The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-08-09
Register s.ata Recorder.
70 .ae Eat;er af 2as .4!lsahanian .

unexpectedly OF eoafsel placed NJ ias Ara1 W
tha Peoples Party OF Cambria Couaty, uader-
takes to write hiEto"y Of part Of sae pro-
cesdiags OF our late Convention. The Chair
Iaau Of the County Committee has always
been considered modest young gentleman,
and many OF his ToTE'sy friends were no little
astopi5hed TO lind his name appended to al
original communication OF 8 column and
halt No one doubts his ability TO write his
name aud write IL well, hu. everybody doubts
the fact ot his being able 20 compose even as
poorly gotten up an article IS the one which
appeared in the last "Aileghanian." Be this
il may, i is not my business 20 find fault
with the style OF the o!amHEicatiOn, bat it is
with its gross Misrepresentation that take is
sue, and my only object shall he to correct
them, and exhibit TO the people OF my native
County, the studied effort Of Mr.. Roberts TO
place rac in false position.
He starts out by saying am circulating the
report that was cheated out of the nomination
By the Clerks. This is a slight mistake.
never made such a statement, and would SOON
er be defeated than be guilty of even intima-
ting that an honorable and high-mindcd man,
such as know Wm. u. Jones to be, would
willingly or knowingly cheat any man under
any circumstances. ! know il was no act of
his TO be associated with Mr.. Roberts, as Clerk
OF the late COuy ention, and no man, who knows
Mr. Jones, would for a moment suppose that
he would or could approve of the means used
by some men 10 defeat my nomination.
Mr. Roberts acknowledges that he kept no
tally on the first ballot for Register and Re
cordcr, yet he asserts, Of has oCH knOwtedge,
there were .tfty-fUe votes polled. Mr.. Jones,
who kept the tally, several delegates, and ma
ny spectators who also kept it, made only
ftty-three. VIII Mr.. r. please inform the
public how he knows thing about which he
knows nothing at alI2 VIII he also please to
state aehy he informed the President that an
error had been committed? On this point |
would like for him to be candid. IAN honest
confession is good for the soul" and if he Is
as candid as he ought to be, | know he must
admit that Iny vote On the first ballot was an
moving to hin, and rather spoiled some nice
arrangements, previously made, by which a
certain defeated aspirant for the emoluments
OF the PTothonotary's office, expected to be-
come q Compromise Candidate for Register
and Recorder.
He admits that only ffty-foHr votes were
polled on the first two ballots for Poor House
Director, and it is well-known that only FORTY
siE were polled for Auditor. On these ballots
&r. r. kept the tally himself, and vet he saws
nothing about informing the President of an
error having been committed. | did not hap
pen to be candidate for either of those Offices
and consequently Mr.. Roberts keen perception
! did not enable him to discover anything wrong
| in less than a full vote being pollcd for any
! Office except that Of Register and Recorder
! Honest men will draw their own conclusion
! from the foregoing premises.
! again, he states that Mr. Lytlc's nomination
/ was made unanimous, and, for fear that his
/ ST. ~ viii not be credited, he repeats the same
/ thing ia tht same column Of his learnSa pro-
duction l am at a loss to know wnat Dictiou-
AIRY Mr.. Roberts consulted, to ascertain the
! meaning OF the word unanimous. Il certainly
was not Walkers, Johnson's 5 or Websters $ bat
must have been new work, which is about
TO be issued by Campbell, Roberts, & CO., in
/ which the cd meaning OF the word is s.
/ changed that many delegates may vote NO
very emphatical!v, in a Convention, and YET
| the nomination be considered unanimous.
again, he says l came into the Convention
! with 4 petition, &c. How does he know this,
/ Did he sec me do so? If so, he saw what nc
. other person saw. or could see. If he did not
| see come in with it, why does he say ht
! did? Please answer. On this point, / an
prepared 10 prove that did not see the peti-
ton. or even know lis contents, until heard
it read in the Convention.
| Again, he says were it necessary, he COulj
enlarge Oh my political history of later years
to show that have claims upon the Peo.
! pies Party. Now l consider it ctrv necessary
! he should do this. ! am running as an Iude.
pendent Candidate, and have none of the at-
yantages usually supposed TO follow from
regular nomination, and will likely need al
the help can get. Ny enemies are very con.
fdent | can't get 500 votes in the County. Tt
be elected, will need more votes, and know
no better way to get them, than for Mr.. Rob.
erts and his boon companions TO 90 on in tn,
/ good work IN, y have so earnestly commenced
/ | would suggest to them that they still stick tC
their old text. Don't forget to extensively
! circulate the story that was always Z Demo
crat, until within the last / S months. True
| the old citizens who have known me from boy
| hood, won't believe it, but then there are ,
good many democrats who have only been
| few years in the County, and you may Undue,
| them to vote for me. Again, many Republi
cans, who have been here only Il few years
may believe YOU beautiful romance, and ma,
vote for me, to keep from going back I,
MY first love. Don't forget to tell eyerybOd,
that, three years ago, | opposed VIM. L. Fra
zer, for Canal Commissioner. because he wa
one of the members of our State Senate VIII
voted against keeping open the Western divis
ion of the Canal and did all he knew how ::
swindle the honest taxpayers out of the Mai
Line, and make a present of il to the Penna
r. r Co. Don't forget to tell everybody tina
l opposed both Jacob VI. Campbell and Loui
W. Hall in their efforts TO get to the Stat
Senate, from the fact that knew they were j
favor of releasing the Penna. Z. r. Co fror
the performance OF its solemn contract ma
king them a present of hundreds of thousand
of dollars annually out of our State Treasury
and increasing the taxes of the people to sup
ply the deficiency. Don't forget to do all thi.
and should / then be defeated, ! certainly wi
not blame you with it,
| There are many other things TO which
would like 10 refer. but for want of time wi
not do so now. If the man who writes Nl
Roberts communication for him is anxious I
continue the controversy, am just as wiilin
TO do so as | would be to eat when I al
hungry. ROBT Il CANAAN
JoHNsTowS, August Z, 1860.
WANT or Farm WIN =; . /.