The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1859-12-01


Der of that staunch Republican sheet the
Crawford Journal
We notice, by our exchanges, that the
gubcrnatorial question Of next year is be-
coming a topic Of remark The question
! as to ario shall be our standard-bearer in
the State canvass Of 1860 is an important
one, and whenever approached or discussed
! 1t should be in caution and prudence.
Upon the selection of candidate for
this high, important, and honorable post,
may hinge the result Of the Presidential
contest on which we are so soon to enter
In the heart and excitement of Presiden-
tial elections, the remark has become COM
mon, not to say universal, that '.as goes
Pennsylvania. SO goes the Union" and it
has always proven true. In 1913, Cover
ner Johnston carried the State in October
by less than 800 votes-General TAYLOR
the next month, by 5000 of a majority
In 1856, the Buchanan ticket in the State
in October, was elected by six or seven
hundred, and the next month Buchanan
electors were chosen by a majority of as
many thousands This shows the fnapOr-
tdnce OF the question we are considering,
III as much as we next year elect both u
Governor and President
We are free TO say that we had inclined
to the opinion that the West was entitled
to the next nomination for Governor, until
the general association and connection of
Hon. y. q. Curtin's name with the office,
who is being warmly urged by his hosts
of friends upon the grounds of his pecu-
liar fitness, rare qualifications, ripe expe-
onI hla loo, li+x-
emphatically a center candidate, of Center
county.
No better than Curtin blood flows in
this Commonwealth. In the name there
is strength, and in Col. Curtin, d tower of
strength. He is one of the few who were
destined to distinction and prominence
As lawyer he has but few equals in the
State, as an advocate no superior. Upon
the stump addressing himself to the un-
derStanding of his fellow citizens by the
acre, he is in his element his hearers he
can never weary. When in high public
station he has never been found wanting,
while his warmest friends have ever more
than realized their highest and brightest
expectation.
With a we'll balanced mind, a finished
education, political temperament, admi-
rably controlled by practical knowledge,
his public speeches and productions are
universally stamped with the remark and
impress Of genuine article. His style,
elegance, department, humor, wit, and
eloquence in Western Pennsylvania in
1854, had much to dowith the result, sue
cess, and glory of our triumph, in that
first modern pitched battle of principle,
in the Keystone. His pleasing originality
of conception, his captivating voice, his
convincing address, his powerful manner
of illustration told at the time, while the
general thrill and charm which during that
campaign, his address sent through his
audience in old Crawford, has never been
lost or forgotten. There was futtering in
the camp of progressive Democracy when
he charged upon their household His
arguments were unanswerable, his appeals
eloquent and pathetic, his language smooth
and classical.
Such character is Col Curtin, and
such a standard bearer do we need in the
next Gubernatorial contest, if we desire a
continuation Of our march from conquer
ing to conquest.
Our Western candidates all good and
true men will pardon us for throwing up
our beaver for Andy Curtin, the Peoples
favorite.