The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-12-10


lime since, we noticed in these columns
no fact of the appointment of NIr Joseph
Moore. of Johnstown, to the position OF
Seward of the County Poor House. We
.,so took occasion to show that, although
a,o snnointment had been made in strict
,o,ordance with established usages and
nrecedents Heretofore governing the
Roard of Poor House Directors, an at
tAmnt was being made by Copperhead
noticians 20 annul the same and put some
other man in the place, on the ground,
simply, that Mr.. NJ. was not Democrat
This attempt, it would seem, has been
.,ocossG,l-a pretext. most lame and
;m,otent one, as viii hereafter appear,
mas been trumped up the Copperhead
Board by which Mr.. II. is to be shelvso,
and 4a worthier than he,' according to
Copperhead logic, appointed over him.
1t tappears from the Johnstown Tribune
that on Tuesday of last week Mr.. Moore
vas waited upon by Mr.. kaylor. the
oresent Steward, with a resolution pur-
porting to have been adopted BY major
ity of the Board of Poor Directors,
resolving that he (Moore) knows nothing.
about farming, and is therefore incapsoi-'
,sted for acting Steward of the Poor
House. TIE Tribune thensgo on to say
that Mr. Moore is abundautly qualified to
vel, and faithfully discharge the duties
et the Office to which he had been fairly
and legally elected, and in refutation OF
the charge chat he "knows nothing about
hrmin9 states as follows: "He was
,aised ON a fzrn, and knows sufficient
about farming, beth by practice and "a
theory, to run the machine as we'll, at
least, As Mr. Kaylor-especisiiy rs a
practical farmer is employed to do the
work"
This is the case IN a nutshell: The
Beard Of Directors, in obedience to orders
Promulgated By the leaders of the Copper
head party in this cou1ty, get together
aud resolve that Mr.. Moore is no farmer,
and therefore unfit to be Steward by
which seemingly safe performance they
hope TO incontinently rid themselves OF
~ o5noxious customer. 1t turns out,
however, that Mr.. Moore is a .fdrnier-
vas raised on a farm-knows as much
about farming as the present Steward.
Besides, a'pracsicol farmer is and always
has been employed to superintend the
agricultural department Of the Poor
House, SO that an intimate knowledge OF
that science is not intrinsically necessary
hasu successful rendering of the duties of
scyard. BY this contretcn.ps, the Board
put their foot in it nicely. They in
many words acknowledge that Mr.
Moore legally elected in the usual man
Ter, must be sacrificed simply because he
aagood Union man, and . Copperhead
put IL his place. To arrive at this con-
Summation, a decent respect for the opin-
ZOOS Of their constituents makes it incum-
%nf upon them t9. put forward some
s'cu'e tor the proposed act Of decapitation.
accordingly, poor excuse being better
~'n none, they make guess and write
''n down no farmer. They guess wrong,
s'SeVer, and have the satisfaction of
sowing they have assumed lie as a |
@ But this makes no difference to
s.ppefhead, and Mr.. Moore is "removed"
a~s entire procedure is on par with
vat other procedure resulting in the
a'''l0n of County Superintendent Of /
''anon Schools upon the basis that the
~4'ldate was, not a classical scholar or
u whose qualifications peculiaxly fitted
= l'r tue position, but-a good Copper
~, arrive at just appreciation of this
measure of the Board, it becomes
say for our readers to remember that |
always been the custom for the old
e., 'hat Is to;say, the Board as con-
y. ~ anterior to the incoming of the
Dfector elected each fall-to elect
Ap s"a'd for the coming year. The
.''sa CID so, electing Mr. Moore, one
NJ. O'at and one Republican member
LOT that gentleman The neu
H.; however, now propose to set this
o.. ..a aside, and, violating established
- appoint another man, because,