Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-26
A BLACK RECORD.
Curtln'S Own Party Speaks.
THE ESOLDIERSGREAT IT FIR lend.
The Tonnage Tax SWindIe.
VOTERS READ THE RECORD.

| VOTERS READ THE RECORD.
The editorials of the Pittsburg Gasette,
and Pittsburg Dispatch, two abolition pa
pers, against Governor Curtin are being
circulated in pamphlet form. They make
truthf full and damaging record.
lst. That the Governor was the init
mate friend of Charles NJ. Neal and
Frownfeld, who swindled the soldiers in
shoddy and shoes, aud that the committee
OF investigation, were managed to cover
up and smooth the fraud
I'd. That the Governor favored and
signed the bill repeating the "Fonage
Tax" although he confessed it was
"atrociously wrong" That he signed the
bill with "indecent haste during recess
of the Legislature" notwithstanding che
had given the most positive assurance
that it should be vetoed" and notwith-
standing he "was solemnly and repeatedly
pledged to refuse it his assent"
3D.. That he "signed" this tonnage tax
swindle Immediately after these assur-
auces were given and that there was
"private agreement in writing, made by
Thomas A, Scott, for the company to pay
the sum of $4,000 per annum into the
treasury, which agreement he Curtin, }
cancelled from the people, and afterw ards
surrendered to the company without even
preserving copy Of it, "When inter-
rogated at the next session upon this
point, he admitted the fact himself of the
agreement, and its surrender" and excus-
ed himself on the ground that 'rhe COM
pany were paying more than that amount
in taxes" The record showed :thet they
had not been paying the half of that
amount" and the Governors words were
"contradicted by the testimony of his own
Attorney General who swore before the
Hopkins Committee that the paper was
given by Scott and placed il his hands
as an official and public document.
4th. The Pttsburg ,Gazeue says in
view of these things that the masses be-
lieved that the Governor had "sold the
People, and betrayed the State, and asks
if "anybody is weak enough to think that
these things are already forgiven and for.
gotten
8, That when another attempt was
made to investigate the whole matter Col.
Mcclure hastened from the sick bed of a
friend to advise the appointment of the
committee, that great struggle wa s made
to keep off all who "were bent Oh running
a Republican G overuor."
That the committee "acted lapguidly'
that twas surrounded by the "companie.
spies," who telegraphed to witnesses
about to be summoned, in order to- kecI
them out of the way" and that the Presi
dent and Vice President of the company
evaded the summons as wilnesses-ont
by "absenting himself from the State" and
f the other by a certificate from Physi.
clan, that lie was undergoing injections o
lunar caustic, although he was walking
the streets. The committee however
found that the bill was procured ''by the
use of fraudulent and improper means" tc
which bill the Governor, however agains
his pledge put his signature. Thus wa
4 the people of Pennsylvania robbed o
many hundred thousand dollars.
: 9th. These Abolition papers al!ege, TIA
: Governor Curtin in our national matters
e has not only fallen far short of the oe
d casion, in every element of courage, truth
y fulness and ability but has enacted tn
d part of marpot, from the beginning,
s and ''created more trouble at Washington
n by his oficious intermeddIing than all th
't orher Governors" of this we need no
'i speak, as there is not much honor, truth
: or decency anywhere among them.
e 9TH. That the Governor pledged him
= self not to be candidate, meaning to b
l. one and lastly these papers by many asser
% tions regard his nomination as fatal, an
At his re election as impossible. The pam
/, phlet is lengthy and exposes rascalit
l. which the people should remember Gov
Curtin for at the ballot box Northumbe'
Ir IaGa County Democrat.
:. THE SOLDIERS VoTE.- The peopl
~ should remember, that the abolitionists al
e. the very men who objected to the soldier