The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-10-12
The Revolt of the Whiskey Brigade,

In former numbers of the CAMPGft n
and in the present one, we have expos
ed the baseness and treachery to our
party organization, of very small squad
of individuals ip bloomsbury; and for
convenience we have named them as a
Brigade. They have made several
charges upon our party, but more in the
character of guerillas than regular
troops; and though they have accom-
plished but little, their attacks have
been spirited and in earnest. Jacoby's
resolution about the nomination for AS
sembly was the first shot fired from an
ambush into the County Convention,
and was designed to raise disturbance
in the nominations, and lead to Jacoby's
return to the Assembly for the third
time. The Representative Conferees
were picked with this object, but the
project failed as did the next one to
nominate Tate for the Senate, although
that had more respectable backing and
favor. Then was concocted in secret
upon consultation with John, Beckley,
and Co., the infamous bolt on the AS
sembly nomination, and number of
honorable men were inveigled into it by
private boring and misrepresentation.
The idea was to carry off enough DEM
ocratic votes, which, united with the
radical Republican votes of the District,
would break down the Democratic NOM
ination for Assembly, and elect Tate,
who was to be an instrument of the
Boilers for the future. John agreed
that the Republican Conferees of Colum.
biaand Montour counties should not mee
to make Republican nomination fol
Assembly, and that Tate stolld have
the support of the Republicans Of thu
District. Thus every thing looked fai
to the plotters who thought as they con
trolled the papers on both sides Ofthe pol
itics in this county, they could carry ou
the whole scheme without fail. Mercu
came here about the same time, and was
nOdoubt consulted in the business, which
the Radical leaders concerned in the in
trigue intended should operate to hi
advantage in the election. Whether tn,
money necessary to clinch the bargain
with the Boilers, and grease the Demo
cratic newspapers which were to assis
in carrying it out, was furnished b.
Mercur, or the Republican State Com
mittee, outsiders Of course are unable I,
tell.
But after all the arrangements wer
made, the bolting and radical conspira
tors woke up one morning and foun,
an unexpected obstacle in their path
The CAMPAIGN had come into existenc
to unmask their schemes, and expos
them in their naked deformity to tn
people of the county. 1t was necessar
to proceed with caution and to cover u
their tracks as much as possible. So tn
Democrat and Star Office and the radica
Republican Office went to work in secre
with closed doors, to get up tickets fo
purposes esoftrading gandcheating through
out the county; and the Knorr circula
was concocted by Dir. John, and distrit
uted to safe agents in every District [
direct the use of the bogus tickets, O
both sides, as they had been prepared a
the two headquarters of the conspiracy
Republicans were to vote for Tate, an
Tate Democrats were to vote for Mercul
and inasmuch as by that time it had b,
come plain to every man of informatio
and sound sense here that Tate coul
not be elected, the whole practical effe,
would be to Mercur's advantage, an
that of the Radical party. So far @
bolting Democrats could be got [
trade votes, it would be an advantag
to the Doctor and his candidate; b'
cause Republican votes given for Tat
in exchange would do neither good nc
harm. And Jacoby, Writ, and Co., O
the Whiskey Brigade, must have gon
into the dirty business, not because the
wanted to help Tate, to whom they ha
formerly been enemies, but because the
had received their price.
The CAMPAIGN got hold Of an earl
copy Of that circular and published i,