Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-09-14
COL. JOHN H. FILLER PLAYING
INTO THE HANDS OF THE
COPPERHEADS


following pleambie ana resolution. 10
azote from the proceedings o., the Confer
ence
Mai. TaIiaferro offered the following reso-
luton. which was unanimously adopted
WAeyeas. we believe II to be due to the
Il brave men who -periled their lives IN the late
war for the preservation Of the Un1oni that
4 t,ev should be represented upon the iegrsla-
tive ticket for this district, and, rbereGs, the
Radical party. contrary to its loud professions
/ of friendship for the soldier, has thrust aside
the gallant heroes presented for It's nomina-
ton in order to confer office upon its stey-at-
home partizans, Therefore
ResolUed, That we make no further non1T l1
nation. but recommend to the support OF the
people of this Representative dlstrlct, COL
/ John H, Filler, of Bedford, who has been an
nounced as an independent candidate.
Was there ever a more shallow trick play
ed upon the eredulity of any set of men
than is endeayored to be played upon the
s;brave men who periled their lives in the
late war for the restoration of the Union,
by B. f. Meyers and Col Filler in the above
| shabby piece of political quackery. 1t is an
| insult to the good sense Of every brave"
man who entered the service for the purpo-
| ses which they now seem to commend.
| Shamel Shame And is it possible that
Col. Filler can be party to this affair He,
who above all others has considered it his
special prerogatiye to denounce these men
as TT aitors, towards, sneaks, deserteTs, ske7
daddlers, copperheads, and so on down to
the end of the chapter of political denunei-
alton and vituperation. 1t is even SO Col.
Filler, the brave, impetuous soldier who
periled his life for the preservation OF our
liberties, has become the bosom companion
of B. T. Meyers, who was the bitter oppo-
nent of the war, the administration and the
soldier. Alas, how have the mighty fallen! |!
Yes, how must the mighty have fallen to
coneoct such cowardly trick as the above,
in conjunction with those whose base treach-
cry made it necessary for the soldier to ex-
pose his breast to the enemy, while
with stiletto in hand they hovered up
on his rear, striking him in the dark when
ever they could
The Radical Republicans have been
fai thful to every pledge they have ever
made the soldier Look at the County
tick ct at the head of this paper. it consists
of six names, four of these are soldiers, and
for the other two positions there were no
soldiers offered. Take this state Of the case
with tIat of the party which adopts the
above preamble and resolution and how do
they compare Their ticket from Governor
down to Auditor has NOT ONE SOLDIER ON
IT. Such Hypocrisy Imagine these men
resolving that we believe it to be due to
the brave men who periled their lives in the
late war for the preservation Of the Union,
that they should be represented upon the
legislative ticket for this district Men
who cursed the cause in which the soldiers
were engaged and prayed for the success OF
their enemies Well, we must confess that
we can not do the subject justice,
Now few words in regard TO Col. Filler.
Ii is known to every body that he endeaYor-
ed to foist himself upon majority of the
Republicans of this county as candidate
for the House of Representatives; no person
made a canvass against him, and with the
field to himself he failed to secure a sufficient
number of votes to nominate him. The
people determined that they would have
some other man They rejected him, not
becaure he was a soldier, but because they
preferred man who had lost a leg in the
E service to him, and they nominated Captain
John S. Stuekey as far as this county could
confer such a nomination. The district,
over which Bedford county had no control,
determined to do justice to county that has
not had a Representative for almost ten
years True, she did not present a soldier,
but the Conference could not help that, and
, , they nominated the patriotic gentlemen she
presented. Were the claims of Fulton tC
be dis regarded because she did not present
a soldier? We presume the author of the
above resolution would say so, but. we think
o differently. In our estimation if any person
g had a right to consider himself aggrieveG
t by the action of the Conference, that persor
!, was Capt John s. Stuekey, and not Col
a John II. Filler; but Capt Stuckey, like I
0 man of honor, after having submitted hi
claims to the people and having been unsuc
cessful he calmly aequiesced in the nomina-
ton without murmur, as he was in honor
bound to do, and the party had a right tC
5 expect no less of Col John Fl. Filler. Ifht
did not intend to abideby the decision of the
{ County Convention he had no right to sub
nit his claims to it,
The miserable subterfuge endeaYored tC
b be palmed off that the soldiers were badly
o treated is too thin a veil to hide from view
C the fact that if the Republicans vote for this
man that they viii be playing into the hand.
I of the Copperheads. No, no, Col. Filler
: has thrown himself into the hands of those
who were the friends of the soldiers enc
. mics, and while we are sorry for him, We
warn every Republican against stabbing the
\ cause for which the nation has been periled
. for the last Eve yearsby voting for him fol-
y the House of Representatives
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