Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-11-14
A Cop. Editor Oh the Rampage.

gan, styled the Gazette 1t is quite as bit
ter, but not nearly SO benefcent in its eff
fects, as are the waters of the Springs"
for which the place has become famous. 1t
is edited by one Myers-the Honorable Ben
jamin Franklin Myers. Benjamin was
great admirer and most ardent supporter of
Hester Clymer. and his admiration and ar
dor were, probably, intensified by the fact
that, in the days Of their political youth, to
their credit be it spoken, they were both old
line Wings. But be this as it may, the
Honorable B. F. NJ, having, professedly at
least, full and abiding faith in the invul-
nerability of the latter-day Democracy, and
relying greatly upon the aid of a certain
Andrew johnson, had determined, doubt
less to his own entire satisfaction, that ely
mer was to be our next Governor. Being
sadly mistaken, however, in his innocent ex-
pectations, Benjamin, it seems, is intensely
disguised with the result, and in order to re-
lieye his surcharged mind, pitches into per-
sons and things promiscuously, in recent
number of his interesting sheet. HeasSerts
which he might as well have named for the
benefit of the doubling, that the Radical
State Committee used a corruption fund
in the late campaign in this State, just
think of that, We honest voters, amounting
Benjamin unqualifedly AYERS, to upward
''of S400, 900 !" Not nickel less, but
''up,oard'' of four hundred thousand dol
lars A big fund that, certainly, ora
big story. 1t is either one, or it the 9TH
er. To raise any question, however, on this
point is to doubt the veracity of Myers
the Honorable Benjamin Franklin Myers
which zoe are not at all inclined to do-not
at all, we declare most solemnly We only
desire to call attention to the prominent fea-
ture of the avowal of B. F. NJ that cor
ruption fund was used by the Radical
State Committeel' As matter of course
the Democratic Committee-pure, guile
less managers that they are-wouldn' have
any possible need for such fund " But,
then, it may be asked, why didn Benjamin
go step farther and plainly tell oho WAS
funded by the Radicals ?' As the Re-
publicans didn't require any such incentive
to vote their own ticket, evil minded people
may conclude that Democrats-yea, honest,
incorruptible Democrats, that B. F. NJ
would ordinarily have them to be-had been
persuaded, by the use of corruption
fund, to abandon their party Now, it is
hoped that nobody for moment supposes
that zee think so 1t is true we have al
ways attributed to Democrats the average
human weakness for money, but we cannot
convince ourselves that they have fallen in
to such unparalleled and soul l-perilling
wickedness as Myers would have us to be-
lieve So, however, it seems to be, and
Benjamin even knows where the funds
came from. Most of the money, he says,
was raised by the Radical merchants of
''Philadelphia for which, B. F. NJ. mena-
cirgl gly insists, ''let them be duly
But these are not the only persons who come
under the ban of the Honorable Benjamin
franklin NJ s dire displeasure. He also pro-
claims that he hasn't ''any too exalted All
opinion OF the merchants of that city who
yle themselves Democrats They, on
on the other hand, it appears, failed to
''come to time when the ''needful'' was
required for I'VE know says Myers, that
when the Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee was trying to obtain
funds, for the mere payment of the ordi-
mary expenses of the Committee, it will
scarcely be conjectured that a man like Chair
man Wallace would use money for any ''cor-
rupt' purposes, they gave him the cold
shoulder, unfeeling wretches that they
must have been, ''and within three weeks
''of the election continues B. F. NJ, che
was without sufficient money to pay the
expenses of his printer Was such
heartiess abandonment of Chairman of
the Democratic State Committee, =" ever be-
fore witnessed Such depravity is really
frightful to contemplate, and we can now
understand why Mr.. Wallace's friends, es-
pecially the printers-it must not be suppo-
sed that this has any reference to Myers
try to throw all the odium of their defeat
upon his devoted shoulders.
But, laying pleasantly aside 1t is scarce
ly worth the while to say that the allegation
of the Gazette that corruption fund" of
100000 had been raised by the Radical
State Committee, is mere moonshine, having !
no existence except in the fertile imagina- !
ton of the editor of that paper. 1t is fair
to presume, however, that he does know |
something about the affairs and moral condi- |
tion of his own party. 1t is probable, there /
fore, that there is good foundation for what he |