paying, self
sacrificing patriot, and the army contrac
tors, who fattened upon their hard bar
gains with, and stealings from the gov
ernment, was that he put money in the
pockets of the soldiers, and they pnt it in
their own.
See senate proceedings in the Cowes
sionBl Globe, under the dates of the il
- of the aforesaid bill, and its
several amendments.
PAY OF COLORED TROOPS.
Before Mr. Buckalew's election to the
senate au net passed that body, July 17,
1862, flung the pay of colored troops at
$lO per month, the pay of. white soldiers
being at that time 613 per month. That .
law remained in force until 1864. On the
22d of April, 1862, Mr. Wilson, of Massa
chusetts, offered an amendment to the
army bill relating to certain regiments of
colored troops, against which Mr. Buck
alew voted for excellent reasons. First,
the amendment proposed to increase the
pay of white soldiers. only from -the dale
of the p a.s.age of the bill, but to au
thorize the inc rased pay to colored sol
diers from the; beginning of the year,
thus making what he regarded as an un
just discrimination. Secondly, it allow
ed a compensation to New England agents
who went south to procure the enlist
ment of colored troops to fill the quo
tas of the New England states. Be
thought it was conceding quite enough
to those enterprising agents to permit
them to stay at home and make money
by puttiug colored soldiers into the army,
without paxin2; thema . commissioner o"
the fighting they were to du by proxy.
'Thirdly, it provided fur increased pay to
four colored regiments (two from Massa
chusetts anu two from South Carolina)
and left those colored troops who had
been equally faithful to their
_colors,
though a shorter lime in the service,
without increase. These reasons should
have been conclusive against the amend
ment, yet it passed, AND Ma. BUCKeLEW
VOTED FOR TRE BHA, OF WRICTI IT HAD
BECOME .t RI, RATA Ell THAN GIVE HIS
VoICI AG IINST ANY MEASURE FOIL TILE
COMPLNNATION OP COLOILED NEN IN TILE
A ST.A NDER NAILED
It will be remembered that in 18C4
there was a so called peace conference at
Nia,gra Falls. It is charged. against Mr.
Backelew that he participated in its pro
ceedings, and hereby proved his readi
ness to entertain proposals- frMn rebel
emissaries that were derogatory to the
honor and welfare%f his country. This
charge is purely a lie. The real truth is
that lie went to Niagra in the, perfor
mance of a duty agprectil upon him by
the Senate of the Llftted Statics. On the
21 of July, 1854, a resolution introduced
by Mr. Ramsey, of Minnesota, passed the
senate, which instructed the committee
on Indiana afihirs to inquire into the
Indian administration of the imperial
aftd colonial authorities in the British
North America possessions . , Mr. Harlan,
of lowa, Mr. Doolittle, of Wisccinsin, and
Mr. Bcknalaw, of j Pen nsylvania, being I
members of the Indian committee,. were
appointed a sub committee to perform
this special ditty during the recess of
congress. For this purpose solely Mr.
Bnekalew went to Niagara, Mrs. Bucka
lew accompan y ing her husband. While
waiting there to be joined by the other
two members of the committee, Mr.
Holcombe, one of the volunteer rebel
peace commission, casually met Mr. and
Mrs. Buckalew in the public reception
room of the hotel and conversed with
them about ten minutes. The only al
lusion to national affairs during this brief
interview was a remark of Mr. Holcombe
to the effect that Mr Lincoln would have
difficulty in raising the five hUndred
thousanil -troops for which a call had just
been issued, to which Mr. Buckalew re
plied "THE Tnoors war. BE • nAmn."
Mr. Buckalew was at Niagara in the dis
charge-of u high official duty. The only
confederate he met, or spoke to or had
any iiitercuurse with, during the war, was
Mr. Holcombe,-aud the single remark he
made to hum became the lips of a patriot
and 'was calealiged to discourage the lea
den of the rebellion.
A N'EIT PliAjallAMME.
31r. Bnckalew, should ho ho elected gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, is firmly resolved
so to erert the influence of his great of
fice as to eradicate the enormousevil of
special,kgislation.; prevent fraud in the
conducting of primary, local and general
elections.; encourage the selection of
capable and honest men. for the, legisla
time; induce economy and fidelity in the
state administration • and place the sink
ing fund in hands th at can be trusted by
the people. ilis own- words best- define
the saint:47y reforms that would be inaug-
'"What do we desire to accomplish in
our state? . Why, for one thing we want
the elecixon.of state treasurer taken .out
of the legislature.'' . -,•_
'Then w expect to obtain in the- gov
ernmeut'of our state, great.eldutto and.
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necessary reforms with regard to the trans
action of business by the legislature. We
expect to have cut off from the legisla
ture a large amount of jurisdiction which
the two houses have abused, and which
has been productive of evil in the state,
and of scandal and reproach. Large
masses of' private legislation and large
brunches of jurisdiction with reference
to bills must be cut off hereafter from
the action .of the
,legislative department
of our government. Yon, can obtain
this by two means. First and mainly, by
the action of the • constitutional conven
tion which is to meet in November; but
we will secure it also to a great extent by
electing proper men to the legislature,
and by electing some man with proper
views upon the subject to fill the execu
tive office. But there is a greater ques
tion than all these—the great question of
electoral reform. Both your primary .
and your legal elections are perverted.
They are not as they ought • to be,
free
and open encounters between opposing
opin ions."
"Well, we can reach that evil. With
good men in the legislature, who are not
subject to rings, anda man in the execu
tive (Alice who will recommend to the le
gislature the reforms necessary to purge
the ballot, it is possible' to overthrow
fraud and to secure honest and fair elec
tions generally throughout the common,
wealth. '
THE STATE'S GUAR/INTEL
This rests upon the universally admit
ted capacity, and the universally re
ceived character of the candidate. M.
lluckalew has distinguished himself as a
student, a lawyer, a state legislator,
foreign minister, and a United States
senator. He is yet in the prime pf EP",
and, of his age, there is scarcely a public
man in the country who has had equal
experience or has displayed equalcapacity,
for the management of public affairs.
And what is, if possible, still more im
portant in the present exigencies of the
state, his character, whether personal or
official, is alike conceded by his political
friends and opponents to be :lbws e,suspie
ion. He lies not now, nor has he ever
had, "cliques" and "rings" about him.
He has throughout his long public life
stood alone upon the eolid basis of. his
ability and integrity. He has' neither
enemies to punish nor friends and depen
dents to reward. He received the nomi
nation not because he intrigued for it, or
even desired it, but because he was believ
ed to behest entitled to the honor. If
elected be will assume the duties of the
office wutramineled and independent; and
the result will prove that a governor,
either snore capable or faithful to the
best interests of tile commonwealth, nev
er sat iethe chair.
TMLE 1111.11"TELNINIrr romM2I.I;IIL-r,"
The canvass now in progress in the
Keystone state is one without a parallel in
the history of Pennsylvania polities.
Never before hare we seen, from the days
of Thomas, Mifflin to John W. Geary, iii
a contest for governor, occurnng every
three years, for seveuty•eight 'years, a
canvass in which, on one, side, at least,
there was so bold a defiance of the mural
sentiment of the community. We cannot
too often dill the attention to the specta
cle there presented, and the contrasts
which it offers. The democratic and lib
eral party select as their candidate a mm
of singularly pure private life and per
fectly irreproachable public character. " I
am content," said Mr. Buekalew the other
day in Schuylkill county, that my public
life may be examined, and that upon the.
result of this examination the decision of
the people shall be made. I- am content
that the record of my services in the leg- .
islature of my own state formerely in a
position under the United States abroad,
in the senate, and recently in the legisla
ture again, shall be thoroughly and ei
haustively examined."' This is the 'lan- .
gauge of: a perfectly honest man. It is a
challenge. which no one dare accept.
Such, then, are the character, the position,
and the bold defiance to . his enemies, of
the democratic candidate. And what is
said'and done on the otherside ? ft would
be idle to pretend that the republican par
ty in Pennsylvania has not in its ranks
many such pf intelligence and unblem
ished character, whom it might have been
justly proud to select us its Candidate ut a'
crisis like this, wheel personal merits are
so sure to be scrutinized. We concede
this freely, and conceding it, we pause in
mere amazement at the actuality which
had comet° pass. Left to itself, Pennsyl
vania reptiblicauisni would ,gladty have
made another nomination than the one it
has done.' But it was not loft to itself.
There is, and has been for years .in this
great commonwealth a huge financial,
ring, which, with brief moments of dis
turbance, has ruled it absolutely. Its
centre is Harrisburg ; or rather, to 'be
perfectly accurate, Dauphin county. The
magician whose spell guards it, is Simon
Carneron-4..and thence.radifite those evil
influences which have penetrated every
corner of the community,'. and more, or
less controlled public opinion, Within
the last three years this power has. been
intensified, • There has been. no. scruple
in the exercise of its agencies, and, as
private cupidity and official delinquiney
have mingled largely and , closely with
political action, a state of things has ar
isen, when to surrender power means not
more prostration -of political ambition,
but actual personal ruin. Jf. ; the :Harris
burg secrets of the last three, years were
to be wade Inown in all, their hideous
ness, even to. honest *publicans, a cat
astrophe,wauld come to pass. Hence,
one of the guilty agents has to be nomi-*
Rat...A. If these !secrets were to be „re !
vealed to political antagonists, who can
have no object in concealment
tion, thern, would_ be , more than expos
ure.. There: would be. strict responsibility
andliharir penalty. Hence their_ guilty
agent thus . noininated mast at any - cost
oo elected.! This is.the philosophy=--this
the solution of thellartrauft nomination.
Ltd% with Out exception, and so. felt to. be .
within and 'without the state; great
est entragei,on public - opinion' that:ever
• was. attempted. It'ivas.well said the!cither
Ally by a New - York paper; that Nwhile,it
would be utterly impossible for so , con
fessedis wrougdotr,usilartratift , any
- chttuco to . be nominated aa .governorof
New Fork; yet if he were to be, there
would be a revolt •against. him among
men of all parties from one end •of the
state to the other." .
It is neither expedient nor Possible 'for .
us to give in anything like detail the cvi
deuce on which this grave inculpation
rests. Summarizing it ; its mildest name t
would be persistent malversation in office(
—a combination bet Ween disbursing and j
accounting:of:leers whom the theory of!
the meant tolceep .almost I
onism; the deposit id: , the public moneys
with secret and irresponsiblelageneies,aud
'their employment in, the wildest .stock
speculations depreciating . the state
securities iii - e'ider that these officials and
their brokers might buy cheap, and then
sell at an advance to the sinking fund,
the pocketing the difference ;. the actual
robbery of the treasury of the city 01,
Philadelphia Ville agdnt of these alai
als, or at their instignation. , Their detep
thin, conviction and punishment. The
astounding exhibition, indeed, is noks
made of a man nominated as governar,
whose partner and confidtnlal agent Es
serving out a term of service in the pent
tary f There is no exaggeration, no over-
statement, in all this. It is confessed
truth. Honest repub!icnn paper, as we
have shown, and republican politicians,
assert it with as much emphasis as.demo
erats; and yet, with all this, the party is
called on to support it, and it was to aid,
or to procureind in electing it that Sena,
tor Cameaon and his congenial follow
ers recently came to Washington; for,
without the aid of the president, they.
know their discreditable candidates have
no earthly chance. Washington Patriot.
Mora of Ilartranft's Frauds !
The Ihiladelphis Bulletin the Ring Organ, Belo.;
oes to l'izbliah Thom.
Deacieney of Tonnage Tax Daring Hatt:anti:a
brat Year 827,244 18. •
Millions of Dollars Duo the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania °mingle Hartranft's larapatity,
Philadelphia, August 30, 1872
To Out Editor , of 11th Press
'The following communication was
thieday handed lo the editor of the Bul
leiiit for publication. As it has failed to
appear, the inference is'thut the Bulletin
editor acknowledges' the faithfulness or
my statement us being so ap r iarent us:to
make it unwholesome reading for his vat
rons.
If you can find room for it in the Press,
you will. obligo Yours truly,
&nix AV. Pi:Amu.
Philadelphia, August 29, 1872.
'To the Editor of the Evening Bulletin—
In your issue.of to-day you criticize the
'remarks of a . "speaker at a Buck:dew
state ttl it " repeated the stalclalsebood
which, declares that ,General Ilartrauft
has
.been in a ernspiracy with certain
railroad companies, by which the latter
have been excused from paying a portion
of their tonnage tus of the State.'
As it was I who made the speech, and
as it was NMI wile - asserted that I repeated
a falsebotd . in rekrence to Auditor Gen
end Hart ranft's manner 'of permittinz.
the payments of tonnage tax by the Del
aware and Iltalson Railroad Company to
be made td the State, and as I did not re
peat a. falsehood, I refer you to give me
space in your paper to present Your read
ers the facts in the case, so that they may
determine whether I spoke a falsehood ur
You were mistaken in ,assuming I did.. I
did say.
"If yon will give me u motaen t's attn.
Don I will show you how - General Hart
ranft, as Auditor General, has permitted
'the great corporations of the State to es
cape the pavment hr taxes imposed. by
acts °Utile Le,gulature. I will cite a sin:
gle case, that of the Delaware aridllud
son Railroad. You must .bear in mind
that General .Elartranft. was elected iu
1665, and took his seat in May, 1866, and
that he succeeded that honest, inner:lo
- and good, man, Isaac Slenker. The
last return of this railroad company made.
to :gr. Slenker was iu.the winter, of 1866
betbre he, retired from eke, and from
these several items of taxation on capital
stocks, tonnage; gross, receipts, loatis,&c.,
,I take that of tonnage; that account for
the year 1865 stands thus: .
Tax on tonnage, 2 cents pei ton
Number of tons carried,tlo.olo.
Amount of Mx due, $16,300 20
Amount of Mx raid.
Leaving nn apparent difficulty of ' $70 , 1 25
But, the coal thelezrried for Their own Use
wag .exempt, from taxa t inn;i9 thus necoun ted for
No* 'for the Irst year - of Bartratt as Auditor
„
Generul-=". •
Ton coal tonnage of .180 W 93 l i 24,
007 tong, itt 2 cents per ton, $30,400 14
Other freights carrietl,l23,l44 tons at • '
8 cents per ton, , ,
_8,684 Pa
Total tonnage tax. due, -- $34,184 46
Amount of tax paid for 18GG on ton-
ormi
os
nage, •
Delicacy during illartrantra .
first year • • ' tat 7,214 4S
Thu second year they pelt tonnage.tax
whaterm
The third Year they paid,
Tho fourth year,
Tho filth year,
Tho aictti year . RAMO 00
"Your will notice that this company
knew their man from .the start, but by
the time, hi had been in - office a year
they were so - well acquainted with him
that they conlei rub the 'Commonwealth
with impunity. .t Disetipanciee its great
exist in regard . to tavola loans and' capi
tal stock, mid, when the- Judiciary Cunt
mittee reported, as they did at their: last
session; that millions of dollars were' 44)
the Commonwealth, owing:to the
pacity of John F. Hartranft, they ,etatepr
only the truth.. The three companies en
highly favored by (len. Hartrantt pa are the
Delaware and Hudson; and the Northern
Central:'- My 'only- wonder is that the
Philadelphia and - Reading, the- Lehigh.
Yalleyoind Pennsylvania Railroad - Com
panies tamely.tolerate partialby pre
judicial. to their interests.
find this is the gentleman who—to - es
cape the charge'of Corruption merit plead
guilty to-incompetency so gross Jas LAI
make it..criminansks your votes- and
influence to elect him Esccuthe of the
Conuilonwealtb, where on a= breathe
scale; he - t ari exercise Guth in comp etency
and corruption: 'T/io Paiment :of "tf 4 .o-19
es tax on tonnage autiDgVAltradeli sitth
VOLIIiE X31. 1 1X, NIDIBEI :40:-
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year, as against nothing the. year ;before, —
and 5 two years previous, was undotibt,
edly a movement on, his .part looking .to
putting his house in order for hia'sneoi
sot'. William Hartley." -
.Certainly it looks as if John P. Hatt
ranft had entered into a. "conspiracy"-r.
this word is yours, not mine, and under
the circumstances the pablio will doubt—.
I,r‘vs excuse you not me, for using a - ward
that so aptly,'.applies. The ststemeatialis
not made until after John '
Y.
and - his friend in of and Robert.
W. Mackey.'State Treasurer, bad verified,.
it, the latter• in writing addresses to me;
therefore, if an "irresponsible' orator at - a
word meeting" made a statement that_ to
you is "without valne;" it may appear iu
a different light 'now:that yo'u know', it
was first made by the same John-J. Hart.'
ranft, that yen alone Of Ali the riewspa- '
pers in this city have the courage to 'ad
vocate for the Governorship of the Coni-;
monwealth.
In conclusion, the responsibility now
being shifted from an 'irresponsible ore.
tor" to a responsible State official by the
name of John F. Ilartranft ? I respectfully
submit. "What are you going to do about
it?" 30112 , 1 W. Fnezilm.
The Carmichael Correspondence.
Governor Seymour, in a speech at Onei
da, the other d'ay, gave the Bingliamten .
Il publican's "mare's nest" about a *-
gam between Seymour and Greeley, in
regard to the presidency, a most grace
ful kick. He said:
I cannot, surely, be acceSed of . any 'per. '
sonal interconrso with Mr. Greeley, nor
do I expect to have. I can. Only stand
up and urge yon to vote for . him tia.,bn
ing a man who would subserio the led
interests of his country by laying aido
all perional pride, and who would unite
the people of the land. - [Applause.] 'I
know that some have charged that a an
early day his nanie,was suggested by, my
self. Ido not know the-men who'-start--
ea this story. - I only know that , they do
not seem to stad upon the strength -of
their own' ward. but qualify them with
‘ s
affidavits, which • a virtual . -- admission
that their Words ould not have been be-'
tiered without them. Unfortunately they •
were so foolish as to undertake to lead
Mr. Greeley's writin".„ iLaugter.]: They
made him say that lie was m favor. of
pensioning the rebel soldiers, but upon a
more careful-reading theylound that Mr.
Greeley had written ' that in -1868 Mr.
Chase ought to have been .nominated in
stead of myself. This is as near as , they
came to the truth in other charges.
Mon trose : Republican will pleaso copy.
'Without a Newspaperi
.
Nothing presents a sadder .
. comnien,
tarY . upon' Inc pre efzt unlieerlktrrCoAdilion
of our loved and once prosperous count
try than the large number. of familiesi
both in town and country, but more .es
pecially in the latter, that subscribe to no
paper of.niy kind. Hundreds ;rid thou
sa ais of families are thus ° nro*ing up'in
fatxer ignorance of what istranspiririg in
the world around them, and' ignorant of
the mighty events of the Btit..whO
can tell the vast amount of injury
being inflicted upon the rising generation*
—those who' re to take oui places iti - lite
busy world: at no. distant' day—growing
up, without tiny knowledge of 010,W:sent
or any study of the past, this tiporance.
too, being imbued into them by the tic•
tion of those who should- and doubtless
do know better, did they only think of
tho injurcius effects of. thetrinstinecoUrse.
L t the head"Cif every
.family , "think of
t iis; and place in the hands' of those for
whom I.e is responsible the mearis:of'ad.;
(Firing come knowledge of the-moving
panorama in which we' enact- our - differ-,
.ent l arta.
. .
Forney .writi ng _ from
o.naha, Nebraska, says:
"The sympathies of the Republican
party of the Pacific coast - and of the
whole West are with the independent
Republicans of our State- their ' war
against a power that has done so much
to degnide us. have , met thousands
since I left home who, gave. me cordial
greeting
greeting for the course of the Press and
wuo honor the motives that prompt so .
large aportion of their. brethren Lin our
State in trying to throw off a burden that
will crush us to the earth unless it .is
thrown off.
15,625 25
Therefore, comrades and friends, be of
good cheer, and 'do not pause; in your
well-doing. , I know bow you feel as you
rand the caluinnies poured out
your
the.
lads. of those who reflect your senti
ments. It is' indeed a pitiable spectacle
to, see Republicans proscribed for dischar
ging imperative yet painful duty. Thu
opologieti for the Ring-have no such de-
Enneuttions for. the opponents of Gratl—
theli wrath is reserved for the men ho
having no favors to ask from power,' l hnd
who, after vainly imploringcorrupt' lett
dere to give us candidates we could sup
port, appeal to the people to help them
to get rid of au incubus that is loading
Pennsylvania with debt and covering tt
with Annie. -Party annals have no para
llel to the hate and, vengeance, with which
these independent .Republieans .aro fol
lowed. - -
$722 10
05 00
0,000 00'
- —lt is stated on good nithority that
the lion. S. B. Conover,. State Treasurer
of Florida, and a member of the Repub.
limn State Executive Committee, will do.
dare for Greeley and Brown in a few
—The G rant papers have been_ parad
ing the =trio B. Plirks,:o; Illinois,
as one of great Democratic converts
to Grant. A diligent -searth has been
mede in Illinois; and no Imola man can bo
found. . •
—James IL Curry, for twelve yearn
Chairman or the Republican town com
mittee; of Yorkland, Westchester county,
New York;has written a letter resig,ning
that position and declaring for Greeley.
--lit Natie, the home of Jermiah
bath Wilson, there aro one hundred Be.
publics& isini will vote 'fur Greeley. and