The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-04-23
CaIIaghan.

A couple of weeks since, I'VE published
in these columns letter purporting to
have been written by one ANDREW CAL
LAGuAN, member of Go. *, 125th Pa.
Vols--said letter having been furnished
us, without solicitation, by a friend. The
letter was bona tide document, with Mr..
CALLAGHAN's signature attached, as such
was confided to our hands, and as such We
printed it, Subsequently,, however, Mr..
G. comes out in card in the Dem. 6'
,Sent, stating that, unfortunately, he is
unable to write, and that the commuhica-
ton in question had been gotten up by
"an acquaintance, who, instead of wri-
ting Mr.. C.'s sentiments, awrote his own"
Furthermore, he says that his political
sentiments were "misrepresented' in that
letter, and that he has not "changed his
politics
All of which must be peculiarly aggra-
vating to MIR. CALLAGBAN. But, if We
understand the spirit of the letter'in ques-
ton Alright, it were totally unnecessary
for Mr.. G. or any other true Democrat to
..changc his politics. in order to be ena-
bled to endorse the sentiments therein
contained They breathe nothing but a
spirit of loyalty to the Government and
love for our good old Union-a a platform
upon which every honest, unprejudiced
man, and more especially soldier wear
ing the livery of his country, should be
content to stand. That the sentiments
en,Alaced in the letter were not Mr.. C.'s
own, but those of his amanuensis, we are
sorry to learn, for they are sentiments 20
one should hesitate to subscribe to. The
country is ashamed of men who are asha-
med Of such sentiments.
The Dem. tE Sent. lays great stress on
The charge that, in this instance, we have
seen guilty of "slandering Union sol
der" ga man whose misfortune it is to
be illiterate," &c. Now, We submit wheth-
er we can be held responsible .or this
perversion Of Mr.. CALLAGHAN's senti-
ments, if perversion it be. The letter
was written, according TO the geDtleman's
own avowal, by. can acquaintance )" it
was mailed to gentleman in this county,
by whom it was duly received and, ul.i-
mately, it found its way into our hands,
with request to publish. We gave it a
place in our columns, not with the expec-
tation that it would raise anything of a
breeze i'm the political world, but, rather,
to show Copperhead Loco-Focos what our
soldiers think Of them. And We still in
sist that the letter We published under
Mr.. CALLAGHAN's signature breathes the
convictions and honest belief of nine
tenths Of the army.
The question now arises Inasmuch
as Mr.. CALLAGHAN is avowedly unable
card in the Dem. 6 Sent is of His pro-
mitigation ? 1t is not certified to-noth-
ing whatever is given to prove its authen-
ticity May it not have been penncd by
some mercepary, with the double purpose
of maligning Mr.. 9. and of disproving The
41Reghanian May it not be a fabrication
from beginning to end-a SANDER against
ga man whose misfortune it is to be illit-
crate? ?" May it not be the bogus, and
ours the genuine letter? In short, may
not the Dem. 6 Sent be guilty of the
very crime it sostrenuously but abortiyely
strives to fssten upon us The general
character of that journal would justify us
in arriving at these latter conclusions.