The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-09-10
Coffee.

The Freeman, in adverting to our arti-
Gle of two weeks ago relative to Democratic
coffee-colored corruption, says that it was
useless and unkind, insinuates that we
made personal attack on certain parties
named therein, and undertakes to read us
q lecture on our duty as journalist.
To all which we reply:
l. The article was not useless, inasmuch
as it seems to have been Of enough impor-
tance to have called forth very elaborate
reply from the Freeman neither was it
unkind, for the truth in politics, as in all
other matters, is never unkind.
2. We made no personal assault on any
one. If we chronicle an item of current
news, whether political or otherwise, it
does not follow that because the name of
man appears therein in an unenyiable
light, we make personal attack on him.
This is not ''unwonted," nor an unusual
course"
3. As to our duty as journalist, we
would merely remark that the Freeman
can teach us nothing on that point. Nei-
ther do we stand in need of any patroni-
zing from that source at present.
We notice the article of the Freeman
further to say:
l. The Legislature did not base its
ousting Of Shugart ON the Testimony of
two witnesses" \ cloud of witnesses
were examined, and their combined testi-
mony established clearly and irrefutably
the existence of the fraud alleged.
2. The witness O'Meara did not 'Eadmit
that the cause of his testifying was that
Wallace refused to give him $4,000
We subjoin portion Of his testimony, to
show what he did say
'I received of Rev. Father Tracy $780,
The $500 was given me two weeks ago last
Tuesday to prevent my being a witness. The
priest came and told me that my evidence
would be hard against the Democratic party,
aud that he had $500 he would give me if
would leave L told the riest 1 would take
my family and go for $4,000 Father Tracy
told me he would let me know in few days,
and when we next met the priest told
that he had written for advice, and that Wal
lace thought that 800 per month was enough;
l supposed it was Wallace, the Clear6eld
county lawyer l told the priest / would
take $780,
3. The murdered Casey swore that he
''yoted on a forged naturalization paper"
but he further swore that this forged nat
uralization paper was furnished him by one
Mark Leddy, Democrat, who took him
to the polls and directed him how to act.
Casey's testimony is brief and to the point,
and we subjoin it entire:
John Casey, srorn-I was working on the
railroad for Mr.. Collins at the October (ls67)
election was boarding iu Philipsburg, where
voted with the other men; Mr.. Lede took
me up to vote and gave me the naturalization
papef, and put it in ; cannot read am as
ignorant as a baste put the paper in my
pocket; cannot tell what bee anne of it was
never natuIaliZed; never was in court be-
fore this Lede told me to vote | was work
ing near Mr. Collins store came the day
that o MeaFa did to Philipsburg; l voted
Democratic.
The Freeman does not dare attempt to
deny the charges Of fraud and corruption
brought against the Democratic party
But it seeks to Withdraw attention from
these charges by special pleading. Il viii
not do. The people have got their eyes
open, and cannot be gulled.
We shall from time to time during the
current campaign quote from the mass of
testimony in the Shugart case, to prove,
by Democratic witnesses, that the Demo
cratic party is rotten to the core and unfit
to be trusted Out of their own mouths
we will condemn them.