Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-10-22
COMMISSIONER EMIT.


appointed by Gov Curtin, one Of the
Commissioners for Army voting under the
act of last session, passed in pursuance
Of the amendment to the Constitution
When tho act passed it was understood
that appointments were to be made from
both political parties to insure some show
of fairness, and the Governor therefore
selected few Democrats among the mum.
Der, who had been officers in active service
and had an established character for gall
lantry pnd honor. When the news of
Col. Ent's appointment came to Blooms
burg, there was burst Of rage from the
"loyal' leaders who denounced the Gov
ernor az "traitor" of the worst kind ,and
they undertook to bring a "pressurc" upon
him 10 compel withdrawal of the ap.
pointment. RemoustraDccs were got up
and signed by the faithful, &c but sad to
tell without tho slightest effect upon his
treacherous Excellency. Col. Ent pro
cecdcd to discharge his duties in a faith
ful and satisfactory manner and returned
home, and not the slightest attention was
paid in any quarter to the "loyul' Re-
monstrants and Denouncers who had to
swallow their venomous spittIe as they
best could. Here was the case of an Off
Ger who had served with much crcdit,who
had been promoted and who had been
wounded, and who had no motive for act
ing as Commissioner but to perform pub
lie duty to which he had been assigned
without bis knowledge or solicitation. But
both he and the Governor were bitterly
denounced by these "loya' rogucs who
wanted Commissioner TO defruud for
them, and were enraged that an honora.
BILE man instead OF tool for their guilty
purpose, had been selected, Shame on
these pretended "no party" men these
"anion men" par erceA'cnce, who love the
"dear soldiers who uphold the flag ! and
whose righteous souls are moved with in
dignaton at the bare suggestion that any
one in martial uniform can be in the
slightest degree insolcnt or unworthy
Notwithstanding all this, they seem to
consider elections as a grand cheat, to be
controlled by fraud and force, and wo 0
the unlucky officer or private who will not
subsctve their purposes and crafty their
will. lie is to be denounced and caium-
mated and along with him even Rcpub
lican Governor who may happen 10 have
better sense OF honor aad deceucy than
themselves.
By the election laws the officers who
hold elections are divided between politi
cal parties; as in selecting them but one
Inspector is voted for by each elector
while two are chosen. This arrangement
preserves elections from fraud aud secures
honesty, and the principle on which it i:
founded requires division between par
ties of the Commissioner for army voting
All this is very plain and very REASONABLE
to men Of sense and fairness, among whom
however, we cannot rank the leading Re
publcans of Bloomsburg, They hav
great capacity for eliminating thei
neighbors, for deep potatous, and 70
swearing big oaths at Gov, Curtin and th
Democrats; but when it comes to ques
tion Of political honesty they are to be ex
cused They have not the slightest ide
Of what that means and probably neve
will have, as witness their noisy and in
decent approval Of the unlawful and outrae
eous arrests made here on election day
Cheating honest freemen out of their vote
by unlawful and impudent force, and fol
abuse OF those who resent the iniquty-
| these are the things suited 10 their taste
Q and capacity but they are quite unfit
! Judge the conduct of Gov. Curtin in ext
cutting the laws ol the Commonwealth in
reasonable and proper manner.
c THE Chicago Convention deliberate
d in spirit of patriotic intelligence directo
= to the end of displacug, by legal al
d constitutional means the unworthy Inc
- who for nearly four long dreary yea
is have prostitued their pubic functions an
dragged this nation along in bloody ruil
The people are longing for change
. the wicked incompetents now al the hes
" of affairs for McClelau and Pendleto
J. More of Lincoln : Policy.
Sheridan reports that he has burned,
- the Shenendoah Valley, 1000 barns,
- mills, and 500 dwellings, just as su
: as Lincoln is reelected Il, border cour
tias ,f Dannaul no nj n ,y;ll I,ya to sN{c,r