Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-04-27


lie renews his assertion, and he says furth-
er that no atdn 1ohO Cdtues has character for
reructty has coatradicted 1t, far the lc6otg
5dr of taC0 counties attest IT, Which is. or
ought to be, the end of Stiles
SImulated by this triumph he finishes
what he was about TO say when first inter
Tupted that, knowing the character OF this
candidate, the loyal people Of his State and
CITY mad contributed tens Of thousands OF
dollars to carry 20 their homes in mountain
or valley, ;own or city of the State, the
wounded soldiers who, unable to serye their
country upon the field, might still protect
her at the ballot box, thus securing them q
right this sauue Judge had, by doubtful
decision, denied them. Such being the facts,
he calls upon the gentleman from New York,
IS q duty pertaining to man OF honor, to
Indicate to the Government which one Of It's
employees thus seek by foul SANDER to bring
II into disrepute with the loyal people
The effect IS perfect; and as the Judge
takes his seat, he is surrounded by a crowd
OF congTatulating friends; while the man he
has just crushed, staggers through feeble
explanation, and seeks to cover his retreat
by charging that the fun1 for bringing home
these soldiers was raised by contractors
This Is an evasion Judge Kelley will not
permit
will my colleague say whether he denies
that Judge Woodward used the language
that [ attributed to him %
10 i immaUerial it Is only pretended
that 1t was used, In private conversation,
before the war broke out "
Il call upon my colleagu2kfor a distinct
answer. Does he, or does he not dare now,
as he did little while ago. to deny that
Judge Woodward used this languageY'
ii he did say it, it was never disseDted
from at the time
This brings Mr. Broomall to his feet a
gain.
My colleague is mistaken Il ,cas dis
sented FROM at the time, by more than one,
with all the warmth proper to be displayed
to an officer in Judge W Woodward position:
and by Darlington, of Westchester, with e
special energy.
Whereat poor Stiles utterly breaks down
and disappears, while a derisiye laugh rings
over the Administration side, and the OPP
position lcok as if they thought it about time
to carry off their dead and wounded
Who should come to the relief OF the suf-
fering Pennsylvania, but our silver gray
friend Of the rubicund yisage and portly
form, from Louisville, Mr.. Mallory? He
thinks perhaps Judge Woodward $ remark
was sarcasm. He might have meant that
he hoped the Canada line would be the di-
yidiag line
No, exclaims Mr. Broomall with the
pertlnaclty OF sharp attorney who knows
he has made his point aud means TO make
the jury know 1t too for l remember very
well his deJestation of New England, which,
| think lies North Of Pennsylvania, and say
ing 1T the same coaUeyS0tiolt that he JcaateG
to act rtd Of tie KaHl;ees f0recer - Guar
ded 1T every point must have been Mr..
illLgr,-' Iii,-aPi pa4iE.+I1n n. he n,
the hopeless task.
There follows little by-play, in which
Broomall takes care to say that there was
oRc distinguished man who agreed with
Judge Woodward in the late canvass-tIen.
Geo. 3. Mcclellan. Perhaps the gentle
men from Kentucky is another! Whereat
Mallory makes haste TO protest
''Oh, well then, | am glad to congratulate
him on not agreeing with Gen. Mcclellan
and Judge Woodward - Wheseat poor
Mallory must needs protest again-one horn
Of the dilemma is IS awkward as the other.
4 round faced, English looking gentleman
from New England Mr. Gooch, comes in
to give poor keTnan another blow. He is q
member Of the Committee on the Conduct
of the War, and he denounces the charge
that it is whitewashing Committee as OF
once unjust and mean. Herman who has
been on the defensive ever since his first
unlucky charge, and has been only too glad
to he let alone Jeznlains that he didn t mean
anything personal and did Mt mean any
thing offensive and in fact he'd be glad to
be taken as not meaning anything at all
Gooch presses his advantage, tells him such
language IS unworthy of him, and finally
drives him to Justify himself by pleading
that the same thing had been said before a.
bout the Committee, by-Mr. Frank
Blair? That worthy, who used to call him
self an Administration man, must have fat
tened at the use hi. speeches We're put to
4 representative cf the Five Points rush
ed in to stav the fallen fortunes of his side, !
and hopes to do it by revivine Kern.n's
case and sneering at Thad Stevens. That
If nothing else, proves him to Be q novice
here No old member, let him think what
he may, ventures to provoke Stevens.