Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-11-15
coRREsPoNDENcE OF THE JOURNAL
PnILADELPHIA, Nov. IL. 1854.

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PHILADELPHIA, Nov IL 1854.
IL. b. SwoofE, Esq, Dear SIR Gov. Big
ier has made famfnS speech at Washington
City, by way of encouragement aud supnor,
of his desponding friend Pierce on the disas-
trous results of the Penna. election. forcitJv
reminding one of the language supposed to b.,
placed by Milton in the mouth of q fallen An
gel, who, when he looked up and beheld the
never TO be attained height from which he had
been ingloriousIy hurled, impudentIy exclaim
cd ''though vanquished not dismayed" The
'o'ernor says the Dtofires of his friend Pierce
and himself have not been impngned really
his EXcellency could not have read the papers
or perhaps he had been taking .sEfler,, or Ia
boring under some singular and inexplicabl,.
haliucinatlon Of mind. s.Their motives have.
not been impugned.' Well done Gov. Big
ler! Truly You do still possess the same hap
py faculty, that characterized Your escan,
from fulfilment of your pretended Anti
Bank principles-you die hard. But do YOU
really fatter yourself that your.connection
with contracts, leases, sales, bank charters. &C.,
was not properly appreciated by the people /.
If You doubt, ask uncle Jakey, Pud Rice. or
the deposit bank
Touching the election of a t. S. Senator.
perhaps there is not connected with our Gov
ernment, more important and dignified sta
tion, or one requiring greater ability, integ-
rity, and fidelity. That it is an important and
commanding position seems to be pretty we'll
understood by some who have visited us re-
Gently, accompanied by their corporsls. toadvs
md .lrrll fc
Among them is a General of great political
celebrity, who it is said visited the CITY of
Washington during the penjeiIcy OF the Ne
braska iniquity, to assist III lis passage and
received the tiatterihg laudations Of the Loco
foco press for his voluntary aid to Pierce ami
Douglass and he continued the friend of BIZ
gler and Pierce up to the time the votes were
counted of and Judge Pollock's election de-
cided beyond doubt, yet his friends are
striving to secure his election 10y the aid of
the votes of Judge Pollock's friends in the
Legislature. Truly he would make a proper
representative OF the sentiments of the people
who have condemned Bigler and Pierce bv q
majority of nearly FORTY THOUSAND
VOTES
But the friends Of the incoming Admins
tration are awake 10 the nccesstfv and innnnr-
t'ince cf having an able, true, ard proved
friend of Judge Pollock and the ;)eoplc.
elected to the L. 5. Senate and have conSc-
quently, with unusual unanimitv turned their
hopes towards Centre County-s gifted son
Col. A. G.. CURTIN. His gallant conduct l..
the late campaign his acknowledged ability.
high integrity. and undeubtcd fidelity, point
TO him as the man for the position. Old poll
teal hacks are rcpudiated, and their thread
bare claims will receive about as much attcn-
tion as is usually bestowed on old mendicants
whose stale tricks to excite sympathy induce
disgust.
The :'independent' Ledger has had another
dutch tit, they call them :'grund.'' or gruut
fits here. They have followed each other in
quick succession since the June election, but
not deemed fatal. The Ledger is really
shocked at the absence Of attention by our
citizens to Judge Campbell during his late
semi-ofiicial-poltico visit to this City, ami
New i ork, under the pretence of purchasin.
property for a L. States Post office, and which
every body believes TO have been cut
and dried long ago between the Judge and his
Pets. The inattention TO the Post Master
General, however mortifying to the Ledger
and its clique who forced him upon the coun-
try, shows conclusively that his fellow citizens
here have little confidence in his integrity, or
the pretended object of his visit.
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