The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-08-21
Astounding Exposure 4!

Astounding Exposure!
The Republican Candidate for Governor
Who He is and what He is-Corruption Fas-
tened upon Him by his Own Partizan-The
Soldiers Defrauded, the People Defrauded, and
the State Defrauded, by Andrew G. Curtin
Read Read !!
We have given our readers, says the Wash
ingtoa Reue,O, some facts in regard to the cor.
rupton practiced upon the people by the pres
ent Governor of this State, and the Republican
nominee for the same position, but being out
siders, we of course were deprived of the off.
cial data, as well as the knowledge of the secret
wire pulling, by which the results were brought
| about. Fortunately, the Pittsburg Gazette
the leading Abolition paper in Western Penn
sylvania has opened the hidden mysteries of the
Abolition archives, and exposed to the public
gaze record of infamy and dishonesty never
equalled before anywhere, if we except the rec
ords of the present National Administration.
We give below the Gasette's synopsis of se-
ries of articles published by that paper within
the past two weeks. We will publish the articles
IN ertenso on some future occasion This arti-
Gle appeared in the Gazette on the morning of
the Republican State Convention.
FROM the IittspurS UaZette, Aug. D.
A Parting Word to the Convention.
The delegates to the State Convention are now
amongst us. Before they proceed to do their
duty, we have word to say to them.
We had reason to believe that Gov. Curtin,
notwithstanding his ostensible withdrawal, was
a candidate for denomination, and confident that
he would be successful.
WE FELT ASSURED THAT HE COULD
NOT BE ELECTED. WE KNEW THAT
HE OUGHT NOT-TT BECAME OUR
DUTY, THEREFORE,, TO SOUND THE
ALARM, AND ENDEAvOR TO SAVE
THE PARTY, IF POSSIBLE.
We hare endeavored to slow that he imposed
upon the soldiers, By farming them ont to. lis
friends, and then denying that he had employsd
them. -
We have exhibited the record to establish the
fact that he had approved a bill, acknowledged 6y
him to be ,crong, WHICH ROBBED THE
TREASURY OF MANY MILLIONS. OF
MONEY-that as the conditions of his appro-
val, he had taken an agreement for the State,
which he distracted, and secretly surrendered
to the parties who had given-and that when
interrosated by the Legislature, he confessed
the fact and offered as his apology, reason
which is shown to hare been untrue.
We have demonstrated the fact taat he bar :
gained a,cay Republican United States Senator,
for the consideration of an Adjournment, and the
discharge of the Committee, appointed to iu-
quire into the means which had been used to pro-
cure the passage of that BILL
We have charged that he was unfriendly to
the war policy of the Administration, and prov
ed it not only by his Message in relation to the
arrest of traitors and his conduct in relation to
the draft, but by the character of the men whom
he has retained about him.
We have shown that the effect of his policy
has been to break down the power of the Re-
publican party of this State, and even those
who merely co-operated with him in the Leg
islature, have been placed, almost without ex-
ception, under the ban of the people.
And zee have IN ter7ed from all Mis--scitaom
referring to other matters-THAT HIS NOM
NATION WOULD BE DISGRACEFUL
TO THE PARTY, AND HIS ELECTION
IMPOSSIBLE-a the general desire of Cop
perheads that we should take him as cur candi.
date, proves it to be, in their judgment, as we'll
as ours.
al this we hare been compelled By the necesss-
ties Of the case to do, in order TO stpe the cause,
from ,7et,7erabe ruin.-We would rather have
avoided this, if it had been possible We have
kept these things in the background, rather
than run the risk of crippling the State admin
istration or driving it bodily into the embraces
of the enemy, to which we feared its tenden-
cies were over-strong already. We thought it
wise to make the best Of a bad bargain, so long
as we could not help ourselves. when the same
man was, however, presented anew, as can
didate for a second term, it becomes our duty
to speak out before the mischief was enacted,
and we have done so, in language as moder-
ate as the facts bear. Aud yet even then, we
would rather have waived our objections, if it
had been possible, and taken the weakest man
and the wickedest of our enemies, than run the
risk of disturbing the harmony of the party, at
such a time. IL was clear TO as, ho,oeUsr, that
,cith such candidate 1T WAS IMPOSSIBLE
FOR US TO SUCCEED.
We Should be beaten, at any rate-as our past
experience has de'nonstTated-dnd as Il could not
make the matter morse ,cas worth at least the
trouble t0.endeau0r to prerent 1t.
And now we ask of the members of the
Convention to tell us calmly, whether, with the
facts before them, as we have shown them TO be,
there is constituency in Pennsylvania that would
have recommended, or instructed for hinn-and
whether these facts, depending mainly upon the