The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-03-20
The STATE TICkEr.

1t is the custom of party organs to
praise their candidates, but in the case
of the Democratic State Ticket just
nominated, partizan eulOgy is unneces-
sary. Mr.. BOYLE, the nominee for
Auditor General, is known through
out the length and breadth ofthe State,
as an able lawyer and an incorruptible
legislator. Ask any Republican MEM
Der of the Legislatures of 1866 and 1867,
whatwas the character of Charles E.
Boyle, as member of those bodies,
and he will tell you, ii aCds that Of the
Stt'ictest honesty and the highest MtejIi-
gence. As for General Ent, the nOmi-
nee for Serveyor General, the soldier
citizens of Pennsylvania, viii bear
ample testimony to his worth. The
Pennsylvania Reserves, the Old Guard
of the Army of The Potomac, hold dear
his name a.- that Of noble companion
and fearless leader. A cotemporary
(the Patriot and Union, says of these
gentlemen:
Hon. CHARLES +. BOYLE, OF Fayette
county, for Auditor General, was a
member of the Legislatures of 1867,
but being Democrat, he is not in the
least chargeable with the corruption of
the notorious asSemblage of 1867. On
the contrary, during his career as a
legislator he distinguished himself as
an antagonist of all the corrupt and
partisan measures which have render
ed the memory of that body Infamous.
Mr.. Boyle is a gentleman of honesty.
Suavity, and pure character in everv
respect. His abilities and general
knowledge of law, legislation and fl
nance eminently fit him for the pO-
sition for which he has been selected.
Gen. WELLINGTON H. ENT, for
Surveyor General, is at present a prac-
tising lawyer of Columbia county, Of
which county he is "a native. He grad
uated at the Law University at Albany,
New York, a short time previous TO the
outbreak of the war, and had cOmmenc-
ed the practice of law in Columbia,
when the call to arms resounded
through the land. Dropping his books
and abandoning his practice, he shOul-
dered musket asa private in the Sixth
Pennsylvania Reserves. From that
time forth for period of more than
three years he participated in carrying
out the brilliant war record of that
gallant regiment. Step by step he rose
- from private to lieutenant, from lieu
tenant to captain, from captain to maj
Or, from major to lieutenant colonel,
from lieutenant colonel to colonel,
which latter position he hOnorably and
bravely filled at the muster out of the
Reserves, in 1864. He was in all the
engagements fought by the Army of
the Potomac during that strange, event
full od-Drainesville, South Noun
tain, Antietam, &c-and for his dis
tinguished services" ne was brevetted
Brigadier General, at the close of the
war. But General Ent does not rest
alone upon his war record. His legal
and business knowledge is fully equal
to the discharge of the duties of the
office for which he has been nominated.
His rapid promotion in the army from
the ranks to one of the most command
ing positions is sufficient guarantee
that he is not only a brave man, but
a man of great intellectual ability.
Such are the candidates just nOmi-
mated by the Democracy of Pennsyl-
vania. With their names upon our
banner, we may well challenge the
foe to the onset. Let the majority of
1,OOO for Sharswo0d, be made at least
ten times as great for these true and
trustworthy representatives Of the peo-
Dla