The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-09-25

pare for another hegira in the direction Of
the Delaware.
From the Plttsburg Gazette, (Rep.) July 20.
Popularity of the Governor.
1t is suggested, however, as a reason for
The denomination of Gov. Curtin, and the
only one we ever heard, that he is popular
with the soldiery. Ii this were true it would
make no difference, under the decision of
such men as Woodward and Lowrie, that
they are not entitled to the privilege Or pro-
lection of the ballot-box, against the skulk-
ing towards at home, who are their worst
enemies and most dangerous, because they
fire from the rear. But it is not true, if we
may trust the almost universal testimony
from the army, so far as we have had an
opportunity Of hearing it; and it would be
strange, indeed, if it were, looking to the
stoC2tty provided for them by his agents, in
the first place, and his whole subsequent
conductin regard to the commissions, with
his well known preferences for men, whose
loyalty has never been considered of the
brightest. Our readers will remember the
time when it was publicly said, that his per-
son woald not have been safe in the camp
of a Pennsylvania regiment. We are not
of those who affect to believe that this feel
ing has improved into popularity, notwith-
standing the newspaper reports of receptions
and flag presentations to which we have 80
often been treated. Cheers on the Potomac
from Pennsylvania regiments, are cheap
compliment, and not always to be taken as
evidences of admiration for the man. A
large prtion of them might fairly be set
down = the. account of the office which he
bore, as the successor of SO many brave and
well-tred men. An absent soldier would
NATURALLY he glad to see any tolerably decent
ma4 s.am his native State, who had come
to viss, and had the power of helping him;
but an army patronage like that of the Gov
ernor, in the hands of such a man as Cur
tin, is always a fatal gift to the holder.
1t is impossible, however, that with his
facility Of temper, and a desire to please
everybody who approaches him, so great as
to result in infinite prodigality of promises,
forgotten as soon as uttered, and never in
tended to be performed, he should have been
able either to acquire, or maintain any per-
maneht or well-founded popularity. We
could point out cases, where he has even
gone out of his way to volunteer engage
ments to friends, which were not sought by
them in the first place, and which were no
sooner made than violated, as though it had
been his studied purpose to convert them in
to ernmies. 1t was Goldsmith, we believe,
who Baid Of Edmund Burke, that
"He threw of his friends as huntsman his pack,
For hi knew, when he pleased, he could whistle
them back" l
Governor Curtin has dealt with his, or
such of them at least as were honest, in
about the same way. lie is not Burke, how
ever, by any means; and we doubt much
whether his whistle will be as potent as G.
ven That of Roderick Dhu.
Nor can it be said, as it has often been,
in eHuse for his delinquencies, that he is
easy and good natured, and has been over
ruled by the bad counsels of other men,
The fact we admit is more than probable.
Those who have visited the Executive Cham
Der and learned thereby to know how affairs
have been conducted during his administra-
ton, are perfectly well aware, that although
he hs never given much heed to his consti-
tutional advisers, he has never been more
than nominally the Governor of this State.
1t is not to be contested-for the testimony
of the Hon. S. A. Puruiance, proves it, if
there were nothing else-that he has been
but an instrument in the hands of ADLER and
more cunning men--not Of his Cabinet pro-
per, as Just remarked, and not generally e.
ven of the politics of those who elected him.
From what we have already stated, those
who read us may readily give credence to the
open boast, as currently reported, of one of
these advisers, that he had torn up, in the pres
ence Of the Governor himself, some half doz-
en- veto messages, which he had prepared for
transmission to the Legislature. But what ex-
cuse is there in all this for his multiplied delin-
quencies? Why not elect Gen. Andrew Porter,
or Col. Mcclure, or Col Scott, or Col X. Bid
die Roberts, OF Col. Campbell, or some one of
the other Democratic politicians, whom he has
had, or has now about him, at once, instead OF
himself? We should have the advantage then at
least, of having the power and responsibility u
nited in the same hands
We think we do not 90 too far in saying that
the administration of Gov. Curtin-his very IA
cility of temper it may be-has gathered about
the capital q class OF men, whose presence IS
anything but wholesome one, or a favorable
index of the state of public morality there