The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1859-11-10
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country, WITH ttat spirit or unfalFneSs
which has ever characterized them, are
making desperate effort to fasten upon
the Peoples Party, the responsibilities in
e;dent to the Harper's Ferry Insurrection.
Disturbed 50 much by the dissensions and
chickering's within their own ranks, they
seek now to impart vitality and strength
to the organic remains Of their old, rotten,
WORKOUT and defInet Party,-not indeed
upon principle, for that they never had,-
but by wiItully and deliberately misrepre-
sentlnS their opponents. Conscious of
their own weakness, but still afflicted with
an inordinate appetite for Power and Plum
der, they understand fully the importance
of the approaching Presidential contest
TO be successful in which, they grab at the
recent inSuErection, as drowning men do
ut straws--as if indeed it were the last and
the only means by which they may avert
their impending doom. They vainly inag-
inc that they can so distort facts and coin
iaisehoods, as 10 make Senator Seward,
Senator Hale, and other prominent Re-
yuDlGans, parties 30 the reasonable plot.
and that once accomplished, they fancy
the Peoples Party viii as q necessary con-
sequence be held responsible for ali the
mad acts Of John Brown and his confed-
crates. Into this dirty work, therefore
Loco-Focoism Soes-wholly without truth
lat not without system for we find that
the filthy loads fired of by the " T. Her
ri, the Constitution, the 4Do5y Argus,
and other big gurs, do find a most wei
come echo in some Of the smaller ''Demo-
cratic" pistols Of cur own ueighborhood.-
Ne grant that our adycrsmics might
make little capital out of this Disgrace
Iul affair, If, By fair means OF foul they
could only succeed IN one thing. 10 wit,
that either Of .l.o Distinguished gentlemen
1t vhom they level tLeir shafts, had any
completely % knowledge whatever Of OF
with John Brown intended insurrectiou-
ary movement
But have they 50 succeeded? Have,they
. much as created doubt upon the sub
ject? Have they caused the PEOPLE to
distrust the men whom they admire and
delight to follow, OF to doubt for mo
-nent the fidelity of their Party to the
Constitution and the Uniouz We think
not The only testimony tending in the
least to implicate Governor Seward, Is the
vague and unsupported testimony of feI-
iow named FORBES q man who, some
Years ago, dioGied the friends of Free
Kansas out Of about ST00 to 90 to that
territory and--to nothing. This man
Forbes-"C Colonel" Forbes, by the way
iVr the sake Of 4 little distinction In the
political world iutiulates IN 4 eard that
sbout eighteen months ago. he explained
10 Senator Seward the plot Of Old Brown
aad his oSntederates, and that Senator
seward stated that he desired to hear
nothing more Of such talk. This may be
true; out the probability is that it is not
true, from the fact that the statement is
made when Senator Seward is absent, and
consequently unable to contradict it. But
whether true or net, it proves nothing
- "a OO' oAu ic1-Iy 20 % MIN with the
Information, it was quite natural in Sena-
tor Seward to disregard it, as at that time.
and from such a source, no man of COM
anon sense could listen to such revelation
Without feeling that it emanated from =
nadmaR. But when Senator Seward tbns
Eaye him the cold shoulder, why did net
this iilustrious Colonel 20 to some one
vho aroud hear such talk. and to whom
iic might urburden himself freely? WHY
treasure up in his bosom this great secret,
until the treason was fairly hatched, and
the blow of the insurgents struck Why?
We eoufess this hong silence of Colonel
Forbes makes his statement look suspi-
cious..
OF q pisee with this, is the evidence
against the. other distinguished members
II our Party whola the Eoco-Focus would
lain connect with this insurrectionary
movement. But tie fraud is too transpa-
rent. 1t is too easily seen through. The
PEorLE are not TO be gulled by the clam