The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-10-04
EBENSBURG, PA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4 I8

by his herOlSm and achlevementS became
major general Both in the east and in
the west General Geary was always in
active service, always in the van OF the
conflict, and deserves the proud distinc-
ton of being the especial representative of
Pennsylvania in the triumphant and i'm
mortal army of Sherman in its marvel
lous campaign through Georgia and the
Carolinas. On the other hand we have
Holster Glymer, renegade Wing, who
during the whole of the civil war never
once raised his voice to cheer on our
armies struggling in battle for the old
flag of the Union who never once voted
in such way as to give aid or comfort to
The national government, or to sustain the
Union cause, though all that time he was
a member of the Pennsylvania Senate
We find him denouncing Andrew johnson
then as Federal hireling and mercenary,
because he accepted the position of Mill
tary Governor of Tennessee. We find
him refusing even to let johnson speak in
the Capitol of Pennsylvania, and imputing
to him the basest and most dishonorable
motives, whereas he now, without apollo
gizing for his words and vote, seeks to
get himself elected Governor by using
Johnson's name as a cover. We find him
voting against allowing the soldiers in the
field to vote at the elections in which they
had so great stake. In fact we find him
from the beginning to the end of the war
in active sympathy with the rebellion and
in open hostility to the Union cause, 30
far as speech and votes could constitute
hostility. Here is the cortrast-a Union
soldier and hero of Sherman's army
against rebel sympathizer and sower of
dissension among our own people during
a war in which harmony was SO essential.
Coming next to the contest for mem
bers of the State Legislature, we find that
it is quite as important as the Congress
sional struggle. We have now before us
a constitutional amendment, of which we
have given the pith above, that requires
to be ratified By two-thirds of the States,
and without the assent of Pennsylvania
the attainment of that result Is impossible.
The nondescript Opposition stands openly
committed against ratification. 1t follows
the President in all his rabid denuncia-
tons of Congress, and his bitter hostility
to the amendment. Should majority In
the Legislature be opposed to the Repub-
licans, that amendment cannot be ratified
by Pennsylvania, while if the Republicans
have majority, every man stands pledged
to vote for ratification. Here, then, Is
broad and unmistakable issue, and all who
favor peace and reconstruction upon safe,
legal and durable basis should contribute
their share toward it by voting for the
Repr blicap candidates for the Legislature.
Our opponents admit that this Is the po-
sition of parties, and for this reason they
opposed the calling of special session of
the State Legislatures in the loyal States
to ratify the amendment soon after its
passage by Congress, as Gov. Curtin pro-
posed at the time.
It should not be forgotten, too, that at
the present time the hopes of the free
traders, as well as their cupidity, have been
again awakened, and that they are aiming,
through the means of triumph of the
reactionaries, to overthrow the great sys-
tenn Of protection TO American industry,
and to establish upon its ruins British free
trade. All the emissaries of reaction
clamor against Congress expressly because
II stroVe by judicious measures to render
protection the permanent hasls of our tar
if policy, and they everywhere avow the
intention of overturning this aud lowering
all the duties to free trade standard.
Not content with this, they seek to keep
the burdens of internal taxation as high
as possible, in order that the revenue
likely to be lost by free trade may be
squeezed out Of the toiling masses
and the suffering manufactures of
the republic. A large part of the
reproaches cast upon Congress come from
this source, aud have for their object the
election of men favorable to different
tariff policy from that of which the present
Congress is the exponent On. this sub
joot Pennsylvania should speak in no
doubtful tone, and yet just at this time
the reactionaries are trying to elect a
free trader to the United States Senate.
WHY GRANT WENT TO CHICAGO
The following letter from Gen. Grant,