North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-09-02
A DAMNING RECORD,
governor Gu rtin--WhO he is, and what he
rs as p rtrayed by a Republican Editor

| 1He UuZttte Is the prln-
c'p'e organ OF The Republican party IN wes-
tern Pennsylvania. Its statements. there
lore, Cannot be attributed to Parllzan pr,iu
ace or hatred, nor Can they be successfuIl,
friu'ed. We never Saw more damninp
record produced against any public man, anu
cannot but tell tearfally against Governor
Curtin with the intelligent, thinking voters
OF the State How any honest man can vo,.
lor the Republican candidate for Governor
with such Overwh helmng evidence of his COR
ruptbllity and dishonesty staring them in
the iace--fastened upon him, too, bv his own
partIzans--is more than We can see. W.
do not believe they will But read the arti
Gle and Judge for yourselves -
From the Pittsburg Gazette, Aug 5th
AParting Word to the Convention,
The delegates to the State Convention are
now amongst US. Before they proceed to de-
| their duty, We have a wo d to say to them
We had reason t" believe that Governor
Curtin, notwithstanding his ostensitIe with
drawai, was candidate for denomination.
and confident that lie would he successful
We FELT ASSURED THAT HE COULD
NOT BE ELECTED. WE KNEW THAT
HE OUGHT NOT. 1T BECAME OUR DU-
TY. THEREFORE, TO SOUND THE
ALARM, AND ENDEAvOR TO SAVE
THE PARTY IF POSSIBLE.
We hare endedu0rpd TO Show that he i'm
posed upon The the soldiers, by Turning them
ont 10 has friends and then denying that he
had employed them.
We have exhibited the record to establish
The fact that he had opprorpd till, &C
| knowledged by him TO be wrong WHICH
ROBBED THE TREASURY OF MANY
MILLIONS OF MONEY; that as the con-
ditons Of his approval, be had taken an
agreement for the State, which he distracted
and secretly surrendered to the parties who
had gven--and that when interogated by
the LEGISLATURE, he confessed the fact, and
tfered as his apology, a reason which is
shown 10 hare been untIue.
We have demonstrated the fact that he
| baIgai1ed naray a Republica, United States
Senator, for the consideration of an adjoM :
meRt. and the discharge of the C"mmitte,
appointed to inquire into he means which
had been used to procure the passage of that
hill.
We have charged that he was unfriepdly
to the war policy of the Administration, and
proved it not only by his Message in relation
+" the draft, hut bv the character of the men
whom he mas retained about HIM.
We have shown that the effect Of his poll
cy has been To break down the p,wer oil the
Republican party of tins State, and even
tnose who merely co-uperated with hun IL,
Legislature, have been placed, almost with.
"ut exception under the ban of the people.
And re hare Inferred frrm all his-wih
oW referring to other mdtters--THAr His
NOMINATION WOULD BE DISGRACE
FUL TO THE PARTY AND HIS ELEC
lion iMPOSSlBLE--as the general desire
"t C"pperheads that we should take hun Is
"ur Candidate, proves it to be, in their iudg
ment, as well as ours.
AH 'h's ne haze been impelled, by the ne
cesSitieS 0l the case, to d0 in order TO sure The
cause from the irretrlereQbie rum We
have, kept these things IN the background
ratherthan run the risk OF Gripping the State
administration, or driving 1t bodily into the
embraces OF the, enemy, to whicn we feared
It's tendencies were over strung already.
| We thought it wise te make the best of bad
hargain, SO long as We could not help our
selves. When the same man was however
preSented aEew, as candidate for a second
ERIN, it becomes our duty to speak out be-
fore the mischief was enacted and we have
done so, in language as moderate as the facts
bear And Yet even then, we would
rather have waved our objections if it had
been possible, and taken the weakest man.
and the wlckedest Of our enemies. than rrn
the risk OF d'stu' b'ng the harmony of The
party, at such time. 1t a1ds clear TO as.
h0Werer, that NTH such candidate. IL
WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR Us TO sue
CEED- We shoid be beaten. ut any rate
as our past e.rpejence has demonst,uied-
and as IL conM MT mtte he mluer
tror>e, IL 1cas North at least the trouble to
endedror pTerent ii.
And now We ask he members of the Con
vention t" tell US calmly, whether, with the
facts before them, as we have them to be,
there is constituency in Pennsy lvana, that
would have recommended o: instructed for
him-and whether these facts, depending
mainly upon the record and ncontrovertible
ofc"urse, can be now successfully concealed
from them
No aSk fhota bo