The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-12-10
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rious.- And now since the smoke of the
battle field has all passed away, and the
slain enemies Of the country sleep quietly
in their dishonored political graves, 1t
may not be amiss to take glance at some
Of the peculiarities which characterized
the recent contest. But, IN the first place,
we must congratulate our friends every
where upon the result. Amongst the
thousands of gallant and brave men who
contributed towards it, we are confident
there is not one who feels more heartfelt
pleasure in it than ourself No political
canvass was ever carried on with so much
bitterness on the part of our opponents,
and without intending disparagement
towards any of the aspirants before the
Pittsburg convention, we repeat now,
what we have uniformly believed and
expressed, that Andrew GSCurtin was
and is the only man who could have saved
our people from the disgrace OF Copper
head triumph, and the nation from the
evils which would flow from a hostile
State administration.
In former political campaigns-and we
have participated in quite number-we
have always found more or less of honesty
ard principle in our opponents; but IN
<he one just closed, we regret 20 say, they
seemed utterly devoid of any and all such
attributes. From the moment our candidate
was placed in the field, down to the closing
of the polls, on the evening OF the second
Tuesday of October, they kept up "a
deliberate personal warfare against him,
which in its malignancy and wickedness
has never been paralleled. Every SANDER
which their malicious heads could invent,
every means which Satan could suggest,
was employed by them to defeat our
nominee and elect their own. Men, too,
in our own midst, from whom better
things might ordinarily have been expec-
ted, wi.lfully ignore everything like
manliness and fairness, and lent themselves,
body and soul, to this shameless and dirty
work
We cannot afford now to dignity these
individuals, and at the same time pollute
our columns, by naming them here. We
know them, and the public know them,
and this is sufficient. They have fur
nished striking proof of the truth of the
old saying-"Who the gods would
destroy, they frst make mad" Their
task is done, and they have their reward
In the triumphant re election Of the man
whom they have vilfed and defamed.-
To this they are welcome.
The course pursued by the leaders Of
Copperheadism, since the commencement
of the Rebellion, has been strange indeed,
but not more strange than Infamous
They are themselves responsible, in great
measure, for the dastardly attempt which
has been made to overthrow our Govern
ment In the campaign of 1860, they
publicly proclaimed that, if Mr.. Lincoln
should be elected, the Union would be
dissolved, alleging that the people of the
South could not be expected to remain
under the Presidential rule Of an "aboli-
zionist" This was an invitation to the
Slave States to try the experiment of
Secession and when. after the election Of
Nh Lincoln, they made the attempt to 60
out, these same Copperhead leaders stood
~ with their hands in their pockets, and
like poor old Buchanan, did nothing but
below out ono coercion l'-whilst nos
few of the more fool-hardy among them,
declared that their party in the North
would forci5ly resist any attempt on the
port of the incoming administration to
compel the South toreturn to its allegiance.
But when Mr.. Lincoln was inaugurated,
and when, after exhausting all peaceful
means in vain, he was eventually forced
to call upon the military to put down the
insrrrection, and to wipe out the insult
which had been offered to our flag at
Fort Sumter, then, indeed, these sympa-
thizers with treason quite changed their
tune. All of sudden they became
wonderfully loyal and patriotic, but their