Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-04-25
ABUSE OF COL. CURTIN.

ABUSE OF COL. CURTIN.
We believe we heretofore briefly alluded to the
fact that The Pilot, a Catholic paper printed in
Boston, had recently made vile attack on the
Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, our candidate for Cover
nor 1t says, s'Curtin rank, intolerant bigot
in politics and religion long before the inaugu-
ration of Know Nothingism Sheer, narrow
I" minded whiggery always marked him" ''It
g was chiefly through him. it remarks Mllard
" Fillmore got the-Natvist nomination at the last
Presidential campaign; and it was chiefly thro'
"a his positive concurrence with the Know Nothing
School Directors of Philadelphia, that they dared
a. TO dismiss morning all the female Catholic
teachers from the public schools of the city -
Again it says, ''As an Anne ricnn citizen he is ami
{" mated by public principles but those that
a. at antagonistic to, and subyersive of, the
"a constitution of the country -" and then draws
the conclusion that s'The voters of that State,
Pennsylvania) will never give their sufrages to
'' a deceitful renegade from all the attributes of
- race, and hereto of the most dangerous stamp
"a in political matters" Did any one ever see so
much falsehood and misrepresentation, so much
bigotry ard spleen, embraced in so few words?
We doubt whether, in those sections of the State
where Col. Curtin is well known, any man of in
telligence and character. with proper regard for
truth and fair-dealing would have the temerity
to openly endorse the low abuse heaped upon him
by the paper alluded to. 1t is true, however, that
there are those who do not scruple to spread any
imputatons, no matter how base and false they
are, which the malignity of others may have in
vented for the purpose of injuring a man whom
they dislike and who may happen to be candi
date for the suffrages of the people. We were not
surprised, therefore, to find that the Ciearfeid Re
publican, true to the peculiar position it occupies,
should, after the hue and cry had been raised by
the Plot, follow cose upon its heels, and bay lus
tily at 'Col. Curtin's Anteeedents." Whether our
uptown neghbor had the article Of his Boston CO.
temporary before him when he penned his own,
or whether his thoughts inadvertently ran in a
similar direction, is question upon which we are
not prepared to give opinion; but the two
tices viii 10 doubt prove interesting to those who
are fond of studying into the strange coincidence
of ideas which occasionally shows itself in the ar
tices of newspaper editors who have no sliterary
friend" to furnish them with the "brilliant pro-
ductions'' which from time to time adorn the col
umns of their sheets. This, however, is matter
for which we have no concern. Our solictude is
of quite different nature. We are anxious to
know if our friend ''Andy will be able to survive
the combined onslaught of the Pilot and Repu5li-
can. The fact is, they formidable pair and
are ''not to be sneezed at'' contemptuousIy; for
there is no telling what amount of mischief they
might do, if their ire should become fully aroused
We trust this may not happen. Indeed, it is pos
sible tha. it will not for before he finishes his ar
tice the editor of the Republican permits his feel
ings to become so far Modified that after saving
that the cause which Mr.. Curtin had espoused, if
successful would have disfranchised his own faith
had he been living" and ''was an insult to his
memory his remains mouldered in the grave
he remarks: "Personally, we esteem Col Curtin
% for his many fine qualities of head and heart "
Prodigious condescension! The Col. will doubt
less feel himself highly fattered by this public a.
vowaI of neighbors esteem. But this is not
all. The editor of the Republican goes farther
He says, if Mr.. c. "had ever possessed the nerye
" to cut loose from the political parasites which
80 for years surrounded him. for the purpose of De-
quilting him into the exercise of his talents for
&c their benefit, instead of his own and his
" country's advantage, as he could have DONE and
90 covered himself with glory when his party ask
" ed him TO prescribe his own father, we would es-
q TEEN him still more" What pity it is that
Andy should have failed to 'sexercse his talents
in behalf of the Democratic party, or in some 9TH
err way that would have covered him with glory!"
What quantity of esteem" he would have Sc
cured But. alas alas it is clean gone, and
there is no help for it now To speak seriously,
however-is it not piece of cool effrontery to in
dulge in vile abuse of and low filings at man, and
then claim that you personally esteem" him
Fortunately, the honor, integrity and honesty of
purpose of Col Curtin too well known IL this
part of the State, to be damaged in the least, or
his prospects of an election injured in the reno
test degree, by two such sheets the Boston Pilot
and Clearfetd Republican,.