Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-08-14
AN EXPLANATION.


Having recently learned that certain in
dividuals have gone through this County,
circulating that we were fighting" Senator
BUcKALEw, we feel it our duty both to our.
self as well as friends, to make some expla.
nation. In tho first place we have not been
lighting" Senator BUcKALEw, as has
been alleged by some Of his pretended
friends while oanvassing the County in the
late campaign for County nominations. This
report was raised and circulated, by wicked
and designing men, for political purposes
and no other.
We are able to substantiate this fact,
which alone should satisfy any sane man Us
to our position towards the honorable Scna-
tor, that eur friends repeatedly stated to
those who claim to be the special advocates
Of Senator BUCKALEw, that if they (who
were falsely spoken Of as opposed to Mr.
BUcKALEw) should have control of the
County Convention, they were willing to
pass any resolutions that might be written
in favor Of Senator BUcKALEw's official
course in the Halls of the United States
Senate. This fact was understood, at least
by some who claim to be the special friends
Of Senator BrcKALEw, and whether this
information was ever conveyed to him is no
business of ours.
If those who desire to appear as Senator
BUcKALEw's special friends saw proper to
connect his name with any of the candidates
for County offices, and thus inoite opposition,
it was not our doing nor that of our friends;
and we, in no manner, feel responsible for
his appearing in the contest for County
Offices. His pretended friends, alone, have
to answer to him for the dragging of his
name in the campaign, nasmuch as Mcy
made his name the sole issue in several of
the Townships in the County during tho late
contest.
What, We ask, had Senator BrcKArrws
name, or his policy, as some of his friends
talked about to do with selecting men to
fill our County Offices. What had he to do,
directly or indirectly, more than my other
in making County nominations?
We say, nothing.
We do not pretend that he should have
been brought in question in this way;
neither do we see any good reason why the
cry should have been raised, that We were
Fighting" Senator BUckALEw. We were
willing, and did, so far as VIC were concern
cd, make. the issue upon the merits of our
candidates, and not upon n1ira,uus who
were out of the contest. We have never
identilicdwith, OF dragedinto, political sq,ab-
blcs those who, in our Judgment, should
take no part or lot in the campaign. We
have always been able to fight and win our
battles honorably and without rcsorting to
such small contemplate things.
We have always enicavorcd to keep Sen
ator BuckALEw' s name out of our County
squabblcs after Office, thinking that he stood
above such issues, and that he was content
to leave the people Of the County settle their
disputes for Office in their own way. But
in the late campaign, in several Townships,
his name was freely used, certain candidates
made his special iavoritcs, and all others
held as being opposed to him.
We feel justified in making this cxplana-
lion OF our course towards the distinguished
gentleman in question, that our friends
the County may sec and under
stand that We are clear from introducing the
,amc Of Mr.. BUcKALEw into County poll
les, and those who have, did so for the sole
purpose of riding into office upon his back,
md we leave this matter with them to settle
is best they can.