Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-10-27
Hon. Henry w. Hoffman.

This gentleman the candidate of the OPP
position of this District for Congress, has been
made the target of unceasing and wanton a.
buse and vlification. From the day he was
nominated the whole kennel of the "dogs of
war" of the Democracy have been let loose
upon him, and with desperate but impotent
efforts they have sotght to cripple and destroy
him. Why is this? Why have they over
looked all the other candidates for popular
suffrage to concentrate the force of their ma
levolencc upon this man? The simple truth
is. there is no intrinsic excellence in their own
candidates that they can urge upon the at
tention of the people, and they seek to cover
up their woful deficiency by hunting down
the Hon. Henry w. Hoffman.
1t is the duty of every man who desires to
rebuke the unexamplcd extravaganza and
corruption Of this administration to give his
cordial support to the Hon. Henry w. Hoff-
man. lie has the intellectual ability to rep
resent his district on the floor of Congress;
and more than this, he has the moral firm
ness to stand alone in the advocacy and sup
port of what he believes to be right, which
cannot be said Of his comp etitor, Mr.. Kun
kelly who, while ~ Congress, voted not as
the independent representative of ''prond
constituency" but as the blind devotee of par
ty. Upon that question of such vital impor-
lance to the farmers mechanics, miners and
manufacturers the Tariff, Mr.. Hoffman is
with his own couptry-hc is friend to pro-
lection and encouragement to Home Indus
try, to which his competitor has avowcd him
self an enemy Mr.. Hoffman is man of the
people, and he has been snccrel AZ by his po-
litical opponents because of his humble ORR
gin, and the fact that he twas a mechanical
tinner--whle his competitor can claim no
association CT sympathy with the great body
of his felow-ciizcns. Mr. Hoffman, if elect
cd, will be the representative Of the people
as his policy is, the greatest good to the great
est number. Mr.. Kunkcl, if elected, will be
the representative of party simpy-an OPP
ponent of the greatest good to the greatest
number, as shown by his votes against the
Tariff, the agricultural college bill. and fol
the increase postage.
The people of the fifth Congressional dis
trict have now an opportunity of securing a
faithful and able representative in the person
of Hon. ii. w. Hoffman, one in every way
qualified for the responsible p"sition-and VT
think they will improve it. Wcwant mar
in Congress who will cooperate with the bod.
of the Opposition there i'll investigating an'
exposing to public Indignation the frauds am
rascalties existing in high places The par
tial developments made last winter c!earl.
demonstrates that corruption unprcccdente,
exists in official positions. Those develop
ments caused the Washington States, n thor
ough-going democratic organ to declare tba
the by-ways and highways of the Go;crnmel
send forth on insufcrable stencil ofro.tennes
and corruption. But we have every reaso
to believe that more is TO he exposed thai
has already been exhibited to public gaze
Mr.. Kunkels course in the last Congress
shows that he would oppose any organization
of the House that would lead to an examina
ton of democratic rascality. On the othe
hand Mr.. Hoffman would use his best effort
to purify the political atmosphere that sur
rounds the Federal Metropolis, by removn
the foul matter in it. If We desire corrcc
ton of the enormous abuses and villai lies ,ha
have crcpt into Office under the fostering cu'
ture OF this administration, we must send
man to Washington willing to assist in til
work--we must send, Hon. Henry W. IIon
man.