Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-09-30
3 Ease slanaer Eseruted.

Continue their own proftIgacy, are deter
mined not to stop at any species Of SLAM
der to further their purposes. The IN
sullied character Of Judge Woodward is
is dragged through the slime of Abolition
ism; and lies the most infamous and dia-
boIical are invented and circulated in Ger
tain localities, where they think the peo-
pie are as ignorant as themselves.
The following letter from Judge Wood
wards son fully explains itself, and shows
the utter recklessness of T. J. Bigham,
Curtin demagogue, who invented the
scandalous colloquy, purporting to have
passed between Judge Woodward, and |
his son, Maj Geo Woodward, and gave
utterance to it at an Abolition meeting |
held in Pittsburg, on the 10th inst,
HEADQUARrERs DEror CAMP INvALTD1 /
CoErs, Meridian Hill, D. c. /
September %, 1868.
IL. T. j. Bigiam, PatsJyrE, Pa:
SIR: Ihave noticed in Che newspapers
/ a report Of a mass Convention hold at
/ Pittsburg on the 9th instant, in which
you are represented TO have said, in re-
! sponse to an inquiry of one Mathews, a
/ to where Woodward (mcaniug Judge
! Woodward. the Democratic nominee for
! Governor) was when Curtin was attend
/ ing to the soldiers wants g; that when
/ Judge Wcodwarl's gallant son came home
/ from Gettysburg, wounded in 10th leGs,
his father told him he migi.. ba llanalal
he got off so wcil-that lie ought 70 Lay-
been wounded In the heart FL 1-hting in
/ such a cause
As my only brother capable of h.a-:nE
arms, who has made two caupsi-u- with
the State Militia, has never been wounded,
/ / presume that ! an the sn OF judge
Woodward alluded to Ia tiia ,a".E iag
statemant-whicE statement I desire to
brand, as you knew 1t To be when vnu
made Ii a vickada 3.Iibarate fliseaaad
a cause 80 wlaS as to need such aziz-
tanae must be .,.ai, indeed. = E.aa 50
lost 10 honor and decency as 10 use SUCH
means for partisan ends deserves 80 oa
drulnmlI out respectable society.
As thc Lieutenant Co,oaeI commaudiug
the 2d Pennsylvania Res rps. I rar.ici-
: ratad in the battle OF G,tty-uu.r but
2 was fortunate enough 10 escape un,armed.
} except sli-ht injury 10 my ri-ht foot, in
which | had been wounded duriu- 5aa
Peninsular campaign.
! just after the fan OF Sumter. in the
= spring of 1861. iadjnz ,hat war between
the two great sections of our common
, country was inevitable, under the cal O.
= the President fer 3a~ee " a-5' volunteers
r raised = company IN Ehile5,.p'ia which
; afterwards became Incorporated with tla
= 2d Regiment Tenu@vlvauia deserves. ANY
p one familiar with ,he business %. rais.n-
volunteer organizations knows l. to be au
-, expansive undertaking. Erarv cent rhal
my companr cost, with the exception o
e the small amount that ms ligu,.a. ~ an.
J enabled me- ~ devote 70 tl3e rurg,sa. came
e from my father, Judge Woodward
= During all the tins THAI elapsed bafo.r
+ my company was mustered into the ser.
vice, | lived in his house. ard had. 50 l:tr
! as l needed il his co-oparati2n in my ca
terpriso.
As Major Of the u Pennsylvania Ic,
serves, l participated in the Peninsula
campaign, and was wounded At CIarIe
City Cross Roads, in the right foot anl
& left lcg-by which wounds I am crippled
II for lile-was taken prisoner. confined il
:. the Libby prison in Richmond. and, afte
! beiGg paroied was taken to nv father
l. house in Philadelphia, where. for iou
T weary months | was confined to NV bed
! suffering intensely, but with that sutfarin.
= aIleviated and finally relieved, by not onl,
: the best medical skill, but also bv tn
: constant, kind, unwearying attention 0
my father, mother and sisters Durin
( all that time, as indeed during my who'll
D. life, no father could be more kind. NOR
r, solicitous for sons welfare. than wa
mine. Almost daily conversations &C
Cured between US, in which the war. an
n the present and future of our country wer
at discussed: and, although he freeiv crit
cised, and often condemned, the manne
in which the war was managed bv tn
ld administration, never did he utter a sent
81 ment in sympathy with the doctrine {
secession, nor a syllable of approval ,
the course taken by the people of I'll
- South p; and never did he say aught whic
- was not calculated to encourage me in ii
~ performance of my duty as soldier.
y, [ have been thus full. SIR, in nv ref
cr tation of your SANDER, not because yc
,v need or deserve this KIND of attention
m my hands, but because this refutatic
en- must be made as public as the calumn,
es and desire the public to have the exa
he truth IN regard to this matter.
rs In conclusion, sir, l will remark th
Ill 1t Is poor encouragement to our soldiers
We the field 10 find that while they are toi
of iuor and frrl,t;,,r. g. 4,