Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-07-27


The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser gives the
following history of the last Presidential election
in Pennsylvania accompanied BY biography Of
the Postmaster General
But q few weeks previous to the election Of 1862,
the leading partisans Of General Scott were eated
With the expectation that the vote of Pennsylvania
had, after serious efforts, been secured for their
leader; and at Washington, among those politi,
clans, the belief was strong that the Catholics Of
the State were certainly enlisted In the ranks OF
the hero of Lundy's Lane. At the very moment
of their exultation, however, the Wings were sud
denly made aware of a remarkable movement
among the Catholic clergy. Deputations Of priests,
Wears, and prslates visited every portion OF Penn
sylyania, and all the toms in the southern tier
of counties of this State, and wherever there was
Catholic congregation, or little knot Of papal
subjects there was to be seen an emissary from the
head quarters Of Catholicism in New York or Bal
timore. These agents labored strenuously and In
less than one week, every Irish Catholic whom
they could reach, had been positively pledged to
vote for Pierce
We know Of Irishmen living in towns In New
York, which lie contiguous to the Pennsylvania
line, who had for years voted with the Wings, but
who, at the time mentioned, stated to their friends
of that party, that they should 20 for Pierce, and
many of these admitted that the Eruption OF priests
had something to do with the coming election.
Those men, and hundreds like them, were absent
from their own polls on the day of election, and 1t
is not doubted in that part of the State, that they
crossed the line and deposited their votes as bid
den by their fathers in God, in the balotboxes Of
Pennsylvania.
And when the occurrence OF the priestly cru
SADIE became known In Washington, the leaders Of
the Wing party at once understood the object Of
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that this State would be lost would 60 for Pierce,
and that the price Of the victory, to be paid by
him, was seat in his Cabinet for Judge Campbell,
of Philadelphia That was well understood to be
the return promised for the Catholic votes of Penn
syvania, and the writer heard the statement made
frequently among the knowing Wings Of Washing
ton. The event proved the correctness OF the pre-
diction.
Judge Campbell is the son of an Irish carman Of
Philadelphia, whose industry and thrift enabled
him to own and keep for hire several street trucks
One of these, his son James, the present Postmas-
ter General drove, until he arrived at an age when
his developed capacity rendered him fit subject
for Jesuitica training. He was then sent to a
Jesuit institution educated In their scholastic as
well their social tenets, and came out finished
lay disciple of that academus, the walls of which
are blazoned with such notices as " The end just-
fes the means" Do evil that good may follow"
Mental reservations are to be practised in com.
municating with the heretic," and the like moral
teachings.
The young Celtic Jesuit was finally elected by
the votes of his brethren to an associate Judge
ship of the Police Court Of Philadelphia-for he
lived in one of the Catholic infested districts Of
that city--and in that position he remained until
nominated for election to the Supreme Bench of
the State. Then, when Americans had something
like fair chance to be heard in reference to the
selection Of their own Judiciary he was defeated Of
course; for he had not only shown himself
bigoted Catholic, but had evinced want of capaci-
ty as judicial officer. II was 10 solve the mode by
this Overwhelming defeat that he was proposed as
the person in whose name Pennsylvania should
be made over to Pierce. These we know are facts,
and we do not fear successful contradiction.
After Judge Campbells accession to the chair
80 lately occupied by man whose private virtues
and whose official superiority made the contrast al
most ridiculous there were, Of course, for period
Of some weeks, constant and pressing demands
for applications for Office, political friends and
strangers with various Objects for admission to the
presence OF the new incumbent. Many of these
visiters had come from long distances; many had
urgent business In charge, demanding instant at
tention all were anxious to see the Postmaster
General, and to conclude the settlement of their
affairs In the shortest space Of time possible.
Yet We hare seen scores of such petitioners,
suppllcants for the attention of the person whom
they had elected TO ONCE, kept waiting outside the
locked door Of his room, while priests-Catholic
priests--held him In conversation for hours at a
timel This did not occur once, but many times,
during the first month Of the present reign Of Jes
uitism in the Department, and can be attested by
many willing witnesses.
And yet the waiting and suppliant men, the
humble people outside were Americans, and the
supercilious official Catholic, and his favored
guests were the loyal subjects Of foreign poten-
tate. Can any one blame us for wishing to see
Americans, and none but Americans, on guard In
the high places Of our landf Sentries on the
rights, projectors of the privileges guaranteed us
as the descendants Of the men Of Bunkers Hin
and Of Yorktown