American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-01-09

MR.. EDITOR In your last Issue Iho
ticed communication on the Senatorial
question for Mr. Stevens. The article is
indeed quite moderate,ana fair, and there
fore, liable to little objection It's pr9duc-
tion at so late a stage in the canvass Is,
perhaps, its chief defect. To me lt seems
somewhat like the argument of lawyer
in the interest of his clients cause after
the verdict of the jSiy had been recorded
in favor of the other party. At least,
this is the ease, so far as our county is
concerned. The annual Convention of
the party, held in June last, gave uttef>
ance to the will Of our people On this sub,
ject in such a way as not to be misuu-
derstood. That Convention declared that
Gov. Curtin was the choice Of our peo>
pie, for this high office 1t is tru", there
were two or three gentlemen who were not
satisfied with this. result Claiming to
be friendly to a Western candidate; had
;kc CSaventiou declared iu tssar OF Gen.
Cameron, they would have thrown up
their hats with a will, although he lives
en- the East side Of the susquehannah !!
One of these gentlemen forged's card for
the Gazette, in which lie ade G ele-
gais to say thatit the. Convention had not
taken such astion!' Another, Of them
travelled near "forty miles to'sprocure a
cat,t from a member of the Convention,
to the sams'egect: it, too, was Intended
for .toreign Consumption. After they
we're driven from this position, their next
plea was, that the action of the Convcu-
tion was surprise on the friends Of 9th.
er candidates--was, as lawyers would ex-
press it, secunium rcgulum.
Were this, in fact, the case, they would
be required to resort to a formal method
of getting lief. 10 other words, judg.
ment of this kind is as binding as any
other, until it is regularly opened. Had
they felt, that either the equity or the
law was on their side, they would have
soon ayailed themselves OF the right of
re-hearing This they could easily have
done by asking the Executive Committee
to have given them new trial. This
would have been ssceptable to the friends
of Gov. Curtin. who would have been
BIZ. too willing to'have the matter re sub
mitted to the pc ,ple.
But this they did not want. They
knew too we'll what would be the result
in such an'issue, For it is certainly safe
to say that the result would not have been
less favorable to Governor Curtin, than
similar test had. ia, ,Eranklir county,
less sban two months since, when fhc vote
stood, Tfor Cameron, 9 for Stevens, and
IS for Curtin. ..c,
1t is fact, that all must have obsery-
ed, that Curtin has gained gr5und with
the people daily ever since the canvass
opened. And the only question, now 10
oe decided, is, whether the peoples rep.
rssentativss will recognize and obey that
popular will. On this question. niany
and eonfictiug stories are told of the
ase nearest the truth. will
soon be seen Next Thurs .ay the cleo
tion takes place We have not long to
wait 70 sec tie result. For oae, thou sh
not sangnine. | am quite hopeful of thi
issue. AT any rate, | am proud TO know
that, if per6dy should succeed, it wi ! not
be laid at the door of Western members
With the exception of two Senators
and two or ,ares members. the West is
admitted to be unit.
The friends Of Gen. Cameron claim
that Senator Lowry, of Erie, intends 'vo.
ting for him in opposition to the united
protest of the constituents of his. own
district, to say nothing of the sentiment
of the entire West Which he has in part
claimed to represent.
If the result should prove these claims.
to be well founded, the West will have
less of his deluneiations of'eorruption in
the future! 49,
In cur neighboriRg county of ALE.
ghenny. 1t is claimed there are two or
three votes for Cameron That G. lass, of
tho House, should vote so, is not to be
wondered at ! but' We are 10th TO believe
that Senator Graham sohtenpl.tes . sim,
liar course Unlike Andy johnson, he