Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-09-16
uow Curtin Expects to be Re-
h' Elected.

rron the Evening Journal
Harrisburg correspondent of the Age
s,r;sbes the following, which we doubt
not, is true:
q Nssrs Editors There is no question
-, tbe fact that the Abo|itionists intend |
g.:nring into this States, about election |
:,a a body of soldiers to assist them in |
.srtug aurtin, either by voting directly for |
t;o or by keeping timed voters away from !
Ia nolls with the show of military strength |
nd threats of violence. Governor Curtin |
S,ovs that unless some such desperate |
ssans are resorted to, his case is hopeless, |
ari he is determined net to be outvoted, if
.Js army can save him. Sundry MYSTERIOUS
r7ovements of the Governor and his conf
5sntial friends. taken in connection with
lark hints from that portion of the AbOli>
non press which cannot conceal their eXul-
aton at the prospect of carrying the cleo
non through the intervention of the army
noipt to the most atrocious conspiracy ever
devised by political despcradoes to destroy
Is ballot~box and crush the liberties of the
reople Fortunately, the garrilous Governor
has so many coptidanrs that the plot is no
hnger a secret. 1t leaks out at every point.
Fyultrg. shoulder>strapped gentry, in their
mellow moments. UldD Tue STtdG SSCICJ Ill
h,r rooms and upon street corners, Even
generations occurring in the Executive
Chamber sometimes reach the public ear.
and the following substance of an interview
tetween the Governor and the Major of
PENNSYLVANIA regiment who wass wounded
At the first assault upon Fort Wagner,
comes to me from so reliable source that
cannot refrain from inparting it to your
readers:
Nqjw-Governor, cannot | have my fur
rugh exteuded2 | wish to be at home on
election day to vote for ycu.
Gorenor-Certainly That will be easily
managed. Go to DR.. King. the Surgeon
General and he will give you certificate
that will enable you to have your furlough
extended.
M1or-fwith sly nk)-Governor, q
great many of the boys would like to come
home to vote for you.
Gore17,or-Never fear; are ,cW hare
enough If them at home on election deg.
The writer represented that Curtin is
endeavoring 10 make capital for himself
by asserting that Judge Woodward, on
the bench. was the cause of disfranchising
the soldiers, thus making Judge Wood
ward responsible for an acknowledged
plain provision of the Constitution.
Doubtless. Judge Woodward is quite will
ling to stand or fall, by the provision OF
the Constitution on which the decision OF
the Court was based, yet whatever OF
unpopularity attaches to that provision
should be saddled upon him. He, as a
Judge, is sworn TO support that Consti-
tuition and interpret the laws according tC
its provisions, and his part in the decis-
ion relative 70 the soldiers vote, was but
an act of public duty in his obedience tc
his oath of office. The attempt of Cur
lin 10 make capital for himself by repre-,
senting Judge Woodward as being per-
sonally responsible for the disfranchise
ment of the soldiers, is eminently worthy
Of its author and of the party he repre-
sents. 1t is mean and cowardly in the
extreme.
But, our chief object in referring to the
letter in the Age, is to draw the attention
OF the people to Curtin's plan of carry
ing his own election by means of fur
lOughed and imported soldiers of his owl
peculiar faith. We have no doubt tha
ne and his party intend TO have as man,
OF their friends in the army as can b
spared furloughed and sent home to vot
N Connecticut and New Hampshire.
1t is intended TO scatter these through
out the State, wherever their former resi-
dence was, and to have as many fraudu
lent votes polled by the soldiers fror
other States, but now in various parts c
Pennsylvania, and especially in this city
as can be smuggled into the ballot-box
Curtin and his co-workers know full we
that fair vote of the people would over
whelm him with defeat. No intelliger
man can mistake the signs pointing t
this result, if a fair vote be had, an
hence the Abolition design of succeedin
by means of furloughed soldiers favorabl
TO Curtin who is so much lauded as th
q" soldiers friend" That no Democrat
soldiers will be allowed to vote may
regarded as certain. If, by chance, an
should gain permission to return, and vot
Tor Judge Woodward, they will, if off
GERS, be removed, as was Lieutenant Ec
garry, of New Hampshire.
Soldiers enlisted from this State, WI
may be sent home to vote, cannat be pr
vented from voting but let the Demt
Gratis have an eye to the actions of ii
enemy respecting Republican soldie
from New England and other States no
IN Pennsylvania, and see to it tn
lhe friends of MIR. Curtin shall not su
ceed IN perpetrating the fraud of votiI
imported men. Let us have fair al
legal eeption OF oil hazarJS