Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-09
RETIREMENT or aR. HARPER.

RETIREMENT or M8s HARPER.
b. Isnar Esq. Assassor Of the 10th
Asses pl District Of Pennsylvania, has
beensa .ce,.ei ty ioa a. H. Cofr3ah, Of
Somerset lr. Hapsr addresses the fol-
lowing card 10 the public in the last num-
ber Of his paper, the Adams Satiael, with
which he has been connected for forty years
and upwards
have been removed from the Assessor
hip of J.g l6tt District, aud on Saturday
last, a3 the documents connected with the
Office were handed over to the Clerk Of Hon.
A. II. Cofroth, of Somerset, who succeeds
me in the ofiice-so that [ am no longer an
Official under the Administration OF Prcsi-
dent johnson. I VIII add few words,
which may not be out of place in this con-
nection was appointed, Immediately af-
ter the passage of the Revenue law, by the
lamented Lincoln, and have faithfully and
honestly performed its dQties ever since
and go out Of olIca with the cheering con-
sciousness Of having doRe my duty, and that
the Government has never lost one cent it
was entitled to, by my act or my negligence.
After his reelection, ana before his Ia
menscd death, I addressed a letter to the
Department making iuquiry whether there
would be removals Tic prompt reply to
me was not except for cause ; and an As
SCISSOR, who has SO satisfactorily performed
his duties % you have need have no appre-
tensions Of a removal I'his clear record
ut Washington Was gratifying to one and L
rested securely, Unfortunately for the
country, the sad disruption of feeling and
action between the Executive and Congress
teok place and The breach has become too
vide now for reconciliation. We regret it
but such Is the fact
The President and those who act with
him saw no alternative for triumph, but to
carry the next Cong gtess-and every eXpedi-
cnt was resorted to, 70 carry doubtful Con
gressional districts. This wasone of them.
Their eyes were pointed here, Of course,
under the direction Of the chief manager
blr Cowan, into whose care Pennsylvania
had been given.
! was the Editor Of a paper ofsome pollt-
iJai influence was the Assessor OF the Dis
bfict; aud had eighteen or twenty assistants,
all men who could WELD some influence, as
every nan can dc more or less. / was there
fore marked ort for operations. ] support
ed Gen. Geary. / was told indirectly that
this mus, not be. stiii continued to SUP.
port him, as [ was bound BY honor and feel
ing TO 90. This was nay first offence. The
next operation was, an invitation to attend
the phihdclphia Convention. This [ also
declined. The next was, a demand for
money'to support their cause. This | de
cline3 also and spurncd the bribe-feeling
that I could not, as ala honorable man, sac
Tifice my political principles for any Office.
The consequence was, that | Immediately
received notice from Washington to hand
over tile papers, &c, Of the Office, on the
28tt Of October This, as [ said above
was done ON Saturday lat andthey are now
on the way TO Somerset. | am, therefore,
no longer Assessor Of the 10Th District The
reasons for the removal will be found above
regret, acknowledge, to icse the office
but could not barter my good name and
principles for office. Fellow citizens, was !
not right