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WHEJI KIOHT, TO BE KEPT KISHT,
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THURSDAY:::::::::::::SEPTEMRER 26.
2 ltU Judicial District.
PRESIDENT JUDGE :
HON. GEO. TAYLOR, of Huntingdon.
People's County Komliiations.
assembly:
A. KOPELIN, of Johnstown.
sheriff:
JAMES 1). HAMILTON, of-Wilniore.
' treasurer:
CHARLES R. ELLIS, of Johnstown.
associate judges :
ISAAC EVANS, of Ebensburg,
JAMES PURSE, of Johnstown.
COMMISSIONER '.
JAMES CONRAD, of 'Washington tp.
. POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR :
REES S. LLOYD, of Cambria tp.
auditor:
JOHN H. EVANS, ot Ebensburg.
Declination of II. J. Hoberts.
M. S. Oarr, Esq.,
Chairman People's County Committee:
Dear Sir. For various good and sufficient
reasons, unnecessary to recite in this note, T
do hereby decline the nomination for County
Auditor, given to me by the People's Conven
tion held at Ebensburg on the 5th day of Au
gust last. You can take measures to supply
the vacancy, if you think it necessary and ad--visable,
a3I will not be a candidate.
Very respectfully, II. J. Roberts.
Johnstown, Sept. 14, 1861.
Auditor.
To the Editor of The Alleghanian :
Howard J. Roberts having declined the
nomination of the Republican Convention, for
County Auditor, I am authorized to say that
the name of John II. Evans, of Ebensburg, has
been selected to supply the vacancy. Please
note the fact and oblige M. S. IIARR.
Chairman Republican County Committee.
Ebensburg, Sept. 24, 1861.
m m
Sarlutatory.
Kind Reader:
Having become the proprietor of Hie
Alleghanian, and assumed the control of
its columns, it becomes my duty, as a pub
lic journalist, to enunciate the principles
which will govern my editorial career, and
to indicate the main features which will
hereafter characterize this Paper. In the
performance of this task, I will be as brief
as possible, and wiU aim at such distinct
ness as to avoid misunderstanding.
First, then, I would state, that the gen
eral complexion of the Paper will not
undergo any change. The greatest possi
ble care will be exercised in the selection
of articles for publication, and no effort
will be spared to present, in due season,
the choicest and best Poetry, Biographies,
Tales and Historical Sketches, together
with the liveliest, freshest and most spicy
bits of Wit and Humor that can anywhere
be culled. The latest and most important
European Intelligence, as well as the Po
litical and General news of our own
country, will be carefully condensed and
regularly published. A weekly account
of the state of the Market, at home as
well as abroad, will be furnished, and es
pecial attention will be paid to that most
interesting of all the features of a country'
newspaper the Local Department.
Nor will The AllcgJtanian, in a political
point of view, uudergo any change. My
procl'vities in that regard are well known.
I am a Republican, and, as such, am op
posed to Loco-Focoism, no matter under
what name or in what phase it may present
itself. I believe that the principles of the
Republican Party, as promulgated at the
Chicago Convention, are substantially the
same as those which actuated and governed
the illustrious founders of this Republic.
I believe, moreover, that it will be only
by the application and enforcement of
such principles that our glorious Constitu
tion can be preserved, our free institutions
protected, our Union maintained, and our
beloved country again be placed upon its
wonted path of prosperity, and greatness,
and happiness. Entertaining this belief,
I will on all proper occasions, battle man
fully for the cause of Republicanism, and
eek to bring about its practical application
in governmental affairs, by supporting for
office, the good and true men who cherish
and avow its time-honored doctrines. It
was in this spirit that, at the recent Pres
idential election, I cast my vote for Abra
ham Lincoln and I recur to it as one of
the pvuudest acts of my lift. I believed
then, as 1 believe now, that it is only by
an administration founded on the princi
ples which he advocates, and on which he
was elected, that the question of Human
Slavery the cause of all our present na
tional misfortunes can ever be settled,
its boundaries declared and limited, its
rights (if it have auy) be defined and pro
claimed, and its responsibilities, crimes
aud shames fastened down upon those who
are so ardent in its defence, and so deter
mined in its support.
Rut from anything I have said, I would
not have it inferred that I am so wedded
to distinctive Republicanism, as not to be
able, on fitting occasions, to rise above
party behests and party shackles. There
are times when the considerations of party
must yield to the demands ot patriotism;
when the- partisan should be lost in the
patriot. We are now in the midst of such
an occasion. The present unnatural and
unholy Rebellion is an epoch in our affairs
which requires that party line3 should, as
far as practicable, be ignored, and all unite
in a common effort to beat back Treason,
and save our couutry. When we shall
have settled the difficulties which now
threaten our national existence, aud have
throttled the monster of Disunion, it will
be time enough to return "to partisan strife
and warfare." I announce, therefore,
and in so doing I believe I reflect the wish
and sentiment of every true Republican
in Cambria county that The Alleghanian
will advocate union, and harmony, and
concert of action with and amongst all
who are in favor of sustaining the federal
administration, in its efforts to crush out
Rebellion, to punish Treason, to re-establish
the Constitution and the Laws, and to
plant our flag on every fort, arsenal, cus- j
torn house, navy yard, and every other
place where its jurisdiction has hitherto ;
been acknowledged. It must strike the
mind of every one whose heart beats true j
to his country, that the best way to attain j
these great ends, is through men and
MONEY, without limitation, without stint and i
without grudging, and by a unanimous, and
hearty, and vigorous, and determined
prosecution of the War.
While I thus cordially endorse and
commit myself to the policy of the federal
government, and approve all that it has
done, I would do injustice to my feelings
did I not here express my pity and con
tempt for the men who, from whatever
pretext, would attempt to cripple or hinder
the administration in its efforts to suppress
the Wrong and sustain the Right. There
are those who inveigh against the admin
istration as being responsible for the com
mencement of the War. There are others
who charge it with violating Constitution
al provisions in its conduct. There are
others still who crv "Peace! Peace!"
when there is no peace, and when there
can be no peace except it be had of armed
rebels at the expense of dishonor.
These men proclaim themselves for the
Union; but they are traitors! In the
present critical condition of the country,
they hope, through this false and treason
able croaking, to mislead the honest mas
ses by pretending friendship for the Union,
while their real design is to induce the
loyal to withdraw their allegiance from
the government jf Washington, and yield
it to the Southern rebellion, which would
ignore our free institutions and substitute
in their stead a military despotism. All
such actors, and aiders, and abettors in
Treason, will at all times, and under all
circumstances, fiud in The Alleghanian an
inexorable foe.
In the discussion of any subject what
ever, I shall at all times invoke a spirit of
fairness. '' 1 appreciate, in a proper degree,
the Liberty which the Constitution guar
antees to the Press, and will strive not to
pervert or abuse it in a single instance.
With my editorial brethren I will endeav
or to cultivate friendly relations, and shall
be glad to have them meet me in a corre
sponding spirit. In a word: 1 trust, by
the aid of Divine Providence, to do all
those things which an honest, conscien
tious Republican editor ought to do, and
to leave undone those things whi-;h he
ought not to do.
And now, good friend, another word ere
I close. The Alleghanian has been pub
lished already two years. It was estab
lished to supply a wan which had long
been felt a Republican organ at the
county seat. Its original proprietors did
not expert it to prove a paying investment,
and in this they have not been disappoint
ed. They hoped, nevertheless, that it
would prove a permanent, self-sustaining
institution; and this hope they but indif
ferently realized. I now renew that hope,
and shall give my time and my labor, as
I have already given my money, to make
it come true. Now, I want you to assist
me, and in so doing assist in keeping up
au organ for your Party. If you have al
ready been a subscriber to The AHtyJuiitian
continue in the good work. Give your
name for another year. If you have not
heietofore been a subscriber, and like such
a Paper as I propose to publish, subscribe
fwithout delay, and get as many of your
friends to do so as you can. And let pay
ment be made in advance in all cases, if
it be possible. Such a course would aid
me mightily in the work I have underta
ken, and go far to secure the permanency
of the establishment.
While I enter upon niyJbrk with some
diffidence, I do so cefta,injy with no pros
pect of pecuniary pjojfc It will be my
aim to publish a Paper which shall com
mend itself to the intelligent of all parties,
and one which, in my opinion, ought tc
be especially sustained by the Republicans
of thecounty. If the enterprise succeeds,
it will be well ; if not, it will be their
fault, not mine, and I can console myself
with the proud consciousness that I, at
least, have done my duty.
A. A. BARKER.
The Truth About It.
After the oligarchists and madcaps of
the South had fully inaugurated the pres
ent iniquitous and unholy Rebellion, and
the administration of Mr. Lincoln had
taken its position and indicated its policy,
many of the leading Republicans of Cam
bria county were willing and anxious to
lay aside partisanship, and meet their for
mer political opponents on a common plat
form for sustaining the government and
perpetuating our republican institutions.
They believed that in the great and ab
sorbing solicitude for the Union, all party
strife should be banished, and when an
enemy was struggling to overthrow the
government, aud subvert the constitution,
it was no time for party divisions and con
tentions. So general was this feeling,
and so much was it encouraged aud dif
fused among the Republicans, that it may
truthfully be said to have become a party
feeling. Early in the campaign, therefore,
long before a call for a party convention
had been thought of, much less made
the more prominent Republicans used
their efforts to bring about a Union ticket,
to be formed and supported without dis
tinction of party. On every suitable oc
casion they conferred with prominent Dem
ocrats as to the propriety of such a move
ment; aud (to their'credit be it spoken)
many of the latter expressed themselves
highly in favor of it.
Rut the party tacticians, the miserable
tricksters, the unscrupulous individuals
who are wont to dive down into the mud,
and pull the wires at Democratic Conven
tions, to suit their own selfish purposes,
determined to give another and a differ
ent kind of response to the patriotic sug
gestions of the Republicans and of the
honest members of their own party. They
answered the proposition for a Union tick
et, by calling a party Convention, and ma
king full party nominations. It would be
idle, at this point to inquire at length into
the motives which prompted the course ;
it is sufficient to say that, after the action
of that Convention, a great number of the
Republicans felt that all hope of union
had been cut off, and that no alternative
was now left their party but to vote the
Democratic ticket, not vote at all, or nom
inate and support a ticket of their own,
composed of true, tried, and unequivocal
union men. They very properly chose the
latter horn of the dilemma; it was certain
ly the one most consistent with their self
respect. In accordance, therefore, with
party usage, a call was issued, and in due
time the Convention was held, and a Re
publican ticket placed iu the field. We
shall speak of the merits of this ticket
hereafter. j
From the Southern districts the most
populous, and the most strongly Republi
can portion of the county this Conven
tion had no representatives. The Repub
licans there had, from the first, evinced
a desire for a Union ticket, and beinmet
iu a corresponding spirit by many on the
other side, this desire had become so
strong, and the sentiment so prevalent,
that they did not wish to curb or weaken
it, by auy party demonstration. They
did not, therefore, as we have already in
dicated, take part in this Convention.
They still hoped and labored for Union
as did also Republicans all over the coun
ty ; nor did they regard the accomplish
ment of that idea as an impossibility, even
though two regularly nominated party
tickets were in the field.
It was during the first week of our
September Court a time which, above
all others, is the best in our political cam
paigns to ascertain and judge of the feel
ing throughout the county that it was
resolved to bring the matter to a test.-
31. S. Harr, Esq., the Chairman of the
Republican County Committee, according
ly, at die request of tte gentlemen composing
the Republican ticket, prepared and sub
mitted to the Democratic Chairman, the
following proposition :
TO lUTlN RtTLEDGE, ESQ.,
Chairman of Democratic County Committee :
Sib. I am itquested by the candidates
composing the Republican ticket recently
nominated by the Republican Convention of
Cambria county to make to you,- as the rep
resentative of the Democratic party of this
county, the following proposition : .
1 . That the candidates upon the Republican
ticket aforesaid agree to decline their respec
tive nominations, provided that the candidates
upon the Democratic ticket agree to do the
same.
2. That the proposed action of candidates
composing the two tickets above named shall
be taken in view of the fact that, in the pres
ent crisis impending over the country, where
by the existence of the Government and the
liberties we enjoy are imperilled, it is unwise
and unpatriotic to inaugurate anew the par
tisan strife of former jears.
3. In the event of the acceptance of this
proposition by the Democratic candidates
aforesaid, the Chairmen of the Democratic
and Republican County Committees shall
unite in a call for a Union County Convention,
to be held at the Court House, in Ebensburg,
on Tuesday, the 17th inst., said Convention
to be composed of ivro delegates from each
election district in the county one Demo
cratic and oue Republican, and the duty of
which Convention shall be to place in nomi
nation a ticket for Legislative and County
oflices, to be composed of an equal number of
Democrats and Republicans.
4. This proposition to be accepted or re
jected within three days from the day of he
date hereof said acceptance or rejection to
be conveyed to the undersigned in writing.
Respectfully, M. S. IIARR,
Chairman Republican County Committee.
Ebexsbcku, Sept. 4, 18GI.
The above proposition is so eminently
fair and just that no reasonable man could
object to it, especially in a crisis like the
present, and it is so pointed in its details,
that no man possessed of the smallest par
ticle of common sense, could mistake its
meaning. It was handed by Mr. Harr to
Mr. Rutledge, on the morning of the 4th
of September the second day of the first
week of Court and three days were al
lowed for a reply, thus giving ample time
to the latter gentleman tointerrogate every
man on the Democratic ticket, because he
and they (with probably one exception,
and that for one of the lowest offices,)
wero all in Ebensburg at the time! It
would have been an easy matter to have
answered this proposition. The acquies
cence in it of all the Democratic nominees
would have been cause for its acceptance ;
the dissent from it of a single one of them
would have been cause for its rejection.
Common decency, to say nothing of cour
tesy, required that it should be accepted
or rejected in accordance with its terms.
Rut the pompous Democratic Chairman
would seem to be devoid of both tle
characteristics, and he quietly cont nt
himself with carrying the document in
his breeches pocket, not for three days
alone but for more tlian three weeks!
meanwhile the editor, of the Democrat &
Sentinel undertakes to furnish an answer
for him.
And now, what says this drawling, self
conceited editor this whilom apostle of se
cession, and apologist of rebellion? Why,
a great many things, to be sure. He begins
with the usual highfalutin exordium about
Democracy, Constitution, etc., etc. To
this, of course, we must submit. He then
reviews, with his wonted profundity, the
action of the two County Conventions
travels out of the record to indulge in
coarse and vulgar abuse of Messrs. Mor-
rell, Harr, and Swank gets off some wit
of the lower species enters into a lega
disquisition on the rights and duties of
Chairmen of County Committees takes
especial pains to place Mr. Harr's propo
sition in a ridiculous light and finally
concludes, that Mr. Rutledge was right in
rejecting it "without giving it a moment's
consideration."' We submit to the can
did of all parties, that this sort of balder
dash is not a fitting auswer to the propo
sition in question. We submit to all whom
it may concern, that, in his efforts to make
that proposition ridiculous, the editor has
only made himself ridiculous. And we
submit to the editor himself, that, by his
personal abuse of private citizens men
whose only offence consists in being in
favor of a Union ticket he has exhibited
more of the assinine qualities, than of
the characteristics of a gentleman.
Rut the editor of the Democrat & Sen
tinel, when he least thinks of it, does fur
nish a reason why the "proposition" should
1. TT - ,rrl .
oe rejecieu. near mm : "ino nomina
tion of a fusion ticket alone would secure
for the Republican party, a share of the
loaves and Jishes at the approaching elec
tion. It is ridiculous to suppose, that the
Democracy, after placing in nomination
an excellent and available ticket, would
withdraw it and tuso with a party whose
sectional principles they have always loath
ed and despised ."
I'rom this we may readily infer, that
because the Democrats expect to carry
the election this fall, they refuse to join in
forming a Union ticket. An "available
ticket" indeed ! "Why, in a number of
counties in this State and elsewhere,
where the Republicans are known to have
an undoubted majority they entered into
the Union movement with the Democrat
ic party ; but here in Cambria there seems
to be a determination on the part of the
Democratic leaders to oppose and defeat
every movement Laving a tendency to al
lay party animosities. Of course, we do
not speak thus of all Democrats we know
many of them to be highly in favor of a
Union ticket. Rut we refer to such men
as Rutledge, Murray & Co., men, who
by virtue of their respective positions, the
one as Chairman and the other as editor,
are controlling their party in this matter.
Shades of departed Democracy! Look
down with pity upon your degenerate sons !
Rehold their patriotism in the darkest
hour of their Country's history ! And
don't forget to read the inscription on
their banners : "An available ticket, and
the loaves and fij&lies !"
Republicans ! Union men ! .The ef
fort to combine and form a Union ticket
for your suffrages, has been made, and
failed. There is yet a ticket in the field,
which, although not strictly a Union tick
et, is nevertheless composed of Union men.
That ticket is nailed to our mast-head.
The Candidates on it are men of business
habits, of honesty and ability, and are ca
pable of performing the duties of the of
fice for which they are nominated, in a
manner that will meet the wishes and ex
pectations of the people of the County.
They are for the Union and Constitution
from principle, and support the adminis
tration without if or but in its efforts to
crush out Treason and Rebellion. Elect
this ticket on the second Tuesday of Oc
tober, and you will do your duty.
Our Ticket.
Wc have neither time nor room, this
week, to speak at any great length of the
excellent ticket, placed in nomination by
the Republican County Convention. Nor
do we conceive it to be at all necessary
that we-should do so. Anything that we
might say could not make the men com
posing it more favorably known to the
people than they now are. Rut as we
speak of Mr. Kopelin elsewhere, we will
br:efly refer here to our other candidates.
No man in the county could be better en
titled to an extended notice, were it nec
essary, than our excellent candidate for
Sheriff. Rut who does not know him?
who does not know Major Hamilton ?
Search Cambria from one extreme to the
other, and you will not find a man in it
who is so universal a favorite with the
People. His qualifications peculiarly fit
him for the office of Sheriff, and he richly
deserves the position. Always active,
energetic aud laithful, he has no such
word in his vocabulary as "fail." His
election is certain.
So, too, of our candidate for Treasurer,
Charles D Ellis. Who does not know
Charley? One of the most responsible
men in the county, always careful, watch
ful aud attentive to business, he would
make oue of the best and safest custodians
our Treasury could have. The people
could not do better than to elect him.
Isaac Evans and James Purse, onr
candidates for Associate judges, are both
well and favorably known to the people.
They are both moral, high-toned gentle
men, sustaining characters for honesty and
integrity without spot or blemish; whilst
the fund of common sense, and the sound
judgment which they respectively possess,
eminently qualify them for the responsible
positions for which they are candidates.
If they are elected, as we believe they will
be, they will do credit to the. bench, and
the people will have done credit to them
selves.
Ior County Commissioner we have
James Conrad, one of the best and most
reliable men in the county. The impor
tance of the office for which he is in nom-
: i! i i . . i T . .
iuuuou cannot ue over-estimateu. it is
one in which the tax-payers of the county
have a special interest. During the hard
and pressing crisis that is now upon us we
ought, as far as possible, to take care that
the affairs of that office be judiciously and
economically administered. James Con
rad is the man for the . occasion. His
character is above reproach and beyond
suspicion, and his qualifications for bus
iness arc of a superior order. We have
every confidence in the
man, and-
every
confidence in his triumphant election.
The office of Poor House Director, is
also a very important one. Its duties
consist briefly iu this : to see that the
poor and the unfortunate inmates are wel
cared for, while there are, at the same
time, no useless or extravagant expendi
tuxes of the people's money. Rees S
Lloyd is our nominee for this offioe. He
is, in a word, a most excellent man, and
the locality in which he lives will, should
be be elected, cuable him at all times to
exercise the needful supervision that Lis
office will require'. The people will at
wisely by electing him.
Joiin II. Evans, who has been substi.
tuted as our candidate for Auditor ja
place of Howard J. Roberta declined is
most estimable young man, and well de
serves tne endorsement of the people at
the ballot box. He is an excellent ti
vicrs
and accountant, and has all the necessar
qualifications to enable him to dischar?
tne duties oi me omce ior which he U
nominated, to the entire satisfaction of
the people. Let him be elected.
Such, fellow-citizens, is our ticket
Is it not one that we may justly feal pr0U(j
of? And is it not one that will be elected''
We await your answer on the second Tues
day of October, and we know it will be
an emphatic "Yes!"
Judge Taylor.
We never were, and never expect to be
favorable to the selection of judges by a
popular vote ; but as that is the conetitu
tional mode prescribed, as a good citizen
ve must submit and conform to it Still
less are we in favor of the system general
ly adopted, of bringing forward candidates
for judgeships law judgeship? especially
as the nominees of political parties. Wa
think the judiciary should be as far re
moved from politics as possible, and the
ermine and the robe kept clear of the filth
and slime of the partisan arena. "We re-
joice, tnereiore, tnat in this judicial dis
trict, the election of a President judge
will not be made a party question, and
that we have a candidate for that high
and responsible position, untramineled by
any party nomination. The unanimous
action of the Rar of the district, in invi
ting Judge Taylor to be be a candidate
"without respect to party," wa3 most wie
and judicious; and we are confident that
it has met with a welcome in the hearts of
the people, which they will delight to ex
press, by giving him their unanimous sup
port at the ballot-box in October. He
has already been upon the bench about
twelve years, and in his district there are
near a hundred resident practitioners at
the Rar. That he is now the unanimons
choice of this whole array of professional
talent, is speaking volumes in his favor.
Rut he is no less the choice of the honest
masses, liis weli-establisned character
for honesty, integrity and impartiality,
makes him a man in whom the people can
confide; while his acknowledged profes
sional ability, scholastic attainments and
high social and moral qualities, make him
one whom they will delight to honor.
A brali a in Kopclin, Esq.
The Republican County Convention did
well when it nominated this gentleman for
Assembly. The next session of the Legis
lature, in all probability, will be one of
great importance, and we venture to say,
that, in point of ability, integrity and effi
ciency, there is not a man in the Common
wealth better qualified to take part in its
deliberations and actions. He presents a
model of the self-made man after which
the youth of our county would do well to
pattern. If we mistake not, he came to
Cambria when quite a boy. He has grown
with her growth, and strengthened with
her strength, and fully identified himself
with her interests. As a man and a citi
zen he occupies an exalted position, whilst
as a lawyer, he stands amongst the fore
most in the ranks of his profession. He
is perfectly familiar with the resources of
our county and State, and this he has de
rived from a study of the interests of lothT
of which he has ever been jealous, and to
which he is firmly devoted. He is liberal
and progressive in his ideas, yet firm
the crisis demands it, and unyielding when
sustained by reason and facts. Now, when
our beloved Union is threatened with de
struction, and agitation and passion vould
rule the hour, no firmer, no more ardent,
or more eloquent supporter of our govenr
ment could anywhere be found. e Eeet
such men in our next Legislature, and
.Cambria does its duty it will send Abra
ham Kopelin there as one of them.
Fight at Lexington, Missouri'
Col. Mulligan and his command surren
dered to Gen. Trice of the rebel amy,
on Friday morninjr, after having been be
sieged from Monday until the time oi tbe
surrender. His men were without vi
all Thursday, and on Friday were entirely
exhausted. Theo fought valiantly ?nj
desperately, but were compelled toVe
to superior numbers. A dispatch to Oen.
Prentiss, announcing their surrender, Ml
that the Federal losf is thirty-seven kiW
and one hundred, and forty wounded. l
rebel loss is supposed to be about eig
hundred killed and wounded.
J&3" During the last few days a numter
of skirmishes occurred in Western irg";
ia and Missouri, in which the federal
generally were victorious.