Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-29
LocoFoco BELL-EvERErrIsM

The Bell Everett leaders have finally com.
pleted their sale to the Douglas managers in
| New York, and joint electoral ticket, with
tUenfy.fr Douglas and fen so-called Bell men
on it, has been formed. There is no stipula-
tion, however, that any portion of these elec-
tors SHALL under any circumstances, vote for
Bell and Everett. Were anything wanting to
show that the arrangement is exclusively for
the benefit of Douglas and johnson, the testi-
mony of Mr.. Ottendorfer, editor of German
paper, who is one of the electors on this joint
| ticket, must be conclusive. In replying to a
| charge that he had allowed himself to be put
| on the same ticket with lot of Know n 9th.
ings, Mr.. Ottendorfer says -
ssTbese men were not placed on the Electo-
raj Ticket as Bell and Everett men, and still
less as Known othings, since no such poiti-
cal organization now exists, but as conserva-
tive patriots and with regard to most of them
it is a question whether they belong to the
Bell and Everett organization at all. Some of
them would, in any event, have worked and
voted with the Democrats.
ssThey were nominated by the Democratic
delegates of the various Districts in the State
Convention, and it they accept the Domina-
tion, they will form the Democratic Electoral
Ticket, which, if chosen, will have to give its
votes for Douglas and Johnson
In another article on the same subject, Mr..
Ottendorfer expresses himself even more dis
tinctly, as follows -
CAT the Democratic State Convention at Sy-
racuse, it was expressly understood, and in the
proceedings of the State Committee it was de-
clared that the Electors appointed by this Con-
vention, in case of their election, should. un-
der all circumstances, cast their votes for Dou-
haf he Of fha
Presidential canvass, either in this or any 9TH
er State, should in no wise influence COR
chauge) this determination-that, therefore,
every vote given for this ticket shall count
,choliy and entirely for Douglas and Johnson
Could anything be more plain or unequivo-
cal Is this not enough to satisfy any impair
tial and honest man? And yet there are those
who have the impudence to attempt to palm
this off as Bell and Everett ticket! How can
any american consistently vote for Douglas
Bell ticket, when there are strong reasons for
believing that Mr. Donglas is Catholic7 A
Know N othing Catholic ticket is new ideal
The Baltimore, Maryland Patriot, decided
ly the ablest organ of Bell and Everett in the
country, denounces the conduct of the trail
tors who are selling out its party, in the fol-
lowing plain and emphatic terms:
ssThe story of the intrigue, by which the
Bell leaders of New Jersey sold themselves to
the Breckinridge party, is already known, but
shameless that transfer is, il is not SO utter
ly abandoned the New York trade is.
There is semblance of Bell electoral ticket
in New Jersey, but there is not the shadow of
one in New York. The very existence OF a
Bell party is ignored. Under no contingency
whatever is the vote of the State to be thrown |
for Bell, provided it is elected. Hencefor- |
ward we shall treat the New York Bell party |
as extinct. The true friends of Col. Bell and |
Mr.. Everett in that State are now reduced to
the necessity of voting for eitheH Louglas |
Breckinridge or Lincoln, and the probability |
is, they will swell the vote of the Latter by /
thousands"
An effort, it is said, is being made to form a
Douglas-Bell ticket for Pennsylvania also. A
pretty sskettle of fish, that will be, indeed, for
those fond of rare dishes. We shall see, in
due time, who partakes of the mixture.